The Edwards Family shares lifestyle content with their 400,000 TikTok followers and 25,000 YouTube subscribers, however one video has caused the family to be in hot water. In a video posted to social media, their youngest child, 7-year-old Jaleel, was seen opening a gift from the family. When she opened the present, she was confused to see a box of tea. "Slim tea? Really?" asked Jada, who appears to be the older sister. "Wait...I know what this is!" Jaleel exclaimed. "It's something I needed."
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Many users were quick to comment on the nature of the video. One person commented, "The trauma this is going to cause... I was always told to lose weight when I was little and it's effected me today." Another person commented on the video, "Kids go out in the world everyday and face the possibility of being bullied…the fact that this is coming from inside the home!"
Jaleel's father, Lee, took to Instagram to clear things up about the video. Lee explained that he and Jaleel's mother did not gift her the tea, saying it was sent from a subscriber. He said that the whole family was "shocked" when Jaleel opened her present. “I just said it was tea. I didn’t know it was slim tea until they started saying it,” he continued. “So at the end of the day, I wasn’t even gon’ make it like no joke or nothing when I seen Jaleel say that she needed it — as long as the kid’s happy [then] I’m happy.”