- Ah! Love her! Take several seats.
Bitch, I am seated. - Can we just all make an agreement
right now to just let people do their thing?
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- (FBE) So today, you're gonna be reacting to some of the most
talked about celebrity clapbacks on social media.
- Clapbacks, ooh. I like that. - Oh. This is my territory.
I do this on the regular. - (FBE) So, for those
who may not know, Merriam-Webster actually added
the term to the dictionary in January of this year.
- Clapback? - Really?
I don't know how I feel about that. - I love that.
That's so fun and fresh. I feel like there's been so many
words recently being added to the dictionary
that are "internet terms." - (FBE) And they define clapbacks
as, quote, "Responding to criticism with a withering comeback."
- Oh, nice, nice, nice. Okay. A clapback.
I thought it was gonna have to do with butts,
but maybe that-- like butts clapping. I don't know.
- I like seeing people's funny, witty reactions and comebacks,
so this should be good. - (FBE) So, this first clapback
comes from Chrissy Teigen, who's replying
to the Miss Teen USA Pageant. - "These are your top five
Miss Teen USA contestants." The all look exactly the same.
- "How can we choose from such a diverse bunch?"
(laughs) I was about to say! - I know.
- They're all blonde and blue-eyed. - Uh, no. Correction.
One had green eyes. (laughs) - Oh. Sorry. (laughs)
- She is famous for clap backing. She doesn't even care about anything.
- Honestly, the first time I saw this on Twitter
was shocking too, 'cause if you told me
that was the same girl, I would believe it.
- I'm always concerned that people who don't like that
are gonna see that, and they're gonna be like,
"I'm not hot. I'm not," whatever, you know.
So, I'm really glad that Chrissy Teigen's about this.
- (FBE) All right. So this next post is from pop star Halsey's
Instagram feed. - "You are a feminist,
but you flash your boobs in Playboy magazine."
Playboy's still going on?! - "Yeah, it's crazy.
I can show that on Playboy, perform at the Nobel Peace,
speak at Planned Parenthood," oh goodness. It has a lot.
- "Shake my ass on 300 stages, give a speech
at the United Nations..." - Yeah!
- "...do 150 shots of tequila..." - Ha, turn up!
- All at once! - Uh!
- "...get a number one album..." - Number one!
- "...and march in the streets of DC all in just ONE year."
- Oh! - "Newflash: A woman
can be multidimensional." (chuckles) She could've just said,
"Yeah, it's crazy." - (both laugh)
- That, honest to God, it would've had the same energy.
And I'm so supportive of it, 'cause she's right,
but definitely, "Yeah, it's crazy" would've been enough.
- It's not really necessary, 'cause if you know her
and you're a fan of her, you know this already.
You don't need to tell a hater, because regardless of what you say,
they're gonna just keep, you know, trying to put you down.
- Yeah, that's when you clap back. That's a good comment to clap back at.
Women can be multidimensional!
- Yes, we can! - And we come in all shapes and sizes!
- (FBE) So next up, is a clapback from gold medalist
Simone Biles' Instagram account. - "Seems like you have partied
nonstop for a year. #trash #unfollow #suckyassrolemodel."
- Oh, Simone Biles. Queen. "Talk to me when you train
for 14 years and earn five Olympic medals.
I think kids would say otherwise. My year off is well deserved."
Ah! Love her! Take several seats. Bitch, I am seated.
- That is so true! 'Cause people look at what other people
and just like, "Oh, you're not really working hard.
You don't need a break." And I'm like, "No,
sometimes you really do." - Everybody has to deal with that,
somebody criticizing them when they are literally
doing absolutely nothing. - It's good.
It's just not as tea as I would like. I like when clapbacks are scandalous.
- If I even have just one, and I train for 14 years
for just that one medal, let alone five, yeah,
I can take a year off. Hell, I can-- I'm good.
- Oh, Rihanna! My favorite clap-- That's the clapback queen
right there. All right. - MTV.
- "Yikes." - (both) "Rihanna's marijuana photos
from Coachella spark controversy." - MTV. "Yikes."
- (both) "Rihanna ran out of... Fs to give." (chuckle)
- That's a good one. - Oh, Rihanna! Oh, Rihanna!
Somebody don't care. (chuckles) - I just love that all these people
have such a bad bitch energy. Oh! - There at Coachella,
isn't that where, you know... - Ain't that where you do that?
I don't know. This is just people nitpicking.
Who cares what she's doing? - mslovedovey says...
- (snickers) - "I'm sick of that ponytail."
- Mm. - Ariana Grande says to mslovedovey,
"I'm not." - Facts. That's it. That's good.
simple and sweet. - If you have a short clapback,
and it's just like, "Damn. Burn," like, those are the best.
- I'm just surprised that she even saw this comment and took the time
to respond to it, 'cause she probably gets thousands
of people saying she should change it up.
- People tend to forget that celebrities and other influencers
have brands that they have to follow.
And Ariana's ponytail is part of her brand.
- Can we just all make an agreement right now to just let people
do their thing?
- I don't understand. - There's more important things
to care about in this world than a ponytail.
- (FBE) All right, so this next clapback
comes from Good Morning America news anchor Al Roker,
who replies to a fan that is dissatisfied
with the announcement of a new host.
- Ooh! I love Al Roker. - "Sorry. Hoda, you're great
with Kath Lee but not as anchor. Was looking for a seasoned man."
Ah! (laughs) What? I can't even fini--
"Guess NBC doesn't have one." Ah! Okay, I'm offended!
- "Sounds like you want a steak, not an anchor."
That's so good. I like this.
- Oh my god! (claps) That is a good one!
- He's standing up for the new co-host.
I'm proud of him. Just like, "Yeah, dude! You do that!"
And doggone it, now I want a steak.
- "Joan Crawford looks way better in my opinion.
More classic and refined. And Julie is wearing
ugly black nail polish." You really concentrated
on the nail polish out of all that. That is beautiful.
- All right. So then Julia Roberts says,
"It is in fact a navy polish with garnet crystals
as a grounding accent, in case you would like
to edit your comment from 'ugly black nail polish'
to 'ugly navy polish with garnet crystals.'
Just sayin'." I don't even know
what garnet crystals are. Garnet-- - I think it might be
gar-ni-ay crystals. - Gar-ni-ay?
- Garnier Fructis crystals. - (snickers, laughs)
- I like the little emoji. That's kinda like,
"Yeah, I just slayed you" kind of thing.
- Yeah, no. (chuckles) Like, what? Like, Julia Roberts--
I'm sorry. That was not a clapback. Aw, poor Julia. I love her, but...
so not good. - It's actually navy blue, not black.
Gotcha. Like, yeah, no. Then again, she's got
way more money than me, so I'm just gonna be quiet.
- (FBE) All right, so this next Instagram post is between
Riverdale cast members KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse.
- Right. Ooh. Are they gonna be beefin'?
- KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse when they were actually 17.
"Man, I would have absolutely crushed you at age 17." (chuckles)
"You wouldn't have survived the weight of my"-- Ohh! (laughs)
- Oh my god. (chuckles) No way. See, that's what I like.
It's funny, 'cause he doesn't mean it, but... yeah, I love--
this is what I wanna see on Twitter. - I live for Cole Sprouse.
I think he is so funny. He's definitely someone
that does not take BS from people online,
and I kind of live for that. - This is good,
because this is a friendship and it's lighthearted.
And obviously, he's joking, but he's actually being truthful.
Cole Sprouse is. - (giggles) And that's what's funny
about it is it's true. - (FBE) So, this next tweet
comes from Tom Anderson, co-founder of Myspace
who's talking about the change in Instagram's terms of service.
- Tommy! Myspace Tom. - "People keep saying, so I'll say it.
Fear over Instagram's term change is ridiculous. Get real folks."
- "Says the who was not able to keep a social network alive."
(laughs) Wait, and he's got a clapback to that,
'cause that was pretty good. - "Says the guy who sold Myspace
in 2005 for $580 million while you slave away
hoping for a half a day"-- Wow. That's funny.
I like that. - You usually shouldn't bring money
into it, but at that point, like, amen.
- Oh, Tom! He's always in my top friends list,
and that's the reason right there. - I feel like Tom won that.
- (both laugh) - I think he's winning.
- But he also could've spent his money and had it written in the sky
above the guy's home. - Mm.
See, Tom, you ain't doing it right. - That would've been pretty cool.
- When we get those types of comments, I just--
when I want to respond, I just sit there and just--
like, I know who I am. I know the hard work I've done.
There's no need. I don't need to say anything.
- (FBE) So, since your career as an online creator involves
putting some of your life out into the public,
we have to ask, what types of comments
have you received from people online?
- Most of them are usually very positive.
And I think a big part of that is just because
the type of content I put out is designed to encourage people.
- For me personally, I don't get a lot of hate.
I mean, you always get your standard "Kill yourselves,"
your standard-- "Your standard." (chuckles)
I mean, it's just so normal these days, because there is
a level of anonymity. You can kind of say whatever you want
and get away with it. - You can be flooded with thousands
of positive comments, and then there's one
that says, "You're stupid," and you're like, "Oh, I am!"
- (laughs) - We'll get the typical, "Cringe!"
- Yeah. Oh, yeah. "Cringe." - "These guys are too old
to be playing high school students," you know.
- Or just a casual "not funny," "unfunny."
I don't even claim to be funny. - We don't claim to be funny.
- I'm just out here kickin' it. - I have a girlfriend.
We're pretty open on the internet. Whenever we post pictures together,
people add their two cents saying, you know, whatever they want
about her or more or who I could be with.
The only time we do clap back is if we come up with a funny one
that we could-- you know, everybody would love and just laugh at.
- (FBE) So, we're curious. Be honest. Have you ever clapped back
at your online critics? - I have no memory
of doing that myself. Maybe I've said "thank you"
or tried to be nice most of the time. - Mm-hmm. Smart aleck-y. Yeah.
- If you really wanna beat a bully or anyone who wants attention,
if you give them literally zero input and add zero, they'll just get
so much more upset, and they'll just have to deal with themselves.
- On Instagram, maybe I'll get a DM from a kid, and they'll say
something really mean. And I'll reply and be like,
"Sorry you feel that way." And they'll be like,
"Yo! Actually, been a big supporter of your channel. Love you.
Can you shout me out?" - Yeah, well, actually,
this one person was so personal with their clapback
or their negative comment. I just said, "Yeah,
I see your IP address" or whatever, and I really didn't.
But they were like, "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it!
That was my little sister!" And I'm like, "Okay,
you didn't mean it or your little sister didn't mean it?"
I don't know, but I sense a lie.
- I just had one actually a few days ago that got me
into a little bit of hot water on Twitter.
I posted a new video, and I had a bunch of ads in it.
Somebody replied and was like, "Oh my god, James.
I cannot believe you put six ads in this video.
You're so greedy." And I ended up replying,
and I schooled her a little bit, and I was like, "Listen, girl,
there are six in a 30-minute YouTube video that took three days
to film. That's roughly three minutes
of advertisements. You can skip through them on YouTube,
and we lose almost 50% of money. Whereas TV programming,
30-minute program, you're getting eight minutes
of ads that you can't skip, and it's going to
a billion-dollar corporation." It sucked in the moment,
but I'm okay with looking that way if it means starting a conversation
and making a change for the better. - (FBE) All right, so finally,
what is your advice to fellow public figures
on how to handle what comes with the comments from social media?
- Don't take it so seriously and kinda just focus on the positive.
And the more you incentivize the positive comments,
the more they'll come. - Just pick your battles wisely.
Just do you. At the end of the day, you're just
being the best version of yourself. And if you're doing that, [bleep] 'em.
- Number one, know who you are. So, if you're happy
with what you're doing, and you're really thrilled
with the kind of content that you're putting out,
and you're thrilled with what you're doing,
then it doesn't matter. - If you're succeeding,
you're feeling really good about where you're at,
then don't let people's negative opinions of you
bother you, because clearly, you have a really positive impact.
And if you are in the public eye, and you're popular,
you're probably popular for a reason. - There's always going to be people
that don't like what you do. And it's literally impossible
to please everybody. So really try your absolute hardest
to focus on those who are being kind and who are being supportive,
because, at the end of the day, those people are gonna bring you
to the top and be with you for a very, very long time.
- Personally, just don't even bother. - Unless you have
a really clever response. - Clever response and you really feel
the need in your heart to stick up for yourself.
Then go ahead. But most of the time,
it's better just to let it go. - Let people be.
- That's the theme of our time filming. - Of us. Yeah.
- (both) Let people be!
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