Olivia Munn claps back at troll after celebrating Katie Bouman’s black hole algorithm
Like folks all around the world, Olivia Munn couldn’t contain her enthusiasm about the
groundbreaking scientific advancement that allowed us to see a black hole for the first time in history this week.
She was so excited, in fact, that when an Instagram user challenged the wording of her post about the news,
she quickly turned the tables, pointing out the user’s basic error and suggesting he climb inside the expanse of
nothingness. “We got the first-ever image of a black hole because of an amazing team led by MIT
grad student Katie Bouman, who helped create the algorithm that made the image possible,”
Olivia wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, April 10. “The algorithm stitches together a network of eight linked
telescopes that form the Event Horizon Telescope. Congratulations and THANK YOU, Katie! You’re an
inspiration to so many people.” While many comments on the post were of the “yeah, science!” variety,
some shouted out the fact that “a woman did that,” since science and math have long been notoriously
male-dominated fields, some users griped that Katie’s gender was even being mentioned.
“Is everything gender or race related,” sniped @junior.willz (via the Daily Mail). “@junior.willz Wow.
I didn’t say anything about her race or gender,” Olivia replied. “But clearly that’s all you see.
I’m gonna take a wild guess that you’re a f—ing idiot. Am I right?” Another user chimed in:
“He’s saying she wouldn’t have said anything if a man had done this.
It would have just been another day for science,” and Olivia had a reply for him, too. “@j_frost93 you have
no way of saying what I would do. Like right now I’m going to tell you to go f— yourself.
Bet you didn’t predict that.” The banter finally settled down when one of Olivia’s fans praised her responses.
“@oliviamunn I knew ! I knew you wouldn’t let this ass get away with his ignorant comment!!!
Maybe he belongs in a black hole and should stay there perhaps? Asking for a friend,”
the fan commented.” “@geniawalter Yup,” Olivia replied. “Put him in the black hole. Answering for a friend.”
