Becca Moore discusses life before & after viral Coachella incident: \u201cI\u2019m glad I got robbed\u201d Instagram: becccamoooreBecca Moore skyrocketed to internet fame in 2022 after being robbed at Coachella. A year later, she says she\u2019s \u201cglad\u201d the incident happened, claiming it allowed her to help a family in need. Becca Moore is a prominent creator on TikTok, where she boasts over a million followers. The blonde influencer regularly racks up hundreds of thousands of views on her videos, where she shares brutally honest tales from her own life experiences \u2014 like the time she got robbed at Coachella last year. That incident catapulted Moore to social media stardom and set her on a path to \u201cpaying it forward\u201d for others\u2026 and she says she\u2019s \u201cglad\u201d it happened. TikToker Becca Moore saved by Uber driver after being robbed at Coachella In summer 2022, Moore was attending the Coachella music festival when she met a guy that she wasn\u2019t really into. After rejecting his advances, the dude ended up stealing her phone, wallet, and car keys, leaving her stranded in the California desert with no money and no transportation. Luckily, Moore was able to get an Uber so she could drive around and take care of business \u2014 but little did she know that she would make a lifelong connection with her driver and change his life. In a series of viral TikToks, Moore says that her driver, Raul Torres, was dedicated to helping her out. They went out for Starbucks and margaritas to ease the pain of the theft, and Raul even helped her file a police report to get the incident on record. In the end, Moore was able to search the guy\u2019s AirBnB and retrieve her belongings, returning home to tell the tale to millions of viewers. Becca Moore\u2019s fanbase changes life of Uber driver who helped her after robbery That\u2019s not the best part, though. Becca and Raul still talk to this day \u2014 and their viral escapade was able to raise major money for Raul\u2019s family. Moore revealed that both Raul\u2019s daughter and his father were suffering from cancer, and started a GoFundMe to benefit the Torres family. Moore\u2019s viewers raised hundreds of thousands of dollars after hearing his story, giving a heartwarming conclusion to a tale that started in panic\u2026 but Becca says she wouldn\u2019t change a thing. \u201cI really didn\u2019t do that much for Raul,\u201d she told us in an exclusive interview. \u201cAll I did was do a video. It was the public that loved the video. I would do a million videos for their family, are you kidding me? It made me realize the privilege I have, having a platform. It made me recognize my own privilege. Like, I have followers that can help this family, so I should definitely do whatever I can to help them.\u201d Moore claimed that she\u2019s blocked the man who stole from her on all social media \u2014 but says she hoped he watched the news to see just how his little prank played out. \u201cI don\u2019t talk to him. I don\u2019t ever wanna talk to him. I hope he watched the news, though. I\u2019m so glad I got robbed. I don\u2019t even care.\u201d Paying it forward and giving back Moore says that she wasn\u2019t the only one impacted by Raul\u2019s kindness. The GoFundMe and love from her fanbase also inspired Raul to give back to others. The TikToker claims that Raul often sets up a taco stand in Ensenada, where he gives out blankets and food to those in need. \u201cRaul went down to Ensenada to give away blankets and food. He always goes and makes a taco stand and gives away free food for people in Ensenada. He\u2019s a giver. He gives everything. They\u2019re doing really great. Raul is really inspired by what happened I think, and now he gives away blankets and tacos all the time. I can\u2019t believe I got to be in that story.\u201d Moore is no stranger to being in a tight spot, herself. Although she\u2019s a high profile influencer now, she says that her life growing up was a drastically different picture than what fans see today \u2014 and now that she\u2019s able to afford her very own place in LA, she feels a responsibility to \u201cpay it forward\u201d to those less fortunate. \u201cWe were really poor growing up,\u201d the TikToker explained. \u201cWe had no money, like ever. So the fact that I can afford to live in LA by myself and do all these crazy things that I get to do \u2014 that wasn\u2019t the projected future that I had for my life. TikTok literally gave me a different life. I would be living in Ohio. I was a bartender before. I\u2019m just lucky to have TikTok as my job.\u201d \u201cPeople helped us out, like our family out, growing up. My mom was a secretary at an elementary school. She\u2019s a single mom and there were like, five of us. It was bad. My teachers would give me bags of clothes to wear. People helped me out.\u201d \u201cI really didn\u2019t do that much for Raul. All I did was do a video. It was the public that loved the video. I would do a million videos for their family, are you kidding me? It made me realize the privilege I have, having a platform. It made me recognize my own privilege. Like, I have followers that can help this family, so I should definitely do whatever I can to help them.\u201d Becca Moore: Influencers should be \u201cexpected\u201d to give back In fact, Moore believes that most influencers should use their privilege to help those around them \u2014 as well as leave a positive impact on those they influence with their content. \u201cI think they do [need to pay it forward],\u201d she said..\u201d At the bare minimum, to be a good influence. Some people are just terrible, like Andrew Tate. People like that should not have a platform, because they\u2019re spreading hate and messages that are gonna damage so many people. At the bare minimum I think influencers should be held responsible to make sure their influence is for the positive. Giving back should be expected. If you can, I think you should try to help.\u201d Since the Coachella incident, Moore has been on a mission to be more vulnerable with her audience, although it isn\u2019t always an easy task. According to the creator, Coachella was the first time she\u2019d ever cried on camera, and she was worried that being so open about the ordeal would turn her viewers away. \u201cI\u2019m so used to being a character,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI feel like people know me better now because I\u2019m not a one-dimensional character. I also go through things. So when I tell stories about things that have happened to me or random things that I\u2019ve been through, seeing other people be like, \u2018Oh my god! I didn\u2019t know someone else had this same experience with xyz,\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my god. I\u2019m not alone.’\u201d \u201cHonestly, I like it. It\u2019s kind of like a therapy session. I don\u2019t feel alone anymore. It makes me feel less alone. It\u2019s therapeutic. It\u2019s kind of weird though how comfortable I am talking to a camera. If I were in front of a million people, I would never tell the same stories. I think the camera makes it feel less like I\u2019m telling my diary to the entire world. But I really am. I\u2019m a little nervous when I meet new people, I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my god, don\u2019t look at my TikTok yet.\u2019 I really like it. It makes me feel like I\u2019m friends with people who watch my videos.\u201d These days, Moore still stays in touch with Raul and his family. She tells us that his daughter, Myra, successfully completed chemotherapy late last year and \u201crang the chemo bell,\u201d which she was present to witness. She\u2019s even starting up a podcast with actress Brooke Schofield in February, which will be available on all streaming platforms. All in all, she says the Coachella robbery ultimately changed her life for the better, and wants others to \u201cpay it forward\u201d when they get the chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Becca Moore discusses life before & after viral Coachella incident: \u201cI\u2019m glad I got robbed\u201d Instagram: becccamoooreBecca Moore skyrocketed to internet fame in 2022 after being robbed at Coachella. A year later, she says she\u2019s \u201cglad\u201d the incident happened, claiming it allowed her to help a family in need. Becca Moore is a prominent creator […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}