Sick Snapchat rumors may ruin a co-eds life and it proves, were all stuck in middle school
Psst, did you hear about Mary Kate Cornett at Ole Miss – and how she slept with her boyfriend Evan Solis’ dad during winter break?And omg, they are still together despite Evan knowning that Mary Kate slept with his dad, who by the way is such dog.He cheats on his wife all the time.
Pass it on.If you’re unfamiliar with this story, the players or you think this sounds like the ramblings of a nasty teen gossip girl, congrats.
You have a brain and a shred of decency.Sadly for this couple and their families, swathes of social media users, including some influential names in sports and pop culture rode this unsubstantiated tale about people they never heard of until a few days ago, all the way to the gutter.And now these random folks have had their lives upended.
They’ve spoken out to deny the allegations and even filed a police report.The whole debacle is an indictment of our careless social media discourse, and proves that culturally, we’re stuck in middle school.To recap, a few days ago, a screenshot of a poorly written snapchat message appeared on a social media platform – it’s exact origins difficult to place.Littered with the word “like,” it told the saga of Mary Kate from Ole Miss who went home for break, and then out to dinner with her boyfriend’s dad who got her drunk and into bed.It became the zesty topic du jour for the bored masses, many of whom fetishize SEC frat culture and pretty young chicks – despite being decades past their own glory days.The rumor took off like a rocket, crop dusting everyone’s timeline and turning #MaryKate into a trending topic on X.
Online sleuths dug through the families’ digital footprint, posting photos of both teens, their parents and the elder Solis’ linkedin.According to the police report, Mary Kate who is only 18 learned of the rumors while in a salon in Oxford, Mississippi.Her Houston based parents flew to be with their daughter, telling TMZ, they “felt absolutely helpless.” And that she w...