A Woman's 50-Part TikTok Series Went Viral — And The Internet Reactions Are Hilarious

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard of Reesa Teesa , the internet’s newest main character. Based in Atlanta, of course, Teesa took to TikTok with the riveting 50-part video series “Who TF Did I Marry,” about her relationship with a “pathological liar” she calls “Legion.”

The nearly eight-hour play-by-play (yes, that long) has amassed more than 1 million views on each video and has been covered by Rolling Stone, Time magazine, The Cutand countless others. HuffPost audience editor Cambria Roth maintains that it’s worth sitting through and watching the videos.

“She’s a fantastic storyteller,” Roth said. “I listen to it like a podcast.” Now, some good Samaritans have taken it upon themselves to write SparkNotes for the rest of the class, but let this be a lesson for all of us to use discernment in our relationships and pray that we actually, deeply know the identities of the people we marry.

Teesa called her experience with Legion “the United Nation of Red Flags,” and I cannot express how much of an understatement that is.

Let me be clear: You will rarely see me, a woman raised in Macon, Georgia, defending an Atlanta man. However, it’s not the… brightest idea to move in with someone one month after you met them, even if it was during the early onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But Reesa, girl, if you like it, I love it.

The story is laden with twists and turns, deceit and drama. There’s a fake CEO plot, impersonation of twin brothers, fabricated bank statements and more. It reminds us of the days when long-running television series were king, before streamers