Here’s Why People Think an Instagram Influencer Staged Her Motorcycle Accident for #SponCon
Tiffany Mitchell, a Nashville-based Instagram influencer, is getting backlash for allegedly staging a motorcycle accident and placing #SponCon in the accident pictures.
People online think she deliberately photographed a bottle of Smartwater because she had a partnership with the company.
The internet has reeeally been outdoing itself lately. First, we had that one influencer who faked a marriage proposal that quickly went viral. Then, there was the Marc Jacobs model who lied on Instagram about being a trans woman. And after that, there was the teenager who lied about being Ted Bundy’s granddaughter for TikTok followers. But if you thought the slew of crazy internet news was over, buckle TF up because now we have an influencer who has been accused of staging a motorcycle accident for #SponCon dollars.
The influencer in question is Nashville-based Instagram Girl Tiffany Mitchell. Here’s what went down: On July 31, Tiffany posted a series of photos to her account about an alleged motorcycle accident. Considering the fact that a motorcycle accident by definition is a traumatic event, many people online thought it was pretty weird that Tiffany (a) barely had a scratch on her, (b) had someone readily available to capture the entire thing on camera, and (c) had a Smartwater bottle in the dead center of one of her shots. Seriously, WTF?
An Influencer Is Defending Her Decision To Post A Photoshoot Of Her Motorcycle Accident On Instagram
she also denied to me that the Smartwater featured in one of the professional photos is a brand endorsement https://t.co/pXe5HDcCF3 pic.twitter.com/r7tuXUNAS1— Tanya Chen (@Tanya_Chen) August 19, 2019
In her Instagram Story, Tiffany explained to her 212,000 followers that she actually was hurt (although people begged to differ) and that the shoot only took place after she had been checked out and cleared by an ambulance. Despite the really sus placement of the Smartwater, Tiffany claimed that “nothing about it was staged, nothing about it was sponsored” and added that there was “no brand work being done at all.”
People on Twitter seemed very skeptical about Tiffany’s denials, with some arguing that she would have some type of major trauma or road rash if she were really in an accident that serious.
No cuts/bruises/blood, not kept in the recovery position. As a med professional I call bullshit
— P #StayStrong (@PMc276) August 20, 2019
As someone who lost a family member in a bike accident last year I find this hugely insulting. Glamorising an accident that can be tragic gives the unrealistic expectation that it's okay if you have an accident as it will look this 'perfect' when that is so far from the truth
— Lady Writes (@LadyWrites_Blog) August 20, 2019
When I was younger my parents and teachers always told me to not remove the helmet from someone who just had an accident. I guess she's dead now. RIP. pic.twitter.com/HfP8YnBPYh
— Korben's list program (@MRGNDRFFR) August 20, 2019
What even minor road rash looks like. pic.twitter.com/ImdEGHqcKg
— Will Work For Bread (@DPellsado) August 20, 2019
Correct. Got these from bicycle crash at roughly 18 mph. Definitely more than just road grime smudged over my shoulder. pic.twitter.com/pWmx00ZwKi
— Beck Barnes (@Beck_Barnes) August 20, 2019
Other commenters online believed that the placement of the Smartwater was just too deliberate for the accident photo shoot to be real in any capacity.
And the water is smarter than her if she thinks we buy this load of crap.
— paul m. (@MacklePaul) August 20, 2019
the positioning of the smart water infuriates me
— Ese Olumhense 🕵🏾♀️ (@essayolumhense) August 20, 2019
She is definitely getting the sponsorship for those new water bottles that stand up & don’t get dented even in a traumatic “motorbike sliding through grass” event.
— Anouk72 (@Anouk724) August 20, 2019
Any fool could notice the smartwater: it takes a genius to notice the reusable water bottle, directly beside the smartwater, and that this is an image of hell.
— CaringIsCool (@caring_cool) August 20, 2019
Lollll love to place a bottle of Smartwater, labelled turned towards the camera, on the foreground of my candid accident shots. The tattoo artist shout-out also reads weird.
— FNoMTL (@FNoMTL) August 19, 2019
In the time since the tweet went viral, Smartwater reportedly connected with Buzzfeed reporter Tanya Chen (who broke the story) to confirm that it does “not have a paid relationship with Tiffany.” Hypothetically, that could mean Tiffany was hoping for a Smartwater partnership or Smartwater had a partnership with Tiffany previously and pulled out after she began receiving backlash. But who really knows!
Did Tiffany truly have a partnership with Smartwater and create the motorcycle accident photo shoot as a way to promote it? The world may never know.
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