Social Media Backlash – Live Laugh Love Do http://livelaughlovedo.com A Super Fun Site Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Sabotaged her gender reveal with a “prank” http://livelaughlovedo.com/culture-and-society/influencer-whose-mom-sabotaged-her-gender-reveal-with-a-prank-gives-a-narcissist-mom-update/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/culture-and-society/influencer-whose-mom-sabotaged-her-gender-reveal-with-a-prank-gives-a-narcissist-mom-update/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:47:46 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/10/21/influencer-whose-mom-sabotaged-her-gender-reveal-with-a-prank-gives-a-narcissist-mom-update/ [ad_1]

Instagram model Gianna Wulf provided an update after her mom upstaged her at a gender reveal party for her future daughter. Calling it her “narcissist mom reveal,” Wulf interviewed the heavily maligned grandma on the incident and her reaction to the backlash.

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Commenters came away not feeling much different about the gender reveal prankster.

Grandma’s not sorry

Earlier this month, Wulf posted multiple videos showing how her mom pranked her gender reveal party. The pregnant model was hoping for a girl and gave her mother control over the party and the reveal itself. Her only condition was that she wanted the color associated with her baby’s gender to come out of her confetti cannon.

It did, but her husband’s popped blue, leaving the couple confused. Grandma, who’d positioned herself above them and in sight of the camera, then popped her mysterious black balloon, revealing light pink confetti.

The caption complained that Wulf’s mom made the special moment all about her, and the videos went viral enough to inspire imitation skits. The backlash against grandma grew so intense that Wulf interviewed the woman last week to set a few things straight.

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“Here is my narcissist mom reveal,” she says, gesturing to her smiling mother.

Wulf then summarized the story and the most common comment themes. Many TikTokers told the model to set boundaries with her mom, or even cut her out of her life entirely.

“Would you say I have set boundaries with you?” Wulf asked mom.

“No,” she replied.

Grandma went on to explain that she did what she did simply to up the surprise factor. She also, however, mentioned later that it was her party, actually, because she was the one who threw it.

Regardless, Wulf’s mom thinks the party was a smashing success, and that she didn’t make it all about her because she didn’t even dress up, instead wearing a t-shirt that said “keeper of the gender.”

In the end, Wulf rejected the idea that she should cut her mom off, calling it “crazy work.”

“I just know she loves the orange man”

Calling moms in particular “narcissists” without diagnosis has become a growing trend in recent years. The term certainly came up in Wulf’s comments after the gender reveal video dropped, but the model says these folks are dreaming up their own narratives about a life and mother-daughter relationship that don’t reflect her reality.

They then continued to do so in the TikTok comments.

TikTok comments including one reading 'I can’t watch this whole video, but that smirk on her face tells me everything I need to know'
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“I can’t watch this whole video, but that smirk on her face tells me everything I need to know,” said @bett6767.

“‘It was my day, everyone played by my rules’ said everything,” wrote @political_millennial.

TikToker leilaelizabeth08 claimed that “I just know she loves the orange man just based on her attitude.”

Some came up with more unusual reasons to dislike grandma.

TikTok comments including one reading 'I can’t trust your mom bc she chose three shades of blue to wear'
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“I can’t trust your mom bc she chose three shades of blue to wear,” joked @lauradingess.

There were a few, however, who believed these women when they said their relationship is solid.

“Damn! TikTok is TOXIC,” said @3under2. “Your Mom seems like your biggest supporter Good job not falling for the keyboard warriors.”


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Here’s Why Right-Wingers Are Celebrating White Sorority Rush Videos http://livelaughlovedo.com/culture-and-society/heres-why-right-wingers-are-celebrating-white-sorority-rush-videos/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/culture-and-society/heres-why-right-wingers-are-celebrating-white-sorority-rush-videos/#respond Sat, 16 Aug 2025 16:17:14 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/08/16/heres-why-right-wingers-are-celebrating-white-sorority-rush-videos/ [ad_1]

Several conservatives, news organizations and right-wing social media accounts are fighting a culture war over videos of sororities — typically majority white — doing choreographed dances for sorority rush week. But there’s one problem: There’s been no evidence of recent widespread backlash or public discourse over the videos this month. In other words… “no one cares,” as one expert in American studies says.

In a recent segment of “Finnerty” on Newsmax, host Rob Finnerty spent some time discussing a part of the sorority recruitment process, referred to as rush, as videos of female college students dancing together played on-air. Finnerty called rush “one of the great American traditions for female college students.”

“It should be OK to celebrate things that are uniquely American,” he said. “But over the past several years we haven’t done that, we’ve been scared. Scared of the backlash, scared of who we might offend, we’ve been told that what you’re seeing here is wrong.

“We were told there wasn’t enough diversity in all these videos. But all that is changing, and it’s changing because of what happened in November,” he said, referencing President Donald Trump’s presidential election.

“You can’t watch these videos without smiling,” he later continued. “And maybe wishing that you were in college. Maybe wishing that this could be you again. And that should be OK.”

Finnerty then bemoaned that the country has seen “four years of [Joe] Biden and DEI, and tremendous reverse discrimination, especially against white people — especially against white men.”

“Fun is back,” he said, before adding, “America is healing by being America again.”

Finnerty faced backlash after a clip of his on-air remarks made rounds on X. Several people pointed out that his rant on the conservative TV channel fell flat, since the supposed outrage over the sorority videos seemed manufactured — especially since sorority rush videos have been going viral on TikTok for years. Other X users thought his speech celebrating college girls dancing came off as “creepy.”

But Finnerty isn’t the only talking head who’s made an issue of these sorority rush videos in recent weeks. Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly recently celebrated the “amazing” videos on her podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” saying: “Young women of America are happy to lean back into being hot and together and free and unmasked in every way.”

A new recruit of Alpha Chi Omega is photographed during University of Alabama sorority Bid Day, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A new recruit of Alpha Chi Omega is photographed during University of Alabama sorority Bid Day, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

On Sunday, the official X account for Fox News tweeted a dancing sorority video, claiming that the viral clips are “making waves once more, with some calling it proof that ‘America is back,’ describing sorority girls as ‘warriors on the frontline of TikTok’ pushing back on lockdown-era culture and showing renewed Gen Z patriotism.”

Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly wrote on X last week that the “sorority dance videos are just another sign that we’re in the midst of a backlash against the ugly communists who ruled us for a short time.”

And elsewhere on X, there are countless posts claiming that the sorority rush videos are causing a “liberal backlash,” or a liberal “meltdown.” Other social media users are echoing Finnerty’s message, saying the videos are a sign that “America is back” and that the country is “healing.”

While, for years, there’s been many discussions and criticisms about the lack of diversity on display in these yearly overwhelmingly white sorority rush videos, among other criticisms about the campus culture at some of these schools, many people on social media are not buying the claims that there’s been recent waves of so-called liberal meltdowns over these videos.

“Manufactured outrage!! NOBODY gives a crap about any of this. But fox and media will sell the shit out of it and you will swallow it,” one X user wrote.

“It’s so weird that they keep saying we are outraged about shit that we are not outraged about,” wrote another.

“What does any of this have to do with conservatism?” another X user questioned.

Kari J. Winter, a professor of American studies at the University at Buffalo whose expertise includes gender, feminism, race and class, told HuffPost that Finnerty and “other MAGA folks are obviously trying to emotionally charge a trivial non-issue in order to distract us from real issues like — gee, I don’t know — the big ugly bill’s devastating impact on Americans?”

“Trump’s meeting with Putin while excluding Zelenskyy?” she continued.“Trump’s decades-long intimacy with Jeffrey Epstein? The devastating impacts of climate change? Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza?”

“Finnerty and Kelly really don’t want Americans to be asking important questions. For example, why does Trump think that building a $200M ballroom is more important than allowing Americans to keep their Medicaid insurance?” she added.

And as it relates to Finnerty’s remarks that the sorority rush videos are “uniquely American,” Winter thinks his remarks are “too idiotic to merit a response.”

Shaun Harper, a professor of education, business and public policy at the University of Southern California, said that when Finnerty and others make a point of celebrating the majority white sorority videos as proof that America is “healing,” what they’re really celebrating is “the absence of Black and brown faces in these videos, which to them looks familiar and characteristically American.”

And it’s all a tactic, Harper tells HuffPost.

“The conservative play here is predictable: lure liberals into a fight they didn’t ask for, misrepresent their critiques of exclusionary too-white spaces as wokeness, and then further convince the MAGA base that it is white Americans who are being discriminated against by policies and practices that aim to make organizations like sororities more racially diverse.”

And for those posting sorority rush videos as a way to slam the left? Winter says, “No one cares about sorority rush videos. Are you kidding me?”



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Health experts concerned about kratom drinks like Feel Free http://livelaughlovedo.com/career-and-productivity/social-media-users-and-health-experts-raise-fresh-concerns-around-kratom-containing-drinks-like-feel-free/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/career-and-productivity/social-media-users-and-health-experts-raise-fresh-concerns-around-kratom-containing-drinks-like-feel-free/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:17:52 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/08/12/social-media-users-and-health-experts-raise-fresh-concerns-around-kratom-containing-drinks-like-feel-free/ [ad_1]

A “feel good” herbal supplement is facing backlash online after a number of social media users shared their stories of addiction and terrifying health effects. 

Feel Free is sold at many gas stations and retailers across the United States. That is where influencer Misha Brown first heard of the product. On July 25, he posted a now-viral video, recounting how a teenage boy tried stealing his wallet outside a gas station after he refused to purchase a Feel Free tonic for the boy. 

After Brown informed the cashier about what had just transpired, she pointed to Feel Free and told him that people were coming in multiple times a day to purchase the product. “It’s so addictive and people lose their minds,” Brown recalled the attendant telling him.

His video now has over 23 millions views and has sparked a wave of media attention. ​​Social media users and experts alike are warning people about the addictive effects of products containing kratom, NBC News reported

Launched in 2020, the drink is advertised online as for “whenever you want a mood lift, a caffeine-free energy boost, or a little extra focus.” 

Notably, the ingredients in Feel Free’s Classic tonic include kratom, a plant native to Southeast Asia that’s known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects.

Concerns around the ingredient and its effects are not new. Scott Gottlieb, then commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said in 2018 that evidence pointed to the presence of opioid compounds in kratom, that it acts in the brain the same way as opioids do, and that it comes with “potential for abuse.” It is currently banned in five states, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

On Reddit, a group dedicated to quitting Feel Free now has over 5,000 followers. Users have shared experiences that include skin infections, seizures, and stints in rehab. “These drinks are insane and not only leave you financially ruined but also physically and mentally,” one user wrote in a recent post.  

Botanic Tonics, the company behind Feel Free, agreed to pay $8.75 million to settle a 2023 class action lawsuit that claimed it failed to warn consumers about the dangers of kratom.

Without admitting wrongdoing, the company has since updated its labels to warn that the drink may in fact be habit-forming. People with a history of substance abuse are advised to avoid using it. 

Fast Company has contacted Botanic Tonics for comment.

In July, the FDA announced that it is recommending scheduling action to control products containing 7-OH, a byproduct of the kratom plant. This recommendation does not apply to natural kratom leaf products. 

Following the announcement, Feel Free wrote that its Feel Free Classic tonic contains only natural leaf kratom, meaning the FDA’s proposed action would not affect the drink. “7-OH products bear absolutely no resemblance to the natural leaf kratom products that are used by more than 23 million Americans,” the company states. 



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