An interesting point was made by some of you and I'd like to debate this very strange behaviour of Stefani's. Stefani is on a crusade to end bullying......somehow. Especially bullying of LGBT teens. It's all very commendable and perhaps her heart is in the right place but is she aware how nasty her own fans are, her Little Monsters?
If someone speaks negatively about Mother Monster in forums or on Twitter for example, their claws come out and it's downright mean, often scary. People have been told to die, kill themselves, they're going to be killed. Those are the more extreme attacks and I'm sure are just words opposed to an actual premeditated plan being put to work. Other attacks are sillier such as calling people whores, bitches and the like.
When it comes to other pop stars, it's no hold bars. A good example are the attacks against Adele regarding her weight, Madonna on her age, Katy Perry on her talent and most recently Kelly Osbourne on her logical opinion that Stefani should have walked the red carpet at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Kelly received death threats and was also told she should be raped.
Why hasn't Stefani spoken up about this? She's the self appointed champion for the under dogs. She's so against bullying that she's started her own foundation to combat the problem. So why hasn't she called out her own fan base? How can she put an end to bullying when she can't even control her own fans, the very people that worship her? Her fans vehemently defend her. Could it be that it's not bullying to her when it comes to defending her honor? The Born This Way Foundation is set to officially launch on February 29th.
There's no doubt in my mind that she's heard about all of this including the now defunct Help Mother Monster blog. If it was so easy for her to hear about NME's nominating Born This Way the most pretentious album, surely she knows about this too, right?
Stefani was quick to tweet about something negative about her but why not about others, at the hands of her Little Monsters? The tumblr blog A Tribute: Hateful Little Monsters outlines the type of things that they say and do.
Here's a GIF created by a Little Monster.
So what's the deal?
