Well, I understand the fans who tweet they're upset. If you look closely: Those are fans, William Shatner targeted a month ago and whom he continued to harass even after they blocked him. So I do understand that they're upset that Cait is now joining the "Shatner train", too. So far she has been very distant towards him. She unfollowed him and has pretty much ignored him on twitter and so those fans were happy, that at least the leading woman in the cast was not communicating with him. Especially since the fans in question are great supporters of Cait and ina private effort just collected more than 4000 pounds for her charity Worldchildcancer.
I realize that Cait has no idea what Shatner did and certainly didn't follow with whom he fought on twitter, but I do understand the fans, too. She has never met Shatner and I think her tweet is completely innocent and harmless. I think it is really not a big deal and the fans in question certainly are creating more drama than necessary, especially since the backlash is certain. We see it here on this board, too after all. That doesn't change though, that I feel compassion for those fans. They've been insulted, joked about and mobbed by Shatner and his horrible fanboys, so I understand that they're voicing their disappointment. As long as it is polite, it is not very wise, but IMO understandable.
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golfergirl-07145
8 years ago
If they are so upset and disappointed with what Sam and Cait do or say, then move on and find another celebrity interest. Why keep putting yourself thru all this angst every time they say/do something you don't like?? We all have a choice in choosing to be a fan of theirs or not. If I was a fan of someone and that fandom was making me this miserable, I would move on for my own sanity's sake. I don't understand why they don't.
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Andorra
8 years ago
They weren't upset with Cait so far, because Cait didn't interact with Shatner. In the contrary, she was their last idol and they supported her. As I said, they raised more than 4000 pounds over the last weeks for her charity due to personal effort. They put her on a pedestal and now they are disappointed. What's so horrible about voicing their disappointment? As a Celebrity you get daily adoration, so it won't kill Cait to hear some tweets of disappointment. As long as they stay polite I don't see anything terrible in it. It won't help them in any way of course and in the contrary they'll get the next backlash. QED in this threat. So it's not wise, but people don't always act wise. In General I find this fandom very judgemental and I think it might be because it's mainly female. Sadly women are in general very ready to judge other women.
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laura1-07
8 years ago
So far she has been very distant towards him. She unfollowed him and has pretty much ignored him on twitter and so those fans were happy, that at least the leading woman in the cast was not communicating with him.
But it's not like she was engaging in lengthy banter with him, it was just one comment, which I think was more for Stephen's benefit than anything else.
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Andorra
8 years ago
Yes, I know. I said that it was just a harmless tweet and not worth the drama. But I wasn't one of the women, who Shatner targeted a month ago, so it's easy for me to say "who cares?"
But after initial anger, they all calmed down by now. They're still collecting money for Cait's birthday to give it WCC and they stopped complaining to Cait about her tweet, too.
So IMO they got their anger out of their system and moved on, as everyone should.
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