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Social media's favorite fake rich kid opens up about his online persona — and his new real-life job

Getty Images; iStock; Natalie Ammari/BIAris Yeager shot to fame by parodying a spoiled, rich European caricature on social media.Yeager recently told Business Insider about his online persona.He also talked about how he's leveraging his popularity with his influencer-focused app Storytime.The lines between reality and fiction have started to blur for Aris Yeager.You may have seen the 24-year-old Belgian-American, better known as "The European Kid," at some point on your social media feeds.Yeager has built a sizable online presence over the last couple of years — accumulating 1.7 million followers on TikTok and one million on Instagram — by making videos that parody a sort of spoiled rich European caricature through a French-accented persona named Louis."You don't know who you're messing with!" Louis shouts in one video, trying to persuade well-known New York City bouncer Fabrizio Brienza to let him into a club.

 

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