Anna Paul LOSES almost half a million followers on social media amid online feud with former best friend Mikaela Testa

Anna Paul’s social media stock appears to be dwindling amid her feud with former best friend Mikaela Testa.

The TikTok stars have been embroiled in a bitter online stouch over the past week, with Testa accusing Paul of fat-shaming a fan in Brisbane and lying about her impoverished upbringing.

The ongoing feud appears to be impacting Paul’s social media standing, as she has lost nearly half a million followers in the past 30 days.

Social media analytics site Social Blade shows that Paul, 25, has lost 400,000 followers on TikTok between January 22 and February 4.

The drop in followers began on January 29, and over the last two days, her follower count has stabilised at 6.8million, down from 7.2million before the dispute.  

The site also indicates that Paul is currently losing an average of more than 13,000 TikTok followers each day. 

Anna Paul’s (pictured) social media stock appears to be dwindling amid her feud with former best friend Mikaela Testa

Paul’s situation on Instagram is somewhat similar, although slightly less dramatic. 

She has lost more than 69,000 followers on the social media platform within the same period.

Kicking off with 2.45million followers, her count has now dropped to 2.37 million, averaging 2,307 followers disengaging from her content each day. 

Notably, she only experienced a small gain on one day, January 28, when she added 265 followers to her count. 

Overall, the feud has cost Paul approximately 469,000 social media followers. 

In contrast, her online rival, Testa, has seen significant social media growth.

During the same period, Testa gained 200,000 followers on TikTok and 45,840 on Instagram. 

Paul, who typically posts daily vlogs, responded to Testa’s claims in a TikTok video on Monday night after an unusual five-day silence on social media.

The TikTok stars have been embroiled in a bitter online stouch with Testa accusing Paul of fat-shaming a fan in Brisbane and lying about growing up poor. Pictured: Anna Paul (left) and Mikaela Testa (right) in happier times

The TikTok stars have been embroiled in a bitter online stouch with Testa accusing Paul of fat-shaming a fan in Brisbane and lying about growing up poor. Pictured: Anna Paul (left) and Mikaela Testa (right) in happier times 

The ongoing feud appears to be impacting Paul's social media standing, as she has lost nearly half a million followers in the past 30 days

The ongoing feud appears to be impacting Paul’s social media standing, as she has lost nearly half a million followers in the past 30 days 

Social media analytics site Social Blade shows that Paul has lost 400,000 followers on TikTok between January 22 and February 4 and has lost more than 69,000 followers on Instagram

Social media analytics site Social Blade shows that Paul has lost 400,000 followers on TikTok between January 22 and February 4 and has lost more than 69,000 followers on Instagram

In the clip, she denied Testa’s allegations before becoming tearful.

‘I do not call my fans “fat”, that is not who I am and that is not what I stand for, that is not what I have ever stood for, but you guys know me surely?’ Paul said.

‘I may have called her “sweaty”, because when someone is wet and they touch you, and they leave, and you’re with your best friend and you’re now wet because of them, you may say “I’m now wet”.

‘This was four years ago, that may have happened. That does not make me a bad person.’

Paul went on to address allegations she lied about her family struggling financially, saying say that the social media posts she made as a teenager of first class travel and designer handbags were all ‘fake’ and that she ‘felt broke’. 

‘I do not lie about the fact that I grew up broke,’ Paul said.

‘When I said I grew up broke, that is my experience, that is how I felt. When I can hear my parents talking in the kitchen that the budget for the groceries that week is $30, it makes me feel broke,’ she continued. 

‘When we can’t afford school uniforms, it makes me feel broke, when I am 11 and all my friends can afford something and my parents can’t, that makes me feel broke. 

Overall, the feud has cost Paul approximately 469,000 social media followers. In contrast, her online rival, Testa, has seen significant social media growth

Overall, the feud has cost Paul approximately 469,000 social media followers. In contrast, her online rival, Testa, has seen significant social media growth

Paul, who typically posts daily vlogs, responded to Testa's claims in a TikTok video on Monday night after an unusual five-day silence on social media

Paul, who typically posts daily vlogs, responded to Testa’s claims in a TikTok video on Monday night after an unusual five-day silence on social media 

‘When they say, “Oh I don’t know how we’re going to afford rent next week”, that makes me scared and makes me feel broke.’

Insisting that photos, unearthed by internet sleuths, showing her teenage years littered with Louis Vuitton purses, first class flights and expensive cars were all ‘faked’ for views, Anna went on to explain that there is no trace of her actual childhood online.  

‘The internet has gone crazy, pulling up photos from “Anna’s childhood home” that were actually photos from a place I lived in as an adult, somewhere I couldn’t even imagine going into when I was like, 7-years-old,’ she said.

‘I didn’t have social media when I was that young. Did the internet even exist in 2006? But those photos of me [as a child] wouldn’t even be on the internet.’

Paul said that while it ‘does not make me the most broke person on earth’ and there are people worse off, ‘It does not mean that I am lying.’

Anna likewise addressed her long absence from social media, which many speculated was because she was working with a PR team to formulate a response. 

The OnlyFans creator insisted that she had not worked with anyone and was alone in the house, speaking directly to her fans.  

‘The reason I’ve taken so long to respond is because this has all taken me by surprise,’ she said. 

'I do not lie about the fact that I grew up broke,' Paul said in a tearful video

‘I do not lie about the fact that I grew up broke,’ Paul said in a tearful video

‘It was a very big shock to me because this is somebody that I thought was my friend and that I was close with, and it really hurt me.’ 

The social media star then broke down in tears as she touched on the impact of the firestorm. 

Anna said that while she had a team and a support system, she could not imagine going through what she has alone. 

The drama began last week when fellow social media star and OnlyFans model Mikaela, 24, claimed in a lengthy clip posted to TikTok that Anna, her former friend of almost a decade, made fun of a ‘plus-size fan’ in 2021 during a visit to South Bank.

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Anna and Mikaela’s representatives for further comment. 

Mikaela has long been believed to be embroiled in a feud with Anna since she split from the TikTok star’s brother, Atis, in 2022.

However, Mikaela put the rumours to bed in June 2023 when she told the White Fox After Hours podcast that the women were still in contact with each other and had plans to catch-up in Europe that summer. 

‘There’s no reason for us not to be friends,’ Mikaela said, before taking a jab at her ex by saying she’s ‘not a huge fan of him’.

Mikaela has long been believed to be embroiled in a feud with Anna since she split from the TikTok star's brother, Atis, in 2022

Mikaela has long been believed to be embroiled in a feud with Anna since she split from the TikTok star’s brother, Atis, in 2022 

She went on to call Anna a ‘lovely human being’ and she will ‘love her forever’. 

‘I obviously wish them well,’ Mikaela continued. 

‘Anna and I were friends before Atis and I started dating. Anna is a lovely human being and obviously love her forever,’ she added.

‘We’re still friends. We still text each other and stuff. She’s texted me saying she wants to hang out in Europe and I’ve texted her advice.’

Mikaela went on to say Anna has said she will always be ‘be there’ for her even after the break-up with Atis.

Mikaela and Atis broke up in May 2022 after several years of dating, with Atis first breaking the news in June that year after much fan speculation.

In an Instagram Q&A with fans, she said the pair will never stop loving each other.

‘Will always be in love with each other, we never stopped,’ she said.

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