Unkind Comments 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.

Criticism is for real. The amount of hate that I get is.

I don't like how social media allows people to be so mean and say really hurtful, negative things. It's just not cool.

I had gone away from Twitter because before people had been so mean to me. Talking about my lisp and my enormous forehead and all these things. I do have a lisp, I do have a forehead I know you could land a plane on, it's no mystery to me. I just didn't have the skin for it.

When I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, 'Why is she wearing this?' or 'Why isn't she wearing that?' or 'Why does she talk like that?' That's the worst because they're judging for no reason.

I remember being really hurt by a relative of a good friend of mine when I mentioned that someone was a great wrestler - she said, 'What do you mean? How can you be great at wrestling?' I stopped them and said, 'Do you think that what I do takes no talent whatsoever?' She realized how hurtful those words were.

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.

Very ugly things were said about me.

It's sometimes the random people that say things that aren't so nice, but that's okay.

What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat; it's not a nice feeling.

It's so hard for me to insult people.

If you're in the public eye, you're constantly scrutinised. I was called too thin and then too fat when I was overweight. It's just a shame those are the reactions people have.

If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.

When someone is wearing a dress that makes her look fat, don't say 'That's a great dress.' It always comes off badly.

If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.

My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super supportive. Like once I did a set, and he says, 'Sheesh, no wonder you're still single.' I was like, 'Eight ball, corner pocket, dad.'

I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

Of course, I loved the Spice Girls. I loved Geri and Baby, but who liked Posh Spice? They said I looked like her, and I said: 'That's not cool, that's really mean.'