What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and it seems Charli D’Amelio really can’t
catch a break these days, just after finally hitting 100 million TikTok followers after
a week of drama, people have started accusing Charli of buying followers to hit the milestone.
Let’s get into it…
The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind for both the D’Amelio family and their fans.
In case you missed it, Charli and Dixie both got totally dragged for the way they acted
during their YouTube video with their personal Chef Aaron May.
They made faces, gagged, and Dixie even threw up at his cooking.
And as if that wasn’t enough to cause controversy, Charli made a comment about wanting to hit
100 million followers on TikTok that rubbed fans the wrong way.
Imagine if I hit 100 mil a year after hitting a mil, that would’ve been..
Was the 95 not enough for you?
Well I was just like saying even numbers” Fans, and even some other influencers, were
quick to try to cancel Charli and Dixie over all of this.
James Charles, who guest starred in the family dinner video with the D’Amelio’s, came
to Charli’s defense.
And Charli’s follower count quickly started to plummet with her losing around a million
followers in 24 hours.
This eventually resulted in a tearful Instagram live where Charli addressed the criticism
and awful comments she’d been receiving.
Both fans and other influencers like Trisha Paytas took their trolling way too far.
I linked another Clevver video above for you guys if you want more on that saga.
Anyway, despite losing some followers along the way, Charli ended up hitting the huge
100 million follower milestone on TikTok, even amid all this drama.
And to celebrate this milestone, Charli partnered with TikTok to donate $100,000 to the American
Dance Movement, an organization that increases and improves the access to dance education
across the country.
“If you know me you know that I have been dancing my entire life and I’m so thankful
to give back to the community that made me the person that I am.”
And we love that Charli took this huge moment to give back to the dance community, which
is clearly very important to her.
But just when you think the drama was over and Charli can just celebrate her milestone
and get back to dancing, she’s faced with even more controversy.
Some people were suspicious that Charli sprung back from her brief cancellation too quickly
and her comments on TikTok are flooded with accusations that she bought the followers
to reach 100 mil.
People are saying that her followers are a bunch of bots and fake accounts, which led
people to believe they were purchased.
Additionally people have been pointing to this viral TikTok that shows people sifting
through the accounts that follow her, noticing that many of her new followers appear to be
blank accounts that don’t show that they’re following Charli when you click on who they’re
following.
“Ok Charli D’Amelio, followers.
It’s gonna load.
So this one is ash underscore whatever, she’s following.
So basically you got to her followers and Charli’s not one of them.”
Another TikToker noticed that Charli’s follower count had unusual spikes on a follower counting
site pointing out that “You can see that it happens every single minute at the 20-second
mark…that seems suspicious doesn’t it?”
TOSS - 0:38 - 0:53 “In about ten seconds she’s gonna get a bump in followers which
is going to be really interesting.
In one or two more ticks you're going to see a large tick up in followers, let’s just
wait…
Interesting!”
That TikToker ended up uploading another video clarifying that this follower bump wasn’t
necessarily credible proof that Charli was buying followers, like he originally claimed.
“That was the actual data that came from the website but we have no way of knowing
if that’s how the followers actually played out with the real data on the graph.
The only people who know that are the people who made the website or the people who work
at TikTok.”
And so, it’s completely unclear if these claims are true and at this point it doesn’t
really matter.
Charli hit the milestone and through a partnership, made a massive donation as a celebration.
She also hasn’t spoken out about any of these claims that she either bought followers
or has bots for followers.
I think at this point we can just put this whole scandal to rest and let Charli enjoy
her milestone.
If you don’t like an influencer or creator, you can just unfollow them.
No need to come for them online.
If you want more on Charli D’Amelio, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think about all this drama.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys!