The Scumbag TikToker Who Faked Tourettes For Clout

Exposé on TikToker Emerald who faked Tourette's for clout, detailing how internet sleuths uncovered the deception.

Key Takeaways

Emerald faked Tourette’s symptoms to gain followers and promote her business.
Inconsistencies in her videos and medical documents led to her exposure.
Online communities like Reddit played a key role in uncovering the truth.
Faking medical conditions harms genuine patients and damages trust.
Emerald’s account was permanently deleted following the scandal.

What the video covers

Emerald claimed to have Tourette syndrome since childhood and used her TikTok account 'Ticks and Roses' to raise awareness and promote her yarn dyeing business.
Her TikTok videos showed frequent tics, but older live streams and videos from her yarn business showed no signs of tics, raising suspicions.
Reddit users and a dedicated subreddit investigated inconsistencies, including lack of tics in long videos and suspicious medical documents.
Emerald responded to accusations by explaining tics do not happen all the time and posted a video of a specialist consultation to prove her diagnosis.
Further evidence, such as discrepancies in logos on medical paperwork and forged documents, fueled doubts about her authenticity.
She deleted TikTok videos and Instagram posts after exposure, losing credibility and respect from the community.
The video details how the internet uncovered the truth through analysis of her content and external evidence.
Emerald’s actions were criticized for exploiting a serious neurological disorder for personal gain, including merchandise sales.
The exposé highlights the impact of faking medical conditions on genuine sufferers and the online community.
The video includes timestamps and detailed examples of the investigation process and community reactions.

Chapters

Who is Emerald and what did she claim?

Emerald is a TikToker who claimed to have Tourette syndrome since childhood and used her platform to raise awareness and promote her yarn dyeing business.

How was Emerald exposed for faking Tourette's?

Reddit users and online communities analyzed her videos and livestreams, noting inconsistencies such as absence of tics in older footage and suspicious medical documents, which led to her exposure.

What was Emerald's response to the accusations?

Emerald explained that tics do not occur all the time and posted a video of a specialist consultation to prove her diagnosis, but further evidence and investigations undermined her defense.

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Emerald claimed to have suffered from Tourette syndrome since the age of six or seven, a disorder which made her life incredibly difficult over the years, so she claimed. By mid-2021, at the age of 27, she was using her 500,000 follower TikTok account, Ticks and Roses, to raise awareness about Tourette's whilst simultaneously promoting her yarn dyeing business.

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tock account ticks and roses to raise awareness about tourette's whilst simultaneously promoting her yarn dying business hi this is emerald with stardust fiber studio i am one of the owners i also do um awareness videos for tourette's on

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Hi, this is Emerald with Stardust Fiber Studio. I am one of the owners. I also do awareness videos for Tourette's on TikTok.

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about wow wow wow wow i want to talk wow wow wow i wanted to talk a little bit about wow wow wow never mind when these suspicions were eventually confirmed to be true ticks and roses was exposed brutally eventually resulting in

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However, it was with videos like the one we're about to show that they began to raise suspicions about whether or not this specific TikToker actually had Tourette's syndrome after noticing that her apparent condition felt forced or fake.

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ticks and rose's tick-tock page emerald also ran a yarn dying business called stardust fiber studio which had its own facebook page on this facebook page emerald would often host promotional live streams dating back to 2020 before her tourette's tic-tock had become

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What I wanted to talk a little bit about... wow, wow, wow, wow. I want to talk... wow, wow, wow. I wanted to talk a little bit about... wow, wow, wow. Never mind.

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we are wrapping up with planting all of the little seedlings now he's finishing up with the broccoli right now in the videos that were displayed on the ticks and roses tick tock page she's often seen ticking once every one to

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When these suspicions were eventually confirmed to be true, Ticks and Roses was exposed brutally, eventually resulting in the permanent deletion of her account. This video will detail exactly how the internet came to discover that she was faking it all, beginning with a subreddit dedicated to the truth and an old Facebook live stream.

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livestream began to show up regularly in her tik tok comments emerald actually had a pretty reasonable defense and would even respond to a specific tick tock that had brought it up you should check out her youtube stardust fiber studio and take note of

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We mentioned earlier that alongside her Ticks and Roses TikTok page, Emerald also ran a yarn dyeing business called Stardust Fiber Studio, which had its own Facebook page. On this Facebook page, Emerald would often host promotional live streams dating back to 2020, before her Tourette's TikTok had become popular in early to mid-2021.

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that the ticks didn't happen all the time and that it was possible for her to make short videos without any involuntary outbursts the excuse was reasonable and accepted by many well momentarily shortly thereafter reddit would uncover another full 54 minute

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The bizarre part about one of these old live streams was that despite apparently having Tourette's since the age of six to seven, during the entire one minute 54 second video, Emerald didn't tick, not even once.

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without ticking yet reddit would find an example of her reciting a written poem for two and a half minutes in an old clip without a single sign of even the slightest tick the pattern was incredibly simple to follow on a tick

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We are wrapping up with planting all of the little seedlings now. He's finishing up with the broccoli right now.

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specialist to get a proper diagnosis uploading a video of her consultation to tick-tock so i know you've all probably seen the chaos happening on my channel so i wanted to show a little bit of my last outpatient consultation

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In the videos that were displayed on the Ticks and Roses TikTok page, she's often seen ticking once every one to three seconds, sometimes even more than that. Therefore, a full one minute 54 second old undulated live stream in which she didn't tick once was certainly some interesting early evidence against the authenticity of her disorder.

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been written twice in the list of past medical history why was it necessary to include that she was a very pleasant 27 year old left-handed lady in the history of present illness ocd with anxiety disorder is just flat

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When the discussion of the Facebook livestream began to show up regularly in her TikTok comments, Emerald actually had a pretty reasonable defense and would even respond to a specific TikTok that had brought it up.

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code or write this the letter was certainly suspicious however to emerald's credit doctors definitely have a reputation for being somewhat careless when it comes to writing perhaps the doctor was in a rush and put down ptsd twice without

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You should check out her YouTube, Stardust Fiber Studio, and take note of how she doesn't have a tick in any of the videos. Maybe you'll think twice.

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who's aware that there are many genuine genetic and neurological differences between right and left-handers perhaps emerald simply went to somewhat of a careless doctor and pretended to have tics throughout the short consultation providing her with a legitimate diagnosis for a fake condition

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To which he would respond, "Hey, so this is a comment I saw a lot, and I wanted to clear up a few things," before explaining that the ticks didn't happen all the time and that it was possible for her to make short videos without any involuntary outbursts.

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logo on it did you go to a different one an interesting thing that no one on reddit seem to pick up on is that the genuine virginia mason logo has a small tm placed after the name yet the letter

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The excuse was reasonable and accepted by many. Well, momentarily. Shortly thereafter, Reddit would uncover another full 54 minute live stream, again without a single tick, rendering her previous excuse slightly less believable.

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tock without the little tm as is shown in almost every other official version of the logo with many assuming that the letter had been faked she would then be trolled by people making their own forgeries of the documents such as this

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There were other pieces of similar evidence. For example, she'll post a TikTok titled "Nursery Rhymes with Tourette's," in which she couldn't get past the first line of reading without ticking, yet Reddit would find an example of her reciting a written poem for two and a half minutes in an old clip without a single sign of even the slightest tick.

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and roses would disable comments on the video before deleting it days later at the same time she'd also delete everything from her instagram page with one reddit post stating t-a-r has deleted all posts on their instagram maybe which was then confirmed by a

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The pattern was incredibly simple to follow. On TikTok, the ticks were uncontrollable, yet in any other situation, they were non-existent.

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is not a joke and she clearly finds it funny to fake it to gain clicks followers and even money she's been selling merchandise for her own personal gain and fortune as far as i and many others know she's been faking tourettes

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With evidence suggesting that her condition had been fabricated, Emerald felt the pressure to prove that her Tourette's was in fact real, at which point she would apparently go and see a specialist to get a proper diagnosis, uploading a video of her consultation to TikTok.

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off it many went even further by commenting on how ticks and roses had impacted their life personally i'm signing this because my husband suffers from tourette's every day his body does things that he does not want to do it's

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So, I know you've all probably seen the chaos happening on my channel, so I wanted to show a little bit of my last outpatient consultation.

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this petition having ticks is not a trend ticks are not something to try and gain attention from this person is disgusting by this point ticks and roses wasn't exactly popular or well respected by those who once followed her content it

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While Emerald likely assumed that this would silence the haters, so to speak, it really only did the opposite. Many were suspicious of the letter owing to a multitude of mistakes and oddities within the writing.

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to emerald derailing the project in the short term my name is emerald and i have huntington's disease it affects all aspects of a person's life it causes movement disorders such as involuntary jerking impaired gait imbalance and difficulty with speech and

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For example, PTSD had been written twice in the list of past medical history. Why was it necessary to include that she was a very pleasant 27-year-old left-handed lady in the history of present illness?

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involuntary jerking so yes i have huntington's disease but huntington's disease doesn't have meat in addition to the video reddit users found an old huntington's disease fundraiser from october 2014 hosted by emerald which stated huntington's disease is something that affects my

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OCD with anxiety disorder is just flat out wrong. OCD is an anxiety disorder, and an anxiety disorder is not a diagnosis; it is a family of diagnoses. You would have to say generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or unspecified or something. This is not how anyone would code or write this.

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on reddit remain skeptical in comments as blatant as i don't believe she has huntington's disease the video in combination with the 2014 fundraiser gave her a pretty good case proving that she did in fact have the disease however

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The letter was certainly suspicious. However, to Emerald's credit, doctors definitely have a reputation for being somewhat careless when it comes to writing.

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have tics which is made to doubt here no doctor should be diagnosing her with tourette's instead any good doctor should be telling them that their ticks again major doubts are a byproduct of their huntingtons this basically meant that if she did truly have huntington's

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Perhaps the doctor was in a rush and put down PTSD twice without realizing. Maybe Emerald lacked wisdom when it came to life choices, yet I don't think she'd be dumb enough to print a fake letter without reading over it at least once.

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found her family themselves in the fundraiser from 2014 emerald mentioned that huntington's disease is something that affects my entire family also mentioning that she had a 14 year old sister well this specific sister would discover the reddit thread after it had

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Mentioning left-handedness actually makes sense if you're a doctor who's aware that there are many genuine genetic and neurological differences between right and left-handers.

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subreddit titled introducing myself and the truth which contained the following message hi everyone i recently found out about everything going on i wanted to clear up some misconceptions and share my part i am emerald's sister and we grew up

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Perhaps Emerald simply went to somewhat of a careless doctor and pretended to have tics throughout the short consultation, providing her with a legitimate diagnosis for a fake condition.

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they no longer wish to have contact with us and we haven't talked in years i'm just commenting in hopes of clearing up misinformation also my grandpa does have huntington's it's late onset which means it doesn't show up till late in life my

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Alternatively, perhaps she had simply written the letter herself in Microsoft Word or Photoshop.

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and never showed any symptoms as a child they are mentally ill though i love my sister i always will and i wish them the best but i don't agree with what they have done it's incredibly disrespectful to fake a mental illness for any reason

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Highlighted by one comment on the diagnosis letter video: "Hey, no hate, just curious. I went to Virginia Mason in Seattle a few weeks ago, and my paperwork had a different logo on it. Did you go to a different one?"

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don't believe me i'm happy to answer any questions you all may have as long as they're not disrespectful the post received over 400 responses from those desperate to get an insight into the unique psyche of an individual who would fake a disorder for tick-tock

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An interesting thing that no one on Reddit seemed to pick up on is that the genuine Virginia Mason logo has a small TM placed after the name, yet the letter Emerald shows in the photo has no TM.

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about everything but yes they do have a history of fabricating stories or stretching the truth so to speak do you know why they cut communication with you i'm not exactly sure i've tried reaching out to them to talk about it but they

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And if you go onto Google Maps, search Virginia Mason logo, filter the photos with a transparent background, and look at the first image, you'll see a logo identical to the one within the TikTok without the little TM, as is shown in almost every other official version of the logo.

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wrong to hurt them i only wish we could have a conversation about it my own experience with this behavior is that you know the truth therefore you're dangerous to their delusion however it would be when emerald herself commented on the post that everyone knew

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With many assuming that the letter had been faked, she would then be trolled by people making their own forgeries of the documents, such as this one which read: Patient Ticks and Roses, Doctor Fictitious, Date of Birth Who Cares, Chief Complaint Fraud, all of which completed in the exact same style as the original letter.

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awareness because i never wanted anyone to be ashamed as i was this visceral hatred has been hard for me it caused my children's school to be called because someone said lies and they try to take my children they're afraid to go to

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After being completely and utterly backed into a corner, Ticks and Roses would disable comments on the video before deleting it days later.

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outreach i was interviewed for a person's thesis i was interviewed for a podcast but asked them not to air it out a concern for them the messages i got from people saying their child wasn't afraid to go to school anymore because

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At the same time, she'd also delete everything from her Instagram page, with one Reddit post stating, "T-A-R has deleted all posts on their Instagram," maybe, which was then confirmed by a comment reading, "Can confirm it. I don't see anything on their profile."

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given up you all win and i'm back where i started living in shame of being different please just leave me alone now a day later the tix and rose's tick tock account was deleted permanently three days after that she would address the

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However, many wanted further punishment against Ticks and Roses. Specifically, they wanted the TikTok account deleted, takedown of Ticks and Roses' merch and platform.

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awareness for tourette's anymore regardless of the fact that i do have a clinical diagnosis so i'm spending my time on my yarn business and on my religious group and i just want to live my life and yeah emerald continues to pose photos

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Read onechange.org petition with over 2,000 signatures: "This disease is not a joke, and she clearly finds it funny to fake it to gain clicks, followers, and even money. She's been selling merchandise for her own personal gain and fortune. As far as I and many others know, she's been faking Tourette's and many other illnesses with proof me and others have found. Like I said in the first part, this illness isn't a joke, it's not quirky, it's not a game. It's a terrible disease with no cure, and she's been doing disgusting things to profit off it."

Topics:TikTokTourette syndromefake illnessinternet exposéEmeraldTicks and RosesStardust Fiber StudioReddit investigationmedical fraudsocial media clout

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