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'''Léna Mahfouf''' (born 19 November 1997), also known by her YouTube name '''Léna Situations''', is a French social media personality and author.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Francini|first=Antonella|date=2021-02-03|title=A YouTuber Shoots to Literary Fame in France, Ruffling Feathers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/world/europe/lena-situations-france-author.html|access-date=2021-12-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2021, [[Forbes|Forbes France]] ranked her in their annual [[Forbes 30 Under 30|30 Under 30]] list in the Cinema & Entertainment category.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Laurent|first=Théodore|date=2021-11-22|title=30 Under 30 {{!}} Léna Situations|url=https://www.forbes.fr/classements/30-under-30-lena-situations/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Forbes France|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
'''Léna Mahfouf''' (born 19 November 1997), also known by her YouTube name '''Léna Situations''', is a French social media personality and author.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Francini|first=Antonella|date=2021-02-03|title=A YouTuber Shoots to Literary Fame in France, Ruffling Feathers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/world/europe/lena-situations-france-author.html|access-date=2021-12-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2021, [[Forbes|Forbes France]] ranked her in their annual [[Forbes 30 Under 30|30 Under 30]] list in the Cinema & Entertainment category.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Laurent|first=Théodore|date=2021-11-22|title=30 Under 30 {{!}} Léna Situations|url=https://www.forbes.fr/classements/30-under-30-lena-situations/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Forbes France|language=fr-FR}}</ref>


On May 2nd 2022, she was invited to the prestigious [[Met Gala]] ceremony and became the first French influencer to attend.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-03 |title=Lena Situations, première influenceuse française à assister au Met Gala 2022 - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/People/La-vie-des-people/News/Lena-Situations-premiere-influenceuse-francaise-a-assister-au-Met-Gala-2022-4018428 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=elle.fr |language=fr}}</ref> She also attended that year's [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOTOS - Cannes 2022 : Emmanuelle Béart, Shakira et Lena Situations irrésistibles sur le tapis rouge |url=https://photo.gala.fr/photos-cannes-2022-sofia-essaidi-et-adrien-galo-echangent-un-baiser-passionne-49241 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Gala |language=fr}}</ref>
== Life and career ==
Lena Mahfouf was born on 19 November 1997 in the [[17th arrondissement of Paris]] to two parents from Algeria.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fontanel|first1=Sophie|title=Lena Situations : " Une actrice se met dans la peau de ses personnages, moi, c'est ma peau à moi "|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/mode/20220801.OBS61572/lena-situations-une-actrice-se-met-dans-la-peau-de-ses-personnages-moi-c-est-ma-peau-a-moi.html#|website=[[L'Obs]]|access-date=18 August 2022|language=fr|date=1 August 2022}}</ref> In 2013, she joined social networks such as [[Instagram]] and [[Twitter]], but it was from 2017 that she opened her [[Youtube channel|YouTube channel]], where she gained significant notoriety. She also has a large following on Instagram and [[TikTok]].


== Biography ==
Lena Mahfouf was born on 19 November 1997 in the [[17th arrondissement of Paris]] to two parents from Algeria.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fontanel|first1=Sophie|title=Lena Situations : " Une actrice se met dans la peau de ses personnages, moi, c'est ma peau à moi "|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/mode/20220801.OBS61572/lena-situations-une-actrice-se-met-dans-la-peau-de-ses-personnages-moi-c-est-ma-peau-a-moi.html#|website=[[L'Obs]]|access-date=18 August 2022|language=fr|date=1 August 2022}}</ref> She is the dauther of Karim Mahfouf, a comics author, illustrator and pupetter. Her mother was a fashion designer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-10 |title=« Mon rôle, dans ce contexte, c’est de créer du divertissement, faire rigoler, faire oublier » : Léna Situations, meilleure amie des jeunes confinés |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2021/03/10/mon-role-dans-ce-contexte-c-est-de-creer-du-divertissement-faire-rigoler-faire-oublier-lena-situations-meilleure-amie-des-jeunes-confines_6072534_4401467.html |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref> Her parents fled the [[Algerian Civil War]] and came to Paris.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-10 |title=« Mon rôle, dans ce contexte, c’est de créer du divertissement, faire rigoler, faire oublier » : Léna Situations, meilleure amie des jeunes confinés |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2021/03/10/mon-role-dans-ce-contexte-c-est-de-creer-du-divertissement-faire-rigoler-faire-oublier-lena-situations-meilleure-amie-des-jeunes-confines_6072534_4401467.html |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>

She graduaded from the Moda Domani Institute, a business school specialized in luxury, fashion and design.<ref>{{Cite web |last=lecture |first=The Money Editors·Carrière·1 min de |date=2022-02-26 |title=Quel Ecole a fait Léna situation ? |url=https://themoney.co/quel-ecole-a-fait-lena-situation/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=The Money © - N°1 Official Money & Networth Source |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

=== Beginning online ===

==== Blog ====
In 2012 while in school she decided to open a blog called ''Léna Situations'' to share advises on fashion, beauty and good places in Paris: <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathilde |date=2018-03-04 |title=Léna Mahfouf, la femme de la situation |url=https://markinfluence.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/lena-mahfouf-la-femme-de-la-situation/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> to do like everyone else, she says.

==== Social Media ====
In 2017 she opened her [[Youtube channel|YouTube channel]], where she gained significant notoriety. With more than 200 published video, she is one of the most followed french youtubers with 2,69 millions followers as of november 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lena Situations - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@LenaSituations |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> She also has a large following on Instagram and [[TikTok]]. She is also heavily followed on tiktok and instagram with respectively 3,2 and 4,5 millions followers.

=== Career ===
Her content focuses on her life moments through [[vlog]]s, [[fashion]] and [[Lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] videos, which makes her, according to Les Inrockuptibles, a rising YouTube star who is changing the face of Internet entertainment. With [[Bilal Hassani]], Sundy Jules and Sulivan Gwed, she forms a group of videographers and influencers who regularly collaborate in their respective vlogs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La biographie de Léna Situations avec Gala.fr|url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/lena_situations|access-date=2023-03-05|website=[[Gala (magazine)|Gala]]|language=fr}}</ref>
Her content focuses on her life moments through [[vlog]]s, [[fashion]] and [[Lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] videos, which makes her, according to Les Inrockuptibles, a rising YouTube star who is changing the face of Internet entertainment. With [[Bilal Hassani]], Sundy Jules and Sulivan Gwed, she forms a group of videographers and influencers who regularly collaborate in their respective vlogs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La biographie de Léna Situations avec Gala.fr|url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/lena_situations|access-date=2023-03-05|website=[[Gala (magazine)|Gala]]|language=fr}}</ref>


On August 23rd 2022, she announced that she wants to create an association named ''Toujours plus,'' for youth in order to help students finance their studies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-10 |title=Léna Situations dévoile le nom de son association pour aider les étudiants |url=https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/lena-situations-veut-creer-une-association-pour-aider-les-etudiants-a-payer-leurs-etudes_22a60e1c-e890-11ec-8629-7b5f42207f6d/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Le Figaro Etudiant |language=fr}}</ref>
On 24 September 2020, Mahfouf published a [[personal development]] book titled ''Toujours plus''. With more than 60,000 copies sold in less than a month after its release,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dugué|first=Béatrice|date=2020-10-19|title=Star des réseaux sociaux, Léna Situations devient phénomène d'édition|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/phenomene-des-reseaux-sociaux-lena-situations-devient-phenomene-d-edition|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.franceinter.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=YouTube. Léna Situations, un phénomène d'édition remarqué jusqu'au Royaume-Uni|url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/youtube-lena-situations-un-phenomene-dedition-remarque-jusquau-royaume-uni|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Courrier international|language=fr}}</ref> it became the #1 bestseller in [[France]] in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ventes de livres : la Youtubeuse Léna Situations devant Marc Levy|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/10/16/ventes-de-livres-la-youtubeuse-lena-situations-devant-marc-levy-9144068.php|access-date=2021-12-06|website=ladepeche.fr|language=fr}}</ref> The following month, sales exceeded 200 000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ronfaut|first=Lucie|date=2020-11-14|title=Le livre de Léna Situations est un succès, et vous devriez vous demander pourquoi ça vous dérange|url=https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/665586-le-livre-de-lena-situations-est-un-succes-et-vous-devriez-vous-demander-pourquoi-ca-vous-derange.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Numerama|language=fr-FR}}</ref> By August 2021, the book had exceeded 370,000 copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-11|title=Léna Situations, le temps d'un Zoom|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/style/lena-situations-le-temps-d-un-zoom-20210811|access-date=2021-12-06|website=LEFIGARO|language=fr}}</ref>

In September 2022, [[spotify]] annouced that Léna Situation will host a podcast called C''anapé six places.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=L'influenceuse Léna Situations va animer un podcast en exclusivité pour Spotify |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/l-influenceuse-lena-situations-va-animer-un-podcast-exclusif-pour-spotify-20220920 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref> It's a weekly show 30-45 min long, with or without guest, themed on secrets, interviews and discovery of her world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=Léna Situations va animer un podcast hebdomadaire pour Spotify |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/internet/reseaux-sociaux/lena-situations-va-animer-un-podcast-hebdomadaire-pour-spotify_5371939.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

On November third 2022 she releases with [[Adidas]] a collection of 4 pairs of sneakers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=Léna Situations devient la première Française à signer une collection capsule avec adidas Originals |url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/lena-situations-adidas-originals-collection-sneakers,1436509.asp |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Marie Claire |language=fr}}</ref>, co-created with 150 subscribers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lena Situations est la première française à créer ses paires de sneakers chez adidas |url=https://www.booska-p.com/lifestyle/actualites-lifestyle/lena-situations-est-la-premiere-francaise-a-creer-ses-paires-de-sneakers-chez-adidas/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=https://www.booska-p.com/ |language=fr-FR}}</ref>, becoming the first french woman to partner up with the brand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2022-11-03 |title=Lena Situations dévoile 4 paires de sneakers créées pour adidas (elles sont disponibles à partir de 110 euros) |url=https://www.gqmagazine.fr/style/article/lena-situations-devoile-4-paires-de-sneakers-creees-pour-adidas-elles-sont-disponibles-a-partir-de-110-euros |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=GQ France |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==== Publishing of her book ''Toujours plus''. ====
On 24 September 2020, Mahfouf published a [[personal development]] book titled ''Toujours plus''. With more than 60,000 copies sold in less than a month after its release,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dugué|first=Béatrice|date=2020-10-19|title=Star des réseaux sociaux, Léna Situations devient phénomène d'édition|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/phenomene-des-reseaux-sociaux-lena-situations-devient-phenomene-d-edition|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.franceinter.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=YouTube. Léna Situations, un phénomène d'édition remarqué jusqu'au Royaume-Uni|url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/youtube-lena-situations-un-phenomene-dedition-remarque-jusquau-royaume-uni|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Courrier international|language=fr}}</ref> it became the #1 bestseller in [[France]] in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ventes de livres : la Youtubeuse Léna Situations devant Marc Levy|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/10/16/ventes-de-livres-la-youtubeuse-lena-situations-devant-marc-levy-9144068.php|access-date=2021-12-06|website=ladepeche.fr|language=fr}}</ref> The following month, sales exceeded 200 000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ronfaut|first=Lucie|date=2020-11-14|title=Le livre de Léna Situations est un succès, et vous devriez vous demander pourquoi ça vous dérange|url=https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/665586-le-livre-de-lena-situations-est-un-succes-et-vous-devriez-vous-demander-pourquoi-ca-vous-derange.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Numerama|language=fr-FR}}</ref> By August 2021, the book had exceeded 370,000 copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-11|title=Léna Situations, le temps d'un Zoom|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/style/lena-situations-le-temps-d-un-zoom-20210811|access-date=2021-12-06|website=LEFIGARO|language=fr}}</ref> However, she is victim of criticism by [[Frédéric Beigbeder|Frederic Beigbeder]], in the Figaro Magazine. He entitled his article ''"''Autobiography of a famous nobody''".'' He writes "147 empty pages, 19,50 euros wasted" "Between being and nothingness'','' she chose the second option".

On August 4, 2023, was a guest celebrity judge in the episode of the ''[[Drag Race France (season 2)|Season 2]]'' titled ''Time Ball'' of the French language reality television series ''[[Drag Race France]]'' broadcast

on [[France.tv Slash]].

=== Mahfouf Hotel ===
On June 27th 2022, she lunched ''Hotel Mahfouf'', a clothes and lifestyle objects brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lena Situations lance sa propre marque "Hôtel Mahfouf" |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/mode/lena-situations-lance-sa-propre-marque-hotel-mahfouf_AN-202206280295.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}</ref> For the opening of her vlogs series in August 2022, she opens an ephemeral concept store offering products from her brand.

== Online harassment ==
From November to December 2021 she was cyberbullied on her hair and dressing because she turned down two invitations for the [[Ballon d'Or|Ballon d'or]] ceremony because she was not available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-01 |title=Léna Situations insultée sur la Toile |url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/insultee-car-ses-invit-pour-le-ballon-dor-sont-parties-a-la-poubelle-614863612075 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=20 minutes |language=fr}}</ref> On December 9th, she temporarely disactivated her [[twitter]] accounts after that incident. Three months later, she talked about it :" slowly regaining the love for video editing. Since the end of last year I couldn't see myself on video. The internet voices entered my head and I thought I was so hideous that opening my laptop to see myslelf height hours a day wasn't possible".

On July 23rd 2022 she was once again cyberbullied on twitter after she offered a 100% vegan menue in the restaurant<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=Ce qu’on peut trouver chez Hôtel Mahfouf, le concept store éphémère de Lena Situations - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/Mode/Les-news-mode/Ce-qu-on-peut-trouver-chez-Hotel-Mahfouf-le-concept-store-ephemere-de-Lena-Situations-4042885 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=elle.fr |language=fr}}</ref> she opened shortly in August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2022-08-03 |title=Hot spot : Lena Mahfouf ouvre Le Chalet, son nouveau concept store parisien |url=https://www.vogue.fr/mode/article/ouverture-hotel-mahfouf-marque-lena-situations |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Vogue France |language=fr-FR}}</ref>.


In May 2022, she was invited to the prestigious [[Met Gala]] ceremony and became the first French influencer to attend.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-03 |title=Lena Situations, première influenceuse française à assister au Met Gala 2022 - Elle |url=https://www.elle.fr/People/La-vie-des-people/News/Lena-Situations-premiere-influenceuse-francaise-a-assister-au-Met-Gala-2022-4018428 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=elle.fr |language=fr}}</ref> She also attended that year's [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOTOS - Cannes 2022 : Emmanuelle Béart, Shakira et Lena Situations irrésistibles sur le tapis rouge |url=https://photo.gala.fr/photos-cannes-2022-sofia-essaidi-et-adrien-galo-echangent-un-baiser-passionne-49241 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Gala |language=fr}}</ref>
In May 2023, she recieved sexist messages about her private life after she gave an interview of the model Milo Laudenbach for the model show of the brand COS. During this period she is once again victim of online bodyshaming on twitter after publishing of her wearing a dress for the 76 edition of the [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=Critiquée pour son physique, Léna Situations répond à ses détracteurs |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/people/4038017-20230523-festival-cannes-critiquee-physique-lena-situations-repond-detracteurs |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}</ref>. The French minister of economy Bruno Le Maire showed her his support<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyberharcèlement: Bruno Le Maire apporte son soutien à Léna Situations |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/actualites/reseaux-sociaux/cyberharcelement-bruno-le-maire-apporte-son-soutien-a-lena-situations_AV-202305230623.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}</ref>.


In October 2023, on her instagram canal, she reveals recieving death threats after supporting Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'influenceuse Lena Situations dit avoir reçu des menaces de mort après son soutien aux Palestiniens |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/l-influenceuse-lena-situations-dit-avoir-recu-des-menaces-de-mort-apres-son-soutien-aux-palestiniens_AV-202310190606.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}</ref>
On August 4, 2023, was a guest celebrity judge in the episode of the ''[[Drag Race France (season 2)|Season 2]]'' titled ''Time Ball'' of the French language reality television series ''[[Drag Race France]]'' broadcast on [[France.tv Slash]].


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 10:32, 28 November 2023

Léna Situations
Léna Situations and Seb La Frite
Born
Léna Mahfouf

(1997-11-19) 19 November 1997 (age 27)
Occupations
  • Social media personality
  • author
Years active2017–present
YouTube information
Subscribers2.3 million
Total views390 million
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2019

Last updated: 18 August 2022

Léna Mahfouf (born 19 November 1997), also known by her YouTube name Léna Situations, is a French social media personality and author.[1] In 2021, Forbes France ranked her in their annual 30 Under 30 list in the Cinema & Entertainment category.[2]

On May 2nd 2022, she was invited to the prestigious Met Gala ceremony and became the first French influencer to attend.[3] She also attended that year's Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Biography

Lena Mahfouf was born on 19 November 1997 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris to two parents from Algeria.[5] She is the dauther of Karim Mahfouf, a comics author, illustrator and pupetter. Her mother was a fashion designer.[6] Her parents fled the Algerian Civil War and came to Paris.[7]

She graduaded from the Moda Domani Institute, a business school specialized in luxury, fashion and design.[8]

Beginning online

Blog

In 2012 while in school she decided to open a blog called Léna Situations to share advises on fashion, beauty and good places in Paris: [9] to do like everyone else, she says.

Social Media

In 2017 she opened her YouTube channel, where she gained significant notoriety. With more than 200 published video, she is one of the most followed french youtubers with 2,69 millions followers as of november 2023.[10] She also has a large following on Instagram and TikTok. She is also heavily followed on tiktok and instagram with respectively 3,2 and 4,5 millions followers.

Career

Her content focuses on her life moments through vlogs, fashion and lifestyle videos, which makes her, according to Les Inrockuptibles, a rising YouTube star who is changing the face of Internet entertainment. With Bilal Hassani, Sundy Jules and Sulivan Gwed, she forms a group of videographers and influencers who regularly collaborate in their respective vlogs.[11]

On August 23rd 2022, she announced that she wants to create an association named Toujours plus, for youth in order to help students finance their studies.[12]

In September 2022, spotify annouced that Léna Situation will host a podcast called Canapé six places.[13] It's a weekly show 30-45 min long, with or without guest, themed on secrets, interviews and discovery of her world.[14]

On November third 2022 she releases with Adidas a collection of 4 pairs of sneakers[15], co-created with 150 subscribers[16], becoming the first french woman to partner up with the brand.[17]

Publishing of her book Toujours plus.

On 24 September 2020, Mahfouf published a personal development book titled Toujours plus. With more than 60,000 copies sold in less than a month after its release,[18][19] it became the #1 bestseller in France in October 2020.[20] The following month, sales exceeded 200 000 copies.[21] By August 2021, the book had exceeded 370,000 copies sold.[22] However, she is victim of criticism by Frederic Beigbeder, in the Figaro Magazine. He entitled his article "Autobiography of a famous nobody". He writes "147 empty pages, 19,50 euros wasted" "Between being and nothingness, she chose the second option".

On August 4, 2023, was a guest celebrity judge in the episode of the Season 2 titled Time Ball of the French language reality television series Drag Race France broadcast

on France.tv Slash.

Mahfouf Hotel

On June 27th 2022, she lunched Hotel Mahfouf, a clothes and lifestyle objects brand.[23] For the opening of her vlogs series in August 2022, she opens an ephemeral concept store offering products from her brand.

Online harassment

From November to December 2021 she was cyberbullied on her hair and dressing because she turned down two invitations for the Ballon d'or ceremony because she was not available.[24] On December 9th, she temporarely disactivated her twitter accounts after that incident. Three months later, she talked about it :" slowly regaining the love for video editing. Since the end of last year I couldn't see myself on video. The internet voices entered my head and I thought I was so hideous that opening my laptop to see myslelf height hours a day wasn't possible".

On July 23rd 2022 she was once again cyberbullied on twitter after she offered a 100% vegan menue in the restaurant[25] she opened shortly in August 2022[26].

In May 2023, she recieved sexist messages about her private life after she gave an interview of the model Milo Laudenbach for the model show of the brand COS. During this period she is once again victim of online bodyshaming on twitter after publishing of her wearing a dress for the 76 edition of the Cannes Festival[27]. The French minister of economy Bruno Le Maire showed her his support[28].

In October 2023, on her instagram canal, she reveals recieving death threats after supporting Palestine.[29]

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