What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Tana Mongeau and Erika Costell have apologized
after a video of them at a party saying they “don’t care” was heavily criticized
by fans given the current global crisis.
Over the past couple weeks, quite a few social media stars have been called out for ignoring
social distancing and mask wearing guidelines.
As we all know, we are in the midst of a very serious global health crisis that is by no
means over.
In Los Angeles, where many of these influencers have been attending parties, COVID cases are
skyrocketing and California currently has the most cases in the entire country.
People have been asked to continue social distancing, wear a mask, and not attend large
group gatherings during this time to help slow the spread.
So needless to say, fans and other celebs have been calling out these influencers for
setting a bad example for their millions of young, impressionable followers.
The latest influencers to come under fire for partying are Tana Mongeau and Erika Costell.
Tana has actually already been called out for attending the Hype House party last week
that caught negative attention from fans.
Fellow social media star, Tyler Oakley, actually called out Tana, along with many others in
a Tweet.
He wrote quote, “hi @jamescharles @NikitaDragun @tanamongeau @larrayx @charlidamelio @dixiedamelio
& any others who have been partying in large groups - please consider social distancing,
mask wearing, & using your huge platforms to encourage responsibility during a worldwide
pandemic.”
And now Tana and Erika are facing criticism after Tana posted this video of them on her
IG story.
“Listen.
We don’t f*cking care.
Sorry.”
Obviously many people took this video as insensitive given they were not following the social distancing
guidelines that were put in place to help save lives.
Fans took to Twitter to share their outrage about this entire situation.
One person wrote quote, “‘we dont care’ in this situation can only amount to ‘we
dont care if we get it and pass it on to others’ aka potentially causing death, but she doesnt
care.
stuff like this makes me infuriated.
why do people like her have such a large platform and just shit on it.”
Another angry fan tweeted saying quote, “and this behavior is exactly why corona is still
rampant across the US.
This is why I haven’t worked since March and have no idea when I’ll get to go back
to my job.
Thanks Erika and Tana.
Glad y’all don’t care about us none rich kids that have to work for a living”
And this person added quote, “This is white privilege.
She can easily catch COVID-19, get tested, get the proper health services, and safely
quarantine at her house without a second thought or consideration for spreading the virus.
The lack of cautiousness and accountability is knowing other BIPOC can’t do this.”
And there were hundreds and hundreds more disappointed tweets just like those ones.
However, both Tana and Erika issued apologies for this video but they have both denied that
saying “we don’t care” was in relation to the health crisis.
They are claiming that they were actually referring to the drama that occurred between
the two of them in the past.
In case you forgot, both Tana and Erika have dated Jake Paul and there has been a lot of
drama surrounding that whole love triangle in the past.
We linked another Clevver video up top in case you wanted to dive into that, because
that’s a whole other story for another day.
Let’s talk about their apologies.
Erika was the first to apologize, with a tweet posted late last night.
She wrote quote, “I just want to apologize for the video that was posted last night on
Tana’s Instagram Story.
The comment we made was NOT intended as it was perceived.
Saying “we don’t care” was about our previous “beef.”
It was in no way related to the COVID-19 pandemic we are in.
However I understand that this came off offensive during this time.
It was insensitive, careless, and stupid for me to even be at a party during this pandemic.
I am truly sorry to anyone I let down or upset in any way and I fully take accountability
for my actions.”
And just a couple hours later, Tana posted an apology to her Instagram story, saying
that attending a party during this time was “careless and irresponsible.”
She wrote quote, “Partying/going to any social gatherings during a global pandemic
was such a careless and irresponsible action on my behalf.
I fully hold myself accountable for this and will be staying inside.
Actions like that don’t deserve a platform and I want to fully apologize and be better
than this.
I’m sorry.
While Erika and I were referring to past drama in our video the topic no longer matters.
I need to be a better example and person.”
Even after their apologies many people were still upset with Tana and Erika including
fellow YouTuber MacDoesIt.
He tweeted saying quote, “We’ve been in this for 4 months.
We’ve all been in this.
We’re all in this together.
Your actions through this reflect on us all.
If you do something bad, we all look bad.
So excuse me when I say a simple note app apology doesn’t erase the damage.
Do better or say nothing at all.”
And Elijah Daniel also chimed in saying quote, “great, now self-quarantine for 14 days
like everyone else and spend that time to educate your followers & maybe create things
to help them pass the time, seeing as they, along with the rest of America, have been
inside for 5 months.”
Based on their statements, it seems like Tana and Erika have both learned their lesson and
hopefully they are both self quarantining now.
Hopefully this is a learning moment for all the influencers who have been out at parties.
We all have to look out for each other during these scary times!
And if you want more on James Charles’ apology for attending the Hype House party, click
right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know your thoughts on all of these influencers attending parties amid this
crisis, do you accept their apologies or are you still frustrated with this behavior?
Share down in the comments!
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!