A Twitter user’s fingers wrote a check his feelings couldn’t cash when he decided to hop on the social media platform and slander an iconic figure from the 70s.
Sister 2 Sister reported that Twitter user @NotJuUncle wrote, “For the record, I never understood what n****s saw in Pam Grier. There, I said it.”
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Grier is a veteran actress who was wildly popular in the 70s. The 71-year-old woman is still gorgeous, but back in the day– Grier was a stone-cold fox.
The man’s now-deleted tweet caught all the smoke from eager Twitter users who were prepared to school him on the legendary Pam Grier.
Graciously, Grier thanked her supporters.
“Love all of you today for your recognition! I just saw that I was trending as I was packing boxes of clothing for donations. I don’t need half of what I have accumulated. Our country is a family in need, feed not greed. Seriously, love you.
”Sister 2 Sister reported that the actress got her start in Hollywood in 1969.
Grier starred in a litany of popular Black 70s films, including Foxy Brown, Coffy and
Friday Foster. She was Black Hollywood’s “it” girl.After staying under the radar for a while, Grier revitalized her career when she starred in the 1997 cult-classic Jackie Brown. The actress won an NAACP Image Award for the performance.