Kristen Johnston slams RadarOnline for posting Robin Williams AA photo

http://twitter.com/#!/kjothesmartass/status/499244442017361920
Actress Kristen Johnston has been very open about her struggles with substance abuse. So when she learned about this tweet from gossip rag RadarOnline:

Radar Online Robin Williams tweet

(Note: Image blocked out by Twitchy)

She was rightfully disgusted:
http://twitter.com/#!/kjothesmartass/status/499245169578110976
http://twitter.com/#!/kjothesmartass/status/499273892943659010
From Johnston’s full post, via TwitLonger:

We’re used to being the butt of your jokes. We’re used to the media breathlessly using our addictions to make money.

However, when outlets like @Radar_Online, print photos of a celebrity ( and others) at an AA meeting trying to get well, they have crossed the line and have blood on their hands.

Addicts are NOT amusing. Addicts are NOT salacious. Addicts are NOT your entertainment.

Be sure to read the whole thing. Johnston’s moral outrage is well-founded. And she is most definitely not alone in being thoroughly repulsed:
http://twitter.com/#!/JamieBertolini/status/499252482116423681
http://twitter.com/#!/teri3231/status/499275422790852609
http://twitter.com/#!/BlckdByJilZarin/status/499243622991417346
http://twitter.com/#!/JulieLvsPACKERS/status/499245444921184256
http://twitter.com/#!/RobWBailey/status/499253577538613249
http://twitter.com/#!/username914/status/499276434603790336
http://twitter.com/#!/Aligirl711/status/499252036597477376
http://twitter.com/#!/Kimlayne3/status/499274828223102976
http://twitter.com/#!/CarolReynolds2/status/499279021948297216


Related:

Twitchy coverage of Kristen Johnston

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