Who is Brittany Jade? TikToker slammed for pranking kids by telling their sibling passed away

Brittany Jade, the popular TikToker with more than 2 million followers, is being slammed on social media for posting a controversial video. The video, which has since been deleted, featured her and her husband pranking their twin sons and telling them that they had a triplet who died.

The prank was initially done to win a free cruise. However, it has now become a trend where people record themselves on TikTok and tell a fake story to see if others would go along with it.

However, the video was quick to receive backlash from users who claimed that Brittany Jade is simply being insensitive to parents who have lost a child.

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Brittany Jade shared her story of addiction and overcoming addiction

As a well-known influencer, Brittany Jade has used the platform to share how she overcame addiction. She showed her audience how she raised a family through all of it.

Documenting her sobriety journey, Brittany also celebrated a year of her being addiction-free in February 2021. According to the influencer, her mission to start her TikTok page was to educate people on how it is possible to recover from addiction and substance abuse.

She posts quite a lot of videos with her husband and children. With twin sons and a daughter, the family also posts regular videos on YouTube.

Brittany Jade posts on social media quite often and a lot of her posts feature her family. (Image via Brittany Jade/ Instagram)

Before becoming a full-time influencer, Brittany Jade was a lifestyle and portrait photographer based in San Diego’s North County.

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Netizens bash Brittany as they think the video was “offensive”

As soon as Brittany uploaded a video that was seemingly insensitive to a lot of TikTokers, she was quick to delete the video. However, some users on the platform recorded the video and posted it on their personal accounts bashing the influencer.

A TikToker with the handle, @mrose, re-uploaded the video with the caption:

“This is the girl that so many people idolize? Someone who JOKES about losing children? Open your eyes people.”

A user recorded the video and posted on their personal account slamming Brittany. (Image via TikTok)

Just below this re-uploaded video, a lot of people slammed Britanny once again, claiming that she had put in a distasteful video on a public platform. One user also commented:

“From someone who’s lost a child.. this made me sick to my stomach.. especially having brothers who grieve him.”

Comments pour in as soon as Jade uploaded the video that offended a set of audience. (Image via TikTok)

Others were also ignited by this video as they remembered how they lost a baby, and it seems to have infuriated the netizens. A user commented:

“This makes me sick. I lost my only daughter during pregnancy, and my boys HONESTLY grieve and get upset often about losing her. This is disgusting.”

Users on social media recall their tough days and emphasise how the video ignited them. (Image via TikTok)

At the same time, there were others who even took offense that Brittany was laughing all throughout the video.

“The fact that she's literally laughing while saying this... what the hell.”

Netizens take offense that Brittany was laughing all throughout the video. (Image via TikTok)

However, due to all the backlash, Brittany Jade has now set her TikTok account to private, which means that only her followers can interact with her.

As of now, she has not commented on this whole fiasco, or issued any apology for hurting the sentiments of her audience.