Charli D\u2019Amelio slams \u201cdisgusting\u201d new TikTok trend Instagram: charlidamelioAs the leading creator on TikTok, Charli D\u2019Amelio has a lot of influence over what becomes popular on the app, but she isn\u2019t having any of a new trend that seemingly makes a mockery of disabilities. TikTok is built on trends; popular dances, songs, voice-overs, or jokes that are repeated and recreated by the millions of creators on the platform. D\u2019Amelio herself knows this better than anyone, as she has consistently been a trendsetter during her time on the app, which has seen her accrue over 50 million followers and literally billions of likes. Most trends are innocent, a simple dance to a new catchy song for example, but some can take on a more sinister form. A \u2018sound\u2019 by user Zanayasligh instructs users to \u201cbreak your wrist\u201d, which is then imitated by contorting the hand as though they have had a spasm. One TikTok user, whose daughter has cerebral palsy, said that the trend was \u201chighly offensive\u201d as it describes a pose \u201cused by many with disabilities, largely including those with cerebral palsy, due to the weak muscles and their brain development.\u201d \u201cThink of all the children and people you are insulting just because you think this is a \u2018cool trend\u2019.\u201d On Twitter, Charli used her massive audience to try to shut down the trend too. \u201cHello everyone, there is a sound going around on TikTok making fun of disabilities,\u201d she wrote, explaining why it was unacceptable. hello everyone, there is a sound going around on tiktok making fun of disabilities. that is completely unacceptable, wrong, and the fact that people think that the \u201dtrend\u201d is not disrespectful and disgusting is not okay! \u2014 charli (@charlidamelio) May 16, 2020 \u201cThe fact people think that the \u2018trend\u2019 is not disrespectful and disgusting is not okay!\u201d Her Tweet was liked over 100,000 times in less than 24 hours, as fans praised her taking a strong stance on the controversy. Although she may not have as many Twitter followers as she does on TikTok, D\u2019Amelio\u2019s voice carries a lot of weight on the video-sharing platform, and anyone who wants to avoid backlash will surely now avoid using the disrespectful sound. Some have also questioned why TikTok itself hasn\u2019t taken action against the sound and the many videos that use it. Perhaps now that their biggest star has spoken out though, things will change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charli D\u2019Amelio slams \u201cdisgusting\u201d new TikTok trend Instagram: charlidamelioAs the leading creator on TikTok, Charli D\u2019Amelio has a lot of influence over what becomes popular on the app, but she isn\u2019t having any of a new trend that seemingly makes a mockery of disabilities. TikTok is built on trends; popular dances, songs, voice-overs, or jokes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}