To all you lovely Olivia Jean haters <3
Ugh. So I haven’t been maintaining this blog just because while I like a few of Olivia's songs, I’m not a die-hard fan of hers; my initial thought process was that she should have a fan presence on Tumblr to counteract all the hate she gets. And anyhow, there’s a really good fan account now that’s constantly updated - Olivia Jean Fan Club, go subscribe if you’re a fan and you haven’t yet. Although I haven't been maintaining this blog, I have been keeping up with the Olivia/Third Man drama, and I gotta say, the hate for Olivia has spiraled out of control. The anti-Olivia Tumblr accounts, the anti-Olivia Instagram accounts, the constant negative anons concerning Olivia that are sent to Olivia supporters and Jack White blogs, and every single one of those disgusting, misogynistic, JEALOUS comments that were posted on articles about her debut album - what the hell is wrong with you people? It’s fine if you don’t enjoy her music, if you think her singing voice is atrocious, even if you find her physically unattractive. Fine, whatever, you’re entitled to your opinions.
You are not entitled to spread hate and harass people and cyberbully while at the same time expecting zero repercussions for your actions. If you don’t like Olivia, luckily for you there’s an easy solution: don’t support her! If you don’t like Third Man endorsing her, don’t support them! I mean, shit, are you people REALLY devoting entire accounts and expending efforts to "spread the truth" about her involvement with Jack? AKA a famous person (allegedly) had an affair with someone and is (allegedly) in a relationship with them now and wants to help them out. OH NO THAT IS COMPLETELY UNHEARD OF STOP THE PRESSES I THINK THE WORLD IS ENDING. :( Like, OMG TIM BURTON CASTS HELENA BONHAM CARTER IN EVERY ONE OF HIS MOVIES I GUESS THAT JUST MAKES HER A PIECE OF SHIT SUCCUBUS USER THAT’S FORCING HIM TO COMPROMISE HIS ~ARTISTIC INTEGRITY~. AND WAIT BRAD PITT LEFT HIS WIFE FOR ANGELINA JOLIE?!?!?! I’M SO UPSET THAT I’M GOING TO FIND EVERY ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT HER AND COMMENT REPEATEDLY ABOUT WHAT A NASTY WHORE SHE IS AND WHILE I’M AT IT I BETTER DEDICATE MY ENTIRE LIFE TO MAKING SURE THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THEY HAD AN AFFAIR WHILE HE WAS STILL MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN!!! I mean, really? That’s what you people sound like to me. Maybe you do hate her because she’s a “homewrecker” and therefore clearly such a horrible person, never mind the fact that love and marriages are complex and sometimes messy and also none of your goddamn business. But let’s be real here. You hate her because you are jealous. Because she was a huge White Stripes/Jack White fan (much like you) and she handed Jack a demo at a show and it was a one-in-a-million shot that he listened to it, liked it, and called her back. Because she’s young and pretty and passionate about music (like Jack). Because Jack sees a lot of potential in her and she gets to hang around him and be really involved in all of Third Man's projects. That’s the real reason, no matter how much you want to deny it. “No, I hate her because she’s a bad person for breaking up Jack’s marriage!” If that’s your stance and you do claim to hate her because of her alleged involvement in the ending of Jack White’s marriage, then why is Jack absolved of all blame? Why don’t you hold Jack to those same standards? If it’s true, he’s the one that broke the vows he made to his wife, after all. If you can excuse his actions with “B-b-but... he’s actually talented!”, well, then you’ve got a seriously fucked up moral compass and you need to take a step back and take a good hard look at yourself and your values.
And yes, I am aware that Olivia flipped out on a few Instagram users because she’d had enough. Big fucking whoop. She got tired of people accusing her OVER AND OVER for sleeping with Jack White in order to further her career. She gets so much abuse and finally decided to strike back, you know, as those who are bullied often do? Except the problem is that she's more of a public figure than your average bullied person, so obviously the choice to publicly retaliate was not a wise move on her part. Clearly Jack knows that, he keeps his negative opinions to himself for the most part so as not to damage his reputation. His hate for The Black Keys was only discovered through the divorce emails if you’ll recall. Olivia is younger and newer to this. She’s new to the game, so she’s bound to make impulsive mistakes. She said some shitty things out of frustration, I’ll admit they were pretty harsh, but that suddenly makes her Satan? As though none of you saints (Jack White included) has ever reached a breaking point and lashed out at others. Ha. Jesus Christ. To be honest, I agree with her to a point: some of you super obsessive Jack White fans are creepy. If you have a personal vendetta against Olivia and spend all your precious moments digging through social media and posting screenshots of people “outing” the “affair”: YOU ARE CREEPY. And jealous. And sad. L-o-fucking-l at you guys calling her a hypocrite because she ran a White Stripes fan site when she was like, what, 12? Some of you people are 30+ and obsessing over other people’s love lives. Yikes.
In short, stop embarrassing yourselves and get over it. Jack won’t stop associating with Olivia just because you hate her and wish that he would hate her too. Also, as Olivia said, please do try to find a more interesting hobby. It would probably enrich your life and make you less of an angry, bitter, jealous person. :)
I’m done with this blog, btw. To all you sane people: make sure to follow Olivia Jean Fan Club and/or Olivia’s official page if you’re a fan of Olivia’s. Peace.