An influencer asked her little son to cry in front of the camera for more clicks. Footage of it accidentally went viral.
Los Angeles – clicks, likes, comments: attention is the currency on the internet. Many influencers feed on it – and would do almost anything to get it. Internet personality Lovely Peaches proved that not too long ago. She broke her dog’s legs for more clicks(* FR reported). The grotesque case caused outrage on the internet.
Another influencer, who apparently did not shy away from using her child for more viewer numbers, was also about reach. Posts are currently circulating online denouncing this problematic behavior. One video in particular went viral on Twitter.
“Come a little closer for the video,” says a woman to a boy. They are mother and son. The backdrop: the family car. These are recordings made by YouTuber Jordan Cheyenne herself. But actually they were not intended for their audience. Because Cheyenne apparently forgot to delete some scenes from her YouTube video before they were already online.
Mom tells son to ‘pretend to cry’
In the infamous clip, the mother appears to be giving her son stage directions. He should put his head on the woman’s shoulder and pretend to be sad. After all, the dog had only recently died. “Pretend to cry,” she tells her son while nonchalantly practicing her pout. “I’m crying,” the boy replies with a trembling voice. Apparently that’s not enough for you. “Do it like this, look like this,” she keeps telling him. She sounds determined. She doesn’t notice her boy when he tells her several times that he is really sad that his dog is no longer alive.
so this youtuber and her son had a puppy that passed away and she forgot to edit out the clips of her forcing him to cry more for her video thumbnail so she could get more views 😭 the world has lost it pic.twitter.com/EHvFlKM8tW
— ً (@444molls) January 17, 2022
The calculation could have been so simple in her head: more emotions, more clicks. Too bad she forgot to remove those revealing clips from the video that ended up being posted to her channel. Jordan Cheyenne’s video glitch is causing plenty of conversation on social media. Many users are outraged.
“This is child abuse,” writes a Twitter woman under the shared video. Another: “It’s wrong on so many levels.” In another comment, a man criticizes the attitude of many influencers: “This is the world we live in, people are so thirsty for fame and followers, so sad.”
Cheyenne’s original video was posted to YouTube in 2021 and has since been removed after an apology video. *FR is an offer from IPPEN.Media.
