A TikToker’s attempt to join a humorous trend for his travel announcement backfired when the obituary-style post alarmed his loved ones, leading to a hasty takedown and apology.<\/p>\n
Fauzi Azzhar, who goes by @fauziazzhar and is known for his mental health content, acknowledged that the post had made people “scared for a split second”.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old explained that receiving messages from loved ones checking in on him made him realise how misguided the post was.<\/p>\n
Captioned, “I’m sorry! except for the 1 fella I just blocked.” the apology clip posted on Dec 22 has since garnered over 52,100 views, 1,431 reactions and 129 comments.<\/p>\n
”Very inauspicious, very pantang’<\/h3>\n
In his now deleted obituary-style post, Fauzi framed himself as a “Clowntent Creator” to inform his followers that he would be on leave from Dec 22 to Jan 2, and overseas from Dec 28 onwards.<\/p>\n
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<\/picture>Fauzi later removed the post to prevent it from “going too crazy”, and admitted the irony of sharing something that contradicted the mental health content he is known for.<\/p>\n
Explaining the challenge of balancing comedic content with discussions on mental health, Fauzi later said in another post that the “obituary” post could make people doubt a legitimate “real deal” announcement if one were ever made.<\/p>\n
‘Like that story, a boy in a wolf suit’: Netizen<\/h3>\n
“The thing was that I was afraid at first, then I remembered that you are a comedian,” one netizen wrote.<\/p>\n
Other netizens praised him for being reflective and taking down the post, agreeing that “mental health and comedy can be a very fine line to walk”.<\/p>\n
“I had a panic for a bit. DO NOT DO THAT AGAIN,” a commenter chided, while another said: “Sometimes dark humour is what ppl [sic] like us need.”<\/p>\n
One user also likened the consequences of the trend to the classic fairytale The Boy Who Cried Wolf, saying that such things should not be joked about.<\/p>\n
Recently, several companies that used obituary-style posts as a marketing tactic to recognise their employees<\/a><\/span>, but has since faced backlash.<\/p>\n
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