Eugenia Cooney Returns to YouTube After Rehab and a Much-Needed Social Media Break
Eugenia Cooney talks recovery and opens up about her time in rehab in a new YouTube video — here's what you wish to have to know.
Eugenia Cooney returned to YouTube Saturday to give fans an replace on her restoration. The social media star, who has often faced public grievance for her weight, published she'd been in rehab to search remedy for personal issues. Here's what you want to know.
Eugenia's social media break started in January.
The YouTube superstar, whose current channel has over 2 million subscribers, introduced her departure from social media on Twitter 5 months ago. "I've been offline for a while and I'm sooo sorry if I worried anyone! That was not my intention at all," she wrote. "I've just been taken a much needed break from the negativity and having some positive time offline. I'll be back soon! :) [sic]."
She also refuted a cruel rumor circulating about her absence on social media. "I'm so sorry people make up such crazy stuff, but I am alive and definitely not dead," Eugenia tweeted. "I was really surprised to hear that was going around about me, but everything is fine!"
She did not explain why she used to be signing offline — till now.
Eugenia did not inform fanatics about her treatment program in rehab until she returned to YouTube on Saturday. "I am doing a lot better now, which is good," she said. "I was actually in a rehab program for a while — about a month — and yeah, a lot of that, I guess, is kind of private still and kind of hard to talk about."
Eugenia wanted a break from the "toxic" web tradition.
In order to focal point on her recovery, Eugenia needed to unplug and not be distracted by way of negativity on-line. "In some ways, as much as I love doing YouTube and I love making videos and I really do love talking to you guys, sometimes I feel like the internet can get pretty toxic," she defined in her go back video. "For me, for a while, I think it was just causing me to feel like very overwhelmed and getting me in a worse mindset."
The YouTube community got here out in full beef up of Eugenia Cooney's recovery.
Fans and fellow YouTubers welcomed Eugenia back online with open fingers and applauded her for in search of remedy. Shane Dawson went to discuss with Eugenia at her home and posted a video about her tale to his YouTube channel.
Eugenia used to be incredibly thankful for Shane's friendship. "He seriously is such a kind, genuine, and compassionate person," she stated. "While I was going through all of this, he was definitely someone that was really there for me."
Eugenia hopes sharing her story can assist others.
Opening up about recovery hasn't been simple for Eugenia, but she needs others to know that if she will get lend a hand, they are able to, too. "It's been a really difficult year and it's a hard journey, but if I can overcome my demons, know that you can too," she tweeted. "Love you all."
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