Influencer couple Dallin and Bella Lambert thought they were sharing a career high when they jetted to Dubai to meet MrBeast. Instead, they walked straight into a firestorm after viewers realized they had left their newly adopted baby at home in the United States. The clash between a once-in-a-lifetime networking trip and the fragile early days of parenthood has turned into one of the most heated creator debates of the year.
The backlash has been swift and loud, with fans, fellow adoptees, and other influencers weighing in on what it means to put content and clout ahead of a newborn. At the center of it all is a young family that built its brand on faith, infertility struggles, and adoption, now being forced to defend a decision that many of their own followers see as a betrayal of those values.
The Dubai trip that lit the match
Dallin and Bella Lambert, who run the popular Della Vlogs channel, recently welcomed a second adopted daughter, a milestone they had framed as the answer to years of infertility and a growing family story their audience was deeply invested in. Reporting notes that Dallin and Bella have 4.14 million YouTube subscribers, so every step of that journey has played out in front of a massive audience. When they then announced a trip to Dubai to attend a creator summit featuring MrBeast, the tone of their content shifted from nursery updates to travel hype almost overnight.
The event they were flying to, the 1 Billion Followers Summit, is billed as the first and largest gathering dedicated to shaping the future of online influence, and it is where MrBeast was headlining as the industry’s gold standard. Coverage explains that the Billion Followers Summit markets itself as a place where creators can learn how to scale audiences and revenue. For the Lamberts, who have built a business on their family life, the chance to be in that room with MrBeast and other top names was framed as a strategic move, not just a fan moment.
Two adopted daughters, one very online family
The controversy hits harder because of how central adoption is to the couple’s public identity. Reports note that Dallin and Bella welcomed their second adopted daughter in December 2025, presenting the moment as the culmination of a long wait. Another account identifies that new baby as part of a growing family that already included an older adopted daughter, meaning the Dubai trip left both girls back in the United States while their parents crossed the world.
Coverage also highlights that the couple’s story has been amplified by other creators, including commentary from Rhianna Benson, who has discussed their adoption journey with her own audience. That network of creators helped turn the Lamberts into a kind of aspirational case study for faith-driven, family-focused influencers, which is exactly why their decision to prioritize a summit with MrBeast over time at home with a newborn has landed like a plot twist fans did not see coming.
“Newborn left behind” and the backlash machine
Once clips from Dubai started circulating, the internet did what it always does: it boiled a complicated family decision down to a brutal shorthand. One widely shared framing described the situation as an influencers couple leaving a newborn behind in order to meet MrBeast, a phrase that spread quickly across social feeds. Another report repeats that framing, referring to an influencers couple who chose a summit over staying with their baby, language that leaves little room for nuance.
Other coverage is more specific, stating that Dallin and Bella left their adopted daughters in the US to attend MrBeast’s Dubai summit. A related report repeats that Dallin and Bella are now facing backlash precisely because of that choice. The criticism has focused less on the logistics of childcare and more on the symbolism of flying to a luxury event in Dubai while a brand new baby, adopted after a highly publicized wait, stays behind.
Adoption, optics, and the MrBeast effect
Part of why this story has exploded is that it sits at the intersection of two very online narratives: the glamor of creator culture and the emotional weight of adoption. One report notes that the couple have spoken openly about staying at a resort because of their infertility, a detail repeated in coverage that describes infertility as a core part of their backstory. That history is exactly why some viewers say the optics of leaving an adopted newborn for a networking trip feel especially jarring, even if the baby was left with trusted caregivers.
At the same time, the pull of MrBeast and the creator economy is hard to overstate. Reports describe how influencers flocked to Dubai for the summit, which was framed as a rare chance to learn directly from the platform’s biggest star. Another account underlines that the event in Dubai was specifically framed around MrBeast’s presence, making it easy to see why a mid-tier family channel might feel pressure to show up, even at a personally complicated moment.
Other adoptees weigh in
The reaction has not been limited to anonymous comments. Adoptees and adoption advocates have started unpacking what it means when a child’s earliest days are content for an audience but not always the top priority in a parent’s calendar. One notable response came from a creator posting under the name Adopted Connor, who shared a video titled “Della Vlogs Mr. Beast Drama” on Facebook. In that clip, he digs into how decisions like the Dubai trip can land from the perspective of someone who grew up as the adopted child in a family where big life moments were shared publicly.
That kind of commentary has helped shift the conversation from simple outrage to a more layered look at what family vlogging does to kids who never chose the spotlight. Another report on the same Facebook video underscores that the criticism is not just about one flight to Dubai, but about a pattern where children’s lives are content, brand, and sometimes collateral damage when career opportunities pop up. For viewers who have followed the Lamberts since their first adoption, that critique hits close to home.
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