- Claudia Conway is the 15-year-old daughter of the former White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway.
- She has established herself as a public figure on TikTok with over 1 million followers on the platform.
- In a recent TikTok video, the teenager revealed that her mother had tested positive for COVID-19, spurring Kellyanne Conway to publicly announce her diagnosis.
- On Monday evening, Conway posted — and deleted — several TikToks capturing a heated exchange with her mother who called the videos "disruptive," asking her to post another to provide new information.
- In a follow-up live stream, Conway appeared to say she was afraid of her mother.
- Conway's content has sparked a discussion about media coverage and coverage of minors.
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Claudia Conway, the 15-year-old daughter of former Trump administration adviser Kellyanne Conway, has sparked controversy after posting several TikTok videos featuring her mother to her 1 million followers.
In one video posted Monday night, the teenager retracted her previous claim that her mother lied to the family about a negative COVID-19 test result on Friday. The retraction appeared to come at the insistence of Kellyanne Conway, who can be heard instructing her daughter off-camera.
"Do it now," Kellyanne Conway says in the clip. "You say: 'Correction. My mom had three tests.'"
"I'm doing it right now," Claudia Conway responds.
"Little clarification from my previous posts," the teenager captioned the video, which has been viewed over 2 million times. "[M]y mother claims she did not lie to me. she had three tests done. first negative, second two positive. we were not in communication. I misinterpreted it."
On Friday, following President Donald Trump's announcement that he was diagnosed with COVID-19, Conway shared on TikTok that her mother was "coughing all around the house." She later claimed that she and her mother had tested positive.
Following the video, which received millions of views, Kellyanne Conway announced her positive diagnosis on Twitter, adding that she was experiencing "mild" symptoms, including a "light cough."
She and at least eight other GOP officials — including President Donald Trump, who attended a White House Rose Garden event celebrating the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett — have been diagnosed with the COVID-19.
The teenager then claimed in a comment on her video that her mother initially lied about the test result and spent the day with her family.
As the TikTok videos and comments received more attention, George Conway took to Twitter to clarify that he and his daughter had not yet received their test results.
On Monday afternoon, Kellyanne Conway posted on Twitter that she and her daughter were in quarantine.
Conway's Monday night videos revealed a heated exchange
In another video posted on Monday evening, which Conway has since deleted from her profile, the mother-daughter pair argued about the 15-year-old's TikTok presence and recent videos addressing her family's health.
"You've caused so much disruption," the former Trump adviser says in the clip. "You lied about your f—ing mother. About COVID? About COVID?"
YouTuber Def Noodles shared the deleted clip on Twitter.
Conway went on to livestream on the app. In the video, she appeared to tell her followers — speaking in so-called "gibberish" — that she was afraid of her mother.
"Do we all speak gibberish the same way?" she asked before switching to the code language.
Several viewers translated that the 15-year-old said she was "going on live because [she's] scared of [her] mom."
That night, she continued to comment on her TikTok videos, claiming that Trump's condition was worse than what had been presented to the public, writing that the president is "literally not okay."
As the videos racked up millions of views on both TikTok and Twitter — sparking discussion about the teenager's safety, mental wellbeing, and privacy — Kellyanne Conway addressed her daughter's content and resultant media attention and said they both had COVID-19.
"My daughter, Claudia, is beautiful & brilliant. She has access to top doctors & health care & lives comfortably," the former Trump advisor wrote in a tweet. "Like all of you, she speculates on social media. Yet she's 15. You are adults. We have COVID, but it's clear who's really sick."
Claudia Conway's TikTok has turned her into a public figure in her own right
The teenager has been an active TikTok user for years. She began posting videos on Musical.ly in 2015 before the app was purchased by the Chinese company ByteDance in 2017 and merged with TikTok. Her profile drew thousands of new viewers in June when users discovered her political and anti-Trump content.
In her videos, Conway showed her support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, encouraged viewers to leave one-star reviews on Trump's properties, and bemoaned the experience of being the daughter to Trump's trusted adviser.
As her follower count skyrocketed, however, Conway began to spar publicly with her parents. In August, she posted a TikTok video detailing her history of mental health struggles, family tension, and viral fame.
In the clip, she claimed to have experienced "non-stop CPS investigations" because of abuse and said her mother had gotten her arrested. Later that month, she took to Twitter to say that she would be pursuing emancipation and was searching for a family lawyer.
Insider has not independently verified Conway's claims.
As Conway continues to post content shedding light on her relationship with her famous parents — and as she continues to trend on Twitter and accrue new TikTok followers — her viewers seem to be struggling to reconcile the public nature of her posts with their concerns about a teenager's right to privacy.
Some herald Conway as a hero who, they believe, is exposing corruption and the inner workings of a presidential administration.
Some simply find her content to be an amusing teenage rebellion.
Others argue that Conway is an unwell teenager in a precarious home situation, who is exploited for political gain and media viewership.
Conway herself has poked fun about media fascination with her content.
"CNN, Ask me out already," she quipped in a recent video.
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