Sorry You Went Viral

By: Tim Gatt and Hannah Vaughan Jones
  • Summary

  • The human side behind popular posts on social media.

    Hosted by Hannah Vaughan Jones and Tim Gatt.


    Get in touch: search for 'Sorry you went viral' on your socials, or email us at sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com

    © 2024 Sorry You Went Viral
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Episodes
  • The love of radio, each other's PhDs and Twitter flirting
    Oct 15 2024

    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 YouTube videos

    From a Twitter DM to I Do for Breona Manigat and her now husband, Neh

    Will and Harum, the clever Cambridge couple wowing people over their knowledge of each other's PhDs

    In What It's Like To Go Viral:

    We chat to Darren Izzard about the outpouring of affection for his 9 year old son, Benjamin, after he filmed him reacting to Absolute Radio DJ Sarah Champion reading a birthday shout-out for him

    And in our Timeline Cleanser:

    Aussie musician Tim Nelson from the band Cub Sport goes viral for his performance of Addison Rae's Diet Pepsi to his 102 year old Nana and her friends in their care home

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    Links to all the content:
    Charades: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdJYo1Xv/

    The King and Queen of Swing: https://www.tiktok.com/@affinityswing/video/7382302976733465888

    Cigarettes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QX_zdAr1o

    From DMs to I Do: https://x.com/mrshvri/status/1835900284914282809?s=46

    The clever Cambridge couple: https://www.tiktok.com/@cambridgeuniversity/video/7410816497037167905

    The power of radio: https://x.com/sarahchampion/status/1834948718736421275?s=46

    Singing Diet Pepsi to a care home: https://www.tiktok.com/@cubsport/video/7413604943816412423

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    38 mins
  • Hawk Tuah Girl talks about going viral - and that iconic Dua Lipa meme
    Jul 11 2024

    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 after telling an author she would 'tear up and bin' her books on Twitter in a row over transgender rights.

    Aspiring ukelele megastar Liam C plays to Dua Lipa at Glastonbury - who becomes a popular meme with her reaction

    The Physics Girl, a popular American science content creator who has been suffering from Long Covid attracts sceptics of the disease after posting a moving video of having her head shaved.

    And the plea for a puffin jumper that showed the very best of Twitter/X.

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    Links to the posts shown on the programme:

    The Hawk Tuah Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7tydu_erZo
    Plan Bri Uncut interview with Haliey Welch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP51tOTHbKg&t=473s

    American tourist in Orange Order march:
    https://www.tiktok.com/@lizwizdom/video/7388641682167729454

    TillyLovesBooks reveals she's been fired from Waterstones
    https://x.com/genderreceipts/status/1810588580747559041?s=46

    Liam C plays to Dua Lipa:
    https://x.com/sighzach/status/1807528484149080111

    Long Covid patient has her head shaved: https://x.com/thephysicsgirl/status/1807498226247098445

    Woman's regret over not buying a puffin jumper: https://x.com/CeliaBedelia/status/1797237560755757288

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    40 mins
  • Parenting goes viral: should you be very strict or down with da' kids?
    Jun 23 2024

    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 TikTok of his female pupils unbraiding his hair in class

    How employees at Enzo Tech Group were mocked for their We're Recuriters video, following a viral trend

    In What It's Like To Go Viral:

    What happened when TikTok creator Jake Heisenberg asked viewers to pay off his student loan debt by watching his video


    And in our Timeline Cleanser:
    How a 13 month old baby landed a stay at the Four Seasons hotel in Orlando for her viral video

    See the viral posts:
    TikTok's Strictest Mum: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeanettetapley/video/7363709803081813291

    Millennial Parent talks kid slang: https://www.tiktok.com/@michael_fasulo/video/7373671583891672352

    High Performance footballer James Daly https://x.com/thejamesdaly/status/1790353633344668068?s=46

    Pupils unbraiding teacher's hair: https://www.tiktok.com/@thilluminatin1/video/7365720059873938731

    We're Recruiters: https://www.tiktok.com/@enzotechgroup/video/7372136304252964129

    Student loan debt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jheisenburg/video/7371598593297337643

    Four Seasons Baby: https://www.tiktok.com/@sobrizzle/video/7369772085859732778?_r=1&_t=8n04Jz1gmtl

    Seen a story we should cover? Get in touch with us!

    Email: sorryyouwentviral@gmail.com
    Twitter: Twitter.com/SorryUWentViral
    Instagram: Instagram.com/SorryYouWentViral
    TikTok: TikTok.com/@SorryYouWentViral

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    37 mins

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