Rolling Out the Red Carpet for TikTok's Latest Drama - REACTION 

There's a line from Friends (Phoebe's line) that I aspire to be comfortable saying some day: "Oh, I wish I could but I don't want to."

"You didn't lose a friend, an enemy was revealed" I'm stealing this, perfect.

"Not everyone can afford several thousand dollars." MOST people can't afford to blow several thousand dollars on some random trip!

“I’m gonna only hang out with wealthy people…” “😩 But we can’t afford this trip unless 10 people come!” Hahahahaha

I've been to Italy 8 times over a DECADE and I've NEVER booked a luxury villa for MORE than $1,500-2000 total for 7 days. This woman was SCAMMMINNNNNNGGG

for my birthday this year (this past saturday) i literally went out to dinner to texas roadhouse and built separate lego sets for the next 4 hours. just hanging out watching movies and honestly it was one of the best birthdays ive had in awhile

Doing the math in my head for the Italy trip: $1,350 for airbnb, plus round trip airfare, a boat excursion, two expensive dinners, and car/amenities/gift. At least $3,000 for a trip. Probably more. For a birthday friend of five years? Nope.

Just a quick note to the editor: absolutely love the sound edit on Charlotte’s blinks, absolutely chefs kiss, just wanted to let you know I noticed.

Lol. The disconnect between "I needed more people to keep the price down" and "You're just mad because you're too broke to afford it." Seems like she couldn't afford her own trip without help.

For my friends 30th birthday, she planned on a food tour in Las Vegas. After sharing joy and excitement for her I gently brought up and reminded her, I have Epilepsy and though I have an electronic device to help control them,.. they were so consistent I require a device to control them, and don’t think it’s the safest city for me. She apologized and was like omg I didn’t think of that I just wanted you to know you’re not excluded. I really appreciated our conversation and we ended up celebrating her birthday together before she left. Bought her lunch and had a painting party together where we painted positive affirmations we needed.

That first one . . . Her friend isn’t really a friend. A true friend wouldn’t ghost her for not being financially wealthy.

Anyone who does s*xual things in public need to be arrested, charged and placed on the registry. Period.

My single childless BFF of decades threw herself a milestone birthday party, rented an outdoor recreation venue, paid for catering and drinks, and provided recreational fun for all the guests. People did bring presents and paid for a cake, and also brought extra potluck food. There was a mike time "roasting" her and someone made a slide show. It was so fun and memorable, and really spoke to the kind of person she was, there were hundreds of people there. More people should do this kind of thing before they die, so we can all enjoy and appreciate people while they're still around.

"I'm no longer hanging out with broke people" is the new classism dog whistle I stg. That's not what "know your worth" is supposed to be about babes 🙄

A trip to ITALY for her BIRTHDAY?! That girl is delulu! My last birthday a friend came over, we went for a walk in the woods (free, I live right next to the woods) and baked gingerbread and I was thrilled to have such a good friend who would take the time out of her very busy life to come over!

11:06 when Charlotte said "yea, i can't do that.. i don't want to do that" i felt relieved. Like someone had to say this! And there are many who needs to hear this!

About the first story with the Italian birthday trip? It's hilarious that the friend says she's no longer hanging out with "broke people". I've had friends and acquaintances who were always up for things like this and looked at me with pity if I said "Thank you for inviting me, but I really can't afford that." They spent money like drunken sailors on expensive dinners, cars, clothes, trips with friends, Disney Vacation Club and other timeshares, etc. They were the ones who always were in to group things with shared expenses. They were the ones who had extravagant parties for spouses and kids and weddings. They were also the ones who continually cried to me that they were living on the edge and weren't sure how they were getting through the next month. They were the ones constantly asking their parents or siblings to bail them out. They were the ones with terrible credit scores, collection accounts, etc. They were the ones who filed bankruptcy with many tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt. So I always laughed to myself at the look of pity on their faces when I said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have the money for that." Because they heard, "I don't have the money" and completely missed the rest of the sentence - "for that". I actually had the ability to pay the money - in cash - whereas they did not and were simply putting things on various credit cards. I had priorities for my money and they just spent somebody else's money with no priorities at all. Never feel bad about saying no to spending money on something that isn't part of your plans or goals simply to save face. Save that money to use on the things you want or to save for your future.

First story- it’s no only the expectation for people to spend time and money but to do it for you instead of themselves. If I can afford to take a 5 day, thousands of dollars, international vacation I’m not using my cash nor my PTO to be on someone else’s schedule! I’d want to go where I want with who I want. What an insane thing to expect

I had a bit of a funny good "Karen" encounter today. I was in Tim Hortons and noticed that the server's name tag said her name was Karen. I jokingly commented that I'm surprised that people named Karen don't use their middle names today. She said she is a nice Karen and I agreed. Then she said, "You know what we joke about here? I'M THE MANAGER!: 😂😂😂

There's a sketch by Jordan Prince where he pokes fun at German birthdays, highlighting how it's the birthday person's responsibility to cover expenses. Of course, there are surprise parties, but typically we bring our own cake and snacks to the office, cover the bill at a restaurant, or buy some rounds of drinks at the pub. This way, everyone can decide for themselves how much they want to spend on "the birthday topic" each year. In return, we receive gifts, and smaller events are generally preferred over large ones, so as not to raise expectations unnecessarily. 😅

That poor crying woman reminded me of my dad. When I moved to States and got married, my parents came to visit and my dad was just so so so negative about everything, he didn't even want to be here, didn't want to go to trips, said if my husband wants to comunicate with him he should learn czech (my native language which is much more difficult than learning basic english), even couple times said that he will not be coming because the trip is too much of a struggle. Two years later he leaves my mom (terrible divorce) for a woman he had an affair with for those whole two years and her daughter lives in the States too and suddenly he he wants to fly to the States with his new gf to visit her daughter, suddenly he wants to learn english to comunicate with the daughters husband, suddenly he wants to do everything he wouldn't do for me. It just somehow hurts more cause you don't expect this from your own dad 🤯

That first woman had so much class, and her “friend” sounded like an absolute clown for losing her mind like that 😂😂

$13,500 for an airbnb for FIVE DAYS??? Was she renting a castle?? Me thinks she was looking to skim some of that cash off the top and keep for herself...just sayin'

Can we just talk for a second about how STUNNING this womens final makeup look is, TWICE now...just WOW!! 😮❤❤❤

I wouldn’t spend a couple thousand on my own birthday, let alone someone else’s birthday. That’s insane.

Sounds like birthday girl was gonna scam her friends out of about $8-$9,000. Babe you do not want a friend who judges you by your paycheck. She is awful.

In response to the first story: My best friend before and all throughout HS had a HUGE crush on this one guy. The guy always made it clear he "didn't like her like that" so she basically dated around a tiny bit but always kinda wished she'd end up with him. Then, out of no where, he finally decided to date her after stringing her along for literally years. He took this time to also tell me that the reason he hadn't dated her was because he "found me so annoying and couldn't imagine being around me all of the time." (conveniently he told me this immediately after I kicked his a** at Tekken lol) I didn't tell her he'd said this, cause honestly, I talk a lot and over-explain so I felt it was fair. (Don't worry, my self esteem and how I let myself be treated has gotten much better and I would probably laugh in the face of anyone saying the same now) Unsurprisingly, my best friend suddenly had no time for me. I didn't complain. At first I didn't complain because I was trying not to ruin her chance with they guy of her dreams, then I didn't complain because I literally never had a chance. Then, one day when I'm chilling at home with my sister playing Halo, she calls up wanting to go to the local ice cream parlor. She had a car but said she didn't want to drive it due to some issue so she wanted to see if I could come pick her up and we could go hang out. I wanted to hang out but was already hanging out with my sister (who I didn't spend much fun time with) so I reluctantly turned her down. She told me to ask my sister if she wanted to come and that she'd pay for ice cream. My sister agreed so I agreed. We go and pick her up, she's pretty quiet, but my sister and I are just chatting away about the game so I don't think much about it. We get to the ice cream parlor and she doesn't order anything. I ask her why and she's just like "oh, I just wanted to hang out and get out of the house for a bit." Again, weird since she's basically just sitting there not talking, staring out the window of the shop. Then, not 5 minutes later, her boyfriend shows up to pick her up and take her to some lake party nearby. She didn't want to hang out, she didn't care that she was interrupting a rare day with my sister, she just wanted to get out of the house without her dad realizing her car was gone, and her boyfriend didn't want to drive back and forth through the bad traffic at that time of day to go get her. I tried calling her after this to talk to her. I tried for months, never getting her on the phone for more than 2 minutes at a time. So... I finally made a blog post about it. Basically I made a post about how "you can't call someone your friend when they treat you like this" leaving out details of who/where/etc so that she would be the only one who knew who it was about. She was SO offended by this that "she ended the friendship" then and there (the irony of her missing the point that that it was long over before that was not lost on me I promise) In our first verbal conversation in a MONTH she had the nerve to tell me I should have "tried to talk to her." I remember just laughing in this sad "really?!" way. I was beyond done the moment she dragged others into her neglect of me. Sometimes people want the benefits, but they don't appreciate you enough to try and see things from your pov. They want you to put in the work, while they just sit there taking you for granted. Friendships like that are not worth it, and you usually end up realizing how much they were weighing you down once you finally find yourself cut free. (edit: Wanted to add that the two are married with kids now at least, they seem to be happy and I'm happy for them. If you ever go to a Renaissance festival you might even meet her and her get to see her lovely bronze jewelry. She really does do amazing work, but I'm in a similar field and Rhianna has bought my stuff soooooooooo I guess we're both soaring

it's wild to me that people ask their friends to pay for their party. I threw a big party for my 30th, rented a relatively expensive air bnb, had live music, the whole shebang. I did not ask a soul for a cent. That was all for me by me.

It’s the ‘babe you shouldn’t take everything online so seriously’ for me. And then get mad if she outs herself for being a horrible person. Girl she was never your friend, don’t waste your time. But omg she is gorgeous, and seems like such a sweet person. No wonder that girl was jealous….

“You need to cover airfare, AirBnb, 7-8 course meals, and you need to tip the staff plus pay your share of a boat rental…but don’t worry because everything else is included!” 🤣🤣🤣

One of the biggest life lessons I learned was that people will only treat you as poorly as you ALLOW them to. 💯

I saw a clip of a guy getting asked who should pay on a date. His response was "The one who asked/arranged the date." And I completely agree

I’m not convinced that the first “birthday girl” wasn’t trying to get HER portion of the trip paid for by dividing the cost between her “friends”.

I remember "When Harry Met Sally" and her melt down when she realized that her ex wanted marriage, just not with her. That is such a gut wrenching realization when it happens to you.

Re: the woman who begged for 17 1/2 years to go out of the country on a trip. Even if she could've gone on her own, she probably wanted to go with her husband.

At my old gym I used to see our local fire chief most days I went. The thing I thought was so cool about him is that I'd see him walk in in his fancy white uniform with his thick dark hair and moustache and a few minutes later he would emerge from the locker room, completely rocking a bald head. It always impressed me that he was so confident he could wear a toupee one minute and just rip that f vcker off the next. Respect.

On my birthday two weeks ago, I legit took myself on a three day getaway because all of my friends couldn’t get time off. Which I was perfectly okay with, and if they could have managed to get the time off, the only thing they would have had to pay for was one event ticket. This weekend we are all going to dinner to celebrate because the time works for us all. You don’t need friends who make you feel like shit or will talk about you like that. Protect your peace always!

I'm going on a cruise to Alaska in 2026 for my 60th birthday,by myself. I'm not asking anyone to go with me,so no drama! And many congrats to Charlotte and Mike on the upcoming wedding!

To the lady that said "For 17 years I begged him..." I've been there, Sis, and I can tell you from personal experience if he wanted to he would. I say that to say this...There is someone out there who will want to and will...all the things that you never got from him...there is someone willing to give you everything. Find him and never beg another person for anything. Hard lesson learned.

Some years ago, a friend of mine invited a bunch of us to a villa on a Caribbean island and paid for our stay and the food herself. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, made possible by her enormous generosity (I don't even know how much she spent, but I imagine it was more than I could ever hope to afford). Now it's one of my favorite memories ever

For the dancing one, my social anxiety would NEVER let me walk THROUGH a full on dance sesh 🤣🙈

11:57 She didn’t lose friends, she outgrew a group of people who’ve gone stale.

That first girl's skin is AMAZING! Filters dont even give me that texture and radiance. 🤩

The first story, she didn't lose anything of quality. As a broke person with a close broke circle, it's always the ones who have the least money who do the most for you when it really matters.

“We accept what we think we deserve…” spot on! Never beg for anything! If a man doesn't give you what you want either get it yourself or find one that will…

The woman with the ex of 17 years reminds me of my own parents. They were married 23 years and my mom always wanted to travel and do things with us as a family, and my dad wasn’t interested. Now with his current wife who is his high school sweetheart (and an awful person), he travels with her. It hurts my mom because he ended the marriage when he reconnected with step monster on Facebook. So, seeing that woman cry, it made me actually sad for her, because it sucks for everyone involved from the previous marriage at some point. I say this as my father moved to Colorado with his wife 2 months ago and I only heard from him when my mom had an aneurysm and was in the hospital. I haven’t heard from him since.

For my 60th this year I invited 9 of the closest people whom I adore and consider as family to join me for dinner. All arrived ready to celebrate and we had a wonderful evening. No drama just love.

Sorry $1350 each from 10 people is $13,500....what kinda property are they trying to rent ?? The f?

The first girl, I feel her... I had a friend for 5 years and I discovered that the only person who was a friend on this whole friendship time was me, cause that bish were talking sh*t about me to other people and she was envious of me and my relationship. About the girl who said that her ex gave everything she begged for to the new girl and not her...well, same happened to me and after a few years he saw me and said that if back in time I was the person I am today, he would never let me go...and my response was "if I were the person I am today, I would not be with you not even a day, much less 7 years 😅😂"

I've even had to tell people who told me, "YOU can afford it!" That, "Yeh, but I don't WANT to afford it." 😂

For the walking guy, yes you CAN walk through but you also can choose not to do that lol

1st one- not only did she expect her to come up with that kind of money, she wanted her to come up with it in less than a month. She said the bday was at the end of the month.

The first one.. her friend got mad because her bowing out screwed up the math for everyone else paying for everything

I'll say it again: I need Charlotte's facial expressions as an emoji set! 😂😮😌😲😳

The guy who walked through the dancers is the REASON THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR 8 HOURS.

Advance notice for that big of a trip is 6 months to 1 year, so people can save up, find deals on airfare, and take off work in time. Telling someone the SAME month is not advanced notice and unacceptable

For the first one, here's me thinking $13.50/day, not $1,350! That's some airbnb!

"You should have just come to me if you had a problem" She *DID*. You denied it all.

For the group of dancers dancing in public. This is a kpop dance cover group. And as friend of people who do this often. We understand that it’s a public place and if we are disrupting a really busy place we will move. The performance is only 10-20mins long. But these dancers work for weeks on these dancers and pay the camera guys a lot of money to do so. Most of us are really considerate of the public place and will move to avoid busy areas too. It’s an art, they are performing and they work really hard so please take that into account. And we understand that not ever dance crew are not as understanding and kind as others 💖💖💖 Also stan Twice

I took my husband to Mexico and Jamaica. I adore him and want to expose him to even more travel destinations, next up Scotland. He was very poor as a kid and never had vacations, I want to give him everything. He has worked his bottom off and he needs to see the world.

For the dance cover, that man had all the space in the world to go around plus that area specifically is used a lot for this. He just wanted to disturb them😅

RE; Dancers/ walk thru. Teachable moment to my son for many years...."Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD!" Don't ruin things for others.

The dancers aren't there for 8 hours and they don't practice in the streets. There's this "kpop in public" challenge and that's what they're doing. Believe me, they'd rather do this in one go but they can't because of technical difficulties and people LIKE THAT DUDE who just decided to go through them instead of around them. Imagine there's a group of friends,all chatting and what not but then you decide to break their company by walking through them instead of avoiding them 😂

The 1st story is crazy, I've been to Italy thanks to Wowcher for 3 days in Rome ,visited Napels pompey, and then 4 days in Venice included flights, luggage, hotel's (4*)& train travel, got the tickets for the colosseum, Vatican and the hard rock cafe from TripAdvisor and booked Napels and pompey the same way . All for under £800. Her friend is cray-cray😮

Whenever I put together a group event, I try to make sure it’s as affordable as possible for my friends. A lot of them can’t spare more than $20, so I stick to accessible activities - picnics, board game nights, going to the rollerskating rink, etc. Everyone has a great time and that’s what’s most important!

I just had my 81st birthday and it was a blast , out on a boat on Okanagan Lake in B C. They just keep getting better!

I was in the same boat. 30 years of doing holidays alone,vacations alone. Raising children is a full time underrated underpaid job....

My husband took me away to Toronto for my 30th birthday and secretly invited others to come. My brother and 4 friends surprised me. I was overwhelmed by the whole thing. I would never expect that from anyone, but I was so grateful. I also gotto tell them all I was expecting too. Surprises all around!

When I was a teenager my dance school would send us out to dance at mall events. One time a grown man tried to walk through us and got smacked and kicked at the same time. He took a tumble and we just kept jazz dancing, in perfect formation, right over him. Our dance master dragged him out of our way. It was the 80's so you know the jazz hands and kicks were hard. LMAO!!

If a guy I asked out told me to my face that "I don't do 50-50" I would never want to see them. I'd pay my own and leave him to deal with his own crap. It goes without saying that you have to be prepared to pay your own order. I just cannot fathom people who expect to be treated without actually having that conversation where one says "It's my treat".

Regarding the birthday trip person getting mad that she was spoken about in a bad light, I always go back to one of my favorite quotes, which is from Anne Lamott: “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”

I wish i could give the lady who was heartbroken a hug

One summer (before I graduated from college) I was teaching beginner horseback riding classes at a large city riding school, located next to a park with bridle trails. I was taking a group of 8-10 year old kids (after several weeks of ring lessons) on their first ever trail ride in the park. As I was leading them out of a woodland onto an open lawn, there was a couple “embracing” on a blanket. I called to the kids “Everyone prepare trot. Trot on!”, and I didn’t slow to a walk until we were back in the trees. Back at the stable, my boss told me that she had been driving down the road by that open area and that I “shouldn’t have had those beginners trotting on their first trail ride”. I asked if she had noticed a couple on a blanket, but from the road she didn’t see them. When I told her that I was preventing the trail ride from becoming an unwanted educational event, we had a big laugh.

"We're not all doing crazy birthdays anymore" Me (a big ol introvert): Pffft, some of us never did LOL

The first one is exactly why I don’t invite people to do things and expect them to pay for it. If I’m inviting you to do something, it’s because I want you there and I’m willing to pay for it. 💜

23:24 you can see he told his friends what he was going to do and they laughed and went around the group while he walked thru going the opposite direction then his friends did

That last one had me laughing. Back in the 70's and 80's, I decided to ask out guys and let them know, my treat. I casually dated several guys like this. I never once paid for anything! The men would always say thank you and pay. My friends would just say, I wish I could do that. Now, there were plenty of men who asked me out, too. I used to offer to pay for my half. Never did one accept. And I never, ever, slept with a man on the first date (second or third...😉). I got so many flowers sent to me at the office and had so much fun! The only thing more fun for me was raising my children and now grandchild. Enjoy life, my friends. It's so very short! ❤❤❤😂😂😂

I moved in 2003 to another state about 1800 miles away from where I/we lived for almost my whole life. I had friends in a particular group that I had known for over 20 years - never heard a single word from any of them, no text, no call, nothing! I know have friends that I would die for and they reciprocate. One even helped me when I had a health “situation” in 2022 - stayed with me at the ER, took me to her home so we could get her husband to go find my car in a public garage and drive it miles to my home while she took me home! My husband was away at the time so I was alone! This is what real friends do!!! I drive another friend who is in her 80s to most of her doctor appointments because she needs help and I’m more than happy to help! This is what real friends do! They don’t want to go to another country for a birthday that 10 of her friends must pay for everything! Not a real friend!

My 40th birthday was in 2020 so obviously I didn’t do anything to celebrate it. So last year I did something for my 43rd birthday. I went alone to Padre Island in Texas, a four hour drive for me. I got a tiny room on the beach and spent four days bird watching, swimming, collecting shells, drinking on the beach and it was fantastic. I spent less than $500 on everything combined, lodging and gas and food and drinks. It’s the most I’ve ever spent on a birthday. Kudos to anyone who has the money for an international vacation that costs thousands but that ain’t most of us.

Can we just bask in the glory that it the color matching on the makeup from the first video 🤩🤩 what an absolute queen, that foundation was 😮‍💨😮‍💨 But this story is the epitome of “if the truth calls your character into question, the issue is not with the truth, it’s with your character”

I would bet a birthday trip to Italy that that girl is mad because she has to pay for her portion of the trip now instead of splitting the cost between her friends.

I used to be a lifeguard at a community pool. You wouldn’t believe how many people we had to either call the cops on or just ban due to similar things happening at the beach depending on how early or late we caught them. This happened with both teens AND adults. The adults doing it at the community pool were the ones I was always most baffled by.

I am so glad that destination weddings, bachelorettes and birthdays were not a thing when I was younger. I do think that it is weird to go on social media to talk about relationship issues with friends. Sometimes I wonder if my youthful friendships would have survived if we all were venting to social media instead of sitting down to have the conversation.

All the advance notice in the world is not going to make more money magically appear in one's bank account.

I never believed the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" until Charlotte stopped posting daily ❤❤ P.S. My Charlotte Merch arrived today I am SOOOO EXCITED

“We accept what we think we deserve” this made me question alot of things in my life!! But also, how do we stop “accepting” the things we don’t want? Asking for myself..

I'm with Charlotte on beholding the artwork. His whole crew walked around and he broke off to spoil the beholding.

Its good to know about that person now. Let her go, she's a fair weather friend. My last birthday, we got takeout cupcakes, ate homemade tacos, and painted rocks for my garden. Loved it so much that I'm doing it every year.

As a side note, I love watching people do their make-up. I know its been a trend for awhile 😊 The first lady has supernatural gorgeous skin, loved watching how she contours, highlights & shadows. It was mesmerising. Her final looks were magnificent. These are true life skills in my book! 😅❤

22:00 Yeah, I'm with you on this Charlotte, that dude, from what I could tell, went out of his way to ruin their recording. Had it been a situation where he'd just walked behind or around them and they got upset, then I'd be on his side, but he went straight through the group when, as you said, there was space on the sidewalk where he could have continued going straight and then walked behind the camera person if he needed to cross.

Lol!! That second part of the first story! As soon as I heard "Why did you make a video about me" hit her with the "Don't take everything online so personally, not everything is about you 😊." Just like she did the first time around!

My sister dated a guy for about 5, 6 years and spent the whole time begging him to take dance lessons with her, and he always refused... 1 year after they broke up he simply became a F* ballroom dance teacher!!!

6:06 The text says "If you had an issue why bring it up on social media like that ur a child for that!" REALLY? I would have thrown her own words back at her: "Don't take everything online so seriously." 🤷‍♀

I booked 3 local Rock bands for my 50th Birthday. I charged a $5 cover at the door (to all family, friends & strangers) I was able to pay the band with the money I made at the door. The venue was free (because the drinks at the bar were not free) My out of pocket cost was less than $50 (for decorations and cake) Had close to 100 people at my party and we danced, screamed and shouted till 1 am!!!!

@18:22 I don’t agree with that comment. :( not in this case when they were literally together for 17yrs. When you agree to be in a relationship with someone, you should already be willing to do things for and with each other. Telling her she just wasn’t the one for him so that’s why he didn’t take her anywhere is just another slap in the face/ stab in the heart. She doesn’t need those kinds of comments on an already heartbreaking situation.

People were telling people to mind their own business not condemning people for having sex near children!?

I've been watching this 11 minutes after the upload and there was 5000 views, had to pause for a few minutes to come back to nearly 21,000 views omg that's amazing 👏 glad we all love Charlotte 😊😊😊😊

"We teach ppl how we want to be treated" is one of the best quotes that helped me stop accepting LESS THAN. ❤

10:45 For the wannabe posh birthday girl story, it's quite simple: when people show you their real self, believe them.

I absolutely love your reactions and advice. As a senior “79” fan it’s so nice to see someone who has common sense. I am so happy for you that you found Mike, he’s a lucky guy ❤️👍🎉🎶