This woman's story of getting married to her stepdad went crazy viral last week with the internet expressing their shock and disappointment over her video. However, recently, Christy took to her social media once again to clarify what she meant as a joke was blown out of proportion and she can't believe that the internet takes everything so seriously.
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This woman's story blew up last week when she claimed on social media that she got married to her stepdad.
Christy, 26, recently went viral on TikTok after she shared a video on 27 February appearing to brag about marrying her stepdad.
The video, which she posted under the name @Christywho_, shows her with her legs wrapped around her apparent stepdad's waist as the pair passionately kiss after saying their nuptials.
"Marrying my stepdad was the best decision I’ve ever made," she wrote overlaying the video which quickly went viral.
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The video was accompanied by a number of hashtags including #marryyourmomsex and #agegap and one which revealed that the pair had tied the knot in Vegas.
It was not long before the video spread like wildfire on social media and people flocked to the comments section to express their shock and disgust over it.
"My jaw dropped," remarked one TikTok user.
"What in the sweet home Alabama is going on here [sic]," questioned a second, while a third wrote: "bombastic side eye, 360 head turn, blank stare, jaw dropped [sic]."
"I don't think I can come up with a situation where this happens and there's no ick," added a fourth.
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After a week of viral video, Christy has finally revealed that the reality of the pair's love story wasn't as controversial as it portrayed.
In fact, she told the New York Post that she only posted the video as a 'joke'.
Then, in a follow-up video, she explained that their 'real story' was 'not as interesting.'
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Christy said: "Was I groomed? No. Did my stepdad raise me? No. Was I a minor when I met him? No. Do me and my mom still talk? Yes. Did he have kids with my mom? No."
She then clarified in a third TikTok that her new husband isn't even her stepdad - she simply made the comment because the pair have a 16-year age gap.
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Christy went on to reveal he was actually her older brother's best friend, and after her brother died in a motorcycle crash, they bonded over the loss and fell in love.
"Didn't expect the video to blow up as much as it did," Christy admitted.
She further added that she shared her story in a bid to prove that people will believe anything that they read on the internet.
"I also wanted to prove that everyone will be upset and believe anything they see on the internet nowadays," she explained.
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"They were mad when I 'married my stepdad,' and they were mad when I posted my real story and found out that it wasn't actually my stepdad. The internet feeds on the drama.
"The amount of death threats I received, wishing that my children were born without arms and legs and they were glad my brother had died, and they wanted to call [child protective services] on me. It was absolutely insane lol."