The D'Amelio Show reveals how hellish TikTok stardom can be

The New Yorker

“The D’Amelio Show doesn’t scratch the same itch that Keeping Up with the Kardashians did, largely because it is much more sanitary and restrained, and therefore less gripping," says Naomi Fry, adding: "What the show does manage, perhaps surprisingly, is to serve as a pretty good P.S.A. for the toll that social media’s panopticon-like effects take on its participants. Both Charli and Dixie profess that they’d rather not leave the house anymore, presumably because of the public scrutiny they face." Meanwhile, the parents "seem bewildered and, unsurprisingly, not fully equipped to deal with the avalanche of attention, money, and fame that has transformed their family’s life."