{"id":64485,"date":"2025-01-28T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/who-is-sister-cindy-on-tiktok-divisive-preacher-sparks-controversy-with-college-videos-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:49:24","slug":"who-is-sister-cindy-on-tiktok-divisive-preacher-sparks-controversy-with-college-videos-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/who-is-sister-cindy-on-tiktok-divisive-preacher-sparks-controversy-with-college-videos-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Sister Cindy on TikTok? Divisive preacher sparks controversy with college videos &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Sister Cindy on TikTok? Divisive preacher sparks controversy with college videos Instagram: sister_cindyAfter videos of her preaching at college campuses went viral on TikTok, Sister Cindy has garnered a substantial following of her own on the app \u2014 however, the messages she spreads continue to divide viewers. TikTok has a remarkable ability to get someone a huge following practically overnight, thanks to the sheer number of users on the app and its clever algorithm. Sister Cindy is one such creator who has become an infamous figure on the platform, owing to a series of videos that have gone viral of her preaching on college campuses. Who is Sister Cindy? As a self-described \u201ccampus preacher,\u201d Cindy Smock, 63, from Indiana, has been captured in several viral videos speaking to large crowds across multiple colleges, with her now recognizable catchphrase \u201cbe a ho no mo.\u201d She and her husband are both Evangelists. However, she has come under heavy criticism from viewers for anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, her opinion that rape victims are \u201can accessory to the crime,\u201d among other controversial views. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load Videos featuring the preacher have garnered millions of views and likes over the past year, and in a bizarre twist, this has also led to her developing an ironic \u2018fanbase.\u2019 Sister Cindy dubbed \u201cgay icon\u201d ironically Viewers began calling Cindy a \u201cgay icon,\u201d flooding her videos with comments like \u201cSister Cindy should run for president,\u201d and \u201cCindy\u2019s drip is impeccable.\u201d In 2021, in response to being called a gay icon, she said: \u201cWhat? Me? A gay icon? How did it happen? That\u2019s what everybody\u2019s wondering. How did Sister Cindy become a gay icon? Well, let me tell you. There\u2019s a new generation of gays. The Generation Z gays do not cave in to cancel culture. They don\u2019t like to be put in a box. They\u2019re not wanting to play the victim, and they, like Sister Cindy, can laugh at themselves.\u201d Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load One commenter wrote: \u201cI\u2019m so confused if she\u2019s homophobic or not.\u201d Cindy has garnered over 400,000 followers on her own TikTok account, though it\u2019s not clear how many of them are ironic fans, and how many of them actually believe in what she\u2019s saying. If you want to find out who the most-followed creators on TikTok as a whole are, you can check out our list here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Sister Cindy on TikTok? Divisive preacher sparks controversy with college videos Instagram: sister_cindyAfter videos of her preaching at college campuses went viral on TikTok, Sister Cindy has garnered a substantial following of her own on the app \u2014 however, the messages she spreads continue to divide viewers. 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