Called out a food blogger for faking her recipes and caught all the backlash

So I found this influencer @michelle_eats who had 400k followers and kept posting these gorgeous baked goods that looked impossible. I actually tried her 3-ingredient cookie recipe and it came out as a flat mess, so I commented saying she probably used real butter and chill time instead of her listed shortcuts. Her fans went nuclear on me, calling me jealous and a hater, and she even blocked me. Guess what? Two weeks later she admitted she used professional baker setups for the photos. Has anyone else gotten piled on for calling out obvious fakery?

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kelly_west7413d ago

Oh man, that 3-ingredient cookie thing is such a classic example lol. I tried one from a different blogger who swore by "3 ingredients: box cake mix, eggs, oil" and it came out like hockey pucks. The worst part is how their fans attack you for literally just sharing your experience - like, I'm not being jealous, I'm saying your math doesn't add up. The whole influencer food space is full of this stuff where they stage everything and then pretend it's simple so people feel bad about themselves. It honestly makes me wonder how many of those huge accounts with millions of followers are just paying for professional bakers and lighting and then claiming it's all done in a regular kitchen.

dixon.spencer13d ago

Idk, I mean is it really that deep though? Her followers were just defending someone they like, and she eventually came clean anyway. Maybe it's just me but calling out a food blogger for using a pro setup feels like shouting at clouds - most of those accounts are fake in some way, and the people who actually bake know to take shortcuts with a grain of salt. The real problem is when someone acts like they're exposing some huge scandal when it's just a silly cookie recipe that wouldn't work.