Golf influencer Paige Spiranac has built up one of the most successful and largest followings on social media, even as she is not playing on a professional tour.
However, with the amount of success she has had comes a ton of online scrutiny. Specifically, she has been scrutinized for how she presents herself on social media as she promotes the sport that she loves.
In a question-and-answer session on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Spiranac was asked about the “hate” she receives online and how she deals with it.
“I think I’m just desensitized to it because I’ve been doing it for such a long time now that I just don’t feel like people are all that mean even when they try to say mean things to me,” she said. “I think it’s funny for the most part.”
Spiranac explained that she feels a lot of people have “warmed up” to her over the years and that starting in a position where people were mean to her was easier than coming out of the gate loved.