Whitney Port cried about being snubbed by other moms for being a reality star
We don’t hear much about Whitney Port, 34, as she starred on The Hills and The City but she isn’t the trashiest (Heidi and Spencer Pratt) nor the most high profile (Kristin Cavallari, Lauren Conrad). People know who she is though, and that she’s on a reality show that’s being rebooted this year. Whitney has been married to producer Tim Rosenman since 2015 and they have a son, Sonny, who will be two in July. Whitney recorded a video stating that she was at a mom’s event and tried to approach two different women with whom she has friends in common. They snubbed her in a passive aggressive way and she felt really hurt. She thinks that they didn’t want to get to know her because she’s on a reality show. She said that it’s hard to make friends, that she’s never felt like she fit in with the cool people and she cried about it a little. That video is below and here’s some of that she said:
I went to an event this morning. It was a panel discussion for new moms. I approached two [moms] specifically that we have a lot of friends in common. I got pretty much the same reaction from both of them which was ‘I really could not be bothered talking to you right now.’ They were just trying to back out of the conversation as quickly as they could.
Ever since I was in middle school I always felt like I wasn’t cool enough to be in the cool group.
I think that a lot of these especially LA girls don’t think it’s cool [that I’m on a reality show]. I don’t whether they’re embarrassed by me or just think I’m trashy, but this is a vibe that I’m getting and it just does not make me feel good about myself. There’s like this passive aggressive bullying which is what’s going on now. I can just see right right through that.
It’s especially hard when you’re a new mother and you really want to put yourself out there.
If I’m not cool enough for them because I was on a reality TV show, then they’re not gonna to try to be friends with me. It definitely hurts to feel like someone doesn’t want to hang out with you, or have a conversation with you and try to get to know you. I take it personally.
New moms and moms in general can be some of the bitchiest and most competitive people. I remember feeling completely out of place at a new mom meetup after an experience similar to this. Women were bragging about how much weight they lost after having the baby, how much exercise they could do during the day, and I just did not feel welcome. Honestly I felt like some of the talk was directed at me as I was larger at the time. I didn’t feel bad about myself, I just thought they were a-holes. I’d just had a baby and I didn’t care that I hadn’t lost the weight yet. I was like “Wow these women think I’m lesser than them. They’re jerks.”
I’d rather know ahead of time that someone is an a-hole rather than having them befriend me and then show their true colors. Once you’ve invested time in a new person and they turn out to be mean, that’s when it’s really upsetting. When people blow you off at first it’s disappointing but I think “thanks for letting me know and not wasting my time.” At least that’s how I see it so I don’t feel rejected. If someone doesn’t want to be your friend they’re not worth it. That’s pretty much what Whitney’s husband, Tim Rosenman, said to her off camera in the video. Whitney seems like she’s doing ok and like she talked it out and came to terms with it. A lot of people can relate to feeling this way.
Here’s a shorter version:
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