18 Influencers Who Got Immediately Called Out On Their BS
The influencer industry is a messy one. It feels like every day, someone is getting called out for saying something incredibly out-of-touch, for photoshopping their pics, or starting fights online.
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But if there's one thing people on the internet are going to do, it's call out bullshit when they see it.
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Here are some of the best times that influencers got pulled up after acting out:
1.YouTuber Haley Pham was labeled as entitled for saying that her holiday to Greece was "not fun."
"I highly discourage you from going to Greece," she said, adding that the country's economy and government were "struggling" and that there was "nothing to do."
2.Mikayla Nogueira was accused of using false eyelashes in a before-and-after TikTok video sponsored by L’Oreal.
She denied it in the comments section, but many, many viewers were adamant that she was wearing false lashes.
3.Kensington Tillo was labeled as "privileged" when she decided to leave Coachella a day early.
4.Swedish Instagrammer Johanna Olsson was dragged for uploading photos from her Paris trip which were very obviously fake.
5.Meanwhile, a French influencer was caught red-handed while faking a business class plane ticket.
6.Nessa Barrett had to apologize after sharing a video of her dancing to a recording of the Quran.
The influencer deleted the video and says she didn't realize what it is she was dancing to, adding that her stepmom is Egyptian. "So, I know that it could have been taken offensively."
7.Tupi Saravia was absolutely rinsed after people realized she was editing the same clouds into all her photos.
Tupi told BuzzFeed News that she edits her photos with the 'Sky Control' function on the app Quickshot — and had never hid the fact that she photoshops her photos.
8. Locals got heated when Oliver and Josh, from Foreign Talk podcast, had a discussion about how Houston is "the worst place in the world."
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Influencers and podcasters behind the Foreign Talk podcast, Oliver and Josh, absolutely dragged Houston to hell when discussing the city. "That is the most depressing place," one of them said.
"It's, like, 50 guys just laying in the streets, probably pumping heroin and stuff," Josh added. "I'm just looking at my homie, and I'm like: 'Bro, where are we?'" A listener replied: "Breaking news: Large city has homeless people."
9.Jackie O was slammed for suggesting that shootings are more common in cheaper movie theaters.
10.Trisha Paytas was called out for posting a YouTube video titled "I AM TRANSGENDER (FEMALE TO MALE)."
In a 2019 video, Trisha says that they identify as a gay man, "because I like guys, but I also identify as a guy," adding they have "penis envy." The immediate reaction from fans was negative, with drag queen Vicky Vox tweeting: "Using gender identity as clickbait is a privileged act of violence." Trisha stood by the comments; in 2021, they came out as nonbinary and announced they use she/they pronouns.
11.The Auschwitz Museum publicly called out all the influencers who visit and disrespect the history of the place.
Similar photos and videos have gone viral on accounts like Influencers in the Wild.
12.A ton of people got mad at Emma Chamberlain for implying that her job is harder than a regular 9-5.
On an episode of her podcast Anything Goes, she said: "When you're self-employed...you never stop thinking about it. You never get to disconnect. You never get to be like, 'Oh, I'm done for now.' It is so hard."
13.Jeffree Star pissed off a ton of people when he said that they/them pronouns are "bullshit."
He clarified that he's not transphobic, but believes that nonbinary pronouns were just something that people made up during the pandemic because they were "so bored."
“Jeffree Star capitalized off of gender fluidity and androgyny but wants to sit there and say nonbinary ppl/genderfluid ppl/ppl who use they them pronouns aren't real?” one Twitter user wrote.
14. A British influencer got dragged when she moved into a luxury hotel after her heater broke.
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Lydia Millen made a TikTok about moving into the Savoy while wearing a $30k outfit... all during the peak of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK.
15.A YouTuber caught some apparent "paranormal activity" on camera, but everyone called BS immediately.
Beauty YouTuber Daisy Marquez has uploaded more than a few videos about her house being haunted. On Twitter, she shared a video which showed her door opening on its own, then tweeted about how she was pushed down the stairs by an invisible presence. “It's fake as hell lol” one person said. “I'm sure she can't believe the amount of people that eat it up, too.”
16.People didn't love the idea of a fashion influencer offering paid one-on-one therapy sessions that were based off positive vibes.
Santoshi Shetty's "Flying Cheese" initiative was meant to help spread good energy amongst her audience, but a lot of people — and many mental health professionals — were quick to shut the idea down. She deleted the video and apologized "for not clarifying that it was never meant as a substitute for mental health therapy sessions."
17.A Twitch streamer had to apologize after calling a guy at the gym a weirdo, even though he was just helping her.
18. Finally, two fashion girlies got ridiculed for taking taxis around NYC.
So, @laurenwolfe and @acquiredstyle made a TikTok about wanting to take the subway to save money but always ending up in an Uber. It started a wholllleeee discussion about wealth inequality, with many people labeling the girls — and many other NYC influencers — as very out of touch.
