Influencer’s review of bakery backfires — as she’s ripped for ‘lying and bullying’

An influencer’s antagonistic reappraisal of a bakery has backfired online, pinch nan proprietor calling her retired for “lying and bullying.” 

Aurora Griffo, who regularly reviews nutrient connected her TikTok account Glamorama, shared a video critiquing celebrated Arizona bakery JL Patisserie, and it quickly sent the internet into a spin.

“I do not mind spending $10 connected a pastry if they are really good, but you cannot usage fake-ass ingredients,” she said successful her now-deleted post. 

“She fundamentally tried to blackmail us”

She took rumor pinch nan agleam greenish colour of nan pistachio filling wrong nan treats. 

Overall, she claims “everything was a small connected nan saccharine and rich | side.” 

“All of that being said, I deliberation if you enactment distant from nan costly ingredients, you tin decidedly bask a delicious, rich | pastry here.” she concludes.

While her comments whitethorn person sounded for illustration adjacent criticism, nan bakery wasn’t having it.

In a now-viral consequence video, JL Patisserie revealed nan influencer had contacted them earlier her visit, suggesting nan thought of a collaboration pinch them. 

CEO Jenna Leurquin claimed nan bakery “respectfully declined” because they conscionable couldn’t accommodate nan petition successful their budget. 

“Then she fundamentally tried to blackmail america by saying if we offered nan nutrient for free, she would constitute a bully reappraisal astir us,” she explained successful her consequence video. 

Griffo showed up nan adjacent time contempt nary statement being successful place.

That’s erstwhile nan bad reappraisal came, leaving a sour sensation successful nan rima of nan business owner.

“We wholly respect a bad review,” Jenna said. 

“But we don’t for illustration lying and bullying.”

She past made a constituent to make her measurement done nan bakery to discredit galore of nan influencer’s claims. 

Imported pistachio paste that they import from Italy (made from 99% pistachio), flour imported from Europe and sourdough that is made from scratch, which takes six months to make. 

“The problem is if nan adjacent procreation is influenced by her to judge it’s okay to bully and disrespect nan nutrient industry,” Jenna concluded

“We for illustration moving pinch influencers, but acting for illustration nan moving people is beneath you and promoting this benignant of connection connected societal media and bribing america for free worldly is not really thing we support.”

“Someone yet stood up to me”

The consequence video reached an assemblage of much than 63 cardinal and quickly garnered a consequence from Aurora.

That has excessively since been deleted.

“G–damn, personification yet stood up to me. I’ve sewage to say, f–king kuddos, for real. I respect that,” she opened her video. “What I don’t respect are nan lies.”

She besides pushed backmost connected claims she’d offered a affirmative reappraisal successful speech for freebies, posting what appeared to beryllium screenshots of her Instagram DMs pinch nan bakery.

“When it’s a collab I will still do nan honorable reappraisal and highlight/focus connected what I enjoyed and beryllium softer/quicker connected my words pinch what I whitethorn not for illustration arsenic much,” sounds her message.

“Regardless, Jenna, I respect your balls, I do respect your talent,” she said. 

“I dream some of your sides of your pillow are acold astatine nighttime and I wish you thing but nan best.”