United States senator Bernie Sanders made an unexpected appearance recently when he stumbled into a famousTikTokstar’s video. The hilarious Sanders cameo caught fire onTikTokand quickly made rounds across the internet.
Social media influencer Taylor Champ is a famous internet presence with over 172,000 followers on TikTok alone. Near the end of an otherwise-uneventfultrip to New York, Champ decided to film a TikTok dance with a service attendant while checking out of her hotel. The two went outside the hotel and prepared to take the short dance video
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Little did Champ know, Sanders happened to be walking down the sidewalk at that exact moment. The video shows Champ and the service attendant beginning the dance, only to almost hit Jane Sanders, wife of the famous senator, in the face. Bernie pauses for a moment, before simply walking around the dancers. Champ apologized to Jane, not realizing who she was or seeing Bernie until the two had already left.
Champ was mortified she hadblocked Bernie Sandersand his wife. She immediately posted an apology video, explaining how the situation came to pass in the first place. Just when Champ thought she could not be embarrassed further, she realized partway through the apology that the woman she had almost bumped into was his wife after calling her Bernie’s assistant or advisor.
Sanders fans who saw Champ’s video were quick to tease her about the blunder. Many made tongue-in-cheek jokes about how this would be the incident that causes Sanders to “give up on the youths,” and “make us pay for college.” Luckily, there were no hard feelings over the incident. Sanders himself commented on Champ’s viral video, apologizing for walking through her TikTok and complimenting her dance moves.Sanders is no stranger to internet popularity, so it is no surprise he didn’t take it seriously.
According to another video she posted shortly after, Champ tends to have bizarre experiences every time shecomes to New York City. On her first visit to the city, she met Bow Wow, and on a subsequent visit, she met Lisa Sugar of POPSUGAR. She was also chosen to go on stage during a Tone It Up performance with Karina and Katrina Dawn, a picture of which made it onto Getty Images. Each of Champ’s visits to New York City have had some truly memorable experiences, but according to theTikTokstar, this encounter with Bernie Sanders might go down as the most unique and iconic moment in her life so far.
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