Tyler Brash: How I\u2019m turning TikTok hate into an acting career TikTok: Tyler BrashTikTok\u2019s most famous creators are canceled for new reasons every day, and often have to post apologies to keep their fans on their side. But Tyler Brash had hate from the very beginning for his \u201ccringy\u201d acting videos. Instead of begging people to like him, Tyler has used the attention to his advantage. The goal? To eventually win an Oscar. One hallmark of TikTok is the POV (point of view) trend. Several TikTokkers have made a name for themselves using this particular trend such as Sway House member Kio Cyr, and Issey Moloney. Instead of going for tongue-in-cheek \u201cWhat my beauty blender sees when I\u2019m in a hurry\u201d or \u201cOn your 18th birthday you get a superpower,\u201d Tyler has taken his videos more seriously, often putting together scenes from a relationship, or flirting with the viewer. More recently scenes have included \u201cwe\u2019re rock climbing and something goes wrong\u201d and \u201ca shark nearly bites your arm.\u201d Tyler became well known after other popular TikTokkers such as Max Dressler duetted his videos making fun of his \u201cbad acting\u201d, and YouTuber Cody Ko even featured Tyler in two videos talking about the POV trend, slamming him for being \u201ccringy.\u201d And yet the origin story is part of his success \u2013 who doesn\u2019t love a bit of TikTok drama? Tyler told Dexerto: \u201cI sucked at it, I really did. But I think that\u2019s how I blew up,\u201d he admitted. \u201cBut, I thought to myself, I don\u2019t want to do anything else. \u201cIt used to be like \u2018this kid is so cringy\u2019. \u2018This kid is never gonna get anywhere\u2019. I still get those comments. But now more comments are like, \u2018dude, it\u2019s TikTok. Like, why are you going so hard on TikTok?\u2019\u201d What did Cody Ko say about Tyler? \u201cHe has to be f*****g with us. No one talks like that,\u201d Cody Ko said in one video. \u201cWhatever emotion he\u2019s showing there\u2019s just this veil of f***boy right in front of it.\u201d In Cody Ko\u2019s second video he finds almost a new-found respect for the TikTokker, and says \u201cTyler brash nails it because he looks right into the camera and he hits on you.\u201d Tyler welcomed the attention, and even posted about how much he laughed. But, it was still hurtful. He said: \u201cA lot of people thought I was joking, but I really wasn\u2019t because the acting was so bad and I was super hurt.\u201d To begin with, Tyler hit out at the haters, defending himself, and engaging the attention of other high-profile stars on the app including Bryce Hall, Spencer X, and Brittany Broski. \u201cI blew my composure,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I learned from it.\u201d He made several videos in response, eventually apologizing to Max Dressler after feuding for weeks, saying \u201cthe meaning of my TikToks is more than just acting like a douche or a pretty boy\u2026 I\u2019m sorry Max for threatening you.\u201d A couple of months later Tyler even wrote a full diss-track about Max called \u201cI Didn\u2019t Ask\u201d with lyrics such as \u201cmaking fun of me is the reason that you pop.\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iVE34LU5ZSU So this thick-skinned creator has ignored the haters and instead begun using the attention to his own advantage. In recent months Tyler has hired a small team to dramatically increase the filmic quality of his short videos. Tyler and his team have been going to great lengths to ramp up the quality. In one of Tyler\u2019s more recent videos, he appeared to get waterboarded, and yes, Tyler confirmed it was real, describing the experience as \u201cgnarly,\u201d but still one of his favorites to film because of the intensity. He and his team also spent money going out to Lake Tahoe, renting out a boat \u2013 purely for the TikTok \u2013 and catching a fish. In this particular video, Tyler thrashes around on a \u201clifeboat,\u201d gets severely sunburnt, and literally bites a fish in half. In July, Tyler explained that the reason behind the high-quality videos was to win an Oscar. He said \u201cI only need the right set of eyes to see one of my videos\u201d, and TikTok is going to help him to get his name out there by being his \u201cacting portfolio\u201d, and get him auditions for films and TV shows. Tyler says \u201cGod has blessed me with the creative mindset.\u201d What is Tyler up to now? One of his latest projects is collaborating with the app\u2019s biggest stars after requests from his fans. So far Tyler has enlisted Sway House\u2019s Griffin Johnson to play a mafia leader, and Kio Cyr to be kidnapped. Tyler\u2019s efforts are even coming full-circle. He and Cody Ko have made up since the scathing YouTube takedowns, and they\u2019re planning on making a video together in the near future, potentially with Cody Ko taking part in a POV \u2013 much like Kio and Griffin. Despite TikTok\u2019s potential ban and a global crisis, Tyler has had a meeting with a film director and is in talks with a talent company. Whether he is able to win an Oscar or not, Tyler wants people to understand that \u201cjust because other people don\u2019t like what you\u2019re doing, it\u2019s not right for you to quit. \u201cWho cares what other people think? Sometimes I care about what people think, but I\u2019m human. But the meaning of everything is to just keep going. Who cares what people think about what you\u2019re doing?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tyler Brash: How I\u2019m turning TikTok hate into an acting career TikTok: Tyler BrashTikTok\u2019s most famous creators are canceled for new reasons every day, and often have to post apologies to keep their fans on their side. But Tyler Brash had hate from the very beginning for his \u201ccringy\u201d acting videos. Instead of begging people […]<\/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-62979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62979","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=62979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}