After a video went viral in which a influencer confused The starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh with the group Van Gogh’s Ear thanks to Chumel Torres shared it, the young woman received a lot of bad comments, but was defended by the same Spanish group.
During the past weekend a young woman influencer Mexican who calls herself Yeri mua shared in a temporary video of Instagram the outfit that he was wearing that day for his followers. She was wearing a top on which the famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh is stamped, The starry Night, in addition to jeans, a white jacket and a bag of the same color.
He described each garment until reaching the top, at which point the countless criticisms arose, as he said: “This Van Gogh Ear Blouse (s)”, Confusing the Spanish pop group with the Dutch painting.
The video began to circulate quickly on TikTok, Facebook and Twitter, but took more force when on October 31 Chumel Torres He shared it through his account writing: “Tiktokers: finish high school”.
The video so far has reached 2.4 million views. Chumel’s tweet has garnered more than 15 thousand “likes” and it was retweeted more than 1500 times, for which it reached thousands of responses in which Internet users criticized the young woman from Veracruz.
Among the comments, Yeri Mua’s level of education was questioned, her impact as influencer and his age, down to the type of clothes he wears.
“He does not know how to gesture well, you ask Elmo for pears”, “What a bear dog”, “Ay it can’t be so stupid. Van Gogh’s ear hahahaha. Using the brain is free and does not hurt, someone tell the morra “,” At least he did not say Picasso’s ear “, are some of the responses to the video.
However, this November 2, La Oreja de Van Gogh cited Chumel’s tweet to come out in defense of the influencer writing: “Yeri, we want you on our team“Next to a heart emoji.
The group’s message exceeded 40,000 “likes” and around 3,000 retweets, but among the responses, some netizens disapproved that the Spanish have responded in this way to the controversy, as they blamed them for “Defend” ignorance.
“Perfect, they promote ignorance and the need for the lack of study of tiktokers and influencers”, “What a shame that they support people who become known for their ignorance”, “No! What a disappointment that they foster ignorance“,” Please do not reward ignorance “, were some of the comments they received.
However, there were also those who defended Yeri Mua, assuring that he could have been wrong because of the rush he was in at that time or that it is a mistake that many people make even knowing who is La Oreja de Van Gogh and Vincent Van Gogh. Some other users thanked the Spanish for having taken the video with humor and not lashing out at the young woman.
Despite the bad comments, the same influencer She accepted that she had been confused, but also shared that the criticism and ridicule that arose from her stories made her feel very sad. Later, the Veracruz woman laughed at the situation on social networks and decided to only pay attention to the funny comments that arose through her mistake.
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