TikToker Sebastian Bails responds to outrage over military prank video Sebastian Bails, YouTube[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]TikTok star, YouTuber, and noted prankster Sebastian Bails has responded to fan outrage after posting a video pranking his girlfriend Lauren Godwin by tricking her into thinking he was enlisting into the U.S. military. Like many online entertainers before him, Bails is a noted practical joker, having pulled a number of pranks on his girlfriend, Lauren Godwin, which he uploads to his YouTube channel. While he\u2019s orchestrated fake proposals, cheating scandals, and more to \u201cprank\u201d Godwin, none of his past shenanigans have sparked as much backlash as his most recent upload, where he pretended to enlist in the United States military. Bails convinced Godwin that he \u201ccouldn\u2019t do social media forever\u201d and claimed that his makeup artistry was \u201cmeaningless,\u201d prompting an emotional reaction from his girlfriend at the prospect of him giving up his life as an influencer to join the armed forces. However, at the beginning of his video, Bails put out a \u201chuge\u201d disclaimer, claiming that his video meant no disrespect to those currently enlisted in the military or veterans \u2014 a statement that was brought up after his video incited outrage from viewers. \u201cThere are people risking their lives for our country, families going through extremely hard times, including mine, because of it, and you\u2019re out here worried about an expensive green duffel bag for a disrespectful prank,\u201d one critic wrote. \u201cThis is so completely disrespectful to use this for content. This was not ok.\u201d \u201cThis is unacceptable,\u201d another said. \u201cSome people actually have to go into the military, and leave their families. Unfortunately, some never return. \u2026Please consider removing this video.\u201d Bails responded to the backlash in an Instagram direct message a day later, reiterating his disclaimer and comparing his prank to Hollywood war movies while also noting that he\u2019d bought his \u201cuniform\u201d as a costume from Party City. \u201cIf it is so bad to wear this costume, then why does Party City sell it?\u201d he argued. \u201cAnd why are there actors getting paid millions of dollars to act and pretend to be in the army for a movie?\u201d https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CC4P8eEn6Kq\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Needless to say, critics still aren\u2019t happy with his response to the matter, and are taking issue with his other pranks, as well, leading to mass calls for \u201ccancelling\u201d the influencer over his divisive practical jokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker Sebastian Bails responds to outrage over military prank video Sebastian Bails, YouTube[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]TikTok star, YouTuber, and noted prankster Sebastian Bails has responded to fan outrage after posting a video pranking his girlfriend Lauren Godwin by tricking her into thinking he was enlisting into the U.S. military. Like many online entertainers before him, Bails is […]<\/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-61360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61360","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=61360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}