2 hours ago
8
It's 2026, and influencers person go similar the newest celebrities. But beyond the screens, I couldn’t assistance but wonderment what they were similar successful existent life. Do their "brands" truly bespeak who they are? I asked the BuzzFeed Community if they had ever travel crossed immoderate influencers successful the wild, and their answers were rather surprising. Along with a fewer responses from Reddit (here and here), here's what radical said:
1. "I person to enactment with influencers arsenic portion of my selling job. They're conscionable similar us, lol. Some are horrible people, and immoderate are the kindest cinnamon rolls ever."
2. "Former DCC (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader) Lacey Knight is an implicit doll. She is simply a sweetheart and has large cooking, decorating, and quality tips. Love her!"
3. "I met a fewer fashionable Disney vloggers astatine the parks, and they were each precise nice! Respectful of the radical astir them, enjoying their vacation, and blessed to chat for a minute."
4. "Courtney Cook, the TikTok saccharine murphy lady, is my third-period English teacher. She acts conscionable similar she does successful her videos. She’s truthful wholesome."
5. "I had the accidental to conscionable Theo Von past summertime and he’s a sweetheart! Genuinely the nicest guy."
6. "I haven’t really met 1 successful existent life, but I saw 1 astatine a household vacation resort. He was astatine the swimming country with each the slides, and helium was obnoxiously large and truly annoying. He had his camera connected constantly. In the afternoon, we did mini golf, and helium came successful with his household and I thought, 'Oh great, they’re close down us.' He lined his household up astatine the archetypal hole, took a fewer photos, and they left. Yes, helium rented the equipment, got his 4 children to airs for a photo, and past near without playing. I felt truthful atrocious for his kids."
7. "I was successful a long-distance narration with a TikTok/Instagram influencer for a twelvemonth a fewer years ago, truthful I’m VERY qualified for this question. It wasn’t the flying backmost and distant oregon the changeless question that was the problem. It was everything else. He was ever truthful focused connected what everyone other thought of him that it would get successful the mode of our relationship. He would walk his escaped clip complaining astir antagonistic comments oregon that his videos weren’t getting the close fig of views. Another happening I've recovered with influencers is that they are each truthful speedy to victimize themselves astir everything oregon deliberation everyone is retired to get them. When a cardinal radical privation your occupation and a cardinal radical are doing your job, you go beauteous cynical. It’s conscionable a precise antagonistic situation and career, successful my idiosyncratic opinion."
—Anonymous
8. "I worked with 1 astatine their superior occupation portion they were besides moving arsenic an influencer. They must've thought we were dumb and didn't spot done the facade, but they were intelligibly spending institution clip connected their broadside hustle portion we did the work. They got galore awards, promotions, etc., each connected the backs of their team."
9. "I person tally into a TikToker by the sanction of Brown Bakugo astatine Disneyland. I precise hesitantly asked him and his woman if I could instrumentality a picture, and they were some precise benignant and welcoming. They were precise diligent portion I was fangirling a bit. I loved them both!"
10. "I’m good acquainted with a pistillate fittingness influencer. She gets ace ripped for a abbreviated time, takes MOUNTAINS of photos, past conscionable goes backmost to 'normal' mode. She’s really saccharine and nice, and struggles with a horrible trauma past that she could wholly capitalize on, and chooses not to. Her influencer presumption is an income, and she’s ace pragmatic astir it, and not immoderate raging egomaniac oregon narcissist."
11. "I met Lilah Gibney astatine Rolling Loud, and she was honestly the sweetest, and truthful was Stassi, but Lilah was mode much interactive and asked to instrumentality pics and vids for her vlog. They’re some fucking drop-dead gorgeous successful person; it was chaotic to see."
12. "I hung retired with Loren Grey successful precocious school, and she was SO NICE! Honestly, specified a down-to-earth and astute girl."
13. "I met Tana Mongeau successful 2018. She was truthful sweet. She complimented my nails due to the fact that we had the aforesaid nail colour and said I smelled good, lol (I was wearing Ari by Ariana Grande). I would decidedly privation to conscionable her again."
14. "I gave Cameron Dallas (tbt to Vine) a escaped churro erstwhile I worked astatine Disneyland, past helium stuck his manus successful my currency drawer arsenic a joke. First and past clip giving escaped worldly to anyone."
15. "My ex-sister-in-law is an influencer, and MAN, was it a trip. Their beingness had to beryllium this picture-perfect thing, and it was FAR from that. She did things for clout, and it has started to travel backmost and wound her successful the butt. It’s been a dilatory burnout. The lies she would archer for likes oregon clicks were conscionable mind-blowing, oregon the radical she would merchantability retired for a story. It was like, down closed doors, she was perpetually trying to fig retired her adjacent large thing. She ever thought radical were trying to thrust her coattails, but the radical she ever accused were genuine, and the ones she welcomed into her ellipse were the ones trying to suck her dry. What I person to accidental is that astir of them and their lives are fake, and it’s bittersweet to spot however it messes up their lives. I consciousness the worst for their children. I don’t cognize if they volition ever person a mean life."
—Anonymous
16. "They ever person this weird societal disconnect. Like they can't crook disconnected the 'YouTube personality' astatine times, and I'm conscionable like, tin you not conscionable marque an sentiment that doesn't spell into immoderate chaotic 5-minute societal rant for ads?"
17. "They look similar vampires due to the fact that they're indoors each time and the lighting makes them look good."
18. And lastly, "One came into a edifice I ain successful Austin and asked for escaped nutrient successful speech for a societal media shout-out connected her Instagram. I declined due to the fact that I had nary thought who she was. TBH, I inactive don’t. This was 2 years ago, though, truthful who knows wherever she’s at."
Have you ever travel crossed an influencer successful existent life? What were they like? Let america cognize successful the comments! Or, if you similar to enactment anonymous, you tin capable retired the signifier below.
Note: Responses person been edited for length/clarity.
English (US) ·