[2][3] One of the wealthy millennials featured in the series, Russian socialite Julia Stakhiva, was accused by journalist Marina Hyde of The Guardian of fabricating her lifestyle, after it emerged that Stakhiva had rented a spare bedroom in the flat of Hyde's mother-in-law and used other rooms in the flat for filming without permission.
[1][4] The producers of Rich Kids of Instagram re-edited the programme to remove all footage of the Kensington flat, so that it would not appear online or in repeat broadcasts.
Rob Epstein wrote in The i, "If there is a more inconsequential, vacuous waste of airtime than Rich Kids of Instagram, I've yet to see it.
It's just fast car, fancy watch, vroom-vroom jet ski and rather too many bums in bikini bottoms.
"[5] Emma Pryer wrote in the Sunday Mirror, "Some of these creatures you have to feel sorry for – it's a wonder they manage to get themselves up and dressed in their designer gear without having to call the hired help for assistance.