A sobbing Paris Jackson wondered why she made such an “easy target” for cyberbullies — admitting little had improved after she’d attempted suicide at 14.
“I don’t understand how there can be so much hatred in the world right now. I’ve tried sticking up for myself, I’ve tried the whole blocking the haters thing, not reading the comments,” Michael Jackson’s only daughter said in a now-deleted Instagram video uploaded to YouTube.
“But it’s hard … when there’s so much of it, and I don’t get why I’m such an easy target.”
Jackson, 18, recalled taking a two-year social media hiatus after vicious comments had prompted her suicide attempt but said that after she switched her Instagram account back from private to public, “nothing changed.”
The tattooed teen also empathized with Justin Bieber’s new gal pal, Sofia Richie, who became a victim of internet trolls after the two took their relationship public to the extent that the Biebs wound up quitting Instagram.
“F–king Justin Bieber went into a downward spiral because everybody that he dates gets so much hate,” Jackson said. “I have known his girlfriend Sofia since I was like 12 or 13; she’s one of the sweetest girls in the world, and people are telling her to kill herself.”
She ended the self-described rant with an appeal to cyberbullies, reminding them that “we’re human beings, man.”
“We got hearts and brains and feelings, and when you say damaging things like that to people, it f–ks ‘em up,” she said. “And I don’t know if that’s what people want, but it’s exhausting.”
The precise nature of comments apparently slung at Jackson remained unclear. Many fans offered support after the video surfaced.
The offspring of the late King of Pop and Debbie Rowe has spoken out in previous months about her online harassment, telling haters in July to “please unfollow.” Earlier this summer, she fired back at followers who criticized her for neglecting to post a Father’s Day tribute.