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- This one kid in my
sixth grade math class

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called me pit stain,

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but then I bullied him back really hard,

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and I regret that to this day.

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- [Female Host] Is there anything

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you were teased or bullied about,

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like a name you were
called that stuck with you?

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- I won't say who called me
it, because it was so long ago,

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but I remember being called this a lot.

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- Classic!

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- Classic.

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- Which, by the way, is not a bad thing.

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- So, did people make fun of your laugh?

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- Oh my God, I've been
in the middle of shows,

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and people have turned to me

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and been like, "You
have a terrible laugh."

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- Well, I'm always being teased

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for my big teeth, or my eyebrows,

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or anything it is, on social media.

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- Your eyebrows?

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- Yes.

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- I was just gonna say,
your eyebrows are so great!

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- Well, thank you.

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- When I was a kid,

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kids would kinda tease me a
little bit about acting stuff.

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- Even when you're J-Lo's son?

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- Well, that's what they
would tease me for, you know.

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Kids are mean.

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- When I was younger, I was
a huge tomboy, I still am,

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and people used to tease me about that.

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- Yeah.

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- I have really long hair,

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and I've had long hair my whole life,

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so people would tease me with that.

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- Really?

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- Yeah!

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- You know, I was teased
a lot about being short,

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and my hair, and like all this stuff.

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- I'm right there with you
on the short one, by the way.

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All the time I got called short.

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Is there any advice you'd give to someone

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who's being teased or bullied?

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- I encourage everyone
that, you know, feels alone,

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to go online and find friends.

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Hey, that's how we got together!

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- Yay!

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- What's for you, is what's for you.

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So, what you got going on,
you make sure you own it.

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- If you find an activity
that you love to do,

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and you have people that
are like-minded like you,

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you'll find your friend
and your support system.

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- As you grow older, you realize that

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all the things you think
weren't cool about you,

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are what make you stick
out later in a good way.

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- All hate comes from some kind of love.

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- Roll off your back,
laugh with 'em, and--

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- And become a superhero!

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- That's right.

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- Tell an adult.

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I think that's number one,
that people never want to do.

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- You have to speak up.

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It's very important,

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because these days and times,

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know that the action can be taken care of.

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- They're doing it for other reasons

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other than the fact that
you're weaker than them.

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It's really sad.

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- That person has been

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taught that behavior in their home life,

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so they are probably
being teased and bullied

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by the adults that surround them.

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And that's not gonna
make you feel any better,

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it's just kinda a way of
practicing compassion,

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so that you don't interpret it

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as something that's
specifically happening to you.

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- So, all the people
who called me a tomboy,

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I wanna say, you're totally right.

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I still am and I'm so proud of it.

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- I am extra!

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I'm so extra.

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I'm over-the-top and I'm loud,

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and I would rather be too
big than be too small.

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- We all know that monkeys
are known for climbing things.

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So, look at me now, I'm climbing
my way to the top, dammit.

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- I started from the bottom, now I'm here.

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- Oh!

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