Its really important for anyone going into the entertainment or content creation business to know that a lot of parasocial relationships exist within the industry. You could go hard for someone and be supportive of their journey only to realize that they dont want that for you

years back a person i considered a friend spoke out about their experience with abuse in the industry, and i fully supported them. Even after we had a falling out, id still be liking tweets in support of them. Why? Just because we werent friends, didnt mean they didnt suffer

Fast forward to when i had the courage to say something, and i saw them mocking me and making a joke out of my experience in a thread and it broke my heart. Somehow no longer being friends meant it was okay to mock my trauma. Ive learned a lot about true friendship since then