Remember this story from earlier in the week?
Cinnamon Toast Crunch says there is 'no possibility' this blue-check found shrimp tails in his cereal https://t.co/HXIVW29q0s
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 23, 2021
Well, we’ve quickly reached the milkshake duck stage of going viral as Jensen Karp, the guy who first posted the photo alleging there were shrimp tails (and other gross things) in his cereal, has now been accused by multiple women of abuse:
Can you even believe this sentence, what is this world: “Shrimp guy” Jensen Karp, outed as an alleged abuser, is the latest viral phenomenon to get Milkshake Ducked. But he won’t be the last. https://t.co/3gbpLQ34jv
— Blair Hickman (@amandablair) March 26, 2021
It was inevitable, right?
In the span of just three days, the saga of Jensen Karp, a.k.a. Cinnamon Toast Crunch guy, grew from a baffling internet tale to a fevered pop-culture excavation to a reckoning by women who claim he’s an abuser. https://t.co/aqgBqYzsdH
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) March 24, 2021
From The Daily Dot:
By Wednesday, stories from women who claim Karp has a history of being abusive and manipulative started coming out. Actor and writer Melissa Stetten referenced a trending L.A. Times Twitter headline about Karp’s viral moment, asserting that he is a “manipulative gaslighting narcissistic ex-boyfriend who once told me he was surprised I hadn’t killed myself because my life was so worthless.” Writer Stephanie Mickus said she was previously blocked by Karp on Twitter “b/c I was not gracious enough after a surprise threesome! But not before I was told to ‘be careful or I would never work in this town again.’”
In response to Mickus’ tweet, writer Rory Uphold said: “I ended up in the hospital. Took me a year to recover mentally and I still struggle.” Elsewhere, she said Karp is “the most abusive person I have ever been with.” We’ve reached out for comment.
And it’s not just romantic partners calling him out:
I never dated Jensen Karp. I would never have dated Jensen Karp. I worked with him – and it was awful. Do a quick fucking google before you write about me – just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean the only relationship I can have with a man is romantic.
— Eliza Skinner (@elizaskinner) March 25, 2021
There are also charges that he “ripped off Black writers’ ideas”:
Former girlfriends accused Jensen Karp of manipulation and abusive behavior. Industry peers, meanwhile, tell The Daily Beast he ripped off Black writers’ ideas and screamed at coworkers https://t.co/O4hSgbWDoy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 27, 2021
As for what was actually in the cereal, we wait for an update from the now-canceled Karp:
No real update and I’m not posting about this bullshit all day again. Waiting for the envelope I agreed on from General Mills to send them back pieces and some of a shrimp tail will leave home for DNA testing at Noon. They grow up so fast.
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 24, 2021
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