Social media platforms widely circulated the death of Zahed al-Zahrani with sudden and incomprehensible ill health. Saudi fashion designer Manal al-Ansari, Shahd's mother, published on her account in Snapchat a leaflet that ensured that her daughter had been sick, overheated and vomiting, saying she was worried and afraid for her life. The mother then published, in a later post, that her daughter was hungry and wanted to eat from a food truck, to followers to see that it was only a promotional advertisement, where the mother said that after eating from the food truck Chaft Chaft and safety She advised her followers from the dining experience of this cart.

The followers launched a fiery attack on the mother of Shahed, and some said she underestimated the minds and considers her followers stupid and believe everything that is published in order to earn money from behind. They criticized her daughter's illness for publicity and advertising of the restaurant.