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Chris Olsen is opening up about how he deals with hate online.

Olsen appeared on the Feb. 25 episode of Jamie Laing’s Great Company podcast, where the two bounced between a wide range of topics, including Olsen’s current boyfriend, Harrison Dockerty, as well as his journey to sobriety.

The pair also chatted about Olsen’s social media career, which has taken off in recent years following the pandemic. Olsen now boasts over 23 million followers across his multiple TikTok accounts and Instagram page.

Receiving criticism online when you are a content creator often comes with the territory, but Olsen shared with Laing that he had built up an arsenal of skills when it comes to managing online hate.

“It is a lot,” Olsen said of his massive following. “It becomes unfathomable in a way. There are certain times I look at my main page on TikTok and I see the 13 million and I’m just like, when did that happen?”

Olsen then reflected on one of his most popular series, called “Flying for Coffee,” in which he would do just that, documenting himself taking flights to bring interview subjects caffeine. As the series grew and grew, Olsen began bringing coffee to increasingly famous subjects like Jennifer Lopez and Austin Butler.

Speaking on why he believes he ultimately blew up, Olsen said that being able to “surrender” and understand that certain things on the internet can often be blown out of proportion.

Responding, Laing agreed with Olsen’s sentiments, suggesting that he thought Olsen’s theater background might have been a factor in shaping how Olsen conducts himself online.

“I do think that’s why a lot of theater kids become successful later in life,” Olsen said. “We’re used to embarrassing ourselves. Embarrassing yourself and being a little bit cringe is the way to try anything.”

“I think in my social media career, I was already at a point where I wasn’t scared to embarrass myself or be cringe,” he added.

Olsen then went on to theorize as to why he thinks that some people take issue with his content and have such strong feelings about him online, citing his willingness to do anything as something others might feel threatened by.

Societal expectations, which Olsen believes he often defies, are the culprit in fueling people’s vitriol toward him. However, he doesn’t necessarily believe that people are jealous of him when they have something mean to say.

“It’s not necessarily that the primary emotion is jealousy,” he continued. “I think sometimes the primary emotion is like anger towards the both of us because… they see what I’m doing and they believe they could do it better.”

“And my retort to that is then please do,” he then said. “I truly encourage you to follow it. I want everyone to succeed because there is enough space for all of us.”

Olsen first gained prominence online in 2020, posting about his life in quarantine with then-boyfriend Ian Paget.

Olsen has garnered the attention of the internet through his viral series delivering coffees to A-listers, as well as when he spoke out about being targeted by intimate image abuse (sometimes referred to as “revenge porn”) and had a “public breakdown” in 2024 that prompted him to reconsider his relationship to the internet.

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