Amber Van Pelt Fires Back At Zoe Laverne Fans Claiming TikTok Star Saved Her Life

Social media star Amber Van Pelt has hit back at Zoe Laverne’s loyal TikTok fans, who are accusing her of betraying her former best friend.

Van Pelt has started posting as usual on her social media accounts after Laverne, 19, faced backlash over her relationship with a 13-year-old fan named Connor Joyce . The truth came to light when Van Pelt, in her alleged Instagram messages to Laverne’s ex-boyfriend Cody Orlove, had described her once-best friend’s relationship with the underage fan as “intense” and inappropriate.

But Laverne’s fandom, who call themselves “zonuts,” continues to target her for turning her back on her former friend, whom they claim “saved her life” during her messy breakup with Jack Hess in the summer. In an Instagram Live, Van Pelt called out Laverne’s fans and shut down this claim.

“Nobody [saved my life] but me. It was me!” Van Pelt said in the video shared by Instagram account @tiktokroom. “I’m the only reason I’m still here, and I want to make that very clear.”

The influencers once frequented each other’s social media accounts. While Van Pelt stopped posting about Laverne in early September, it was only in late October when the controversy involving the latter and her underage fan made headlines.

Social media was abuzz when Van Pelt’s messages to Laverne’s ex-boyfriend were leaked after his Instagram account got hacked. In their exchange, Van Pelt accused her ex-BFF of catfishing her by pretending to be her ex-boyfriend.

"I left because of her interactions with connor. They got very intense and it's something I do not stand by what so ever," Van Pelt allegedly told Orlove as she explained why she ended her friendship with Laverne.

In the alleged messages, she also blamed Laverne’s frequent claims of Orlove beating “the s--t out of her” and her ex-friend being “toxic to [Van Pelt’s] mental health” as other reasons why she refuses to associate with her.

During an Instagram Live, Van Pelt had also accused Laverne of spreading a rumor that she stole $11,000 from the TikTok star, Dexerto reported.

Meanwhile, LaVerne earlier admitted that she “caught feelings” for Joyce after a video of her kissing the underage fan surfaced. She also informed her followers that she has checked herself into a hospital and is “trying to find help before it’s too late.”