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Michael Rapaport has blasted Instagram for ‘shadowbanning’ him over ‘false information’ he posted about Donald Trump – as he called the ex-president a ‘p***pig’.
The 53-year-old comedian and actor claimed fans of the former president suffer from “Trump worship syndrome” and continue to harass and report his social media posts.
He noticed that when his fans tried to tag him on Instagram, they received a warning message: “This account has repeatedly posted false information that has been reviewed by independent fact checkers or gone to against our community guidelines.”
Rapaport said he had never posted anything false, to his knowledge.
He said Instagram didn’t tell him about the “shadowban” – and there was a pattern of Trump supporters trying to stop him saying what he wanted on social media.
Michael Rapaport has blasted Instagram for ‘shadowbanning’ him over the ‘false information’ he posted about Donald Trump – as he called the ex-president a ‘p***pig’
He noticed that when his fans tried to tag him on Instagram, they received a warning message: “This account has repeatedly posted false information that has been reviewed by independent fact checkers or gone to contrary to our Community directives”.
Michael Rapaport told DailyMail.com: “Five people tried to tag me on Instagram, and they all got this message.” It all started on Thursday.
“I don’t think I ever posted anything wrong, I never intended to.
“I think it’s fucked up, they don’t explain what fake news is.
He blamed the “thousands” of “right-wing kooks” – who he describes as people with Trump worship syndrome – for speaking out against him.
The comedian said that “every day” he is accused of one thing or another by people “suffering” from SAD, the syndrome he invented himself.
He said, “I am a destructive force. They mean nothing to a giant.
Speaking about the incendiary comment he made about Donald Trump – whom he often calls ‘pig d**k’ – caused the latest shadowbanning, he said: ‘What didn’t I said?
“I said the courtroom sketch was done by a right-wing artist because he was 65 pounds thinner and they removed the vagina from his neck. It was true. This was done by a Trump supporter. It’s obvious from the sketch.
Bill Hennessy was the court artist in question – who worked for 40 years drawing people in courtrooms. He has been contacted for comment.
Hennessy previously told Fox, “I don’t editorialize.” I just draw what I see.
Rapaport said he won’t stop talking about Trump on his platform “until he’s either officially done with politics or in jail.”
“I am committed to speaking about him in the most authentic and honest way. I do it with reckless abandon and with uncensored language.
Noting that he has already been banned by social media giants, he added: ‘It will pass, it’s not the first time. I was suspended on all platforms, I was once blocked by Elon Musk until he found Jesus and stopped blocking people.
He blamed ‘thousands’ of ‘right-wing kooks’ – whom he describes as people with Trump worship syndrome – for speaking out against him
Bill Hennessy was the court artist in question – who worked for 40 years drawing people in courtrooms. He has been contacted for comment
“It would be one thing if they explained why. People like me, we make social media cool. The least they can do is say precisely what you did. They won’t say anything
When asked if he thought he had been shadowbanned, he replied, “100%”.
Instagram and Donald Trump’s office have been contacted for comment.
Posting the warning message online, Rapaport said: “WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION!!!
“I have never posted any false information, if you refer to me calling a certain person P!GD**K that is an actual FACT, otherwise I want this removed as soon as possible.
“This is what happens when my awesome loyal ‘followers’ on IG try to TAG me.”
His supporters came to his aid on Sunday morning.
Actor Michael Rapaport holds a sign outside Netflix Studios in Los Angeles on Monday, July 17, 2023
One wrote under the post: ‘I guess the rump supporters reported you en masse with no evidence of a rule violation. They are good at that.
Another said: ‘It’s **** bull. That’s Michael’s opinion and more than half the country agrees with it.
And a third added: ‘Looks like you got a bunch of right wing snowflakes who don’t like to hear the truth, fuck call the wahhhhhhmbulance.’
Someone who doesn’t seem to agree with Rapaport added: “I don’t agree with a lot of things he says, but I will fight for his right to say it.”
Earlier this month, Rapaport caused a stir online for denouncing a court sketch of Trump where he appeared to look thinner than normal. He addressed her concerns in a rant full of expletives.