Vicky Pattison has revealed she was left in tears after reading a cruel message from an online troll.
The former Geordie Shore star admitted she was “engulfed” by the comment and that it “controlled her whole day”, and said she was “done” with asking people to be kind online.
The 33-year-old shared a quote to her Instagram that read: “You give life to what you give energy to.”
She wrote: “Yesterday I did something stupid 🥺 I engaged with someone on social media who wrote something negative about me.”
View this post on Instagram
“Now I’m a 33 year old woman & I have been in this industry for 10 years, I understand the ups & downs of both the career I have chosen & also social media- yet I still went & foolishly tried to change a trolls mind. Silly girl.”
“I mean, What did I actually think was going to happen? That this woman was going to see my reply, rethink her entire thought process behind her comment, realise she was being rude & insensitive, admit any wrong doing, apologise & offer to take me out for cosmos&tacos when all this madness is over?! OF COURSE SHE F**KING WASN’T!”
“And the thing is, deep down, I knew I was never going to change her opinion of me,” the TV personality continued.
“Some people are just committed to disliking you- you can do anything you want- be a positive person, be relatable, try & spread joy, be self deprecating, do charity work.. Anything. You will still be the villain in someone’s story.”
“A quick glance at that woman’s profile & I see she has a daughter.. & I thought to myself, does she not realise that I am just someone’s daughter too?”
“Now I know I am not perfect, but I am trying my best in a world that sometimes scares & confuses me – isn’t that all we can do?”
“The worst thing about this stupid comment is that it engulfed me & controlled my entire day – I cried. I gave it too much energy, I couldn’t focus on anything else.”
“I desperately trawled through insta looking for comments telling me that I was nice or funny, anything to prove to myself that woman was wrong.”
“But the weird thing is- once your mind is subconsciously focused on the negative – you only see more negative. I gave her comment life, & any other negative ones I read along the way.”
“Those comments consumed me & I ruined my own day. I’m done trying to ask people to be better or be kind,” she confessed.
“The fact is misery just loves company & clearly some of us will never learn – but from now on, I refuse to give you my energy.”
“Instead I will devote that to the people & things that serve me, that bring me peace. My family, boyfriend, friends, my work & those who support me. Remember Some people do not deserve your energy 💙”.
Taking to the comment section, Love Island winner Amber Gill wrote: “I love this need to remember ❤️”.
Presenter Myleene Klass commented: “You will never beat this level of stupid and why would you want to?! F**k em. Just crack on with your amazing life and hot man x”.
