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Debra Messing shames troll who sends her unsolicited penis picture by sharing it with Twitter followers

Heather Saul
Thursday 19 November 2015 18:35 GMT
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Debra Messing
Debra Messing (Getty Images )

Debra Messing has shamed a troll who sent her a sexually explicit picture by sharing it for all to see.

Like many women on social media, Messing opened her Twitter account one day to find an unsolicited (and un-pixelated) picture of a man’s penis.

Unamused, the Will and Grace actress decided to teach this troll and all senders of unwelcome penis pictures in general a lesson in respect by sharing a blurred out version of the image with her 259,000 followers.

In a caption, Messing demanded respect “at all times” and warned that sending sexually explicit pictures without permission is never ok. Her decision to take on her troll was widely praised by men and women, a number of whom shared their own similar experiences.

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