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Keri Hilson Gives Troll Who Tried To Come For Her Career A Classy Clapback—“You’re Probably Trying To Hurt My Feelings”

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; if there is one thing to remember on social media it’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;trolls will be trolls&period;” Most of the time the hurtful and downright cruel things they type when they’re keyboard thugging are simply to get a reaction&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keri-hilson-gives-an-update-on-her-new-music&sol;">Keri Hilson<&sol;a> just gave a quick masterclass in how to deal with a troll who tries to come for your career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Keri Hilson has been <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;essence&period;com&sol;celebrity&sol;keri-hilson-father-died&sol;">laying low these days<&sol;a> and choosing to live her life away from the spotlight—but social media still manages to get in the way&period; Unfortunately&comma; when you’re a celebrity people feel as though they can hurl comments your way on social media without consequence or response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After posting a photo on her Instagram page&comma; a social media user rudely commented&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&commat;kerihilson your career over with you ain’t have a hit in 9 years you washed up&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ever the demonstration of class&comma; Keri responded with this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&commat;thebasedgodtim337 chiiile&comma; I KNOW&excl; You’re probably trying to hurt my feelings w&sol; that but I’ve long accepted I’m in that category…for now&period; But lemme correct you here&colon; I haven’t &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had a hit” because I haven’t put out ANYTHING&comma; not because I put out flops&period; And my career is far from over&period; I do hope you stay tuned this year&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B8cIUQcB3Ot" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you may recall&comma; in early January Keri lost her father&comma; Skip&comma; unexpectedly at the age of 71&period; At the time of his death she wrote on Instagram&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I wasn’t ready&period; I don’t wanna do this&period; But I want to honor you in as many ways as I can&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"57097" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keri-hilson-gives-troll-who-tried-to-come-for-her-career-a-classy-clapback-youre-probably-trying-to-hurt-my-feelings&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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