Brittany "Lovely Peaches" Johnson
Script error: No such module "Draft topics".
Script error: No such module "AfC topic".
| Brittany "Lovely Peaches" Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 2001 United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2017-present |
| Twitter= | |
Brittany Johnson (born January 4, 2001), also known by her internet screen name "Lovely Peaches", is an African-American social media star, singer and openly vocal sex worker known for the release of various TikTok music videos, as well as for her contentious stunt videos online. Johnson was banned from numerous social media platforms and faced a criminal investigation after she was reported for videos depicting acts of animal cruelty and apparent child abuse of her infant daughter. Johnson's "Lovely Peaches" internet personality generated discussion and debate over the increasing public demand for shock humour and raunchy comedy, the treatment of mentally ill people on social media, and the responsibility that digital platforms hold when it comes to providing account services for such figures.
Video content[edit]
Under the screen name "Lovely Peaches", Brittany Johnson gained attention for creating and uploading short slice-of-life style videos about herself, her life and her singing hobby. While some of these videos were used to express her singing talent, most of her videos generated a following due to featuring various disturbing stunts involving toilet humour, sexual deviancy, coprophilia and prostitution. Such videos included eating her own feces on camera, French kissing a domestic dog, nibbling on used tampons, providing oral sex to random men (including an elderly man claiming to be seventy-seven years old), and exposing her own genitalia to a minor child, among other things.[1][2] The videos were highly controversial, with some viewers finding them funny and other viewers finding them inappropriate and viscerally disgusting. Johnson faced repeated bans on social media as a result of her videos, leading her to move largely to TikTok, a relatively new platform known for its minimalist approach to moderation.[3]
Abuse scandals[edit]
Brittany Johnson faced criminal investigations and an arrest for animal cruelty after videos arose of Johnson abusing, and claiming to have abused and killed, her own pet dog. According to police, Johnson had sprayed bottled perfume in the dog's eyes "for views", had alleged to have broken a dog's legs and killed it (the dog was later discovered to be alive), and had passionately tongue-kissed a dog in a widely circulated social media video. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, "until her case is concluded, she is not allowed to own or care for any animals. Meanwhile, her Jack Russell terrier [named Max] was taken into custody by Animal Services, where it was examined by a veterinarian and Johnson voluntarily signed over custody."[4] Johnson was later released from prison on bail, with no set trial date.[5] The bail money was generated by a group of fans through crowdfunding.[6]
A second abuse scandal arose after the birth of Johnson's baby daughter, Cora Miracle (generally just referred to as "Cora"). Johnson would upload videos of herself holding knives and claiming to be cutting Cora's neck, punching the child in the eye, calling the child the pejorative slang term "ho", appearing to be calling various pedophiles on her smartphone to solicit the child for sexual abuse, licking the child's genitals, and mocking the child's physical appearance. Johnson had claimed in one video that Cora had lost her virginity at "four months old". The videos caused concerned viewers to report the alleged incidents to the police. At this point, Johnson was also making claims that she had supposedly hired hired a 30-year-old man to rape Charli D'Amelio, a minor, leading to her being banned from TikTok.[7] Investigations revealed that Johnson's claims of child abuse and molestation were largely falsehoods that had been fabricated for attention on social media. There was never any evidence discovered that implicated Johnson in any acts of sexual or physical abuse towards Cora. Cora was, regardless, removed from Johnson and placed in the care of her grandmother, as Johnson was openly sharing Cora's full legal name and putting the child at risk through her video posts, some of which included Instagram posts referring to the child as a "bitch" who liked to "flirt" with grown men.[8] Cora, then three years old, has not been placed back in the custody of Johnson since the investigation, although Johnson was never convicted for any act of child abuse.[9][10] Johnson was formally arrested and stripped of her parental rights over Cora. Because Cora's full name was widely publicized by Johnson to the point of common knowledge online, the child's surname was changed to that of her new caregiver's for her own protection of privacy.[11]
Cultural impact[edit]
Brittany Johnson's video scandals have sparked debates and discussions over issues such as the increased amount of crude humour and sexual content overtly on social media, as well as how internet audiences respond to mentally ill people on social media. J. Aubrey, who created a video documentary on Johnson for YouTube in 2020, argued that "as humans, we are innately intrigued by what we consider to be abnormal. It would seem our morbid curiosities tend to get the best of us, even in times when it's the least appropriate. Whether we like it or not, everybody loves a good train wreck. What better place to observe such catastrophe than social media?". Aubrey considered that viewers were largely at fault for giving Johnson an audience. He further pointed out that Johnson had experienced severe sexual trauma, including gang rape acts and human trafficking, as well as the suicide of a parent, in a short lifetime. Moreover, he noted that Johnson appeared to be extremely ignorant and childlike, for example not knowing who Anne Frank was after a fan requested that she create a song about Frank for TikTok; Johnson referred to the historical figure as "Annie Frank" and replied to her fan that because Frank was so famous, they would both have to work out a record deal together (despite Frank having been deceased for over 70 years).[12][13]
Musical releases[edit]
Brittany Johnson is known for her debut musical single "Itchin' N' Burnin'", a pop-style song consisting of an electronic bass beat with Johnson's voice pasted over it. In the song, which describes a sexually-transmitted disease, Johnson sings about her "pussy itchin' n' burnin'", and smelling like "stinkin' fish". The song was popular with TikTok users, mostly teenagers, though widely received as vulgar and unpleasant. The popularity of the song led to Johnson releasing over 20 other songs in the same style and genre, all of which later appeared on Spotify.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ↑ Johnson, Brittany. "*DISGUSTING* LOVELY PEACHES EATS GREEN POOP AND BLOODY TAMPONS?!". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ↑ Johnson, Brittany. "LovelyPeaches EATING HER PERIOD BLOOD ON LIVE". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ↑ "Lovely Peaches". www.vantunews.com. Vantu News. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ↑ Mendez II, Moises. "Controversial Instagram star Lovely Peaches arrested on animal-cruelty charge after claiming she broke her dog's legs". www.insider.com. Insider. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Rana, Sambridhi. "Where Is Lovely Peaches Now? Controversial Instagram Star's Current Life and Death Rumors Discussed". hollywoodmask.com. Hollywood Mask. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Mendez II, Moises; Tenbarge, Kat. "Controversial influencer Lovely Peaches told her arresting officer that she sprayed perfume in her dog's eyes to get followers, according to police report". ca.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Kozma, Leila. "Lovely Peaches Uploaded Grisly Videos Detailing How She Would Abuse Her Daughter". www.distractify.com. Distractify. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Gatollari, Mustafa. "Throngs of People Want Lovely Peaches Arrested for Her "Hate Speech"". www.distractify.com. Distractify. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Norton, Brad. "Lovely Peaches reportedly loses custody of daughter after investigation". www.dexterto.com. Dexterto. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Hansen, Zachary. "Police: Woman abused puppy in DeKalb 'to gain more followers' on social media". www.ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ MaGee, Ny. "Internet Personality Lovely Peaches Arrested, Social Media Deleted Amid Reports of Child Abuse". eurweb.com. EURWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Aubrey, J. "The TikTok Star Who Fooled The Internet: The Lovely Peaches Saga". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Moore, Camille. "10 Things You Didn't Know about Lovely Peaches". tvovermind.com. TVOM. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Sung, Morgan. "Doctors are using TikTok to blow off steam and educate teens". mashable.com. Mashable. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ↑ Das Biswas, Shuvrajit. "Fact Check: Is Lovely Peaches Really Dead?". thecinemaholic.com. The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
This article "Brittany Johnson" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Brittany Johnson. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
