Jake Paul: Negative press benefits anti-fragile public figures
Jake Paul · Jake Paul on Going From YouTube to Boxing to Investing | a16z ft. Anti Fund · Jun 22, 2026 · at 35:17
Jake Paul, professional boxer and co-founder of Anti Fund, discusses handling media controversy on The a16z Show.
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“I would say that not all press is good press. For certain people. For me, yes. Because I can, like, survive it, and like... You're anti-fragile. Yeah, and just, it's, you know, what are they gonna say? Like, the, my neighbor, like, the first reason I was hated from the very beginning, like, on a mat, in the mainstream, was because I jumped on top of a news van. So it's like, that, that's seriously why people started hating me. They're like, look at this douchebag, and I was like, making fun of the news reporter's shoes. And it's like, ok, like, it seemed like bad press at the time, but like, that was like, my first like, mainstream moment, really. In the press, and so I think for certain people, all press is good press, but I don't think it's a saying that Is good for everybody, and holds true for everybody.”
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