TikTok Star Charli D’Amelio ‘Knocked Out’ After Broadway Injury, Evaluated By Medic

TikTok sensation Charli D’Amelio, currently making her Broadway debut in "& Juliet," suffered a startling injury over the weekend when a piece of the set struck her during a performance.

Charli D’Amelio, who made her stage debut on October 29 at the Sondheim Theatre, currently portrays Charmian, a dance-intensive ensemble role.

An audience member took to social media to recount the incident, explaining in a video, “The thing that covers the stage came down and hit her on the head, and poor girl was knocked out.”

The show was momentarily paused while crew members ensured D’Amelio was in a stable condition.

“They paused the show for about five minutes and then she was back on and dancing,” the attendee shared, adding that D’Amelio had a visible mark on her head following the impact.

According to Page Six, a source confirmed that a medic evaluated the 20-year-old performer as a precautionary measure and has since returned to work. Despite the unexpected mishap, D’Amelio is reportedly doing well and has resumed her role in the jukebox musical, where she portrays Charmian.

D’Amelio, who rose to fame as one of TikTok’s biggest stars and later showcased her dancing skills on "Dancing With the Stars," joined the cast of "& Juliet" in October 2024. The hit musical, which originally debuted in 2019, offers a fresh take on William Shakespeare’s "Romeo & Juliet," reimagining the story if Juliet had survived.

Charli D’Amelio has faced her fair share of public scrutiny, from early controversies to the ongoing pressures of fame.

In 2020, the TikTok star and her family found themselves at the center of a major backlash after a YouTube video surfaced, showing them gagging over a meal prepared by a private chef while discussing their follower counts. The fallout was swift, leading to the loss of one million followers and a flood of online criticism, including disturbing death threats.

D’Amelio later addressed the situation in an emotional Instagram Live, expressing her frustration with the level of negativity directed at her. “People just, like, blatantly disrespecting the fact that I’m still a human being is not OK at all,” she said. “You can hate on me for whatever I’ve done, but the fact that all of this is happening because of a misunderstanding, I just feel like that’s not OK.”

Controversy followed her again last year when she posted a TikTok video dressed as a Walmart employee, a move that many interpreted as tone-deaf. Walmart employees and retail workers criticized the video, calling it “gross” and “insensitive.”

“I can barely afford to live as a retail worker, but I’m glad you’re having fun lol,” one user commented, while another added, “Watching this after working two jobs…both 8-hour shifts…wish I could just pretend.”

"I wish I had enough money to cosplay as a retail worker. It's so fun being in the working class," someone else wrote as another chimed in. "All of us are watching, living paycheck to paycheck."

Beyond the online drama, D’Amelio has recently been candid about the mental health struggles she has endured throughout her rise to fame. Speaking on a podcast, she reflected on the intense pressure she faced as a teenager in the spotlight.

“When I was 16, it was really hard for me. I would hear these grown adults every single day saying, ‘Charli did this, Charli did that,’” she shared. “It was actually right when I hit 100 million, I think I was at the lowest mental state possible, and I looked so happy online.”

The influencer admitted that during her lowest moments, she struggled to see a way forward. “It got really dark to where I was like, I don’t even want to be here anymore,” she revealed. “I think back to those times and the grown adults that put 16-year-old me in that mindset, and I’m just like, you guys have kids now. I wish that they could see what they did to me and how truly horrible they treated me.”