ABC is in “crisis mode” and plans to focus on Claudia Conway after her appearance on “American Idol” as an “exploiter” because she seemed to capitalize on her serious struggles with her mother, Kellyanne Conway.
For months, 16-year-old Claudia has been documenting in Tik Tok her volatile relationship with her mother, a former White House adviser to Donald Trump.
Things got so bad that police became involved last month after Claudia accused Kellyanne, 54, of leaking a nude photo of her (though she later retracted the allegation). ).
This weekend, Claudia appeared on the talent show, with the network putting her in charge and presenting her in program promotions. Kellyanne even appeared on the show via video to encourage her.
Critics have claimed that the program uses the Conways contest to raise ratings, while a Variety article compared the appearance to “bad practice” and says what “does this wrong is the degree to which a child in the middle of a dispute he has in public view he is asked to wash the reputation of two adults [Kellyanne and her controversial politico husband George] who should know better ”.
Now a privileged person tells us that the network “rethinks how Claudia and Kellyanne will position themselves with the promotion. They were great at putting Claudia in all the promotions, but now they’re thinking about not focusing so much … so as not to something so big about her on the show and focusing on other contestants. “
ABC also faces problems with its “The Bachelor” series after host Chris Harrison apologized and temporarily quit after giving an interview in which he appeared to tolerate contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s alleged racist behavior.
“Considering everything with the‘ Baccalaureate, ’they don’t want any unnecessary attention or reaction,” the source says.
Claudia, who sang songs by Rihanna and Adele, moved on to the next round.
Meanwhile, a source close to the family says they do not believe the show has exploited him. “Claudia has been exploited by a lot of people,” they said, “but not ‘American Idol.'” , says the source, saying that the hubub “is not fair to Claudia. He worked very hard for his audition.
In August, Claudia announced that she was “officially pushing for emancipation” and last month posted a TikTok video that appeared to show her mother verbally abusing her.
Then, last month, the topless photo appeared online, with Claudia saying, “I guess my mom took a picture of it to use against me one day and then someone hacked it or something. “. He later stepped back and said, “I know my mom would never post anything that intentionally hurt me and I think she was hacked. I want to apologize for making all of this public.”