Doja Cat Tells Fans ‘I Do Love You’ After Lashing Out At Them In Controversial Posts

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Doja Cat is proving she does still love her fans despite the recent controversy surrounding some of her social media posts. Doja just dropped her new album Scarlet and she appeared at Spotify’s “The Scarlet Experience” pop-up in Los Angeles, where fans gathered to catch a glimpse of the singer. READ MORE: Doja Cat Has No Problem With Thousands Of Fans Unfollowing Her On Social Media: ‘I Feel Free’ From inside the building, Doja wrote in red paint, “I do [heart] U,” before she threw paint across the window.

Another clip showed the musician blowing kisses to fans waiting outside. Doja’s gestures came after she shared a since-deleted Threads post in July, blasting her fans for referring to themselves as “kittenz” or a “kitten.” She posted, “My fans don’t get to name themselves s**t.

If you call yourself a ‘kitten’ or f**king ‘kittenz’ that means you need to get off your phone and get a job and help your parents with the house.” When a fan account with the handle @thekittenzweb questioned what they should be called then, Doja responded with, “Just delete the entire account and rethink everything it’s not too late.” So, they did.

Some of her largest fan accounts deleted their page — The Kittens Room, Doja HQ and Doja Cat News. As hundreds of thousands of fans then unfollowed the star, she insisted: “Seeing all these people unfollow me makes me feel like I’ve defeated a large beast that’s been holding me down for so long. “And it feels like I can reconnect with the people who really matter and love me for who I am and not for who I was,” she continued, adding, “I feel free,” among other controversial posts. READ MORE: Doja Cat Deactivates Threads Account After Calling Out ‘Creepy’ Fans Referring To Themselves As