A female TikToker has recently been under fire for sharing a video with “unnecessary” comments downplaying a man featured in the video as a “creep.” TikToker and influencer, Jessica Fernandez, posted a video on TikTok that soon went viral on the platform. Netizens called out the TikToker for playing the “victim card” in the gym when she wasn’t one. What was the video about that elicited such reactions from the viewers?

The video featured Fernandez recording herself while working out in the gym. She caught the attention of a man who came up to help her when she faced an issue, adding plates to the barbell. While the interaction was quite normal, the captions Fernandez added to her videos were not. She dubbed the man “feral” and went as far as calling him a “creep.” This enraged the viewers who were upset over an innocent man’s act of kindness being misjudged. Realizing her mistake, Jessica Fernandez posted an apology.

Infamous TikTok star Jessica Fernandez issues an apology

After dealing with the wrath of millions of users, Jessica Fernandez has issued a public apology to the unknown man. Fernandez started her apology, posted on Twitch longer, by directly addressing the man. She wrote, “First of all, I want to apologize sincerely to the man at the gym where this all started. He didn’t do anything wrong to me and I blew our interaction out of proportion.”

She further added that netizens might assume that she is only apologizing because of the hate she has been receiving. Not denying the claim completely, she added, “If I wasn’t called out for this video I wouldn’t have had the chance to learn from this mistake or even realize I made a mistake, to begin with.” Attempting to justify why she posted the video in the first place, Jessica Fernandez revealed she felt she could relate to the people who have been harassed in the gym. However, the response she received was an eye-opener.

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“And now after reading literally thousands of comments about me, the situation and the man in question it truly opened my eyes to how damaging this could have been for him,” she added. While Fernandez has now apologized for her behavior. However, this situation once again brings attention back to a prevailing issue in society at large.

Joey Swoll calls out the viral TikToker

Social media personality Joey Swoll is famous on the platform for calling out malignant gym culture. Naturally, he shared his opinion on this viral video too. Swoll pointed out to Fernandez that the man glancing at her was a normal human response to his surrounding. Furthermore, helping her out was an act of kindness and something normal for people at the gym.

Additionally, using the situation as an example, Swoll said that harassment in the gym is real and needs to stop. However, there is no evil intent behind every action and people should stop playing the victim card unnecessarily.

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Jessica Fernandez learned her lesson from the situation. Apart from issuing the apology video, she has also taken down the original video.