Not OK. Phoebe Bridgers got real about fake fans and trolls after she was harassed at the airport while trying to get to her father’s funeral.“I’m coming from a place of literally — I’m feeling it in my body as I’m saying it, but — people with my picture as their Twitter picture, who claim to like my music, f—king bullied me at the airport on the way to my father’s funeral this year,” Bridgers, 28, revealed during an interview with Them published on Wednesday, March 29.The “Copycat Killer” songstress, who lost her dad, Tony Bridgers, in December 2022, noted that people claiming to be “fans” on social media and the internet can be cruel.“If you’re a kid and the internet somehow taught you that that’s an OK thing to do, then of course I hate capitalism and everything that led you to believe that it’s OK to do that,” Phoebe continued.She revealed: “I, at one of the lowest points of my life, saw people who claim to love me f—king dehumanize me and shame me and f—king bully me on the way to my dad’s wake.”The California native announced her father’s death in early January via Instagram.
The following week, she was spotted walking through Los Angeles International Airport with comedian Bo Burnham.While Phoebe didn’t explain the exact reason for the bullying, the LAX spotting came amid rumors that she and Paul Mescal had called it quits — and after she and Burnham, 32, were spotted together on multiple occasions. (Neither the Normal People actor, 27, nor Phoebe have publicly addressed the breakup.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe “Kyoto” singer pointed out on Wednesday that it wasn’t as if the trolls didn’t know her parent had passed away when the hurtful messages poured in.“A lot of the top comments
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