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1st August 2024
04:10pm BST
Everyone is talking about the influencer behind the Ballerina Farm Instagram and TikTok accounts, but who is she?
Ballerina Farm is run by former ballet dancer Hannah Neeleman. She documents her and her husband Daniel's life on their farm in Kamas, Utah.
They have millions of supporters, but they've recently sparked controversy after an interview with The Sunday Times.
Hannah is a trad-wife and doesn't hide her controversial lifestyle from the world or her millions of followers.
She spoke out about how she homeschools her children, works on their farm, and gave up her ballerina career for her traditional lifestyle.
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However, the interview quickly went viral and sparked major concern on TikTok with many users claiming she was 'trapped' in a toxic marriage.
Others slated her for glamourising the trad-wife lifestyle, but she has since responded to the waves of hate.
Hannah believes the public's response to the video was completely wrong and said the interview was an 'attack' on her family.
She spoke out on TikTok, "We thought the interview went really well, very similar to the dozens of interviews we had done in recent memory.
"We were taken aback, however, when we saw the printed article, which shocked us and shocked the world by being an attack on our family and my marriage, portraying me as oppressed with my husband being the culprit.
She also stressed that both she and Daniel are caregivers for their eight children.
She ensured it was clear that her husband is not oppressing her.
"This couldn't be further from the truth," she said.
The content Ballerina Farm creates is unusual and the trad-wife lifestyle is not something we're used to seeing online.
However, many people have stressed that Hannah and Daniel are privileged people who are choosing to live this way.
They're profiting off their lifestyle but people fail to see Ballerina Farm is simply another brand.
One X user summed it up perfectly:
"TikTok brainrot has resulted in people not being able to tell the difference, understand nuance, or think critically about the belief systems & norms that underpin it all."
Do you agree?
