Speaking up and sharing her story is paying off in some ways for Tareasa Johnson, who TikTokers may know as Reesa Teesa. Her 50-part series titled, “Who TF Did I Marry” captured tons of attention on TikTok earlier this yr and can now grab more attention because the story is being adapted for TV.
The TV adaptation was recently announced in addition to who will play Johnson, and fans are clearly excited!
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Reesa Teesa’s Viral 50-Part TikTok Series Is Headed To TV!
The news is out! Reesa Teesa’s fascinating story that details her relationship along with her ex-husband is heading to TV!
The 50-part TikTok series which totaled about eight hours in length, grabbed thousands and thousands of individuals’s attention and helped Johnson gain greater than 3 million followers at lightning speed.
The series chronicles her experience being married to a “narcissist” and “pathological liar” – from meeting to dating to marrying and all the things in between. Her intro video to the series was shared last Valentine’s Day and explained how she was going to share her story.
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“I feel like this video is very important to offer some context, in order that way when people jump into the series, they kinda can work out, oh, let me start it, the introduction video, after which work my way through,” she said. “The whole lot I’m gonna tell you possibly can be verified. There are people in my life who can easily confirm, yes, this did occur, yes he really did do this, yes, he said that, yes she did undergo that.”
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Natasha Rothwell Is Starring In The TV Show
Based on Variety, “The White Lotus” actress Natasha Rothwell is developing the TV adaptation of the viral TikTok series. She isn’t only starring as Johnson within the show but additionally serving as executive producer.
Variety reported, “Following a competitive bidding war, the project was arrange at ABC Signature, where Rothwell’s Big Hattie Productions banner was previously under an overall deal.”
Rothwell created and stars in “The way to Die Alone,” which is ready to premiere on Hulu on September 13. She’s also well-known for her roles in HBO’s “Insecure” and “The White Lotus.”
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Reesa Teesa Recently Shared The News On TikTok!
The viral TikTok star took to the app to share her big television news with a screenshot of Rothwell’s Instagram post.
“Finally, the news is out. I didn’t disappear, I used to be in negotiations!” her caption revealed. “I’m BEYOND excited to work with THE Natasha Rothwell. Listen, we’re about to alter the sport. Prepare, get set, GO!!!”
Excited fans quickly flooded the comment section with their positivity concerning the recent enterprise. Even TikTok, where Reesa Teesa’s success began, had something to say, commenting, “I’m SAT.” Tons of other excited comments quickly followed.
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“The undeniable fact that it hasn’t even been a yr since we heard this story just shows how incredible you might be. You’re doing big things girl!” one follower wrote. One other added, “Girl!!! I knew the TikTok series wasn’t going to finish there! You higher do it!!! I’m so excited for the series. Can’t wait! Congratulations.”
Reesa Teesa Began From The Starting…
Johnson began from the start partly one in all her series and continued to inform her story in videos that followed. She explained that she met “Legion” (she modified his name for her story) in early March 2020 on not one but two dating apps.
“I didn’t realize that he was on each under two different names. So one was his actual name, and the opposite one was a variation, like a nickname that he called himself,” she said. “Different pictures. So it was a running joke between us, oh you didn’t even recognize that you just had matched with me on Hinge. No, I didn’t.”
She admits that ought to have been a red flag. She calls it the “United Nations of Red Flags” because there have been so many red flags that “you’d have thought I used to be color blind cause I ignored all of them.”
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After The 50-Part Series, Reesa Teesa Shared A Painful Detail She Left Out
While the 50-part video series was very detailed, Reesa Teesa left one painful detail out of her story. She opened up about it during an appearance on “The Tamron Hall Show.”
“The one thing I didn’t put in there, I hit on it but I didn’t go in-depth, the part for me that I don’t speak about because I don’t wish to be that vulnerable, I don’t want someone to make fun of, it’s the undeniable fact that, once I discovered that no he’s not a regional manager, he’s not a VP of production or operations, he was just a daily worker, the dominoes began falling, and one in all those dominoes was the belief that you just didn’t have a business meeting once I needed to go to the hospital. You just weren’t there,” she told Hall.
“So once I was texting you, and I used to be terrified, and texting you that I’m in pre-op at Northside Hospital and I’m so scared because I just do not know what’s gonna occur, and David text me back, there got here a moment where once I discovered all of the lies, that I spotted, you actually left me hanging once I needed you essentially the most. And on so many levels, I can truthfully sit here and inform you that’s the one thing that I struggle to forgive since it’s already hard.”
Johnson was referring to the time she suffered a miscarriage and ended up alone within the hospital.
“I take myself back to once I discovered there was no David,” she continued. “So, you were pretending to be another person, texting me once I was in pre-op telling you I’m scared, I like you, I text all this.”
