Omarion is responding to the internet making jokes out of his name in recent weeks. As people continue to compare the singer's name to the latest COVID-19 variant, Omarion went to TikTok on Saturday to address the jokes with his own touch of humor.

“Hi everybody, this is Omarion. I am an artist, not a variant,” he said in a video. “So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result in order to dance to my music. So please, be safe, be healthy, happy new year.”

As Blavity previously reported, some people have been sliding into the artist's DMs to blame him for the virus.

Actor LaKeith Stanfield is also among the people who sent a private message to troll Omarion.

“You ruining Christmas for everybody smh,” Stanfield said jokingly.

Others keep throwing shade on their own timelines.

Despite Omarion's attempt to explain himself, people refuse to believe that he is not the variant.

While people are having fun with teasing Omarion, health experts are seriously concerned about the Omicron variant.

"We're seeing a surge in patients again, unprecedented in this pandemic," Dr. James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Hospital, told CNN. "What's coming for the rest of the country could be very serious. And they need to be prepared."

Dr. Esther Choo, associate professor at Oregon Health and Science University, said health workers are also being affected during the rapid rise of the variant.

"This strain is so infectious that I think all of us know many, many colleagues who are currently infected or have symptoms and are under quarantine," Choo said, according to CNN. "We've lost at least 20% of our health care workforce — probably more."

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