“Long story short: there are hundreds of those. Hundreds,” she explained in a video on her story that was later re-posted online. “There’s nothing anybody can do about this. There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. I question my purpose in even being here in front of you saying that this is happening. I don’t really know.”
The actress continued, “The thing that bothers me is this feeling that I’ve had inside of myself, which no one has told me, but this feeling that I’ve just gotta shut up and take it, that I have to grin and bear it. And I’m not built like that.”
“So, I wanted to come on and say thank you to the people who show up for me in the comments and the places that I’m not going to put myself,” Ingram concluded. “And to the rest of y’all, y’all weird.”
On May 31, Ingram posted another message on her Instagram Story, this time thanking fans who sent her messages of love and support. She wrote, “The love is louder. It overflows. Thank you.”