Let’s face it, TikTok and other social media platforms are the new Funniest Home Videos. Not that anyone is really complaining, but sometimes old videos suddenly go viral, and by the time people are talking about them, the events in the videos have long passed. That’s the case for mom Olena Perez, who shared a video on TikTok from when she announced her pregnancy to her mother and was met with a less than enthusiastic response.
The result, which was likely just shock on the grandma-to-be’s part, elicited tons of comments from other TikTok users, some of whom wondered if anyone in the video even knows each other, judging by their casual responses. The big news and announcement should have been a lot more exciting, but for Perez who took the video of her mom’s reaction, things turned out pretty differently.
@olena.perez Lmaoooooo my mom loves a good pic!!! #pregnancyannouncement #momsoftiktok ♬ original sound – olena.perez
The new grandma doesn’t seem to understand the news.
In the video, someone is filming what the new grandma believes is going to be a photo. Instead, it’s her pregnant daughter’s way of tricking her into seeing a positive pregnancy test. When Perez shows her mom the test, her mom smiles but urges her to put it away for “one more” group photo with the rest of the family.
Perez shows her mom again and exclaims, “I’m pregnant!” Then, there is a little more excitement all around, but still far less than you might expect. And you’d better believe that other TikTok users noticed this right off the bat.
Naturally, many left comments to point it out and to wonder what the new grandma was thinking with her insistence on taking photos rather than celebrating the news of her impending grandchild.
“And the crowd goes mild,” one user joked in the comment section.
Another bluntly wrote, “I’ve never seen so many people not care about a pregnancy announcement at the same time.”
Someone else shared that they think the user should have experienced “the sort of explosive excitement that forgets time and place.”
But another user wrote this zinger: “Girl you need a new family.”
The mom shared an update.
Perez shared in another TikTok that the one she shared of her mom’s lackluster response to her pregnancy news is actually two years old. And now, she has a toddler to show for that test she busted out during the family photo session. In another follow-up video, wherein Perez responded to one TikTok creator’s reenactment of the video, she replied to someone who commented to ask if she’s upset with her family’s initial reaction from the original video.
“Yes of course and I’m sad,” Perez responded to the comment under her follow-up video. “This was the only footage I have of this day, but it’s all OK!”
Tell that to the more than 12 million people who watched the original pregnancy reveal photo and had a lot to say about it immediately after.
