Food TikToker Flavcity accused of deceiving viewers with products for financial gain TikTok: Flavcity, ThePlantSlantFood TikToker Flavcity is currently under fire after accusations that he deceived viewers by recommending products that he is invested in without making it known. Throughout the various communities on TikTok, one of the most popular is the food and health community where many creators recommend healthy foods and recipes to viewers. Among the most popular creators is Bobby Parrish, also known as Flavcity, who has amassed over a million followers with videos of him recommending food at the grocery store. Parrish is currently facing scrutiny, however, after accusations that he deliberately recommended products and companies he has financial ties with, went viral on the platform. Flavcity controversy explained On July 10, 2023, TikToker theplantslant uploaded a video where he claimed a few aspects of Flavcity\u2019s videos that seemed to be contradictory. At the end of the video, he included a clip of Parrish revealing he invested in Kiki Milk, a product he had been recommending to viewers. \u201cI have a new method to find out if something is Bobby approved, find out if he makes money off of it. If he does, then it is. If he doesn\u2019t then it\u2019s probably not,\u201d the TikToker said. \u201cHealth Viking\u201d Rob Lapham duetted theplatslants video, adding further context. In the caption, Rob said: \u201cFlavcity is in the spotlight right now with all the stuff surfacing about his contradictory nature and now getting into undisclosed investments.\u201d \u201cHim bringing up Bobby being invested in Kiki Milk made me wonder what else he isn\u2019t disclosing,\u201d Rob said. The TikToker went on to go through various clips of Flavcity recommending products, and accuses him of having partnerships with or investing in every single example. Lapham also claimed at the beginning of the video that Liam, theplantslant on TikTok, has experienced disordered eating due to Flavcity\u2019s recommendations. If the accusations from Rob and Liam are true, Flavcity could be in breach of the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s Endorsement rules. \u201cThe FTC Act applies to product recommendations and other endorsements made on behalf of a sponsoring advertiser,\u201d the rules read. \u201cFor example, your product recommendation would be covered by the FTC Act if an advertiser \u2013 or someone working for an advertiser \u2013 pays you or gives you something of value to have you mention that product.\u201d Flavcity has yet to respond to the accusations, and at the time of writing hasn\u2019t uploaded a video in almost a week. If he does respond, however, we\u2019ll update this article. In the meantime, head over to our entertainment section for more news and other viral stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Food TikToker Flavcity accused of deceiving viewers with products for financial gain TikTok: Flavcity, ThePlantSlantFood TikToker Flavcity is currently under fire after accusations that he deceived viewers by recommending products that he is invested in without making it known. Throughout the various communities on TikTok, one of the most popular is the food and health […]<\/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-48780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780","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=48780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}