I don’t understand it and I do at the same time. She has hardcore support for pretty much the same reason Ian does and that’s because of The Vampire Diaries and the hype the show gave both of the characters they portrayed.
Julie kept calling them “passionate” but let’s call a spade a spade, they were bat shit crazy. A good portion of her fan base is just Delena fans, which is a fandom known for being loud which is why she uses them when she needs to promote something. DE has one of the most toxic fans I’ve ever seen, but she doesn’t denounce them, at least the way Ian did, because she knows that they can come in handy sometime and will never go anywhere.
It’s also worth noting that she can’t denounce them the way Ian did. As a male he does have an advantage here where he won’t get completely trashed by the fandom and his career if he does where Nina won’t. So that is a factor in that but either way she does have control still by ignoring them, which she does, often.
Essentially her bat shit crazy fans are the left overs from TVD and the worst of them which is why she and the other cast members have several people at their defense when something negative is said about them. Kat has no such luck.
However that’s also because of the kinds of insults that’ll get sent your way for defending Kat which are usually racially charged and I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to deal with that kind of bullshit. Defending the other cast members the worst thing that gets thrown around is being called an idiot by someone who’s clearly illiterate.
POC of TVD 