Everyone loves a bit of juice. No one wants to be the subject of gossip, sure, but we’d be lying if we said we didn’t feel the slightest bit of intrigue about the lives of others. This might be why, when a video about someone’s cheating partner pops up on a TikTok feed, people watch. We’re seeing it happen now with the news about UK influencer Molly-Mae Hague and boxer Tommy Fury splitting up — TikTok has become a cesspit of cheating speculation, with some people claiming they’ve seen Fury cheating at clubs in Manchester, UK.
Beyond celebrities, we’re investing in the relationships of regular people, too. On social media, it’s becoming more commonplace to see young women film themselves outing a stranger’s infidelity. Either they’ve seen someone’s husband on Tinder (screenshots incoming) or they’ve spotted a man wearing a ring flirting with a woman on a plane (video inserted), or perhaps they’ve seen suspicious activity at a nightclub (photos snapped). But are we humiliating women when we out their cheating partners publicly?
“PSA for Summer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan” begins a viral TikTok video. The video creator, Mana Baye, took to the app to try and find a woman named Summer, who is married to a man who’s cheating with Baye’s ex-best friend. Comments quickly racked up, with viewers keen to know if Summer had been found. Baye teased the answer would be revealed in her podcast. Some people have questioned why Summer wasn’t DM’d with a “hey girlie” message, while others think the video is purely for likes and profile-boosting. But plenty are adamant that Summer needs to know her husband is a cheat and that using TikTok as a medium to find her is fine. Refinery29 reached out to Baye to hear her side of the story but she didn’t respond to our questions.
@manabaye23 Jist like we found Sarah help me find summer !!! #fyp #thetruth #michigan ♬ original sound – Mana Baye || يمامة ✨
Women are feeling compelled — maybe even triggered — to out disrespectful spouse behavior. Recently I came across a video of a woman claiming she saw a man cheat on his partner while she went to the toilet at a Kings of Leon gig in Fort Worth, Texas. Ana-Jamileh posted that the man in question allegedly lied to a blonde woman that his partner was actually his sister and then swapped numbers with her. A follow-up came later: The woman had been found, and she is now single. “I was waiting to tell her when it was just her. But no dice,” Ana-Jamileh wrote in the comments, explaining why she went to TikTok instead. Comments called her a “girl’s girl” for doing this. Refinery29 reached out for comment …read more
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