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For months, influencer Haley Vest has been a frequent topic on r/LAinfluencersnark, where users have criticized her content, eating habits, exercise routines, and the image she presents online.

For those unfamiliar, Vest is a pilates instructor and a fitness and lifestyle influencer whose content has become increasingly controversial among critics who argue that her posts depict or normalize disordered eating and excessive exercise. Supporters generally view her content as personal lifestyle documentation, while critics have spent months dissecting her videos, photos, and health claims across multiple platforms.

r/LAinfluencersnark is a Reddit community dedicated to discussing and criticizing influencers, celebrities, and internet personalities associated with Los Angeles and the broader influencer scene. Vest has been a recurring subject there for some time, generating numerous threads analyzing her content, appearance, health, sponsorships, and online behavior.

This week, discussion escalated after claims surfaced that Vest had been fired from her job. According to posts and comments circulating online, people had allegedly contacted her employer with complaints that her content promotes unhealthy behaviors. The news quickly sparked debate within r/LAinfluencersnark, with commenters arguing over whether the alleged outcome was justified accountability or an example of online criticism spilling into real world consequences.

Some users saw the alleged firing as an overdue wake up call:

I hope this will be a wake-up call for her but somehow i doubt it

>I’m with you. It’s terrifying how she constantly doubles down all while posting the most obvious eating disordered content imaginable. I think her motivation to recover will have to be internal, because any external wake-up calls don’t seem to work. 🫩

I saw a post she commented on that she wants to talk to someone to get to a healthy place

>She actually said “look healthier” which isn’t the point

It’s either gonna be a wake up call or push her further, and she’ll blame the firing on like cancel culture or something lol

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I get she’s grieving her brother and going through a LOT right now and for that I sympathize deeply. That being said it’s no excuse to post what she does and act like it’s healthy, we don’t need workout fit checks when your sacral crest is popping out of your chest. She seriously needs to take a social media break and go inpatient, as someone who’s been there.

>We all sympathize with that, but I also think that people dug that up and are trying to use that as a pass for her. It was two years ago when he passed. Not at all saying that someone should be done grieving in two years time, but she clearly does not act like someone who is grieving by the work out classes and traveling. Also not saying that a grieving person should be acting a certain way, but I'm not going to go out of my way to say that this gives her a 'pass' to be skin and bones. My issue with her is that she's an absolute mean girl to people. It's obvious to everyone that she has a problem, and I know without any doubt, that she also knows that she has a problem. It's the way she claps back at people that is the issue. She's gaslighting people, not acknowledging anything, and promotes skinny/disordered image culture that is a HUGE issue right now.

>I feel like she is feeding into that now because people feel sorry for her. And its working. All the comments are basically kissing her ass now. Makes me doubtful she will seek any kind of treatment.

I don't give her a pass. He's dead and she's killing herself daily. That's not any way to try to live for your brother who can't anymore. Its selfish and just exactly what she's been doing for years. Just using him as an excuse to self destruct, now.

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Good. I’m sorry for whatever she is going through but she should absolutely not be teaching fitness classes.

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If she wasn’t so cocky in the comments, I don’t think she’d be pissing people off as badly.

>I think it's ragebait and it worked

>Definitely rage baits because she knows that she has a problem. She wants the views, she wants to grow her social media, and she's getting it. The issue being that with social media comes responsibility, and lack thereof it, which meant she lost her job. Also side note, I am SO sick of rage bait with social media. Everyone has an opinion, and everyone has to be right. Why can't we just show content without creating WW3?

Others argued that firing someone over what they viewed as a mental health issue was cruel and counterproductive:

I don't even know who this is, but the comments about being worried for her, mentioning her brother's death and mental issues, make me feel a bit crazy, cause what do you mean you're supposedly worried about someone and cheering cause they lost their income?? Something doesn't add up here.

>No like I thought I was the only one confused. These people think they’re doing something good but they’re not helping as much as they think they are. Like they’re kind of dicks what happened to compassion and empathy omg

>The way some of them are talking is cold as hell. "I know she's grieving her brother and has mental issues, but that's no excuse to..." Damn.

All the concern posting is fake asf, it’s poorly disguised jealously. Like wdym you’re celebrating someone losing her job because she’s a size you don’t like. Do they honestly believe she’s gonna start eating healthier now that’s she’s lost her income on top of all the horrible things she’s gone through?! This behavior towards her would absolutely never fly if she was morbidly obese

>“size you don’t like” and it’s bordering on Eugenia Cooney territory. how you can look at her and not see something wrong is crazy

Clearly you don’t get it.. it’s a horrible look for this Pilates studio and they are getting torn apart. Yall are really slow im sorry. You know your heart can give out even after a week of not eating even if you’re a healthy weight right? She genuinely could pass away from this so people are looking out for her best interest there’s no right way to do this. It’s clearly a horrible situation but I really don’t know what your point is.

>Also calling this “jealousy” seriously makes me concerned for you. She is SICK.

OP: I dont worry for her and im happy she got fired. She is a bitch and very arrogant

>She is very unwell…. Why are we celebrating that she’s going to lose her income due to have a mental health illness….. Y’all are insane I’m so confused

>OP: She will be ok without this job. She will go full time influencer now.

>That’s not the point….

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i don't think her getting fired is gonna help her get any better. if anything she's gonna get worse bc over exercising and self starvation are coping mechanisms.

>At some point it becomes less about the sick person and more about making sure they don’t spread it to others. I hope she finds healing

Body positivity meets planet fitness comment section energy:

I don’t want to see any fat PTs then either.

Okay???? You usually don’t see fat pts babe so don’t worry you’re probably safe from the fatties if we’re lucky! 🙏🏻

Dumb take.

Say that with your government name and ID please

What a disgusting comment on this post.

How do you expect them to become skinny? 😂 …by taking the class

These type of comments don’t fly when it’s about obese women, but when it’s a skinny woman free game I’ve noticed

Är väldigt intresserad av att höra hur du/de lyckades att komma in. Har hört att det är nästan omöjligt.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way awrah and modesty are discussed for men vs women in our ummah, and honestly the double standards are hard to ignore.

Women are constantly told they must cover everything except the hands and face (and for some, even the face), wear loose clothing, hide their body shape, avoid makeup, avoid colors that “attract attention,” avoid posting online, etc. Some sisters even get criticized for wearing jackets or backpacks over an abaya because it supposedly shows the shape of their shoulders. If they don’t follow every single opinion perfectly, they get bashed by Muslims left and right.

Meanwhile, men also have obligations regarding modesty. Men have an awrah too. Men are also commanded to lower their gaze. But many Muslim men wear shorts above the knee, tight clothing that shows the shape of their bodies and legs, scroll social media freely where non mahram women constantly appear, and nobody treats it as a major issue. They are still respected and rarely scrutinized the same way women are.

Why is modesty treated like almost exclusively a woman’s responsibility?

I’m not saying women shouldn’t dress modestly. I’m saying the conversation in our communities often becomes obsessive toward women while men’s shortcomings are minimized or ignored entirely.

I also think this harshness and imbalance pushes people away from Islam. If our communities focused more on fighting misogyny, arrogance, hypocrisy, and lack of accountability instead of constantly policing women, maybe more people would feel welcomed and inspired by Islam rather than judged by Muslims.

Har börjat jobba på en fastfood restaurang nyligen och undrar om detta är normalt inom branschen.

Mitt arbetspass slutar exakt vid stängningstid, men efter att man stängt finns det fortfarande massa saker kvar att göra, tex städa, moppa, diska, räkna saker, fixa kassan, täcka ingredienser och ställa in allt i kylen osv.

Problemet är också att kunder ibland kommer in typ 2–5 minuter innan stängning och beställer mat, vilket gör att man inte kan börja med allt innan.

För mig tar allt efterarbete ungefär 30 minuter just nu, men jag får inte betalt för tiden efter stängning. Chefen menar att man ska hinna allt snabbare genom bättre planering och att andra blir klara mycket fortare.

Är detta normalt inom snabbmat/restaurang? Brukar man förväntas stanna kvar efter att passet egentligen är slut?