Rebecca Black Forced Out of School by Bullying

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-08-12 16:49

  Rebecca Black, the Anaheim Hills teen who became an internet sensation when her music video 'Friday' went viral, has been forced out of school by constant bullying.
  
  The 14-year-old tells ABC's Nightline that the harassment at school became so intense that she had to be home-schooled.
  
  "When I walk by they'll start singing 'Friday' in a really nasally voice," she said of her classmates.
  
  "Or, you know, they'll be like, 'Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?'"
  
  The music video landed her in the media spotlight for a time.
  
  She became a trending topic on Twitter, received a ranking on iTunes and even made appearances on the late-night talk show circuit.
  
  But the single was also a source of ridiculed for its cheesy lyrics, not written by Black, and was ultimately taken down for copyright violation.
  
  But the damage was done.
  
  Black says the attention the song received got out of hand, and she even received death threats.
  
  But it's not all bad; Black has been tapped to appear in the latest Katy Perry video.
  
  She also took home an MTV Teen Choice award for Choice Web Star last weekend.
  

  
  http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ktla-oc-rebecca-black-friday-home-schooled,0,6149283.story
  
  the cat thought no one cares about her anymore.
• Bride wrote on 2011-08-12 16:53
  i read in another article that her mom stated she developed a "thick skin" long before she ever did Friday, and iirc Rebecca Black herself stated she's learned to deal with that stuff but honestly.. going from public school to homeschool isn't dealing with the problem
• Claudia wrote on 2011-08-12 17:24
  Jesus, people are so cruel.
  
  It's pretty sad how a video anybody would consider a joke has ruined a teenage girl's life.
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2011-08-12 17:31
  The video was funny, but it wasn't that funny... And for that matter, I would think that she would get respect for making such a popular video rather than get bullied over it.
• Fynl wrote on 2011-08-12 18:10
  It's high school, if she didn't get bullied or made fun of for the video, they would have gotten her for something else.
• Sekwaf wrote on 2011-08-12 18:26
  I don't think she's dealing with it the right way. But really, they shouldn't make fun of a song that was not written by her and also, auto-tuned beyond all recognition of her natural voice (because that's just how it is these days).
• abc33kr wrote on 2011-08-12 18:29
  Oh my god that pedo looking black guy ruined her life by coercing her to sing a terrible song.
  
  Give the director the death threat! Not the kid!
  Arc music studio is at fault here.
• Zack wrote on 2011-08-12 19:18

  Quote from tink;549701:

  but honestly.. going from public school to homeschool isn't dealing with the problem

  
  
  

  Quote from Sekwaf;549770:

  I don't think she's dealing with it the right way.

  
  
  How would you deal with it then?
• Bride wrote on 2011-08-12 19:29

  Quote from Zack;549811:

  How would you deal with it then?

  
  oh idk, stay in school and blow off the bullying the best I could, like I did when I was bullied from grades 4-12?
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-08-12 19:33

  Quote from Zack;549811:

  How would you deal with it then?

  
  
  Lawsuits. It's america after all.
• Akemii wrote on 2011-08-12 19:33

  Quote from Zack;549811:

  How would you deal with it then?

  
  
  Junior year in high school, I had a couple of classes with this ass hole. Everytime I'd come into class with him, stuff like "Christian's a Fa*got" or "Christian takes 13 inch black mamba cock up his ass".
  
  All I could do was ignore it.
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-08-12 19:35

  Quote from Akemii;549832:

  All I could do was ignore it.

  
  
  Did you try the "hell yeah and I love it! *suggestive wink*" approach?
• Akemii wrote on 2011-08-12 19:36

  Quote from Sumpfkraut;549834:

  Did you try the "hell yeah and I love it!" approach?

  
  
  Nope. Cause I'm closeted. I just got over it and went on with my life.
• Adelynn wrote on 2011-08-12 20:58
  It's not like she can "closet" the reason she's being bullied. Telling her to deal with it when the whole world knows her face is probably a bit different.
  
  That said, it's pretty unfair for people to judge her for something that isn't even her fault. Sure, it's fun to make fun of the song, but to actually threaten her is just ridiculous.
• whocares8128 wrote on 2011-08-12 22:14
  Well maybe it's not her fault that the lyrics were bad, but she certainly chose to sing them.
  
  From what I recall, she was prepared for the fame and eager to accept it all, both the good and bad. Plenty of people suffer through much worse for things that truly are not their fault in any way.
  
  [SPOILER="Spoiler"]Besides, is this even a true report?
  
  Question: Why can't people publishing articles for a [S]newspaper[/S] news station bother have their work proofread before posting it?
  

  But the single was also a source of ridiculed for its cheesy lyrics

  
  :warn:
  
  Possible answer: Google "source of ridiculed" with quotes and you'll see exactly how many news outlets took this article as it was written, verbatim.
  
  Edit: I found a meta tag in the Tribune article identifying its source as http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-oc-rebecca-black-friday-home-schooled,0,5879160.story, but I couldn't find any source link past that point.[/SPOILER]