They at one point formed a gauntlet outside the arena. ![]() LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne, who has 11 million TikTok and Instagram followers, was in the headlines earlier this year when a swarm of boys and young men showed up at a meet in Utah. What happened or what’s going on that you see a video of me in a winter coat and that’s where your mind is going?” “I have to understand their perception of me is a reflection of their experiences and their life and that type of stuff. “But some of the ones that are more alarming, like I just think, what is going on in your life? I can’t take it personal,” she said. There are a lot of very nice people who follow me, a lot of very nice comments. “As a woman, thinking in the future, if I had a son and they were commenting those kinds of things on a young girl’s video, I would be ashamed of my son,” Gardner said. The number of Gardner’s TikTok followers has climbed to nearly 210,000 over the past four months - in addition to her 115,000 on Instagram - and with that has come something else: Gardner has become mindful of staying safe because of the possibility of an overzealous fan becoming menacing she said eight of every 10 of her followers are male.Īs has been the case with other female athletes who are monetizing their social media followings, it’s typical for her looks to be the subject of comments on her videos, comments that can range from genuinely complimentary to inappropriate - or worse. Pretty common stuff for social media influencers. (AP) - Making TikTok videos for fun evolved into a serious moneymaking venture for Nebraska track athlete Jess Gardner, who is among the many social media stars in college sports.Ī comical video of her teaching a football player how to pole vault has been viewed nearly 4 million times, though the majority of her self-described “girly girl” content features her lip-syncing or performing skits while dressed in her track uniform, sweat clothes or stylish outfits.
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