“The Valley” star Janet Caperna has left the US and made all her social media accounts private after facing a torrent of death threats from viewers.
Caperna, 35, hightailed it to Switzerland with her husband Jason and their 18-month-old son Cameron this week as a result of the abuse, the Daily Mail reports.
While en route to Europe, the reality star locked her Instagram page after receiving a slew of hateful messages from trolls.
In message screenshots shared with the outlet, one vile troll attacked Caperna and her family in a series of abusive texts.
“I hope you rot like you deserve,” wrote one person. “I hope your child grows up absolutely hating you.”
“I know where you live. I’ve seen where your son goes when you’re not with him,” another troll wrote.
Speaking to the outlet, Caperna said she is detailing the abuse to underline just how hateful the messages had gotten.
“I’m sick of threats and slurs being normalized because ‘we signed up for this when we joined reality TV,’” she said.
“That’s sick and not normal and I’m not ever going to pretend it’s normal or acceptable to message strangers threats and slurs.”
“It’s sad to me that people go this far, it’s definitely the worst part about this ‘job,’” she went on. “I’m learning how to put boundaries on social media in place and learning as I go. I support healthy dialogue around reality TV and think some of the best conversations about modern culture stem from shows like ours.”
The former celebrity assistant, who had previously worked for Cameron Diaz, also shared some vile messages she received during the latest episode of her “This Side of the Hill” podcast.
“I’m gonna read a couple and they’re really just not nice,” said Caperna’s podcast co-host Jared Lipscomb.
“I hope you die a slow and painful death, you are so ugly. Are you actually a man? You are evil and I wish death upon you, you piece of s–t,” one message read.
Another added, “It’s a shame your son is still breathing you little [n-word] lover.”
Caperna said some trolls even researched the names of her family members, and used their names in vile targeted messages.
“This isn’t constructive criticism,” she said. “I understand that I put my life out there and I’m gonna get comments, good and bad, this isn’t that.”
“It makes me wonder, how many people throughout my day am I interacting with that are like this behind closed doors?”
She added, “Like, when I’m checking out at the grocery store, is that person messaging someone that they don’t like hate like this?”
Elsewhere, the reality TV star hinted that one of her co-stars — whom she claims is a former friend of hers — was spotted interacting with trolls online.
“I had a former friend who responded to someone’s comment questioning the safety of my child, questioning whether I had a drinking problem,” she said.
“This former friend decided to respond with a laughing, jokey emoji and I’m so disappointed in that.”
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