Hailed as another win for Asian-American representation, the Netflix film To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before has been acclaimed as an authentic and beautiful portrayal of a young girl’s coming-of-age. It’s too bad that the actor who plays one of her love interests, Israel Broussard, has a history of posting and liking problematic tweets.
Fans allegedly found some unsettling old tweets from the actor’s account, which included posts criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-Asian, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigration sentiments. Broussard, who plays Josh in the new Netflix original, also liked tweets from President Donald Trump and other controversial public figures.
Broussard’s questionable tweets have now been deleted, but users posted screenshots.
https://twitter.com/hoIlandstoms/status/1031197798211833857
Reminder: Israel Broussard is trash and we're not going to Stan him. pic.twitter.com/lExc3JMexu
— 💭 (@lokiverses) August 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/moya_lm/status/1030938976696324097
“Dogs can sense earthquakes. Too bad Japan ate them all,” Broussard wrote in one tweet. According to user Seb_Paradise, the actor posted it on July 12, 2011, two days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan.
Some users claimed that Broussard was following Trump on Twitter, but as of press time he was not following the president. Broussard also liked a tweet from conspiracy theorist David Icke concerning the Sandy Hook shooting, which some people wrongly believe to be a staged event.
support of trump and the republican party and liked this about the sandy hook shooting. he doesn't reply to people on twitter but if he sees this, i hope his views have changed and that he's been educated on how horrible trump is and why black lives matter. @israelbroussard pic.twitter.com/i4h5K3iqKz
— kaila (@marvelusholland) August 18, 2018
Following the revelation of problematic tweets, some fans denounced Broussard.
i am very upset to see that israel broussard is not only a trump supporter, but feels this way about black lives matter. granted, this was almost 3 years ago and a part of me wishes he's been educated on blm and why it's important, but it's not deleted. he's liked many tweets in pic.twitter.com/ALGPr8P8e3
— kaila (@marvelusholland) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/swiftiereads/status/1031004673099030528
https://twitter.com/okinatran/status/1031369028114235393
No wonder Lara Jean ended up with Peter Kavinsky instead of him.