D’Amelio Family Chef Defends Charli and Dixie as TikTokers Weigh In on Controversy

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D’Amelio Family Chef Defends Charli and Dixie as TikTokers Weigh In on Controversy

Social media may still be debating Charli and Dixie D’Amelio’s behavior in the now-viral “Dinner With The D'Amelios” video, but Chef Aaron May hasn’t given it another thought since the video was shared earlier this week. In a video shared by The Hollywood Fix on Wednesday, November 18, May confirmed his feelings were not hurt “at all” by Dixie and Charli’s less than impressed reactions to his food in the video for their family YouTube channel. The D’Amelio family’s creative director, Tommy Burns, also took responsibly for the video. “It was my idea. We’re in the content business, and I’ve known Dixie and Charli for a long time, I’ve known the family for a long time,” he told the cameras. “I knew Dixie would eat it, she’s fearless, she’s afraid of nothing. I knew she would try it, I knew she probably wouldn’t like it.” In “Dinner With The D'Amelios,” the famous sisters gagged and made faces after Dixie, 19, found a snail in her paella. After May told them it would bring them “good fortune to eat it,” the “Be Happy” songstress ran outside to throw up as Charli, 16, asked for “dino nuggets” instead. The siblings have lost hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok since the video’s release on Monday, November 16. Dixie echoed Burns’ thoughts in a video of her own on Wednesday. “My team knows I throw up a lot. I throw up at the smell, the thought or the taste of anything,” the singer said, noting that her family has been working with May “for a couple of months now.” [jwplayer AmeWfJSi-l3ahXupL] She continued: “So, when they saw the snails, they were like, ‘Oh, let’s get her and try to see if we can get a reaction out of her.’ … I love [our] chef, and I would never disrespect him in any way.” Charli, for her part, broke down in tears on Instagram Live on Thursday, November 19, telling her followers she didn’t know if she wanted to be part of the social media community anymore. The teenager, who is the most followed person on TikTok, also addressed her comment in the viral video about wanting to reach 100 million followers on the app within the same year she reached 1 million. “You can say I’m disrespectful, you can say I don’t have basic human decency, but at the end of the day, I’m still a person,” Charli said, clarifying that she doesn’t think of her fans as “numbers.” Hours later, she took to Twitter, ready to move on. “Tomorrow i will be back posting normal content with a smile on my face!” Charli tweeted. “At the end of the day i know i am a good person with a good heart and i will never change that about myself. i love you all!!” Scroll through for more reactions to the controversy:

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Chef Aaron May

“Those girls are the greatest, I love them. It was all fun and games,” the Food Network star told The Hollywood Fix. “I don’t expect her to love the snails. Like I said, somebody thought it would be funny to feed them snails, and they reacted the way they reacted. It’s all good.”

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James Charles

“This charli situation is NOT sitting right with me … 100M followers in one year & y'all expect her to know how to be a perfect role model?” the makeup guru, who boosts nearly 24 million YouTube subscribers, tweeted. “Death threats because she's a picky eater & made a joke about a milestone? 30+ year olds dragging someone half their age? feels familiar.”

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Noah Beck

Dixie has been spending time with her boyfriend amid the drama. As the comments on their TikToks flood with reactions to the controversy, Beck replied to one telling remark.

“All of my homies love Dixie and Noah,” the fan wrote.

He replied, “As they SHOULD.”

Beck poked fun at the scandal on Friday, November 20, with a TikTok captioned, “When dixie is eating on camera from now on… #justwokeup #quirky #grateful #thanksgiving #f—ksnails #behappy.”

In the video, the Sway boy mouths a line from the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, “Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet s—t!”

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Trisha Paytas

Paytas made a TikTok in disbelief at how Charli and Dixie reacted to the food. “I’ve seen lots of comments from Dixie, like, just kind of being combative and bratty toward people who have criticism toward the girls,” she said. “They’re being really disrespectful spitting out the food. I do think that since they are role models on such a big platform, they should be called out when they need to be humbled a little.”

Dixie, Charli and James have all slammed the controversial YouTuber for getting involved in the drama, bringing up her own past scandals.

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Griffin Johnson

Dixie’s ex-boyfriend seemingly reacted on Thursday night, tweeting, “F—k it the whole internet is cancelled.”

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Marc D'Amelio

“I love you Charli!” the social media star’s dad tweeted on Thursday.

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Heidi D'Amelio

Charli and Dixie’s parents both “liked” a tweet that defends their youngest daughter.

“If Charli D’Amelio was a boy none of this would be an issue,” the post reads. “She’s a 16 year old girl held to an impossibly high standard and the entire internet wants to build her up and tear her down despite the fact she’s done nothing problematic. It’s heartbreaking to watch.”

Heidi also reposted Charles’ clapback at Paytas.

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Alyssa McKay

“Girl don’t even worry. everyone blows everything out of proportion!!!!” the TikToker commented on one of Dixie’s videos.