Fashion influencer Arielle Charnas – who received criticism for fleeing to the Hamptons in March after testing positive for the corona virus – now faces more criticism after the florist accused him of rigidity on the arrangement.
But he told Page Six exclusively that he was paying, and that the drama all came from a “distorted view” of people at him.
In a deleted post, Water Mill flower seller Mark Masone accused Charnas of accepting five Mother’s Day arrangements and stopping credit card payments two weeks later.
“This is disgusting behavior,” he wrote.
Charnas said it was “a miscommunication with someone on my team because I have never talked to you.” A woman who works in a shop, Monique Wisniewski, said on social media: “Never lie… You speak to ME.”
But Charnas told Page Six “We have repeatedly called to confirm that the order has been shipped. . . My assistant is holding down payments until we can hear directly from the flower seller. As soon as he contacted us, we reached out to finish [the] the situation is immediate, and the flower seller, of course, is paid for his services. “
Blogger mode with 1.3 million followers on Instagram said, “The media cycle about everything I do has gone out of control. . . People take whatever happens to me and blow it out of proportion. “
He added, “I think people have a distorted view of me because of recent media coverage, which is probably why this person feels the need to go to social media, but I am not the person they are describing. I feel I must speak when a situation is clearly misinterpreted, and I hope people can see there are two sides to every story they read about me. “
In March, Charnas was roasted online after he used his connection to get a coronavirus test, and then fled to the Hamptons with his family and a caregiver after they were all tested positive. Charnas, who said she received medical approval to leave town, has since apologized, as did her husband, Brandon.
