TikTok is never short of drama. The latest saga revolves around @BootyBri, a white TikTok creator whose latest attempts at shameless clickbait videos aimed at Black men may have landed her in some hot water.
Bri is a consistent TikToker with over 87,000 followers and almost 340,000 likes. Her videos usually include her kids, family and herself doing random voiceovers. But in September, Bri decided to get a little more personal with her followers.
She made a video asking all of her “sexy chocolate drops,” referring to Black men, to check in.
@bootybri1 Check in all you sexy chocolate drops 💧 🍫❤️ #bootybri #fyp #foryoupage❤️❤️ #fypシ #foryou #wheretheyat #chocolate #blackmen #welovethem #welikewhiteboystoo #comehere #comeoverherebigguy ♬ original sound – Bootybri_Official
In the video, the blonde flirtatiously looks at the camera, saying, “Good afternoon, Black men, check in. I’m BootyBri, and I got a lot of white girls looking for you.” She flicks her tongue at the camera, and by using the hashtag #blackmen, Bri ensured a lot of attention came her way and confirmed her obsession with Black men.
The comments were mixed. Some Black men welcomed Bri’s invitation while some declined the offer. Others waited to see how things would turn out, while there were a few that likened the entire scenario to Jordan Peele’s Get Out.
Since then, several of Bri’s TikTok videos were dedicated to emotionally engaging Black men and women. She began creating videos with titles such as “POV: When I’m his first snow bunny,” “When folks are upset you like chocolate men” and “When you like ‘their’ Black Kings.”
It didn’t take long before she showed just how twisted her obsession with Black people could get.
In a video that has since been deleted from her account, Bri is seen laying in a hospital bed with what seems to be a black eye and a battered face. Bri cries to the camera, “I had to let him punch me. Because I deserved it.”
While we never learn who the “him” is, her use of the hashtags #blackmen #theygotme #helpp was noted by other TikTokers.
Although Bri removed the video from her page, social vlogger Aunt Karen stitched a recording of the video and shared her thoughts on Bri’s tactics.
From her TikTok page, @Auntkaren0, the creator crowned BootyBri her Racist of the Day.
@auntkaren0
Aunt Karen debunks Bri’s injuries and lets everyone know her badly bruised eye is, in fact, a filter. She then begins to rip apart Bri’s video by highlighting Bri’s use of specific hashtags.
“But what really has me upset is her hashtags,” said Karen. “The two ones that stick out for me are ‘help’ and ‘Black men.'”
“How dare you fake a domestic violence issue and tag Black men? How,” the creator continues to go in.
Aunt Karen also stated she expected Bri to go private or issue an apology. Unfortunately, she was wrong.
Instead, Bri posted a video answering back to @AuntKaren0‘s callout claiming her assumptions were wrong.
In a video captioned “Yall be so extra,” Bri is suddenly clueless as to why viewers would think she was indirectly targeting Black men with her video.
“Did I ever say my boyfriend beat me up? Or that a man beat me up,” asked Bri. “So, where did you get domestic violence from the black eye video?”
Commenters reminded Bri that although she deleted the video, she did, in fact, mention she had to let “him” punch her in her previous video. They also reminded her of her #blackmen hashtag.
TikTok user @dontoure gave his perspective as a Black man.
In his stitch, he references back to Bri’s original video asking where all the Black men were and mocks all of the men who were in the comments vying for Bri’s attention.
@dontoure colorfully describes those men as “tap dancing, shoe shiners” and then ultimately asks them if it was “it worth it” before condemning Bri for faking domestic abuse and her use of the #blackmen hashtag.
@dontoure #stitch with @bootybri1 thank you @Auntkaren0 for exposing her #fyp #fypシ #StemDrop001 #black #blacklove #foryoupage #notfunny
TikTok creator @thewokemama gave Bri some advice, asking Bri to “go touch grass” for faking domestic abuse for Black men’s attention.
@thewokemama #stitch with @bootybri1 #greenscreen girl rethink this
Black creators weren’t the only one’s who were fed up with Bri’s antics, however. White TikTokers had a mouthful of things to say about Bri faking domestic abuse for clout — especially as October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month.
@justmekarrie called out Bri’s “disgusting behavior” in a TikTok duet.
“She thinks this s**t is a joke,” Karrie, who shook her head in disbelief, said.
@justmekarrie #duet with @bootybri1 #bootybri #domesticabuseawareness #domesticviolenceawareness #domesticviolance #fyp #notfunnydidntlaugh
Another TikTok user, @the_realbearded1, revealed that he was a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of his father and an ex-fiancee, and he was not having it with Bri’s antics on social media.
@the_realbearded1 #stitch with @bootybri1 DA and DV should never be jokes about folks. Do not be hateful, try to educate, not discriminate 💯
Although many people accused Bri of blatant racism in her videos and total disregard of domestic abuse victims, she wasn’t hearing it.
In proper Karen form, Bri doubled down on her stance and told everyone, “this was her lane.”
@bootybri1 Let emmmmmmmmm not him let emmmmmmmmmmm #StemDrop001 #foryoupage❤️❤️ #fyp #fypシ #snowbunny #bootybri #foryou #foryourpage #blondesdoitbetter
No matter what BootyBri1 claims, faking a domestic violence situation is never a good choice, even for views.
And tagging Black men in your ploy for clout will always get you called out.
