Osher Günsberg hits back at trolls who say that he can’t host The Bachelor and be an advocate for mental health
Osher Günsberg has become an advocate for mental health issues after opening up about his own personal struggles with anxiety and OCD.
But the 46-year-old has faced some criticism from people who ‘struggle’ reconcile his advocacy with the fact he also hosts The Bachelor.
Several former contestants have claimed that appearing on the dating show gave them mental health problems, due to trolling and hurtful editing.
Admission: Osher Günsberg admitted that ‘people struggle’ to reconcile the fact that he is an advocate for mental health and hosts The Bachelor, which has been criticised as being ‘toxic’ for the contestants mental wellbeing
Defending himself on the Wilosophy podcast on Thursday, Osher said he didn’t see any conflict of interest.
He said: ‘I’m not in one lane. Some people can’t put that together in their heads. They’re like, “Hang on you’re on The Bachelor… and you’re doing things with advocacy. You’re not allowed to do that.”‘
He continued: ‘Well who the f**k says? You know people are multifaceted; we are complicated human beings. Every single person you see walking down the street has many different aspects to them no one is one thing.’
Osher also acknowledged that because of his ‘visible’ profile, he has become ‘target practice’ for Internet trolls, but he has learnt to shut it out.
‘Well who the f**k says?’ Appearing on the podcast Wilosophy on Thursday, the television personality slammed fans who think he can’t be both an advocate and host of The Bachelor
‘I honestly 100 per cent could not give half a f**k about what those people say,’ he said.
‘I know in my heart that I am guided by what I feel is right action and what I feel is honest action.’
It comes after The Masked Singer host opened up about his past battle with alcoholism in an interview with Body + Soul magazine on Sunday.
staying sane: Osher acknowledged that because of his ‘visable’ profile he has become ‘target practice’ for trolls, but he has learnt to shut it out. ‘I know in my heart that I am guided by what I feel is right action,’ he said
Despite being sober for 10 years, Osher said that he still has to be vigilant every day.
‘I watch my input of what I look at, read and listen to, and also the people spend time with. I have to be so careful with that,’ he said.
Osher explained even something as simple as playing a videogame could send him spiralling down the path to addiction.
‘I know I’m an addict. I’m an alcoholic. I don’t have addictive things in my house,’ he said.
Brave words: This comes after The Masked Singer host opened up about his past battle with alcoholism to Body + Soul on Sunday. Despite being sober for 10 years, Osher revealed that he still has to be ‘so careful’ every day