Was Brooke set up? Tweets Edition
I’ve been thinking about the Brooke tweets exposé situation, and as a black creator, I want to be clear that calling out Brooke’s past was valid. Those posts were harmful, period.
At the same time, the way everything played out still doesn’t sit right with me.
Brooke initially did respond. She was in the subreddit, on her known account, apologizing and engaging. Then suddenly… silence. No real follow-up, no continued accountability.
Fast forward about a year, and it explodes on TikTok. All at once. Drama pages, big creators, everyone. It goes from contained to unavoidable overnight.
That timing feels intentional.
Tana has a history of letting things die down instead of addressing them head on. So I can’t help but wonder if that mindset played a role here, even indirectly.
Then you add in Clinton Kane and everything Brooke already had going on publicly, and it’s like the perfect storm hit at once.
Again, I’m not defending what Brooke said.
Accountability was necessary. But there’s a difference between accountability and something escalating to the point where it feels targeted and overwhelming.
It raises a question for me:
why did this resurface the way it did, when it did, and who benefited from that shift in focus?
Because it didn’t feel organic.
Curious if anyone else remembers her initial responses vs. how it blew up later.