TikTok\u2019s Couch Guy slams internet for \u2018gaslighting\u2019 as viral video hits 50m views TikTok: laurenzarrasRobbie a.k.a. TikTok\u2019s \u2018Couch Guy\u2019 has continued to hit out against backlash toward him online, after a video of his girlfriend surprising him at college went viral. If you somehow managed to miss it, the viral Couch Guy meme all started on September 22 when TikTok user Lauren Zarras uploaded a video of her surprising her boyfriend at college, with heartwarming music playing in the background. However, the video quickly went viral for all the wrong reasons. Many claimed that boyfriend Robbie\u2019s reaction was less than enthusiastic, with some going as far as to analyze the video in detail in an attempt to identify \u2018red flags.\u2019 The video has completely dominated countless peoples\u2019 For You Pages, with many even making their own parodies of the viral video. The original TikTok now has over 50 million views as people continue to speculate about what the truth of the situation really is. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load Lauren told viewers that she\u2019s \u201cnot in denial,\u201d and Robbie himself even made a video telling people not to be a \u201cparasocial creep\u201d and to \u201cgo get some fresh air\u201d\u2014however, users remain skeptical. On October 3, the now dubbed \u2018Couch Guy\u2019 went on to hit out at the backlash against him in a new video uploaded to his TikTok account, in which he asked if people \u201cknow what gaslighting means\u201d after being accused of gaslighting both his girlfriend and viewers. \u201cAre you being gaslit if\u2026 someone on the internet tells you to get some fresh air after you scrutinize their private life. Or are you being gaslit if\u2026 thousands of strangers call you delusional for claiming to know your own relationship better than they do,\u201d he wrote. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load \u201cNow he\u2019s trying to gaslight us about gaslighting us and the definition of gaslighting omg,\u201d one comment with over 70,000 likes reads. \u201cThis is the strangest damage control I\u2019ve ever witnessed,\u201d another wrote. The view count of the original TikTok is showing no signs of slowing down, and as the couple continues to respond to the situation, viewers are becoming more and more invested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok\u2019s Couch Guy slams internet for \u2018gaslighting\u2019 as viral video hits 50m views TikTok: laurenzarrasRobbie a.k.a. TikTok\u2019s \u2018Couch Guy\u2019 has continued to hit out against backlash toward him online, after a video of his girlfriend surprising him at college went viral. If you somehow managed to miss it, the viral Couch Guy meme all started […]<\/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-60514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60514","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=60514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}