The term ‘influencer’ has acquired a negative meaning and has become associated with shallow people who mindlessly try to attract attention on social media in order to boost their visibility. On the other hand, influencer marketing remains a growing industry but many of the so-called influencers on social media have fake followers and pay for likes and comments while having little or no influence.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many influencers grow quite desperate as a result, the competition is fierce and those who want to stand out from the rest are forced to go to great lengths to attract followers. The results are often comical with these influencers end up getting the taste of their own medicine on social media. Here’s what happened when influencers went a bit too far and got owned in public.