Awra Briguela gets candid about hurtful comments: ‘I just want to live’
Awra Briguela opened up about the emotions she’s been feeling over the negative comments thrown against her on social media. On her Facebook account, the social media personality admitted how “mentally and emotionally exhausting” it is to be her at times.
Awra shared her thoughts following the rude comments made against her for just posting about her life on social media.
“Imagine waking up every day, trying to live your life, minding your own business, expressing yourself, and doing things that make you happy, only to find out that people have once again found another reason to make fun of you, criticize you, and turn you into a topic of hate,” she wrote.
The Kapamilya actress added how even when she’s not doing anything wrong, harmful words are still thrown at her.
“Like, what exactly do you want me to do? Stop living my life? Stop being confident? Stop expressing myself just because my existence makes some people uncomfortable?” she questioned.
She then called out several news outlets and social media pages for contributing to that “kind of hatred” as she claimed that they create unnecessary and misleading headlines for engagements and reactions.
“You are not just posting content. You are giving people another reason and another platform to bully someone,” she added.
While she acknowledged that she is a public figure, Awra admitted that she still gets hurt by the harmful words thrown at her by netizens. She got candid with her emotions as she expressed how she feels like she’s being “punished” for being herself.
“I’m not asking everyone to support me. I’m not forcing anyone to accept me. But I hope people realize that being different doesn’t make someone less deserving of kindness and respect,” she said.
For Awra, she just wants to live and enjoy her youth without having the constant worry of what people would say about her.
“I’m so tired of having to be strong all the time. I’m so tired of pretending that these things don’t affect me. Because they do. More than you’ll ever know,” she ended.
Fans of the actress expressed their support in the comment section of her post and assured her that they’ll continue to support and defend her on social media.