Olivia Jade Giannulli is back on YouTube after college admissions scandal, wants to ‘move forward’



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Olivia Jade Giannulli, seeking to resurrect a once thriving influencer career, posted her first vlog on Thursday since her parents were caught up in the massive college admissions scandal.

The 21-year-old daughter of actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli posted a 15-minute video that vaguely spoke of the scandal that resulted in both parents landing in prison.

“This is so crazy! Welcome to my YouTube channel,” Giannulli said. “I’m really excited because obviously I haven’t filmed in a very long time and I’m just grateful to be back on YouTube and I’m so glad you are watching this video.”

Giannulli urged fans to look for a December 8 chat she did on the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk,” which had been her first interview since the scandal broke.

Then, 52 seconds into Thursday’s video, Giannulli in a gray hoodie, tells viewers that she understands the serious implications of “Operation Varsity Blues”.

“Hey, a little editor’s note: because I didn’t want this to go the wrong way, and I’d rather just say something and make the video a little weird,” she says. “I don’t mean this in a dismissive or pretentious way. I think what I was trying to convey was that the thing I wanted to do the most was apologize for so long and I felt I was had to do this at ‘Red Table (Talk)’ and so although I can’t change the past, I can change the way I act and what I do in the future.

She went on to say that for her own ‘sanity’ she didn’t want to ‘keep rehashing’.

“I just want to move on and do better and move on and come back and do what I love, which is YouTube,” she said.

Throughout the rest of the video, she fed her dog, prepared three meals, worked on a treadmill, and followed her nighttime care regimen.

She did not mention her parents or directly discuss the case which ended in jail time.

They pleaded guilty to charges relating to misrepresenting their daughters as elite athletes, thus deserving additional consideration for admission to the University of Southern California.

The two girls left USC after the scandal broke.

Loughlin served two months in prison before being released at the end of December.

Mossimo Giannulli appeared in federal lock-up in Lompoc, Calif., In mid-November for a five-month sentence. His lawyers are asking for early release.

“Any reduction in Giannulli’s sentence would be widely publicized, thus undermining the deterrent effect of the sentence imposed by this court,” US deputy lawyer Kristen Kearney wrote earlier this week in opposition to the request.

Diana dasrath contributed.

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