Paige Spiranac emotional as she exposes hateful comments received during $1M Internet Invitational

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Golf influencer Paige Spiranac tried to hold back tears while exposing hateful and negative comments she received online during the recent $1 million Internet Invitational.

Spiranac posted multiple Instagram stories where she explained the hate she received in her direct messages and elsewhere, which she admitted brought up insecurities from her past.

The first story involved a vulgar direct message that she posted in full.

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Paige Spiranac attends Netflix's "Happy Gilmore 2" premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

"I f---ing hate you," the message read. "You stupid b---- think you’re so much better than everyone at the Internet Invitational. Go kill yourself, you stupid c---."

Spiranac has been participating in the Barstool Sports/Bob Does Sports golf influencer tournament that has captivated fans. But she was brought to tears while explaining how she "struggled socially" throughout her life.

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"This hate, for some reason, has just been really hitting home for me," she said. "I struggled socially my entire life… in big groups of people, making friends, keeping friends, relating to other people, reading social cues, saying the right thing at the right time.

"… I know it might sound weird considering what I do, but I’m just not effortlessly liked.… So, at the end of the invitational, I was really excited because I felt like I could fit in