Lisa Li: Influencer who flaunted lavish lifestyle has squalid living conditions exposed by landlord
Video shows dog faeces, rubbish and food strewn across flat
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Your support makes all the difference.A social media influencer’s squalid living conditions have been exposed by her landlady – despite her online profile giving the illusion she leads attractive lifestyle.
Lisa Li was forced to apologise to her 1.1 million followers after a viral video revealed dog faeces, rubbish and old food strewn across her flat in China.
The microblogger, known as a “wang hong” (online celebrity) in China, filled her Weibo profile with glamorous pictures of parties, restaurant meals and her travels.
But the reality of her “disgusting” living conditions were laid bare when her fed-up landlady, known only as Ms Chen, filmed the mess left at her flat in the northern city of Xi’an.
Ms Chen told Pear Video she had tried to call Ms Li a number of times and alleged she owed her 3,000 yuan (£341) in unpaid bills, according to online magazine Sixth Tone.
She claimed professional cleaners refused to touch the place, and that she had to resort to contacting the police about damage and the money owed.
Her video went viral after she disclosed her tenant was an online influencer with more than a million followers.
Ms Li later met her landlady to apologise and the pair were filmed shaking hands.
She claimed she had been away on a business trip and did not want to leave her dog elsewhere.
Video footage shows Ms Li sweeping up dog poo and rubbish at her flat.
Another clip, posted on her Weibo account, after the video went viral also shows her publicly apologising.
Many followers criticised Ms Li for the dirty habits and a Weibo hashtag translating to “female internet celebrity left apartment full of poop when she moved out” was viewed thousands of times, Sixth Tone reports.
In a separate incident, a popular Chinese vlogger who appeared to be a young woman was exposed as a 58-year-old using a filter during at technical hitch earlier this year.
“Your Highness Qiao Biluo”, as she called herself, had a large following on Chinese streaming platform Douyu.
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