A woman who broke her spine while attempting a dangerous viral stunt inspired by rapper Nicki Minaj just weeks after giving birth has given a health update.
Mariana Barutkina, from Russia, made headlines last week after she uploaded a video of herself brutally falling off a counter while trying to balance in sky-high stilettos on top of a jar of baby food.
She revealed in the caption of the now-viral clip that she suffered from a compression flexion fracture in her spine during the tumble, and it sparked immense backlash for the budding social media star.
Now, she has spoken exclusively with the Daily Mail about the painful ordeal, revealing that it hurt so badly that she ‘stopped breathing’ for a few moments.
Mariana, 32, explained that after welcoming her son in June, she decided she wanted to give influencing a try.
After seeing many others try it, she decided to start with the popular Minaj challenge as her first piece of content.
The trend sees people recreating a pose from the pop star’s High School music video, and it has taken social media by storm recently.
‘I did not think that it could be dangerous, since before pregnancy I was in very good physical shape, and I did sports throughout my pregnancy,’ Mariana explained to the Daily Mail.
A woman who broke her spine while attempting a dangerous viral stunt inspired by rapper Nicki Minaj just weeks after giving birth has given a health update. She’s seen before the injury
Mariana Barutkina, from Russia, made headlines last week after she uploaded a video of herself brutally falling off a counter while trying to balance in sky-high stilettos
‘I was confident in myself and therefore I did not even think about it.’
Footage shows the 32-year-old beautician attempting to balance in heels on top of a jar, which had been placed on an upturned saucepan on her kitchen island.
As she posed, gripping a friend’s hand for balance, she suddenly loses control and tumbles backwards with a look of panic on her face.
The clip ends with Mariana sprawled on the floor.
‘The pain was very strong, [I] even stopped breathing for a while, it seems to me,’ she said of the moment she fell. ‘[It] was a big shock since I never fall.’
Recalling her horrifying ordeal, Mariana admitted that she attempted the stunt just eight weeks after the birth of her son.
She said she went to the hospital after the fall, where they did an MRI and told her that she had a fracture in her spine.
Mariana claimed she has now been told she must wear a corset for three months and can’t do any physical activity for two months.
Mariana, seen here after the injury, has now been told by doctors that she must wear a corset for three months and can’t do any physical activity for two months
She said she went to the hospital after the fall, where they did an MRI and told her that she had a compression flexion fracture in her spine
Even so, she said she ‘feels good’ and is happy she can at least still ‘walk’ and do normal activities, adding ‘I was lucky because it was very high.’
‘Now everything is fine with me, I am resting with [my son].’
In regards to the response to her video, she told the Daily Mail that she never expected it to get so much attention.
She warned others to ‘calculate’ all possible dangers before participating in a social media trend – and if you’re going to try the Minaj trend like her, don’t do it from ‘such a height.’
‘I still think that it is not the trends that are to blame, if someone wants to do something then let them, but with caution,’ she stressed.
The video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times and prompted a wave of online criticism, with many questioning the mother’s priorities.
‘I decided to start a blog, my first content shoot – and here I am leaving the doctor’s with a diagnosis,’ she wrote in the caption of the video.
‘Irony? Karma? Or just life, which always tests our strength at the most unexpected moment.’
Recalling her horrifying ordeal, Mariana admitted that she attempted the stunt just eight weeks after the birth of her son. She’s seen before the injury
Even so, she said she ‘feels good’ and is happy she can at least still ‘walk’ and do normal activities, adding ‘I was lucky because it was very high.’ She’s seen after the injury
One viewer replied in the comment section: ‘Irony? Karma? Stupidity and courage.’
Another added: ‘To live to 32, have children, but not gain intelligence – you have to try really hard.’
A third even cruelly said: ‘What kind of upbringing will a child receive from such a blogger?’
Responding to the backlash in a previous chat with Jam Press, Mariana insisted her baby was never put at risk.
‘People, thank you for the popularity, for your concerns and for your comments,’ she said.
‘I am doing great, I am following the recommendations and now I live in the status of a “star.”
‘For those who are worried about my child, I will also reassure you, he has two nannies and while I was filming, one of them was with him.’
