Olivia Munn Condemns Racist Online Attack After AAPI Webinar Is Hacked and Targeted With Violent Images
Olivia Munn is condemning an anti-Asian hate attack directed at her and other participants taking part in a webinar to discuss that exact topic as «cowardly» and «unconscionable.»The 41-year-old actress took to Instagram on Monday to say that «while hosting a gathering of AAPI [Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders] women and allies in a conversation about how to stop anti-Asian hate, we were targeted by a Zoom bombing of horrific, violent, racially charged images and audio.»Munn said the abhorrent act «momentarily disrupted» the event that also featured the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and the Asian-American beauty brand Cocokind. The actress said the event ultimately resumed «because these malicious acts will not stop the conversation.»«We were communing to celebrate, elevate and protect the AAPI community and we were subjected to a hate crime in real time,» Munn said.