Tatiana Elizabeth isn’t impressed with influencer Lauren Blake’s apology after an AI superimposed her face on a photograph the model previously shared.
“I don’t think it’s coming from a sincere place,” Elizabeth told TMZ Sports on Thursday, April 2. “I feel she just wants the situation to blow over and to get back to scheduled programming. I don’t think she was honest. I don’t think she is authentic in her apology. I feel she’s just saying what she thinks she must say as a way to move past this.”
Earlier this week, Elizabeth, who’s a Black woman, called out Blake, who’s white, for using her image as her own.
“Bar for bar. The weirdest part about that is that it’s not even an AI influencer. It is a real one that used AI to place her head on my body,” Elizabeth wrote via Threads on Monday, March 30. “She geotagged MIAMI as if she’s on the Miami Open. When my photo was taken on the US Open two years ago.”
Elizabeth included each her and Blake’s images for side-by-side comparisons. The background and outfits matched, with each women wearing a white tennis skirt and cropped t-shirt with a green and white striped long-sleeve shirt tied on the neck. They each also carried a green Louis Vuitton purse on the identical shoulder. Blake’s image is more zoomed in in comparison with Elizabeth’s photo.
After calling out the influencer, Blake took down the image and apologized.
“I would like to handle a recent post created by a third-party AI content agency I’ve been working with. It was delivered to my attention that the image used posted utilized the work and likeness of a Black creator in a way that’s entirely inconsistent with my values,” Blake wrote in an announcement shared via Instagram on Wednesday, April 1. “I take full responsibility for what appears on my platforms.”
Blake added that she spoke “privately” with Elizabeth to apologize and vowed to have more “oversight” on what she posts.
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“I’m deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused the unique creator and the community at large,” she continued. “Thanks for people who have spoken up. I’m listening and I’m committed to doing higher.”
Blake is an influencer with greater than 1.6 million followers on Instagram. Elizabeth, for her part, is a model with 354K followers on Instagram. Elizabeth first posted the photo in September 2024 after attending the US Open in Latest York City.
“Got here to serve🎾✨,” she captioned the slideshow. “Such an honorrrrr attending the US Open with the ICON & legend @serenawilliams ✨ so beautiful inside and outside, so kind, so humble, my latest bestie in my head lol wow what an incredible day 😍🤎 thanks @wyn & @ultabeauty.”