Nara Smith: ‘The Comments and the Hate Got to Me. I Was Crying Every Single Day.’ The REAL Story Behind Her Viral Persona, Online Criticism & Discovering Her Self-Worth

I would be crying every single day. I didn't want to leave the house. I didn't want to interact with anyone because all the comments and the hate got to me so bad. South African-born model Nara Smith rose to fame after her cooking videos went viral. And her fans have been fascinated with everything from her family life to her style.

People love projecting things onto me and because I cook for my husband that I'm in the kitchen and trapped and I'm just at home and he's the breadwinner, they use me as this poster child of this like very traditional wife. I feel like 18 is very young to get married. Did you always want to get married young? I never thought about marriage. I never thought about long term.

But then when I met Lucky, it kind of just clicked. What gave you that inner confidence to be able to say, I know what I want, I know who I am. The number one health and wellness podcast, Jay Shetty. Jay Shetty. The one, the only Jay Shetty.

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