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NY Post
New York Post
30 May 2024


NextImg:Influencer pays woman who can’t swim $20 to jump in lake — then runs away when she cries for help

A social media influencer is accused of convincing a stranger who said she could not swim to dive into a Texas lake — and then running away when the woman struggled and cried for help.

Kick streamer Natalie Reynolds reportedly paid the woman $20 to dive into the water as part of a scavenger hunt.

She was live-streaming the stunt on Wednesday along Lady Bird Lake, in Austin, and was filmed telling the woman to “just jump in.”

Reynolds then freaked out after the woman actually flung herself headfirst into the water.

Kick streamer Natalie Reynolds allegedly offered to pay a woman $20 to jump into a Texas lake. Reddit/r/PublicFreakout
The woman dove in head first, but later said she only knew how to float, not swim. Reddit/r/PublicFreakout

“You said it was OK… you told me to jump in,” the woman told Reynolds. 

“No, I didn’t,” the streamer responded, laughing off the situation and rebuking her own friends who told her she did, in fact, tell the woman to jump.

The streamer’s fun, however, quickly ends, and she flees the scene as the woman yells that she’s struggling to get out of the water.

“I can’t swim, I can only float,” the woman yells off camera.

As she tried to convince the woman, Reynolds made pushing gestures at the woman’s back. Reddit/r/PublicFreakout
Reynold’s quickly tried to distance herself from the scene after the woman jumped in. Reddit/r/PublicFreakout

Reynolds then starts to tear up as her friends warn her that the situation is “really bad.”

“Stop, seriously, you’re actually freaking me out,” Reynolds says. “I’m going to f–ing kill myself. She says she’s drowning.”

The clip ends with Reynolds and her group driving away from the scene as a fire truck pulls in, with the influencers freaking out.

Her entourage repeatedly told her that the situation was “bad.” Reddit/r/PublicFreakout

While the many details of the incident remain unclear, the Austin Fire Department confirmed that firefighters were called to Lady Bird Lake to provide medical assistance and that a person in the water was pulled out of the lake.

The woman’s condition was not immediately clear, nor was it clear what kind of medical assistance she needed.

Earlier in the video, Reynolds allegedly offered the woman $20 to jump into the water to retrieve an item as a part of a scavenger hunt event the streamer claimed to be taking part in.

A fire truck was seen driving toward the lack as Reynold’s left. Reddit/r/PublicFreakout

Neither the Austin Fire Department nor the Austin Police Department immediately responded to The Post’s request for more details.

Reynolds defended her actions in a follow up stream, claiming she left at the instruction of her team and that it was the woman who first approached her and dared her to jump in the water.

The influencer also brushed back criticism, saying that the incident will be forgotten in a week.

While Reynolds garnered backlash on social media over the stunt.

“Human scum,” X power-user Colin Rugg wrote.

Another commenter said, “People taking advantage of vulnerable people are actually the worst kind of people they are. Predatory behavior. For what? Likes? Clickbaits? Views!?”

Others suggested that Reynolds should be arrested for the stunt.

But it’s not the first time she’s drawn the public’s disdain over her actions.

Back in December, Reynolds was slammed for filming herself wearing painted pants to a gym and brushing off a worker who instructed her to get changed and leave.