Doja Cat's Response To Losing Over 180 THOUSAND Followers Amid Fandom Controversy!
17.08.2023 - 13:29
/ perezhilton.com
Doja Cat is expressing her feelings about her recent controversy with her fans.
As we previously reported, the Paint The Town Red rapper got in hot water after ranting about her fandom calling themselves Doja’s Kittenz. She made it clear at the time she didn’t like her fans calling themselves anything, and even went as far to reply to several people on the app Threads with some pretty harsh comments. The aftermath was even wilder, with her update accounts shutting down in protest of her behavior. She then lost over 180 THOUSAND followers on Instagram.
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It was a crazy few weeks, with some fans even selling their tickets to her upcoming The Scarlet Tour — but now the 27-year-old is talking about what happened, and why she did what she did. On Wednesday, she actually took to her Stories to say she felt “free” after the mass-unfollowings:
Okily dokily!
Still, in a new interview with Harper’s BAZAAR for their Icons issue, the Get Into It musician actually praised her fans:
She’s singing a very different tune than she was before! But according to the Juicy rapper, she has her reasons:
These “parasocial relationships” — defined by Cleveland Clinic‘s psychologist Dr. Borland as “one-sided relationships or bonds with people you don’t know” — have become a hot topic in recent years due to the rise of social media:
As for Doja — she isn’t a fan of these types of relationships. She told BAZAAR she’d rather just have respect:
You can see more of her interview (below):
She makes some great points! But also, as a celebrity, part of the job is putting yourself out there for your fans — they’re the ones that make you successful — in conventional terms, anyway. The question is,