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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Margaret Abrams

Lori Loughlin's influencer daughters Olivia Jade and Bella Giannulli break months-long social media silence on Instagram

Lori Loughlin's influencer daughters have broken their months-long social media silence following the college admissions scandal.

Their mother was one of the most famous key players involved in Operation Varsity Blues, allegedly paying $500,000 to have her daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella designated as rowing "sports recruits" in their applications to USC, even though they had reportedly not rowed before.

The daughters have not posted since the scandal broke in March, but have now returned to the platform to wish their mom a happy birthday.

The former Hallmark Channel movie star's 19-year-old daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli, who still has 1.4 million Instagram followers, opted for a throwback photo of her mother looking peak Full House and holding her as a baby.

The comments appear to be primarily positive, with people writing, "She's back baby" and "precious," in contrast to the negative posts she received post-scandal. Olivia Jade and her sister were both trolled relentlessly after news of the college scandal broke. The YouTube star was forced to shut down her comments on her most recent photos, but people are still weighing in on others, writing "cheater" and "you should be prepping for midterms - oh wait" on old photos from 2018.

Olivia Jade still hasn't posted anything on Twitter or YouTube since March, when her last post was a clothing haul.

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happy birthday mama. I love you ❤️

A post shared by Bella Giannulli (@bella) on

Her eldest daughter, 20-year-old Bella Giannulli, also offered up birthday wishes on Instagram, complete with a dramatic, black and white photo booth picture. She had previously deactivated her Instagram profile, where she has 284k followers and the handle @bella. Comments below her post are also largely positive.

Now, only one questions remains - who will play the girls in the upcoming Lifetime movie?

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