December 8, 2024
A number of different influencers are calling out occasion host BoxLunch for its ‘insensitive’ response.
Dominique Brown, a 34-year-old Black social media influencer and co-creator of the net group BlackGirlDisney, tragically handed away on Dec. 5 after experiencing a extreme allergic response at a BoxLunch-hosted occasion. Studies counsel she had knowledgeable the corporate about her meals allergy symptoms previous to the occasion.
In response to US Weekly, a number of influencers current on the occasion took to X to problem statements about what occurred to Brown, together with the truth that attendees knowledgeable the corporate of meals they have been allergic to.
BoxLunch didn’t instantly present a press release on the platform; many customers complained the corporate as a substitute proceed to publish vacation commercials on their X account not mentioning Brown.
Others famous {that a} assertion BoxLunch supplied to attendees by way of e-mail appeared “insensitive.”
BoxLunch shared the identical assertion with US Weekly on Dec. 7, after the outlet reached out to them for remark concerning Brown’s loss of life.
“We’re devastated by the passing of Dominique Brown, a beloved member of the BoxLunch Collective, who suffered a medical emergency at an occasion hosted by BoxLunch Thursday in Los Angeles,” BoxLunch stated within the assertion. “Our hearts exit to her household and buddies, and we are going to do every part we will to assist them and the members of the BoxLunch Collective and our workforce throughout this painful time.”
Though some customers unfold a story that BoxLunch refused to name 911 after Brown suffered the response to a meals allergy, a supply instructed US Weekly that 911 was known as instantly. The unnamed supply additionally corroborated statements from influencers that the corporate had given a listing of meals allergens to the venue that supplied the meals.
Per US Weekly, BoxLunch is conducting an impartial investigation into what led to the incident.
Brown created BlackGirlDisney in 2018 alongside one other influencer, Mia Von, after noticing an absence of illustration in Disney influencers. The pair aimed to create a extra welcoming house for Black and different girls of shade who’re Disney followers.
Brown’s brother reached out to his sister’s followers by way of a remark beneath her final Instagram publish, writing on Dec. 6, “Hello everybody, that is @pramos313 – Dominique’s brother. I needed to take a a second to say thanks to her social media fam for displaying her a lot love and lightweight. Disney did convey her pleasure, however it was unparalleled that she discovered a group who cherished her and Disney as a lot as she did. I’ll miss my sister and greatest good friend and that infectious smile she at all times had. Thanks, really, from the underside of my coronary heart. ❤️🥺.”
Along with her brother, a number of Disney influencers shared their very own tributes to Brown, who created content material underneath the title HellooDomo.
Beneath Brown’s final video publish, Tatiana Kelley, whose display title is Dapper on the Day by day, wrote “The kindest most real particular person on this group …we are going to miss you Domo💛,thanks for touching our lives along with your pleasure & wit & for being so extremely welcoming to us all🤍🕊️.”
Katy Lane, often called Important St. Muse, wrote, “I’m so pleased I received to hug you final week. Your positivity and fervour for all times will at all times encourage me ❤️ you have been and can proceed to be the great on the planet Dom.”
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