An aspiring influencer from Beverly Hills says he’s tested positive for coronavirus after licking a public toilet seat as part of a sick social media challenge.
“I tested positive for Coronavirus,” Lars, a.k.a. “GayShawnMendes,” tweeted last week from an account that has since been suspended.
He also shared a video to Instagram of himself in a hospital bed telling his 35,000 followers, “Hey, guys. I’m really doped up on pain medicine right now.”
The the 21-year-old’s announcement came just days after he posted a TikTok video of himself licking a public toilet seat as part of the “Coronavirus Challenge,” a disgusting trend popularized by a young woman named Ava Louise, who filmed herself licking an airplane toilet seat in an effort, she said, to “troll” the media.
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Lars has previously appeared on Dr. Phil show, where he was widely criticized for going into grocery stores and licking tubs of ice cream then putting them back in the freezers. He claimed the stunt made him “lots of money” from his online following.
It’s not clear whether Larz’s reported coronavirus infection is linked to the toilet licking stunt. His Instagram page has not been updated in four days.
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PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Play Stupid games….
Win Stupid prizes……
Cam
LOL! Just picturing the carnival employee handing him over a stuffed Corona virus toy.
Heywood Jablowme
He should just eat some Tide Pods, they kill the coronavirus.
dinard38
I second that! Lol!!
dm3080
Why was a precious resource like a test, and hospital care wasted on this idiot.
How did he get a test over others whose lives are in jeopardy ??
frapachino
He’s probably in the hospital for something else!
Cam
He also tested positive for being gross.
jjose712
He is lucky if he only cought coronavirus.
Raymundo
Exactly
Cam
“”An aspiring influencer””
I’ve said it before, this is maybe one of the saddest phrases in the English language.
clhs
A truer word has never been said.
Tempus
I hope his current situation influences a lot of people not to be so stupid and to unfollow him though neither is likely
MrMichaelJ
“Gay Shawn Mendes” is the most redundant screen name.
itzallan
And the lesson is: do stupid things and stupid things happen to you.
Cam
LOL!
Yes, perfect summary.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Gee, where did I see that before?
The big sky
Darwin award winner for sure.
greybat
But who will sequin his respirator for the Ceremony? His mom already said “No”
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1898
the darwin award is given to people who die. this idiot is still alive despite his best efforts to the contrary
Doug
These kids need therapy. Looking at his Instagram videos, this is somebody with zero self esteem who will do anything to get attention.
rodzilla
I never understood having low self esteem. Rarely is someone good at every thing but everybody is good at something. As my dear departed Mother used to tell me, ‘You may as well BLOW your own HORN as it’s unlikely someone else is going to do it for you.’ And way back in 1959 when, as a 5 y.o., my stepdad asked me, ‘Are you sure you want to be a fairly princess for Halloween?’ she stepped up and told him, ‘If he wants to be a fairy princess, then by god, he’s going to be a fairy princess!’ But that’s a story for another day. Peace & Love my Brothers and Sisters!
Goosecurls
How can we be sure that he really has the disease? Given he is such an attention whore, it is not beyond him to lie. He could have very well hopped into an empty hospital room, and pretended to be drugged out.
I also checked out available treatment for COVID-19. None of them include pain meds like you would have to take for surgery. But, perhaps his tolerance is as low as his IQ.
COVID-19 treatment includes:
Pain relievers (ibuprofen or acetaminophen)
Cough syrup or medication
Rest
Fluid intake to reduce the risk of dehydration
Supplemental oxygen in more severe cases
Bob
I’d leave ibuprofen off that list. I’ve heard a few times that it’s like speed for the virus.
Cam
@Bob
I heard a doctor on the radio the other day (Dr. David Agus), he’s a prof at Cornell medical, USC, and works at Cedar Sinai, so the guy seemed legit. He said the ibuprofen scare came from an e-mail that was passing off hoax information, and that you could take advil or tylenol, both were fine.
justgeo
You get what you lick let the piece of shit die—painfully on social media as an act of redemption!
wikidBSTN
Darwin, do your work here.
Wheelerman
I hope this aspiring influencer has medical insurance, and is not being treated on the taxpayers’ dime. All for a really stupid, gross stunt. If he survives; he needs to get a job and become a functioning member of society. This nonsense really angers me.
WSnyder
He’s a idiot. While his Covid-19 ‘Test’ will be at taxpayer expense, it’s unlikely his treatment will be and I’m thinking *if* he has medical insurance, they’ll likely NOT cover his treatment because of his ‘negligence’ as demonstrated in that video. What needs to be done now are updates of how much he’s suffering and how much pain he is in so that the people who follow him [those with functioning brain cells] can see the real example he’s setting. People will always act stupidly, it’s not just this generation, it goes back to the idiots riding in a barrel over Niagara Falls and all the way back to the Neanderthal who poked the sleeping bear with a stick. The best we can hope for here is dumb people learning from examples set by stupid people.
Bob LaBlah
That toilet seat looks a bit TOO clean for me to believe he didn’t scrub that seat and the walls. I have never seen a public toilet with walls spic and span clean.
clhs
What an absolute weapon.
Matthewnow
Influencer?? Total dickwad. And not the good king.
GayEGO
Ewwwwwwww…..sorry, not for me!
t
“Oh hey Karma, I guess you are real.”