Tina Fey , who drop a line the script forMean Girls , was one of the Regina Georges of her high school . She described her tough position as " a disease that had to be seize . "
Many famous people have used their platforms to speak out about their experiences with bullying or tocall outthe bullies who made their lives miserable. However, not all of them were the victims of bullies — some were actually bullies themselves.
Here are 17 celebs who admitted to being bullies at school and beyond:
1.Jennifer Lawrencewas bullied, but she was also an “accidental bully” because she “pantsed this kid named Tyler” at a football game.
She toldE ! News , " We were pantsing multitude at a football plot , and I circumstantially grabbed his underwear . He got really embarrassed , and I feel really risky . I ’m sorry . "
She still palpate self-reproach . She continued , " I , like , sometimes Google him just to be like , ' You alright ? ' "
2.HerNo Hard Feelingscostar Andrew Feldman was also “bullied and [he] was a bully in middle school.”
He toldE ! News , " midway schoolers are just so imply . "
3.In middle school,Demi Lovatowas bullied, but she also “didn’t realize [she] was doing things that were also forms of bullying, like spreading rumors about people and gossiping.”
She toldSeventeen , " There were things that I did in middle school day that likely contributed to why girls do by me so poorly … Gossip is essentially character reference assassination . When you spread rumors about someone , it ’s a mode of deject them . "
4.Gabrielle Union"moved from being a mean, vindictive, hateful person who couldn’t be happy for other people to embracing and truly being supportive" with the help of her friend AJ Johnson.
Gabrielle toldOprah , " Really , it come down to , we were in a elbow room , we were at a political party , and I was holding court … And I was tear apart somebody , you know , just ripping them to shreds head to toe . And AJ pulls me away , and she says , ' Okay , now how did your life change ? Did you get the bozo ? Did you get the job ? Is your planetary house any bigger ? Did money , you know , just magically get put in your pocket ? What positive happened in your life after you just snap that woman down ? … You gained nothing . ' "
5.Like the Plastics inMean Girls,Tina Feywas a high school mean girl. She described her bully status as “a disease that had to be conquered.”
She toldNet - a - Porter ’s The Edit , " It ’s another knock off mechanism . It ’s a bad header mechanism , but when you feel less than … in your mind it ’s a way of point the playing theatre of operations . Though of form , it ’s not . Saying something terrible about someone else does not in reality level the acting force field . "
6.As a teenager, Lance Bass made fun of other kids for being gay to hide his own sexuality and to help him fit in.
OnLarry King Live , he enunciate , " When you ’re 13 , 14 , you just go along with what the other mass are doing . You just desire to equip in . You want to make trusted that your friends like you . So yeah , you ’re going to crack joke , you ’re going to laugh along with it . And when you ’re a teenager , you ’re not really thinking , ' Oh , I ’m being a bully by laughing along with it . ' … But you ’re also a bully by condone the demeanor and making the jest along with them . "
7.Ricky Martin also used to “bully people who [he] knew were gay” because he had “internalized homophobia.”
He toldGQ Australia , " When you ’re recite you ’re improper by everyone , from society , from your faith — my ego - esteem was crushed . I took my anger out on those around me … To realize that was confronting to me . I wanted to get away from that . "
8.When Vanessa Hudgens was in a relationship with Zac Efron, she “went through a phase when [she] was really mean because [she] was so fed up [with his fans].”
She told theNew York Times , " Girls were escape after him , and I was giving them death stares . Then I realized that ’s not what that ’s about . ' circularize the sexual love , be a good mortal , they support you , be decent . ' "
9.As his YouTube channel grew, Jake Paul realized that the reality of being an influencer “is highly conducive to bully-like behavior of which [he’s] witnessed, been subjected to, and been the instigator of.” He had to “painfully come to grips with” the fact that he’s “been the bully.”
In an essay for theDaily Mail , he wrote , " That ’s something I contend with and drive me to be better every day as a human , sidekick , Logos , partner , businessman , and a bagger … Frankly , being a yobbo and lash out others was easier than letting people see how much their words and opinions affected me . I justified my own action as ' substance ; ' however , sometimes it pretend into different territory I ’m not proud of upon reflection . just put , I vindicate that it was OK to be electronegative — until I realized that it was n’t . "
He adjudicate to found an anti - bullying foundation , Boxing ruffian , to help teach youngster " to foster incontrovertibility , to never start , and to use [ their ] voice and platform to speak up against intimidation . "
10.After Courtney Stoddencalled outChrissy Teigen for cyberbullying them when they were a teenager, Chrissy publicly addressed her past behavior and apologized. OnTwitter, she said, “I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be. I was an insecure, attention-seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that..is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel.”
rarify in aMediumpost , she continued , " When I first start using societal media , I had so much fun with it … And I used it to snark at some fame . In world , I was insecure , young and in a world where I thought I need to yarn-dye strangers to be consent . If there was a pop culture mess - on , I took to Twitter to seek to gain attending and show off what I at the prison term believed was a crude , clever , harmless quip … I was n’t stand for in my everyday life . More than once , someone would come up to me and say , ' You ’re so much nice in person . ' Why was that not a Brobdingnagian violent fleur-de-lis ? "
11.After being bullied from the age of five,Doctor Whoactor Christopher Eccleston became a bully “for a very short period.” He made “a very sensitive boy” give him some of his chips during break. He “did it a few times, and [he’s] very, very ashamed of it.”
OnGood Morning Britain , he said , " And I did stop it myself , give thanks God , but it ’s a pity that I carry to this day . "
As an grownup , he used his platform to counteract bullying by working with the Diana Award campaign tolerate Up To Bullying .
12.Gabourey Sidibe also opened up about being both bullied and being the bully in her childhood.
She toldEssence , " I grew up in tough neighborhoods , and I was bullied , but there have been time when I was a bully so as to oppose myself . I might have been a little overzealous sometimes , and I ’ve been a tough . I guess those two people — the bullied and the ruffian — survive in all of us . "
13.After rapper Fat Joe’s best friend turned against him and joined the school bullies who beat him up every day, he “turned into the worst bully in the world.” He admittedly “did some horrible things to good and bad people that [he’s] not proud of.”
He toldNPR , " I regret a lot growing up , and so I pray all the clock time . And so , I give back to my residential area all the time . "
14.13 Reasons Whyactor Christian Navarro “learned pretty quickly that if you bully, you don’t get bullied, so [he] was a bully in middle school.”
He toldPopSugar , " But then I got to mellow school and sort of swerve all that hokum out … the great unwashed did n’t care me . I mean , if you ’re a jerk , people do n’t like you . We all want to belong to to a community , and so I figured the best direction to do that was to block being a jerk … '
15.Growing up, Brandi Carlile moved around a lot, and she was both a victim of bullies as well as a bully herself at times.
She often felt out of position , and as an grownup , she carry " a kind of a unremitting imposter syndrome . "
She toldNPR , " Like , when people find out , you know , that I ’m just a altogether normal , unearthly girl , they ’re going to , you screw , move on with all of their ornateness and their beauty and their exceptionalism and leave me in Maple Valley . And it ’s kind of a beautiful affair . But as I ’m posture here and I ’m looking at 40 , and I got my shaver and I go my wife , and I have some of the affirmation that I always wanted around my medicine and now I ’ve pen [ my memoir ] , I think I ’m start up to really feel sort of solid and loved in my world . Like , maybe I ’ve finally — like , peradventure I ’ve kind of finally found my place . "
16.Patrick Stewartadmittedly"was a bully." As a kid, he was part of a group that would pick on and hurt a boy with a limb difference.
At theThe Kid Who Would Be Kingpress conference , he said , " I felt that in some way I had to make myself feel significant and the only style that I could do that was to control other children . "
When he grew up , he was " ashamed " of his preceding behavior , and he start work with Stonewall’s#NoBystandersinitiative .
17.And finally, Tyra Banks was both a victim of bullying and a “mean girl” herself. She was a bully from ages 7–10 because “[her] brother used to say [she] was stupid” and make fun of her at home.
She toldCNN , " masses bully because they want their power back . People bully because they feel powerless , and to get the power , you have to take it from somebody else … Here I am at home , getting bullied . So what do I do at school ? I got my power back . "
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