The ‘Meth Lab Oompa Loompa Girl,’ whose actual identify is Kirsty Paterson, has been by means of quite a bit over the previous week, however even she wasn’t prepared for the newest twist in her story. After being compelled to be taught an AI-generated script for a disastrous Willy Wonka-themed event in Scotland and dealing with hordes of hate on X/Twitter, Paterson received a message from somebody she by no means anticipated: Chrissy Teigen.
“Any individual get the Wonka meth lab woman on Cameo instantly—whereas it’s nonetheless scorching,” Teigen stated in a recent Instagram story. “I want a Cameo.”
Teigen received her want, in addition to one among Paterson’s first videos on Cameo, a platform the place customers can purchase customized movies and textual content greetings from all varieties of celebrities. Paterson currently charges $25 for video greetings and $3 for texts. Her response time is 24 hours.
How the ‘Meth Lab Oompa Loompa Girl’ Turned Into an Web Meme
The 30-year-old actress from Glasgow noticed her life turned the wrong way up by the failed “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” event within the metropolis final month, which was promoted with fantastical AI-generated photos of lollipop forests and jellybean waterfalls.
Nevertheless, the fact was a far cry from what was promised within the AI photos. As an alternative of the “place the place chocolate desires grow to be actuality,” mother and father and their youngsters encountered a unclean and gutted manufacturing unit with a few plastic sweet canes and different props sparsely thrown concerning the naked concrete ground.
Paterson was one of many actors employed to work on the occasion and performed an Oompa Loompa. In an interview with Vulture, the 30-year-old shared that she noticed a number of crimson flags earlier than the occasion, similar to getting the script the evening earlier than the occasion and seeing a bared-bones set throughout gown rehearsal. The state of affairs didn’t enhance the day of the occasion, Paterson recalled, and organizers finally instructed actors to desert the script and simply let the company stroll by means of the venue.
At this level, the actress was manning a so-called “Jellybean Room,” the place she needed to ration a meager three jellybeans per baby, and feeling humiliated and indignant over what was occurring. It was then that somebody snapped the now notorious picture of Paterson standing behind what appears like a smoking chemistry set with an expression that appeared to say she was questioning her present life decisions.
The picture shortly went viral and received its personal entry on KnowYourMeme. Whereas some folks poked enjoyable at Paterson, others have been needlessly merciless, criticizing her look and accusing her of doing medication. The Twitter feedback have been laborious on the actress, who stated she stopped taking a look at her telephone for days as a result of the state of affairs was “an excessive amount of.”
“The feedback are savage—very, very savage and never very good. I believe folks must be taught to be a bit extra type and notice that persons are simply human beings,” Paterson stated in a video on TikTok, the place she’s already amassed greater than 13,000 followers. “I’m only a regular 30-year-old lady from Glasgow who did a job that’s the worst appearing job I’ve ever executed in my life. I like my job. I actually do. I do different stuff and the entire thing’s psychological to be sincere with you.”
Making a Cameo for the ‘Viral Oompa Loompa’
That doesn’t imply Paterson hasn’t gotten a kick out of a few of the feedback and memes. The actress stated she and the opposite actors have laughed at a few of the humorous points popping out of the Wonka catastrophe. Paterson stated she’s now engaged on attempting to show the expertise into one thing optimistic.
Her new followers on social media help her. When Paterson, wearing her Oompa Loompa costume from the occasion, introduced she was now on Cameo on Monday evening, many customers have been delighted. Some instructed her to go “make that cash.”
As of Tuesday morning, one of the fashionable feedback was a query on whether or not Paterson would do a Cameo collab with The Unknown, an evil and creepy-looking character on the occasion who additionally went viral. The identification of the actor who performed The Unknown is presently, lol, unknown.
“Perhaps sooner or later!” Paterson replied.
We’ll be ready.
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