Big Internet celebrities with millions or even tens of millions of fans have extraordinary influence and earn a lot of money, so they should set a positive example. On May 29 this year,Natalie Reynolds, an American Internet celebrity with millions of followers, lured a woman suspected of mental illness into jumping into the lake during a live broadcast at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas.
At that time, Natalie was participating in an outdoor treasure hunt live broadcast with her friends and needed to find a scanner that might be hidden in the lake.
After meeting a strange woman, Natalie encouraged her to search the water for her, promising to give her $20 and saying that she would jump in too.
The woman was worried and asked, "What if I drown?" "I have never been in the water... I do want to jump a little bit. I will jump in with sandals on."
For the sake of the show's effect, Natalie did not stop there, but continued to encourage,The video conversation shows that she repeatedly emphasized that "there are scanners in the lake" and when the other party hesitated, she even added "I am also a lifeguard certified" to increase the deception.
After the woman jumped into the water, Natalie's team found that she was drowning and did not rescue her immediately. Instead, she chose to escape. In the on-site recording, someone exclaimed, "She is drowning. This is too bad." Fortunately, firefighters arrived and saved the diving woman.
After the video went viral, Natalie continued to shirk responsibility.She said that the woman approached her first and wanted to jump into the lake. She also said that if the woman was really mentally ill, she should not have been standing by the lake in the first place. As for the "escape", she was told to leave and was not allowed to film.
Angry people condemned the complaints, and eventually TikTok permanently banned the Internet celebrity's account. After she realized that she had caused big trouble, she even went to TikTok headquarters to cry out for rights, claiming that "original content was maliciously reported." However, she knew the truth.
It is worth mentioning that many netizens believe that simply banning her account is too lenient and that she herself should be arrested and imprisoned.
