Laura Bailey, the voice actor of The Last of Us Part 2 Video game, shares death threats on tweeter. Some of the unhappy fans unhappy with her character in the game gave her death threats. Bailey is a talented and experienced voice actor known for her performances in various anime, animations, and video games. Abby the character for which Bailey gave voice and provided motion capture is a major character in The Last of Us Part II.
Laura Bailey getting death threats after her character in a game
On 3rd July, Bailey tweeted screenshots of death threats she received from people unhappy with her character in the game. “I try to only post positive stuff on here”, she tweeted screenshot. She further added sometimes it gets a little overwhelmed. She shared screenshots with some words blacked out.
In the last lines of her tweet, Laura Bailey getting death threats thanked those who send her positive messages. She said, “It means more than I can say” with Heart in the caption.
Man. I try to only post positive stuff on here… but sometimes this just gets a little overwhelming. I blacked out some of the words cuz, ya know, spoilers.
Side note. Thank you to all the people sending me positive messages to balance it out. It means more than I can say.❤️ pic.twitter.com/kGyULWPpNu
— Laura Bailey (@LauraBaileyVO) July 3, 2020
The voice actor behind the Abby in The Last of Us Part 2 Video game Laura Bailey received death threats targeting not only her but her family also. She took Twitter to share the death threat messages she received recently. She shared a few messages screenshots out of many.
Some of the screenshots were blacked out by the voice actor because “ya know, spoilers”. A tweet said, “I will stab you”. Another horrifying message directed at Bailey’s family, “I hope your parents die by hard cancer for killing my (Blacked out) (Black Out).” This didn’t end here. Another person threat Laura Bailey to find her and “kill your kid for that just wait for that.”
Laura Bailey Married to Travis Willingham
Laura Bailey has been spending married life with her husband Travis Willingham, since 2011. Travis is a voice actor too. The couple has a young son together who was born in 2018. Some of the fans and friends have also shown positive messages of support after Laura Bailey get death threats.
People tweet Support Laura Bailey
An Irish Youtuber Jacksepticeye said, “I’m so sorry you have to deal with this!” replying to the post Bailey shared. You are “A sublime actor. A wonderful mother…And an amazing friend.” Voice actor and director Liam O’Brien wrote in a tweet reply.
The creator of miniseries Chernobyl and The Last of Us TV show adaptation collaborator – Craig Mazin – wrote, “THEY are few,…… WE are many,….when we write these things,we feel a LOT…” Mazin appreciated her work as “brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.”
The Last of Us Part II was released in 2020, five years after the first part was released. The game has managed a rating of 94 on Metacritic with a user score of 5.1 out of 10. IGN describes the game “a masterpiece” with “evolve[d] the gameplay, cinematic storytelling, and rich world design of the original in nearly every way.”