Some of them were bullied due to their racial background, while some others got awful treatment from their same-aged friends due to their appearance and differing interest.
- May 16, 2021
AceShowbiz - Joanna Gaines' racial background gave her a painful experience when she was in school. In an interview with Darling magazine, the "Fixer Upper" star, whose mom is full Korean and dad is Caucasian, shared, "Kids in kindergarten would make fun of me for being Asian and when you're that age you don't know really how to process that; the way you take that is, 'Who I am isn't good enough.' "
She went on to say, "I literally walked in the lunchroom and walked out and went into the bathroom. My fear and my insecurities just took over and I felt like I'd way rather sit in the stall than get rejected." The bullying, however, gave her a valuable lesson as she told her kids "to look for that kid on the playground who's not playing with anybody, to go reach out, ask them their name, to look for the kid in the lunchroom who isn't sitting by anybody, be their friend. That experience grounded me in that I want to look for the lonely, the sad, the people who aren't confident, because that's not where they're supposed to stay."
