Fifty Shades Author EL James Held A Twitter Q&A And It Went Very, Very Wrong

When it comes to celebrity Twitter Q&As, it’s safe to say that they never go completely to plan.

Like, remember when Robin Thicke did one and was literally flooded with angry messages? Well, this one EL James has done has kind of gone in the same direction.

On Monday (June 29), the fans were informed that EL would be answering questions using #AskELJames, but things got out of hand quickly, with the hashtag being hijacked by people who had some strong words for the author.

While most opted to make fun of EL’s writing skills (she really does love a thesaurus), others went HARD on her over her Fifty Shades of Grey series, describing the relationship between Christian and Ana as ‘abusive’.

https://twitter.com/lburgundy/status/615619631060021248

https://twitter.com/TrevDon/status/615596252378611712

https://twitter.com/JackHoward/status/615592852966502400

https://twitter.com/dawneywawney/status/615581421420322817

https://twitter.com/avestal/status/615578089511190528

https://twitter.com/rhysjamesy/status/615578530395619328

https://twitter.com/LiamDrydenEtc/status/615563655363592192

https://twitter.com/ScarfDemon/status/615590748877139968

There was also some pretty accurate tweets that took aim at the, erm, inspiration EL took from Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight trilogy...

https://twitter.com/Ceilidhann/status/615528030962851841

https://twitter.com/skepticosaurus/status/615560107255046144

https://twitter.com/Rachel_Destross/status/615577810594332672

Oh lord, it's never a quiet day for EL, is it? Naturally, she ignored all the hate and managed to find some tweets asking proper questions about her novels.

But seriously, we would've loved her to hit back at least one of those not so nice messages.