{"id":207011,"date":"2020-08-10T23:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T22:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=207011"},"modified":"2020-08-10T23:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T22:28:57","slug":"teen-pranks-her-family-with-the-influencer-challenge-and-their-reaction-is-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=207011","title":{"rendered":"Teen pranks her family with the Influencer Challenge, and their reaction is hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/influencerchallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Influencer Challenge<\/a> has been floating around TikTok for a little while now \u2014 but the trend&#8217;s latest viral iteration has quite frankly taken all other challengers off the table.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, the game involves pretending to be an influencer recording a message on your phone in front of someone (usually a partner) while secretly recording<em> their <\/em>reaction with your camera flipped.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 18-year-old Nombulelo Patricia Sithole, a high school student who lives in Boksburg, South Africa, did exactly that in front of her family \u2014 and their facial expressions are quite simply a joy to behold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i did the Influencer Challenge on my family and maaaan???? i couldn\u2019t hold it in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/De9Hv6iDOS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/De9Hv6iDOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZIMBABWEAN LIVES MATTER???????? (@ugogowakho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ugogowakho\/status\/1292550131405881344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I knew about the challenge from Twitter and a Nigerian girl did it on her dad who laughed about it,&#8221; Sithole told Mashable. &#8220;I did not see myself taking part in the challenge until yesterday when I felt like lifting my family\u2019s spirit, lightening the mood and thought of altering the challenge in a way I knew my family would enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/tiktok-viral-challenge-24-hours\/?utm_cid=a-seealso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I tried to go viral on TikTok in 24 hours<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sithole said her family knew it was a joke as soon as they saw her laughing after the last sentence \u2014 and when the tweet started going viral, they all laughed it off. But 30,000+ retweets and over a million views later, Sithole said she&#8217;s shocked at just how viral it&#8217;s gone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew the video would blow up but not in this way,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I felt everything sink in when influential people started commenting and retweeting. I spend most of my time on school and Twitter so I thought it would be the usual 2,000 likes and laughter amongst my mutual followers. I was very happy about it and the fact that my family\u2019s friends called them to laugh about the video warmed my heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing I made people laugh has to be one of the best things that have happened to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/11253\/teen-pranks-her-family-with-the-influencer-challenge-and-their-reaction-is-hilarious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Influencer Challenge has been floating around TikTok for a little while now \u2014 but the trend&#8217;s latest viral iteration has quite frankly taken all other challengers off the table. 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