Jameela Jamilis firing back at online critics who have accused her of making up some of her health problems.
On Wednesday, theGood Placeactress, 33, addressed viral social media posts that claimed she hasMunchausen syndrome, orfactitious disorder, a mental illness that causes people to feign health scares for attention.
The criticism, which followed other Twitter attacks on Jamil forcoming out as queer— cited what some believed to be discrepancies in the star’s past interviews about suffering injuries in car accidents, among other anecdotes.
“First I’m lying about my sexuality, now I’m now being accused of munchausens? By an unhinged idiot who didn’t even realize in all her ‘research’ that my car accident injury stories are ‘different’ because they were about TWO SEPARATE CAR ACCIDENTS 13 years apart? You can keep it,” Jamilwroteon Twitter.
In a follow-uptweet, Jamil said she suffers fromEhlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects one’s connective tissues, mainly skin, joints and blood vessels — a mostly hidden condition she said is frustrating because people “doubt your illness and injuries because you look okay.”
Jamil referred to two car accidents: one that camewhen she was a 17-year-old, the otherwhile on a jogduring filming the first season ofThe Good Place.
Jamil also addressed critics of a pastcancer scare, experiences withmercury poisoning, and dealing with a bout ofseizures.
When one fancommentedthat they don’t understand why Jamil needs to “explain her life because you don’t believe her,” the actressreplied, “It’s because of my skin colour and my gender.”
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Sharing a quote from Brené Brown, Jamil expressed her annoyance in online vitriol, tweeting that she wished people would better delegate their focuses.
“Man, if as many people spent their time and energy helping others/fighting injustice as they do dragging and slandering people on the internet the world would be in such good shape,” shewrote.
Jamil, in a subsequent tweet, disputed the claims as nothing more than “dumb internet conspiracy theories” and said she would continue to be an advocate for the wellbeing of others.
“Not afraid of you or your dumb internet conspiracy theories. Keep them coming. You just add to my relevance,” shewrote. “I’m gonna keep helping people with eating disorders, and changing laws and global policies to protect kids and their mental health and there’s NOTHING you can do about it.”
If you or someone you know is battling an eating disorder, please contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or go toNationalEatingDisorders.org.
source: people.com
