It’s easy to forget that behind the glitz, glamour and fame that comes with being a celebrity, there are equal parts hate and mistreatment that is thrown their way. Vivy Yusof – mother of three, the mother of three, Malaysian entrepreneur and the co-founder of FashionValet and The dUCk Group – recently shared an example of the hateful messages she gets from social media users alike and this time around, Malaysian singer-actress Nabila Razali is sharing an abusive message she herself received via Instagram direct messaging.
In a recent post, the message in question calls out Razali’s acting and singing prowess in an abusive manner, with the user calling her slanderous names and accusing her of gaining favours for the roles she has had in acting. The message insults her appearance as well as her talent, critiquing:
“Ish your face is pig ugly, black, your nose is also big and yet you can be a heroin.. You sing like a cartoon too but you want to act ishh how gross! Please look in your mirror, and realize that you are not talented,”
The message doesn’t stop there. The user goes on to claim that Razali’s costars on Akademi Fantasia 2013 (AF2013) speak ill of her as “they are not willing to act ‘fake'” with her. More abuse is thrown her way as the user says,
“Even as you live you are living on money that is not legitimate because you don’t have talent! What is wrong with you, why won’t you just die? Don’t you think people find it weird that you have no talent but have a job, as if you were an agent of the Illuminati?”
And to make matters worse, the user hurls a threat at the young singer, saying:
If I was good at black magic, I would have used it on you so you would be dead by now chipmunk!”
To say that the message affected the ‘Peluang Kedua’ singer would be an understatement. The 28-year-old shared the screenshot of the message alongside the caption,
“Indeed I have never questioned the livelihood of others… This is really sad…”
Speaking to mStar, the AF2013 alum shared that despite being used to criticism, this time around, the message hurt her more than usual – especially when taking into account how hard the singer had to work to get to where she is today.
“My team and I just did our job and never bothered anyone. As a normal human being, it is deceptive to say that I am not affected by comments with criticism and threats like this. Such abusive language would be unacceptable to any individual.”
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Razali, who recently celebrated the milestone of reaching 20million views within 2 months for the music video of her latest single, ‘Peluang Kedua’ (‘Second Chance’) featuring MK from K-Clique, hopes to never receive such messages again. The ‘Seindah 7 Warna Pelangi’ actress even took the time to apologise if she had ever offended anyone, stating:
“I am sorry if I have ever hurt anyone thought my time in the industry,”
Because celebrities live their lives on screen and in the public sphere, it is often forgotten that behind what you see on screens is a human being who is simply trying to pursue their dreams in a field that they love. Let’s not use the space and freedom that we have with social media and the internet to slander nor mistreat anyone simply because we can. There’s a fine line between constructive criticism and malicious comments. At the end of the day, if you don’t have something nice to say – don’t say it.
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