Woman slammed after she paid stranger who can’t swim $20 to jump in lake and ran away when she cried for help

An influencer has sparked a furious debate after her latest stream left people angered and disgusted.

Social media influencer Natalie Reynolds is facing backlash after a stream on Wednesday in Lady Bird Lake, Austin.

Reynolds is accused of offering to pay a stranger who couldn't swim $20 to jump in a lake as part of a scavenger hunt.

The woman eventually got into trouble in the lake and continued to insist that she could not swim, before Reynolds and her team fled the scene.

Reynolds is heard telling the woman to ‘just jump in’ moments before she does, and then acted surprised after the woman dove head first in.

While floating, the stranger is heard saying: “You said it was OK… you told me to jump in."

The Kick streamer then said that she didn’t before her team, off camera, can be heard confirming she did tell her to jump in.

She was then ushered off the pier and can be heard laughing alongside some of the other people on the stream.

Off camera, the stranger can be heard saying she can’t swim but can only float with Reynolds beginning to freak out as her friends tell her the situation could be bad.

The stream then shows them leaving and cuts to them in a car driving away from the lake. A firetruck is seen driving in the opposite direction and the Austin Fire Department confirmed that firefighters were called to Lady Bird Lake.

They said they were called to provide medical assistance and that a person was pulled out of the lake.

It is not clear what medical assistance the woman needed or her current condition.

On X, many took aim at Reynolds for both asking the woman to jump as well as leaving the area.

“These unhinged, clout-chasing narcissists are a scourge on society,” one person wrote.

“Attention culture is the worst. Society was arguably better with shame,” wrote another, as someone else commented: “Sickening! They do anything for clicks! Glad the girl was saved.”

“Wow, that's pretty seriously disgusting and vile human behavior,” a fourth person said.

Reynolds has seemingly hit back at those criticizing her, however, and quickly dismissed the comments.

Writing on X, she said: “The lady wanted to swim, they told me to leave and stop filming that’s why we left, and she got the help she needed and is fine. Stop dragging s***.”

UNILAD has contacted the Austin Fire Department nor the Austin Police Department for comment.