Nora Roberts speaks out about her cyberattacked

Author Nora Roberts was cyberbullied after the casting of Alyssa Milano in the screen adaptation of her book.Nora Roberts is a bestselling novelist, known for her romance novels. Her 1988 romance thriller 'Brazen Virtue', is being adapted into for screen and recently it was announced that Alyssa Milano will be acting in it.Within about an hour of the announcement, Roberts received many comments about the news and was horrified at the content. In a statement on her website she described-"I’ve read many of the comments on Laura’s announcement of the Brazen Virtue adaption for Netflix, starring Alyssa Milano. And I’m simply and sincerely appalled.The vitriol, the hatred, the anger, the bitterness and the demands are astounding to me.By and large I keep politics off my pages. That’s my choice. Now many readers have dragged their own onto this page, so I’m going to state, for the record: I’m a liberal Democrat. Always have been, always will be. And as one, I’ve always believed everyone has a right to their political beliefs, and has a right to express their opinions. But I don’t have to tolerate insults and ugliness on my page."The backlash towards the choice of actress must be due to the fact Milano had openly endorsed Joe Biden for president of the United States. She is best known for reviving the #MeToo movement in 2017(originally started in 2006 by Tarana Burke), though she champions many causes. She too received several comments after the announcement though neither she nor her team has offered a statement on it.Roberts described the comments, "Some will never read me again because Milano will headline this adaptation. One reader stated she intended to BURN all my books in her collection for this choice of actress.Think about that. Burning books. Get a visual? I sure do.Another claims she can only support ‘like-minded’ artists. Really? I only imagine the books, songs, movies I’d have missed if I felt this way and refused to read, watch, listen to those who contributed to or performed them who hold different political viewpoints from my own.Roberts ended her statement simply saying, "Watch the movie when it comes out, or don’t. But lobbing nastiness at an actress or threatening me doesn’t do anything but illustrate your own limitations."