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The D’Amelio family is dealing with the dark sides of fame.
In the premiere episode of TikTok starsDixieandCharli D’Amelio’s new Hulu reality seriesThe D’Amelio Show, the famous sisters discuss their meteoric rise to fame after going viral on the social media app — and the pressures that come with living their lives in the spotlight.
“Can you ever really imagine 100 million people?” Charli said of her TikTok follower count. “No. That’s crazy. It’s still something that I have to get used to.”
“As long as I can remember, Dixie has had anxiety,” said dad Marc D’Amelio, while mom Heidi D’Amelio added that the parents helped their daughter find a therapist to help with her mental health.
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But as the family became more famous, Heidi said it began to take a toll on Dixie’s mental health.
“She was doing so much better and then the rise on social media was okay for a while and then it got really heavy,” explained Heidi. “On the come up, people were rooting for her and Charli and then they got to a certain point and it got ugly.”
Dixie’s anxiety even began causing physical symptoms, including back pain, migraines and feelings of nauseousness.
And when she was asked to film a special"Day in the Life" video segmentwithVogue, Marc said her anxiety got worse.
“Working withVogueis absolutely insane, so I’m very excited,” said Dixie.
“It just makes me feel like I don’t deserve anything,” Dixie cried while talking to her parents. “I’m trying. I’m trying to do everything I can to better myself and it just gets worse.”
Dixie said she feels like she is treated differently than other social media stars and has unfair expectations placed on her.
“Everyone just picks apart every single thing I do and the way I look,” she said.
“It hurts so much,” she continued. “Everyone else can show emotions or talk about things and everyone supports them but anytime I talk about literal s— I’ve been through, it doesn’t matter and it just turns into a joke.”
The D’Amelio Showwas first announced last December and takes a closer look into the lives of Dixie and Charli, 17, as well as their parents.
All eight episodes ofThe D’Amelio Showpremiere Friday on Hulu.
source: people.com
