This is a new low for Instagram influencers. Tiffany Mitchell, a US lifestyle blogger posted a couple of photos on her Instagram page which has over 211,00 followers about a motorcycle accident she recently got involved in. People started questioning the circumstances and why she had turned her accident into an impromptu photo shoot.
She vehemently denied this saying she would never turn an important personal story into a brand campaign. Speaking to Buzzfeed, Mitchell adds that she is sad some people are taking it that way. She posted on her Stories confessing that sharing the photos were part of her vulnerability practice.
The influencer has since archived the post but the screenshots below speak for themselves.(Click to expand to read the captions)
In one of the carousel photos, there’s a bottle of Smartwater carefully placed next to her.
Her post elicited mixed reactions. A lot of people sent her well wishes on her comments after she posted the photos. Others questioned the optics of how the photos were taken in a professional manner for sharing.
so long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement. i turn my SmartWater™ to face the camera https://t.co/UbBR5d2cDa
— dan (regular user) (@nomiddlesliders) August 20, 2019
Others questioned why she had a helmet removed
https://twitter.com/theashen3/status/1163753622674583553
When I was younger my parents and teachers always told me to not remove the helmet from someone who just had an accident. I guess she's dead now. RIP. pic.twitter.com/HfP8YnBPYh
— Vincent Mc Doom Eternal (@MRGNDRFFR) August 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/HoneyBMcKenna/status/1163738253964587009
Yup. You can have ripped up skin from a spill (or from just laying it down) and your clothing on top of it still be intact. Bare skin? Fuhgeddaboudit.
— Kevin Leroux (@LeKevbo) August 20, 2019
Simply falling off a parked bike wearing that is likely to get you more than a little dirty. At speed? Yeah, I don't believe it.
But a pretend motorbike accident/photoshoot giving the impression that you should remove the helmet before the EMTs get there? That's infuriating!! 🤬
— Daniel O. Danielsen 🐧 (@norgeeek) August 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/BelindaJoy79/status/1163749740267184128
Babe, the whole thing was magical
— gertshair 🇵🇷🇭🇹🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@gertshair) August 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/Beck_Barnes/status/1163655576645177345
https://twitter.com/Stagerino2/status/1163759313330102272
if she just hadn't used the presets maybe no one would have cared https://t.co/yZ6YpYKqQB
— Ashley Carman (@ashleyrcarman) August 20, 2019
Why the heck is the photographer still taking pictures and not helping at all? R U kidding me?! There is so much things go wrong here 🤔
I wish my motorbike accident last month was this "perfect". Even if these photos are true, then why are they edited?? With presets?! Good lord https://t.co/9gXqKajDOv
— Rizzo from Indo 🌏 (@aldhiez) August 20, 2019
always 👏 be 👏 influencing 👏 even 👏 as 👏 you 👏 feel 👏 the 👏 sweet 👏 embrace 👏 of 👏 oblivion 👏 https://t.co/a0Lo359D41
— rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) August 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/rob_omatic/status/1163747732303044608
no one:
not a single person:
instagram influencers: *fakes motorcycle crash to promote a brand and their artwork and make loads of money*
also instagram influencers: https://t.co/Lhz4SH2W3f pic.twitter.com/3D0hEtqbKG— Thottie Onions 🍑🧅 (@MEGTHEESCALLI0N) August 20, 2019
dress for the slide and not the ride https://t.co/OE2WoxANhD
— Italian Shetland Pony (@franco_vernava) August 20, 2019
What exactly is wrong with some people?
But hey, great framing and coloring. https://t.co/Cs5JHhwILM
— Jakob Montrasio (@yakobusan.bsky.social) (@yakobusan) August 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/MintyBaubles/status/1163767324673040384
