Zoe Sugg Quotes

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

I got a lot of criticism online and a lot of harsh comments.

I don't read literary blogs. I used to read them, but it was upsetting when they would talk, in a snarky way, about my friends.

It's really hard when people write nasty things about you all the time. As much as good things are said about you, it's always those one or two bad comments that really stay with you and gnaw at you. I try not to read that stuff if I can.

If I read every comment on my YouTube videos, I'd go crazy with people that are saying negative things.

I get too upset by online criticism.

One of the really difficult things that people say to me on social media or whatever - is that I need to shut up and go home and take care of my daughter. That's very hurtful.

It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.

I try not to read the blogs or what people say about me. Because that's what brings everybody down - no matter what you do, you're always going to have haters.

Now with social media, people essentially come into my living room, my virtual living room, and tell me everything that is wrong with me.

Anytime I go on Twitter, there's always the good but the bad as well.

Some of my fans don't really like it when I respond to people who say things that are trying to be hurtful on social media. But I think it's kind of funny. There's a lot of things that make me laugh, that people would try and say those things. I mean, there's some that I can't even retweet or respond to just because of how bad it is.

I am human, when people write bad stuff about me it bothers me, but I know that will never end.

I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.

People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.

When I post anything at all on Instagram or Twitter, I get hundreds and hundreds of 'shut up' after I say anything. But it's all out of love.

For some reason, I'm constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I've never understood that. That's been very hard.

I don't want to be followed by random men I don't know. It can also be hard to deal with other kids who are jealous or mean. I can't post a picture on Instagram without being criticized.

I am a troll. And do you know what? I really don't like social media apart from that aspect of it. Posting pictures of me doing this or that is really boring, but I enjoy engaging with people. I tell them it's just a laugh and to stay in touch if you're getting any grief. They're just opinions.

A guy wrote a blog, way back when the Internet first started; the comments were so negative that it actually stopped me doing music for some time - about two, three years. It was after this one hip-hop project - Redfoo and Dr'Kroon. I wasn't used to it. I didn't like it. It lowered my self-esteem.

Social media has come a long way. With the good has come some bad, and you always have a lot of people hiding behind their computers and being very critical of what you do on and off the field, of what you tweet, of what you say, of everything you do.

I got a lot of hate mail, and that's where the term 'haters back off' came from because I got all this hate.

If I looked like a Victoria's Secret model, I would still get nasty comments.

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

I got a lot of very bad hate on social media from some people from my school. I think people thought I changed because they saw me on TV. They weren't close enough to know that I was still the same human being... When I walked at graduation, I got booed. It was kind of stupid.