Dora Jar on the Viral Gracie Abrams Tour Drama: Don't Feel Bad for Me

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’ European leg of her The Secret of Us tour, which she and Abrams had just announced with complementing social media posts.During a break, she opened Twitter and saw a whole lot of drama, starring herself, was erupting.

An self-described “fan” of Abrams’ had started a Change.org petition (yes, really) to replace Jar as the opener, claiming she wasn’t popular enough and that her songs were “too slow” (yes, really, again).The tweeter, Jar recalls, shared a copy of the petition along with a sentiment of, poor Dora.

She dissolves into giggles recalling the moment.“Don't feel bad for me,” she tells me, and by proxy, the world. “I'm opening for Gracie , and also, this is funny.”Some artists (and many average humans, let’s be real) would be crushed by such a blatant rejection of an exciting opportunity so publicly.

But Jar genuinely seems to be unbothered, laughing it off and shrugging her shoulders. The internet is going to internet, and the love and support that poured in for her immediately after from everyone from to turned a weird moment into something sweet.“I feel so much love,” she says. “Seeing all this support that kind of backfired off of the negativity was this really funny paradox, and I felt kind of delighted by it.