Photo: Addison Rae/Instagram
Addison Raeis taking the recent backlash she received in jest after she tweeted about becoming a red carpet interviewer this weekend.
The social media star, 20, shared a pair of snapshots from the red carpetahead of the UFC 264 fighton Saturday. Alongside thesmiley photos in whichshe held up a microphone, she jokingly wrote, “I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment.”
Her name then began trending as Twitter users called her out for seemingly making light of getting the opportunity with minimal experience or credentials.
One person wrote in atweet"liked" more than 97,000 times: “i got a 33 on my ACT and was a national merit semifinalist, spent thousands of dollars and hours of hard work to receive a bachelor’s degree from the best journalism school in the country, was commencement speaker, and applied to 75+ jobs to be unemployed.”
On Sunday, Rae (née Addison Easterling), re-shared her original post andaddedin jest, “nvm y’all got me fired.” She also retweeted a post from Barstool Sports that called her the “most hated UFC commentatorever.”
Asource clarified to E! News that Rae— whointerviewed fighter Dustin Poirier for a TikTokon ESPN’s account — was not enlisted as an official correspondent that night, and that her post was all in good fun. “She’s not, nor was she ever, a correspondent. She’ll be at the fight tonight but just as a spectator. There were never any plans for her to have any further official responsibilities,” said the source, according to the outlet.
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“I was taking [acting] classes probably seven days a week before the film started and [spending] like hours and hours a day doing script analysis,” she said at the time. “I definitely made sure to take it seriously. … I’m a little nervous but I did my very best and that’s all I can do.”
Buchanan, 22,previously told PEOPLEthat working with Rae “is such a treat,” adding, “She really came into this movie with so much drive, hard work and passion to show her abilities as an actor.”
source: people.com
