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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

  1. 11/08/2025

    Blinking Guy, Crypto Bro, and the Scottish Oompa Loompa

    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 protection for people from having images of them posted without their consent - The US tourists who go sight-seeing in Asda in York - Blinking Guy goes viral for using his meme to raise funds for MS Timeline Cleanser: The boy who was stunned with his radio shoutout enjoys his first gig, watching his favourite band, Imagine Dragons  Links to the content: Toy Story surprise send-off: https://www.tiktok.com/@benio0829/video/7540171184713862413  Interview with NBC Chicago: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1318523776623045  Scottish Oompa Loompa: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOhKnpgAm-_/  Interview on  ⁨@DoxxYourselfPod⁩   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOypfN2pufE US tourists in Asda: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdG465a8/ And in McDonalds: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOt6PCNCj-r/  Blinking Guy viral tweet: https://x.com/drewscanlon/status/1971599982970249531?s=46 MS fundraising page: https://events.nationalmssociety.org/participants/Drew-Scanlon  Interview with SF Gate: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1886137051966864 Crypto Bro girlfriend viral tweet: https://x.com/chooserich/status/1978538868820394335 One of their skits: https://x.com/chooserich/status/1980659032445890563 Karsyn Bailee's tweet: https://x.com/karsyn_bailee/status/1979633836054249757?s=46 Karsyn's video: https://x.com/karsyn_bailee/status/1979766071730295106?s=46  Imagine Dragons gig: https://x.com/dazizz/status/1950505072107921487?s=46 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

    41 min

  2. 06/06/2025

    Confusing car park signs, the youngest black cabbie and clubbing on a cruise

    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 quirky content creator Zoe Bread captured the nation over her dogged (and successful) campaign over a misleading sign on a street in Manchester for where to buy your car parking ticket **The Timeline Cleanser** Saff’s superb TikTok making it cool to go on a cruise ship again **Links to all the content** Arsenal tears: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrliamstapleton/video/7498090140879834375?lang=en  Are We Dating the Same Guy? Court documents: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68194904/1/d-ambrosio-v-meta-platforms-inc/ Youngest ever black cab driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6U_nlz2pjM https://x.com/tfltph/status/1915069617627660492?s=46 Zoe Bread v Manchester City Council playlist: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSBXYSt/  Saff’s holiday on Celestyal Cruises ship: https://www.tiktok.com/@havealaffwithsaff/video/7497876856415292694 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

    35 min

  3. 10/15/2024

    The love of radio, each other's PhDs and Twitter flirting

    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  =============== 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

    38 min

  4. 07/11/2024

    Hawk Tuah Girl talks about going viral - and that iconic Dua Lipa meme

    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. ----  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

    40 min

  5. 06/23/2024

    Parenting goes viral: should you be very strict or down with da' kids?

    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

    37 min

  6. 05/12/2024

    The huge row over a run and a mum teaching TikTok about her son's rare hairy birthmark

    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 - Alyssa Huser, a mum doing an amazing job on TikTok on educating people about her baby's rare condition, Congenital Melanocytic Naevus, which has left her son with a large birthmark on his back with a lot of hair on it - Vintage clothes bargain hunter Becky's Bazaar is questioned for her TikTok about rifling through lost luggage  - The sales bro Bryan Shankman whose tongue-in-cheek LinkedIn post equating his proposal to closing a deal And in our Timeline Cleanser: Meet Strong.Like.Sarah - Sarah Frei, who lost her legs in a car accident,a nd is making popular dark humour TikToks about her disability Links to the viral posts: Influencer's apology for sneaking into Boston Half: https://x.com/alexa_curtis/status/1785109707721478199?s=46 Cheesball Man: https://x.com/smittynyk/status/1784364026656407568?s=46 Baby with rare birthmark: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexsF18q/ Lost luggage: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexsHxbr/ Sales bro's LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7191124158020255745/ Disabled dark humour: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGexp7GQc/ 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

    28 min

  7. 04/23/2024

    The online hunt to find an AWOL dad - and a huge row over a pub sign

    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 being 'dog friendly and child free' - A TikTok ' Day in the Life' from content creator Chloe Williams that attracted nasty comments for no reason - The lip syncing TikTok from 23 year old Aussie Leah Halton that's looking like it could be the most liked post on the app  - Why people are loving spotting the differences between UK and US homes, pointed out by Helene Sua/@HeleneInBetween The Timeline Cleanser is the inspiring content from  The Hull Boy, Marcus Skeet, @thehullboy who is running a mile a day to fundraise for mental health charities - despite the negative comments. Watch the viral posts featured in the show: McDonalds sponsorship backlash: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5iWRfFoCWE/?igsh=MWs0NG53a2ppYzZxcA== Pub sign row: https://twitter.com/hifromkyle/status/1779548610528415809?s=46 Day in the life TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@looooooooch/video/7332342275151760642 Is this set to be the most liked TikTok ever: https://www.tiktok.com/@looooooooch/video/7332342275151760642 UK v US homes: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeHYKnP6/ The interview on Jam’n 94.5FM in Boston with the mum of 4 appealing to find an AWOL dad: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1815684968934796 The Hull Boy's post that was seen 4 million times: https://twitter.com/Thehullboy1/status/1776537347804332359 And his GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/marcuss-fund-for-mind-namh? 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

    26 min

  8. 04/02/2024

    A roast dinner, a thoughtful coach driver and cheating claims blow up

    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 on his family The shop worker harassed for an Only Fans video The young girl taping Lana Del Rey songs off Spotify Watch the viral posts featured in the show: Roast dinner https://x.com/anyachappellxx/status/1764987372393877678?s=46 Driver Jack: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGePqeB7b/ Cheating stag do: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGePms45G/ Paralysed woman: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGefTHxxj/ BBC News dad: https://twitter.com/robert_e_kelly/status/1766701488808853736?s=46  OnlyFans harassment: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe5aJgvB/ Tape recorder: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepsychokittyy/video/7345628582468750635 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

    23 min
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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

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  • Creator
    Tim Gatt and Hannah Vaughan Jones
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    37
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    Explicit
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    © 2025 Sorry You Went Viral
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