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A recording of that segment inevitably blew up online, causing another massive stir. But this time, something was different. In addition to the usual warring factions of my brother’s and Adam’s fans, a new, mysterious force had entered the chat.
Underneath the fiery back–and–forth between the Serrano and Vance camps, new kinds of comments began to appear:
“I don’t care how harsh Aria is, I have to thank her for sticking up for our Kiki. Kiki is too soft–spoken and always gets bullied. Thank
you, Aria!”
“I want to thank Aria too. Rick may be 35 now, but he was incredibly handsome when he was younger. Who are these people to call
him cringey?”
“Exactly! His agency picks his roles. Why are they attacking the actor?”
“Aria is my online spirit animal. Please, queen, insult them more! We love to see it!”
“Please insult them more +1,000,000. We’ll support Liam and fight off the haters.”
“LOL, because of his sister, I’ve become a Liam fan. Smashed that follow button”
I scrolled through my feed, then showed my phone to my brother. “See? The thing you were worried about? It was never going to
happen.”
My brother’s eyes were wide with disbelief. He couldn’t fathom how my aggressive, take–no–prisoners attitude had somehow resul- ted in a wave of glowing reviews. He looked at me, stunned, and gave me a thumbs–up, “Sis, you’re a legend.”
The living room was filled with our triumphant laughter.
Unfortunately, our victory lap was short–lived.
The first person to publicly diss us was the director of Idol Factor,
Under the hashtag #AriaCallsOutIdolFactor Director, he posted a long tirade condemning both of us:
“I have never seen such ungrateful people. If it weren’t for me providing Liam Serrano with a stage, he would never have had a chance to debut in the first place. And now he bites the hand that feeds him, accusing the show of faking its data. Young people who want to be famous should walk the straight and narrow path, not learn crooked ways from someone with a corrupt moral
compass.”
