Instagram influencer calls out diet shake company for their 'damaging products'
Instagram is crammed with dodgy companies promising miraculous weight loss by just drinking their diet shakes.
But now an Instagram influencer, fed up of receiving countless emails asking her to become a brand ambassador for these products, is hitting back.
Charlotte Rollin is a 20-year-old British fashion communication & promotion student who has a good following on Instagram.
After "The Choco Diet" asked Rollin for the third time if she wanted to collaborate with their Instagram campaign, she replied with a powerful message:
"I had hoped the absence of my response would prevent you from contacting me again, however seeing as you have now emailed me three times regarding this ‘collaboration’, I feel a need to reply and hopefully prevent further correspondence."
“It is quite apparent to me that you have not taken the time to look at my previous social media posts or even have an idea of the type of the content I create, as if you had, you would most likely be aware that I in fact have suffered with anorexia for the past 5 years.
“I therefore would, under no circumstances, even consider promoting a diet or detox drink on my social channels, which many follow as they also suffer from mental health issues and use as a reassurance that they are not alone in these struggles.
“I find the nature of your product to be damaging, and I know for a fact that these shakes are not a healthy way to lose weight, even for those that have a genuine, non-disordered desire to do so.”
“Moreover, it is very suspicious to me that you have over 10,000 followers, yet most of your Instagram posts have less than 20 likes. This is a clear indicator to me that your business and following is not a legitimate one.”
Here's one of the Instagram posts by "The Choco Diet" for reference:
Charlotte's tweet with the attached message went viral. Other women replied that they were approached by the same company:
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Mashable has reached out to 'The Choco Diet' for comment and will update this post accordingly.
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