@saipanting/TwitterIn what’s surely the grossest use of Twitter ever, a pregnant woman has blackmailed her followers into retweeting a selfie, claiming she would have an abortion if she didn’t get 4,000 of them.
The selfie shows the unnamed young woman, who gives her location as ‘hell’, posing before a mirror – the small swell of her pregnant belly is just visible under her long black and white dress.
The controversial tweet in question gives the following sick threat:
4 months pregnant. 4k RTs & I won’t abort it.
4 months pregnant. 4k RTs & I won't abort it. pic.twitter.com/z9lzWPuHIn
— ?? (@saipanting) August 23, 2017
Things got more complicated when the dad of the unborn child discovered the tweet and was understandably pretty pissed off.
Apparently, it was the first time he’d found out the baby was his:
Sorry you had to find out this way ?♀️?♀️
— ?? (@saipanting) August 23, 2017
The couple appear to have a very unusual and turbulent relationship history.
He goes on to accuse her of telling people he’d died.
‘King Nathan’ also claims she sold his dog for tickets to a Lil’ Pump concert – WTF:
YOU. TOLD. EVERYONE. I. DIED. THEN YOU SOLD MY DOG FOR TICKETS TO A LIL PUMP CONCERT
— King Nathan, VI ?? (@RodriguezThaGod) August 24, 2017
Hundreds of followers watched the Twitter soap opera unfold with a mixture of horror and cynicism.
Some people are convinced the woman is a very disturbed person who shouldn’t be allowed within ten feet of a baby:
This better be fake. If not see a therapist
— anthony smith (@smithconst1990) August 24, 2017
So the amount of RT's you get determines whether or not your baby has a life? Parenting at its finest. Smh
— Jessie Culver (@dj_pebbs) August 25, 2017
why ? ever think this happened for a reason ? youre already almost half way there. you can get help & there are adoption agencies.
— rachael stanley (@rachh_stanley) August 24, 2017
The fact that a fucking LIFE is equivalent to 4,000 rts is sickening.
— ⚾ (@ethanscott001) August 24, 2017
Others are slightly more sceptical, suggesting she could simply be an attention seeking troll with a dark sense of humour:
Why is this whole thing staged tho
— Cole Reopelle (@CReopelle) August 24, 2017
Imagine taking a troll seriously
— janana bread (@lncestPrincess) August 24, 2017
Here's the attention you wanted pic.twitter.com/UzENzm2OSg
— ? (@onlybieberveli) August 24, 2017
Fake, but a hilarious read.
— Pauly (@pauly_heinz) August 24, 2017
The post now has been shared over 11,000 times, way over the demanded 4,000.
If we’re to believe this is real, a woman who weighed her baby’s very existence against retweets could be welcoming home a newborn in just five short months.
I'm the one that sold my exes dog for tickets to your concert @lilpump
— ?? (@saipanting) August 25, 2017
Let’s hope this was all just a massively inappropriate ‘joke’…
Jules studied English Literature with Creative Writing at Lancaster University before earning her masters in International Relations at Leiden University in The Netherlands (Hoi!). She then trained as a journalist through News Associates in Manchester. Jules has previously worked as a mental health blogger, copywriter and freelancer for various publications.