This Morning viewers have said that a segment on Thursday’s show was ‘wrong on so many levels’ as a mum of eight-year-old twin daughters defended their influencer careers. 

Cody and Haven Garza, from Oklahoma, USA, appeared on the ITV programme alongside their mum Adrea to chat to Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley about their very successful social media platforms.  

Adrea explained that it all started when the girls were babies, as she enjoyed dressing them up in cute outfits, and in lockdown she had to ‘find a new outlet to do that’ – so they started posting trends on TikTok, which ended up getting thousands of views. 

As the girls got older, they asked their mum if they could get some moisturiser, and she researched some age appropriate products, and hasn’t looked back since. 

Ben asked Haven how she felt about making the videos, and Haven replied: ‘I felt good making it because I was all famous.’ 

The youngsters get stopped out and about, and Haven explained: ‘It makes me feel good, I’m that influencer, and I’m just the one they look up to.’ 

This Morning fans say segment is ‘wrong on so many levels’ as mum defends eight-year-olds as beauty influencers

Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard spoke to the twins about their very successful social media platforms on the ITV show 

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to all say the same thing about the segment. 

One wrote on the platform: ‘8 year olds doing skincare advice videos. WTF? They should be playing with dolls and reading and stuff.’

Another added: ‘Just so wrong on so many levels. ‘ 

‘With the world we live in, it’s disturbing how many parents pimp out their kids on social media #thismorning,’ a third chimed in. 

A fourth tweeted: ‘Be kids for as long as possible all kinds of wrong here #ThisMorning.’

Another said: ‘This is all kinds of wrong. #thismorning.’

Cat was keen to find out if Adrea had the intention of turning her daughters into influencers after their new found fame. 

Adrea replied: ‘No not at all. 

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to all say the same thing – that they didn’t really agree with them being online 

Cody (pictured left) with her twin sister Haven (right) and their mum Adrea pictured on one of their viral videos 

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‘It evolved with time, I listened to what they’re interested in. 

‘As a mum, I try to do their best to allow them to do that in a safe place. 

‘When they were interested in the skin care and beauty, who is a better teacher than myself, I’d rather them learn from me.’

Ben highlighted that there is concern about younger people using products that aren’t appropriate for their skin. 

He explained that the show had spoken to Dr. Emma Edgeworth and she said: ‘Any child who is prepubescents shouldn’t have a complicated skincare routine.’

Ben then said: ‘The reality is, that the girls are also influencing other young girls as well. 

‘How do you make sure that what they are using is age appropriate?’ 

Adrea replied: ‘Absolutely, I totally agree. 

‘As our platform started to grow and it really started to become an influence, I wanted to make sure we were educating our audience with what the right things are to use at certain ages.

‘Making sure they are using the correct products, so I also consulted with a dermatologists and actually interviewed one for our podcast…

‘The girls actually interviewed her for our podcast.

‘Our page is really just about self love, self care and self worth. 

‘We try to do out best to educate our audience.’ 

The girls have an impressive five million followers on TikTok, 1.34m subscribers on YouTube and 287k followers on Instagram. 

Cody and Haven also sell their own head bands on their own website. 

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.