Bullied Bus Monitor Fund: Was Karen Klein Doing Her Job? Critics Say Knew She Was Being Recorded, Seeking Fame And Fortune After Being Bullied By Seventh Graders (VIDEO)

Former bus monitor Karen Klein, who launched an anti-bullying organization after a viral video revealed her being bullied by seventh graders on a school bus, says critics accuse her of seeking fame and fortune and of not doing her job.

But the retired 69-year-old widow, who received thousands of dollars in donation money following the incident, said she didn't even know she was being recorded.

Watch a video of the bullying incident here:

"They make it sound like I did this on purpose," Klein told the Associated Press.

"There's a lot of nice people out there, I have learned that. And to ignore the negative people."

The retired bus monitor was recorded by a 10-minute cell phone video of her being ridiculed, sworn at and threatened by a group of seventh-graders last June, according to the Associated Press.

One boy in the video told her, "You don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they don't want to be near you." Klein's oldest son committed suicide more than a decade ago, the Associated Press also reports.

After a student posted the video online, 25-year-old Canadian Max Sidorov was moved to take up an online collection to send her on vacation, more than 32,000 people from 84 countries responded - pledging $703,873 in donations, according to the Associated Press.

The bus monitor used the money to launch the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation, which publishes books and holds events about bullying prevention and self confidence.

Still, critics say Karen Klein wasn't doing her job on the bus that day and say she should have had more control of the students.