UncoveredA Complete Breakdown Of Niki And Gabi DeMartino’s Feuds And Scandals

Ariana Grande

Back in 2018, Gabi posted a video where she pretended to be Ariana, titled “I Lived Like Ariana Grande For A Day Parody.” It received major backlash from fans and even from the pop star herself. That’s right, Ariana replied, “Yea this ain’t it,” after a clip of the impersonation video went viral on Twitter. Then, the “Thank U Next” singer’s fans started seriously shading Gabi online, which she acknowledged.

“I mean all she saw was that weird Harry Potter scene from the vid but now the whole fandom (which I’m apart of) is tearing me apart. My heart is being ripped out this isn’t fair,” the YouTuber wrote.

Upon seeing the hate that Gabi had received, Ariana stepped in and seemingly resolved the feud.

“I was just being funny I knew they’d laugh at that my bad babe. It’s all love here, [you] know that. Ayo but next time can [you] wear more neutral tones and not do the Cat laugh. JK,” the songstress tweeted at Gabi.

It looks like things are all good between them now because Gabi even made a surprise appearance in one of Ari’s music videos!

Normani

Although the Fifth Harmony star didn’t respond to the girls directly, many of her fans slammed the twins for their “ignorant” depiction of the songstress in a video from September 2019. In the video titled, “Going to College Dressed As Celebrities Challenge,” Niki and Gabi, along with their friends, dressed up as a few big named stars. Throughout the video, their friend Dennis Wot dressed up as “Normani” and pretended to get into a fight with a Camila Cabello lookalike. Some fans took it as poking fun at the rumored tensions in the girl group, but others claimed the portrayal played into the “angry Black woman” stereotype.

Upon seeing this, Gabi responded and told fans she “wasn’t aware” of the harmful stereotype, and explained that “it simply was not that deep.”

Eventually, her sister, Niki, stepped in and apologized. She explained that they “truly were ignorant to the situation because it didn’t even cross our minds.”

“I’m sorry if anyone was offended that we had our talented, beautiful & hilarious male best friend play a black woman,” she posted on Twitter. “However, we aren’t sorry for including him & welcoming him to our channel to play someone he loves. The accusations made me confused, but I’m learning.”

Dennis also took to social media and apologized.

“I’d like to apologize to any and all black women I may have offended in Niki & Gabi’s video. The intentions of my acting was not to portray Normani as a ‘bitter black woman.’ The video was made to be humorous & over exaggerate each artist,” he explained.

Trisha Paytas

In November 2019, Trisha kicked off this feud, by alleging that fellow YouTuber Gabbie Hanna had started a serious rumor accusing her of having a sexually transmitted disease. The internet star responded and admitted to giving Trisha’s ex Jason Nash a heads up when they started dating. But the feud escalated when Gabbie took to Twitter and accused Trisha of blackmailing Gabi.

The 24-year-old found herself inserted into the drama after Gabbie texted her and asked if Trisha had been talking bad about her. Gabi allegedly responded and said no, which she later admitted on Twitter was a lie to cover for Trisha.

“Gabi admitting on her own free will she lies and why she did it,” Trisha posted on Instagram Stories with screenshots of her text messages with Gabi. “Where am I blackmailing?”

Later on, Trisha continued the drama when she made a video titled, “GABBIE HANNA CAN’T STOP LYING.” In this 40-minute video, the Internet star read all her text messages between Gabbie and Gabi to prove she never blackmailed anyone. She also revealed on Twitter that she planned to get her lawyers involved. Eventually, Gabbie ended her side of the feud by deleting all her tweets and apologizing for getting involved.

Then, Trisha took to YouTube and in the video, titled “the Gabi situation…,” Trisha shared behind-the-scenes footage from her time visiting Gabi’s home in Pennsylvania and revealed the pair had worked together to film the Christmas special for Gabi’s series, Blood Queens.

“Truly, Pennsylvania was one of the best memories I’ve had, that week was amazing,” she said in the video. “It was so nice, everyone was so sweet and nice and fun to me and I just felt like I found people that I really really love. I hate how it ended between me and this person, I’m just going to say Gabi DeMartino. Her and her sisters were so nice. Her friends were so nice to me and it really was an amazing experience.”

After she dished on her amazing trip, Trisha then went to admit that she had finally accepted Gabi’s apology for getting involved in the drama. She even revealed that since the scandal died down, she reached out to the young star with an apology of her own.

“I don’t blame her. I don’t think she’s this awful or bad person,” she said in the video. “This was a situation that has been going on for years and it was just kind of this final straw situation and it just happened to have had involved her…and it just sucks because it ruined this really amazing experience.”

The Topless Photo Scandal

The DeMartino twins’ started a public feud with each other on February 17, 2020, when Niki took to Instagram and posted a since-deleted topless photo of herself, her sister and their friends during a recent trip to the Bahamas.

Seemingly unhappy with the Instagram picture, Gabi commented, “Not really something I want out there, but okay,” before Niki clapped back in a series of comments. According to screenshots from the twins’ fans, it seemed like Gabi was upset with Niki for failing to “get her permission” to post the photo and for not tagging her boyfriend Collin Vogt‘s photography page. Gabi explained that he was the one who snapped the pic.

Attempting to end the fight, Niki changed her caption to give Collin photo credit and disabled comments on that specific photo. She then took to Instagram Stories and explained her side of the story to her 3.7 million followers. Niki posted screenshots of her text conversations with Gabi and said that she was trying to stand up for herself.

Gabi responded to her sister on her own Instagram page. She claimed that the issue had nothing to do with how the photo was edited. She was upset because it was a topless photo posted without anyone’s permission. Soon after, the girls also took to Twitter and continued feuding. Some fans on Twitter claimed that Gabi was being “dramatic,” so she responded to critics in series of since-deleted tweets. The social media star explained that she felt “betrayed” by her sister’s actions.

“A single comment about not approving of a photo upload shouldn’t have turned into clapbacks, comebacks and excuses. I don’t wanna keep handling this on the internet but I’m def not in the wrong for feeling betrayed after she promised she would ask for permission,” Gabi wrote.

In a final Instagram Stories post about the fight, Gabi said, “Everyone has their own insecurities, but to use it against them publicly when you can’t admit you’re wrong…is wrong!”

Niki also took to her Instagram Stories and posted a series of video clips to tell fans that the situation had been resolved. She explained that although it’s usually not on social media, Niki will fight with Gabi “all the time.”

The Youtuber also admitted to being wrong and not “asking for permission” before she posted the topless picture.

“It was just miscommunication,” Niki said before ending the drama. “So I deleted the photo, and I’m going to delete my [Instagram Stories] and if any of you are watching this confused, that’s a good thing. Let’s keep this in the past.”

Controversial Coronavirus TikTok Video

Niki issued an apology to fans in March 2020 after they called her out for posting a controversial and insensitive TikTok video about the coronavirus pandemic. For those who missed it, she posted a since-deleted clip to the video sharing app of herself and a friend getting their nails done while wearing masks. The song “It’s Corona Time” played in the background.

Upon watching the TikTok video, some people immediately took to social media and slammed Niki for going out in public while health officials are calling for “social distancing.” Others accused her of being “insensitive” and “racist” against Asians since the video seemingly perpetuated negative stereotypes that have occurred toward Asian Americans during the coronavirus outbreak.

At first, the internet star took to Twitter and explained her actions.

“I thought it was funny showing me, my friend, and the nail lady all wearing masks that she gave us, but I understand how people would get offended at this. It seems very insensitive but this wasn’t my attention at all,” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet. Then added, “I understand, it was immature and insensitive. sometimes you guys gotta keep me in check… I have a lot of airhead moments and with my platform I need to be more careful.”

Then, Niki addressed the entire situation in a video uploaded to her YouTube channel. The influencer explained that by recording the video, she was following a TikTok trend and didn’t realize how it would come off to her followers.

“If I’m going to have this platform, I need to understand the position I’m in and I can’t be so thoughtless and impulsive and dumb when doing something for humor,” she said. “I am truly sorry if I’ve offended anyone that has followed me or anyone that has seen that video that doesn’t follow me and that’s what they know me for…I did this to myself, I didn’t think before I posted.”

She continued, “I’ll apologize for my mistake, but I’m not racist and I know who I am and it is what it is.”

Charli D’Amelio

In March 2020, fans were convinced Gabi shaded the young TikTok star after she went on a rant about TikTok taking down some of her videos.

The clip in question showed Gabi dancing while wearing a bikini. After it was taken off the social media app, the influencer told her 1.2 million followers that she didn’t understand why her videos were being deemed “inappropriate.”

“There are literally 15 [year] olds [with] boobies out in bikinis dancing on TikTok but the one time I do this in a one-piece swimsuit it gets taken down?” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet.

Fans started to speculate that Gabi was throwing some shade towards Charli, who’s 15 and constantly shares videos of herself dancing to the app. But the brunette beauty quickly cleared the air.

“Idk who Charli is yet, I’m [very] new to TikTok. God I sound old! I wasn’t shading anyone I just threw out a random young age,” she replied to a fan on Twitter.

Naturally, social media users screenshotted the interaction and the tweets were reposted to an account called TikTok Room on Instagram. Among seeing the posts, Charli herself responded.

“Bruh, I don’t even have boobies,” she wrote.

Gabi then responded to the entire situation in a YouTube video.

“My videos have been getting taken down because of ‘community guidelines’ whenever I’m wearing something tight or a one piece swimsuit. I did [a dance] in a one piece swimsuit and it got taken down. It really irked me because I saw so many young kids on TikTok that week in pushup bras, tight jeans, swimsuits and they’re minors doing dances. It’s not just dances, it’s point of view videos in tight stuff with their boobs up and butt out,” she said. “I feel like the app is encouraging minors to be in swimsuits. A lot of people who aren’t minors are going through the same issue. I’m confused by the whole thing. I was literally in a one piece, and I see people in bikinis doing dances, and I’m like, ‘How the hell are you getting away with that?’ I love the app, it’s fun, but I wish I could enjoy it like I see other people enjoy it.”

She continued, “I wasn’t targeting any one specific in that tweet. I’m new to the app, I just threw up a random pre-teen age. Certain TikTokers thought I was targeting them, that is not the case. I didn’t even know who they were yet when I tweeted this, I had just had the app for a few days. But I’ve been seeing a lot of young kids on that app being able to show more than I can and I’m 24.”