Patton Oswalt had choice words for an idiot who tweeted that depression 'isn't real'
Every Twitter troll needs someone to shut them down. Luckily, one guy who posted a long thread claiming that "depression isn't real" had J.K. Rowling, Patton Oswalt, and a host of other celebrities to debunk him.
Oswalt, who has publicly discussed his struggles with depression, responded to a thread from Andrew Tate, a kickboxer and Big Brother contestant who describes himself in his Twitter profile as "toxically masculine," that promoted harmful misinformation about mental illness.
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Soon, other celebrities passionate about mental health chimed in to debunk a dangerous Twitter thread that claimed that depression isn't real and that people suffering from depression are "too lazy to change" their lives.
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J.K. Rowling offered her own response and a pretty sick burn.
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Don't tweet misinformation about mental health and depression if you don't want literally every celebrity to come for you.
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Emma Hinchliffe is a business reporter at Mashable. Before joining Mashable, she covered business and metro news at the Houston Chronicle.