At my age I can handle people writing junk about me on social media, but I sometimes air "mean tweets" on my show to highlight how destructive this meanness and bullying is to young people. I know how devastating it is for a young person to be the victim of such ugliness.
You don't need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because people are always on their phones.
It was genuinely horrible. I stopped using Twitter for a while because I got so much s**t about being anorexic. And Im not.
I'm terrible at social media, and it sucks for me, because I know I have fans. But if you go by my Instagram, you would think, 'No one listens to her music!' It's not fair. My Instagram is not my music.
Luckily my fans are so lovely and I haven't really had to - what's the phrase? - "Clap back at the trolls?" Every now and then I do get a troll that mentions my skin color and calls me ugly names, though, like "Dark Monkey." Most of the time those people have their pages blocked, or you can't even see their profile picture. I can't focus on that. What I've realized is that I have the power to control how I feel about what they say.
You know that social media can be a harsh thing, man.
I hate online bullying. Those little comment boxes can brim with the most vicious, acidic, and pointless remarks.
Unfortunately there are some not-so-nice people using social media, and that has proven to be complicated for other actors that I've known.
If you go to places like YouTube, it's a cesspool, and a lot of the comments are really horrifying and misogynist and harassing.
