“With great power comes great responsibility” – a quote popularized by ‘Spider-Man’, but brought to life by various notable personalities over the years. One such name is golf beauty Paige Spiranac.
The most followed golfer on social media, the 29-year-old often uses her handles to put forward strong views on the matters concerned. One such moment came in July 2021.
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Walking down memory lane, social media users lashed out at UFC for hiring renowned TikTok influencer Addison Rae as one of its presenters. While Rae opted to stay shut on the hate, it was Spiranac who came out in defense of one of the highest-earning TikTok personalities from 2021.
Paige Spiranac took down a user for his comment about Addison Rae
Similar to Spiranac, Rae also enjoys a whopping social media following. In July last year, she took to her Twitter handle, sharing the news of her appointment as a UFC presenter. With a photo of herself in a green dress with a UFC mic in hand, she wrote, “I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment.”
Should we hire someone who busted their butt through college, and genuinely loves UFC and is hungry for an opportunity in journalism?? Nah, let’s hire Addison Rae because she’s popular for “throwing it back” on tik tok. https://t.co/vZ62DUR3iX
— Z (@ZackFrongillo) July 10, 2021
While one section of her colossal fanbase became a part of her celebrations by showering their wishes, another half took no time to criticize the Ultimate Fighting Championship for the appointment.
Scrolling through the hatred, a Twitter user wrote, “Should we hire someone who busted their butt through college, and genuinely loves UFC and is hungry for an opportunity in journalism?? Nah, let’s hire Addison Rae because she’s popular for “throwing it back” on TikTok.”
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As mentioned earlier, Rae, busy celebrating the accomplishment, opted to pass over the hatred. However, taking to her Twitter handle, Spiranac took no time to give it back to the hate comment by the mentioned user.
Giving yet another glimpse of her in-fame on point replies, she wrote, “Don’t discredit all her hard work. UFC is smart to hire someone with millions of followers.”
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Don’t discredit all her hard work. UFC is smart to hire someone with millions of followers.
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) July 10, 2021
This isn’t the only time that Spiranac backed a prominent entity receiving hatred. Ever since coming to fame, the former golfer has been one of the most vocal social media entities when talking about online hate. Something, that has evidently contributed to her massive fan following.
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As of today, Spiranac enjoys a 3.7 million following on Instagram, 3.8 million on Facebook, and 709K on Twitter.