After less than a week on Netflix, the 'Bad Vegan' docuseries has already debuted on one of the streamer's global Top 10 lists.
This series explores how Melngailis went from running the New York hotspot Pure Food and wine to life as a fugitive. After meeting a man named Shane Fox on Twitter, among other things, she started siphoning money from her restaurant and giving it to Fox, based on his assurances that he could make her dreams come true. Fast forward years later, and Melngailis has confirmed that she used the money she got from Netflix to pay back her employees.
, “the producers paid an attorney on my behalf who then, on the same day wired full payment directly to the attorney representing the employees.”Bad Vegan . Meaning, it was ostensibly more important to take ownership of the story, and tell the truth, rather than extract some kind of payment as a result of all this.One of the things she didn’t bargain for, however, is the marketing treatment. Below, for example, is an example of how she believes Netflix set up a faux Twitter account to mock one of the strangest things she fell for inI have no words. This is beyond disturbing.
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