Sorry You Went Viral

On the show: What It's Like To Go Viral: the woman tricked by crypto bro Nick O'Neil aka ChooseRich on X/Twitter after starring in his skits - and the hate she got for hitting back at his followers What's Gone Viral: - A mum's Toy Story surprise to her son leaving for college - The viral Scottish Oompa Loompa shows how she's transformed her life , and calls for more protec...

On the show: **What's Gone Viral** Aussie DJ Liam Stapleton drives Gunners mad with ‘Arsenal tears’ video - but why some Liverpool fans are unhappy with him too What happened when a man tried to sue users of an Are We Dating The Same Guy? Facebook group in Chicago, their parents and even Facebook Celebrating Mo, the youngest black cab driver aged only 21 **What It’s Like To Go Viral** How qui...

Sorry we've been away for so long! But we're back! On this week's show: In What's Gone Viral: How a game of charades on a train platform showed there is love in London John Lindo and Victoria Henk, the West Coast Swing dancing duo that blew TikTok away in a random partner, random song competition Jacob Fukn Jones, the popular cigarette content creator with his lo-fi, retro YouT...

On the show: In What It's Like To Go Viral: The Hawk Tuah Girl, Haliey Welch talks candidly about the good and bad aspects to online fame after that viral video In What's Gone Viral: The sight-seeing Swiftie, Liz Wisdom, who mistook an Orange Order march for a fun' loving parade on her trip to Ireland The popular books influencer, TillyLovesBooks, who was sacked from Waterstones aft...

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 Ti...

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 - Al...

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 b...

On this week's show: The picture of a roast dinner as a desk lunch that turned nasty The heartwarming story of a young coach driver who's befriended a lonely man Innocent couples caught up in claims of a fiancee cheating on a Vegas stag do  The surprising way to blow out a cake by this paralysed woman The man whose BBC News interview was famously interrupted by his kids gives an update o...

On this week's Sorry You Went Viral: The woman whose cocktail compensation of 10¢ was seen 9 million times The Twitter row over a photo between OnlyFans star Astrid Wett and Chelsea fans over a man posing with her with his flies open William Conrad, the "stay at home boyfriend" who's making seductive cooking videos Why some of TikToks from Cat Janice, who died from cancer, have...

From the woman who convinced millions that she was the skater from the Super Bowl Halftime Show who fell off her pole, to the woman who flashed her boobs as she tried to climb through the window of her house, it's been another week of social media storms and viral hilarity - but also a reminder not to believe everything you see online! We take a look at the human stories behind some of the mo...

Births, deaths, marriages, break-ups and family life. We love watching people share their personal moments on social media, with such posts often attracting hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views. On this week's show, we look at some of these viral videos from the past couple of weeks - and sometimes the unexpected backlash to them.  We also enjoy a couple of musical performances th...

Social media has been dominated by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.  Some have vowed to boycott their local branches in protest, but subpostmaster and TikTok star Juliet Thomas Davies, of Anne Street branch in Llanelli, went viral after asking people to support their local post office now more than ever. We were also moved by the Twitter plea from John Woodward, who's got 6 months left to...

We loved learning the amazing stories behind some of the recent popular videos on social media: Take 64 year old Mary Jane Farquharson, or Momma Jane, who became a huge hit with 50 Cent at his Birmingham gig. Or how the  New York @mets  responded to a man astonishingly throwing a beer between two apartment blocks. Or how a toddler spoiled a mum's surprise baby news. And the teenager who'...

We were honoured to chat to Rebecca, the mum of TikTok star Harry, who has been enthralling millions of people with his videos about his multiple health conditions, love of dinosaurs, and life as a teenager. They're raising money for the researchers who are investigating his genetic condition, called NBAS: https://www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca-ellis-1698474212706 We also talk about the love...

Watch the video version of the show Be in no doubt: Twitter is still capable of lovely moments. When sports apprenticeship tutor Andrew Ruscoe suddenly lost his job a couple of weeks ago, he was inspired by the story of Ryan Reynolds and local club Wrexham to use the social media platform for good. His self-shot video asking for help with finding work has attracted over a million views - and he&ap...

We know that food can bring people together, so it's no surprise to see content about meals going viral - from trying Indian for the first time to giving young children an authentic Mexican experience. That and lots more on this week's show! Content creator links: Rugby World Cup fan: https://x.com/greganderson_21/status/1711089724755001803?s=46 England fan falls into a canal: https://x....

Fans of Taylor Swift have been getting millions of views for their posts about her relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce, including a fan account getting over 30 million views for eating some chicken with 'seemingly ranch' sauce. It's also been a week of candid sharing, from a Conservative Party supporter revealing he was dumped for his political allegiance, a police officer confr...

Social media can be a lot of doom and gloom, but this week has shown its enjoyable side. Take for example, the kind hearted locals in Preston to a large group of kids when a train is cancelled at night and the local woman who reunites a man with his much-loved walking stick left on a station platform. Or how Kiefer Sutherland's generosity helped a waitress pay her month's rent and TikTok...

There's nothing like the love shared by a parent with their children. We adore seeing videos that celebrate this relationship - and many go viral.  Take the story of single mum Monique Meza whose TikTok of her son Jiovanni Herrera dressing up as her for fun got millions of views.  Or the dad of Chopsy, the five year old Sheffield United fan whose away day video of her with him captured the he...

A common theme of love and loss emerged on this week's show. From the divisive Love Surge and why Stephen King was threatened with divorce over Mambo No5, to losing your late husband's wedding ring, a date stealing your $1,000 shoes, or leaving your prized violin on the bus before the Proms. Also, the mysterious tale of the haunted painting that raised hundreds of pounds for a Hastings c...

Sometimes some things look too good to be true, like Liverpool manager sshing back the Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall; or too bad to be real, like Donald Trump claiming he's the same weight as US sportstars; or until you look closely, you realise how funny the fakery is, like pop star Dua Lipa pretending to grill prawns on a BBQ... All these stories are covered this week, including two vir...

This week's show is about candid confessions - why oversharing and sombre selfie videos do well online. From the TikTok actor Lewis Saunderson clarifying his dramatic videos about personal tragedies, to 'Crazy Plane Lady' Tiffany Gomes not really explaining what went on in that viral video - and the saucier side, from the wife detailing why her husband isn't allowed to watch nu...

TikTok started out all about music, so it's no surprise that it still continues to produce viral gold: from former health secretary Matt Hancock lip syncing to Barbie songs, to DJs showing a quizzical creator exactly what they do, to the Europop parody that's rather good. There's also a sad story about how a very talented black female musician's Proms moment was spoilt by a rac...

We know that sex sells online, but these videos of women's bodies went viral this week for different reasons: one, of plus size catwalk model Marissa Dubois, the other for a male audience member caught ogling Maya Jama's behind on the live final of Love Island. One women who wasn't attracting an audience was Georgie Grier. She went viral for her post of a tearful photo, revealing ho...

Sarah-Jayne hoped to have an enjoyable date on Friday - but when it went very badly wrong, she took to Twitter to complain, and it went viral! She joins us for a fun chat about some of the other disastrous dates that people shared with her after her romantic revelation. Plus, we look at the astonishing rise to fame of Pinkydoll, for making thousands of pounds for mimicking actions and the King&apo...