Sienna Mae’s MANIPULATIVE Christian Return to the Internet

[00:00:00]This is kind of the first time that we're really going to dive into some stuff. I felt like I had such a bright future. How is there even going to be a day after this?

[00:00:10]That was like that was really bad. All right, you guys. Today we're talking about one of the internet's most infamous examples of what people are calling the cancel to religious pipeline. Kind of reminds me of the whole Gabby Hannah situation. But today we're talking about former Tik Tok star Sienna May, who was once one of the biggest creators on the platform. But after her career ending controversy and years of public backlash, she is now reemerged with heavily faith-based content centered around Christianity, prayer, and spiritual transformation.

[00:00:41]Yeah, we've never seen that one before, right, guys? Now, for those who don't know about the whole Sienna controversy, we'll get into that in just a bit, but a growing number of people online aren't buying this new rebrand era of hers.

[00:00:52]People are accusing Sienna of using religion as a way to rehabilitate her image and revive a career that never fully recovered from her cancellation.

[00:01:00]For those not in the know, Sienna May was one of Tik Tok's fastest rising stars. She built her brand around body positivity, self-love, and relatable content, amassing millions of followers, and becoming one of the platform's most recognizable faces in the whole 2020 2021 peak Tik Tok era. However, her career took a dramatic turn in 2021 when allegations involving fellow Tik Tok creator Jack Wright surfaced. Friends of Jack initially accused Sienna of inappropriate behavior, and the controversy escalated when Jack later released a detailed video describing incidents he alleged were non-consensual and emotionally manipulative. Sienna denied the claims and disputed aspects of the claims, but public opinion largely shifted against her and she was accused of essaying Jack Wright. I've said this since the beginning when all these allegations were made when I was 17. Until now, I've always been innocent. Um, I've never been to jail.

[00:01:53]I've never spoken to a police officer about the situation. I've never been on any kind of registry list. Get why people bring up the video, the proof, but I think you can manipulate anything to be out of context. So, I'm going to explain the whole video for you. This video was taken seven months before Jack and I's friendship ended, before they made those allegations, before he put out their tweet, whatever. We were friends for another seven months afterwards. So, the video was filmed on Snapchat by his brother James in November of 2020. Again, 7 months prior to them ever posting anything about me or using them as their proof. We had just gotten back from like a bigger party and we were at another party with people all around us and we were both drunk and making out the entire night.

[00:02:43]He was introducing me as his girlfriend at the party. We were like holding hands. It was like I I was so confused.

[00:02:50]So his brother James filmed it on Snapchat and this is what I mean by the context thing. He filmed it on Snapchat and he sent it to our friend group with the caption like the bar or whatever that was like gh they're so annoying like making out again or whatever.

[00:03:02]They're so cringey. He sent it as like a gh they're so annoying. They're making out again. Mind you, this was his brother that filmed it. And I don't know how more people don't think about this, but if I genuinely was like sexually assaulting him in this moment, why would his brother film?

[00:03:18]>> Over the years that followed, Sienna periodically attempted comebacks through YouTube videos, personal statements, and of course, we can't forget that dance apology video she made. So embarrassing.

[00:03:30]It was an extremely embarrassing look for her online. Like, I don't know what these YouTubers are thinking. Making dance, ukulele, apology videos. Like, why was that even a thing? Now, Sienna still has an impressive 12 million followers on TikTok, but her engagement tells a very different story, you guys.

[00:03:46]Her views simply aren't reflecting the size of her audience, and it's clear that the level of relevance and influence she once had isn't what it used to be. To be fair, though, that's a trend we've seen with many creators who exploded in popularity during the whole 2020 Tik Tok boom. The only difference is that Sienna's decline has been particularly noticeable because people feel like she is trying to go down that whole religious rabbit hole to save her career and kind of build this new religious arc. She posted this video yesterday and it has the internet talking. You guys, this video was specifically weird cuz she said God told her a stranger needed to be prayed for and was involved in dark magic tarot cards. So, she went up to them and prayed. I don't know. This pipeline has become so prevalent with influencers. I agree. So, one day I was at the gym and it was after Mother's Day last year and there was this older lady probably in her 40s or 50s and she was sitting on the bench crying and when I got in the the locker room cuz that's where she was. I had just this just like very weird feeling about going up to her and asking her to pray for her. And normally it it's just sometimes just awkward but like I had an overwhelming feeling of like this girl this lady needs prayer.

[00:04:56]like she's not okay. And I went to go shower and then I was like, "Okay, if I get back and she's still here, I'm going to go up to her because I definitely have a hard time being social in those types of situations, but I just really felt like that needed to happen."

[00:05:08]Anyway, I got back from the shower. She was still there. So, I was like, "Okay."

[00:05:10]Like, I don't know what God put on my heart, but I'm just going to listen.

[00:05:12]Went up to her. I prayed for her. I asked her what was going on. She kind of filmed me in briefly about just like that Mother's Day was hard for her. She hadn't spoken to her. All the top comments, remember when she made her apology an interpretive dance? Gh. I hate when they hide behind religion. For real. Like, why didn't God stop her from that passed out boy? People turn to religion when no one else will have them. I think there's something so poetic about the fact that grifters always choose to align with groups they know are stupid and gullible enough to fall for it for their own personal biases because they're the easiest to manipulate and it's almost always conservative Christian Republicans.

[00:05:47]Always be suspicious of someone who turned super religious all of a sudden.

[00:05:51]The same girl that essayed her friend while he was asleep. Glad to see the pipeline from to conservative grifter is staying strong. Sienna recently went on the squeeze podcast where she discussed the severe impact of public cancellation and she reflected on her mental health struggles revealing that intense internet scrutiny led to a period of hospitalization following a self harm crisis. She said she almost committed suicide and talks about the boundaries she now maintains to protect herself from social media toxicity. I do know that throughout that journey for you, you shared with me a little bit about how there definitely was some very low points for you throughout that.

[00:06:30]>> What What was like the lowest point for you?

[00:06:33]>> Well, I think I tried to I'd like to remember it um sometimes better than it was. So like obviously I had an amazing community. I had a church family. I had people around me, but it it was not an easy time. And there were some really bad low points and I don't really think I've ever even talked about this online, but um there was a night that um I attempted to commit suicide and they took me to this like um this like hospital for like it was like troubled, not troubled teens cuz all the girls in there were just hurt. But um >> that was like that was really bad.

[00:07:11]>> Yeah. because that was like I just feel bad for my family because I feel like they were um trying so hard to keep me there and I think everybody in my family and my friends like went through it with me which I didn't feel alone in that but >> I didn't take away from the moments that I did feel alone and I was like >> I really think that it's just my time to go.

[00:07:31]>> Yeah.

[00:07:32]>> And also it doesn't help when like everybody's telling you to do that too.

[00:07:35]>> Um >> I think that was that takes the place of number one low.

[00:07:39]>> Yeah. Um, but luckily, you know, I spent like 72 hours like there and that was the worst 72 hours of my life. I was like, "Oh my gosh, get me out of here."

[00:07:51]Like, I need to I feel so grateful for every little thing once getting out of now. Let me know what you guys think about all of this in the comments down below. I certainly want to know your thoughts. I love you guys so much and as always, I'll see youall in the next video.