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Child Stars on TikTok

TikTok’s increase in popularity has caused many celebrities to use the platform to promote their upcoming projects, connect with fans, and show more of their personal lives. However, users have also been seeing a lot of familiar faces that they haven’t seen in a long time. Child stars are taking over TikTok and bringing a whole lot of nostalgia with them.

13 Going on 30 is an iconic movie with a recognizable cast and even more recognizable clothing department. Actor Christa B. Allen played the younger version of Jennifer Garner in the hit film and created a TikTok dressing up as her older costar. She wears the legendary striped Versace dress and recreates the montage scene where Garner is getting ready for a party to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” Allen also duetted a group of dancers and danced to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” just like Garner did in the film and lip-synced to some of the lines from the film.

Fellow castmate, Alexandra Kyle duetted Allen and they both dressed up in their costumes from the birthday party scene. Kyle played young Lucy “Tom-Tom” Wyman, the leader of the mean girls in the film. Although it’s been over fifteen years since the two starred side by side, they look exactly like their characters in the film.

Shelby Young took part in the “Watch Me Grow” challenge on TikTok but added her own twist. She decided to showcase how she grew up as a child actor, posting photos from various sets and projects she’s worked on. Most people recognize her as Stephanie, the pink-haired girl from Lazytown. Others recognize her from clips with Emma Roberts in the hit film Wild Child. She also added photos and videos from American Horror Story: Murder House where she played Violet’s bully.
However, not all child stars on TikTok are bringing entertaining and nostalgic content to the app. Paul Butcher once played Jamie Lynn Spears’ little brother on Zoey 101, but his content is definitely not family-friendly. Most of his videos are sexual in nature and are criticized by fans. Not only is it strange for him to behave this way because of his past television character, but it’s inappropriate behavior in general. He makes it even worse by wearing PCA merch and referencing the very innocent show.

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TikTok Challenge Gets Starbucks Employees Fired

TikTok has become insanely popular throughout the past year. Influencers have used the platform to start dance trends, introduce new transitions, and create new challenges. Although most of these trends and challenges are harmless, there has been one that has some serious consequences.

In a video by the gossip channel, Spill, the narrator explains that there was a TikTok challenge being discussed on Reddit in which teenagers were going to Starbucks, ordering a drink, and asking for the receipt. Normally, an employee wouldn’t think twice about this and simply print it out and tell them to have a nice day. However, Def Noodles tweeted a Reddit thread along with an email from Starbucks HQ warning employees of this challenge.

The reason the receipt is so important is that it has the employee’s partner number on it. This number is linked to the employee’s name and allows them employee perks such as a free item. Since the name and number match the employee, they are responsible for covering up their numbers using a marker or pen.

The employee serving the TikTok user is also at fault so Starbucks HQ has required them to ask the customer (and supposed employee of other location) for government ID or their partner card. Most employees don’t carry around their partner cards, forcing them to use a government ID, which poses an issue for the trans employees.

It’s very different to change someone’s name on a government-issued ID, however, Starbucks allows its employees to be themselves at work, which can make for an uncomfortable situation. Some employees posted on the Reddit thread and shared their stories of having to practically out themselves in front of strangers to simply get a well deserved free coffee. This is a horrible problem that has impacted the trans and/or nonbinary employees specifically and it could’ve been avoided if TikTok users were responsible.

There have been rumors that an employee has started this all. The employee created an “urban legend” and sent an email to corporate to complain about this TikTok, that didn’t actually exist. The email that Def Noodles tweeted was HQ’s response to this person. This person claims to have done it because employees never ask for confirmation when another Starbucks “employee” comes in with a partner number. They explained that employees were supposed to ask for the last name of the customer, but Starbuck HQ didn’t say that in their email.

Whether or not this is an urban legend or not, TikTok users read the Reddit post as well and began using the numbers in real life. Real people lost their jobs during a pandemic because a young girl wanted a free item that her parents most likely would’ve paid for.