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Kelsea Ballerini Owns a Troll on Twitter

Kelsea Ballerini is on tour with Thomas Rhett, and joining Lady Antebellum in May. Over the weekend a Twitter Troll said, “If you’re going to pretend to play the guitar, at least be good at it.” There are a couple ways to handle something like that, starting with our favorite.  IGNORE it.  It’s the best way to handle a troll.  They WANT the attention. Or you could do what Kelsea did, and point out how the comment makes no sense.  Here’s how she responded: https://twitter.com/KelseaBallerini/status/845821721257103360 Zing! Get it Kelsea! Of course, whoever bullied her in the first place might have been criticizing those songs. That’s why ignoring trolls works and furthermore,  why should a Grammy-nominated artist have to defend themselves from some random jerk? Anyway, the trolls account is now “unavailable” so I guess that’s a win! Kelsea-1 | Trolls-0  

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