Zendaya perfectly defends gay fans after troll's Twitter insult

Zendaya: 5,623. Trolls: 0.
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Neha Prakash
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Zendaya: 5,623. Trolls: 0. 

The actress recently clapped back at a Twitter troll who compared her makeup-ed Snapchat selfie to a "gay dude." 


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Her slaying, sassy response tweet has racked up more than 111,000 likes since being posted. 



Several of Zendaya's fans have showed their support by sending her selfies using the same Snapchat filter (which the actress has been retweeting). 




Zendaya has never been one to take troll's comments lightly -- last August, she called out haters who called her parents "ugly." 

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Neha Prakash

Neha Prakash was Mashable's Senior Watercooler Reporter, covering viral content, Internet culture and all things Kardashians.Before being a reporter, Neha was a Mashable intern covering news and politics. Neha previously interned at AOL/Huffington Post managing content and social media for its health and fitness sites.She earned her Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School in May 2012, and graduated with a B.A. from Penn State University in 2010.

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