Actress Tara Reid reveals heartache after mom died and online trolls told her: 'Good - you should di

TARA Reid revealed how she sank to an all time low when her mother passed away - and online trolls posted vile messages saying they hoped she would "die next."

Devastated Tara, who has battled bullies for over a decade, felt the attacks went “too deep” after she had posted a heartfelt tribute to her mom, Donna, who passed away just two years after father Tom.

In an exclusive preview of an interview airing Saturday on FYI TV show Hollywood Disclosure, she told how while she has become "numb" to nasty comments about her weight, receiving abuse about her dead mother made her angry.

“One of the worst ones I got was when my mother passed away and I wrote, 'I just lost my mother today' - a very sentimental thing - and all these people went on and they’re like, ‘Good, you should die, you should be dead next. Hahaha,’" she told interviewer Serena DC.
“You know ...it's your mother.

“That one went way too deep. There is always a skinny thing and this and that, but I don't care about that.

“When it comes to my family or the loss of a mother or father and you're making fun of it and telling me I should be dead next, that's not right. Well that one made me angry."

In her original post from 2018, she had written alongside a photo of her mother and father on their wedding day.: “My heart breaks - Who am I gonna call everyday, what do I do? 2 yrs ago I lost my father and I never felt such a pain.

"Now I just lost my mom. But the one thing I know is they are together again.

"Mom & Dad, I love you! RIP, your baby girl Tara."

The American Pie star, 44, admitted she is “not scared” to fight or answer back to online haters, but concerned it would be bad for her image.

“You kind of get scared to even write something back," she said.

“There's times they wrote something to me and I wanted to slam them right back because I'm not scared to.

“But then I realize if I do that, it's going to be in the paper the next day and it's going to make me look like I gave in.”

The New Jersey raised star, best known as April Wexler in the six Sharknado films, believes her success has increased the abuse.

“I had rocks getting thrown at me, I had a song made about me. You know, when it comes to being famous, like we are, we get shamed on a much much different level than a regular girl.

“It's hard but just think with a regular girl that doesn't know how to be famous, doesn't know anything about it, say five people write about her. She’d go crazy.

“Just in general bullying needs to stop, it's not nice. If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. Or if you're going to say something mean, I guess tell your friend but tell them not to tell someone else.”

Tara also told the Australian host, who too has been a victim of long term bullies, about how attacks on her slender figure no longer affect her mood.

She said: “I mean there's certain things when they say: ‘oh she's too skinny, eat a burger, eat a burger.’

“I eat all the time, I cook all the time, I love to cook. I’m just naturally a thin girl.

"That’s not my fault, it's the way my body is.

“The body shaming is so bad on social media, it's ridiculous.

“Girls get so insecure and they're changing this or that, it's just unbelievable.

“And the body really needs to stop. Somebody needs to really get into that. How we do that, I'm not sure.

“And because of social media we can say our stories but does that even matter if they make fun of us again?”

Tara now feels that the haters have to be educated on the impact of their actions.
“You have to realize it's not about you, it's about them," she said.

"And if you could be stronger than that, you'll be fine, you'll be okay.

“The bullying is never going to stop no matter how much we try to stop it.

“A lot of people think when you're bullying or you’re making fun of someone, everyone starts laughing and it's funny…you don’t realize the person that everyones laughing about, feelings are getting hurt.

“So I think people just have to be more aware and more sensitive of how much goes so deep it does cut you."

The star says her career is picking back up with five films "on the slate" as well as working as the lead character and producer on a new Fox thriller Masha’s Mushroom.

"I took power back and now everyone’s going, 'Wait, wait we want Tara in this.'

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"[It’s] insane...nobody wanted me then and the everyone wants you now."

Fans can see Tara's full interview on FYi on July 25.

Tara's interview is one of six that feature in Serena DC's new show, with other interviewees including Caitlyn Jenner, Deepak Chopra and Corey Feldman, who discuss their epic highs and rock bottom lows.

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