“Ghostbusters” actress Leslie Jones was faced with vile, racist tweets after her movie’s Friday release and shared some of them on Twitter July 18. The star was brutally honest about the harassment she received and shared several screenshots of the messages. It led users to create the hashtag, #LoveForLeslieJ in support.

One tweet referred to her as an ape.

I just don't understand pic.twitter.com/N9xWoXPttu — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016

Another called her a “big lipped coon.”

Jones grew frustrated explained more about the barrage of filthy messages she received.

Ok I have been called Apes, sent pics of their asses,even got a pic with semen on my face. I'm tryin to figure out what human means. I'm out — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016

A fake Twitter account that was nearly identical to Jones’ – but without the blue verified check – was also created. The profile spewed derogatory and racist messages. She stressed it was not her page.

THIS WAS NOT ME!! OK TWITTER IM DONE!! IF YALL CAN LET THIS SHIT HAPPEN I DONT WANT TO BE HERE. I DID NOT POST THIS pic.twitter.com/CDGbuOHJN4 — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

The “Saturday Night Live” star asked her followers to help her find the account.

Please help me find this fake Acct posting the most awful shit in my name. Help! pic.twitter.com/lp4RzVLb6f — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

In response, @MarissaRei1 created the #LoveforLeslieJ hashtag to encourage the star.

@BlackGirlNerds can we see if we can fill a hashtag full of nice things for @Lesdoggg? Encouragement, cute animals, etc. #LoveforLeslieJ — T'Challa Back Girl (@MarissaRei1) July 18, 2016

She followed by praising Jones for inspiring Black girls.

I am proud of @Lesdoggg for being an inspiration to little black girls the same way she was inspired by those before her. #LoveforLeslieJ — T'Challa Back Girl (@MarissaRei1) July 18, 2016

Many have hopped on board, including “Ghostbusters” director Paul Feig. He said any attacks on the movie star were “attacks against us all.”

Leslie Jones is one of the greatest people I know. Any personal attacks against her are attacks against us all. #LoveForLeslieJ @Lesdoggg — Paul Feig (@paulfeig) July 18, 2016

Fellow comedian and host of daytime talk show The Real Loni Love encouraged other comics to “stand up for our girl now.”

My girl @Lesdoggg has paid her comedy dues & this is her moment ..Stand up comics we need 2 stand up for our girl now RT #LoveforLeslieJ — Loni Love (@LoniLove) July 19, 2016

Melissa Roth pointed to Jones’ rising Hollywood status as the reason hateful individuals are trying to bring her down.

.@Lesdoggg is a game changer and her voice is breaking through. No wonder people are trying to bring her down. #LoveforLeslieJ — melissa h roth (@melissahroth) July 19, 2016

As #LoveforLeslieJ continues to gain traction, users have called on Twitter to combat the abusive tweets.

The vile racist shit being thrown at @Lesdoggg rn is making me wanna set shit on fire. Why is @twitter @Support not doing their job?! — Majka (@majken_aune) July 18, 2016

A Twitter representative initially told BuzzFeed “we don’t comment on individual accounts,” and linked to the site’s support page on their “content boundaries.”

Later on, Twitter told the media site the following.

“This type of abusive behavior is not permitted on Twitter, and we’ve taken action on many of the accounts reported to us by both Leslie and others,” the statement read. “We rely on people to report this type of behavior to us but we are continuing to invest heavily in improving our tools and enforcement systems to prevent this kind of abuse. We realize we still have a lot of work in front of us before Twitter is where it should be on how we handle these issues.”

Jones sent several tweets Monday about how the racist insults affected her.

I've never claim to be better or special. I just try to do my job as best as I can. Isn't that any of us yall. So Yea this hurts me! — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

It's like when you think "ok I've proven I'm worthy" then you get hit with a shovel of hated. I'm numb. I mean I know there is racism. — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

But I'm I that naive to think that some things was changing yes I was. We still live in a world where we have to say "black lives matter" — Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

She ultimately signed off early Tuesday morning.