Joel Stein Quotes

In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them.

While my season of 'The Bachelorette' was airing, people would call me awful, awful names. They'd question my integrity and character.

For all the benefits of being in the public eye, there is the odd downside, too. Twitter goes mad sometimes with people saying weird stuff. It is a bit strange, but you can just ignore them. It is not even worth getting worked up about.

I'm very heavily trolled, but one learns to ignore such thing.

There are people who follow me on Twitter and tell me how much they don't like me, how much they don't want me on the show, and that they hope I die. And it's not just about the character. They tell me how they've never liked Scott Foley, and that he's a stupid, white, plain-bread looking fool.

I know it's dangerous to take on bloggers. They can go after you every day, all day long, and anonymous people can chime in, too.

Do I ever get questions that are rude or impertinent? Yes, but I love to use them. The audience immediately perceives the emotional awkwardness of the situation.

If I saw negative comments I tried to look past them.

I know that gossip comes with a territory. It's a professional hazard, and while initially, I'd get a little riled, I've now learnt to handle it well. And honestly speaking, it's all very good publicity, isn't it?

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

My dad used to get to the nastiest letters. But somebody had to take the time to type it, stamp it, send it to him, send it to the radio station. And I mean nasty stuff. It's not like nasty people with nasty opinions just popped up out of nowhere.

Within half an hour of posting a piece on 'Slate,' I get a direct, often hostile and personal, response from readers.

Dealing with negative comments is part of this job, and I've had to develop a thick skin, though some days it's easier than others.

On every single picture on my Instagram page, you'll find a negative comment. My supporters will normally stand up to that hateful person, and then it will become a big argument, and it's just a lot. I try to tell myself not to listen to the haters, and I try not to read the comments because it's not worth it.

I just know that on TV or off TV, I've been very much targeted and torn apart.

I would say if you're getting hate on social media, just don't reply.

I don't do social media. I'm not looking to get a death threat every time I miss a field goal. I'm just not going to put myself through that.

It's strangely energizing to have people who don't make music themselves take potshots at you from the Internet.

Don't respond to haters' taunts - even politely. Ignore them. If nobody takes their bait, most will grow bored and move on.

I believe social media gives away a lot to people. I got this impression long time back when my friend was on Twitter, and he got trolled because he posted his opinion about something. He was very upset about it, as he didn't expect that people will reply in such a nasty way.

I don't take any notice of negative stuff said on social media. If anything it spurs me on more.

Everyone deals with criticism in a different way. Some guys read it, some guys don't really listen to it, some guys try to stay away from it, some guys get angry about it.

I get hate mail. I get bad mail. People say they will boycott you or the team.

I try not to engage with those people who leave nasty comments.

With social media, I think it becomes a little more intrusive. People have more access to you. It's obviously very flattering, all the love and affection that you get, and then there's also the downside of it: sometimes things don't go your way.