INFLUENCER Nara Smith has been accused of stealing another content creator’s content.
The German influencer, who is based in the US, was recently accused of allegedly stealing content from content creator Onezwa Mbola, who still lives in South Africa.
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According to several eagle-eyed fans, Smith’s content began to eerily mirror Mbola’s.
Mbola later addressed her fan’s concerns.
In a video uploaded to a different account, Mbola stated that she was annoyed that an unnamed female influencer had been stealing her content.
Mbola stated that Smith’s videos were altered just enough for Smith to claim that she was not infringing on her own content.
According to the content creator, once she took a break from TikTok, the US influencer then began allegedly stealing ideas from her YouTube.
” I have kept quiet for months,” Mbola stated adding that she would only vent about the situation to her close friends and boyfriend.
The social media influencer revealed that those closest to her have urged her to keep quiet as they feared Smith’s fans would attempt to cancel her.
Mbola stated that she would have been ok with Smith allegedly copying her videos, however, in South Africa, content creators are not paid for page views.
Since the video went viral with 2.2 million views, Smith promptly denied the charge, and claimed not to have ever engaged with Mbola’s content.
Despite the claim, One internet sleuth quickly found one interaction where Smith had commented on one of Mbola’s videos saying that her content “is so inspiring.”
Who are Nara Smith and Onezwa Mbola?
Find a brief explanation of who both TikTok influecners are
Nara Smith
Born in South Africa in 2001, Nara Smith rose to fame when she began modeling at 14 years old after she was discovered through the “We Love Your Genes” campaign of IMG Models.
Smith further gained notoriety when she began doing TikToks in both German and English
She began going viral between late 2023 and early 2024 on TikTok and other social media platforms for posting “tradwife” content by cooking elaborate meals for her family from scratch while wearing designer clothing.
Smith also managed to gain notoriety for her interest in unique baby names.
Onezwa Mbola
Mbola, who is also based in South Africa, is a content creator who appeared in the fourth season of Masterchef Africa.
The former television star recently started her own line of food products named eMandulo.
According to Mbola, she manages to source all of her own ingredients by growing them.
The Tiktok star says the love for food runs in her family, but for her, it only began after her mother’s passing.
“Oh Nara Smith, the liar you are,” read the post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
The post has drawn mixed reactions online.
“I love how people on the internet are trying so so hard to find a reason to hate Nara Smith,” one person said in response to the tweet.
“It’s all coming from women as well I ain’t seen a single man hate on her. Not shocked.”
“They can never make me like you, Nara Smith,” said a second person.
“There’s literally zero similarities between their content, y’all need to be so serious and leave that lady alone,” defended a third person.
“Libras lol this is why I slander them. Nara is cool but you can only trust her as far as you can throw her,” a fourth quibbed.
According to Mbola, Smith has taken things to the next step by allegedly threatening to sue her for defamation of character.
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