Comedian and actor Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda has issued a devastating plea to social media users as she begged for the end of a ‘gross’ trend circulating online
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda has put out a heartbreaking plea as she continues to grieve her famous dad. The beloved Hollywood actor died by suicide aged 63 in 2014 following months of debilitating ill health.
Now, his daughter has been forced to put out a message to fans online as she shared a sick trend sweeping social media. The director has urged people to stop creating and sending her AI-generated videos of Robin.
She pleaded: “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on.
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“But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.”
Zelda added: “To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to ‘this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough’, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening.
“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.”
In her final appeal to social media users, she concluded: “And for the love of EVERY THING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed.
“You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.”
Sadly, it was not the first time Zelda had to call out the behaviour as last year she slammed a story circulating about Robin as fake. A story claimed the Mrs Doubtfire star had owned a monkey.
Zelda hit out: “It’s been brought to my attention some probably AI-written BS like this is going viral. Dad didn’t own a pet monkey, NO ONE should, and if you’re ever tempted to, support your local exotic animal rescues instead. That is his Night at the Museum costar, who now lives at one.”
Before his death, Robin complained that ‘gut discomfort’ was making him anxious and he developed a resting tremor in his left hand along with a slew of seemingly unconnected ailments that came and went.
He suffered stomach cramps, heartburn, and constipation. Robin then started having trouble with his sight and smell, struggled to urinate, was more anxious than ever and began having disturbed sleep.
His limbs would sometimes freeze mid-movement for no obvious reason, while his voice became weaker, his posture less rigid and sometimes he just froze on the spot.
In May 2014, Robin was told by doctors they thought he was suffering from Parkinson’s disease but the actor didn’t believe it. Robin died in August and initially it was thought depression was to blame.
An autopsy would later reveal he had actually been suffering from Lewy body dementia – an aggressive, incurable brain disorder that is associated with a higher risk of suicide. It is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s due to an overlap in symptoms such as impairment of motor function.
If you’re struggling and need to talk, the Samaritans operate a free helpline open 24/7 on 116 123. Alternatively, you can email jo@samaritans.org or visit their site to find your local branch
If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at Dementia UK.
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Source: Mirror
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