#Momager Mayhem: The Dark Truth Behind Piper Rockelle’s YouTube Fame (Bad Influence Ep. 1 Recap)

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

What do you get when you mix a YouTube-famous 10-year-old, an overbearing stage mom, and millions of views? You get Piper Rockelle, The Squad, and the chaos of Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing—Netflix’s docuseries that exposes the disturbing reality behind viral childhood fame. In this episode, we’re diving into Episode 1: #Momager, where we meet Tiffany Smith, Piper’s momager-slash-mastermind, who built an influencer empire—and may have shattered a few childhoods along the way. We’re talking: Pageant moms turned power-hungry content creators Kids filming until 2 a.m. for “exposure” Puppet dogs used to emotionally manipulate children (yep, you read that right) Early signs of toxic control that set the tone for everything that followed If you thought slime videos and prank wars were harmless, think again. 🎧 Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow—and check out our YouTube for more true crime breakdowns that’ll leave you yelling at your phone. Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who signs up! Remember, these episodes were recorded when we had no idea what we were doing, so just keep that in mind. The audio isn't the quality we would want to put out now, but the cases are on point! Visit killerqueens.link/og to download and binge all the archived episodes today! Hang with us: Follow Us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook Join our Case Discussion Group on Facebook Get Killer Queens Merch Bonus Episodes Support Our AMAZING Sponsors: Rula: Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/queens #rulapod Hungryroot: Go to hungryroot.com/queens and use code queens for 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. Goodr: Go to goodr.com/QUEENS and use code QUEENS for free shipping! © 2025 Killer Queens Podcast. All Rights ReservedAudio Production by Wayfare Recording Music provided by Steven Tobi Logo designed by Sloane Williams of The Sophisticated Crayon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time put your phone down
0:23.8	tombola open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org
0:29.3	Hey y'all welcome to killer queens a true crime podcast. I'm your host, Terrella, and like most
0:39.6	millennials, I've always had an obsession with true crime. On KQ, you'll find light true crime stories,
0:45.7	millennial hypes and gripes, some adult language, and maybe a special guest here and there.
0:51.2	Just like a 90s sleepover, we're just a couple BFFs hanging out. So gather around, and let's
0:56.1	launch right into it.
1:03.1	All right, picture of this.
1:04.4	You're 10 years old.
1:06.1	You're supposed to just be playing, like,
1:08.0	riding bikes, having fun, right?
1:09.9	Instead, you are pulling all-nighters.
1:12.4	You're filming YouTube videos. You're hunting down brand deals. Okay. And your mom,
1:18.8	the person who's supposed to love you most in this whole world is your manager. Okay. And she's
1:23.7	like your best friend and she's your cheerleader. Yeah. Except she's not. Oh. She's your boss. Hmm. And she's not very nice. Okay. So this is the world of Piper Raquel. Okay. Major famous YouTube child star. I'm going to be honest with you, never heard of her.
1:44.2	Never heard of her.
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