Charli D\u2019Amelio addresses rumors she bought followers on TikTok Charli D’AmelioCharli D\u2019Amelio hit back at rumors that she\u2019s been buying followers on TikTok, claiming she never has, and any suspicious accounts following her are the same bots that everyone else has. Charli D\u2019Amelio made history as the first TikTok influencer to reach 100 million followers. It was supposed to be a cause of celebration. Instead, it led to rumors and accusations that she had been buying followers. People went through her list of followers and noticed many recent ones looked like suspicious blank accounts. Someone also pointed out that her follower count had unusual spikes at the 20-second mark of every minute. It didn\u2019t necessarily prove anything, but it led to some backlash on social media, which soured the moment. The ball was in her court to respond, but she finally did in the latest episode of her podcast, Charli and Dixie: 2 Chix. \u201cHave I ever bought followers for myself or anyone? No, I have not,\u201d said Charli D\u2019Amelio. She also shut down claims that her sister, Dixie D\u2019Amelio, and their friends had done the same.\u201cHas my family? No, they have not. Has anyone that I know? No, they have not.\u201d \u201cAre there bots on the app called TikTok? Indeed. Everyone has bots,\u201d she added. \u201cThat\u2019s how the app is run. That\u2019s how the app works. That\u2019s how they make the app look the way it is.\u201d \u201cCan I control that? Absolutely not,\u201d she said. \u201cI have no power. I do not work at TikTok. My father does not work at TikTok either. I know a lot of people think that. He does not. Moral of the story. I do not buy followers.\u201d View this post on Instagram Charli D\u2019Amelio acknowledged that bots on TikTok probably contributed to her numbers to an extent. However, that doesn\u2019t mean she bought them. Plus, it\u2019s not like she\u2019s the only one who has them. Haters and deniers will still have their views, but fans and followers are satisfied with her explanation. Hopefully, now that she\u2019s cleared things up once and for all, she can celebrate her 100 million follower milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charli D\u2019Amelio addresses rumors she bought followers on TikTok Charli D’AmelioCharli D\u2019Amelio hit back at rumors that she\u2019s been buying followers on TikTok, claiming she never has, and any suspicious accounts following her are the same bots that everyone else has. Charli D\u2019Amelio made history as the first TikTok influencer to reach 100 million followers. […]<\/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-45669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45669","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=45669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}