UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Rebecca Black leaves school, blames bullies

|
 
Actress Rebecca Black attends the premiere of the musical documentary "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie", at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on August 6, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Actress Rebecca Black attends the premiere of the musical documentary "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie", at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on August 6, 2011. UPI/Jim Ruymen 
License photo
Published: Aug. 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Singer Rebecca Black says she has left her California school because she was the victim of bullies.

Famous for her online music video "Friday," the 14-year-old Internet sensation won an MTV Teen Choice award for Choice Web Star last weekend.

However, she said the song and the attention it received made her the target of non-stop bullying at her Anaheim Hills school, so she is now being home-schooled, KTLA News said on its Web site.

"When I walk by they'll start singing 'Friday' in a really nasally voice," she told ABC's "Nightline" of her classmates. "Or, you know, they'll be like, 'Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?'"

KTLA quoted Black as saying she has received death threats related to the song's popularity.

What grade Black is in or what school she attended were not reported by KTLA.

Recommended Stories
© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Music Stories
1 of 18
Iranians celebrate the qualification of  their soccer team  for 2014 World Cup
View Caption
Iranian women flash the victory sign during a street celebration in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2013. The Iranian national soccer team defeated South Korea in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match in Ulsan, South Korea. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian .
fark
Proposed peace talks with Taliban already running as well as can be expected
What starts with a B, ends with a J, and has come down in price 75% in Germany?
Sales of refrigerators booming in Best Korea. Sadly, there is no food to put in them nor power to...
"When did everyone born after 1980 decide that "No problem" was interchangeable with "You're welcome"?...
In the past 20 years FBI agents have shot 150 suspects, and, amazingly every single shooting was...
"I don't trust Obama," says Afghan drone victim pictured standing in front of damage that must total...