Bill Gates‘ influencer daughter Phoebe has responded to the immense racist abuse that she faced over dating a black man – and slammed the ‘misconceptions and conspiracy theories’ that spread about her family on social media.
Over time, Phoebe, 20, has faced racist abuse after going public with her romance last year, DailyMail reports.
She first confirmed that she was in a relationship with a fellow Stanford student, named Robert Ross, back in July – when she shared a few photos of herself cozying up to him on Instagram.
Then, tons of nasty trolls started to leave negative comments on the pictures, with some slamming her for being in a relationship with a person of color and others accusing him of using her for her money.
Now, for the first time, she has responded to the backlash during an interview with The Information, and she said she was ‘done’ with people making fun of her relationship.
‘The misconceptions and conspiracy theories about my family and my relationship with my boyfriend.
‘It’s 2023. I’m done being memed for being in an interracial relationship.
‘I like to bring audiences along to the events I go to, my life at college, what’s front of mind for me, that kind of stuff.
‘People have a lot of preconceptions about me, so TikTok has been a chance for me to tell my own story and also use the attention my family name might bring to spotlight issues that are important to me, like women’s health and sustainable fashion,’ she continued.
[My mom] gets that social is a space that young people need to own and shape. My dad publishes a lot on social, but he doesn’t follow it much himself,’ she revealed.
But Phoebe insisted that she has no plans to make content creation her full-time career and that it’s simply for ‘fun.’ Instead, she is focused on becoming a designer, according to DailyMail.
She has made waves in the fashion world recently – she interned for British Vogue last summer, and attended a slew of shows at New York and Paris Fashion Week in the fall.
The 20-year-old also revealed to The Information that she is planning to launch her own startup this year, called Phia, alongside her roommate, Sophia Kianni, who has her own legion of 101,000 followers.
