TikTok star Brandon Brootal dies: Tributes paid by fans Instagram: brandonmckessonTikTok creator Brandon Brootal has died, according to a post on his Instagram on January 30. Fans have paid tribute to the star, who had amassed a following of over 1.4 million on TikTok. Known as \u2018brandonbrootal7\u2019 on TikTok, Brandon McKesson posted what he called \u2018early 2000\u2019s emo\/scene content\u2019 to his account, and his efforts had made him one of the most popular creators in this genre on the app. The last video on his account was posted on November 28, 2021, talking about his hope to find an emo girlfriend, \u201cthat special one.\u201d After his absence from posting, fans pleaded with him to return to making videos, but news hit his Instagram account, that he had passed. \u201cTo honor the request of Brandon\u2019s fans, his family will continue to post unreleased photos here for you to remember him by,\u201d the post read. \u201cLong Live Brandon Brootal, Rest In Peace, Brandon.\u201d The Instagram account has since been made unavailable. View this post on Instagram Two videos were also to have been recovered from Brandon\u2019s camera roll, where he discussed why he hadn\u2019t \u201cbeen focusing on his appearance\u201d as much, followed by a heartbreaking video in which he said he was going to die and \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to be here anymore.\u201d Tributes paid to Brandon Brootal on TikTok As news of his passing spread, the TikTok community has paid their respects to the late creator. The hashtag #brandonbrootal has accrued over 1.5 million views, with the top TikTok from \u2018Goldfish\u2019 full of commenters expressing their sympathies and remembering Brandon\u2019s content. https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gpldfish\/video\/7059752957826420015 \u201cHe was genuinely one of my favorite creators and it\u2019s sad that all anyone did was bully him,\u201d one fan said. Another posted, \u201cI loved him so much, he was unapologetic about being himself and it was inspirational and I am genuinely upset.\u201d Brandon\u2019s family said that he loved poetry and music, and would continue to post and repost content from Brandon\u2019s archives to maintain his presence on social media. \u201cWe will continue to honor Brandon\u2019s memory by carrying on as we believe he would have wanted.\u201d If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, or know anyone that is, and you would like to talk to someone, please reach out and call the Suicide Prevention Helpline 1-800-273-8255 (USA) or the Samaritans 116-123 (UK).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok star Brandon Brootal dies: Tributes paid by fans Instagram: brandonmckessonTikTok creator Brandon Brootal has died, according to a post on his Instagram on January 30. Fans have paid tribute to the star, who had amassed a following of over 1.4 million on TikTok. Known as \u2018brandonbrootal7\u2019 on TikTok, Brandon McKesson posted what he called […]<\/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-86975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86975","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=86975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}