Did she put the “con” in contribution?
New York mom influencer Adrielle Sigler has been criticized for requesting online donations after reportedly spending $17,000 in just one month.
Single mother of three Sigler, 33, whose videos regularly amass millions of views on TikTok, regularly asks strangers to contribute money to help with her allegedly high living costs and child-rearing expenses.
In her latest video plea, the Jamestown-based stay-at-home parent set up a GoFundMe page to try and raise $30,000 so they could move. The content creator claimed that her son was “brutally assaulted” on May 2 and that they needed to move “as soon as possible” because their lives were “at risk” in the upstate locale, per the clip.
While it may have seemed like a noble cause, some internet sleuths found the fundraising campaign a tad suspect, given Sigler posted a video a month earlier claiming that she spent $17,000 in one month.
Drama influencer @ConspiraTea posted a clip in which she exposed the suspicious spending habits of this alleged wolf in bedraggled parents’ clothing.
The video began with a snippet of Sigler outlining her exorbitant expenditures in an April video. “This month I spent over $17,0000,” she declared, clearly not seeing a problem with her lavish spending as she’s “single stay-at-home mom of three.”
“I’m financially responsible for three little humans,” the guardian said.
It was at that point that ConspiraTea chimed in and broke down the expenses to “spare” viewers having to see “the rest of the video.”
Per the clip, the $17,000 was broken down into $5,000 on unspecified car repairs, $1,000 on a rental car, $1,600 on her kids’ summer clothes, $800 on Doordash and $800 a month on utilities.
Sigler also reportedly mentioned other items, including her rent, Amazon items, makeup, allowance, hair stuff and five cellphones — two for her and one for each of her three kids — but didn’t specify the exact figure for each.
The clip concluded with the self-proclaimed “generous” mother justifying her lavish spending on camera.
“If you’re a single mom and you’re supporting three kids, then some months — you know, rent is due, and your car needs to be fixed — you can easily spend $15,000 to $20,000 a month,” Sigler declared. “Let’s not forget birthdays, oh my God. And hair salons. You know having kids … OK, maybe you don’t have to spend money at hair salons, but you probably should if you want your kids to be happy.”
The upstater added that she spends all her time making a living in social media so she can support her kids.
And while those expenditures might seem a tad conspicuous, the proud vegan says she doesn’t want her kids to slum it.
“I wouldn’t be a good parent if I just let my kids live in the bare minimum that’s not … Who the f–k wants to do that?” she proclaimed. “This is the month my kids needed new cell phones, too, I forgot about that.”
Needless to say, many TikTok commenters felt that her expenses didn’t add up.
“Her math is not mathing!!!” said one skeptic, while another wrote, “I live in NYC I have never had $1,7000 in expenses in my life.”
“I wish I had half these luxuries,” said a third, while another deemed it ludicrous that she asked for $30,000 after spending over half that in a month.
Several even accused her of exploiting single parenthood for profit.
“What’s your career?” inquired one commenter, to which another retorted, “beggar and scammer.”
Some critics also called nonsense on Sigler’s so-called story of her son getting “jumped” — the rationale for her $30,000 GoFundMe.
In the comment section of a WNY News report, which described how seven individuals had been charged with assault on May 2, many commenters claimed that Sigler’s son Sven was a willing participant in a pre-planned fight.
In a video posted on May 7, Sigler can be seen at her front door, talking with purported school officials as they inform her that her son was suspended for five days after agreeing to participate in a “prearranged” fight, which Sigler and her son deny.
“The ‘victim’s’ mother is exploiting her son and intentionally leaving out crucial information to collect money for sympathy,” wrote one naysayer in a comment under the WNY story.
There’s even a Reddit thread dedicated to exposing other alleged stunts by Sigler, including accusations of “doxxing a minor” for tips and suing a cafe for telling her not to film in their establishment.
Critics have also set up a Change.org petition to get the influencer kicked off TikTok.
The Post has reached out to Sigler for comment via TikTok.
