Instagram scammer Caroline Calloway refuses to evacuate home in Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton: ‘I’m going to die’
By Vanessa Serna,
4 hours ago
Caroline Calloway said she is going to “die” after she refused to abandon her Florida home in a “mandatory evacuation” zone ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall.
“So if you’ve been following Hurricane Milton, I’m going to die,” the 32-year-old, known as the “world’s worst influencer,” said via her Instagram Story Tuesday.
“It’s supposed to make landfall in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. I’m in Sarasota, I live on the water. It’s a zone A, mandatory evacuation.”
Instagram scammer Caroline Calloway, seen here on Tuesday, refused to leave her Florida home ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. Instagram / @carolinecalloway “So if you’ve been following Hurricane Milton, I’m going to die,” the “world’s worst influencer” said on Instagram Tuesday. carolinecalloway/Instagram
Calloway also shared a video of Tampa Bay Mayor Jane Castor warning residents that those who stay behind “will die” when the monstrous storm hits.
The Instagram scammer, however, attempted to justify her decision.
“I can’t drive, first of all. Second of all, the airport is closed,” she said. “Third of all, the last time I evacuated for a hurricane, I went to my mom’s house in Northport for Hurricane Ian.”
Calloway shared a hurricane map, which showed where her Sarasota home is located. Instagram / @carolinecalloway On Tuesday, the internet personality admitted she was “a little concerned.” Instagram / @carolinecalloway
Calloway continued, “Her whole street flooded and we were evacuated after three days without power or running water by the US military.
“It was very traumatic and so I don’t want to evacuate to my mom’s house because the last time I did that, it was the worst time ever!”
The internet personality reassured her fans that she and her cat were preparing for the storm, explaining she filled a tub with “backup water.”
Calloway’s home is right on the water in a mandatory evacuation zone. Getty Images for Shorty Awards The scammer explained why she wasn’t going to leave her house. carolinecalloway/Instagram
“We have food but it’s kind of scary …,” Calloway said. “’l’ll keep you guys updated.”
The con artist later posted a map showing where the hurricane is expected to hit and her home, which sits near the water.
She admitted to being “a little concerned.”
“I can’t drive, first of all. Second of all, the airport is closed,” she said. Getty Images for Shorty Awards Calloway shared she didn’t want to go to her mom’s house. Edward Linsmier for The New York Post
Calloway, however, managed to use the storm to promote her forthcoming book “Elizabeth Wurtzel and Caroline Calloway’s Guide to Life.”
“It’s about to come out if I survive! It’s an advice book 😉 Cute!!!!! <3,” she wrote on X.
The supposed author hasn’t given an update on her whereabouts since Tuesday.
Calloway rose to fame in the early 2010s by glamorizing her life at England’s University of Cambridge on social media.
Calloway insisted she was preparing for the storm and filled a tub full of water. Edward Linsmier for The New York Post Her cat was also staying behind. Edward Linsmier for The New York Post
Calloway’s aesthetically pleasing Instagram led her to gain a massive following, and she soon began profiting off her followers by charging them to attend workshops that never came to fruition.
She also shamelessly spent a six-figure advance for a novel she never released and launched her own skincare brand, Snake Oil.
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