Assuming they don’t live under a rock, anyone who has been on Tik-Tok lately most likely has seen the name or the controversies surrounding Tyler Catastrophe pop up on the For You Page.
This situation is messy and layered, it requires a shocking level of screentime to completely understand, so if one is looking for a quick breakdown, look no further.
Tyler Solna, more commonly known as Tyler Catastrophe, is a TikTok creator from Texas who primarily started out promoting his handmade jewelry businesses.
For most of Solna’s career, he was just another small creator, receiving most of his likes and views from his select online friends or supporters, but that all changed once his context started going viral for his unique personality.
A big part of Solna’s sudden TikTok fame came from his many posts about his complete adoration for his celebrity crush.
At first, he did not reveal name, but the internet was able to piece together that he was talking about the known youtuber turned abuser, Wilbur Soot.
Reddit user Guilty_Ban summed it up nicely, “Tyler Catastrophe is an lgbtq+ tiktok creator… who got popular for divulging their hidden Crush…. Tyler rode that viewership high and has been consistently vague posting about it.”
Solna’s vague posting became a big part in the drama. Tiktok users started analyzing everything Solna was saying trying to confirm who the crush was.
Things became even more viral when Solna announced he was moving, and it just so happened to be the same country and city where Soot lives. Solna claimed that the move was not related to his crush, but fans speculated otherwise.
Solna has also received lots of backlash for his crush on Soot since he was recently exposed as an abuser by his ex-girlfriend Shelby Grace.
On Tumblr, Tyler speaks speculatively to Soot, “Have you ever seen a niche internet drama… and just wondered how the hell that drama happened because right now it looks like a lot of people just made some things up about a guy and ran with it.”
At the end of the day Tyler Catastrophe may not be traditionally famous, but they serve as a tale and a warning of how someone can blow up online fast, especially when there is speculation involved.