At least she exists! All 14 videos are about Kori/Pixi. That in itself is weird.
Pixi will have to watch her interactions with this ‘fan’ of hers. Although she is in Texas, it’s only a flight away, and I was able to easily pinpoint Pixi’s address from what she has shared in videos.
To use him as an example, because this is how most people found Pixi, if someone is a Johnny Depp fan, they can make hundreds of fan videos or tweets about him and never be noticed by him…yet to be a fan of someone like Pixi…she’s accessible.
I think that is the attraction when someone like her gets herself a ‘superfan’ as this American Nanna seems to be positioned to become…minor celebs or non-celebs can pursued enough to get direct contact. I’d put money on American Nana being a very lonely woman…and if Pixi has any sense she will be careful how she interacts with her. It’s been implied that there could be some private communication going on…if Nana has her on a pedestal and then Pixi does something Nana considers distatesful or disrespectful she could have a difficult relationship to deal with. Possibly publicly as Nana is ok with putting out her thoughts on YouTube.
There is an echo I’m feeling here of something I’ve seen with the Sawalha-Adderly YouTube channel. They have a superfan called Ashley, they mentioned him on their channel multiple times, as part of building up their loyal following (Pixi is mentioning Nana), then Ashley started his own YouTube channel often referring to being their fan (as Nana has also done to Pixi), and sent them gifts which they then thanked him for and showed on their channel (notice a pattern?).
The sad thing comes when you consider that the Sawalha-Adderly family have a big income from tv work, and their superfan has possible special needs, works in fast food, has to pay a subscription fee to watch all their content, and is a middle aged man still living with his mother. He then saves his money to send expensive gifts to idols…to have the gift appear dumped in the corner of the garden a couple of months later as in one of the example items. It then looks exploitative, which on a smaller scale could already be happening with Nana/Pixi.
Pixi had significant benefits for Kori, now that money has stopped, she is making the choice not to look for employment. We don’t know about Nana, but looking at the poor quality of her video/sound and her personal appearance etc this isn’t a rich woman. If she continues to spend her money sending packages to Pixi…in order to get herself mentioned on the channel as the ‘reward’, it turns into exactly the same vibe as the superfan being exploited, because to keep it going and being worth mentioning on YouTube, the gifts have to keep coming and keep getting bigger/unusual to be worth the mentions. Pixi will gain more plastic tat, and Nana will overjoyed to get a 5 second mention but will run short of money for her electric bill as a result.
Now that she no longer needs anything from others…why hasn’t Pixi shut down that wishlist and PO Box? So far NOTHING that she has asked for to be gifted to her has anything related to running the mythical foundation.
Pixi will have to watch her interactions with this ‘fan’ of hers. Although she is in Texas, it’s only a flight away, and I was able to easily pinpoint Pixi’s address from what she has shared in videos.
To use him as an example, because this is how most people found Pixi, if someone is a Johnny Depp fan, they can make hundreds of fan videos or tweets about him and never be noticed by him…yet to be a fan of someone like Pixi…she’s accessible.
I think that is the attraction when someone like her gets herself a ‘superfan’ as this American Nanna seems to be positioned to become…minor celebs or non-celebs can pursued enough to get direct contact. I’d put money on American Nana being a very lonely woman…and if Pixi has any sense she will be careful how she interacts with her. It’s been implied that there could be some private communication going on…if Nana has her on a pedestal and then Pixi does something Nana considers distatesful or disrespectful she could have a difficult relationship to deal with. Possibly publicly as Nana is ok with putting out her thoughts on YouTube.
There is an echo I’m feeling here of something I’ve seen with the Sawalha-Adderly YouTube channel. They have a superfan called Ashley, they mentioned him on their channel multiple times, as part of building up their loyal following (Pixi is mentioning Nana), then Ashley started his own YouTube channel often referring to being their fan (as Nana has also done to Pixi), and sent them gifts which they then thanked him for and showed on their channel (notice a pattern?).
The sad thing comes when you consider that the Sawalha-Adderly family have a big income from tv work, and their superfan has possible special needs, works in fast food, has to pay a subscription fee to watch all their content, and is a middle aged man still living with his mother. He then saves his money to send expensive gifts to idols…to have the gift appear dumped in the corner of the garden a couple of months later as in one of the example items. It then looks exploitative, which on a smaller scale could already be happening with Nana/Pixi.
Pixi had significant benefits for Kori, now that money has stopped, she is making the choice not to look for employment. We don’t know about Nana, but looking at the poor quality of her video/sound and her personal appearance etc this isn’t a rich woman. If she continues to spend her money sending packages to Pixi…in order to get herself mentioned on the channel as the ‘reward’, it turns into exactly the same vibe as the superfan being exploited, because to keep it going and being worth mentioning on YouTube, the gifts have to keep coming and keep getting bigger/unusual to be worth the mentions. Pixi will gain more plastic tat, and Nana will overjoyed to get a 5 second mention but will run short of money for her electric bill as a result.
Now that she no longer needs anything from others…why hasn’t Pixi shut down that wishlist and PO Box? So far NOTHING that she has asked for to be gifted to her has anything related to running the mythical foundation.