After Sharon Simmons, better known as ‘DoorDash Grandma,’ went viral for delivering a McDonald’s order to Donald Trump, rumors deeming her to be a paid actor started to circulate on the internet. However, Simmons has since come out to debunk all such speculations, reiterating in a recent interview that she has been a DoorDash employee for a long time.
‘DoorDash Grandma’ calls out paid actor rumors
During her recent appearance on Fox & Friends, ‘DoorDash Grandma’ Sharon Simmons refuted all claims of her being a paid actor, before admitting that many such rumors have been difficult to handle for her.
“I am not a paid actor. My life is just like everybody else’s,” Simmons noted (via Fox News).
Notably, ‘DoorDash Grandma’ became an online phenomenon after Simmons handed over a McDonald’s order to Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Monday, April 13.
DoorDash Grandma’s appearance at the White House wasn’t random, as the delivery was a staged event to celebrate the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s ‘No Tax on Tips’ policy. Nevertheless, that takes nothing away from Sharon Simmons’ actual career as a delivery partner.
Hailing from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Simmons is a 58-year-old grandmother of 10 and works full-time at the popular food delivery company. In fact, Simmons has completed over 14,000 deliveries since 2022 and continues to work to provide for her husband’s treatment for cancer.
In the interview, DoorDash Grandma revealed that she has been able to save more of the $11,000 she earned in tips this year, thanks to Donald Trump’s ‘No Tax on Tips’ policy. Nevertheless, Simmons had to face a hard time after people started questioning the authenticity of her trip to the White House.
Simmons remarked, “I didn’t want to be part of any of the decisive issues because that’s just not me. I love everybody, I love people on every side of the fence about different issues, because that’s how my parents brought me up,” adding, “Some of it’s been hard to see and hard to read about.”
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on Mandatory
