Olivia Jade Giannulli jokes about ‘prison’ after college admissions scandal

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Olivia Jade Giannulli has in contrast her kitchen to a “prison” following her mom Lori Loughlin’s college admissions scandal.

The 24-year-old YouTuber made the quip about her residence in a latest video posted to her channel, as she documented “a week in [her] life in 2024”. Her joke got here almost 4 years after her mom and father, dressmaker Mossimo Giannulli, served time in jail for his or her function within the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

In her YouTube video, Giannulli could possibly be seen standing in her kitchen, as she was making herself one thing to eat. She then started to explain her area and a few of the renovations that she’ll be making to it.

“Sorry for the mess that’s behind me, the kitchen needs a clean,” she stated. “I’m so excited, you guys, I finally ordered wallpaper for the kitchen so it’s not going to feel so sterile.”

She continued the video by quipping about how the wallpaper would affect her kitchen, including: “It’s not going to feel like a prison.”

Giannulli went on to acknowledge how viewers would mock her for the jail reference, with jokes about her dad and mom’ college admission scandal. “Save the jokes,” she stated. “Don’t want to hear it. I set you up, and I don’t want you to tee off, okay?”

In 2019, the Full House star and her husband had been amongst 33 rich dad and mom who had been charged with making an attempt to rig the American college admissions system. They admitted to paying half one million {dollars} to ensure their daughters’ – Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli – admission on the University of Southern California (USC) beneath false pretences.

In October 2020, Loughlin was sentenced to 2 months in jail, whereas the designer was sentenced to 5 months. In addition to the jail sentence, Loughlin was ordered to pay a $150,000 advantageous and carry out 100 hours of group service. Under his personal plea deal, Loughlin’s husband was ordered to pay a $250,000 advantageous and carry out 250 hours of group service.

Months later, Olivia Jade Giannulli broke her silence about the college admissions scandal throughout an look on Red Table Talk. “I think that what hasn’t been super public is that there is no justifying or excusing what happened,” she stated through the episode, which aired in December 2020. “Because what happened was wrong.”

Giannulli then stated it was necessary for her “to learn from the mistake” and “not be shamed and punished and never given a second chance.” She added: “I feel like I deserve a second chance to redeem myself, to show I’ve grown.”

At the time, she additionally clarified that she was not “trying to victimise [herself]” in her choice to talk out. “I don’t want pity. I don’t deserve pity,” she stated. “We messed up. I just want a second chance to be like: ‘I recognise I messed up.’ And for so long I wasn’t able to talk about this because of the legalities behind it. I never got to say: ‘I’m really sorry that this happened,’ or, ‘I really own that this was a big mess-up on everybody’s part.’”

During a 2021 episode of her podcast, Conversations with Olivia Jade, the influencer additionally opened up about her fears of being cancelled for saying the improper factor after her dad and mom’ college admissions scandal, after noting that she’s “hesitant” to speak about the bribery scheme and her dad and mom’ involvement “because of the trauma”.

“I feel like I walk on eggshells when I talk, just because I don’t want to say the wrong thing, and I want to make it clear to people listening that, like, I’m not trying to victimise myself,” she stated.

She additionally admitted that the incident had modified her however not “entirely in a good way sometimes”. For defined, the influencer stated she was “way harder” on herself within the aftermath of the backlash.

“You kind of start to believe what people are telling you. Like, you don’t deserve a second chance and there is no room for growth,” she defined. “You feel like, not to sound super dark, but how do you bounce back then? Because I want to be alive. I still want to grow up.”