What do Nickleback, Guy Fieri, and Michael Bolton all have in common? Well, folks just love to hate these dudes for a slew of reasons, even if it's not really deserved. When it comes to Bolton, the hating all started with critics tearing him down, something that took some getting used to. "Critics don't generally like mainstream music, and I had to learn that," he confessed in an interview with Classic Pop. "Unfortunately, at the beginning, my competitive sports attitude came along with me."
It took Bolton a very long time to stop taking all of the comments so seriously, too. "I was fighting and shooting back against the critics, which just makes you more and worse enemies," he continued. "I gave them enough ammunition to last 20 years."
Plenty of regular folks maligned Bolton as well, as is evidenced by the 1999 sleeper hit "Office Space" (via Rolling Stone). Well, Bolton has a response for all the haters out there. "You don't have to be insecure about ever being a no-talent anything," he clapped back. "You are light-years beyond that possibility. But I admit sometimes I am a clown."
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