01x01 - The Rise of a TikTok Heartthrob

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ I never realized
how happy you made me ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

- If you haven't seen William
White on your social media

feeds recently
lip-syncing to retro hits,

well, then check your phone.

It's probably broken.

- 21-year-old William White
now has 2 million followers

just by doing stuff like this.

- ♪ And I need you
more than ever ♪

- ♪ Tell me why ♪

- We gave up our lives to
raise children, be married.

But, Whiteyy, your phenomenon
keyed us back into that fun

part of our lives.

- Hit after hit after hit.

How will he keep doing this?

- ♪ A little trick
called the night ♪

- What do you want to know?

[smooch sounds]

- What's the next TikTok, guys?

What are you guys thinking?

What song are you
guys thinking?

Backwards hat?

You guys love the backwards
hat more than the forwards hat.

Where is my hat?

[light funky music]

♪ ♪

♪ Set adrift
on memory bliss on you ♪

That's a good song.

But I do that too much.

♪ ♪

Right now we've got 400,
almost, in the room.

♪ ♪

What's up husbands in the chat?

Thank you for letting your
wife watch me, you know?

I know it's hard when this
jawline's popping so hard,

but it's OK.

[laughs]

- ♪ They got nothing on you ♪

♪ Nuh, nuh, nuh
nothing on you ♪

- My name is
William James White.

I am a TikToker,
just a full-time beauty,

hot guy, funny all-around kind
of person that people love.

[Bob Seger's,
"Old Time Rock & Roll"]

[electronic music]

I like money, fame, success.

I'm like one of the few
that has older fans.

♪ ♪

- It's 1:17 in the afternoon,
and all I've done so far

is watch Whiteyy live videos.

- I just want to thank you
guys just for all these moms

showing me so much support.

It's awesome.

And it's funny,
but it's awesome.

The older fans spend.

They have money.

- So my obsession
used to be shopping,

and now it's Whiteyy18.

- ♪ All I want to do
is close my eyes ♪

♪ Here in the
groove oh, uh-huh ♪

♪ 'Cuz it's a good night
to get up off the wall ♪

- Wow.

Thank you so much, guys.

I feel like a lot of my fans
needed to feel young again,

like, gain a spark back.

- I've been lusting
after William White,

who's younger than my son.

- All right, look at this kid.

He is messing with us old
ladies playing our musics

and looking like this.

Wi-- young man,
I will ground you.

Don't wink.

f*ck.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ No matter what I do all
I think about is you ♪

- Guys, I love all you
guys in here so much.

- Say hello to William White!

[cheers and applause]

- You are "People's"
Sexiest TikTok Star.

- I love my fans.

If I can be there for them,
they can be there for me.

Like, this is awesome, right?

- Where did this guy
come from?

- Y'all are making me fall in
love all over again over here.

- It was just there's
something about Will.

I think he's got
that X factor.

- Oh my God, he went live.

He went live.

- My childhood, I was
playing hockey my whole life.

[upbeat music]

It started out just
going to hockey camps,

seeing the hot guy that
all the girls wanted.

So I'm like, why is that guy--
like, he's f*cking sick.

I want to be just
like that guy.

So then I would
look at myself all

the time in the
mirror, flip my hair,

try to look so "pretty boy."

- ♪ I'm like, hey,
what's up hello ♪

♪ Seen your pretty face ♪

♪ Soon as you
came in the door ♪

- I saw people
blowing up on TikTok.

So I was like,
why not do this?

- He's live on Kik


See, because I have
my phone on silent,

so I'm not getting
the live alerts.

I'm in several life--
yes, he's on Kik.

- It's here, right?
- Yes. Sorry.

[laughs]

I do have a fangirl account.

My fangirl account
is @WilliamsBBGirl,

- William's Baby Girl.

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Yeah.

He shaves.

Sometimes he has chest hair
so much, sometimes he doesn't.

- You can call me
Will's Gutter Girl.

♪ ♪

In four years,
I've missed two lives.

One life was at
my son's funeral.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- My phone is ridiculous.

I think I've probably
got 22,000 videos.

I've saved TikToks,
clips from lives.

I record all the lives.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- He is unbelievably
hot, and people do not

look like this in real life.

The most important thing
about what I'm wearing

is my hat, because this
is a William White hat.

This is his actual signature.

- I switch off because
I have a yellow one.

I have a pink one.

I have this black one.

So I switch off
depending on the outfit.

It was the pandemic.

We were bored.

A lot of us were downloading
TikTok for the first time.

The algorithm gave me what
they thought a middle-aged

woman would want--

recipes, how-tos,
making your own soap.

It was all super random.

Then all of a sudden,
this young man

rolls up across my FYP, and it
was like a like a light bulb

went off.

- ♪ If I could fly

♪ Searching in in the night ♪

[dramatic music]

- Oh, my god, he's so hot.

I'd been homeschooling
my child, and that's

when I was scrolling TikTok.

And William's TikTok came
by, and I was intrigued.

- ♪ Meet you in the club ♪

♪ Meet you in the club ♪

- ♪ I'm feelin'
some kind of way ♪

- Oh.

Oh, god.

See?

Watching William's TikToks, I
was surprised at the feelings

that were coming up within me.

I'd been so focused on being a
mom and being a career woman.

I had not even
thought about men

or being intimate with anybody.

And watching him,

I started having strong
desires, and it was really

exciting to feel that again.

- I've never met a
person more in touch

with their physical being.

He exudes that sensuality.

- He's got the perfect wink.

He's got the perfect eye roll.

I like that.

[laughs]

[funky music]

- I'm scrolling
his entire feed,

and it started getting dark.

I realized I'd been watching
his TikTok for eight hours.

- [laughs]

Yes, I watched
it for eight hours.

I was obsessed.

- ♪ For you,
I'd bleed myself dry ♪

- I started going
through his videos,

and he was working
as a landscaper

and making TikToks on
lunch break or after work.

He just had that
look that he could

be a model, that he
could be something

more than a landscaper.

And in my mind, I was like,
I'm gonna help him get there.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

- Yeah, when "Mandy" hit--

- He dropped "Mandy."

- He made "Mandy."

- I watched "Mandy."

- And "Mandy" was unbelievable.

- ♪ How happy you made me ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ How happy you made me ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

- The eye roll, the wink--

like, the iconic wink,
nobody can wink like him--

and the eye roll.

And it was over then.

Everybody was-- I mean, there
were men on TikTok saying

where did this guy come from?

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Look how gorgeous he is.

Nobody can compare to him.

Nobody can beat this.

Don't even try.

So it was crazy.

And it happened quick.

[upbeat electronic music]

♪ ♪

- I actually told my buddy.

And then it started
blowing up, blowing up.

And then it just
kept happening.

Every video I was
posting, right

away I was getting 50,000.

Like, it was sick.

I was like, damn.

- This lip-sync video
of "Mandy" went viral.

Here it is.
You've got to see it.

- ♪ I never realized how
happy you made me ♪

♪ Oh, Mandy ♪

♪ Well you came and you
gave without taking ♪

[laughter]

- How did he find
"Mandy" to lip sync to?

He's so young.

[upbeat electronic music]

- Then I got a call from
IMG, which was like my dream.

Like, IMG models, right?

I was like, oh, let's go.

So I signed with IMG.

- Then we all started pushing
videos and dueting his videos.

- When you do a duet,
you go to their page

and you look at their videos
and you go on the bottom,

it'll say Duet.

So basically it's his original
video or that person's

original video, and then
you are in a frame here

and you just press Record.

So you're either gonna mimic
the same thing they're doing,

or you're gonna do your
own thing to their video.

And that's what I did.

You know, I would duet Will.

I would go viral
on those videos.

I couldn't tell you how
many videos I dueted,

but I dueted a lot.

Will kind of became
my algorithm.

One of my videos hit


really put me on the map.

And then I got a lot
of women following me.

They loved my videos.

I would go on Twitter
and they'd be like,

have you seen Storm's video?

They're hilarious.

So that's how I ran across him.

I just duetted him.

And then I met a great group
of women that turned toxic.

If I knew we would
be here now, I would

have never, ever dueted him.

I probably would have just
moved out of the country.

That's how far I want
be away from anything

having to do with Will

- I love you.

[kissing sounds]

- You guys want me to sing?

All right,
all right, I'll sing.

♪ How happy
you make me, oh, Mandy ♪

[upbeat music]

- After finding
Will and having,

like, a sexual reawakening,
I found myself putting more

energy and time into myself.

- He got me through
my breakup.

- I lost a ton of weight.

I began to experiment
with makeup.

It's thousands of women
who've experienced this.

♪ ♪

- I saw a post on Twitter
from one of Will's fans,

and she was talking
about how Whiteyy

Nation had changed her life.

And I figured anyone who's
saying that something called

Whiteyy Nation changed their
life is probably sitting

on top of a good story.

I think the name
is obviously not ideal,

but I don't think
it was with any sort

of malice or awareness.

It was just pure excitement
about this community

they built.

- The first fandom
presence I can think of

was a page on Facebook.

We had the Gucci g*ng
girls, William's Angels,

the William White Fan Group.

- It was all in the
name of William White.

- And then there was
the Grotto Girls.

♪ ♪

- The Grotto Girls, or the
GGs, they were like

top of the fan club pyramid.

They had the red
stripper heel emojis.

They put GGs in all
of their Twitter names.

- They became super organized.

There's like a
hierarchy of leadership.

- They had like 1,000, 1,200
members at one point in time.

- Getting into the Grotto
Girls is actually quite easy.

I clicked Join,
and they let me join.

- I applied and was accepted
into the Grotto Girls.

The application
was a Google form

where I had to list my
socials and describe

how I came into the fandom.

- They did collect our
names and emails so they

could reach out to all of us.

- To stay in the
GGs, you had to stay

engaged in your chat group,
always promote positivity.

Don't engage with trolls--

that's a big one.

Be there for the right reasons.

No screenshotting of
private conversations.

- We've never had to do
anything to get in the group.

I mean, when you're in,
you're in.

- We've got Jody
from the Grotto.

Nice.
OK.

Yeah, guys.

So what is Grotto Girls?

Oh, our n*pples are hard.

We're excited.

What the f*ck?

- Oh, God.

- Yeah, the GGs promoted
the sexy side of Will.

- Yes! Yes!

- The gutter side of him.
[laughs]

- The GGs had a
more overtly sexual--

loving, kind but sexual--

approach to how they
wanted to fan for Will.

And I saw that firsthand
once I was in it.

- Certainly a lot
of our conversations

were sexual in
nature, but there

was never anything graphic
about William or other men.

- Oh, that is nice.

Oh, yes.

- [laughs]

- Oh, gosh.

We definitely had a
reputation for oversexualizing,

because the group
was formed to talk

about the sexy side of Will.

- They were so excited about
both expressing their sexuality

and being seen
by a younger man.

We so often write
women off as they

get older, as sexual beings,
and that's not the case at all.

- Will loved it.

Yeah, he was a
thirst trapper, too.

- Everybody knows William White
is the cougar panty remover.

- The cougar panty remover.

- I look sexy right now.

Straight up.

Loosen up a bit.

I think like a thirst
trap is just getting

somebody to love your looks.

I got it ready.

That's it.

OK.

That's what I am.

Like, if you really,
really think about it,

it is a little of,
like, trying to get

people to thirst over you.

At night, it gets a little
more wild with the dancing

and the shirt off,
Whiteyy after dark.

And sometimes I lay on my bed
and do modeling, but basically

I just, like,
look at the camera

and then listen to
the music and then

kind of just like mimic.

[sultry music]

I think I can literally just
Zoom in, walk in,

do these thirst traps,
and older women

are just like, oh, my god,
he's so f*cking whatever.

That's the special
thing about me.

I've known
since I was very young,

and I've won every time.

f*ck, you can get Gucci clothes
and I'll still steal your girl.

- There's nothing wrong with
them having those thoughts,

but they're often infantilizing
him at the same time.

There's this pursuit of
him sexually combined

with this urge they all
seem to have to mother him,

and that perhaps
feels a bit perverse.

- You have, like,


that want to f*ck you.

♪ ♪

- Well, by the time
I joined the GGs, Will

had actually followed me on
all social media platforms.

- Probably giving him money.

[laughs]

[intense electronic music]

♪ ♪

- Good morning.

Good morning.

What up, guys?

- William would get up.

For West Coast girls,
it was 5:00 a.m.

So I would be up at 5:00 a.m.
and watch him on the Live.

Some women will cancel
plans, cancel appointments

to watch his Lives.

Like, they don't want
to miss a thing.

- I'm trying to think
of another good song

here, good song, guys.

[upbeat funky music]

- On TikTok you
can live stream.

That means you're live for
your followers to communicate

with you by interacting
with your chat,

sharing your live stream.

You can receive gifts on
there that turn into money.

I popped in his Live one
time, gave him a beaver,

and he was like,
thank you, Storm.

- It's a gift.

- Oh.

Is a guy--

- I didn't send him my beaver.

[laughs]

[sultry music]

- Warm.

♪ ♪

- Will has received
some serious gifts.

The money he was receiving
would be considered by most

as life-changing money,

money that you can use to
buy a home,

to put your kids through
college, to travel the world.

- Sometimes.

I like to give 18.

[laughs]

That's his favorite number.

- I don't want to
talk about that.

I said, f*ck off on that.

I didn't mean to.

It was meant to be $100,
and my keyboard stuck.

And then when I got
the notification

that said you sent William
James White $1,000,

I was like, f*ck.

It was supposed to be $100.

- Yeah.

- We would send
gifts in TikTok.

We asked him to put his PayPal
in his bio for us to send him

money to help him financially.

[electronic music]

- Fans in the chat
were telling me

you should put
PayPal in your bio

when they're
robbing you, TikTok.

And then that's when I started.

♪ ♪

It went from zero to 60,000
in, like, one night.

Like, I woke up and it was
at noon, $60,000.

So when I called my
dad, he's like, you

should just quit your job.

I think you should make
videos, go live, do your stuff.

So I'm like, yeah,
you're right.

Then I'm like, OK, like, how
am I gonna maintain this?

[laughs]

What's the next song, guys?

What are you guys thinking?

What are you guys
thinking?

[intense electronic music]

♪ ♪

[cash register dinging]

- The first PayPal I
ever sent him was $1,000.

- What's up?

Mary, thank you for the PayPal.

Thank you, Nicole,
for the PayPal.

Thank you, Robin.

Marion, thank you
for the PayPal.

- They started to work out
that the more money they throw

at Will, the more likely
he was to remember

who they were or take
time to shout them out.

- Thank you, Karen,
for PayPal and saying

thank you for making us smile.

- I was sending PayPals.

I don't actually know how much.

- How's everyone
doing this morning?

Kate, thank you for the PayPal.

- It was kind of
addictive thing

to get him to say your name.

- Kate Palmer,
thank you for the PayPal.

You're way too generous.

Thank you so much, Kate,
for showing your support.

[kissing sound]

- [laughs]

- I've probably given him
anywhere from $100,000

to $200,000 of my own money.

- Like, ultimately, they
want to get closer to me.

That's just how it is.

Like, I want to
get closer to him.

If he's on live,
I'll send him a lion

just so he says William
White and maybe he sees

me and maybe says something.

So it's like, OK,
so now they're

paying to see me kind of.

I just keep showing up.

So it just became a
job, and it's almost

impossible to say no to that.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Today's episode is going
to be all about nostalgia.

This idea came to me
because of a nostalgia

fest that is currently in full
effect on the social media

platform TikTok.

OK, so what is prompting
this episode on nostalgia?

Do you want me to tell--

- Your thirst for this


- [laughs]

I had a podcast
called "Genxtemporaneous,"

and with that podcast,
I discovered this fandom.

And the Will White fandom
really struck me, because it's

small and it was nascent.

It was-- no one knew about it.

I was there on
the ground floor,

and I was able to watch
it fluoresce naturally.

It started as a one-sided
relationship with someone who

doesn't really know you exist.

Then it crosses the
boundary to being actually,

in some way, an
honest-to-god relationship

where now you that celebrity.

I just cannot look away.

And I try to talk to about
people about this in real life

and say, hey,
this crazy fandom that's

really culty and everyone
kind of looks like, what?

[bell dings]

- What's up, guys?

For new joiners,
it's your boy, Whiteyy.

- The boundaries in the fandom
between Will and the fans

became quite blurred.

He would go live, and
we would help him out,

not just in his big, overall
trying to become a star,

but his just day-to-day life.

It was fun.

- Oh, this is nice.

Whiteyy18.

Thank you so much, guys.

Next gift.

Here we go.

I'm on a Live.

And then I'm like, oh,
man, I need nail clippers.

And I think I'm gonna go
get some nail clippers,

because I do want to
be fresh for tomorrow.


on the door, housekeeping.

- Here you go, sir.
- Oh, sweet.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

No way.

I don't even have
to leave the house.

Guys, that is unreal.

- That's why when I joke and
say I want a Lamborghini,

I get a like, just an incy
bit like excited and scared

at the same time.

What if they buy it?

Like, I would love it.

But then at the same
time, I'm like, no,

don't take me that seriously.

- And he was very good at
saying, oh, I like these shoes

or I need some new
skis or whatever.

And then those would
be sent to him, too.

So it's not just
capital investment.

It's in-kind, as well.

- Also, guys, thank you for
whoever sent me these shoes.

These are nice
long-boarding shoes.

And a black pair, too.

Thank you so much.

- When Will goes live, whether
it be with his friends,

his agents, at Boston Pizza
or Skylon or the sushi place,

people will call and
take care of the bill.

And I know before,
we've called--

I think it was--

I don't remember if it was
Boston Pizza or Skylon--

and we called to pay the bill
and somebody else had already

called and taken care of it.

So he's always very
well taken care of.

Anywhere he goes,
his dinner's bought.

His drinks are bought.

Gifts are sent-- like
anywhere he goes.

[upbeat holiday music]

One Christmas, we had
purchased a set of luggage

for him and it was
very expensive to ship.

And so it went to a person
who lived in the area,

and it was coordinated that she
was going to be able to drop

it off at his home.

It was a really warm,
respectful drop-off.

An actual GG went to my house
today, at my mom's house,

and had like an hour
conversation with my mom,

so that was nice.

- There was a request
if they could send

a Christmas gift to my place.

We both said yes.

Yeah, that it was OK.

We didn't see the harm
in it at the time,

because nobody had
been sending to me.

He had done a Live
and apparently people

already knew my address.

- William had come
on the Live.

He was so excited
about the luggage.

Everybody was happy.

- Only pilots have
these suitcases--

like, literally only pilots.

So I'm pretty
lucky to have that.

- And then the next morning,
Will went live and said

boundaries were crossed.

- I just want you guys to
know that I don't advise

anyone coming to my house.

It's my privacy,
so it's not OK.

- Not a good idea.

I learned that after the fact,
so wouldn't do that again.

I don't think that
gifts should be coming

to my house for William.

If you're being sexualized,

as a parent, I could say,

no, I don't want that.

But when you have
someone who's an adult

and this is part
of their platform

or their business in
the sense with modeling,

you can't really argue it.

I just want William to be safe.

- Will has never had
very firm boundaries.

He has had very,
very fuzzy boundaries

right from the start.

And what then happens is Will
will cross boundaries and allow

boundaries to be crossed.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- There was a lot of people
that had gone to Canada.

I mean, obviously,
yeah, we'd gone

to Niagara hoping to see Will.

- We were all so happy,
just giddy to be in Niagara

and see different locations
where Will had made TikToks.

There were 16 of us.

There were GGs and non-GGs.

- We pulled into
Tim Hortons for breakfast.

And there was a petrol
station next door,

so we just pulled in there.

And yeah,
Will's Bronco was in front.

I was a bit like--

a bit like a teenager
again, I suppose,

thinking, oh my, god, this
is William White, you know?

He came over and said hello.

It was surreal.

We had a photo.

We had a quick five-minute
chat and then he went.

- Our last night in
Niagara Falls, and we

hadn't run into
William anywhere.

We had dinner at Kelsey's.

And he went live and
it looked like to us

he was at Boston Pizza.

So we were bummed.

We're like, oh no,
we're never gonna see him.

And then a menu flashed,
and it was Kelsey's.

We're like, oh, my god.

Our hearts are racing.

I canceled my food order.

I'm like freaking out.

After dinner,
William took the time

to say hi, get a hug,
a picture

with every single one of us.

It was a really fun,
positive experience.

- Come visit me,
like, wherever I am.

As long as it's not, like,
private, come say hi to me.

I'll come sign your friggin'
arm, whatever you need.

Take a picture.

like, just have a good time.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Will was invited to this
charity event in Florida.

And Will said, hey, you fans
can show up if y'all want.

You've got to pay
your own tickets.

Some fans did.

- We thought, oh, we'll
schedule our girls get-together

in West Palm Beach.

- I was donating to
everything and everything,

just trying to like,
give back to charities,

fans who donated to charities.

Then I got invited to amfAR.

It was pretty major.

A lot of successful
people were there.

It was because my fans
donated, like, 150,000

to amfAR for, like, A*DS.

- That amfAR event in Florida
became a notorious moment

in the fandom.

[intense electronic music]

♪ ♪

- There's gonna be this big
event, and I live in Florida.

So I'm watching him go live,
and I'm cooking dinner,

and he starts talking
about mental health.

He said,
I have severe anxiety.

I can't imagine going
to another country.

But you know what?

I want to pursue my dreams.

I'm not gonna let
this hold me back.

And that really just kind of
like floored me because I'm

like, here's this
young guy who's

not gonna let his
anxiety hold him

back from pursuing his dreams.

- It's a date.
It's a date.

Let's go.

- So all the ladies were like,
even if he doesn't come, let's

get together, have a girls'
trip, meet each other,

have drinks, have fun.

And if he shows
up, that's a bonus.

And so we decided we would
get an oceanfront suite.

I could have never imagined in
a million years when I joined

TikTok, just as a
distraction, in February 2021,

that I would be sitting
here in this position

and have gone through all the
things that I've gone through.

I would just assume
it's a story.

You're talking about
someone else, not me.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- We had found out
where he was staying,

and I walked up to him

and said,
I'm Will's Gutter Girl.

He's like, Gutter Girl!

He knew who I was
just by the name.

- The other ladies
come running

wanting to get pictures.

♪ ♪

He was just very quiet, not at
all like his online persona.

- When I saw him in
person at the hotel,

I was like, wow, he is
as beautiful in person

as he is on a screen.

So it was a lot of fun.

- I had brought a bear
he had just released.

He signed my bear.

A bit later, my phone
dings, and I looked down,

and he had followed
me on Instagram.

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

- Right now, we're gonna
take a little break.

And then, yeah, we'll
see you guys later.

- After the gala, one of
the girls had messaged him,

and he said that we could
come and see him at the hotel.

♪ ♪

- When we get there, he's
waiting outside the hotel,

and he's like,
let's just stay here.

♪ ♪

So I walk over and
I go to the pool.

And I'm like, walking around
the pool looking for a chair.

♪ ♪

- What happened
from there, I don't

know because when I
couldn't find them,

I Ubered back to our
condo on the beach.

And so I'm not really
sure what happened.

I wasn't even there.

- He starts talking to me and
he's like, hey, how's it going?

And he walks to the
back door of the hotel,

and he kind of like,
opens the door,

turns and looks at me and winks
and says, no, let's go inside.

And he does that wink.

My stomach dropped.

And we get on the elevator.

[elevator dings]

So we get up to the room and
I'm kind of eyeing the room,

and there's not a
lot of furniture.

And I'm just standing there
with my bottles of water,

and I kind of turn my back and
put the bottles of water down.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

And he comes in and he sits
on the bed right behind me.

♪ ♪

And he basically just
kind of like, leans back

and does one of these numbers.

And he's like, damn,
I've got some hot moms.

♪ ♪

And I was so embarrassed and I
started digging through my bag,

pulling out the waters.

I couldn't face him.

I was so nervous and so, like--

I didn't know what
to do at this point.

And I hear him walk
over to the wall,

and I hear him kick off his
shoes, because he still had

on his suit from the event.

♪ ♪

And then I see him out
of the corner of his eye,

and he starts taking
off his jacket,

and he's walking
towards me, and he

has on this white
T-shirt under it.

He's really tall,
a lot taller than me.

And he was a lot bigger then.

He was really broad-shouldered.

And he just kind of
gets right up behind me

and he's like leaning
over me and he's like,

so are we gonna do this?

- [laughs]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- With Disney Mama, I was--

I kind of, like, forget.

My life's been so,
like, eventful.

But I do remember being at
the hotel, and she came over.

But in my eyes,
we were kind of flirting,

like, trying to hang out.

And then she came up,
and then I don't remember.

I just remember-- yeah,
like making out with her,

going to the bed,
and then doing something.

♪ ♪

- I literally was
still in shock.

I was like, do what?

And he's just so
playful, his personality.

He just jumps on the bed and
he pats the bed and he's like,

let's just have a sleepover.

He just kind of leaned up
and just started kissing me

and pulled me over
on top of him.

He was kissing me, and I was
just kind of like in shock.

I was like, wait, is
this really happening?

I don't think this is real.

This isn't happening.

And he rolled me over onto
my back and at one point

he put his hand
like near my throat.

And that's a big trigger for
me, because I don't like that.

That kind of scares me.

I put my hand on his chest.

I was like-- I pushed him off.

And I said, we need to stop.

I said-- I was like,
this is not a good idea.

He cut me off.

He's like, you think that
I'm too young for you.

And he like, stands up
and he's like, I'm a man,

and I'm gonna show you.

I'm gonna prove to
you that I'm a man.

He's like, I'm not
worried about your age.

I'm not worried about
anything.

He was definitely
into that moment.

It was definitely something
he wanted and it was like,

I didn't want to
disappoint him.

I wanted to be the fan
that gave him whatever

he wanted kind of thing.

And I felt like I
was kind of like out

of control of my own ability to
rein myself in at that point.

Because I finally,
like, agreed.

I was like, OK, you know?

I was sitting on the bed,
and he looks back at me,

and he's just like
staring at me again.

And that totally floored me.

I was like-- he was taking me
in with his eyes, and I

said, what?

What is it?

And he's like, I
just can't believe

I have Disney Mama in my bed.

You are so f*cking hot.

And that just like--

that was it.

I was like, OK,
we're doing this.

[laughs]

- We were having fun.

We were just having
fun together.

It was both.

I was probably more excited
than she was, you know?

I was like, let's go.

I've got girls coming
over, all right?

You know?

It's pretty, like,
self-explanatory.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- I'm not really
sure what happened,

but apparently
things did happen.

And I received a lot of hate
and a lot of drama from that.

People started calling my
phone saying, where is Will?

What did you do with Will?

And I was like, I don't
know what is going on.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Yeah, it was crazy.

And his mom was upset.

And I said, I don't know
what you're talking about.

I am in West Palm Beach
at my condo here.

You can come
and check if you want.

Well, you were with the girls.

I said I was with them,
but I'm not with them now.

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

- His phone starts ringing.

[phone ringing]

And my phone starts ringing.

And we're just kind
of like, oh, my gosh.

And he's like,
don't worry about it.

Don't worry about it.

And I'm like, no,
I've got to go.

I've got to go.

I'm like-- I said, William,
I think we've been ratted out.

Because there's people
always watching him.

I said, I think we've
been ratted out.

Someone probably
called his agent

and was panicking
because I was there,

and they wanted to
be the ones there.

And yes, there were fans
crawling all over the lobby,

and people were freaking out.

And we were just
kind of clueless

as to what was going on.

- All I know is that
they found Will,

and then the girls
came back to our hotel.

So I was asking
them, what happened?

What went wrong?

Where did you guys go?

Why are people calling me?

- I can't tell you how many
times she came in there

demanding to know
what happened--

how could I do this to her?

I had gotten in a little
bit of an argument

with one of the girls
because she told

me it was none of my business.

I'm like, it is my business
when people are calling me.

- She's very forcefully
slamming these barn doors that

separated our living spaces.

And she would fling it open.

You need to tell me what
the hell is going on.

I'm gonna call the cops.

And so I said, you know what?

I'm in fear for my
safety at this point.

I'd be more than happy to
call the police myself.

- So I got an Uber from
West Palm Beach to Orlando

and flew home.

♪ ♪

- I caused a bunch of drama.

That's the weird part
about it.

Every other fan wants--
like, it's the same thing.

People want to
hook up, have fun.

- I went through probably
four to five months of hate

coming at me every single
day because of that night.

- When everybody found out he
was sleeping with Disney Mama--

or slept with Disney Mama--

there was jealousy.

There was anger.

And some were just disgusted.

- It was jealousy.

What has she got that
other people didn't?

And yes, Disney Mama
got a lot of hate for that.

That's all I've
got to say on that.

- I was completely
cut out of the fandom.

I knew it would be bad
because of the jealousy,

but I never in a
million years thought,

because this man invited
me over to his hotel

that I would be accused
of being the one

that took advantage of him.

I was accused of
sexual as*ault.

I was accused of
providing drugs.

I was accused of hiding in a
bush outside his hotel waiting

for him.

I was accused of stalking.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

I had no choice but to
delete all my social media,

because the other
woman who was there

knew what my ex-husband's
social media was and reached

out to him and told him where
I was, what I was doing,

and he went online and
made a huge post before I'd

even made it back home

tagging me, tagging
William, saying I

left my husband for him.

People said that I made
it all up, that I didn't

have this a*usive husband.

I had to go immediately back
to the state attorney's office

and file a violation of
injunction for my own safety.

- It's all like-- it was
drama, like the whole thing.

And even with
sleeping with fans,

like, I don't look at
it-- it's not like I'm

a teacher or something.

I'm literally just famous and
they're loving me and I'm--

like, it's a connection
and, like, whatever.

- What drama that was.

Oh, my god.

And then he came back
on the next slide

wearing a Disney hoodie.

- Do you guys
like this sweater?

I just got it.

- [laughs]

He's wild.

- Did I think Will
should be banging fans?

No.

But I think it was more people
were jealous because she's

pretty and she's hot.

- I didn't like
stick up or whatever.

She got mad.

But then, I'm not
sticking up for people.

Like, I'm not a lawyer here.

- She got to f*ck Will.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- What up? What up? What up?

Look who's back.

I'm a little off today, though.

I'm going to be honest.

I'm a little all
over the place today.

So I might not be
that funny today.

Just some people
pissing me off today.

But it's OK.

We're all good.

But it was just--

it's just trying to find
that respect thing, you know?

I think there's like
expectation of pleasing.

Like, if I was
that '80s TikToker,

that was just that boy next
door that was being so sweet

to older women and
stuff, but one day I

want to play Xbox
and be like a normal



But there's some
people that are

literally just like every day,
like, why are you mad at me?

And I'm like, yeah,
because I'm angry.

Someone just said angry.

Yeah, I'm angry.

So, f*ck.

You know, like, I understand
you want to tie me to the bed.

I get it.

But don't f*cking steal
everything from me.

Don't try to drain my--
don't try to k*ll me.

That's why I'm a-- now
I'm f*cking a d*ck.

Like, it's crazy.

And it's because it's so easy
for people to dehumanize you.

- I have no real
issue with Will,

right up until the
point where he started

being a*usive to his fans.

- Get the f*ck
out of here, dude.

Even if it's a fan
by mistake, you

say something that's
f*cking stupid and bullying,

you're getting f*cking blocked.

Sometimes it comes across
like, mean or something.

But then I'm like,
why am I mean?

And then I become rude.

I actually love when you cry.
Whaa, whaa, whaa.

- I don't think he
owes them anything.

But I do think sometimes
their influence over his life

can be unsettling.

And the outcry from some of
these women, the pressure they

put on him, the way they
responded and almost lashed out

at him, it was like an
angry girlfriend being

broken up with by a boyfriend.

- I'll say the worst things
when I'm mad, you know?

Just anything
that comes to mind

that's just gonna hurt someone,
just because I feel attacked.

Oh, my god, dude.

Some people are so weird.
Yo, calm down.

Yo, Debbie, you can
go make a new account.

How about that?

How about that, Debbie,
telling me to calm

down with zero followers?

You can do whatever
the f*ck you want.

I don't want any
responsibility like that.

It's just ridiculous.

How is this guy still popular
when he's calling women names

and assholes
and saying that he doesn't

need his fans and all of that?

He was talking out of
both sides of his mouth.

- Storm with the
ice cream cones.

I've never seen
f*cking one good thing

come out of your mouth.

- I told him,
you need to stop bullying

and attacking other women.

You're not taking a
stand on your platform.

- f*cking weirdos.

- When you sit back on a social
media platform and you are

verified, why would you sit
back and call your fans [bleep]

and b*tches and assholes and
sh*t stains, and they're paying

all your bills?

And why, as women,
would you OK that behavior?

- You guys can do
whatever you want.

Your fans helped you.

Are you kidding?

How did my fans help me?

I'm more scared of the
drama on social than, like,

serious, in-person situations.

- I don't regret telling
him that he's a liar.

- If someone comes to your
door, you've got to run,

or whatever you
have to do, you do.

- I don't regret
telling him that he

doesn't deserve his platform.

- But in social media, it's
all up in the air forever.

- You're not
seeing what they're

doing behind the scenes,
behind your back,

behind fake accounts.

I think he needs to be held
accountable for what he said.

- I couldn't trust
anyone at this point.

I need to fight for my life.

[bell ding]

[tense music]

Twitter fingers,
they act so perfect.

But they know deep
down, they're not.

So at the end of the day,
you've got to fight back.

That's what I have
to do every day now.

Do I want to do this?

No, but, like, if you don't,
you'll never feel comfortable.

- If I called you a [bleep],
it's because you deserved it.

♪ ♪

- I think you could say
it got pretty intense.

- Like, honestly, be careful
who you talk bad about.

- You weren't really
sure who to trust.

How did it become
such an unsafe space

for the people who just want
to be there for each other

and be there for Will?

- I said no coming to
my house, and then I'm

telling a story about
someone coming to my house.

- Some women cannot handle it.

- It's like that
obsession that scares me.

♪ ♪

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Always Time To Celebrate"]

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