Ep. 65 “I was an emotional wreck”: Saffron Barker on the secrets and sacrifices of growing up online

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Ceos, Unknown, Feminsim, Advice, Self-improvement, Business, Women In Business, Stories, Education, Marketing, Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Ceo, Women Leaders, Money, Careers, Success

4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Influencer, YouTuber and podcast host, Saffron Barker has taken the internet by storm. With a YouTube following of almost 3.5 million subscribers across her two channels as well as 1.8 million Instagram followers, Saffron is well-loved for her engaging content.

Stepping into the TV spotlight when she joined the 17th series of Strictly Come Dancing with dancing partner AJ Pritchard, she’s made the leap into the mainstream after a string of TV appearances, taking part in Celebrity Hunted and The Celebrity Circle.

At the young age of 23, Saffron has completed what some people might dream of achieving, ticking off life goals, buying and renovating her own house, travelling the world and even bringing out home and clothing lines. In this episode, we go behind the scenes of her journey to fame, chatting about what it’s like to be catapulted into such young success, what she feels she could have done differently and how she coped with transitioning from online platforms to mainstream media.

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0:31.9	I felt like my dreams have been absolutely crushed.
0:36.0	She's a social media star boasting 4 million followers.
0:39.3	Hi guys.
0:40.3	Hi guys.
0:41.3	Saffron Barker has taken the internet by storm.
0:44.3	Her story is really one of the ones that's almost like a Disney star.
0:47.3	Like it feels so in the limelight, so young.
0:50.3	I tried to vlog in school as much as I could.
0:53.3	From the age of 15 it became like my full-time job.
0:56.3	I filmed my life every day for two and a half years straight. There was times where I really
0:59.6	did want to go out to the parties that all my friends were going to, but I decided to put my
1:04.0	career first. How did that affect your mental health? I felt like I was just evolving my whole
1:10.7	life around what other people thought of me.
1:13.6	No one wanted to go, but we'd just do it for the video.
1:16.6	If I made a video where I'm crying versus where I'm really happy, well the one that's going to get more views is the one that I'm crying.
1:21.6	If you could go back and talk to you, I guess, at that age, what would you have told yourself?
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