11 Startling Confessions That Creators Made Prior to TikTok’s (14-Hour) Shutdown

Meredith Duxbury’s Foundation Revelation

Meredith Duxbury is known for using a lot of foundation in her videos. She claimed she wiped off her signature 10 pumps of foundation before applying it on her face. But on Monday, Jan. 20, in her first GRWM post-ban video, the 26-year-old said it was all a joke. She understood that half her followers might not believe her, but she was okay with that.

Charli D’Amelio’s “Anxiety Pen” Admission

When Charli D’Amelio was a teenager in 2020, there was speculation that she was using a vape pen. She and her friends denied it and said it was an “anxiety pen.” Now 20 years old, she admitted it wasn’t an anxiety pen at all. After TikTok came back, she made another TikTok using the Family Guy sound, saying she was “joking,” following up on a previous video that got over 54.6 million views.

Carter Kench’s Squishmallow Secret

Carter Kench has a series where he goes to stores to find specific Squishmallows. He confessed on TikTok that for some of his finds, he actually bought them online and planted them in stores for his videos. Some fans felt betrayed, but he said in his caption and a follow-up video that he only did this for a few of them. He also recently donated Squishmallows to wildfire victims in Los Angeles.