I saw the video. You probably did too.
A content creator went viral after spitting on a basin of holy water inside a church. Yes, inside a church. Not near it. Not by accident. She pulled back her hair, leaned in, puckered her lips, and did what looked very much like a deliberate spit. Then she claimed she was “just making a wish.”
Mao ba, dzae? Sorry, I don’t buy it. Maybe I missed the memo where disrespect is now considered a manifestation of ambition. Or maybe this is just another example of how badly some people want attention.
What’s even more amusing, or disturbing depending on how you see it, is how she handled the backlash. Unlike others who go viral for the wrong reasons and suddenly disappear or go private, this one stayed loud and proud. Her page is still live. Her “apology”, if we can even call it that, is posted as a Reel. With comments open. With engagement climbing. With views ticking higher and higher. And we all know what that means. Meta pays for views, for shares, for engagement. Even if the attention comes from outrage.
So, was it even about clout or has it now become about cold, hard cash?
We really need to ask ourselves: Is this the era we live in? One where spitting in a holy place becomes a monetization strategy? Where disrespect is repackaged as “content”? Where creators manufacture controversy, then cry “misunderstood” while their Reels rake in views and their pockets fill?
You don’t even have to be religious to see that something is deeply wrong here.
This isn’t just about one person doing something dumb. This is about a bigger sickness, where viral is more important than values, where sincerity is optional, and where remorse looks a lot like strategy. Post a Reel, act shocked at the backlash, then ride the engagement wave all the way to your payout.
It’s not content creation anymore. It’s clout farming. It’s attention at any cost.
And honestly, I’m tired.
We used to say, “don’t feed the trolls.” Now we feed them money. We reward outrage. We monetize disrespect. And the worst part? We scroll, we share, we comment. We are all part of the machine.
So the next time someone spits, figuratively or literally, to “go viral,” maybe the best thing we can do is look away. Don’t share. Don’t engage. Don’t contribute to the paycheck they’ll receive for something that should’ve never made it online in the first place.
Let’s stop rewarding the worst of us. Let’s make decency go viral again.
ʙᴏɴɴᴇ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴛɪᴛ 