Overview
- Cam Higby’s post on X, published Friday, pushed a TikTok clip about playing ABBA to a baby bump to more than 1.6 million views and moved the joke beyond its original platform.
- The video shows a pregnant woman holding a speaker to her belly as ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” plays, with on-screen text joking about making her unborn son “a little gay.”
- Reaction online split sharply, with many users condemning the idea and some using hostile language that framed homosexuality as a disorder or moral failing.
- Medical and scientific groups say sexual orientation reflects a complex mix of biology and environment, not parental tactics like music, and analysts note that short TikTok jokes often get misread when reposted out of context.
- Coverage diverged across outlets, with The Daily Wire treating the post largely at face value and citing supportive TikTok comments, while News18 and the Free Press Journal stressed the polarized backlash and expert guidance.