Candace Cameron Bure of “Full House” and “Fuller House” fame recently spoke out to talk about the hate her 20 year-old daughter Natasha has gotten online.
Cameron Bure, 45, talked about this while talking to People Magazine about the negativity social media can bring.
“My daughter deals with it a lot and she’s come to me many days crying because of what people have commented on her social media,” said Cameron Bure. “But I do tell her, ‘Listen a lot of times, people are writing mean things ’cause they’re trying to poke the bear. They just want to get a rise out of you; they actually want attention.'”
“‘And they know they can get attention by being mean, so in that case it is good to ignore them,'” she continued. “‘Also, if you want to be a part of social media, it’s part of what comes with it so you’re going to have to have thick skin as well if you want to continue posting, which is just a sad thing but it’s truth.'”
As for the criticism she gets herself from online haters, Cameron Bure said that she lets “a lot of it go,” but also knows when it’s time to stand up for herself.
“I do let a lot of it go — the majority — but when there’s so many comments I think that’s when you have to stand up for yourself,” she said. “So of course we can ‘ignore the haters’ but when there are people that are making jokes thinking it’s in good fun, they’re not thinking they’re being hateful, so I wouldn’t call them haters.”
“We have to realize and let people know that there’s real people and feelings behind a computer screen or a phone, so I think standing up for yourself is always appropriate,” Cameron Bure added.
Last year, Cameron Bure spoke out to defend her family after they were hit with negative comments on a Christmas photo she posted. She called out people “who thought it would be funny to point out things and share their commentary” on her Facebook.
“I posted my family Christmas photo and sadly, there were so many unkind comments,” Cameron Bure wrote. “Do you think it’s funny to criticize someone’s children? To make jokes about them? To critique our poses? The direction in which we are looking? Our physical appearance and facial expressions?”
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