Ellie Zeiler, a TikTok user, is facing backlash after explaining the cause of America’s skyrocketing petrol costs in her recent video. This comes after the White House Administration schooled Gen-Z TikTokers about American inflation. Fans of the 18-year-old are now criticizing her for disseminating political material through the video-sharing site and “manipulating” her following. The White House hosted a briefing for 30 significant internet influencers who used their TikTok accounts to discuss their encounter. Ellie Zeiler, who has over 10 million followers on the network, was among them.
In the video, she discusses “why gas prices are so high,” adding that the United States inflation rate is at a four-decade high. TikToker offered the following reasons for the change:
“One of them is a two-year epidemic.” When demand rises, so does the price…”
She discussed Russia’s position in global gas supplies and how the continuing conflict has contributed to increasing costs. She stated:
“Russia is one of the top three producers of oil, and it is their primary source of money.” Nobody wants to cooperate with Putin or conduct international commerce now that he has started this awful conflict between Ukraine and Russia.”
Everything about Ellie Zeiler
San Diego, California, is where the fashion and beauty influencer was born. On TikTok, the adolescent content producer has a large following. She has received 350 million likes on the app in total. She rose to prominence on the site when netizens saw how closely she resembled TikTok star Charli D’Amelio. The influencer also has over 1.7 million Instagram followers. The TikToker seemed to be quite close to her family. She has made multiple appearances on her mother’s social media presence.
Sarah, her mother, has identified herself as a “coach” on the site. Rich Zeiler, her father, is the creator of Zeiler Spirits, a provider of distilled spirits. According to his LinkedIn, he is also the developer of COLDCOCK American Herbal Whiskey. William and Ben, the TikToker’s younger brothers, are 16 and 17 years old, respectively. A few tweets responded to the influencer’s contentious TikTok video, saying:
I feel bad she’s being manipulated like this,
I also feel bad that we are all paying her for this propaganda.
— Jason Roberge (@JasonRobergeVA) March 14, 2022
This video is actually pretty tolerable if you just watch it on mute
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) March 14, 2022
Ellie Zeiler has returned to her TikTok profile by adding regular material after the gas price video. However, her controversial political clip remained a topic of discussion among her supporters.
