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The ‘Josh Fight’ and other rumored events
TikToks capture the unique hell of retail jobs
Was this popular Lakers podcaster a catfish?
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BREAK THE INTERNET
Several events are supposed to take place tomorrow,
April 24, according to the internet. First, there was the disturbing rumor going around TikTok that claimed a group of men had deemed it a national “day” for sexual assault. The
Purge-esque hoax is the result of misinformation, as the Daily Dot’s Audra Schroeder reported. Still, the random date went viral on the app, resulting in millions of views for the hashtag #april24. Then, users on Reddit reminded everyone that April 24 is the day of the “
Via Twitter
Lakers fans were worried. Vivian, the super fan they knew from Twitter, was missing somewhere in Los Angeles and nobody had a lead on her whereabouts. To make matters worse nobody knew what her hair currently looked like, a product of a wig she was likely wearing due to her leukemia treatment. Some searched the streets, others amplified the message to find her, even Markieff Morris of the Lakers tweeted out info, trying to assist in the search.
Hours later, news emerged that she’d been found. There was a collective sigh of relief, but while exhaling people started questioning about what happened. Questions became doubts, an investigation, and now the entire fanbase is convinced they’ve been catfished by a man pretending to be Vivian, and potentially aided by a podcaster trying to make a name for himself.
A Popular Lakers Podcaster May Have Been an Elaborate Catfish dailydot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailydot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lakers Twitter Discovered Possible Catfish After Podcaster Disappeared From Twitter For a Few Hours
By Stephen Douglas
Apr 20, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
The Laker Point Podcast debuted on March 23, hosted by Los Angeles Lakers fans Josh Toussaint (@josh2saint) and Vivian Flores (@Butterfly 424). There have been three episodes of the podcast recorded, but a fourth seems unlikely because Vivian has been accused of being a catfish and even if that s not a problem for the hosts, listeners are probably going to need a definitive answer before smashing that subscribe button. Lakers Twitter, and then NBA Twitter, has understandably become consumed by this story over the last 24 hours.