Hypocritical Razzie Awards introduce 18 year nomination age limit after criticism, ignoring their own past child actor bullying. Razzies RazzieAwards KieraArmstrong
There’s nothing quite like offering a public apology for a PR blunder that was rightly called out by the internet mob, while simultaneously ignoring the fact that this kind of behavior has been standard business for your organization for literal decades. That’s what the Razzie Awards did today in responding to
to nominate a 12-year-old child actress in this year’s awards lineup for the title of “Worst Actress,” attempting to appease movie fans after an internet backlash.with films such as Netflix’sleading the way. But it was the Worst Actress nomination of 12-year-old actress Kiera Armstrong for the remake of Stephen King’sthat captured the internet’s attention, with defenders slamming the Razzies for cruelly calling undeserved scorn on a young girl.
The razzies are already mean-spirited & classless, but to nominate a kid is just repulsive & wrong. Why put a kid at risk of increased bullying or worse? Be better.Razzies founder John Wilson then responded, offering a public apology to Armstrong and saying that her name would be removed from the ballot.
Problematically, however, Wilson failed to acknowledge that this was not some one-time lapse of judgement on the part of his organization—the Razzies have been heckling child actors since the very beginning, and have only stopped now thanks to public outcry. In 1982, Gary Coleman was nominated at age 14 forGetting Even With Dad
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