Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport has slammed TikTok as a “dirty” and “biased” platform as the video app went dark for US users over the weekend.
Rapaport's video was posted before the app was shut down over its ties to the Chinese communist government via parent company ByteDance. Congress passed a law last year to do so Forced tik tok It will be sold to a US company or blocked in the US with a deadline of January 19.
“You did it to yourself, TikTok, TikTok-ers,” Rapaport said as he began his rant. “You can say what you want about Elon Musk. You can say what you want about Zuckerberg. At least we have a face. At least we have people to complain to. We can tweet to them. We can direct message them. We can put our face on wax and scream and yell at them.”
Michael Rapaport took aim at TikTok, which recently brought the service back to US users after going dark for about 12 hours. (Greg Doherty/Bravo via Getty Images)
He added: “We do not know who runs this platform.” “This platform is dirty. This platform is biased. It's d— close to soft— here. I've seen some crazy stuff— on TikTok. You did it to yourself.”
but, Tik Tok service It was brought back to users in the US on Sunday after being dark for about 12 hours.
Before TikTok went down, a message shared on the app stated that Pres Trump He indicated that he would work with the Chinese-owned company to “resolve” the national security issue. In his rant, Rapaport noted that it's unclear who exactly is the face behind the video app.
Screenshot of the TikTok app update on January 18. (Fox News Digital)
“We don't know who was running this platform. This platform is dirty. This platform is biased. It's a d— close to a p— here. I've seen some crazy stuff–on TikTok you did it to yourself.”
“Say what you want about Facebook, Instagram, X, WhatsApp and Snapchat,” Rappaport continued. “At least we know who's running the joint. We don't know what—and who—and what he's doing to TikTok and the anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, anti-Israel soft-folks— … Bye, bye TikTok.”
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Michael Rapaport previously criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for his response to the Los Angeles fires in a video shared on TikTok. (Getty Images)
Rapaport is an avid TikTok user, with 4.5 million followers on his account.
The “True Romance” star recently went viral after posting a comment about California Governor Gavin Newsom's handling of the crisis. Los Angeles fires.
Rappaport criticized “Good-Haired Gavin Newsom” for talking about “Trump-resisting” in California when he should have been focused on “fire-fighting” in the state.
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Michael Rapaport criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom, above, for focusing on Donald Trump instead of “fireproofing California.” (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
“You're talking about Trump this, and Trump that. He's not even a president,” the 54-year-old said in a video he posted on Instagram on January 14 about Trump. Southern California firesWhich led to the destruction of thousands of homes and businesses.
“Get the f— out of here!” He said of Newsom. “We will do better next time,” he quipped. “We need to learn from our mistakes.”
“You're not running for sixth grade president,” he added. “Their days are over.”
“You turned out to be a good boy, little bulls—artist,” Rappaport said.
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Fox News Digital's Bree Stimson contributed to this report.
