The 30-year-old influencer, known for her lifestyle and fashion posts, shared a video on TikTok documenting her preparations for the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Orlando, Florida. The clip, meant to celebrate her birthday with her husband Andrew Fedyk, immediately drew backlash as viewers noticed her noticeably inflamed and red eye—a classic sign of conjunctivitis.

White was fully aware of her condition, explaining she caught it from her boyfriend, who she claimed developed pink eye from using low-quality Halloween makeup. Rather than stay home, she decided to disguise it, telling followers, “I’m just going to cover it up with sparkles and a pair of sunglasses and call it a goddamn day.”

She later stated, “I really didn’t know that it was contagious. I thought he got it from the makeup. I was definitely nowhere near as cautious as I should’ve been.”

But her audience wasn’t convinced. The comment section of her video quickly filled with anger and concern, as followers called her out for attending a massive event while highly contagious. One top comment captured the public sentiment perfectly: “going out with pink eye is wild.”

Others echoed the concern, with comments like, “Girl pink eye is literally VERY CONTAGIOUS, the doctors will give you days off because of this??” and “This is very contagious for you to be out the house around a bunch of people.”

White initially responded defensively to the criticism, suggesting a difference in public health practices between the UK and the US. “This is my first time hearing in my life you’re expected to stay home with conjunctivitis,” she replied to one user. “In the UK we wash hands, don’t touch eyes and continue as normal.”

Later, on her secondary account, she posted a follow-up video acknowledging the cultural gap. Over a clip of her looking surprised, text read: “Today I learned conjunctivitis / pink eye is treated very differently in the US than the UK lol.” She added in the caption, “Back in the day I didn’t even get a day off school for this…”

Just two days after the festival, White posted an Instagram carousel with photos from her birthday celebration, captioning it: “30, flirty + in bed for the foreseeable future feeling very loved.”

However, her followers had zero chill. The pink eye controversy immediately resurfaced in the comments.

One user joked, “Pink eye never looked better,” while another teased, “she wore pink to match her eyes .”

Others were less amused. One angry follower wrote: “Gross and tasteless. Pink eye?!?! Stay at home.”