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New Mercedes-Benz has TikTok livestream for influencers

This car will be fueling Influencers’ clout.

Mercedes-Benz revealed a brand-new E-series sedan on Wednesday that would allow drivers to film TikTok videos and access other apps while on the road, reports The Washington Post.

“Customers can look forward to a particularly immersive entertainment experience in the new E‑Class,” Mercedes-Benz said in a statement. “Music, games and streaming content can be experienced in the car with almost all the senses.”

TikTok also issued its own statement.

“As we aim to expand that experience for our users, we’re excited to partner with Mercedes-Benz to introduce immersive in-car entertainment, which will give our community more opportunities to enjoy the content they love,” said TikTok’s director of distribution business development David Saidden.

According to the car company, the new automobile will feature massive touch screens that will allow passengers to watch movies, tv shows, play games or explore various apps.

Vehicle technology specialist Tom Leggett explained how the driver would be protected from being distracted on the road.


According to the car company, the new automobile will feature massive touch screens that will allow passengers to watch movies, tv shows or explore various apps.
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“The Mercedes E-Class will be fitted with the latest Driver Monitoring System to prevent the risk of distraction for the driver,” explained Leggett to the Daily Mail. “A camera (usually in the driver’s display) analyses the driver’s eye movements and can detect whether the eyes are looking at the front passenger screen.”

“If this is the case the brightness of the passenger screen is reduced, and a warning issued to the driver,” continued Leggett.”Additionally, the passenger display has ‘dual light control (DLC)’ that prevents dynamic content such as films from being seen peripherally by the person behind the wheel.”

The car would also allow drivers to take selfies — while the car is stationary.


"Customers can look forward to a particularly immersive entertainment experience in the new E‑Class," Mercedes-Benz said in a statement. "Music, games and streaming content can be experienced in the car with almost all the senses."
“Customers can look forward to a particularly immersive entertainment experience in the new E‑Class,” Mercedes-Benz said in a statement. “Music, games and streaming content can be experienced in the car with almost all the senses.”
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“When the vehicle is stationary, the driver can participate in online video conferences via e.g. Webex, and take personal photos and videos,” stated the car giant.

The car also allows drivers to experience music in a whole new way.

“Pieces of music and the sound from films or apps can be, felt and now also ‘seen’,” said Mercedes-Benz. “For example, fast sequences of beats can cause rapid light changes, while flowing rhythms can create softly merging lighting moods.”


According to Mercedes, the vehicle will be installed with various programs to ensure the driver’s safety.
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The car also boasts “soothing sounds,” “activating light” and “mobilizing massage” and an anti-motion sickness program for those who TikTok on the go.

Several online users rolled in with their own opinions.

“Seems like a bad idea,” tweeted one person.

“No thank you,” said another.

“Maybe giant interactive screens and other distracting features shouldn’t be installed in two-ton death machines,” chimed in a third person.

Mercedes-Benz’s latest creation is set to drive off the assembly line this summer in Europe before making its way to the US in the fall.

The announcement comes just as policymakers are seeking to potentially ban apps like TikTok, citing threats to national security.



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‘I’d be a runaway bride!’

She’ll be milking this story ’til death do her part.

A woman has gone viral after revealing that a groom was busted allegedly being breastfed by his mother on his wedding day.

Wedding planner Georgie Mitchell relayed the tawdry tale during an episode of “The Unfiltered Bride” podcast, which she co-hosts with pal Beth Smith.

Mitchell didn’t witness the shocking mother-son moment herself, instead claiming she heard about the nuptial nightmare from a make-up artist named Jenny.

“Jenny says to me, ‘I did a wedding the other day and you’ll never guess what happened,’” Mitchell stated in an apparently since-deleted TikTok clip about the alleged incident. “The bride needed to go to the toilet just before the ceremony. She walked into the toilet, and what she saw was enough to end a wedding.”


The bride reportedly busted her soon-to-be-husband in the bathroom with his mom.
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“What do you think she saw?” Mitchell asked co-host Smith, who subsequently gave a number of guesses.

She theorized that the groom was cheating or doing drugs, to which Mitchell responded: “Worse. He was being breastfed by his mom.”

Smith gasped at the revelation, stating: “Sorry, what? Why is his mom still producing milk?”

“She’s obviously been doing it continuously,” Mitchell responded before asking her co-host whether she would still marry the man if she was the bride.

“Would you call off the wedding? Everyone is in the room waiting. You definitely wouldn’t kiss when they say, ‘You can kiss the groom,’” the podcaster quipped before bursting into laughter.


Mitchell relayed the tawdry tale, claiming she heard about it from a make-up artist named Jenny.
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A video recording of the podcast was shared to TikTok, where it quickly went viral, racking up more than 768,000 views and a load of stunned responses.

“Took ‘mommy’s boy’ to a whole new level,” one viewer joked.

“I thought you were gonna say that the groom was dead — but this was worse!” another horrified person declared.


The mother and son weren’t publicly identified.
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Meanwhile, other traumatized women said they would have dumped the husband-to-be at the altar.

“I’d be a runaway bride so fast,” one declared.

While Mitchell didn’t disclose whether the bride-to-be actually went ahead with the wedding, The Post has reached out to Mitchell to get the answer.



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Allison Holker’s daughter Weslie reacts to Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ death

Allison Holker’s 14-year-old daughter shared a message two months after the death of her adoptive father, Stephen “tWitch” Boss.

Weslie Fowler returned to TikTok for the first time since Boss’ suicide, and in her clip she filmed herself staring into a mirror with audio of Mac Miller’s song “Surf.”

She captioned the post, “i miss u.” 

Holker, as well as many other TikTokers, flooded the comments section with support.

“I love you babygirl always and forever,” Holker, 35, wrote.

The “So You Think You Can Dance” alum, who also shares 6-year-old son Maddox and 3-year-old daughter Zaia with the late “Ellen DeGeneres Show” DJ, confirmed her late husband’s passing in a heartbreaking statement on Dec. 14.

“I miss you,” she wrote beneath her TikTok video.
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Weslie also spoke at Boss’ celebration of life earlier this month.
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“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Holker shared. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him.

“He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”

The “Ellen DeGeneres Show” DJ died by suicide in December.
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Boss took his own life at a nearby motel with a self-inflicted gunshot to his head. He was 40.

The “Magic Mike XXL” star was honored by about 500 people, including DeGeneres, at a celebration of life earlier this month. Mickey Guyton and Andy Grammer performed for the attendees, who also included Wayne Brady, Derek Hough and Loni Love.

Holker confirmed his passing in a heartbreaking statement.
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“He chose love, grace and kindness,” the former “Dancing With the Stars” pro said, “and he deserves to be celebrated.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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Kim Kardashian, Mariah Carey, their daughters team up for silly TikTok

Kim Kardashian and Mariah Carey belong together on TikTok.

The proud moms unexpectedly teamed up for silly cameos in their daughters’ dancing video on Monday.

“Its a wrap! But never for us!” the stars captioned footage of Kardashian’s 9-year-old daughter, North, and Carey’s 11-year-old daughter, Monroe, dancing to “It’s a Wrap for You.”

North sported an Aaliyah graphic tee and white pants while she showed her moves.

Monroe, for her part, paired a pink sweater with jeans.

Amid the duo’s choreographed movements, Kardashian, 42, and Carey, 53, appeared from offscreen singing into hairbrushes like microphones.

North and Monroe subsequently pushed their respective parents out of the frame.

Kardashian’s TikTok followers expressed their shock over the collaboration in the comments.

“This wasn’t on my 2023 list of things but BOY AM I HAPPY IT IS,” one user wrote, with others calling the reality star’s upload a “power move,” a “flex” and “the definition of iconic.”

The singer shares her Monroe with ex-husband Nick Cannon.
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Another referred to Kardashian and the Grammy winner as “the duo we never knew that we needed.”

The A-listers’ video was filmed inside of Kardashian’s home, where North often makes TikToks with her mom and siblings — Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 3.

The little ones were not present in Monday’s upload. Monroe’s twin brother, Moroccan, was also absent.

Kardashian and Carey share their children with ex-husbands Kanye West and Nick Cannon, respectively.

As for Kardashian, she shares North with Kanye West.
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Carey was married to Cannon, 42, from 2008 to 2016, years after the “All That” alum’s brief relationship with Kardashian.

Cannon and the Skims creator dated in 2006, and the “Masked Singer” host told “Hot Tee” viewers in July 2022 that he is open to reconnecting with his ex.

“I’d definitely spin the block. … I’m patient,” Cannon said of the “Kardashians” star at the time, also expressing a desire to reconcile his and Carey’s “fairy-tale” romance.

“That’s my fantasy love,” the “Wild ‘N Out” host explained. “I will never have a love like I had with Mariah, and I appreciate that.”

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Twitter Becomes First Social Media Platform to Allow Cannabis Ads in the US

Twitter on Wednesday became the first social media platform to allow cannabis companies to market their brands and products in the United States.

The company had earlier only allowed advertising for hemp-derived CBD topical products, while other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok follow a “no cannabis advertising policy” as pot remains illegal at the federal level.

However, more states in the United States are moving towards allowing the sale of recreational cannabis, with 21 already on board.

Twitter said it will permit cannabis companies to advertise, as long as they have proper license, pass through its approval process, only target jurisdictions where they are licensed to operate and most importantly, do not target people below 21 years.

“This is a pretty massive win for legal cannabis marketers,” multistate cannabis and medical marijuana company Cresco Labs said.

Most pot companies were quick to embrace the changes suggested by Twitter. Trulieve Cannabis Corp already launched a multistate campaign on the platform on Wednesday.

“This change speaks to the growing acceptance of cannabis as a mainstream wellness category, and we are hopeful it will serve as a catalyst for other social media platforms to follow suit,” said Kate Lynch of Curaleaf, the biggest cannabis company operating in the United States.

After enjoying a sales surge during the early stages of the pandemic, the US cannabis industry showed signs of slowing in the face of regulatory and economic challenges, including falling prices and an illicit market poaching its customers.

Curaleaf recently reduced its payroll by 10 percent, which equated to less than 4 percent of its workforce, and exited the majority of its operations in three US states.

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Trolls compare me to Gollum — but I love my ‘crazy’ big eyes

Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers?

An NYC native is garnering major eyeballs online due to her preternaturally huge peepers — which have earned her comparisons to Gollum from “Lord Of The Rings.”

A now-viral video compilation of the optically-endowed woman bug-eyeing the camera has racked up over 22 million views on TikTok.

“People say all kinds of crazy things about who or what I look like,” said Samantha McNab, 21, of her large lenses. “I’ve gotten everything from Tim Burton characters, bugs, Nicole Richie, Mr Bean, Gollum, cartoon characters… there’s almost nothing I haven’t heard before.”

The born New Yorker, who currently resides in Florida, even claims gawkers think she suffers from thyroid problems such as Graves disease — in which an overproduction of thyroid hormones causes the sufferer’s eyes to swell until they bulge out of their head.

However, she insists that her enormous orbs are 100% natural. “I’ve gotten tested in the past, big eyes are just in my genes and run in my family,” declares McNab.

“A lot of my comments are usually people thinking that I have thyroid problems or Grave’s disease – which I don’t,” said Samantha McNab. “I’ve gotten tested in the past, big eyes are just in my genes and run in my family.”
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McNab has learned to embrace her ocular anomalies.
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McNab says she was born with plus-size peepers.
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“People say all kinds of crazy things about who or what I look like,” said McNab.
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Like Dumbo with his oversize ears, the burgeoning social media sensation has learned to embrace her colossal corneas, which she frequently uploads videos for the viewing pleasure of her more 270,000 followers on TikTok.

McNab’s most viral clip to date entails a montage of her bugging her eyes out to full mast like Judge Doom from “Roger Rabbit.”

Needless to say, gawkers were awestruck by over the gal’s supersize assets with one commenter writing: “Real life Tim Burton character — I’m jealous.”

“It‘s giving that one short horror film,” said another, while one viewer wrote, “The last one is terrifying.”

“This is how my mom used to look at me when I’d act up in public,” quipped one TikTok wit of McNab’s ocular anomalies.

Another joked that it reminded them of themselves trying to “stay awake in class.”


McNab claims she’s inspired many big-eyed women to embrace their condition.
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“I find a lot of comments pretty funny,” said McNab.
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Meanwhile, other commenters compared the influencer to the bug-eyed titular character from the Pixar flick “Rango.”

McNab has learned to take the verbal eye pokes in stride, claiming that she now finds “a lot of the comments pretty funny.

“I mean even I think the things that I can do with my eyes and the way I look can be weird and kind of scary, but people love it,” the human tarsier declared.


Source inspiration: Gollum (voiced by actor Andy Serkis) in “The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King.”
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Thankfully, not all the commentary has been negative. “I’ve gotten so many direct messages and comments from young girls saying how they have big eyes and have always been made fun of or bullied for it but my videos help give them the confidence they need,” McNab gushed. “That to me is the most rewarding.”

She summed up the experience like this: “I tell them that I love having this unique thing about me that allows me to stand out from other people in a good way – so why not embrace it?”


“People say all kinds of crazy things about who or what I look like – I’ve gotten everything from Tim Burton characters, bugs, Nicole Richie, Mr Bean, Gollum, cartoon characters… there’s almost nothing I haven’t heard before,” said McNab.
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McNab’s not the first to turn her anomalous appearance to her advantage on social media.

Connecticut’s Samantha Ramsdell, who holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest mouth, has garnered over 3.5 million followers on TikTok by posting videos of herself consuming everything from sandwiches to marshmallows using her jumbo jaws.

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I had a beautiful manicure — until mold grew on my nails

She’s got a green thumb — but it’s nothing to brag about.

A woman was left horrified after she appeared to grow mold under her acrylics, realizing she was the victim of a common manicure mistake.

Rings of fungus now decorate her bare nails, she shared in a viral TikTok, which has grown to over 248,000 views since it was posted last week.

“Your sign not to keep infilling and just give your nails a break,” the user, who goes by @cleancookfun, wrote on the clip.

Acrylic nails are applied with nail adhesive — if done with faux tip extensions to lengthen the nail — and powder, which is sealed onto the nail.

Improper application, or lifts and cracks in the acrylic, can lead to a nasty fungal infection if moisture becomes trapped between the product and the natural nail.

Skipping regular soak-offs and receiving continuous fills for acrylics — or not taking the product entirely off every few weeks and just re-applying it on top when the nail has grown out — can give way to moisture-loving fungi.


Acrylic nail fungal infections typically occur when water is trapped between the product and the nail.
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Heathline recommends at-home treatments for mild cases, while more advanced infections might require a doctor’s prescription.

“Feel so manky,” the TikToker captioned the clip as she showed off her green-tinged natural nails.

Other manicure enthusiasts filled the comments section with remedies and advice, with some disparaging the unnamed nail technician who performed the work.

“Should have had more regular maintenance,” one user scolded.

“You don’t have a good nail tech, this happens when moisture gets under the acrylic. So they should have filled any cracked/split acrylic down,” another agreed.

“Use Tea Tree oil! Works wonders,” someone else suggested.

“This happens from leaving it too long between fills, nail tech not prepping right or nail tech not soaking off after the 2nd fill,” declared another.

“If your set ever happens to lift again and you can’t make an appointment for some reason blow dry the lifted area on cool to help prevent!” recommended one user.

“I got this off a pedicure as well, get some treatment asap!! it’s deff the salons fault not because u haven’t had a break,” another confessed.

Others assured the TikToker they also suffered from a nail fungal infection.

“Mine has done the same,” one user divulged.

“This happened to me,” another chimed in.

It seems no manicure method is sacred. Sharing tools and polish bottles could spread bacteria or fungus, according to one study, while new research released this month found gel-drying UV lights damage DNA and cause mutations in cells.

Even performing an at-home manicure can turn ugly.

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According to TikTok, there’s a right way to wear a turtleneck

You might want to think twice the next time you put on a turtleneck.

One woman on TikTok claimed that we’re all putting on turtlenecks wrong — and she can help.

Mary Orton, an NYC-based fashion and lifestyle blogger, took to the social media app to reveal the right way to wear a turtleneck, and viewers are shook. The viral video has already reached over 2.8 million views.

“I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but you’re probably wearing turtlenecks wrong,” she said.

Orton explained that you should roll your turtleneck from the inside instead of from outside.

She stated that the hack makes for a much cleaner neckline.

TikTok user Mary Orton said that instead of rolling your turtlenecks from the outside, you should roll them from the inside.
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“Also, it gives you a cleaner canvas if you want to layer necklaces,” she revealed. “Plus, a lot of turtlenecks develop this sort of warbled edge here, so tucking it inside can make it look more expensive.”

She also shared that you could even double the inside tuck to make it look more like a mockneck.

In the comments section of her video, viewers were mind-blown by the simple tip.

“U saved my life thank u,” one user wrote.

Another agreed, commenting, “So much more sophisticated and classic. Teamed with a blazer looks so much more aesthetically appealing to the eye.”

“You just changed my life,” one person admitted.

However, some people couldn’t even fathom ever trying the hack, as they claimed that it made them too ticklish. In a follow-up video, Orton jokingly replied to some of these ridiculous hate comments that she received about the turtleneck recommendation.

Mary Orton said that she had revealed this hack nearly two years ago.
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“Most of the reaction to the video has been positive, but there’s been some negative reaction and I feel like I need to address it,” she said sarcastically, as she read off comments like, “I don’t even wear turtlenecks.”

“But I’m so ticklish, I’ve tried it, couldn’t do it xD,” one commenter wrote.

She took to her platform a week later to address the hilarious “controversy” on the video.
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One user seconded that, complaining, “Rolling it inside tickles me🥺.”

“It’s less comfy though which always gets me,” typed another viewer.

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TikTok offers to have third-party check if China spying on US users

TikTok has reportedly proposed to have an independent, third-party monitor check the social media app’s algorithms to determine if the Chinese government is accessing Americans’ user data.

As part of the reported plan, US-based tech entities such as Oracle would review the code governing how TikTok chooses the videos that users see and which videos are deleted.

The proposed reorganization is part of the ByteDance-owned app’s attempt to convince US lawmakers that it is not allowing Beijing to spy on American users of the popular video-sharing platform.

TikTok has also offered to create a subsidiary, TikTok US Data Security (USDS), which would report to an outside board of directors with a “primary fiduciary responsibility” to the US government, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The USDS would hire 2,500 people to monitor the app’s safety mechanisms. None of those hired would be Chinese nationals since the subsidiary would be beholden to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), according to the Journal.

CFIUS is a federal agency that operates under the auspices of the Treasury Department. It is tasked with reviewing transactions involving foreign investment in the US.

TikTok has been in talks with CFIUS for the past two years seeking to satisfy the Biden administration’s demands to implement safeguards that would protect Americans’ data from alleged spying.

A spokesperson for TikTok told the Journal: “We are not waiting for an agreement to be in place.”

TikTok has proposed a $1.5 billion reorganization that would allow third parties to monitor and safeguard the app’s algorithm.
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“We’ve made substantial progress on implementing that solution over the past year and look forward to completing that work to put these concerns to rest.”

If no agreement is reached, the Biden administration could force ByteDance to sell off the US division of TikTok or it could outright ban the app from the US altogether.

Several governors have moved to ban state employees from using TikTok on their government-issued devices.

ByteDance has long denied allegations that TikTok conducts espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.

TikTok has exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among Gen Z millennials who have migrated away from dominant social media rivals such as Facebook and Instagram.

It is estimated that TikTok has more than 700 million active users worldwide — some 100 million of whom are in the United States, an astronomical figure considering that the app had just 11 million American users in 2018, according to CNBC.

Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy, told The Post: “Certain US politician’s comments are just groundless slanders.”

“The company concerned is a private enterprise that conducts business in the US in accordance with market principles and international rules and complies with US laws and regulations,” the spokesperson said.

“The US government should give it fair, just and non-discriminatory treatment.”

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‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ swaps hair spray for cooking spray on ‘Worst Cooks’

She’s sticking with it.

Tessica Brown, also known as “Gorilla Glue Girl,” survived the first two rounds of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations.”

“I want to learn how to cook because my grandma always said, ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,’ and ‘I want a ring,’” she quipped on the TV show, per NOLA.com.

Though the judges could barely stomach her signature dish of shrimp linguine, fried cod and glazed asparagus, Brown impressed them with a plant-based meal the following week. She’s now a few hairs closer to the $25,000 prize.

The TikTok star‘s claim to fame came in 2021 when she plastered Gorilla Glue on her hair after running out of hair spray.

Brown donned her signature ponytail for the cooking competition series.
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She was hospitalized, and the glue left her hair stiff for a month. A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon resolved the situation after failed home remedies.

Brown may have claimed the title of “worst hair disaster,” but she’s trying to redeem herself by being the best “worst cook.”

The viral sensation is competing against 11 social media personalities, including comedian/actor Michael Judson Berry (@mjudsonberry) and K-pop TikToker Tina Kim (@kdramalogic).

To prevent kitchen fires, the contestants prepare meals under the supervision of chefs Darnell Ferguson and Anne Burrell, who teach the wannabes how to make essential dishes.

On the premiere episode, which aired Jan. 1, Brown cooked shrimp linguine, fried cod and glazed asparagus.

“This is the only thing that I cook that people can hold down,” she admitted. Yet Ferguson could barely hold it down, claiming, “It needs its own ‘Worst Cooks in America’ episode.”

In 2021, Brown was dubbed the “Gorilla Glue Girl” after using the adhesive on her hair instead of hairspray.
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After a month Brown was able to get the glue out of her hair with the help of a doctor.
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Brown was able to strike back on her next dish, cooking potatoes that were called “a home run.”

She made a black bean and mushroom burger with American cheese, pickle, mayo, lettuce and tomatoes on the second episode.

If Brown wins the competition, she could use the prize money to fuel her music career and hair-care line. Or she could buy lots and lots more glue.



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