A hairstylist says she lost her job after a TikTok about her messages calling a client a 'clown' went viral

• Ellen Davies said she had lost her job and was receiving death threats after a client leaked her DMs.
• Davies called her client a "clown" for canceling her appointment.

A hairstylist said she lost her job after her DMs to a client calling her a "clown" were leaked.

Ellen Davies, a hairstylist in the UK, offered to fix the hair of a woman named Rosie Desborough, who had posted a video back in July claiming that a hair salon had ruined hers.

Desborough posted photos of the hairstyle she had requested, and what she ended up with, showing how upset she was. This was when Davies offered her services, and Desborough agreed.

However, Desborough did not end up attending the appointment. She emailed to cancel and thought that would be the end of it.

But Desborough then posted a TikTok showing that Davies had sent her rude messages on Instagram.

"Thanks for canceling," she wrote, adding a clown emoji, and asking if Desborough was just going to "no show."

"Clown," she said. "Fry your hair up girl."

Desborough was shocked and informed Davies she had emailed to cancel and apologize. She then further explained why she no longer wanted Davies doing her hair.

"This is the reason I canceled," she said and showed several comments Davies had left on TikTok.

Davies had simultaneously been caught in another feud with a creator named Erin Hattamer, who has 1.2 million followers. Hattamer is a comedian who also posts messages about body positivity. In one recent video, she discussed orthorexia — the eating disorder characterized as the unhealthy obsession with eating "raw" or "clean" food, and how she came across the term in an ED clinic.

Hattamer edited together her thoughts with the video of another creator who made a "what I eat in a day" vlog, showing her means that consisted of turmeric protein bars, seeds, vitamin supplements, and quinoa. While Hattamer said she was not diagnosing this creator, she said an obsession with only eating the "right" kinds of foods could be cause for concern.

Davies commented on this video, saying: "Lol how can you comment on eating," seeming to suggest Hattamer was not entitled to comment on other people's diets due to her appearance.

When people responded, saying Davies' words were offensive, she doubled down.

"I don't think calling a fat person out for chatting rubbish about others is mean," she wrote. "She did the same thing."

Desborough cited this "fatphobia" from Davies as the reason she canceled her appointment. Her video amassed over 2 million views before it was deleted.

Desborough explained in a follow-up video posted on August 29 that she had removed the original TikTok because the situation had been "resolved." She attached a screenshot of a message she received from the salon assuring her that Davies' behavior was "not how we treat our clients," and stating Davies no longer worked there.

Davies confirmed she had lost her job in a TikTok posted last week, giving her side of the story, and titling it "The truth."

"OK guys social media is toxic as hell and I think this whole situation needs a lot more context," she said. "Because it's been completely manipulated."

Davies said she had been "bombarded" with death threats and hateful messages, "and I've actually lost my job now because of it."

She claimed how she was being represented was not the truth, and it had gotten "out of hand."

Davies admitted she shouldn't have sent the messages to Desborough after she canceled, but claimed it wasn't unprofessional because she sent it from her private account, not her professional one.

"I'm just not a mean human being," Davies said, explaining that she was so angry because she genuinely wanted to help, and had already bought the products for Desborough's hair.

But Davies also expressed doubt about Desborough's initial video, saying she knew the hair stylists at the salon she went to, and knew they were "good at hair."

Davies said she saw on Facebook that Desborough had already gotten her hair done, before she knew she had canceled the appointment, and was upset she had four hours blocked out for her that she could have used for someone else.

"We'd been back and forth the whole time, personally," Davies said. "I wouldn't have thought she'd then go and email the salon."

She said she felt "stabbed in the back" and was rude as a result.

In response to the "fatphobic" comments, Davies said she had "never once called anyone any names." She said she only wanted to emphasize that nobody should talk about another person's eating habits.

"You should not give unsolicited advice if you are not healthy yourself," she said. "That was the point I was trying to make."

Davies' video didn't garner her much support, and she continued to be inundated with criticism, so she deleted her TikTok account.

"Her reply was awful," one person commented on Desborough's latest video. "She didn't make herself look any better."

"Nothing in her response video was making any sense," another said. "It was amusing trying to see her wriggle her way out."