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“Shadow Stealer Karen” Speaks Out — Says She’s Too Afraid to Leave Her House Aft…

“Shadow Stealer Karen” Speaks Out — Says She’s Too Afraid to Leave Her House After Viral Phillies Outburst

The boos.
The memes.
The nickname that stuck like glue: “Shadow Stealer Karen.”

Now, days after her infamous meltdown at the Phillies game went viral, the woman at the center of the storm is finally speaking out — and she says the backlash has ruined her life.

“I don’t even feel safe going outside,” she told a local outlet. “People yell at me. Strangers take my photo. I didn’t steal anything. It was just a ball. And a moment.”

But not everyone’s buying the remorse.

Critics say she flipped off the crowd, yelled at a kid, and ignited the fire herself. Others are calling the aftermath “cruel overkill” — a digital pile-on that went too far.

Still, she insists:

“I’ve been treated unfairly. I’m a person, not a hashtag.”

So… is this the start of a redemption arc? Or just another twist in the saga of viral infamy?

👇 Public response, her full statement, and the internet’s divided reaction — in the comments below 👇