Controversy

Amberlynn Reid is notorious for her scandals, drama, and controversy. She has repeatedly been named one of the most controversial YouTubers and has garnered a large "fanbase" of 'haters'.

Here is a non-comprehensive list of her controversies:

NOTE: Since her weight loss journey has been a topic of debate since she started her YouTube channel, it is listed on a separate page.

### 2015

#### Riding Scooters in Walmart

At around this time, Amberlynn began filming herself riding around Walmart in a mobility scooter, despite not being disabled. Knowing this would provoke criticism, she attempted to justify this by claiming that she was suffering from her feet and that this particular Walmart housed a surprisingly high number of scooters compared to every other one.

This however did not garner her much sympathy, with many still indicting her for her immaturity, an argument bolstered by the fact that she filmed herself racing in one of the scooters through a parking lot.

### 2016

#### Rape and Abuse Allegations

In late 2016 (late August/early September), Amberlynn posted a video where she stated that her ex, Casey Cordero, had abused and raped her while they lived together from 2008-2011. The original video, titled "IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP- I WAS RAPED", has since been deleted. On September 16th, 2016, Casey posted a response video where he accused Amberlynn of the same abusive behavior.

Casey's allegations included Amberlynn hitting him, raping him, and forcing him to perform sexual acts with her. Casey also claims that Amberlynn was rude to his family.

Many people believe Amberlynn lied about the situation, inverting the blame to make herself seem like the victim, while in reality, she was the true abuser, although neither side has provided sufficient evidence to prove either story as of currently.

### 2018

#### Animal Abuse Allegations (1)

Starting in 2018, Amberlynn came under fire for mistreating her animals. It has been noted that her dog, Twinkie Star, is grossly overweight. Amberlynn dismissed this by saying that Twinkie is a breed of dog that grows larger than chihuahuas usually do.

In a 2018 video Amberlynn uploaded of Twinkie in a swing, views also noticed that Twinkie's nails were long and untrimmed, which can cause a lot of pain for dogs to walk on. Amberlynn said that there were no groomers or veterinarians available and near her for her to get Twinkie groomed.

Videos also surfaced of Amberlynn and her then-girlfriend, Destiny Cook, mishandling her cat Wasabi in a YouTube Video, along with Amberlynn holding her cat by the neck.

### 2019

#### Shrimpgate

While filming a mukbang featuring shrimp and cocktail sauce, Amberlynn began discussing similarities she shared with Foodie Beauty - namely, the type of fanbase. She then proceeded to express her disdain for most people who watched them, coming off across extremely passive-aggressive and entitled. Essentially, if there was anything you could take away from watching this video, it was that Amberlynn wanted money and praise without having to put any of the required work to get it. Whenever she would fall into a slump in terms of views, popularity, or both, it was not because of her, but because of the "trolls", apparently.

Viewers had seen Amber act like a spoiled brat before, but as time went on, this reoccurring feature of her had only been getting more and more transparent as time went on, and this moment was widely considered to be one of the first where people could see the true Amber; a self-obsessed unrepenting jagoff who believed she was owed more than what she received. In the wake of this video, many people were understandably furious, and some had even had had enough completely, unsubscribing from her channel. Realizing that she could not afford to lose any ad revenue, Amberlynn shortly after made a hollow wishy-washy pseudo-apology and restarted her weight-loss journey for a short amount of time.

#### Animal Abuse Allegations (2)

By September 2019, viewers noticed that Twinkie's nails were still long and ungroomed. On Vlogmas day 9 (December 2019), Amberlynn expressed concern for Twinkies health, as Twinkie was struggling to walk and jump on the bed. Amberlynn also said that Twinkie was shaking in pain during the day. Amberlynn then went to Walmart before going out to eat at Chili's with Becky, Destiny, and Dana. Amberlynn claimed that there were no emergency vets in her area. However, viewers noted that there was a 24 hour vet's office with a vet designed specifically for walk-ins less than 20 minutes from where Amberlynn went out to eat. This resulted in people calling animal control on Amberlynn. Amberlynn did not take Twinkie to a vet, but rather gave her Aspirin and said that Twinkie felt better the next day.

### 2021

#### Selling Mystery Earrings

After many years of spending sprees where she purchased hundreds of earrings from places such as Target, Walmart, and Shein, Amberlynn decided to open a Depop store called "lovelyearrings", where she would sell random sets of earrings to her viewers and anyone who was interested. Only a few hours after she posted the video announcing the store opening , the store was mass reported and closed by Depop due to mystery items not being allowed for sale on their service.

#### Paid Livestreams

Amberlynn stopped doing vlogs and regular video content around May and instead began doing livestreams that were only available to members who paid a subscription fee every month. This was a very unpopular decision with her viewers.

### 2022

#### Outpatient Eating Disorder Program

After years of viewers insisting that she get help with her issues with food, Amberlynn finally enrolled herself into a psychiatric program. After her first meeting with the therapist, she was already doubting the program due to the therapist wanting her to do intuitive eating.