The journalist, who wrote for New York Magazine and British Vogue, covers issues such as mental health and social justice
A US-based journalist with bylines in several established publications has deleted her Twitter after sending shockwaves across the platform by seemingly wishing death upon Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on New Years’ Eve.
Nylah Burton, a Chicago-based writer who also works as a “sexual assault prevention specialist” according to her profile at Bustle, courted massive controversry after she responded to the death of famed American TV and film actress Betty White not by sending condolences, but by wishing death on another person – the British monarch.
“BETTY WHITE IS DEAD!?! Why couldn’t it have been Queen Elizabeth?” Burton wrote in her now-defunct Twitter account on Friday evening.
What a truly horrible thing to say. @TwitterSupport what do you have to say about @yumcoconutmilk ‘s tweet? pic.twitter.com/wreBra7Hge
— Caoimhín Thomas 🏴🇬🇧 (@KevMonynys) December 31, 2021
Facing backlash over her comment, Burton did not back down, doubling down on her original remark in a series of subsequent tweets.
“Why not Queen Elizabeth?? The universe took the wrong old white lady smdh,” Burton replied to a commenter, who denounced her peculiar take on Betty White’s death as “a revolting thing to say.”