She’s alive — but there’s still a cloud of controversy and tragedy surrounding 14-year-old influencer Lil Tay, whose reported death rocked the internet this week.
The social media sensation, who amassed millions of followers with expletive-ridden rants and photos of her holding wads of cash before going silent in 2018 — when she was just nine — was alleged to be dead on Wednesday, according to a statement on her Instagram account.
The post also claimed that her brother Jason Tian, 22, had passed away recently.
“We have no words to express the unbearable loss and indescribable pain. This outcome was entirely unexpected and has left us all in shock,” the statement read, the NY Post reports.
Almost immediately, conspiracy theories took rise online as Tay’s alleged ex-manager anonymously told The US Sun that they were sceptical about why the statement hadn’t been signed from anyone in Tay’s family — and the child’s own father refused to confirm or deny the deaths.
On Thursday, the girl also known as Claire Hope and Tay Tian surfaced to say it was all a hoax.
“I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I’m completely heartbroken and strug...
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