TikToker under fire after being exposed for \u201cfaking\u201d accent TikTok: klobee \/ TikTok: tray.fitfeveA TikToker has gone viral after she was called out for faking an accent, with viewers uncovering an old video revealing the truth. Considering the mix of people and cultures that have come together in modern society, it is no surprise to find that many may speak with an accent depending on their roots. However, faking an accent is advised against as it can be seen as disrespectful and offensive, with celebrities having previously been called out for this exact matter. Now, one TikToker has found herself in hot water after viewers called out her fake accent, citing an old video of hers as proof. Tray Soe, who goes by \u2018tray.fitfeve\u2018 on TikTok, took to the social media platform to defend how she speaks, stating, \u201cYes I have an accent because I ain\u2019t from here. I was born in Thailand and I grew up in Georgia for a decade and then I f****** moved to Nebraska\u2026 how the hell ya\u2019ll going to tell me what I\u2019m supposed to sound like?\u201d Nonetheless, viewers were not convinced and instead uncovered an old YouTube video of Tray in which her accent was noticeably different. TikToker Phi, who goes by \u2018klobee\u2018 online, also responded to Tray\u2019s video with a stitch in which he explained his upbringing was similar to hers, having moved from Thailand to America as a refugee at 3 years old before growing up \u201cin the hood\u201d. \u201cSo if anybody out there has a claim to the throne of fake accents, it\u2019s me,\u201d Phi said, explaining an accent comes from being surrounded predominantly by people who speak the same way. \u201cI don\u2019t really see any other way to develop a genuine accent outside those reasons.\u201d Phi went on to claim that he and Tray shared a similar social circle; \u201cAnd the community is saying \u2014 as we all know by now \u2014 that you don\u2019t talk like that for real and I don\u2019t know with you\u2019re on this app trying to convince millions of people on the internet that you do talk like that.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not really seeing what the end goal is,\u201d Phi continued. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with being yourself\u2026 in fact, your immigrant accent is actually pretty cool.\u201d Viewers agreed with Phi\u2019s take, with many labeling Tray\u2019s accent as the \u201cAwkwafina effect\u201d. One person said, \u201cThe gag is they think we can\u2019t tell the difference\u2026\u201d Be sure to check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker under fire after being exposed for \u201cfaking\u201d accent TikTok: klobee \/ TikTok: tray.fitfeveA TikToker has gone viral after she was called out for faking an accent, with viewers uncovering an old video revealing the truth. Considering the mix of people and cultures that have come together in modern society, it is no surprise to […]<\/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-61465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61465","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=61465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}