“If Simone truly believes that I called our team lazy and lacking talent, and if that’s really how she feels, I am really heartbroken over it,” she said, sounding as if she was on the brink of tears. “Not just heartbroken because it isn’t how I feel, or even what I previously said, but heartbroken because Simone’s latest post, and others that followed it, fueled another wave of hateful comments, DMs, articles, and emails. Hate that includes death threats to me, my family, and even my agent.”

“My family and my friends don’t deserve to be caught in the crossfire here,” she added. “They’ve done nothing.”