TikTok has quit her cold turkey.
A controversial vegan blogger was allegedly booted off TikTok after a petition lobbying for her removal went viral, arguing that her content violated the platform's community guidelines as racist, offensive and misleading.
Kadie Karen Diekmeyer goes by "That Vegan Teacher" online, and once commanded a TikTok following of over 1.7 million, Insider reports. Though the exact reason for her removal remains unclear at this time, the 56-year-old Canadian woman found herself in hot water after making inappropriate remarks directed towards a 16-year-old social media personality.
On Thursday, Diekmeyer responded to a video posted by Teenage blogger TommyInIt, who boasts over 6.5 million followers on YouTube and 4 million on TikTok. Using the "duet" feature — which allows one user to respond to another user's video while both appear on-screen — Diekmeyer directly addressed TommyInIt to discuss one of his clips about a video-game controller. "Tommy! Nice vegan girls don't want to see your buttons, but if you want them to play with your buttons, you'll have to show them your fruits and your vegetables," she said. From there, Diekmeyer whipped out an apple, pear and cucumber.