The social media pages of Lori Loughlin‘s daughter were flooded with angry comments Tuesday — after the “Full House” actress was busted for allegedly paying bribes to get the teen into college.
The deluge began after federal prosecutors accused Loughlin and her fashion designer hubby, Mossimo Giannulli, of agreeing to pay $500,000 to get daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli designated as recruits to the University of Southern California crew team — even though they didn’t actually participate in the sport.
“How about you put some effort into using your brain instead? Maybe that way you could get into USC by your own merits. Or how about being happy with wherever you got to go to continue your education because that in itself is a privilege. Your family disgusts me,” user Avril.616 wrote on Olivia Jade’s Instagram page.
Olivia Jade — who boasts 1.3 million followers on Instagram and almost 2 million on YouTube — had already generated controversy last year when she posted a video saying she didn’t “really care about school” but wanted to attend college for the “experience” of “partying” and “game days.”
“Your mom bought your way into school, one you had no interest in attending other than partying. You are everything that’s wrong with our wealth inequality plagued society today. #shame,” YouTube user E W commented on her latest video, which documented a “clothing haul” from Urban Outfitters.
According to court documents, prosecutors allege the parents sent in photos of their daughters on rowing machines so they could be falsely presented as coxswains.
But prosecutors say the guidance counselor at the girls’ high school started asking questions about their athletic recruitment because the counselor didn’t believe either had ever participated in the sport.
Shortly after, Loughlin allegedly wrote to the person facilitating Olivia Jade’s acceptance into the college: “[Our younger daughter] has not submitted all her colleges [sic] apps and is confused on how to do so. I want to make sure she gets those in as I don’t want to call any attention to [her] with our little friend at [her high school]. Can you tell us how to proceed?”
Still, some commenters on the teen’s social media pages stuck up for her, saying she may not have been aware of what her parents were allegedly up to.
“It says in the article most kids were not aware that their admission was contingent on bribes. Y’all don’t know if she was aware of this! Cut her some slack. Maybe she didn’t know,” wrote Instagram user sillvaaa.