Should influencers be allowed in spaces reserved for actors or singers?
Seeing as many modern social media influencers go on to work in the movie or music industry, it’s understandable for them to attend relevant events when they are in a similar industry right?
Actors and singers take a lot of vocal and acting classes that TikTok influencers aren’t required to take or spend money on. Professionals spend hours on set for music videos, TV shows and movies and then go home,fall asleep and repeat it all the next day. Actors and singers have to uphold their image through their music, their work and their everyday lives, while as soon as influencers get done recording they can step away from the camera and be someone completely different.
Most actors aren’t mad that influencers are allowed at events such as the People’s Choice Awards. They are frustrated with short-form influencers getting the same limelight that they are.
For instance, Billie Eilish was baffled by the sight of TikTok influencers at the People’s Choice awards. She voiced her shock in a social media post after the event.
“There’s some like…TikTokers here, which I don’t need,” Eilish said.
Eilish is a well-known and well-loved singer who has a major influence on music and teenagers today. So it’s not surprising many of her fans are also expressing their concerns about influencers attending celebrity events. Fans have said things like “she is so real for that.” and “TikTokers have no business being in award shows.”
Other people have said that Eilish’s comment has ruined their respect for her. TMZ, a celebrity tabloid, posted a YouTube video comparing Eilish’s posts to popular Tiktok influencer, Alix Earle’s.
“If you look on her Instagram, she promoted the whole event. Billie didn’t post anything,” the article said. Another TMZ On Demand reporter said that Eilish “sounds like an old lady.”
Events like the People’s Choice Awards are meant to be for celebrities to get together in an environment where they are surrounded by their peers that understand them and can relate to them. These events are supposed to be big nights for them to celebrate their coworkers and their successes. To have TikTokers running around and making a classy event seem any less than classy can be frustrating.
According to some celebrities, many influencers only attended the award show to make content, and would butt into actors’ and singer’s conversations trying to fit in.
Influencers have mastered the art of short-form content, while actors work to create content that can add up to hours of episodes and movies. It makes sense why the people who run award shows and big headline events keep inviting short-form influencers. They are the ones that are going to get the event name out to the public in an accessible form that people will listen to and will be entertaining.
Many students on campus don’t have anything against influencers being at these events, while others say that they don’t care either way, so long as they don’t create drama or make the shows all about them.
Claire Krepel, a senior at Wayne State College, shared her opinion that the events shouldn’t focus on these influencers.
“They should be able to attend, but it shouldn’t be who the award shows focus on because it’s not their environment,” Krepel said.
