Piper Rockelle posted a video saying she cried as a result of “a certain celebrity tweeted about [her].”
Rockelle is a 14-year-outdated YouTuber who the singer Pink lately alleged was “exploited.”
Pink’s tweet referenced photos posted on Rockelle’s Instagram displaying her in a bikini.
Piper Rockelle, the 14-year-outdated YouTuber whom Pink lately alleged was being “exploited” by her mother and father, posted a video on TikTok displaying herself crying due to “a certain celebrity that tweeted about me doing normal things that all teenagers with social media do nowadays.”
She gave the impression to be referencing an August 29 tweet from the singer Pink, whose commentary on Rockelle’s content material impressed criticism from Courtney Stodden, too.
In an August 29 tweet, Pink (whose actual identify is Alecia Beth Moore) requested, “How many kids like Piper Rockelle are being exploited by their parents? And at what point do the rest of us say … ‘this isn’t okay for a 13 yr old to be posing in a bikini whilst her MOTHER takes the photo?!?!'” (Rockelle is 14, not 13.)
Rockelle has been energetic on YouTube since 2016 and now has over eight million subscribers. Much of her content material focuses on “challenges” that usually function her associates, household, and boyfriend.
But Pink’s concern over Rockelle echoes a development on YouTube of movies alleging that the teenager is exploited by adults in her life.
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In the wake of Pink’s tweet, YouTube eliminated three thumbnails from Rockelle’s movies for violating its baby security coverage, Insider beforehand reported. One of the eliminated thumbnails confirmed Rockelle holding a towel round herself, whereas one other confirmed Rockelle and one other lady in bikinis, and the third confirmed Rockelle and one other lady in swimsuits whereas two boys appeared to look at and fee them from a sofa.
Rockelle’s TikTok video on Saturday used an audio that claims, “yo, bro, who got you crying like that?” The video exhibits her crying and placing her hand over her face, with on-display screen textual content saying the “certain celebrity” was “singling [her] out” and had led to her being “bullied & harassed by grown adults on a daily basis.”
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Rockelle beforehand advised Insider in a assertion by means of a consultant that her “mom doesn’t make [her] do anything” and that photos of teenagers like her in bikinis are “only sexual if you view us that way.” Her mom advised Insider in a assertion that she needed to “protect” and assist her daughter.
Representatives for Pink haven’t responded to Insider’s requests for remark.
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