Stassi Schroeder's confidence was crushed by SpongeBob digs
Stassi Schroeders confidence was crushed after online trolls compared her to SpongeBob SquarePants following her second Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway walk. The House of Stassi star told Page Six Radio she felt insecure after critics mocked her rectangle body shape, though she still loved the girl-power vibe.
Key Takeaways
- Schroeder, 38, said trolls got to her after her second SI Swimsuit show appearance in May.
- Haters likened her “rectangle” body to SpongeBob SquarePants.
- She still called the Miami Swim Week event empowering and is unsure about a third year.
- The Vanderpump Rules alum returned to TV with Hulu’s House of Stassi.
What did Stassi Schroeder say about the SpongeBob comments?
Speaking exclusively to Page Six Radio on Tuesday morning with co-hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real, Schroeder contrasted her two runway years. “The first year was really amazing,” she said. “The second year, the trolls got to me.”
According to Schroeder, online haters zeroed in on her “rectangle” body and compared her physique to SpongeBob SquarePants. She conceded her critics were “not wrong,” but that admission came with real self-doubt about putting herself through the show again.
Why does this matter for her Sports Illustrated future?
Schroeder made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway debut in 2025 and returned in May for Miami Swim Week alongside names like Alix Earle, Tiffany Haddish and Bethenny Frankel. After the latest walk, she said she felt “just a little insecure.”
That insecurity now has her questioning a third consecutive appearance, even as she praised the environment. “I love doing it, I feel so fucking empowered, the girls are so nice,” she told Page Six Radio. “The atmosphere, the energy, it’s such a girl power vibe and everyone’s there just lifting each other up.”
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How is Stassi Schroeder handling online hate now?
Schroeder said she has gotten “really good” at dealing with public criticism, arguing that believing every compliment means believing every insult. “So, I just don’t believe anything,” she explained.
As someone in the spotlight for more than a decade—including eight seasons of Vanderpump Rules before her 2020 exit, a reinvention as a New York Times bestselling author, marriage to Beau Clark and motherhood to Hartford, 5, and Messer, 2—she knows how fast public opinion flips.
“One minute people love you, the next they hate you,” she said. “It’s all so fluid and it really doesn’t f—ing matter because people’s opinions are gonna change next week.” House of Stassi is streaming on Hulu. Read the full exclusive at Page Six.