The shameless influencer arrested during the Philadelphia riots this week is no longer grinning after a night in jail — while his family admit they are “embarrassed” by his antics.
“I’m sorry,” Dayjia Blackwell, a 21-year-old better known online as “Meatball,” told NBC Philadelphia on Thursday after being charged with a crime for the robbery she filmed and cheered.
“I’d rather, you know, never rob again, stay out of trouble, never go to jail,” he said.
Blackwell spoke to a local shop on his porch while wearing a T-shirt and hat both said: “Ant nuffin.”
However, if it was a legal issue, his family clearly did not agree – with his mother pulling up outside and honking her horn to stop the interview.
The influencer’s grandmother later remained tight-lipped when discussing her antics.
Dayjia Blackwell, the shameless influencer known as “Meatball,” expressed her regret for her role in the Philadelphia riots this week. The Philadelphia police department’s grandmother, Vashti Fields, said she was “embarrassed” by his antics.WTXF-TV
“What crossed my mind, as a grandmother, I was very ashamed. I am so ashamed to see me [grandchild] right there, right then,” Vashti Fields told Fox 29.
“When I see someone of my blood, who has been there when this happened … that hurts me a lot.”
But she also described her grandson as “loving, kind, loving, entrepreneurial,” adding: “I want him to start a business and, most importantly, I want him to be a positive influence.”
Blackwell, 21, who spent “hours” in a holding cell after being arrested, said she was “traumatized” by the experience and wanted to “cry” every time she thought about it.Instagram / @dayjiamainpage
“Meatballs” are alleged to cause/take risks of catastrophe, criminal mischief, riots, facilitating the completion, access to communications and indecent behavior.
Fields said she doesn’t think her grandson is guilty of any of it, but wants her to publicly apologize by writing a letter to the City of Brotherly Love and, hopefully, use her voice for good.
“Meatball” also took to Instagram to share his stories and set up his Cash App handle for his fans to send money as “welcome home” gifts.
Police used Blackwell’s social media posts and other alleged robbers to pinpoint their exact location amid the chaos, Instagram / @dayjiamainpage
“All I want to do is go treat myself,” she told her fans on Instagram, saying she wanted to get her “toes” done, as well as deal with her legal problems.
The influencer said he wanted the charges “expunged” from his record and insisted he was “not a problem person.”
“I am a good person. I am a businessman. I do not like. I didn’t know it would go this far,” he said.
“I have never been through anything like that in my life. I don’t know what happened, like I need to sleep. I’m scared, I’m traumatized. Never again in my life, like serious,” said “Meatball” in a video posted to his Instagram Story.
Authorities said the robbery was unrelated to earlier protests in Philadelphia over a judge’s dismissal of charges in the police shooting of Eddie Irizarry, 27.
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