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Sorry you went viral

By: Tim Gatt and Hannah Vaughan Jones
  • Summary

  • The show that's all about the stories everyone’s sharing on social media and in messages with their friends - and find out what’s it really like to go viral with a guest at the centre of it all, each week.

    Hosted by Hannah Vaughan Jones and Tim Gatt.


    Get in touch: search for 'Sorry you went viral' on your socials, or email us at sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com

    © 2024 Sorry you went viral
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Episodes
  • Parenting goes viral: should you be very strict or down with da' kids?
    Jun 23 2024

    On this week's show:

    What Went Viral:
    The backlash over TikTok's Strictest Mum Jeanette Tapley's viral video

    Why parents are loving Millennial Parent Michael Fasulo using his young children's lingo on them!

    The High Performance footballer James Daly who took a business-like approach to reviewing his performance last season

    Teacher Jaq Lee/Mr White who got in trouble for this TikTok of his female pupils unbraiding his hair in class

    How employees at Enzo Tech Group were mocked for their We're Recuriters video, following a viral trend

    In What It's Like To Go Viral:

    What happened when TikTok creator Jake Heisenberg asked viewers to pay off his student loan debt by watching his video


    And in our Timeline Cleanser:
    How a 13 month old baby landed a stay at the Four Seasons hotel in Orlando for her viral video

    See the viral posts:
    TikTok's Strictest Mum: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeanettetapley/video/7363709803081813291

    Millennial Parent talks kid slang: https://www.tiktok.com/@michael_fasulo/video/7373671583891672352

    High Performance footballer James Daly https://x.com/thejamesdaly/status/1790353633344668068?s=46

    Pupils unbraiding teacher's hair: https://www.tiktok.com/@thilluminatin1/video/7365720059873938731

    We're Recruiters: https://www.tiktok.com/@enzotechgroup/video/7372136304252964129

    Student loan debt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jheisenburg/video/7371598593297337643

    Four Seasons Baby: https://www.tiktok.com/@sobrizzle/video/7369772085859732778?_r=1&_t=8n04Jz1gmtl

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    37 mins
  • The huge row over a run and a mum teaching TikTok about her son's rare hairy birthmark
    May 12 2024

    On this week's show:

    On What It's Like To Go Viral: an influencer who received a torrent of criticism online for posting about sneaking into the Boston Half Marathon - and why users didn't stop attacking her after she apologised.

    On What's Gone Viral:

    - Hundreds of people turned up to see Cheesball Man - a masked superhero eat a whole jar of cheeseballs in a New York park

    - Alyssa Huser, a mum doing an amazing job on TikTok on educating people about her baby's rare condition, Congenital Melanocytic Naevus, which has left her son with a large birthmark on his back with a lot of hair on it

    - Vintage clothes bargain hunter Becky's Bazaar is questioned for her TikTok about rifling through lost luggage

    - The sales bro Bryan Shankman whose tongue-in-cheek LinkedIn post equating his proposal to closing a deal

    And in our Timeline Cleanser:
    Meet Strong.Like.Sarah - Sarah Frei, who lost her legs in a car accident,a nd is making popular dark humour TikToks about her disability

    Links to the viral posts:
    Influencer's apology for sneaking into Boston Half: https://x.com/alexa_curtis/status/1785109707721478199?s=46

    Cheesball Man: https://x.com/smittynyk/status/1784364026656407568?s=46

    Baby with rare birthmark: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexsF18q/

    Lost luggage: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexsHxbr/

    Sales bro's LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7191124158020255745/

    Disabled dark humour: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexp7GQc/

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    28 mins
  • The online hunt to find an AWOL dad - and a huge row over a pub sign
    Apr 23 2024

    On this week's show:

    On What It's Like To Go Viral: The Facebook post by a mum of 4, Ashley McGuire, trying to find her husband who ghosted her family - and the internet sluths and his exes who helped to track him down

    In What's Gone Viral:
    - The backlash from followers to food reviewer @EatingWithTod for his McDonald's collab

    - The huge reaction to a pub sign that boasted of being 'dog friendly and child free'

    - A TikTok ' Day in the Life' from content creator Chloe Williams that attracted nasty comments for no reason

    - The lip syncing TikTok from 23 year old Aussie Leah Halton that's looking like it could be the most liked post on the app

    - Why people are loving spotting the differences between UK and US homes, pointed out by Helene Sua/@HeleneInBetween

    The Timeline Cleanser is the inspiring content from The Hull Boy, Marcus Skeet, @thehullboy who is running a mile a day to fundraise for mental health charities - despite the negative comments.

    Watch the viral posts featured in the show:

    McDonalds sponsorship backlash: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5iWRfFoCWE/?igsh=MWs0NG53a2ppYzZxcA==

    Pub sign row: https://twitter.com/hifromkyle/status/1779548610528415809?s=46

    Day in the life TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@looooooooch/video/7332342275151760642

    Is this set to be the most liked TikTok ever: https://www.tiktok.com/@looooooooch/video/7332342275151760642

    UK v US homes: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeHYKnP6/

    The interview on Jam’n 94.5FM in Boston with the mum of 4 appealing to find an AWOL dad: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1815684968934796

    The Hull Boy's post that was seen 4 million times: https://twitter.com/Thehullboy1/status/1776537347804332359

    And his GoFundMe page:
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/marcuss-fund-for-mind-namh?

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    26 mins

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