Poor Corey Feldman. Sometimes you go out there and try your best, but people don’t understand your vision. Most stars don’t take it too personally, but Feldman couldn’t help but feel totally wrecked after his bizarre Today Show performance.
Over the weekend, Feldman was blasted by the media when he performed his song “Go 4 It” on the Today Show to promote his fifth album Angelic 2 The Core. The performance quickly went viral, and the former child actor posted a now-deleted Facebook Live video to tell everyone to quit bullying him.
“We just wanted to tell everybody that, like, it’s been really painful,” Feldman reportedly sobbed. “We put ourselves out there and we did the best that we could. And, like, I’ve never had such mean things said about me. Like constantly.”
All we can say is that we tried really hard,” he continued. “Because we love our fans and we just wanted to give them the best show that we could. But we don’t deserve … these things that are said about us are awful.”
Feldman, who was sat in bed with one of his angels sobbing in the video, said he doesn’t understand the backlash at all.
“It was a song, okay? It wasn’t that weird,” he said, adding, “I’m sorry if it’s not good enough for you, but you don’t have to beat us up. I just want to say that, like, why is it okay to, like, publicly shame us? … I don’t understand … It’s, like, not PC to, like, say somebody is fat or somebody is white or somebody is black or somebody is yellow or green or if they have a short leg or if they have a missing finger. Like we can’t talk about these things. But it’s okay to bash Corey Feldman and the Angels.”
According to People, Feldman is afraid to leave his house after the incident.
“We can’t get out of bed right now,” he said. “We’re petrified to even go out. … And I’m sorry, but we just wanted the world to know, like, we’re really freaked out over this and it’s really not fair.”
“I’m sorry if it’s not good enough for you, but you don’t have to beat us up. I just want to say that, like, why is it OK to, like, publicly shame us? I don’t understand,” he continued.
He went on to talk about how it’s not acceptable to bash people for doing their thing.
“Public shaming should not be accepted, no matter who you are,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re a celebrity or not. We deserve love and we deserve, like, normal life … It’s not okay, it’s not acceptable to call us freaks, weirdos, losers, whatever.”
As weird as his performance was, Feldman was just doing his thing. He committed to a vision and totally followed through. Whether that vision went over most of our heads is a totally different story, but not everyone is bashing the actor-turned-singer.
Pink stood up for the child actor on Twitter and made a truly excellent point.
Well I love ya @Corey_Feldman and I know how much it takes to get up there and do your thing. Keep your head up and know that you're loved❤️
— P!nk (@Pink) September 18, 2016
As easy as it is to laugh at a famous person for not fulfilling your expectations, think about how terrifying it is in the first place. Feldman might not be the kind of musician you want him to be, but there’s no denying he’s got a lot of guts.
Check out Corey’s performance below. Does he deserve the backlash?
