Why do people say mean things online? How does it feel when they say those things about you? Tamannaah Bhatia, a famous actress, talks about these hard questions with her friend Luke Coutinho, showing us a side of being famous that isn’t always fun and games.
Imagine you find an old video of yourself from when you were a teenager and suddenly, people all over the internet are saying nasty things about it. This happened to Tamannaah and it was tough. "It took me by a storm and I was very uncomfortable," she shared. That kind of surprise hate, especially from people you don't even know, can be really scary and confusing.
She also talked about how sometimes, people online tell her how she should act or what she should do, even though they don’t really know her. This is something that Tamannaah thinks a lot about. Why do they say these things? Is it really about her, or is it about them?
After thinking about it, she figured out that sometimes, it’s not really about her at all. It’s about what those people think is right or wrong. They don’t see her as a real person who makes mistakes just like everyone else. They see her as someone who should always be perfect in a way that makes sense to them.
Tamannaah made a choice. She decided she won’t believe in the bad things people say about her. Instead, she will believe in what she knows is true about herself. "It’s not necessary that what they are projecting towards you is about you, it's actually about them," she said wisely.
Her words remind all of us that we have a choice. We can let mean words from strangers make us feel bad and change who we are, or we can believe in ourselves and be the person we want to be.
It's a lesson about being strong, not just for famous people like Tamannaah, but for all of us who sometimes read unkind things about ourselves. Remember, those people saying mean things don't know us, our stories, or why we choose to do the things we do. And sometimes, the hate they throw at us is really about their own struggles and not about us at all.