{"id":42083,"date":"2026-04-05T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42083"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:40:46","slug":"influencer-elena-taber-accused-of-using-fake-accounts-to-post-about-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42083","title":{"rendered":"Influencer Elena Taber accused of using fake accounts to post about herself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Talk about taking things a bit too far.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what anyone says, it\u2019s human nature to want to know what others think of you \u2014 and one NYC influencer took her curiosity a little too embarrassingly far by allegedly posting in a Reddit thread about herself under a pseudonym \u2014 and got caught.<\/p>\n<p>Elena Taber, who has a massive following on various social media platforms, is known for her beauty, fashion and travel content \u2014 and for dating \u201cStranger Things\u201d actor, Jamie Campbell Bower.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38997426\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Elena Taber is a well-known NYC content creator with over 300,000 Instagram followers. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/elenataber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While some in her position might Google themselves or read comments on social posts to learn what others think about them, the 29-year-old supposedly instead took to a Reddit forum where people air out their grievances about pilates going, matcha sipping Manhattan influencers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NYCinfluencersnark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r\/NYCinfluencersnark<\/a> to start what she thought was an anonymous thread about herself. <\/p>\n<p>Under a post titled, \u201cElena Taber updates?\u201d that has since been taken down but thanks to some eagle-eyed Redditors has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nycinfluencersnarking\/comments\/1s03vyv\/elena_taber_original_reddit_posts_archived\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screenshotted and reposted<\/a>, \u201cThis relationship isn\u2019t new news but I need someone to talk about this with lol. I haven\u2019t kept up with her as much but she used to be one of my favorites back in the day and I keep seeing her pop up with Jamie Campbell Bower and it\u2019s so crazy to me??\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The post went on for two more lengthy paragraphs subtly singing Taber\u2019s praises. The anonymous Reddit username wasn\u2019t enough to cover the content creator\u2019s tracks as a TikTok link she shared in the post linked back to her personal account, which outright exposed her. <\/p>\n<p>And that isn\u2019t even the worst of it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38997428\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38997428\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Elena Taber rests her head on her boyfriend Jamie Campbell Bower's shoulder in a car.\" class=\"wp-image-38997428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1440w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=225,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 225w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=768,1024&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=1152,1536&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=450,600&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 450w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=117,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 117w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=38,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/elena-taber-post-pic-instagram-125059737.jpg?resize=640,853&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\"\/><figcaption>The influencer is dating actor Jamie Campbell Bower. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/elenataber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some users figured out that Taber has not only been supposedly posting on Reddit about herself but also joining in on snarky conversations about other rival influencers.<\/p>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>This mistake made its way to other social platforms with many commenters shocked Taber would stoop to this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOmg Jamie can do so much better than this mess hahahahahahaha,\u201d wrote one commenter on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWPWAQpiHeM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram video<\/a> about the situation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cImagine having this awesome life- brand deals, living in Paris, an actor boyfriend and being gorgeous\u2026 and still being so insecure that you have to post about yourself on Reddit?? INSANEEEEEE,\u201d quipped someone else.<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, sometimes ignorance is bliss and curiosity got the best of Taber.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/05\/lifestyle\/influencer-accused-of-using-fake-accounts-to-post-about-herself\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about taking things a bit too far. Despite what anyone says, it\u2019s human nature to want to know what others think of you \u2014 and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}