Dixie And Charli D’Amelio On Viral Fame

Written By Michael Starr Edited By Zach Feldman Dixie And Charli D’Amelio On The Price Of Viral Fame

Charli Made Her First Tiktok Dance Video From Her Bedroom In Norwalk In The Summer Of 2019 — Then Watched As The 15-Second Snippet Exploded Online.

Dixie A Singer Also Jumped Into The Social Media Pool; She Released A Song On Spotify “Be Happy” That Was Streamed More Than 70 Million Times And Also Posted Tiktok Videos.

Now Two Years Later Both Charli 17 And Dixie 20 Are Social Media Phenoms — Charli Has More Than 120 Million Followers On Tiktok And Dixie Has 52 Million.

They’Re Both Starring In “The D’Amelio Show” A New Eight-Episode Hulu Reality Series Premiering Sept. 3.

Charli Who Spoke To The Post Along With Her Parents And Sister Said It Has Not Been An Easy Transition To Tiktok Fame.

"When You’Re Going From Being In High School... To Now Having People Watch Every Minuscule Mistake You Make...I Don’T Think I’M The Type Of Person Who Has The Perfect Personality For It.” — Charli D’Amelio

“When People Ask What’S It’S Really Like We’Re Kind Of Living Our Normal Lives” — Dixie D’Amelio

Charli Lost Nearly 1 Million Followers In November 2020 When She Posted A “Dinner With The D’Amelios” Video To Youtube That Showed Dixie Gagging On Snails Prepared By Private Chef Aaron May And Charli Asking For “Dino Nuggets” Instead. The D'Amelio Family/Youtube