Martin’s stunt comes after Brown, who is also from Louisiana, has had her hair stuck solid for a month after using the glue as hairspray.Īnd, if for any reason the name Avani Reyes rings a bell, it’s because she’s the second ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’. Martin couldn’t even kiss his lip on Valentine’s Day. ‘I didn’t think it would go this far’, he added. ‘I would never want to stick no Gorilla Glue to my lip and have it stuck there and go through all the situations that I had to go through', he said. In 2020, Martin made headlines for his participation in the ice cream challenge that landed him a few minutes on the Dr Oz show.įor the challenge, Martin licked a carton at the supermarket and put it back in place, however, he denies that he pulled the latest stunt for attention. This is not the first time Martin made headlines for a challenge, either.
Let’s just stop this now…It’s very harmful’. His words thereafter: ‘This is definitely not one to try. The emergency room was where he ended up moments later, awaiting a ‘painful peeling’ by an ER doctor. ‘I thought it could lick it off kind of to moisten it and pull it right off but that didn’t work.’ He later recorded himself glueing a Red Adhesive cup to his upper lip. ‘I actually tried it out before and it didn’t do anything for me … So I was like, ‘Okay, she’s lying’ and there are all these challenges going on so I was like, ‘Okay I’m going to try it’ and it went backwards.’ News station WKBN reported that Martin tried the Gorilla Glue challenge for himself ‘to prove that it was,’ according to him, ‘not as serious as was trying to make it’. Martin, a 37-year-old resident of Louisiana, thought ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ was lying, so he applied the adhesive to his lips *cue The Go-Gos’ Our Lips are Sealed* Eek! Sidebar: Can everyone just take a break from applying glue to the hair? Hmmk? There’s even a video. Len Len, what on earth or Gorilla Glue purgatory were you thinking? If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve heard of Tessica Brown and the seemingly never-ending episode of Gorilla Glue Days of Our Lives.įor the cynics who thought Tessica’s story was a farce, sadly, thought wrong as a nincompoop who goes by the name Len Martin, and a Tik-Tok-er Avani Reyes have entered the chat. Whether they’re doing it for clout or out of curiosity, we’re not sure, however, we urge you, don’t try this at home. It was not an official account related to the company.Let’s just label this one the Gorilla Glue Gone Wrong…again, challenge, as more instances of the misuse of the sticky substance has surfaced.Ī number of social media users have declared that they too have, like the ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ Tessica Brown, used the sticky hair treatment. EST: A previous version of this story mistakenly referred to a comment posted on the TikTok as being from Gorilla Glue.
Newsweek reached out to Brown for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.Ĭorrection Feb. If someone uses the product on hair, "try soaking the affected area in warm, soapy water or applying rubbing alcohol to the area," the spokesperson said. "Once cured, rinse well with water." However, Brown's hair appeared to dry and firm up before this method would have worked.Ī Gorilla Glue spokesperson told Newsweek, "We saw the video as well, and we do not recommend using our products in hair, as they are considered permanent."
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In Gorilla Glue's FAQ section for this particular spray, it recommends "wiping adhesive with a dry cloth and then washing the area with soap and water," to remove the product if it gets on your skin or body while still wet. Many TikTokkers tried to offer Brown solutions, such as soaking her hair in water and other ways to loosen up the spray's lacquered seal, or even cutting off her hair. Read more TikTok Star Jasmine Chiswell Talks Marilyn Monroe and Living With Ghosts
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