Piper Rockelle Reveals Whether She’s Watched Netflix’s Bad Influence Docuseries
- Piper Rockelle spoke with Rolling Stone about Netflix’s Bad Influencer: The Dark Side and revealed whether she’s watched it or not.
- The social media star opened up about the in-depth docuseries about her childhood and the impact it’s had on her since its April 9 release.
- Rockelle discussed how much of the Netflix series is true based on the clips she’s seen circle social media, especially her “For You Page” on TikTok.
Piper Rockelle has thoughts on Netflix’s Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing.
Almost a month after the docuseries’ release, the teen influencer, 17, broke her silence during a conversation with Rolling Stone published on May 1.
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Simply put, Rockelle hasn’t seen the documentary; however, she shared that she can’t seem to escape it since clips have been circling social media — particularly her “For You Page” on TikTok.
Bad Influence extrapolates on the complaint 11 underage content creators filed against Rockelle’s mom, Tiffany Smith in 2022, which accused her of “emotional, verbal, physical, and at times, sexual abuse” when they were active in the teen’s viral group of friends nicknamed “Squad.”
The child abuse lawsuit that followed was settled in October 2024, with the 11 teens receiving $1.85 million. (All parties specifically disclaimed any liability.) Netflix’s three-parter offered the former Squad members and their parents another way to share their alleged experiences working with Smith.
“They’re not making it up, but they’re extending the truth,” Rockelle shared with Rolling Stone of Bad Influence, adding, “I was there. I witnessed every day.”
The influencer said that she doesn’t believe it was as bad as it appears in the Netflix exposé, but shared with the outlet that everything wasn’t perfect either.
“I think that they believe what they are saying, but I was there and I saw everything,” she said.
It wasn’t just the recent Bad Influence release that had an effect on Rockelle. She noted that she had an uneasy feeling about everything since the trailer dropped in March. Then, it gradually got worse.
“I just completely fell apart,” she admitted. “I did not think I was going to get through it.”
The content creator said she had “awful thoughts,” but didn’t want to share them with her mother because she felt she was dealing with a lot herself. Negative public perception of her mom and potential legal consequences were among her biggest fears.
“That’s something I have to worry about is people coming and trying to take away my mother because they always envied my mom and I’s relationship,” Rockelle said. “My father was never in my life so it’s always just been her.”
As a result, per Rolling Stone, Rockelle is especially protective of Smith.
Despite the challenge and backlash post-doc release, the popular influencer — who boasts 6M followers on Instagram and 15.6M on TikTok — won’t be stepping back from social media, rather continuing what she enjoys doing.
“I can’t make it look like it’s affecting me,” she said. “I won’t. Social media is about entertaining people and I want to entertain them and make them happy… I’ll be fine. I’m getting the hard stuff out of the way. By the time I’m 30, I’ll be Zen. I’ll be good.”
On April 8, Smith issued a statement to PEOPLE in response to the biggest claims made in Bad Influence.
“This whole experience — from the claims and power plays from the stage moms to, now, the Netflix reality show — has been the most upsetting and difficult experience of my life,” she said. “And it’s been even harder for my daughter, Piper, who’s become collateral damage in a mess of adults behaving badly.”
“I do believe Piper will want justice one day—and see that the truth is finally shared,” Smith told PEOPLE. “But in the meantime, shame on Netflix for perpetuating a knowingly false narrative that puts kids in danger. I truly can’t wait for this to all be behind us.”
Since the docuseries’ release, Rockelle has dropped subtle hints on her social platforms in reference to it. “Can’t wait to tell my own story and not have other people tell it for me,” she wrote on Instagram on April 21.
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