{"id":341641,"date":"2025-12-10T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341641\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:57:19","slug":"social-media-star-16-breaks-silence-amid-mental-health-battle-announces-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341641\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Star, 16, Breaks Silence Amid Mental Health Battle &#038; Announces Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harper Zilmer is ready for her comeback nearly two months after announcing a hiatus from social media while seeking treatment for her mental health struggles. The 16-year-old Nickelodeon star took to Instagram Stories on Dec. 8 to give fans an update and to share some &#8220;exciting news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I officially get out of treatment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/december-isn-t-just-christmas-152538105.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:December;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December<\/a> 19,&#8221; she wrote to her 8.3 million <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/935680\/stephanieosmanski\/what-is-tiktok-app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a> followers and 1.2 million Instagram followers, adding that she &#8220;got to step out for a few days&#8221; for the premiere of her new Nickelodeon TV movie My Weird School, which will come out on December 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll be back very soon,&#8221; she added, explaining that her team will be taking over her social pages to promote the film until then. &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait to see you all so soon!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Harper Zilmer Breaks SilenceInstagram&amp;sol;Harper Zilmer\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd8f53d4fa187d40c5fe4a1a9838a20c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Harper Zilmer Breaks SilenceInstagram&amp;sol;Harper Zilmer<\/p>\n<p>What Happened to Harper Zilmer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zilmer, who rose to fame as a social media star, singer, and host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SKzalb-2LFw&amp;rco=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LOL Podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">LOL Podcast<\/a>, which boasts nearly 3 million subscribers, took to TikTok on Oct. 19 to announce a social media hiatus amid a mental health battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She first began to open up about her personal struggles in September, after her <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/968403\/parade\/questions-to-ask-a-guy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:boyfriend;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">boyfriend<\/a> Benson Overstreet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bensonsecretacc\/video\/7555333228215749902\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:admitted to cheating on her;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">admitted to cheating on her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I was in bed for 3 days straight,&#8221; she said on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5cddXq3R0rA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:episode of the podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">episode of the podcast<\/a>. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t eat, or if I ate, I would throw up&#8230; and then I just kept finding out more and more things about him and like what he did behind the scenes and stuff. So that&#8217;s made me even worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83c\udfac <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade&#039;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/a> \ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A couple of weeks later, she took to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@harperzilmer4\/video\/7563192798980132151?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a> to reveal she was &#8220;leaving for a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I have been going through a lot recently,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve struggled with mental health over the past six years, but it&#8217;s gotten to the point where I have to go to a place and get help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really nervous to go to this place because I don&#8217;t know anybody that&#8217;s there,&#8221; she continued in the tearful makeup-free clip. &#8220;But it&#8217;s going to be a few months, and I&#8217;ll be back better than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/harper-zilmer-breaks-silence-amid-mental-health-battle-what-happened-nickelodeon-movie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Dec 8, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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