Model-turned-TikToker Nara Smith has fascinated millions of viewers with her videos in which she makes snacks and home essentials fully from scratch — from bubblegum to toothpaste. In each TikTok, she speaks about catering to her children and husband, fellow model Lucky Blue Smith, making labor-intensive creations while wearing perfectly put-together looks. Nara has become the face of the new generation of “tradwives” on the internet — but it’s not a role she wanted for herself.
In a rare interview, Nara set the record straight with GQ, responding to various speculations about her personal life.
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Speaking on viewers’ theories that her clips are all for show and Nara doesn’t do any of the actual labor associated with being a housewife, the TikTok personality denied that she and her husband are putting up a front.
“What people think online is that we have housekeepers and cleaners and nannies and all of these things, when in reality it’s just me and Lucky wanting a family and sharing our lives online,” she told the outlet.
The family has limited their household help, relying on a nanny for just a few hours a week. Instead of Nara handling all the child-rearing duties, she shares the responsibilities with her spouse. Every night, they create a daily childcare plan together, ensuring that both their home care and parenting duties are evenly divided.
“It’s not about thinking, ‘Oh, I need to make my husband a meal right now, or he’ll be upset,’” Nara explained. “I view our situation as a big partnership in every aspect of our lives,” her husband Lucky added. “When she has all these meals cooking…”
“He does cleanup,” Nara said. “Which I’m grateful for, because I hate that part.”
As for whether she’s trying to influence other women into participating in traditional gender roles, Nara acknowledged that it’s not her intention to share a harmful message. “In no way am I saying this is normal or this is something people have to do in order to be a certain way,” Nara divulged. “Whether it’s a meal idea, or a home-cooked meal I’ve made my toddler, or my soothing voice, or whatever it is, I just put content out there to inspire people. Everyone can take whatever they want to from my content.”
Another accusation Nara and Lucky have faced is that, as an openly-Mormon couple, they’re pushing religious propaganda by occasionally making references to their religion in TikToks. “I’m definitely not doing that,” she said. “Everyone’s religion and faith is something so deeply personal to them, that I would never want to put something out there for people to follow. I never have, and I never will. That is crazy to me that people think that.”
Besides her homemaker videos, Nara has attracted controversy for being a young mother. At only 22 years old, the influencer has had three children with her husband. She is also stepmother to Lucky’s first child from a previous relationship with former Miss Teen USA Stormi Bree Henley; he made headlines as a teenage father at 19. While some viewers had speculated Lucky Blue pushed for his young bride to become a mother too early, Nara maintains that this was her own decision.
“Lucky had Gravity when he was really young. It felt like a natural thing: Yeah, I think I’m ready to have kids. When I’m 40, they’ll be 20, and we’ll grow up together,” she explained. “I want to build my life with them rather than trying to integrate them into my life later. And it worked out great. I love being a young mom.”
But Nara currently has no plans to have more children. “After Whimsy, we are absolutely done now,” she said. “Having toddlers is the best sort of birth control, because they’re wild.”
