Thanks to her father and stepmother, who have long been accustomed to truckloads of adversity thrown at them, via the tabloids, social media, and anything else capable of delivering nasty messages, Alabama Barker has proven to be anything but a wallflower. That said, when dealing with a slew of haters who take issue with everything from her fashion sense and makeup regimen to her figure, it helps that the singer has some 4.6 million Tik-Tok followers in her corner.
If anything, she has more sympathy than spite towards her detractors. “I just feel like it’s a self-projection,” she said to E! News in September 2023. “And I hate that for them because I wish them the best and it’s just them projecting their insecurities. And you just need to know to keep going when people do something like that. “
When Alabama does strike back, it’s usually with some creative tact on TikTok, where she’ll lip-sync strategic lines like “I’ll tell you what you look like, but you won’t like it,” with the caption, “When Kathryn with 3 kids only waterline liner, 4 different colored blonde & Tom shoes, talk about my makeup or my age.” On other occasions, she’ll refrain from retaliation, choosing instead to offer some sage advice, such as this TikTok nugget from March 2024: “Please be more mindful and have proof and be very, very smart with what you say to people, because you never know what’s happening behind closed doors.”
