Actor and comedian Charlyne Yi has accused Marilyn Manson of harassment after the shock rocker had a reported meltdown during a New York concert on February 15.
Yi took to Twitter and detailed an instance where Manson visited the set of Fox’s medical drama series House and “harassed just about every woman” who was there, “asking us if we were going to scissor, rhino & called me a China man.”
The tweets were later deleted when Yi faced a backlash from Manson fans. To which, Yi replied: “It’s fun when you say someone harassed you and then it’s followed by folks harassing you. I wonder if humans will ever get better.”
Yi reportedly also expressed her distress in reliving those experiences after watching Manson’s performance. In the tweet posted on February 17th, Yi said “It’s so triggering to see people come up on the internet who have harassed you. And then when you talk about the incidents you become known as the person tied to the harasser. And that’s just your name from now on. It almost overrides who you are.”
According to Newsday, Manson had been performing as part of a rescheduled show due to his stage accident last year. At the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York, Mansion only delivered a few songs as part of a tour of his album “Heaven Upside Down,” before throwing away his microphone and accusing his audience of not loving him. By the end of the show, the audience was shouting “Refund! Refund!“
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One Manson fan was disappointed: “Six songs in an hour and a half, one song was about 30 minutes – mainly with his back to the crowd and no singing.”
This is not the first time Yi has remembered an instance of racism she faced.
When many women first came forward in October with stories about sexual harassment and assault in the wake of the #MeToo movement, Yi recalled her first interaction in 2007 with comedian David Cross, which turned out very offensive.
I think about the first time I met David Cross ten years ago & he made fun of my pants (that were tattered because I was poor). Dumbfounded I stared at him speechless and he said to me "what's a matter? You don't speak English?? Ching-chong-ching-chong".
— Charlyne Yi #defundthepolice (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
Then after he saw I was offended he asked me if I was going to fight with him karate in a southern accent. Then a few years later he was re-introduced to me after my comedy show with his girlfriend at the time & he said "Hi nice to meet you".
— Charlyne Yi #defundthepolice (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
HOWEVER it is very uncool that a 40+ man was being racist towards me, being a young 20 year old woman who was clearly on the verge of tears from his first racist comment.
— Charlyne Yi #defundthepolice (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
Cross disputed the use of racist language against Asian cultures and said he was surprised by the accusations.
Adressing the Charlyne Yi tweet below. pic.twitter.com/WMHxH6lZco
— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) October 18, 2017
Addressing the video posted online of Manson’s performance on stage, Yi said she wished the shock rocker well. “I genuinely hope he gets help.”
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