Justin Bieber is emerging as a growing Twitch streamer, but even the famous singer has been dealing with hate comments taking a toll on his mental health.
The 31-year-old Canadian joined Twitch in October, promising to stream “pretty much every day” and has made good on his commitment.
While he already has a massive fan base from his career as a singer, he’s managed to grow his Twitch follower count to 206,000 at the time of writing.
Just like other creators on the platform, however, he’s not immune to negative comments from chat, and according to Biebs, they’re beginning get to him.
During an October 28 broadcast, Bieber explained his issues with going on Twitch and being bombarded with comments from people he doesn’t know.
“Going on Twitch is vulnerable as hell, because people who feel sh*tty about themselves project and write mean ass things. It’s already hard enough to put yourself out there, and then you gotta read that.”
The singer recalled how one string of comments in particular stung. One night after playing basketball, he was exhausted and read remarks stating, ‘Justin’s not as exuberant. He’ll never be his exuberant self ever again. He’s not his charisma.’
“I was like, ‘what?!’ I just played basketball. I’m just tired. But it starts getting in my head. Like, did I lose my charisma? My exuberance? I have a zest for life. It just suck,” he continued.
“You can have one million people say the nicest things and then the one comment gets in there.”
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