TV star worth ‘$30million’ spotted working in supermarket – and fans aren’t impressed

A high-profile celebrity worth an estimated $30million has sent the internet into a spin after being spotted ‘working’ in a supermarket – and people think she’s mocking the working class.

Charli D’Amelio, 19, from Norwalk, Connecticut, boasts the coveted title of most popular woman on TikTok, with a staggering 156 million followers on the platform. The Gen Z dancing queen shot to fame in her mid-teens, and by 2019, she became TikTok’s top creator.

The influencer even got so big that, along with her family, she had her own TV show on Hulu: The D’Amelio Show. Now, instead of lighting up the internet with her impressive dance moves, the self-styled ‘Face of TikTok’ caused quite the stir after appearing in US supermarket chain, Walmart, donning its uniform and scanning items at the checkout.

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And the social media star, who earns a minimum of £82,000 per TikTok post, wasn’t working the tills out of the goodness of her heart. Charli, who has an estimated net worth of $30million, or £24.6m, according to Celebrity Net Worth, was chasing even more dollars, prancing around the supermarket to promote her new popcorn range: Be Happy Snacks Popcorn.

The internet wasn’t impressed after watching the video, which garnered 80millions views. They claimed the teen was making a mockery of blue-collar workers. “Role playing as a hardworking Walmart cashier is kind of low,” one furious Twitter/X user said.

“Rich people pretending to be poor, how beautiful,” another quipped. “I wish I had enough money to cosplay as a retail worker, so fun being in the working class,” a third wrote.

Despite the backlash, Charli isn’t the first celeb to be seen working an ordinary job to promote a product. In 2011, British football icon David Beckham went undercover in Target as an undercover employee to push his signature fragrance.

The so-called prank was set up by Ellen DeGeneres who instructed the star to sing, shout and spray customers with eau de Beckham.

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk