"You're going to have haters and you're going to have lovers"
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The intent is quietly defensive. By predicting hate in advance, she robs it of its power. If criticism is inevitable, it stops being evidence that you’ve failed and becomes proof that you’re on the field. That’s a classic celebrity move: reframing judgment as the cost of relevance. It also flatters the speaker’s own resilience without sounding like a manifesto. No talk of “authenticity,” no therapy-speak, just a shrug that doubles as armor.
The subtext is more revealing: attention is the currency, not approval. “Haters” still count as engagement, and “lovers” aren’t purely about affection so much as affiliation - fans who defend you because defending you defends their own taste and tribe. In the era Polizzi rose to fame, celebrity wasn’t distant and curated; it was messy, meme-able, and participatory. The quote captures that shift: once you’re a public character, you don’t just get watched. You get sorted, and you learn to live with the sorting.
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Polizzi, Nicole. (2026, January 18). You're going to have haters and you're going to have lovers. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/youre-going-to-have-haters-and-youre-going-to-13020/
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MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You're going to have haters and you're going to have lovers." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/youre-going-to-have-haters-and-youre-going-to-13020/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.









