(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) An attempt by paid Democrat social-media “influencer” Olivia Julianna to organize a school walkout in support of Jimmy Kimmel immediately backfired after people noticed one key detail about the timing.
BREAKING 🅱️
Liberal influencer Olivia Julianna is DEMANDING students across America to skip lunch, and “walk out of school” — to protest Jimmy Kimmel’s show getting canceled..
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) September 18, 2025
The 22-year-old activist, who gained fame in 2022 after being body-shamed by then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been open about her lifelong struggle with obesity, saying in July that she was down 60 pounds since 2021 after having topped the scales at 370 pounds.
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Nonetheless, at north of 300, Julianna’s weight has been a target for attacks and ridicule—particularly after she was appointed by the Democratic National Committee to become its ambassador for young, white, male voter outreach.
After pouring an estimated $20 million into its “Speaking with American Men” campaign, the DNC seemingly abandoned its outreach efforts in July, focusing instead on eliminating conservative influencers like Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10 led many leftists to celebrate and mock victims of political violence, including then-ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
ABC pulled the show indefinitely following Kimmel’s crass commentary about the assassination, during which he falsely claimed that Kirk’s killer was “MAGA” in violation of policies established by the Federal Communications Commission.
Leftists proceeded to declare themselves the victims of cancel culture and censorship—including Julianna, who called for a school walkout after the news broke on Wednesday.
FREE JIMMY KIMMEL pic.twitter.com/r0mcI5KEX2
— Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ (@0liviajulianna) September 18, 2025
But the 12 p.m. timing raised suspicions for some, who pointed to the fact that she was asking students to skip lunch.
Olivia waiting for the kids to walk out so she can steal their lunch pic.twitter.com/WNiVRT0POX
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) September 18, 2025
Others encouraged Julianna to follow her own advice and do more walking.
You definitely should be walking.
— Jacktron (@jacktronprime) September 18, 2025
The call for students to forgo nourishment in solidarity with Kimmel appears to have fallen on deaf ears, perhaps due in part to Kimmel’s lack of popularity among young audiences.
Asked a former student and close family friend’s child (also our babysitter) if they walked out today, her response was gold. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YmKWITemvc
— SkoolTeecher (@skoolteecher1) September 18, 2025
In the key target demographic of 18- to 49-year-old viewers, Kimmel reportedly drew only 129,000 viewers in August—a far cry from his heyday as a popular host of “The Man Show” from 1999 to 2004.
HOLY SHIT
Kimmel was ONLY Getting 129,000 Viewers
hahahahah
I can post a picture of a cat and get more views than that pic.twitter.com/gUd3sUgwa7
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) September 19, 2025
According to social media accounts, this isn’t the first time that Julianna has ineffectively threatened a “hunger strike” to put pressure on social issues. She previously called for one in February to protest the reduction in funding to USAID.
Julianna responded gamefully to mockery, suggesting that she had lost 50 pounds directly as a result of the Trump administration.
I’m actually down 50 pounds because I can’t afford to eat in Trump’s economy 🙁 https://t.co/VSE808Fx5t
— Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ (@0liviajulianna) February 6, 2025
However, some fact-checkers pointed to a blog post in which she acknowledged having gone on Ozempic.
Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.
