A TikToker asked for donations after buying a $100,000 couch.
She entered her card details as a joke and was charged for the couch.
She must have rich friends who can help, said some online users.
A TikToker with 7.9 million followers is facing backlash after she begged viewers for donations.
The video was uploaded on October 6. She said she entered her card details into an online bid for a couch, and the footage shows her crying in a car. The website charged her account even though she said in the video that she was joking.
I accidentally bought a $100,000 couch according to an on-screen caption.
She said in the video that she almost crashed her car when she saw it, and asked if anyone had a million dollars to donate. Can you lend me money if you have a billion dollars?
Commenters didn't understand why she would enter her card details if she didn't want to buy a couch.
One top comment said a girl puts in card info as a joke. "Why don't you put your information in?" asked another person.
The follow-up to TikTok was captioned, "They won't give me a refunds on the couch." She said that she was going to have to set up an OnlyFans account to make money and that she needed money for dental work and a side mirror.
I don't want to work. She said in the video that she was going to throw up because she didn't get her money back.
There is a link to an Only Fans account in her bio.
Some commenters didn't think her story was true.
You have been taking acting classes, and she must be messing with us.
The person who believed in the story said that because she has a large following, she has rich contacts who could help her.
One person said to ask your rich friends for help.
Blackwell didn't respond to Insider's request for comment as of Wednesday.
Blackwell has been on TikTok since late last year. The lifestyle and cooking content she posts on her channel has 950,000 subscribers.
She said in a TikTok Live that she was living with Diplo when she was 19 years old. She confirmed that he rented one of his properties to her but there was nothing but friendship between the two of them.
When aninfluencer asks their followers to donate to charity, they get support, but they face scrutiny when they ask for money for personal reasons.
Lexi Reed, who has more than 1 million followers on social media, was criticized for setting up a Go Fund Me page to pay for her medical expenses after she said she was hospitalized for organ failure. Reed told Insider that people think she's a millionaire because she's an influencer, but it's not true.
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