Olivia Jade Now Claims She Got Straight A’s In High School As She Tries To Debunk College Admissions Rumors
07.01.2022 - 02:03
/ perezhilton.com
Olivia Jade’s parents may have bought her way into college, but she could have gotten in on her own, guys — really!
Lori Loughlin’s daughter has been attempting to step out of the shadow of the college admissions scandal for years now, but it still follows her wherever she goes. She can’t even escape it on her own podcast, Conversations with Olivia Jade, where she recently tried to set the record straight about her work ethic.
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The 22-year-old acknowledged her privilege to guest Dr. Hillary Goldsher on the most recent episode, saying:
That’s maybe a bit of an understatement, but go on. She continued:
That may actually be true. What we learned about her parents bribing and lying to get her into the University of Southern California wasn’t even so much about grades — it was about extracurriculars.
Readers probably remember Olivia posed for fake rowing photos so that she could be accepted to the school as part of the crew team — even though she never actually participated in the sport. We don’t even remember hearing much about her high school academic record — though classmates at USC did come forward saying she ditched most of her classes that her parents had worked so hard (and spent so much) to get her into.
Innerestingly, back in 2018 (before the whole scandal broke, and before she even began attending USC), the influencer straight up told her followers she wasn’t that interested in schoolwork. In a since-deleted video, she shared:
The Dancing with the Stars alum later walked back those remarks, calling them “ignorant and stupid.” But it’s an eyebrow-raising contrast that she once blithely admitted to not caring about school, to now insisting that she