A beach outing involving WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan unexpectedly became a social media firestorm after a video of her and boyfriend Landon Hardwick went viral on July 26.
The footage, filmed at St. Pete Beach in Florida, showed the couple spending time together, with Hardwick chasing Morgan across the sand because the moment was captured for social media. What began as an innocent clip, nevertheless, quickly became the middle of controversy after a fan account used the video to launch a political attack.
The post labeled Hardwick as Morgan’s “MAGA boyfriend” and referenced alleged connections between his family and conversion therapy through his mother’s youth ministry. The account wrote,
“Latest video of Liv Morgan running around St. Pete’s beach together with her MAGA boyfriend, Landon Hardwick. 💩 🏖️
And the way ADORABLE that Landon is chasing Liv in order that he can practice CATCHING the gays who attempt to run away from conversion therapy!! 😍🥰❤️❤️ #CoupleGoals”
Fans then chimed in, as you’ll be able to see below:
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