Mum slammed for fundraiser despite $25k monthly budget

The mum claimed she needed the cash to fund a personal move, but people aren't buying it.

Joel Erickson

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May 31, 2024 - 3:54PM

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A ‘mumfluencer’ is under fire after starting an online fundraiser despite spending more than $10,000 each month.

Adrielle Sigler has more than 85,000 followers on TikTok, and has a history of asking strangers to contribute money to help her allegedly high living costs.

This is despite her consistently racking up monthly spending bills of more than $10,000, with some months flying past $20,000.

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The New York Post reports Adrielle set up a GoFundMe page to raise $30,000 to move away from her home in upstate New York.

“I’m financially responsible for three little humans,” Sigler said while defending her $17,000 in alleged expenditures. Picture: Instagram

"This month I spent over $25,000"

She claimed her son was “brutally assaulted” and needed to move “as soon as possible” because their lives were “at risk”.

“That is why I had to put an emergency GFM together to get out of this high crime area as soon as possible,” she told The Post. “Luckily, we found a place, I signed a lease, I’m moving soon.”

She also claimed her son was “receiving death threats”, so she unenrolled him from public school and started homeschooling.

The New York Post reports Adrielle previously posted a video bragging about spending more than $25,000 in a single month.

Another influencer posted a clip on TikTok highlighting Adrielle’s spending habits.

“This month I spent over $25,000,” Adrielle, who reportedly makes all her money off social media, said in the clip.

Sigler said she needed to raise $30,000 to move for her family’s safety following a “brutal assault” on her son. Picture: TikTok

"I had just paid off my rent for the entire summer"

The other influencer, ConspiraTea, then provided a breakdown of Adrielle’s costs.

She reportedly spent $7500 on car repairs, $1500 on a rental car, $2400 on her children’s summer wardrobe, $1200 on food delivery, and only $1200 on utilities.

Adrielle also mentioned Amazon purchases, makeup, “hair stuff”, allowances and phone bills in the clip, but didn’t specify exact figures.

The New York Post reports Adrielle also covered four months of rent in advance.

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She told The Post she wouldn’t have covered that amount ahead of time if she’d known she would need to make her urgent move.

“If I knew we were going to have to find a place to move as soon as possible, I would have held off on half of that spending,” she told The Post.

“My son got jumped not even one week after I had just paid off my rent for the entire summer."

There’s even a Change.org petition to get Sigler booted off TikTok. Picture: Facebook

"I wish I had half these luxuries"

She also said she spends her time making money on social media so her kids won’t “slum it”.

“I wouldn’t be a good parent if I just let my kids live the bare minimum,” she said.

“It’s not like I’m spending this money on myself buying designer bags and jeans.”

Naturally, people were outraged at her fundraiser.

“Her maths is not mathing!!!” said one skeptic, while another wrote, “I live in NYC I have never had $17,000 in expenses in my life.”

“I wish I had half these luxuries,” said a third, while another deemed it ludicrous that she asked for $30,000 after spending over half that in a month.