Ethan Poisson is an American TikToker who is known for his satire, along with his videos where he makes fun of viral videos that are deemed as cringe/embarrassing.
History[]
Ethan started gaining popularity on TikTok in mid-late 2020.[4][5][6]
Cletus Bartholomew[]
In April 2021, a user sent in a picture of Ethan to a college Instagram profile, along with stating they their name was 'Cletus Bartholomew', and that they were a new student.[7] The character 'Cletus Bartholomew' would also end up on a television news station.[8]
'The Original'/Remakes[]
Ethan has since around early 2021[?] made videos making fun of viral videos that were deemed as cringe by most users on the platform, such as videos where users deem the acting as being bad. Because of the extent of the remakes, along with other creators also making the remakes, users would in mid-2021 post comments such as 'We're in the original' under posts, predicting that it was going to get remaked.[9] An account called @ethanp0iss0nremake started reposting his remakes next to the original videos, and has gained over 200K followers.[10]
The remakes have also gained criticism, with some people stating that it continuously happens to be conventionally unattractive and/or neurodivergent people that get their videos made fun of.[11][additional citation needed]
Trivia[]
- He has described himself as being 'very shy in public'.[12]
- He graduated high school in 2021, and is a musical theatre student at UNCG.[12][13]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/7045334526922460421
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/7045129730957397254
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/6748151375840005381
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/6876257551596424453
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/6871337267806440710
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/6851643867201162502
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0n/video/6951608377743019269
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@desolatebliss/video/6969728148099370246
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@simp4summertime/video/6962939377068543237
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@ethanp0iss0nremake
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@madheartcos/video/6967760306785242374
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Meg P., 'How Ethan Poisson's Top Tier Humor Made TikTok's Favorite Comedian-Creator' - The Teen Magazine
- ↑ UNCG News, April 7, 2022, 'Stage & screen: Get to know musical theatre student and TikTok star Ethan Poisson'