In a new interview with Seventeen, social media superstar sisters Charli and Dixie D'Amelio opened up about what it was like going from regular high school girls in Connecticut to TikTok influencers in Los Angeles with millions of followers practically overnight.
A little over a year ago, Charli began posting videos of her dancing on TikTok in her school uniform. Now, she has more than 88 million followers while her lookalike sister Dixie has 38.5 million, giving them a combined 126 million. The girls have had public relationships and breakups, entered into lucrative content deals and are now talking about skyrocketing to fame unexpectedly.
Charli opened up to Seventeen about the cyberbullying she's experienced on TikTok, saying, "A lot of people around my age, some younger, some older, are the prime ages for most types of bullying. We all need to be more conscious of the things we say about people because it can really affect them…. As a society, we definitely need to be more careful with our words and make sure we are treating people with kindness.”
Dixie said, “I have all my comments off so I don’t really get mean ones. But I usually just make a joke out of it or ignore it, because it doesn’t matter. They don’t know who you are as a person so it’s not worth my time to argue with someone or defend myself.”
Charli, who recently opened up about having an eating disorder, has also spoken about the body-shaming she's experienced on the app.
"I’ve always tried to use my voice when it comes to issues surrounding body image, but I’ve never talked about my own struggles with eating disorders," she wrote on her Instagram stories. "It’s so uncomfortable to admit to even your closest friends and family, let alone the world. I’ve been afraid to share that I have an eating disorder, but ultimately I hope that by sharing this I can help someone else. I know eating disorders are something that so many other people are battling behind closed doors."
