- [Man] Welcome back to Totally True Documentary.
Today we follow 32 year old Emma Gweck.
A millennial attempting to make it big on TikTok
a platform popular with teenagers
and kids much younger than Emma.
- Hey guys, if anyone has an even slower and easier
version of this dance, hit me up in the DMs.
Yeah, hey, hi, I'm Emma,
I'm 32, I'm a millennial on TikTok
and my content is hit.
Fire emojis on a hundred,
know what I mean? (laughs)
- [Woman] How did you find out about TikTok?
- My 14 year old niece showed me
and I fell in love immediately.
Well, not immediately.
It took a few months for me to figure out how to use it
'cause it's tough to figure out
but right after that, I was in love. (laughs)
- [Woman] And why do you wanna get big on TikTok?
- 'Cause for the fun of it.
I'm a millennial.
We invented social media
so I should be really good at this.
- [Woman] But you're easily 10 years older
than everyone else on the platform.
- Yeah, but I don't feel or look older, that's the point.
(writhes) My back, sorry,
my back just doesn't bounce back like it used to
this chair is uncomfortable. (laughs)
- [Woman] Like when you were younger?
- No.
- I will be honest.
I have been concerned about Emma
ever since she joined TikTok.
Pardon me for psychoanalyzing my friend,
I just think she's sort of stuck
in a state of arrested development or something
like an early midlife crisis maybe.
I joined TikTok as a goof because Emma told me to,
I don't really get it, but it makes her happy.
I really prefer Instagram.
I love that you can post photos and videos
that people can like and comment on.
Oops! Sometimes there are challenges, it's really fun.
- [Woman] Sorry, are you talking about Instagram or TikTok?
- Instagram, obviously.
- That's so Alison for sure.
I mean, she's such a mom.
Of course she doesn't get to TikTok.
She stoppped trying to be cool years ago,
but I'll always try, I'm super try hard.
Oh, crap. Sorry.
My mom wants to FaceTime hold on.
- Honey, where have you been?
You've missed the last eight family Zoom calls.
- Mom, I told you I need to focus on my TikToks.
I'm getting noticed for them.
- Okay, but don't you think you should be focused on
something more important like buying a house
or finding a man?
I mean, I know you don't like to hear this,
but if you wanna have kids, you better start now.
- Mom, millennials are having kids way later
and they're definitely not buying houses.
- Well, your sister's a millennial
and she has a house and a kid and--
- I gotta go.(scoffs)
- Sorry, where were we? (giggles)
Oh, yeah, I have some really good news.
Charlie Antonio, duetted me.
- [Woman] Who's Charlie Antonio?
- (laughs) Oh, you're serious.
- [ Man] Charlie Antonio is currently
the 10th most like user on TikTok with 1.9 billion likes.
(upbeat music)
♪ Aint no shame ♪
♪ Watch me do my walk ♪
- First thing you gotta understand is that
Charlie Antonio is the most famous TikToker.
He's the cool guy around here.
♪ Beat me out to the back of the shed. ♪
♪ Shoot me in the back of the head ♪
- Yeah, started on Vine when I was like 10 or whatever.
And now I'm on TikTok, or whatever.
But, I'm just doing me.
Know what I mean?
- And he picked me to duet with.
- [Woman] What does it mean for someone to duet you?
- Okay, if you really want me to show you my awesome video,
all you have to do is ask.
♪ Give me that money ♪
♪ Gi gi give me that money ♪
♪ Give me that money ♪
- There you have it.
Me and Charlie Antonio doing a TikTock
duet dance video together.
He probably thinks I'm a teenager too.
(laughs) It's so dumb.
I guess we're basically collab buddies.
- Yes, I saw the Charlie Antonio TikTok duet
with my dear friend Emma.
Have you talked to her?
She okay?
- [Woman] She's happy about it actually.
She likes the video.
- She likes it?
Oh, no.
- What?
People are saying that Charlie Antonio is making fun of me?
No way, that's just how us TikTokers do.
We razz each other, we joke.
- [Woman] Your mum and your friend Alison
say this might be a good time to take a break from TikTok.
- Excuse me, what?
Okay, they're being ridiculous.
If Alison has anything negative to say
about my duet collab with Charlie Antonio
it's probably because she's jealous.
(exhales) Okay, Alison wishes that she was forever young
and carefree and whimsical like me.
That's probably why she's hating on me and my boy,
Charlie Antonio like that.
- Oh! (laughs)
The older lady with the back problems.
Yeah, she's hilarious, but not in a good way.
'Cause the duet that I posted with her
it got the least number of views and comments
of any of my TikToks, it's crazy.
Also, she's freaking me out
'cause she keeps DMing me, non stop.
Hey buddy, I just thought--
I can't even read what she's writing.
Knock knock, who's there?
Collab collab who?
Should'nt she have like a job?
So why are you asking about that lady?
She okay?
- You know what, everybody just needs to stop tripping.
I'm gonna dress this kid over TikTok live right now.
So I just wanna address something
that I know has been on a lot of people's minds.
To all the people out there that think
me and Charlie Antonio have some kind of a beef.
There is none, okay?
We are creative collaborative buddies actually.
- [Man] Charlie Antonio quickly stepped onto the platform
to respond as well as others.
- Okay, this is getting a little crazy.
I just wanna squash these rumors right here and right now,
I don't know that adult woman.
We are not a collab team in any way.
I'm gonna stop talking about it now
because I'm honestly scared that she's gonna show up
and take my skin one day.
All right now back on the questions about my abs.
- Emma sweetie, hi, it's me your friend Alison.
This is a public intervention.
Please quit Tiktok.
Sweetie, you've done amazing,
but it's time to take a step back
and leave the kids alone.
Okay, how do I post this?
Hang on, I gotta get one of my beautiful blonde angels
to help me out.
Eva Glen, Beverly, Dylann with two ns, the girl?
- Haters, all of you are haters.
Okay, first of all Alison, shut up.
You don't even know what you're talking about.
Okay, you just want me to quit TikTok
because your brand is super cringy
and you're jealous of my platform
that I built from the ground up.
Okay, and wow, okay, Charlie Antonio, (beep) you.
Okay, you better watch yourself
firing shots at me like that son.
Do you understand the kinda power that I wield.
Okay, I will destroy you.
I will (beep) your dad.
- I don't understand why she has to be so mean.
I'm just a kid.
My dad left five years ago.
When he first left, I thought it was my fault.
And I know that it's not my fault
and that's not a healthy way to feel.
But just people mentioning him and bringing him up
it really hurts.
Kinda like how that mean old lady
brought him up for no reason.
- [Man] Charlie Antonio's fans quickly came to his aid.
Shaming Emma for her aggressive behavior.
(scoffs)
- I really lost my cool in my TikTok live video.
And I verbally assaulted a child.
Should be arrested creepy lady.
(scoffs)
Someone should call an amber alert on you.
How old are you, 65?
No.
I received a sternly worded email
from TikTok saying that I am banned.
They said I was an adult
who behaved inappropriately towards a child.
And the final sentence before they ended the note was,
"You should know better."
You don't love to see that.
You should know better.
(sighs)
I do not disagree.
- I raised you better than this Emma.
Why did you do it?
And where did you learn to speak that way?
(sobs) Why couldn't you just do this on Facebook? (sniffs)
And why're you still skipping your family Zoom calls?
- You know what?
I think that this is the best possible outcome
for all of us.
Emma getting banned like that on TikTok
was a serious wake up call for everyone.
If there's one thing that millennials on TikTok
can take away from all of this
is that TikTok really is for kids.
All right, sweetie don't eat the marshmallow.
Can you do that?
Can you be patient?
Don't eat the marshmallow till mama gets back.
All right, be a good beautiful instrument of God
and listen to your mama.
You will not get into heaven
if you go against your mama's wishes.
(doll drops)
(laughs) I'm having fun on this TikTok thing y'all.
Oh my God the kids are liking and subscribing.(laughs)
Is that the right terminology for this?
Ghosh, I should stop hyping myself up.
I know that I'm probably only big on TikTok
because my kids are big on TikTok
and I know that my kids are probably only big on TikTok
because of their big sweet Christian smiles. (laughs)
- Pretty interesting how Alison suddenly gets popular
the moment I get kicked off TikTok.
- [Woman] Do you feel like you had in Alison's success?
- In a way, yes.
But truthfully, I'm not even sweating it.
Because first of all,
I am the first millennial to get banned from TikTok
for publicly attacking Charlie Antonio.
I'm the first.
Pretty iconic.
And secondly, something Alison and doesn't know,
I actually did (beep) her dad.
Pooh!
- Like an early midlife crisis maybe.
But really early because her and I are the same age
and we're basically fetuses.(laughs)
I have four kids can you believe?
I know I look like I'm 12 but I'm older than that.
And for all those asking, no, I'm not adopting. (laughs)
I can't be everyone's mommy.(laughs)
- [Girl] Oh my God. - (laughs)
- You're not getting the family earrings anymore.
They stay with me when I die.
I'm getting buried with them.
- Eva Glen, sweetie, can you help your mommy post a TikTok?
It's the TikTok live.
I don't know if it's--
Which button do I press?
Is it like an automatic, do I hit the whoa
and then it registers?
- [Both] (laughs)
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As for me, I don't click anything.
I don't have a mouse.
My computer tracks my eyeballs
and anything that I click on,
I gotta give it a smoon kinda like this.