The guy in these photos is Israel Broussard, and he stars in Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. That film is very well-reviewed, and everyone is raving about it and suggesting it to friends. A few people have already recommended it to me. I will watch it at some point. I’ll watch in spite of Israel Broussard, who seems like MAGA trash. Apparently, once the Netflix hype machine started, Israel deleted some of his tweets, tweets from not that long ago. A sampling of the now-deleted tweets:
Reminder: Israel Broussard is trash and we're not going to Stan him. pic.twitter.com/lExc3JMexu
— Farheen (@RossAndLaura_) August 19, 2018
Josh aka Israel Broussard from to all the boys i’ve loved before ….is already cancelled pic.twitter.com/R9sLbKBxg1
— tyler 🕸 (@hoIlandstoms) August 19, 2018
Is it a big deal for a young white guy to have all of these tweets talking about “white lives matter” and “black folks are the ones sowing discord!” I generally believe that a lot of white dudes are like this, so it’s unsurprising to see it verified in the tweets of an up-and-coming young actor. But I guess Netflix hired some kind of social media manager for him and that’s why he deleted all this sh-t. Because how pathetic is that? Just own your dumb MAGA-ness. But no, he’s not owning it. Netflix even wrote an apology for him to post:
— Israel Broussard (@israelbroussard) August 22, 2018
Do you believe him? Eh. I think he probably has a tiki torch and a Confederate flag in his closet right now.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I think he was also in The Bling Ring (the Sofía Coppola movie). The whole time I was watching TATBILB, I couldn’t stop thinking I knew him from somewhere else…As for this, well, massive yikes.
Also, his character in The Bling Ring was gay so clearly that little stance didn’t last long and he’ll talk out of both sides of his mouth.
Same, whole time watching it I was trying to remember where I knew him from too.
I also spent the whole movie trying to figure out what I knew him from (based on his imdb page, nothing). I finally decided he must remind me of someone, but I haven’t yet figured out who.
Same here. Until it hit me. He’s a young white version of Rami Malek
I had a hunch he’d be from south Louisiana/Mississippi area, where this kind of shit is out there for all. And now we wait for his defense counsel, Laura Lee, to come out and say “it was 2012, I didn’t know it was wrong to be a racist homophobic bigot, because the south, y’all.” 🙄🙄🙄
This site doesn’t cover much of the beauty “gurus” apart from occasional Jefree Starr stuff but omg – that whole crazy drama with laura lee et al this past week or so has been crazy!! I wish it was covered here!! I’d love to hear Celebitches discuss it
It’s been nuts. LL released a second apology and she’s still pulling this ‘small girl from ‘Bama’ crap. It’s been wild, and it remains wild. I’m just sad that she was the first person I followed when I first got into make-up. J* is a monster, but LL’s right on his heels.
at least Gabby by and large took responsibility, even though he too tested the ‘not perfect’ angle.
What’s been happening with that? All I heard is that Laura Lee, Manny, etc were mad that Jeffree’s series with Shane was well reviewed (Idk why Jeffree is trash), so they were shading him for that but has more gone down?
YouTube is turning into a reality TV show and I’m living for it !!
Right?! I’ve long gotten that weird vibe from both her and Manny, like something about them that oozes smug and entitled, and here we are. The fact that that was her literal excuse, “i’m from Alabama, I didn’t know it was wrong, 2012 was so long ago.” Please.
Also, I’m here for Celebitchy ever doing more coverage of YouTube creators and the Teen Mom franchise (except for Bristol Palin, because petty is fun.)
omg i’m so excited to see this discussed here! my favourite part is Trisha Paytas doing a gossip in classic trashy but fun Trisha fashion. She did pioneer emotional videos filmed while crying on the kitchen.
i wonder if this scandal will have a negative impact on their careers in the long term or if it will be forgotten in six months.
It’s a load of shit, at that. I spent most of my childhood in the South, and while I admit I had some “dumb white people” characteristics when I was younger, I was never taught to use or accept racial slurs or promote stereotypes. Certainly didn’t stop me from educating myself, either, and having a way more informed position later in life.
Racism is everywhere. It’s a matter of how much you were raised to be trash and choose to continue to be trash in your adult years.
I can’t stand LL but I had to watch that apology video, it was the absolute worst. That single tear….
And Jeffree Star and his “can’t relate” hashtag is infuriating. He’s the biggest trash of them all.
That was a non-apology just like hers. Notice how he apologizes for his words but not his disgusting views. Just excuses that no one is buying. I’m pretty sure she will lend him her Visine for the fake cry.
Or, you know, he could be from California or Indiana or Vermont or Kansas or anywhere else racism exists. Take a quick look at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s map of hate groups and you’ll quickly see that they’re everywhere.
But yeah, no tolerance for ignorant white shi!t like what this guy is peddling.
I assumed his area because I’m from roughly the same, and not many people outside of that particular area have the surname Broussard.
Lol I do like that when conservatives apologize they have to admit that they were uninformed. I mean he may not genuinely believe that, but the standard apology for a Republican is basically “sorry for being an unintelligent moron.”
Ugh. F him. Cancelled to infinity.
Ugh I thought he was SO cute in the movie. Already went and unfollowed him from social media. Totally cancelled.
Idk why y’all feel the need to go and stan every young netflix actor with wavy hair and passable bone structure in the first place. Like what happened to just enjoying the movie for the movie? Stan culture is too much at times smh.
I sideye Netflix too for hiring him with knowledge about these tweets and the kind of person he is plus the fact that they waited until this long to go delete them smhhh
LOL!
@Lynnie this times infinity. This has already happened enough times that everyone should have learned from it before now. Do they think people aren’t going to look for this stuff? Is it that hard to hire actors who aren’t going to have to apologize for ignorant tweets/actions eventually? Anyone can fake being a decent person, but the internet never forgets.
Could not agree with you more. So many issues come from worshipping.. It’s so unhealthy to put so much into a single person. No matter if they’re celebrities, politicians, or religious figures. Also, why is it socially acceptable to be a “Stan”?? It feels like normalizing being a Twi-Hard.
He’s from Mississippi and tweets like it too. Isaiah Israel Broussard. I wonder why he only uses his middle name? Maybe Isaiah sounds too Southern Baptist.
So has he really learned his lesson or is he just saving his Deplorable arse right now? People can change but when PR is involved I take it with a grain of salt.
I don’t think he’s learned his lesson at all, I thought his statement reeked of insincerity.
And I don’t think a lot of young white guys are like this with the “all/white lives matter” garbage. But I’m not from the south.
A day in the south:
Today a Republican candidate for some state office posted a picture of himself in front of our town’s most prominent confederate monument with a replica of the DT hollywood walk of fame star, and has made it a big part of his campaign to bring the star to our city where people will respect it because we love our president. Also, this candidate is African American. Shoot – his name is Mike Hill and he’s running for some Florida panhandle office. Google the horror for your own eyes. The south! WHHHHOOOO. I hate it here so bad. here’s his FB – https://www.facebook.com/Hill4FL/
Yes, many young Southern white guys are like this, at least in the uneducated South where I live. There’s a popular car decal now that makes me explode with rage every time I see it: an upside down outline of Florida as a “cowboy boot”, filled in with an American flag, but in blue lives matter colors. Most often seen on perfectly clean oversized trucks-as-phallic-symbols. Other offensive stickers optional.
Oh man, the top post is him railing against Oprah. Because she is the real problem in hicksville, florida. We also have a county commisioner candidate who claims Soros and Obama are sabotaging his campaign. For county commissioner. In podunk, florida. The south, whoooooo.
I saw him in Happy death day and a lifetime movie with Bella Thorne and even before I knew about this, I found him repulsive and was puzzled about how he was cast as the “heartthrob”. Douchiness just radiates through his every pore.
I watched Happy Death Day and went to his twitter and I saw all the tweets I was like #next also, he was liking disgusting things like two weeks ago so his “apology” is even funnier.
I watched TATBILB this weekend and absolutely loved it! I highly recommend it to all who haven’t seen it and like romantic comedies. Anyway, before hearing about any of this, I already found Israel’s character kind of annoying. The guy to watch, for me, was Noah Centineo, who played Peter Kavinski. And I really loved the characters Lucas and the dad (John Corbett! ❤).
When Peter called his character and Bon Iver wannabe, I laughed for a good five minutes because that burn came with 100% accuracy.
I laughed really hard at that too. That joke was almost too on point ☺
Trash.
If the tweets were from like five or ten years ago when he was a teenager I would believe that he is no longer like that but he was liking Trump things literaly two weeks ago so, no.
NOPE.
Young Trumpsters make me the saddest. Go away, kid; you’re bothering me.
What a cockwaffle. A++ job on the casting there, Netflix.
I’ve watched To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, like, 5 times already. First off, ewww, that kid sounds awful. Luckily, he is barely in the movie! Second off, the kid that plays the love interest, no idea who he is, is super cute!
I just watched that movie last night and it was cute…predictable, but cute. I was disheartened to see the kind of person he is in real life though. Thankfully he didn’t have a large role, but I hope he will not be included in any sequels. We all know he is only apologizing because he is concerned for his career.
F*ck him. He can star in the next Dinesh D’souza movie or ask Trump for a job. He will get no support from my black ass.