"It's just been really hard," - Paige Spiranac turns emotional after online hate train 'hits home'

Paige Spiranac turned emotional while addressing the topic of online hate. Spiranac was a former professional golfer but later transitioned into the world of social media and online content creation. The diva flaunts 4 million followers on Instagram and 1.1 million followers on X.

Spiranac shared a screenshot of a hate comment on her Instagram story. The comment included foul words. In the comment, somebody stated that Spiranac claimed to be better than others at the Internet Invitational. Here's the screenshot of the text on Paige Spiranac's Instagram story:

Hate comment against Spiranac ( via Paige Spiranac's Instagram story)

Spiranac followed up with a series of stories in which she shared how such comments had negatively affected her and spoke about her professional journey.

“First off, thank you so much for all of the very kind messages, it truly means a lot to me. I don't normally do this, but this hate for some reason just been really hitting home for me. I've struggled socially my entire life. I've struggled in big groups of people, making friends, keeping friends, relating to other people. Reading social cues, saying the right thing at the right time, it's just been really hard for me my entire life…Like it's just hard for me in big groups of people.” “So at the invitation, I was really excited because I felt like I could like fit in in the industry. And like, be there for my team and show up and I was making spreadsheets and I was doing all of this stuff and I was really excited about it. And even when I was there, I was excited about because I felt like I was really like, there for my team. And so it's just been really hard to like, see this reaction to being so unliked and hated,” she added.

Spiranac wiping tears after hate comments ( via Paige Spiranac's Instagram post)

Paige Spiranac played for the Cactus Tour and retired from professional golf in 2016 after she failed to get through the LPGA Tour qualifying.

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Paige Spiranac shares titbits from the Internet Invitational

Paige Spiranac enrolled in the Internet Invitational, a six-episode series running over a 17-day schedule. The online event features 48 golfers in 24 groups of two, fighting for a $1 million purse. The second episode was released on Fore Play's YouTube channel, and Spiranac shared her fun insights from day 2.

Spiranac shared a post on her X page, mentioning that Jon Gruden’s voice was so loud that her team could hear it from the other side. The 32-year-old added that Roger and Jake Adams' beef got Roger fired up. Further, she spoke about the temperature at the Internet Invitational venue, which was like 100 degrees and too humid.

Before the Internet Invitational, Spiranac participated in the three-part Creator Classic series earlier this year. She played at the Creator Classic before the Truist Championship and participated in the two others as an on-course analyst.

Edited by Tushhita Barua