We all know that disgusting feeling we get when we spend hours getting ready and weâre feeling like a million dollars, only for someone to turn around and say âare you really wearing that?â or âI think you have too much bronzer onâ. It knocks our confidence – even those of us with thick skin. Suddenly you look in the mirror and the dress isnât nice, the hairs a disgrace and the makeup looks absolutely disgusting⊠even though you looked the exact same 5 minutes before that with the exact same makeup, hair and outfit. Other peoplesâ opinions have so much control over how we see ourselves, even if we don’t want them to.
Luckily for most of us, itâs usually just one comment, once in a blue moon and we can get over it. We might just change the outfit or the makeup but for others, especially those in the public eye, they canât just escape the constant negative comments. So many women in the public eye have spoken out about it before, such as Khloe Kardashian, Chrissy Teigan and Zendaya â so why are people still so desperate to get their negative opinions out there?
The most recent celebrity to address her trolls was Chloe Ferry. This week Chloe, 22, who is well known for her outrageous antics on Geordie Shore posted an extremely emotional and heart-breaking video to her Snapchat for the whole world to see. This was a far cry from the outgoing, bubbly Chloe that her fans are used to seeing.
âI used to think that I had the best looking boobs ever [âŠ] I was so confidentâ is how the video started but the tone soon changed as Chloe broke down into tears admitting she got an uplift as a result of the insecurity that came along with one personâs comment on an Instagram post saying she had âsaggy boobsâ. To make it worse, Chloe has been left with a scar that will stay with her forever.
Personally, I donât understand why people continue to post negative comments and literally ruin young women and mens’Â lives with their opinions. While some may say that celebrities put themselves out there and deserve whatever comments they get, I donât think that just because someone is in the public eye means they should have to put up with othersâ negative comments.
Many of us were in secondary school at the time when cyber bullying was taking so many young lives due to sites like Ask.fm. When everyone grows up a bit and heads to college, we donât see that happening as much anymore. We think that only 13 year-old girls do the whole online throlling thing. However, we couldn’t be more wrong.
Everyday hundreds of trolls on social networking sites are getting a thrill out of telling people their opinions under photos and other posts. There are still no answers to the most common questions that are asked: If you donât like looking at someoneâs pictures or posts or snapchat stories- why donât you just unfollow them? Why does anyone feel that they have the right to knock othersâ confidence and self-esteem?
Using social media platforms to put themselves and their brands out there can have huge advantages for celebrities all over the world, and pictures, tweets and posts can make you extremely jealous of the lives they live. But when you look past the red carpets and the sunsets in Bora Bora, is it really a life you would want to live? Receiving criticism on how you look or how you act on a day-to-day basis, and feeling like the only option is to pay to change how you look. Just to keep a few trolls from commenting horrible opinions?
Unfortunately for Chloe Ferry, the feeling of beating the trolls turned into feeling like sheâd given into them. A part of her body that once made her feel confident now fills her with regret. I would love to believe that Chloeâs devastating Snapchats could help put an end to online trolling and hate, but I think itâll take a lot more than the Kardashians, Rihanna and a few Geordie Shore girls to make the trolls log off.