Farewell to chunky scarves, little brown booties and pumpkin spice lattes—for now.
Caitlin Covington, an influencer who went viral in 2019 for being the epitome of the “Christian Girl Autumn” aesthetic, tearfully shared why she has decided to skip her annual fall content this year.
“This is my fourth time recording and I don’t know how I’m going to tell you guys,” Caitlin explained through tears in an Aug. 19 TikTok. “I’m not going to be able to post fall videos this year. It’s just a lot of pressure to make each video better than the last—to make each fall trip better.”
As Caitlin—who shares two young daughters with husband Chris Dorsch—put it, “I just really need a break this year, I’m really sorry.”
Naturally, fans were disappointed that Caitlin, who has become synonymous with the changing seasons, has decided to take this year off. As one user on X wrote in response to the news, “this is like if Santa said he wasn’t doing Christmas.”
Indeed, Caitlin’s annual trip to Vermont to take photos with the fall foliage has made rounds every year on social media since 2019, when an X user signified Caitlin as the changing of the guard between summer and fall, writing in a since-deleted viral post alongside a photo of the influencer, “Hot Girl Summer is coming to an end, get ready for Christian Girl Autumn.”
For Caitlin, it was the perfect description.
“I’m literally as basic as people think I am. Like, pumpkin spice, fall leaves, cardigan sweaters, blanket scarves,” Caitlin told the New York Times in 2022. “Fall is just all about, like, finding comfort in the small things, you know? Like making a cup of coffee and enjoying it or wrapping up in a snugly sweater next to a fireplace.”
However, heavy is the head that wears the oversized felt fedora. Caitlin previously told the New York Times that her annual pilgrimage to the Green Mountain State runs her up to $7,000 and about 100 hours of prep time.
And Caitlin has previously admitted that while the content of course pays off for her, it’s not what she’s passionate about, either.
“It’s been fun,” she told the New York Times of her annual autumn trips and the subsequent photos and videos, “but it’s not my preferred type of content.”
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Lil Tay
The content creator said in an August 2025 Instagram post that she earned over $1 million on OnlyFans in three hours, less than a week after turning 18.
Tay shared a photo of her alleged earnings, in which she earned $1,024,298: $486,558 from messages, $511,003 from subscriptions and $26,736 in tips.
Miriam Ezagui
She shared in June 2025 that a sex toy company once offered her $100,000 to do advertisements for them, which she turned down. The deal would’ve included two in-feed Instagram posts, two TikTok posts, two Instagram Story posts and two YouTube integrations.
Jimmy “Mr. Beast” Donaldson
The YouTuber—who boasts over 430 million subscribers on the platform—shared that he had become a billionaire “on paper” in February 2025.
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“In my actual bank account, I have less than a million dollars,” he explained during an appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast at the time. “I just like to reinvest it all.”
Sophie Rain
The OnlyFans model revealed that she made over $43 million in just one year on the adult subscription platform. In fact, she even shared screenshots of her earnings from November 2023 to November 2024, which included a $4.7 million paycheck from one subscriber alone.
JoJo Siwa
The Dance Moms alum revealed that she made “six digits a month, easy” on YouTube videos as a 13-year-old. She added in the 2024 documentary Child Star that she now posts up to 300 times a day on Snapchat as part of her influencing career.
Chris Olsen
The TikToker revealed he has a net worth of over seven figures.
“You guys can keep calling me annoying,” he quipped in a July 2024 video. “Being annoying has made me a millionaire.”
Jeffree Star
The makeup artist revealed he earns $50,000 when he hosts a TikTok live—which he does four or five times a week—through selling cosmetics and gifting from fans.
“I’ll make bacon in the morning and make $50,000,” Jeffree told the Cancelled podcast in November 2024. “There’s some times where I don’t sell at all, and I’ll just make bacon in my kitchen, in my bathrobe, in my little slippers, we’ll just hang out and I’ll just chat and I’ll do a Q&A.”
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Markell Washington
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Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee
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Julia
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Makayla Samountry
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Morgan Presley
As explained on The Really Good Podcast in 2023, the content creator has scored $50,000 on a single sponsored video.
Gigi Robinson
The chronic illness advocate told Salary Transparency Street in 2023 that she earns about $150,000 a year with less than 40,000 Instagram followers.
Ben Brainard
The comedian charges between $5,000 and $10,000 for a sponsored video, he told Salary Transparency Street.
Kamillah Rae
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