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Dad blasted for marrying woman who looks ‘exactly like his daughter’

Like mother like… stepdaughter?

A man who is 16 years older than his wife is being accused by trolls of marrying a woman who looks “exactly like his daughter.”

Chris Chapin, 44, and his wife Savana Chapin, 28, first met when she began working for him four years ago as a hairstylist at the salon he owns in Gilbert, Arizona.

At the time, Savana said she wasn’t interested in being in a relationship and Chris had just filed for divorce from his ex-wife.

“My life was kind of in a tailspin,” the owner of Awsum Salon admitted on an episode of the YouTube channel “Love Don’t Judge.”

The father-of-six said the more time he spent with Savana, the more he realized there was something “super special” between them that he’d never felt before.

At first, the pair hid their blossoming romance — especially since Chris’ 21-year-old daughter Tizziana, who goes by Trizzi, also works at the salon.


Savana is only seven years older than her stepdaughter Tizzi.
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Man and woman standing in front of balloons.
The couple has a 16-year-age gap, but say that doesn’t affect their relationship.
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But mostly, they were worried they’d be judged.

The couple admitted there was some “controversy” in the salon when they told everyone they were dating.

They revealed some of their co-workers even accused Savana of being a “home wrecker” and suggested Chris was abusing her due to their age difference and power dynamic.


They love their blended family.
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“Tizzi was originally very thrown off,” Savana admitted, although it didn’t stop them from falling in love and tying the knot.

“Now we’re best friends and she’s my little right-hand man,” the doting stepmom gushed.

The couple now shares three children together, in addition to the three children he shares with his ex-wife.

Savana started posting about their life together on TikTok, which she said was heavily criticized by strangers online.

“I had made the mistake of putting my age above where I was and her [Tizzi’s] age above where she was [in one of my videos],” Savana explained.

“It just started this big massive tornado of negative comments,” she continued. “Most of them were geared towards Chris.”

Some users were fixated on the age difference, even joking that Savana will be a grandma by the time she’s 30 years old, and lip-synched the words: “Why not?”

Savana said many brought up the similarities between her and Tizzi and how it makes them uncomfortable.

“I would be traumatized if my dad married someone who looks exactly like me,” one person wrote.

“Do you want to date your daughter?” another asked.

“Y’all look like sisters,” observed another.

Despite criticism, the loved-up couple adores their blended family and don’t care what the haters say — and are thrilled people become more accepting over time.

“A lot of comments now are like ‘I wish I could have this relationship with my stepmom,’” she recalled.

“We’re just one big family and it doesn’t matter what anyone says,” she continued. “Because we’re happy and that’s all that matters.”

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I do body modifications — I refused to pierce a 2-week-old baby

The controversy surrounding piercing baby’s ears was reignited with a recent TikTok clip.

UK-based Adhum Price, who works as a cosmetic body piercer in Birmingham, posted the video earlier this month, recreating an exchange he had with a father, who asked him to pierce his daughter’s ears, according to the Independent.

“An actual conversation I’ve had with a customer just this week,” he wrote over the TikTok clip,

After Price inquired about the baby’s age, the customer replied that their baby is 2 weeks old.

Writing on his TikTok video that he had to focus “heavily on not letting my inside voice pop off, exuding expletives I never realized I knew,” Price told the dad sorry, he doesn’t pierce the ears of children that young.


“You kind of have to have a conversation with your kid and find out whether it’s something they want to go through with,” Price said.
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The father then asked what was the minimum age. Price told him that it was usually around 8 years old, but they like to wait until the child can give consent.

“You kind of have to have a conversation with your kid and find out whether it’s something they want to go through with — whether they’re comfortable with them having them pierced and whether, you know, they’re alright with us using needles for this procedure,” the piercer explained.

Although the dad insisted his baby was “fine” with needles, Price maintained the infant was too young and he’d have to bring her back when she was older.

Many commenters applauded Price for how he handled to situation.

“Drives me crazy that some parents feel they have ownership of their child’s body. Thanks for being a voice of reason!” a user commented.

“Thank you soooooo much for not agreeing to this,” another person wrote.

Although many were appalled by the idea of piercing a baby’s ears — some expressing worry over the health risks — others pointed out it can be cultural.

“For me it’s a cultural thing. And when you’re older you can decide to get more piercings or let the hole close,” one user wrote.

“I see both sides. I know families who do it in their culture (I’m a nanny) but I can totally understand where you’re coming from,” another pointed out.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says there’s little risk to the baby’s health if the piercing is done carefully, and aftercare is vital. The AAP does recommend waiting until a child is old enough to take care of the piercing themselves and to watch out for any complications, like infection.

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TikTok to Get Banned in France for Use on Smartphones of Civil Servants

France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account.

“In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok on the professional phones of civil servants,” he said in a statement.

He added that for several weeks, several of France’s European and international partners have adopted measures to restrict or ban the downloading and installation of the TikTok application by their administrations.

Guerini said recreational applications do not have sufficient levels of cybersecurity and data protection in order to be deployed on administrations’ equipment, adding that the ban is effective immediately and that government services will monitor compliance.

He said that, exceptionally, exemptions can be given for professional reasons, such as institutional communication of an administration.

A string of Western governments and institutions have banned TikTok in recent weeks, including the UK parliament, the Dutch and Belgian administrations and the New Zealand parliament.

Late last month, the European Union’s two biggest policy-making institutions — the Commission and the Council — banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons.

Concerns have mounted globally about the potential for the Chinese government to access users’ location and contact data through ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.

Meanwhile, US lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting “emotional distress” on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app’s CEO on the company’s outsized influence on teens.

Chew, in his first appearance before Congress, testified that while the “vast majority” of TikTok users are over the age of 18, the company has invested in measures to protect young people who use the app.

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China Denies Asking Firms to Share Overseas Data Amid Multiple TikTok Bans

China insisted Friday it does not ask companies to hand over data gathered overseas, as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting calls for a ban in the United States.

Pressure is building on the massively popular video-sharing app — owned by the Chinese firm Bytedance — to obtain new ownership or lose access to the enormous US market.

In a gruelling five-hour hearing with US lawmakers Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced relentless questioning from combative US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle over the app’s ties to China and its danger to teens.

At the crux of much of the fears over TikTok is a 2017 Chinese law that requires local firms to hand over personal data to the state if it is relevant to national security.

Beijing on Friday denied it would ask Chinese firms to hand over data gathered overseas and claimed it “attaches great importance to protecting data privacy”.

China “has never and will not require companies or individuals to collect or provide data located in a foreign country”, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing.

“The US government has so far not provided any evidence that TikTok poses a threat to its national security,” Mao added.

In one particularly heated exchange Thursday, Chew was forced to acknowledge that some personal data of Americans was still subject to Chinese law, but insisted that would soon be changed.

The firm also acknowledged in November that some employees in China could access European user data and then admitted in December that employees had used the data to spy on journalists.

But the group has insisted that the Chinese government has no control over or access to its data.

“ByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government and is a private company,” Chew told lawmakers in his opening remarks, referring to TikTok’s China-based parent company.

“We believe what’s needed are clear transparent rules that apply broadly to all tech companies — ownership is not at the core of addressing these concerns,” Chew added.

The Harvard-educated former banker failed to defuse an existential threat to TikTok as the app seeks to survive a White House ultimatum that it either split from its Chinese ownership or be banned in the United States.

Lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee afforded Chew no respite, frequently denying him opportunities to expand on his answers or tout the site’s huge global popularity with young people.

Project Texas

A ban would be an unprecedented act on a media company by the US government, cutting off the country’s 150 million monthly users from an app that has become a cultural powerhouse — especially for young people.

“TikTok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. Your platform should be banned,” committee chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers said.

Supporters of TikTok and free speech activists criticised the hearing as political theatre and urged against an outright ban.

“Taking a bludgeon to TikTok, and by extension to Americans’ First Amendment protections, is not the right solution to the risks that TikTok poses to the privacy of Americans and to the national security of the United States,” said Nadine Farid Johnson of PEN America, which defends free speech.

And Beijing noted on Friday that “some in the US congress stated that seeking a ban of TikTok is a xenophobic political persecution”.

TikTok still hopes to appease the authorities.

Chew’s testimony promoted the company’s elaborate plan — known as Project Texas — to satisfy national security concerns, under which the handling of US data will be ring-fenced into a US-run division.

But lawmakers poured doubts on the project, saying it would do nothing to remove their concerns that TikTok was vulnerable to China.

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TikTok onion peeling hack put to the test

Never in my wildest dreams have I ever thought of slicing up an onion with a potato peeler. But here we are. And we can thank random TikTok videos for getting us here. 

In the same way that I found the ‘clever’ way to cut an onion with no tears, I stumbled upon a wild way of slicing an onion into thin strips. Perfect for salads and not too thick to ruin the salad. 

It sounds like another useless hack, but I’m all in!

How to peel an onion with a potato peeler

The hack is as simple as it seems. Use a potato peeler the same way you would to peel a potato but apply it to a peeled onion. 

Cut the onion in half first, to ensure you have a flat surface to work with rather than a rounded edge. Then simply slice down on one half of the onion and in a matter of seconds, you’ll have a bowl full of thinly sliced onions. 

Fry them up, toss them in a salad.. do whatever you like – they’re your onions. 

The verdict is in and so are the critics

Understandably, the hack was met with a little bit of skepticism. 

Liz Macri, Kidspot’s Kitchen Editor, was the first to voice the fact that she wasn’t convinced. 

A woman has gone viral on TikTok for revealing her onion cutting hack.
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The woman uses a peeler to cut onions.
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When others tried to replicate the hack, results were mixed.
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“I am doubtful that this would work well. I don’t think the onion would stay together or be evenly chopped. It would also bruise easily on the edges. I’ll pass…”

Mom Nama also wasn’t buying it: “This looks good in theory but I think it would take more effort than what it’s worth. I’d prefer to just whip out the knife,” she said. 

Does it actually work? 

Well, putting after putting the clever hack to the test, I can confirm that both predictions above are not far off for how things ended up for me in the kitchen.

To give you a quick, answer the hack DOES work!

The peeler does slice the onion well but it was a bit of a messy experience. As the image above shows, the thickness of each slice varied and at times the onion got stuck in the peeler, which resulted in me having to unpick random bits of onion. 

So yes, it did work. But no, it wasn’t exactly easier than just slicing it up the good old-fashioned way – with a knife and a trusty chopping board. 

Perhaps it was the type of peeler I had, or perhaps it was just another dodgy hack that tricked us. You decide…

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Influencer wears $5 dress to Grammys pre-party

She looked like a million dollars — in a $5 dress.

Influencer Sarah Perl, who grew up in Bensonhurst, hoped to one day attend Fashion Week — and did for the first time this year.

To prepare for her trip to the Big Apple, the now-Los Angeles resident packed a bunch of her mother’s clothes — and a bright orange $5 dress she bought on the clearance rack at a boutique in Santa Monica— which she wore to a Grammys pre-party last month.

“Everyone comes to these fashion shows, front row in like designer, decked out in Prada, Gucci,” Perl, 22, told The Post.

“And everyone’s walking around with the microphone … ‘Who are you wearing?’ And I’m like, ‘Zara … and I’m gonna return it tomorrow.’ That’s just who I am.”


Perl posed in her $5 dress at the Grammys pre-party prior to Fashion Week.
Sarah Perl

Perl always wore hand-me-downs in her youth, and can’t shake the habit of buying cheap and second-hand outfits.

“Growing up, fashion was never my thing, because I just couldn’t afford clothes,” she said in a TikTok video she posted during Fashion Week.

However, she now has the means to fill her closet with luxury brands. She earns $40,000 a month, mainly from selling her pre-recorded classes, which are based on the belief that your thoughts create your reality.

Her online road to success started in November 2020, when she was a college sophomore double-majoring in education and history. She started a TikTok page under the name HotHigh Priestess, doing tarot card readings.

In just one year, she had 1 million followers. Now it’s more than 2 million.

“The first videos I posted instantly got millions of views. It was … absolutely unreal,” she explained.


Growing up in Bensonhurst, she wore hand-me-down clothing.
Sarah Perl

A so-called spiritual influencer, she gives others “the belief that they can achieve more, they can accomplish anything despite their circumstances.”

“Because, you know, given the way I grew up … this story that I was always fed was one of struggle … People like you don’t make it out,” she said. “So it’s always been my goal to show people that they can make it out because I did.”

She first left Brooklyn to attend a prestigious university in the Boston area, with the help of financial aid, taking out loans, and working two jobs.


As a college sophomore, Perl started a TikTok account and now has more than 2 million followers.
Sarah Perl

“I was going to college with so many rich people … and I was in a program, it was literally for poor kids. And I was just looking at these kids who were getting college paid for when I was going thousands of dollars in debt,” she recalled. “My parents didn’t even pay for my textbooks.”

Her legion of loyal social media followers include people from her Title I high school.

“I actually just recently got a message from a girl from my high school who was like, ‘You know, I don’t even think you understand how much we needed to hear this story,’” she said.

Even the ones who once bullied her reach out in support.

“There’s people from the past who used to bully me and are like, ‘Oh, I love you,’” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Well, that’s funny.’”

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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom

Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain’s media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen.

Social media platforms such as Meta‘s Instagram, ByteDance‘s TikTok, and Snap‘s Snapchat require users to be at least 13 years old. These restrictions are intended to protect the privacy and safety of young children.

Ahead of Britain’s planned Online Safety Bill, aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content such as child pornography, Ofcom asked TikTok and Snapchat how many suspected under-13s they had kicked off their platforms in a year.

According to the data seen by Reuters, TikTok told Ofcom that between April 2021 and April 2022, it had blocked an average of around 180,000 suspected underage accounts in Britain every month, or around 2 million in that 12-month period.

In the same period, Snapchat disclosed that it had removed approximately 60 accounts per month, or just over 700 in total.

A Snap spokesperson told Reuters the figures misrepresented the scale of work the company did to keep under-13s off its platform. The spokesperson declined to provide additional context or to detail specific blocking measures the company has taken.

“We take these obligations seriously and every month in the UK we block and delete tens of thousands of attempts from underage users to create a Snapchat account,” the Snap spokesperson said.

Recent Ofcom research suggests both apps are similarly popular with underage users. Children are also more likely to set up their own private account on Snapchat, rather than use a parent’s, when compared to TikTok.

“It makes no sense that Snapchat is blocking a fraction of the number of children that TikTok is,” said a source within Snapchat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Snapchat does block users from signing up with a date of birth that puts them under the age of 13. Reuters could not determine what protocols are in place to remove underage users once they have accessed the platform and the spokesperson did not spell these out.

Ofcom told Reuters that assessing the steps video-sharing platforms were taking to protect children online remained a primary area of focus, and that the regulator, which operates independently of the government, would report its findings later this year.

At present, social media companies are responsible for setting the age limits on their platforms. However, under the long-awaited Online Safety Bill, they will be required by law to uphold these limits, and demonstrate how they are doing it, for example through age-verification technology.

Companies that fail to uphold their terms of service face being fined up to 10 percent of their annual turnover.

In 2022, Ofcom’s research found 60 percent of children aged between eight and 11 had at least one social media account, often created by supplying a false date of birth. The regulator also found Snapchat was the most popular app for underage social media users.

Risks to young children

Social media poses serious risks to young children, child safety advocates say.

According to figures recently published by the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Young Children), Snapchat accounted for 43 percent of cases in which social media was used to distribute indecent images of children.

Richard Collard, associate head of child safety online at the NSPCC, said it was “incredibly alarming” how few underage users Snapchat appeared to be removing.

Snapchat “must take much stronger action to ensure that young children are not using the platform, and older children are being kept safe from harm,” he said.

Britain, like the European Union and other countries, has been seeking ways to protect social media users, in particular children, from harmful content without damaging free speech.

Enforcing age restrictions is expected to be a key part of its Online Safety Bill, along with ensuring companies remove content that is illegal or prohibited by their terms of service.

A TikTok spokesperson said its figures spoke to the strength of the company’s efforts to remove suspected underage users.

“TikTok is strictly a 13+ platform and we have processes in place to enforce our minimum age requirements, both at the point of sign up and through the continuous proactive removal of suspected underage accounts from our platform,” they said.

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I’m a Starbucks barista — We’ve been out of ‘espresso and dignity’ for 2 months

Where have you bean?

A Starbucks barista on TikTok is claiming her store has been out of espresso for two months — meaning that mochas, cappuccinos and lattes are a no-go.

TikTok user @toreeisnotdead took to the social media platform last week to share her “help” message in a clip that has served more than 325,000 views.

In the video, the barista shows herself standing at the register, with a sign above her head that reads “No espresso but…,” along with a big red stop sign.

Below the stop sign, the store lists the items available for purchase, such as cold brew, chai tea, iced tea, refreshers and more.


“Pistachio your way,” but apparently not espresso any way at this Starbucks store.
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“Happy 2 month anniversary of still no espresso 🤎,” the TikToker wrote of her store in white text over the clip. She appears to be based in New Jersey.

The Post reached out to Starbucks and the TikTok creator for comment.

In another shot, the barista shows a long tally of customers reportedly asking, “Omg it’s still broken?” On a white board, a list of items the store is allegedly out of include “espresso, dignity and cinnamon.”

In the comments section, several employees and customers offered their sorrowful stories of missing restaurant items or non-working equipment.

“One time our water was down and all we could serve was food😭,” one user laughed.

Another alleged, “My Starbucks before I moved had no espresso over Christmas holiday shopping (inside target) and in late Jan still broken. I still think about them🫡.”

“Wow the Starbucks I went to last weekend ONLY had espresso drinks and cold brew,” someone else disclosed.

Another viewer divulged, “Once both our coffee brewer and our espresso machine was down at the same time for about a week 😪.”

Others found the barista’s misfortune amusing, with one user even joking about “realistic barista TikTok.”

“Finally on realistic barista tok,” the person typed.

A different user confessed, “As a barista that isn’t religious, i’m praying for y’all-.”


The store has a tally going for the number of times people reportedly asked about espresso drinks.
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One Starbucks employee shows off the sign to alert customers.
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In another video posted to her TikTok account, @toreeisnotdead claimed that a few days earlier, the store had also run out of coffee.

This is not the first time Starbucks baristas have taken to TikTok to air their struggles. In January, one barista revealed she mistook a customer for a dog when taking an order at the drive-thru, while another shared she had been making decaf coffee for three months instead of serving up the regular brew.

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North West imitates her mom Kim Kardashian in new TikTok video

Her mommy has so many talents she can’t even begin to name them.

In a new TikTok video, Kim Kardashian’s eldest daughter, North West, 9, imitated her mom while making homemade pasta with a friend.

On their joint mom and daughter TikTok account, @kimandnorth, the little girl revealed that her mom “hates” crumbs, especially if any get into her bed.

“My mom hates to have this in bed,” West said as she kneaded the crumbly homemade pasta dough in the third part of the four-part TikTok series and jokingly sprinkled some over her head.

“She’d be like, ‘Oh my gosh, you put this crumby crumby crumbs in my bed, you can’t sleep in my bed!’” West imitated, using a funny voice filter.

West then explained that she would say that she didn’t even want to sleep in her mom’s bed anyway.


In a TikTok video with a friend, North West imitated her mom, Kim Kardashian.
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West announced that her mom, Kim Kardashian, does not like getting crumbs in her bed.
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“So, she doesn’t like crumbs in her bed,” she concluded of her mom.

West’s father is rapper Kanye West, who married Kardashian in 2014. Kardashian filed for divorce from the “All Falls Down” singer in 2021 after seven years of marriage, and their split was finalized last November. West has already moved on, “marrying” Yeezy designer Bianca Censori in a non-legal ceremony last month.

West was ordered to pay Kardashian $200,000 per month in child support, according to the divorce filing obtained by The Post.

Kardashian and West share four kids together — North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 3.


On the mom and daughter’s joint TikTok account, the two often recreate viral video trends together.
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In the videos, West was making homemade pasta with her friend when she imitated mom.
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On Kim and North’s joint TikTok account, the two often make funny videos together, including ones of them doing viral dances together and other popular trends on the app, like when West dressed up as her father and the two sang to his song, “Bound 2.”

During a December 2022 appearance on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast, Kardashian spoke more about co-parenting with the designer and admitted that she often “protected him” for the sake of her children.

“I definitely protected him and I still will in the eyes of my kids for my kids,” she said at the time. “In my home, my kids don’t know anything that goes on in the outside world … I’m holding on by a thread.”

“I had the best dad, and I had the best memories and the greatest experience and that’s all I want for my kids as long as they can have that,” Kardashian said of her late father, Robert Kardashian. “That’s what I would want for them. If they don’t know the things that are being said or what’s happening in the world, why would I ever bring that energy to them? That’s really heavy grown-up s–t that they’re not ready to deal with.” 

In the past, West has been known to make headlines for his social media posts. In December, the singer wrote a series of harmful anti-semitic tweets that were later removed from the platform. Twitter owner Elon Musk also suspended his account.

He continued his extremely offensive rant with InfoWars host Alex Jones just days later, praising Hitler and spewing more anti-semitic tropes.

West was later dropped by a number of brands including Adidas, who he had been releasing his Yeezy sneaker line with for nearly eight years.

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Video shows woman go on racist tirade at Pennsylvania pizzeria

A woman went on a racist tirade against a Hispanic employee at a Pennsylvania pizza place in a caught-on-camera outburst on Thursday that has since gone viral.

The ugly scene played out at Amy’s Pizzeria and Italian restaurant in the Philadelphia suburb of Hatboro as a female customer was seen verbally berating the manager of the eatery, the Bucks County Courier Times reported.

“What’s wrong with that is you’re not American dude. I will look you the f–k up and get you the f—k out of our town. F—k you,” she says, giving him the finger. “Give me my money back. I’m not giving my money to some illegal immigrant.”

The manager questions how she knows that he’s an illegal immigrant as she disparages the restaurant for playing Spanish-language TV in the roughly five minute video, filmed by another employee from behind the counter.


The incident occurred at Amy’s Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
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“You got Spanish on your TV. That’s a ‘f–k you’ to Americans dude,” she says, giving him the finger again. “My father was a World War Two veteran, okay? His friends and family so you could sit here right now and make money. And your going to do this kind of sh-t?”

At one point in the video, the woman calls out the employee for filming her, who calls the customer a racist.

“You’re a victim. I’m an American,” she spits back, before taking out her cell phone and start filming the workers.

“They’re filming me because I am white,” the customer narrates into her phone.

Hatboro police said in a statement that they responded to the restaurant on Thursday, where they “de-escalated the dispute with the customer.”

Police said they were reviewing a video of the incident and are investigating further. No charges had been filed as of Friday night.


Police have identified the woman but have not released her name.
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“This lady walked into our pizza shop (owned by hispanics) and heard Spanish coming from our TV and started discriminating [against] us. Not all Spanish speakers are Mexican and it was bold of her to assume so,” Amy’s Pizza wrote in a caption on the viral video.

“Discrimination should NOT happen to anyone, no matter who they are nor what their background is. America is a country built by immigrants. I’m so sorry if you have ever experienced something like this,” the restaurant said.

Police said that as the video made the rounds on social media, several people were wrongly identified as the woman in the video.

“It has also come to the attention of the police department  that the video of the incident is circulating on social media and some people  have falsely identified the woman depicted in the video.  We strongly suggest people cease and desist the attachment of false or mistaken names and identities to this video as the identity of the individual(s) involved are know to police,” the department said.

In a post on its Facebook page, Amy’s Pizza wrote: “We appreciate all your love and support but we do not support anyone trying to find this woman and accusing innocent people.”

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