Erin Napier Addresses 'Really Rude' Social Media Comments AboutHome Town Takeover: 'You Know Better'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Erin Napierhas a message for her online critics.

TheHome Town Takeoverstar, 38, addressed social media trolls in a pointedInstagramvideo shared on Tuesday.

“Don’t say anything at all,” Ben, 40, quipped, finishing Erin’s phrase.

“You are gonna hurt someone’s feelings who lives in that house. You know better, guys. Do better, okay? Be sweet. Like I tell my little girls, y’all can be grownups and be sweet, okay?”

Ben expressed that some online trolls are intentionally trying to be “hurtful,” “and that’s the saddest thing about social media.”

“And if you’re one of those people who are on social media, unfollow me now,” Erin noted. “Thank you. I can do that for you if you’d like.”

Ben said that those people are welcome to visit them in Florida anytime.

Napier captioned the clip, “as my mama would say, y’all act like you’ve got some raising. ❤️.”

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“Feels like a good move,” she wrote alongsidean Instagram photoof her Ben. “It’s getting harder to shoulder every opinion from every direction at all times about everything when everyone is freaking out constantly. There’s too much noise.”

She added in part, “It’s nothing to freak out about. No need to shove. Have mercy. Show grace. Social media is for fun.”

source: people.com