RichTok Influencer Becca Bloom Responds to 'Backlash' Over Her Video Saying Men Should Pay for Dates Luke ChinmanTue, February 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC 0 Becca Bloom Stephane Cardinale Corbis/Corbis via Getty Becca Bloom addressed a video in which she said she believed men should pay for dates In the original video, the content creator said that men paying for dates accounts for the ways women are financially disadvantaged in other aspects of their lives In a new Substack essay, Bloom suggested that she received criticism for her video because she's a woman Becca Bloom is addressing backlash af...
RichTok Influencer Becca Bloom Responds to 'Backlash' Over Her Video Saying Men Should Pay for Dates
Luke ChinmanTue, February 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC
0
Becca Bloom
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty
Becca Bloom addressed a video in which she said she believed men should pay for dates
In the original video, the content creator said that men paying for dates accounts for the ways women are financially disadvantaged in other aspects of their lives
In a new Substack essay, Bloom suggested that she received criticism for her video because she's a woman
Becca Bloom is addressing backlash after sharing her opinion on dates.
In an essay titled "Women in the Public Eye Can't Do Anything" published to her Substack on Feb. 23, the content creator — known as the reigning queen of RichTok for showing off her luxurious lifestyle online — revealed that she has received the most "backlash" to a video she made in November in which she asserted that "men should pay on dates."
In the original video, Bloom said that many men believe that "equality" in a relationship means "splitting the bill" on dates, but noted that women often earn less than their male counterparts in the workplace and spend more than on grooming and beauty to meet beauty standards for women.
"Men only remember the word 'equality' when it benefits them financially," said the content creator, suggesting that men paying for dates accounts for the ways women are financially disadvantaged in other aspects of their lives. "Suddenly you want equality when the bill hits the table."
Becca Bloom and David Pownall
Becca Bloom/Instagram
Added the creator: "You cannot cherry-pick equality only in moments where it allows you to contribute less. So, yes, my husband pays all the bills. And yes, I think that's the bare minimum."
In her Substack essay, she said that most of the criticism she received from the video took issue with the fact that she comes from a wealthy family, not with the argument itself.
"They went after me because they could not go after the reasoning," wrote Bloom.
Advertisement
The influencer went on to suggest that the backlash she received to her initial video was likely in part because she is a woman, stipulating that female content creators are disproportionately the "target" of "entire ecosystems dedicated to dissecting their morality."
"When women speak about standards, the reaction is not curiosity," she wrote. "It is correction."
Bloom is no stranger to sharing the occasional contentious opinion, especially when it comes to her relationship with her husband, David Pownall, whom she wed in a viral 2025 wedding.
David Pownall and Becca Bloom
Monica Schipper/Getty
In November, she sat down with Pownall to reveal some of her most "controversial" relationship rules — including not talking negatively about each other to other people, that Pownall compliments Bloom for "an hour straight" every week, and that he "pays for everything" in their relationship.
— sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
"But isn't that the bare minimum?" Pownall said to his wife in the clip. "Because your time is really valuable."
on People
Source: "AOL Entertainment"
Source: Entertainment
Published: 2026-02-24T18:00:59Z on Source: MANUEL MAG
#ShowBiz#Sports#Celebrities#Lifestyle
