One moment, you are a simple mother trying to have fun by enjoying your favorite football team. The next moment, you went viral after being flashed on the jumbotron. The next moment, people are saying you are not real.
All these happened to Los Angeles Chargers supporter Merrianne Do in 24 hours.
Do went viral after her Chargers made a touchdown as they tried to overcome a huge lead in the Dallas Cowboys loss. The LA-based franchise eventually lost the game, 17-20.
The Cowboys took home the victory, but Do took the spotlight because of an intense reaction caught on video.
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However, as always happens on the internet, her cameo in the intense game was scrutinized to the point that many allege she was planted there by the NFL, conveniently there to make a slapstick reaction for the views.
Did the NFL hire this lady to pretend to be a Chargers fan?
-Wildly over animated
-Saying “get him” when the chargers are on offense
-shown over and over
-overwhelming majority of Cowboys fans at SoFi
-Clearly wearing brand new uniform
pic.twitter.com/AUnt9HnjBv— Tommy Morris (@realtommymorris) October 17, 2023
Some even posit that her countenance was not natural. It was digitally altered.
Do refutes accusations by appearing on the Pat McAfee Show
The viral video of Do made her an instant celebrity and social media star. Before things go awry, she appeared in the Pat McAfee show to refute allegations she is not a real fan of the Chargers.
Sorry, conspiracy theorists: The #Chargers fan who went viral Monday night and her husband are season ticket holders who rent cabana suites every season for multiple games, I’m told.
They’re true diehard fans — not actors — and wanted to get the word out. pic.twitter.com/pnHtKSvWlg— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 17, 2023
"I wish I was getting paid. I wish I could make myself AI and as beautiful as I want, but at the end of the day this is me guys," Do said in the show.
"This is me. Crazy mom of four. Crazy chargers fan. Crazy freaking football fan and it is what it is," she added. "All the moms are texting me, they're like: 'Why are the people saying you're fake? Because this is how you're at flag football. This is how you are at soccer. This is the basketball finals. This is you.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, I guess my poor kids have to deal with this every day,' but now it's crazy, it's overwhelming that the whole world thinks this is so different."
Mothers can love football, too. Just like how Do does it.
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