T-Pain Just Discovered Instagram DM Request Folder, Celebs Snubbed for Years
- US rapper T-Pain recently made a shocking discovery on his Instagram account
- The music star discovered a section of the direct messaging request folder
- Hundreds of celebrities were spotted snubbed in a screen-recorded video posted by the rapper
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American rapper T-Pain recently got his fans and colleagues in the entertainment industry laughing after he shared his shocking discovery with them.
The music star posted a screen-recorded video of his Instagram page noting that he had no idea that there was a section on the platform meant for accepting direct messaging requests.
In the video posted, hundreds of celebrities, including some A-list stars, who had all sent messages to the rapper without getting any response were sighted.
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Viola Davis, Diplo, Fergie, Keri Hilson were among some of the popular names spotted in T-Pains log of ignored messages.
Interestingly Nigerian celebrities like Mayorkun and Cuppy were also seen in the music star’s video.
In his defence, T-Pain said he thought messages sent to him just show up directly without having to accept any requests.
Sharing the post on IG, he wrote:
"I swear!! I’m just now seeing all these messages and mentions TODAY!!!! How do I super apologize? Press conference? Town hall meeting? I’m du*b."
Watch the clip below:
Several fans and colleagues flooded his comment section with mixed reactions. Read what they had to say below:
bleuvandross said:
"U done ignored some millions."
ashanti said:
"Omg I literally just did the same exact thing like two days ago."
youngcash said:
"Bro Tell Bae @kerihilson to hit me up I miss her."
jordinsparks said:
"This is amazing! Lmao Can’t wait to catch up."
bdotadot5 said:
"Da*n I was wondering why you ain’t never hit me back. Now it all makes sense."
uldouz said:
"My drink evaporated by now."
wolftyla said:
"You need an answering machine at this point."
In other entertainment-related news, Briefly News reported R&B star Ne-Yo has surprised his wife and the mother of his children, Crystal Smith, with a fancy 2021 Bentley ride that is just spectacular.
The soon-to-be mother of three shared a video as she got outside her home only to spot a beautiful blue Bentley in her driveway.
In the video, one could spot the Bentley car dealers getting everything cleared to pass on the ride to the owners.
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