
“If you’re asking for money I think you’ll have a more successful campaign by being honest about what’s been going on.” “I absolutely wish you a speedy recovery, but these questions about transparency are valid considering your purported net worth combined with the fact you apparently didn’t see the importance of securing health insurance,” one user said. They had wondered in her GoFundMe comments section about why Reed wasn’t being more “transparent” with them. Caters News Agencyįans were skeptical about her condition and questioned the validity of her sickness. The cash she’s making from her GoFundMe will reportedly go toward paying for medical care, blood tests and uncovered hospital expenses. The fund has since raised $70,000 and Reed said she’s “grateful and blessed” by the fans who donated, “especially when most of them haven’t met me in real life.” Reed’s husband Danny had posted about his wife’s mysterious illness on Feb.

She and her husband have instead tapped into their life savings to get them through. She added that her household income has decreased since her trip to the ICU because she was unable to work or walk. The influencer explained to Insider that while she possibly could have paid for health insurance, she thought it was unnecessary because she doesn’t see doctors very often. He also explained that the couple had no health insurance. 10, Reed’s husband, Danny, announced on her Instagram account she had been rushed to the ICU a few weeks prior because her organs were failing and she had to be put on a ventilator. Reed also claimed that her home “isn’t even paid off and we only drive one vehicle so I’m not quite sure why people are so quick to believe anything these days.” Reed asked her followers to donate to her GoFundMe page so she could pay part of her medical bills. “People on the internet are reading that I have all kinds of money, which is insane to me, because I clearly don’t,” she said. The website AllFamousBirthday noted that Reed’s net worth is $1.5 million however, she told Insider that the number was wrong. “People seem to think I’m some sort of millionaire just because the internet says so but we’re far from that,” Reed told Insider about her situation. Her fans were wondering why the Indiana-based social media star needed them to pay for her bills. In a follow-up post, the health and fitness guru asked her fans to donate money to her cause, imploring them to help her raise $200,000. The weight-loss influencer, 30, was hospitalized and was put in a medically-induced coma last month. Lexi Reed has responded to the backlash she received for using GoFundMe to ask her 1.2 million Instagram followers to help pay for her medical bills.

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