House of Stassi star Stassi Schroeder is used to dealing with online criticism, but the negative comments about her parenting hurt.
The former Vanderpump Rules star told Us Weekly about the reactions to her Hulu series, House of Stassi, revealing that criticism of her motherhood was the most difficult to process.
“There were some things that I saw when the show aired. I was really taken aback by the opinions about me as a mom. That hurt.”
Stassi admitted that the social media backlash sent her into “a mini depression.” While she typically feels equipped to handle negativity online, comments about her parenting were a different story.
“I feel like I’m pretty good at handling negativity online. You can diagnose my personality and say all the things,” she explained.
“Being a mother is the most important thing in my life.” To Stassi, motherhood is the area of her life where she worries most about whether she’s doing a good enough job. “It is the thing that I worry that I’m good enough the most. So that was really hard.”
House of Stassi gives viewers an unfiltered look at Stassi’s life after VPR, including her attempts to balance motherhood and her professional responsibilities while her husband, Beau Clark, takes on his role of a stay-at-home dad.
Fortunately, the criticism eventually became easier to process. Stassi said she needed time and plenty of conversations with loved ones to work through her feelings.
“One day I woke up, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m good. I’ve walked through that pain. I’ve walked through that sadness. I know who I am as a mother,’” she recalled.
She also reminded herself that online opinions don’t define her parenting. “Just because people on the internet are saying that doesn’t mean it’s true,” Stassi said, adding that her husband, children, and loved ones know who she is. “It just took time.”
