She added, “I am so sorry there are such hateful pathetic humans in this world, you deserve so much better. Joosten added, “Please know that most of us will value and appreciate your performance as an actor, wether they liked the character or not.”Īctress, voice actress, and former Rooster Teeth employee Micah Burton wrote, “Laura you are such a damn light in this world and ANYONE who stoops this low doesn’t deserve to consume anything your talent has touched.” These kind of hateful attitudes among gamers, or members of any other fandom, really need to change. These supporters included Metal Gear Solid V actress Stephanie Joosten, who wrote, “It’s truly sad that you’re being harassed like this. In response to the sharing of these messages, Bailey soon received an outpouring of support from fellow voice actors and industry professionals, all of whom praised Bailey’s performance and criticized these individuals for being unable to separate the actress from the character. Many of the individuals who sent these violent threats cited the brutal death of Joel at the hands of Abby, as well as the attempt to elicit forgiveness of this murder from players by featuring her as the sole playable protagonist for the latter half of the game, as the reason for their outrage. It means more than I can say.❤️ /kGyULWPpNu Thank you to all the people sending me positive messages to balance it out. I blacked out some of the words cuz, ya know, spoilers. I try to only post positive stuff on here… but sometimes this just gets a little overwhelming. These threats were explicitly violent, with the alleged individuals declaring “I’m going to kill you,” and “I’m going to find where you live and slaughter you,” and “I will find u and I will kill your kid for that just wait for that.” On July 3 rd, Bailey took to her personal Twitter account to share screenshots of messages she had received from individuals who were threatening her with physical violence for her role in The Last of Us Part II. Laura Bailey, the veteran voice actor who recently provided the motion-capture and voice performance for The Last of Us Part II’s Abby, shared death threats she received. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window).Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window).Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).