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TikToker Hannah Brown Breaks Silence After Losing 100K Followers Over Kirk’s Memorial Appearance
TikTok creator Hannah Brown, who is known for her viral waitress skits, has lost more than 100,000 followers overnight after she was spotted attending a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
In a video posted to her account, Brown explained that she had not gone to make a political statement but simply to mourn a man who had been slain in front of his family and thousands of people.
Highlights
- TikTok creator Hannah Brown has lost over 100,000 followers overnight after she was spotted attending slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
- In her video response, she stressed that she was there to “pay respects,” not to make a political statement.
- Brown told fans she would “rather have zero followers” than support from people who celebrate violence.
The backlash from some of her followers, however, was swift and unforgiving.
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After Hannah was spotted at Kirk’smemorial service, a mass unfollowing was observed on her TikTok account.
As pointed out by some comments on her TikTok, her page was at about 985,000 followers before a good portion of her followers started leaving en masse.
The significant decline of followers on Hannah’s page was highlighted by comic creator Adam Ellis on X.
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“That TikTok girl who makes waitress skits went to Charlie Kirk’s vigil and lost like 140k followers in a day,” Ellis observed in his post.
Screenshots of her follower count drop quicklycirculated across social media, sparking debates about whether showing up at a memorial should cost someone their career.
Hannah addressed her dropping follower count in a video that has since goneviral, garnering 2.5 million views as of writing.
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She explained that she was horrified by the video of Kirk’s assassination and even more disturbed by the celebratory comments she saw online.
She maintained that her decision to attend the memorial was not an endorsement of all of Kirk’s beliefs, but rather, a human act of compassion.
Hannah explained why she chose to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial
@bradleychicago PLEASE TELL US YOU WERE UNDERCOVER. #unbelievable#charliekirk#vigil#BFFR♬ Lakme – Flower Duet – Lorne Balfe & Russell Emanuel & Steve Kofsky
“This is the only time I’m ever going to address this,” Brown told her audience, noting she was never at a “MAGA rally” and did not consider herself part of any political movement.
She said she went because a man had been brutally taken from his wife and children, and despite disagreeing with many of his views, she felt he “did not deserve to d*e.”
“I went to a memorial for Charlie Kirk, a man who was brutally assassinated in front of thousands of people.
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“A man who has a wife and children who will never get to see him again. And despite our differing beliefs, a man who did not deserve to d*e,” Hannah said.
She admitted she was shaken not only by theviolence itself but also by the way many people appeared to celebrate it online.
“I don’t agree with a lot of what Charlie believed. Do I think that means he should be s*ot and ki**ed? No. And if you disagree with that, we truly have nothing in common,” she continued.
Hannah stated that her declining follower count is a price she’s willing to pay
@.hannahbrownjohn 15:18♬ original sound – Hannah Brown
To Hannah, attending Kirk’s memorial was a way of standing against the mindset that it’s acceptable to slay people with different political beliefs.
“I went to pay my respects to a human that d*ed. And everybody that is attacking me for going to a memorial, really listen to that and think how insane that sounds.
“Whether or not you agree with his political beliefs is so irrelevant. Because truly, if you are against g*n violence… You cannot celebrate when someone you don’t like gets s*ot. You are a hypocrite,” she said firmly.
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Brown added that if her attendance cost her followers, she was willing to accept that.
“If you wanna unfollow me, completely fine. I would rather have zero followers than have hundreds of thousands of people that would celebrate the d*ath of a man who just wanted to speak.
“But just know that there is nothing you can take from me that matters,” Hannah said, ending her video by stating that she loved her followers, even those who left.
TikTok users are divided as the fallout against Hannah grows
@.hannahbrown can I not pee in peace #customerservice#serviceindustry#serverproblems#hostessingtings#bistrohuddy#restaurantlife♬ original sound – Hannah Brown
Reactions to Brown’s video were deeply divided. Some praised her for standing on her beliefs, while others accused her of aligning herself with someone whose politics they found harmful.
The numbers on her profile and her latest video showed the impact of her decision. Her follower count continues to decline, though her video explaining her attendance has also garnered over 103,000 likes.
Netizens are still split on Hannah’s attendance at Kirk’s memorial service.
“I love how this was predicated lol, she is not on the right side of history,” one commenter wrote.
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“Her follow-up video was infuriating. The way she was talking was so condescending and annoying,” another stated.
“Didn’t realize it was frowned upon to go to someone’s memorial,” wrote another commenter.
“I love jumping on and reading all of the hateful, vile comments from the party of tolerance. I never thought you guys could go lower, but you always come through,” another commenter noted.
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Seedy Vine 2 months ago (edited)
I hope high-horse Hannah also attended all the memorials for the children slain by all the "necessary" (according to kirk) guns in 'murica too.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Drove 13 hours to pay respects to someone she didn't like? Sure, Felicia... Also, who is she? (genuine question)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
A TikToker's product is themselves. If they go to a political rally/a gathering of Trump cultists, they are NOT being "apolitical" and "just there to pay respects". oh_no_anyw...8ee392.jpg 
Ellinor she/they/elle 2 months ago (edited)
I can understand that some people are sad about his passing (not me) because they dislike ALL kind of violence. I don't agree with it but I can understand it. But going to his funerals in person ? That's another step. That's showing they you cared enough about him and liked him enough to want to dress, take your car, and spend a moment to honour him. I mean they may say that "they are just showing empathy for a de@d person" but I doubt that any of the people present to his funerals also went to the funerals of kids victims of sh0otings. You know, the sh0otings Charlie Kirk deemed necessary and worthy to "maintain the second amendment".
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
I dislike violence inherently, but when a person says things like "I think it's worth it, I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." - well, it turns out that he got what he wanted - he just happens to be one of this year's gun deaths. I'm sure he'd think it was "worth it" so that everyone else in America can keep the guns that, apparently, God gave them a "right" to own and kíll other people with. IMO no one rational who dislikes violence could look at that quote of his (said in 2023) and feel "sad" because he died violently - while it is inherently true that he did, he was apparently totally copacetic in regards to violent gun deaths (though I imagine he wasn't thinking about the possibility of his OWN death in a violent sho0ting, lol.) Not disagreeing with you per se - I agree with everything you said. Just internally LOLing about what people are saying XD
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Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
I'm divided on this. To me, the memorial seemed like more of a rally in support of Charlie's beliefs than to grieve his assassination. If you're there, it would appear that you support those beliefs, and people have the right to show their disapproval of those beliefs by unfollowing. On the other hand, if their media presence is apolitical, and you get value from it, it doesn't matter what their beliefs are - they are not trying to influence you on that. And, if somewhat unbelievable, maybe what she's saying is true - she abhors this kind of violence, and I think most of us can be behind that.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
I agree about media presence insofar as it represents members of the actual media (actual reporters, etc.), but TikTokers aren't "media personnel", they're influencers, so there's no way people are going to look at an influencer being present at a Trump cultist's "memorial" as apolitical in the way you'd look at an NPR reporter's presence or a crew from ABC or the BBC or so on. Influencers are just themselves, and are not representing a larger entity (in the way a reporter is, for their station/newspaper/etc.), so an influencer's media presence is inherently NOT apolitical, since presumably have political leanings/opinions IRL, even if the only videos/photos they post online are of themselves with their cats. Their product is themselves. So if they show up at Charlie Kirk's "memorial" (that was really just a Trump rally, let's not gild the lily) they are advertising their "product" (themselves) as being in support of Kirk/Trump.
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Megan Romero-Herman 2 months ago
Yeah, I know she’s just getting what’s coming to her. You can’t expect people to be cool with it. Also pretend pretending that you just went to a funeral that you drove 13 hours for doesn’t really make sense.. I used to follow her when I was on TikTok. I have zero idea what’s been happening there but that’s disappointing.
Seedy Vine 2 months ago (edited)
I hope high-horse Hannah also attended all the memorials for the children slain by all the "necessary" (according to kirk) guns in 'murica too.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Drove 13 hours to pay respects to someone she didn't like? Sure, Felicia... Also, who is she? (genuine question)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
A TikToker's product is themselves. If they go to a political rally/a gathering of Trump cultists, they are NOT being "apolitical" and "just there to pay respects". oh_no_anyw...8ee392.jpg
Ellinor she/they/elle 2 months ago (edited)
I can understand that some people are sad about his passing (not me) because they dislike ALL kind of violence. I don't agree with it but I can understand it. But going to his funerals in person ? That's another step. That's showing they you cared enough about him and liked him enough to want to dress, take your car, and spend a moment to honour him. I mean they may say that "they are just showing empathy for a de@d person" but I doubt that any of the people present to his funerals also went to the funerals of kids victims of sh0otings. You know, the sh0otings Charlie Kirk deemed necessary and worthy to "maintain the second amendment".
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
I dislike violence inherently, but when a person says things like "I think it's worth it, I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." - well, it turns out that he got what he wanted - he just happens to be one of this year's gun deaths. I'm sure he'd think it was "worth it" so that everyone else in America can keep the guns that, apparently, God gave them a "right" to own and kíll other people with. IMO no one rational who dislikes violence could look at that quote of his (said in 2023) and feel "sad" because he died violently - while it is inherently true that he did, he was apparently totally copacetic in regards to violent gun deaths (though I imagine he wasn't thinking about the possibility of his OWN death in a violent sho0ting, lol.) Not disagreeing with you per se - I agree with everything you said. Just internally LOLing about what people are saying XD
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
I'm divided on this. To me, the memorial seemed like more of a rally in support of Charlie's beliefs than to grieve his assassination. If you're there, it would appear that you support those beliefs, and people have the right to show their disapproval of those beliefs by unfollowing. On the other hand, if their media presence is apolitical, and you get value from it, it doesn't matter what their beliefs are - they are not trying to influence you on that. And, if somewhat unbelievable, maybe what she's saying is true - she abhors this kind of violence, and I think most of us can be behind that.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
I agree about media presence insofar as it represents members of the actual media (actual reporters, etc.), but TikTokers aren't "media personnel", they're influencers, so there's no way people are going to look at an influencer being present at a Trump cultist's "memorial" as apolitical in the way you'd look at an NPR reporter's presence or a crew from ABC or the BBC or so on. Influencers are just themselves, and are not representing a larger entity (in the way a reporter is, for their station/newspaper/etc.), so an influencer's media presence is inherently NOT apolitical, since presumably have political leanings/opinions IRL, even if the only videos/photos they post online are of themselves with their cats. Their product is themselves. So if they show up at Charlie Kirk's "memorial" (that was really just a Trump rally, let's not gild the lily) they are advertising their "product" (themselves) as being in support of Kirk/Trump.
Load More Replies... Megan Romero-Herman 2 months ago
Yeah, I know she’s just getting what’s coming to her. You can’t expect people to be cool with it. Also pretend pretending that you just went to a funeral that you drove 13 hours for doesn’t really make sense.. I used to follow her when I was on TikTok. I have zero idea what’s been happening there but that’s disappointing.
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