Jim Carrey apologizes for using photo of distraught teen during anti-vaccine rant

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Jim Carrey went on a Twitter rant following California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision requiring all children attending school to receive vaccinations, regardless of a family’s personal or religious beliefs.

 

During Carrey’s series of tweets, he posted an image of a distraught teen in hopes of bolstering his argument. When the aunt of the young man seen in the photo became aware of how it was used, she expressed her disgust toward Carrey’s appropriation of the image for his position.

Here’s her retort, via Instagram:

 

Jim Carrey (yes that one) tweeted out an image of my nephew who suffers from Autism and tuberous sclerosis as an example of anti-vaccinations. Alex had these conditions before he was ever vaccinated. I’m very disgusted and sickened that a celebrity would use a photo like this that was used in the first place to spread awareness of Tuberous Sclerosis to mock him and and my sister for vaccinations. Even if that was not his intended outcome, it is what happened.

 

Carrey has since removed the image and posted the following apology:

 




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