Anwar White responds to a question about handling smear campaigns from an ex (described as a narcissist). He advises maintaining self-awareness, responding nonchalantly by labeling the ex's behavior as narcissistic manipulation, and leveraging a few trusted allies to diffuse the rumor rather than confronting everyone.
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Mahogany said, Anwar, how would you deal with smear campaigns from a man from your past? Realize that he's a narcissist and he's trying to get allies. Yeah, here's the thing, girl. The people who know you know, you realize that not everyone's gonna like you. And some people are gonna believe him. But you've got to be able to understand who you that. Who you are and rock with that. So here's the thing. When people come to you and they're like, oh, I heard this about you. Just let him know, oh, no, he's a narcissist. He's trying to put some sort of smear campaign on me because he just. He can't handle that we're not together, like, so nonchalantly, right? If you're like, oh, my God, I can't believe he's saying this shit about me. No. Just like, oh, girl, he's a narcissist, girl. He's trying to get people against me. Don't worry about it. I'm. I'm not tripping. Give. Give that energy, because that person will tell everyone else.
They'll do your bidding for you. You don't have to go to each and every person being like, he's doing a smear campaign. He's doing a smear campaign. He's. No, literally, you need to do one or two people. They'll tell the rest of them. They won't even give him life, girl.
