If anyone knows a thing or two about being bullied, it’s Alex Cooper. During an episode of Jay Shetty’s podcast, “On Purpose,” Cooper revealed that she had been “severely bullied” during her most formative years. “I was super, super skinny, people made fun of me, said that I looked like I had an eating disorder. I had awful, awful acne to the point where like I would beg my parents to let me stay home from school,” she recalled.
Fortunately, however, Cooper found a way to channel all of that anguish and ultimately use it to carve out a lucrative and noteworthy profession for herself. “My escape was going into my basement and picking up a movie camera and producing a music video or a short film. I found a lot of comfort in being able to express myself and feeling not judged,” she revealed to The New York Times Magazine in May 2022. “Creating content has always been a form of self-expression that has made me feel seen, that made me feel I am worthy and have something to show that I’m good at,” she declared.
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Sadly, however, the bullying only proved to be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Cooper’s devastating childhood …
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