An influencer power-couple is facing backlash for not putting a life jacket on their 10-month-old daughter while boating with her on choppy seas during their vacation.
Viral internet sensations Campbell ‘Pookie’ Puckett and her husband Jett sparked controversy after posting a video of her holding little Paloma on a boat without a life vest.
The couple – known for their jet-setting whirl of PDA with 1.5million TikTok followers- was vacationing in Capri, Italy, on Sept 25, sailing off the coast in what appeared to be near the Faraglioni Arch.
Video shows their daughter Paloma nestled in her mother’s lap, sitting near the edge of the rocking boat.
Jett says in the video: ‘Paloma, it took your mother and I almost 30 years to make it to Capri, you made it in just 10 months.’
The video cuts to the family under the arch, where Jett added ‘they say that if you kiss under the arch, you will be together forever,’ before kissing both his wife and daughter on the swaying boat.
The affectionate social media video received almost 350,000 likes and over 1,000 comments, but most were from anxiety-ridden fans concerned for the baby’s safety.
Campbell ‘Pookie’ Puckett with her 10-month-old daughter Paloma, nestled in Puckett’s lap, sitting near the edge of the rocking boat
The video sparked controversy after Puckett was holding her daughter on the boat without a life vest
‘It’s giving me so much anxiety that she doesn’t have a life jacket on,’ one nervous commenter wrote.
‘The baby squirming out of the mom’s arms while the water is choppy and the boat is on an angle is scaring me,’ another read.
Hundreds of commenters expressed their outrage for the influencer couple’s lack of safety, calling it ‘wild’ and ‘unbelievable.’
While there is no international law requiring children to wear life vests, the US Federal Law requires children under 13 years to wear a lifejacket.
The International Maritime Organization mandates ships to carry ‘appropriate life-saving appliances’ including lifeboats, lifebuoys, life-jackets, as per the SOLAS Convention.
Some fans defended the lavish couple, calling concerned commenters ‘dramatic’ and ‘sensitive’.
‘All of a sudden everyone’s a lifeguard,’ one person wrote.
Some even joked about the boat stunt, one comment read: ‘Yall calm down I’m sure her Hermes life jacket went right back on after filming lmao.’
This referred to the outfit the Atlanta-based couple brought their newborn home in back in November.
The Pucketts, the couple is known for their jet-setting whirl of PDA, with 1.5million TikTok followers
The Atlanta-based couple also faced backlash for the outfit they brought their newborn home in
Hermès pink cashmere onesie with an embroidered horse on the chest from that cost $1,000
In a series of sweet snaps posted to her Instagram Story, Puckett shared photos of her daughter wearing a gorgeous pink cashmere onesie with an embroidered horse on the chest from Hermès that cost $1,000.
Puckett also bought her daughter a matching pair of $280 knit socks, which had the horse detailing embroidered on both feet.
The extravagant outfit’s total comes to over $1,280, excluding tax and delivery fees, and fans just couldn’t wrap their heads around it.
One criticized the influencer for the elaborate onesie, writing: ‘Dumbest thing I’ve seen – ever.’
The Daily Mail reached out to the Pucketts for comment.
