Exclusive | Popular TikTok foodie Elizabeth Eats NYC defends recording servers with Meta glasses: ‘Get off your high horse’

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NY Post report: TikTok food creator Elizabeth Eats NYC defends using Meta smart glasses to record restaurant servers amid criticism over privacy and secrecy.

Exclusive | Popular TikTok foodie Elizabeth Eats NYC defends recording servers with Meta glasses: ‘Get off your high horse’

She’s in a real pickle.

A popular foodie TikTokker eating her way through the Big Apple has ignited a firestorm over her use of discreet Meta recording eyeglasses, which videotape her waiters as she does her shtick.

Critics are calling the glasses “hypocritical” and “creepy” — considering the online star goes to great lengths to keep her own identity a secret.

The TikTokker behind Elizabeth Eats NYC uses Meta glasses to record her content. Katherine Donlevy

But the 22-year-old mastermind behind Elizabeth Eats NYC is delivering a message through The Post to her haters: “Get off your high horse, and enjoy the show.”

“Holding a camera isn’t practical for me. … I move around lots, engage with people in real time, and the glasses let me film without a big intrusive camera,” said the college grad, who spoke on condition her identity be kept under wraps.

“They help me keep interactions genuine and spontaneous while still creating high-quality content,” Elizabeth explained of her special specs.

The Meta glasses, which retail for $380, have been a part of Elizabeth’s approach since she first started her foodie account in June for another reason, too.

She said she has a hand tremor, which would make holding a camera near-impossible.

Elizabeth started her account with a photo of herself as her profile picture and only swapped it out for a cartoon version when she rapidly gained millions of followers just weeks into her new content career — a future she did not foresee.

Elizabeth defends her use of the glasses, saying she wants to retain her “peace and privacy.” Katherine Donlevy

She said that after witnessing other foodie influencers such as Keith Lee get mobbed by fans, she made a conscious decision to then try to keep her identity a secret, a decision she’s glad to have stuck by as her account gained popularity and she began receiving death threats over a joke she made about US involvement in the Middle East.

“I’m like a normal person. I don’t want to be this

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