LITTLE People, Big World patriarch Matt Roloff slammed a fan who claimed he had white privilege. The reality TV star shamed him after he implied he felt offended by the statement. Matt, 58, took to Instagram to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement as he claimed he was all “in” to “do […]
LITTLE People, Big World patriarch Matt Roloff slammed a fan who claimed he had white privilege.
The reality TV star shamed him after he implied he felt offended by the statement.
Matt, 58, took to Instagram to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement as he claimed he was all “in” to “do better.”
He had shared a post which read: “Practice gentleness, seek truth, give up anger, do not slander, and have compassion for all beings.
“Be gentle, modest, and useful to others.”
The Little People, Big World star received a lot of praise for his support but one wasn’t all that impressed and told him: “Careful, Matt, your white privilege is showing.”
Matt, who showed he was deeply offended by the fan’s statement, responded: “Craig, that’s probably the most uninformed thing you can say to another human of profound short stature.
“Little people are not ‘privileged’ (as in born privileged) regardless of their skin color.
“LPS have to fight for every inch they get. What a cruel thing to say to someone who has fought hard to overcome all the adversity life has to offer … a community that struggles with so much bullying, discrimination, teasing, unemployment.
“Shame on you!”
Matt, 58, is the Roloff patriarch who was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a degenerative dwarfism that resulted in him having fifteen operations as a child.
Matt’s divorce from Amy – mother of his four children Jeremy and Zachary, both 32, Molly, 26, Jacob, 23 – was finalized in May 2016 after thirty years of marriage.
Amy finally moved off the farm in February.
Matt currently lives on the farm with his girlfriend Caryn, 52, who was Matt’s assistant for over a decade before they began dating.
Amy, 55, confessed to fans in a Facebook Live session in March of 2019: “We had someone that worked for us for a very long time on our farm. And I believe, and this is all from my perspective – that there was more than just friends going on.
“And I think that evolved to a point where that got in the way of our marriage as well.”
