She\u2019s in a real pickle.<\/p>\n
A popular foodie TikTokker <\/a>eating her way through the Big Apple has ignited a firestorm over her use of discreet Meta recording eyeglasses, which videotape her waiters as she does her shtick.<\/p>\n Critics are calling the glasses \u201chypocritical\u201d and \u201ccreepy\u201d \u2014 considering the online star goes to great lengths to keep her own identity a secret.<\/p>\n The TikTokker behind Elizabeth Eats NYC uses Meta glasses to record her content. Katherine Donlevy<\/p>\n But the 22-year-old mastermind behind Elizabeth Eats NYC is delivering a message through The Post <\/a>to her haters: \u201cGet off your high horse, and enjoy the show.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHolding a camera isn\u2019t practical for me. \u2026 I move around lots, engage with people in real time, and the glasses let me film without a big intrusive camera,\u201d said the college grad, who spoke on condition her identity be kept under wraps.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThey help me keep interactions genuine and spontaneous while still creating high-quality content,\u201d Elizabeth explained of her special specs.<\/p>\n The Meta glasses, which retail for $380, have been a part of Elizabeth\u2019s approach since she first started her foodie account in June for another reason, too.<\/p>\n She said she has a hand tremor, which would make holding a camera near-impossible.<\/p>\n Elizabeth started her account with a photo of herself as her profile picture and only swapped it out for a cartoon version when she rapidly gained millions of followers just weeks into her new content career \u2014 a future she did not foresee.<\/p>\n Elizabeth defends her use of the glasses, saying she wants to retain her \u201cpeace and privacy.\u201d Katherine Donlevy<\/p>\n She said that after witnessing other foodie influencers such as Keith Lee get mobbed by fans, she made a conscious decision to then try to keep her identity a secret, a decision she\u2019s glad to have stuck by as her account gained popularity and she began receiving death threats over a joke she made in poor taste about the Israel-Gaza conflict.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m like a normal person. I don\u2019t want to be this huge famous person that can\u2019t leave their apartment without these cameras in my face. I just basically want to lead a normal life and have peace and privacy,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n Social-media users were quick to call her out for what they see as the hypocrisy, with most of the outrage centering on her use of the discreet recording glasses.<\/p>\n Some viewers call her usage of the glasses \u201ccreepy\u201d and \u201chypocritical.\u201d Katherine Donlevy<\/p>\n