Ireland Baldwin: ‘I smoke weed, I eat good food and I mind my own business’

I haven’t paid as much attention to Ireland Baldwin because Hecate has been covering her. I know that she’s open and honest about her anxiety, which is admirable. When celebrities admit that they struggle with anxiety it helps so many people. Ireland recently posted a long message to Instagram, mostly about the hate she gets online and how that’s affected her. It sounds like Ireland was inspired by Camila Cabello opening up about her body image in light of the photos that paparazzi took of her at the beach. Ireland said that grown ass people have attacked her online about her looks and body since she was a child, basically, and that she’s over it. She’s not going to comment on her dad’s umpteen kids (my words) and she doesn’t care. She’s happy and living life on her own terms. She posted four pages and I’ve embedded that Instagram below. Here’s part of Yahoo’s writeup on this:

Ireland Baldwin… posted on Instagram on Wednesday to say that she’s “angry and tired” of being the subject of online bullying. And while she’s been encouraged to “ignore” the hateful messages that she receives, she’s decided that she’s going to take a stand against them.

“I am a person (in case you thought otherwise). Words hurt no matter how much I pretend like they don’t. I know it’s best to stay silent sometimes and let things fizzle out…ehhh but I’m done doing that,” she wrote. “I lost my way. I have been so ridden with anxiety and have worried about how people perceived me. I’ve let that affect my friendships, relationships, life/work opportunities… you name it.”

Ireland went on to say that she was inspired by Camila Cabello to speak up after the singer posted a message on her Instagram about body image insecurities and the pressure that she faces as a public person. “I relate to every word of her post,” Ireland wrote.

“I have been called some version of fat, ugly, worthless and irrelevant since I was a kid. It’s nothing new,” she continued. “Paparazzi have followed me around for whatever boring reason and have snapped photos all up, in, and around my ass, cellulite, back fat, double chin, tits, you name it! It’s invasive and super lame, but out of my control.”

“I get countless messages from people who are kind of alarmingly obsessed with my father and his family. I think a lot of people assume my take on any of this, well here it is for free – it’s none of my business,” Ireland said. “My life is here in Oregon with my boyfriend, 6 dogs, and my new business. I smoke weed, I eat good food, and I mind MY own business.”

[From Yahoo]

So I’m a fan of Ireland’s now! That was one of the best rants/screeds on self esteem I’ve read and I was thinking “right on.” Ireland is 26 and if she’s figuring this out now and can make it stick psychologically she’s ahead of a lot of people. I was probably ten years older than her when I realized I don’t have to get approval from other people and that it didn’t matter. I’m still working on that. I didn’t have her tough education about it though. Maybe she should just turn off her DMs except for people she’s following. I do that and I’ve also limited comments on the posts. My Instagram posts aren’t even personal they’re just stories and photos from CB! I can’t imagine posting a photo where you feel and look cute and getting hate comments.