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Jacob Roloff Warns Followers of Predator Scams: Is He Shading Audrey?

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At 24, Jacob Roloff is the youngest adult member of the Roloff Family.

He also seems to be the wisest, more than once expressing informed opinions that seem a little beyond some of his relatives.

The father-to-be recently warned followers against participating in financial schemes that could potentially ruin them.

So … why do Little People, Big World fans think that he was throwing shade at his sister-in-law Audrey?

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Jacob took to his Instagram Stories over the weekend.

“Don’t do or promote MLM bulls–t,” he cautioned his followers.

In this context, MLM refers to multilevel marketing schemes, which we will explain.

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Jacob did not simply admonish his followers on the subject without reason.

He explained to avoid these schemes “because it rots our societal brain.”

“And,” Jacob added, it “enables a labor relationship and vision that hurts the working class.”

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So what is an MLM? 

Basically, a company exists and, instead of relying upon normal chains of stores, customers also become sales reps.

The idea is that sales reps get commissions on sales … though they sometimes incur serious financial risk.

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MLMs are promoted as get-rich schemes or the key to working from home.

Frequent targets are the disabled and busy single moms who need more money.

Someone who is famous and financially secure has a better chance of making money, while those who are not sometimes end up losing money.

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Avon. Mary Kay. Amway. Tupperware.

These are just a few examples of more famous multilevel marketing schemes.

Likened by some to pyramid scams, each sales rep has to sell and recruit more reps in order to be successful.

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The companies behind MLMs can rake in billions of dollars every year.

They are also very controversial, especially among people who felt deceived by the financial structure of the business.

If you want to know more about the perils of multilevel marketing, this video from Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is a thorough rundown.

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A quick disclaimer: without context, some might have thought that Jacob’s post was homophobic. It was not.

While “MLM” is an umbrella term for men-who-love-men incorporating gay, bi, and pan men, that’s not what Jacob means.

We sincerely doubt that he’s homophobic … and if you ask Little People, Big World fans, his sister-in-law Audrey might be.

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And it’s at Audrey that many of Jacob’s followers believe that his message was truly aimed.

See, his Instagram Story warning of the hazards of these mulilevel marketing structures is good advice for anyone.

But Audrey happens to be part of one. Oops.

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Audrey Roloff uses her Instagram and her platform to promote and sell Young Living products.

The company, which sells essential oils, is considered a multilevel marketing company.

Auj uses her MoreThanOils account to make these sales, and cross-posts to her primary account to extend her reach.

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None of this was lost on Little People, Big World fans.

“This seems less like shade and more like a straight read of Audrey,” observed one user of Reddit.

“Shots fired and I’m here for it!” another commenter agreed. “MLMs are predatory.”

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“Jacob is truly too good for this family,” another wrote.

A commenter added: “To be a fly on the wall when Audrey sees this one.”

Jacob and Audrey are perceived as not getting along well, clashing due to ideological differences.

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Jacob is a very good person, with a wealth of compassion and no fear of speaking up on important issues.

Audrey has referred to her fellow Millennials as a “wicked generation” and strikes many as neither especially good or genuine.

That said, not all fans agree — some are still bitter that Jacob left the show half a decade ago.

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So was he really taking a shot at Audrey with that post?

It’s likely that, even though he doesn’t follow Audrey, he is at least aware that she’s trying to push these products onto her followers.

Essential oils are questionable enough even when they’re bought from a store. Essential oils through an MLM company is … quite something.

Jacob Roloff on His Gram

Jacob likely at least thought of Audrey as he made the post, considering whether he would face blowback for it.

Being a good person, he didn’t let that stop him from warning his followers.

As for whether it was actually aimed at Auj … we have no way of knowing that.

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Audrey Roloff Slammed For Endangering Baby With Ski Stunt: You Could’ve Killed Him!

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Many Little People, Big World fans have been hesitant to take Audrey Roloff’s marital advice because, well, she’s in her twenties.

A lot of fans are also reluctant to take her parenting advice, for similar reasons.

But right now, fans are nothing short of appalled and frightened by Auj’s idea of parenting.

Skiing with your one-year-old baby strapped to your body with no helmet? That seems like a recipe for disaster.

“Ember’s second time on skis and she’s rockin it,” Audrey captioned a video of her and the family on skis.

She gushed about her three-year-old: “I can’t believe how much she’s improved!”

Parenting experts say that the best age for children to learn to ski is around 5, but apparently younger children can begin to learn the basics.

“Also this harness was so clutch,” Audrey raved.

She was carting one-year-old baby Bode around in the snow.

“And,” she added, “even has a little pouch in the back for some chairlift snacks.”

“And yes, I hiked a little ways up the bunny slope with Bode in the carrier,” Audrey acknowledged.

she explained that she did so “just so I can tell him he was on skis when he was one someday.”

Few people can say that they began skiing so early, that’s for sure.

“He slept though the whole experience though ha,” Audrey noted.

Hey, better a baby who’s comfortably sleeping than not having a good time.

“We’ve got some grommets,” she added, referring to the ways in which her baby was anchored to her body.

Audrey was obviously receiving a lot of criticism almost immediately, forcing her to update her caption.

“Context: I’m more confident on skis than I am carrying Bode up the stairs in our house,” she admitted.

Is that … good? A lot of fans are not convinced.

Mom-shamers and other critics have flooded her comments on Instagram.

Audrey is being slammed for being “reckless” with Bode’s safety.

Others chide her for doing something “so dangerous” with her baby.

“That is wrong and horrible on so many levels,” one commenter observed.

“And,” the mom-shamer continued, “just proves that all you care about it social media and not your kids!”

The critic then implored Audrey to “For once put your kids before your content! Just horrible.”

Others noted that just as with many safety precautions like seatbelts and helmets, it’s not just about Audrey’s confidence and skill.

Rather, it’s about others — including beginners, teenagers, and people who might be drinking while skiing.

Carrying a baby up the stairs may be nervewracking, but your risk of someone else colliding with you and knocking you over is very, very slim. Those odds go way up on the slopes.

Meanwhile, other fans recalled Audrey’s seeming reluctance to take the COVID-19 vaccine, citing “safety concerns.”

How in the world, they asked, could Auj think that a widely available vaccine that basically everyone on Earth is going to take over the next year or so is dangerous but that baby-on-board skiing is not?

A lot of people like Audrey, but find it hard to support or even understand some of her decisions.

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Isabel Roloff SLAMS Audrey: America Was Attacked! Stop Promoting Your Book!

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On Wednesday, January 6, armed white insurgents stormed Capitol Hill in an unprecedented attack on the American government.

Though the attempted coup failed, the subject of the heartbreaking attack by white nationalist Trump supporters has been on everyone’s lips … well, almost everyone.

Audrey Roloff has adamently refused to directly mention the insurrection to Little People, Big World fans.

And her sister-in-law is calling her out.

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Last week, Audrey told her fans that she refused to be “pressured” into commenting about the attack in DC.

“While I think there are so many important issues that we, as influencers, can speak out on and move the needle on…” she began.

Audrey then stated that “just because someone isn’t sharing about something, doesn’t mean that they’re not for it or they’re not against.”

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“I just think we need to be slower to speak,” Audrey added vaguely.

“And,” she commented, “I think what’s happening in D.C. right now is terrible.”

That line was almost aggressively ambiguous, a detail that many fans picked up on.

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“But me not having the perfect words to speak to something going on right now,” Audrey continued.

“And,” she wrote, “throwing something up on my Instagram Story just because I’m pressured into it in my DMs to share about every little issue that’s a current event.”

Auj opined: “I just think… [those people DMing] should check your heart and realize we’re humans, too, and need space to process things, too.”

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“And don’t condemn people for sharing things they always share about,” Audrey continued.

Notably, she had continued to promote her new book in the wake of the white nationalist coup attempt in what fans found to be a hurtful business-as-usual approach.

Audrey concluded by insisting that it’s not a “bad thing” that she continues to share things that fall within her “lane and space.”

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Clearly, Isabel Rock — wife of Jacob Roloff — sees things very differently.

Izzy has of course been using her own platform to speak out about the attack, using poetry to cope while also directly addressing the issues at hand.

She also appears to have fired a shot at Isabel by way of her Instagram Stories.

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“If it’s not ‘on brand’ for you to talk about things like white terrorism,” Isabel shared in a post, “your brand is bulls–t.”

She might not specifically have named Isabel, but many interpreted this as being a deliberate and specific dig at her sister-in-law.

That’s the trick with general statements like that — it’s easy to read as personal, even if you’re not thinking of anyone in your life.

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Now, Audrey is partially right — not commenting doesn’t mean that you don’t personally care.

Many people do lack the language and confidence in what they can say to address all or part of national tragedies and other major events.

This is something that even politicians may struggle with. it’s part of why they have social media managers and speech writers.

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But the solution here isn’t to remain silent and keep blogging about your book after just a few years of marriage.

Instead, the best solution is to share things that others have said. Retweet, reblog, and share to your own Stories.

If you’re not doing that … people are going to be uncomfortable and wonder why it is that this particular subject is so hard for you to address.

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In Audrey’s case, well, fans already know that her political leanings tend to be both fairly extreme and on the conservative side.

Just last year, Jeremy attempted to demonize both the Democratic Party and the historic civil rights protests in a scathing reference to “rioters and looters.”

Audrey herself has referred to living among a “twisted generation,” appearing to take a swipe at fellow Millennials whom she may believe are insufficiently Christian.

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This has led Audrey and Jeremy into numerous conflicts with Jacob and Isabel, who are considerably more mainstream in their views.

Jacob is outspoken and sometimes takes a hostile tone with family members after his explanations fail to sway them to use their platforms more responsibly.

Isabel often plays the peacemaker. But who will play peacemaker for her and Audrey after this conflict?

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