Whenever someone does something good for society, you would expect the rest of the world to feel good about it – give them a nice pat on the back for doing their part. But, when someone lies about doing something good for society – you can expect that everyone is going to swarm on them like white on rice.
Take YouTube star Lele Pons. This female comedian has over 4 million subscribers and usually makes the Internet laugh by posting funny, sketch videos online. But, recently, the Internet hasn’t been laughing at her too much – because she’s stirred up some anger after she posted a photo on her Instagram about “donating” her hair to cancer patients.
While it seems like a nice gesture towards children who have lost their hair to such a horrible disease – it turns out, if you zoom in on the photo, Lele’s friend is holding up fake hair extensions. What a d*ck.
It’s one thing to lie about small things, it’s another to lie about something charitable like this – especially when you have millions of followers. Twitter, of course, did not react too nicely.
Care to explain how you chopped off your "hair" and "donated" it @lelepons?? Last time I checked you can't donate extensions. pic.twitter.com/mUvckfllDa
— Emily (@Emily_graceffa) July 7, 2017
i'm so proud of lele pons! she donated her hair extensions ? such a lovely girl with a big heart pic.twitter.com/qAh1OjjRWR
— lau | inactive (@twdpmlester) July 7, 2017
Lele pons literally pretended to donate her hair when It was extensions and her hair is bleached loool
— lexi (@hellopignoli) July 7, 2017
i was inspired by @lelepons to donate my hair yes it's mine it's a little light from the sun hehe xoxo pic.twitter.com/2QdHgU8Ps6
— sophia (@dinahditch) July 7, 2017
Glad you donated hair extensions @lelepons
How is this girl still around? What a mess smh pic.twitter.com/wbj3N9zwjy
— fable is okay ? (@afisweaters) July 7, 2017
I didn't donate my hair 3 times (and about to do it for the 4th) for this slander NEXT pic.twitter.com/kTz1nbQvOe
— ✨Morgan✨ (@morgan_smith98) July 7, 2017
I'm donating my actual hair today ? something @lelepons can't relate to pic.twitter.com/MacFNwXxrJ
— ??♕Sara (@Ioveanyways) July 8, 2017
Ok but why did you still claim to donate your hair in your picture when they were clearly extensions pic.twitter.com/kWt3f6jL2q
— ?? (@TheGabrielaT) July 8, 2017
Baby. They're extensions, they were never your hair. pic.twitter.com/Atpg3zPdGC
— des (@aestheticsdes) July 8, 2017
Here was her response, after receiving a sh*t-ton of backlash on social media.
1/ To help clear any assumptions, I cut my hair with the intention of donating it.
— Lele Pons (@lelepons) July 8, 2017
2/ Sadly after trying, I learned charities who donate wigs don’t accept color treated hair.
— Lele Pons (@lelepons) July 8, 2017
3/ So I’m finding other ways to help those affected by hair loss b/c of cancer. This is still a priority for me.
— Lele Pons (@lelepons) July 8, 2017
But, again, I’m not sure where the confusion is with this one – because, those are clearly extensions.
#Confused