On January 3, 20-year-old TikTok user @shhlana – who usually posts on TV shows like “Julie and the Phantoms” and “The Wilds”, posted a TikTok in which he says, “Guys, I think I’m going to have to coming out to my parents soon. “Last week she posted an update saying she had not spoken to them yet.” But hear me out, “she said.” Say now I got Lindsay Lohan to call my parents “She’s on Cameo now. And wouldn’t that be iconic?”
Well, Lohan did do a Cameo for Alana, but no – she did not think it would be right to come out for her.
Instead, actor-entrepreneur Alana gave kind advice: ‘Hello, Alana, this is Lindsay Lohan. I know you’re going to take a very big step in telling your parents who you really are and what you want them to accept from you – and I think you should do it yourself. I think that if you come from you, you will feel a lot of strength and power. And it’s important that you are who you really are, and that you love yourself and that you can live according to it and tell it to your parents. ‘
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The TikTok with Lohan’s sweet response has gone viral, having been seen and counted more than half a million times since she posted it Sunday. It was already posted on Twitter also. Soon the press also grabbed hold of outlets like E! Online and people write stories about Lohan’s encouragement. The coverage actually caused Alana to shake up and talk to her parents: in a next TikTok Monday, she said she came to them because she “did not want them to find out on the internet.”
“And they took it well,” she said. “It’s good – I feel really relieved.”
Heartwarming, yes? But on Tuesday, Alana said Variety that she received a message from the Lindsay Lohan Cameo account asking her to take down the video. A screenshot of the request reads: ‘Hello! Just wanted to ask if you can take down the cameo because it was for your use only. ”
A Lohan representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A representative for Cameo told Variety, “The user has a license to share the unedited video. ”
And so it remains right. Alana – who goes to UC Berkeley, is running a virtual school from her home in Southern California due to the coronavirus pandemic and asked that her surname not be used – said the idea of asking a celebrity to join her parents to come out for her ‘came randomly into my head. ”
She flips through Cameo looking for the right person – and sees Lohan. “I had no idea she was there,” Alana said. “And I thought, ‘Wow, that’s going to be so wonderful. ‘I grew up watching Lindsay in all her movies. Like ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘Freaky Friday’ – all those movies were basically my childhood. “
When Lohan sent the Cameo, the message came that she could do it, Alana said if she is not happy with it. “I finally sent her a message and said to her, ‘No, thank you. It was amazing. I was definitely inspired. ‘”
She was not sure she would post the Cameo at TikTok if Lohan really did what she asked, Alana said. She changed her mind when she received Lohan’s words of support: ‘My first reaction was,’ I know there are so many people out there who need to hear this message, who are also struggling to get out or not – even if they are not faithful. “I did not think it would blow up – whoever saw it, that was enough for me. ”
But blow it up. Aside from the occasional comment that she has to demand a refund, the TikTok got support for Alana – and love for Lohan. “2 QUEEN. I’m crying, “reads one comment.
As for Alana’s outcome – she said she identifies as bisexual or queer – the mission has been accomplished. In the rush of publicity, she spoke separately with both her parents on Monday. “It was definitely a little nerve-wracking, a little emotional.”
Aside from Lohan, Alana plans to fix the TikTok and says she is “confused” as to why Lohan wants to remove it. Eventually, from the experience, she got exactly what she wanted – even in a powerful way.
But as for the naysayers in the comments that Lohan had to do what Alana initially asked, she disagrees: “I’m actually more grateful that she sent it sooner.”