Thousands of fans and supporters from all over the world are mourning after the death of one of the world's legends, the Marvel Comics Creator Stan Lee. Most of these people expressed their lamentation through their social media accounts. Even some celebrities can't help but to publicized their feelings too. Unfortunately, the American actor Armie Hammer seems not so happy about it.
As more celebrities pay tribute over the death of the great artist, The "Call Me by Your Name" actor criticized their way of honoring Lee. According to him, showing their grief over his death is okay, but posting it accompanied by Lee's photo featuring themselves is another thing. For him, that kind of post concerns more of them than Lee, as posted by E! News.
Hammer shared on his Twitter account, "So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee..." He also added, "...no better way to commemorate an absolute legend than putting up a picture of yourself." The tweet was posted right after the news of Lee's passing flooded the internet Monday this week.
Hammer's criticism gained attention from his followers and celebrity watchers just a few hours after it was posted. Most of them don't understand where his rant came from. One of his followers even commented saying "Maybe they're just remembering how it felt to meet him with those photos. That's how I would feel. I never got the chance."
"The Man from the U.N.C.L.E." actor tries to explain himself as he replied to the comment by saying, if Lee made an impact to your life, the better thing to do is not by posting or bragging a picture of him with you but instead his work that best touched your life. He also added posting a selfie doesn't show any sincerity of grief, but it only expresses pride.
One of the few celebrity tribute, which Hammer approves, is of Mark Ruffalo's, according to Fox News. The post features a picture of Lee in front of a huge Hulk figure. Ruffalo's caption says, "Sad, sad day. Rest in Power, Uncle Stan. You have made the world a better place through the power of modern mythology and your love of this messy business of being human..."
According to "The Lone Ranger" actor, Ruffalo's tribute to Lee shows sincerity as it talks more about the late artist and less about himself.
However, no matter how much he explained, most of the people on the internet were still not buying it. He decided to turn the post down after several hours of posting to not cause too much conflict.
