'Influencer' Lil Tay Calls Women Over 25 With 9-to-5 Jobs 'Failures', Urges Them To Join OnlyFans Instead

KEY POINTS

Lil Tay's career has been marked by controversy, including a 2023 death hoax.
In her Instagram post, the influencer urged women to join OnlyFans instead, boasting of her earnings.
Critics accused her of 'ragebaiting' and slammed her comments as 'tone-deaf'.

Lil Tay has sparked backlash after telling women over the age of 25 with traditional jobs that they are 'failures' and should instead make money through OnlyFans.

The 18-year-old social media star, born Claire Hope, made the remarks in an Instagram video on Saturday, dismissing 9-to-5 workers and celebrating her own success on the subscription-based platform.

'You are a Failure'

'If you're over the age of 25 and you're still working a 9 to 5, you are a failure,' she said. 'Like, by then you should've already made your bag'.

She went on to encourage women to emulate her path. 'And ladies, every single one of you should drop the link, like me. Literally, just make your bag. Who gives a f–k what anybody thinks?'

The comments triggered a wave of criticism online, with many users accusing the influencer of being tone-deaf and insulting to women who choose stability over social media fame.

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Family Fallout and Rejecting Education

In the same video, Lil Tay claimed she had been estranged from her family after turning to adult content. 'They don't talk to me anymore. They don't f–k with me. But who gives a s–t. I can literally buy their whole life if I wanted to. I'm good', she said.

She also rejected the value of higher education. 'Also, f–k education 'cause Harvard was never gonna help me make eight figures. That's why I dropped out of it and I dropped the link instead', she added.

The influencer joined OnlyFans on her 18th birthday in July. Days later, she claimed she earned more than $1 million within hours of launching her profile. 'We broke the f–k out of that OnlyFans record', she boasted in an Instagram post on 3 August.

A Tumultuous Career

Lil Tay rose to notoriety as a child influencer by flaunting luxury cars and designer goods, branding herself the 'youngest flexer of the century'. Her career, however, has been marked by controversy.

In 2023, she made headlines when a post on her Instagram account claimed she and her brother Jason had died. The shocking statement was quickly met with scepticism when her former manager expressed doubts and her father refused to comment.

A day later, Tay dismissed the announcement as a hack. 'My Instagram account was compromised by a 3rd party and used to spread jarring misinformation and rumours regarding me', she told TMZ at the time.

Later that year, lawyers for her mother Angela Tian announced that a custody agreement had been reached after years of family disputes. They said they had 'successfully obtained orders' that would 'enable her daughter to advance her career'.

Critics Push Back

Tay's latest remarks about women with traditional jobs have prompted sharp criticism from readers and online commentators alike.

One critic wrote: 'For sure. No one who sells their soul gets through life without doing bad things to themselves to be able to continue to do that. It will catch up to you, probably sooner rather than later'.

Another warned: 'She'll end up t**ing h3r own l1fe just like the others recently and in the last few years. Once that star starts to fade they can't handle real life'.

A third added: 'I have yet to see a single person who chased fame, filth, and cash and ended up a happy, safe, and reasonably sane human being. Being a hard worker who contributes to society and at least trying to have integrity are a small price to pay for being given the chance to be a good person who contributes good things to this world'.

Others were even more blunt, with one remarking: 'Imagine calling people a failure when your entire life is an embarrassment'. Another dismissed her comments as little more than 'rage-baiting'.