Katie Weisel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
How old are you, Katie?
Tell us a little bit about you.
Tell us what you're here for, what you hope to achieve.
But, like, I just... I want to be a star.
I remember that in the very beginning, it was quite good.
They were like, oh, this looks like a new Gwen Stefani.
And then out of nowhere, it just completely turned and the headlines were like, we hate Kate and pop goes the weasel because it was similar to obviously my last name.
I mean, I had death threats.
I had acid attack threats and
I had people selling fake stories about me.
I had such severe just trauma from the whole thing, even during that time.
And I felt so trapped.
It was one of the most frustrating experiences for a nation to have an opinion on me based on something that wasn't real.
And I just prayed every day that the tide would turn.
Oh, how were we not supported?
The welfare person was never really a welfare person.