I can't support a company that brushes off the mockery of special needs like this. How said consultants felt about their company was something that…well, it never came up. I've never had a problem with the quality of the clothes I bought or the service of the consultants I've bought from. But I've always thought they were an okay company, from a consumer's perspective. I might make fun of their mumu dresses (AKA the Lularoe Maria), comparing them to costumes from Little House on the Prairie or The Handmaid's Tale. I might poke fun at the cult-like following of Lularoe and the bizarre behavior I've witnessed in the Lularoe Buy Sell Trade Groups.

Because he's really sorry and they're going to do more sensitivity training. “While we appreciate the apology from this individual and the previous support from LuLaRoe, we must uphold our mission statement, and end our partnership and any further programming with LuLaRoe immediately.”ĭisappointingly, Lularoe's response was to stand behind their consultant. The Lularoe Scarlett – Just isn't as cute now, is it?īased on Budenbender's video, the NDSS said “ Hasta La Vista, Baby.” Except they said it in a much nicer, much classier way: The founders of Lularoe have a grand-daughter named Scarlett who was born with Down syndrome and had a special dress – the Lularoe Scarlett – designed, with $1 for every dress sold going to the NDSS. The NDSS acknowledge the “apology” and acknowledged their previous partnership with Lularoe.

The response from the National Down Syndrome Society was quick and…well sort of awesome. But the idea of one of my own making fun of people who are made differently or are differently abled? I can't even fathom that. We try to educate, take the high road and let things roll off our backs. Some people are insensitive and unaware and some people are just assholes. I have no idea if sweet Anisa – who sat placidly beside her jerk of a brother-in-law in her super-cute Disney patterned Lularoe dress (I think it was a Carly but I'm not sure) while he tried to back-pedal, make some crappy excuses and squeeze out a few fake tears – fully understood the magnitude of what was going on.Īs a mom to two kids who are categorized as special needs or medically complex, I am fully aware of what its like to live with someone who is subject to taunting and teasing just because they were born a certain way. I know there are varying levels of Down Syndrome. His sister-in-law was obviously an individual with Down Syndrome, y'all.īobby Budenbender isn't someone who is ignorant to the fact that people with disabilities encounter discrimination, teasing, and unfair stereotyping…at least he shouldn't be because he has someone with a disability in his immediate family. To my surprise and horror, Bobby was sitting next to his wife and sister-in-law. Well, lock me in a freezer and call me a popsicle because Bobby's “apology” video was not long in coming. Bobby doesn't strike me as a particularly enlightened individual. He's peddling leggings festooned with tiny cheeseburgers and flamingos and feathers that look like vaginas (shut up, they do!) in his basement, after all.

I wrote Bobby off as a limited-thinking, 21st Century Archie Bunker who probably had a narrow world view. When I first watched this video, I shook my head, rolled my eyes so far back into my head that I got a good look at my corneas. Online Lularoe auctions and Lularoe Buy Sell Trade Facebook groups are in a category of cult weirdness all their own, but it boggles my mind how this guy thought it was not only okay to blatantly mock people with special needs but to act like this in front of his customers that he expected to buy stuff from. The gist of this story is, Bobby encountered some sort of snafu with his online Lulapalooza and decided to mimic special needs individuals by making faces and speaking in an exaggerated voice: “I'm Bobby and I'm special.” What struck me the most in watching this video is not that this guy was a total insensitive jerkface (which he totally was) but that he was speaking in this matter to people he was trying to sell stuff to. Lularoe Consultant Mocks People Special Needs

Lularoe consultant mocks down syndrome