Influencer furious after health start-up used her struggles with bloating to promote their pill: ‘I’ve never used this’
- Ovira used the contents of Chelsea Hall without permission
- Her TikToks about bloating were used to pop the pill
An influencer has loosened up on a health tech start-up, claiming they used the content of her struggle with bloating to promote one of their products that she had never used.
Chelsea Hall, a professional water skier from the Gold Coast, recently shared a series of TikToks calling out health company Ovira.
Ms Hall has struggled with severe bloating for the past four years and regularly shared videos with her thousands of followers detailing her daily struggle.
But she’s since claimed that Ovira used her TikToks to promote their bloat control pill without her permission, and despite never using it.
Ovira had uploaded some of Mrs. Hall’s videos to their Instagram, claiming that their product cured the young woman’s bloating in just three months.
Chelsea Hall, a professional water skier from the Gold Coast, recently shared a series of TikToks calling out health company Ovira for using her content without her permission
“I’ve never tried your products before,” Ms Hall said in a TikTok.
“How dare your company use my content and pretend that I have used this supplement before and fixed it within three months.
“I’ve never used this, you never contacted me about this product.”
Ms Hall then shared a series of Instagram messages she sent Ovira about their ‘dirty actions’, but she never received a reply.
“You’ve seen my (Instagram) story, you’ve seen my posts and yet you can’t even reply to me to apologize,” she said.
“This misleading and false advertising is absolutely disgusting and I am shocked that you have 5.7 million followers that you have done this with.”
The influencer said she needed surgery to reduce her bloating, and lashed out at claims that Ovira’s “magic pill” cured her within months.
The influencer said she needed surgery to reduce her bloating, and lashed out at claims that Ovira’s “magic pill” cured her within months.
Shortly after she posted the TikTok, her video was removed after it was found to violate the bullying and harassment policy.
She reposted the video, but her account was then banned for 24 hours and was not reinstated until Monday.
Ovira has 179,000 followers on Instagram and nearly 6 million on TikTok.
The company is known for its menstrual pain relievers and regularly shares videos about sexual health and women’s health.
Ovira’s menstrual pain reliever sells for $189, and according to the website, 98.3 percent of women who used it said they saw a decrease in pain within 30 minutes.
A spokesman for Ovira said the video has since been removed.
“Like many brands, we use content created by both customers and content creators. As soon as we became aware that we did not have permission to use the piece of content, the video was immediately removed,” they said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Hall for comment.
