On July 6, Doja Cat, the pop singer, and Noah Schnapp, the Stranger Things star went viral for their exchanged conversation through Instagram’s direct messages. The conversation’s subject naturally turned some heads as it involved Doja Cat asking for Noah’s help in setting her up with one of his co-stars, Joseph Quinn.
When the young star of the Netflix sci-fi drama took to TikTok to share the incident, what could have easily been laughed at and/or accepted in good humor by the singer quickly escalated into an uncomfortable controversy being dragged out for weeks.
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The Doja Cat and Noah Schnapp Controversy
The now-deleted Instagram conversation between Doja Cat and Noah Schnapp featured a request from the singer to the actor that said, “Noah can you tell Joseph [Quinn] to hmu [hit me up]?” and quickly proceeded to ask whether Quinn has a girlfriend. The 17-year-old replied, “LMAO slide into his DMs.” to which the singer said, “I don’t know his Instagram or his Twitter. He doesn’t have a DM to slide in.”
The conversation was shared on TikTok by Schnapp on July 6 and it quickly escalated from there when the Kiss Me More! the singer went live on the platform the next day to call out his actions. On July 7, Doja Cat discussed the issue saying:
“First let’s try to be chill about it. To be fair, this is like a kid. I don’t know how old he is, but there’s no way he’s over 21. When you’re that young, you make mistakes. You do dumb sh*t.”
She then went on to call his actions “snake sh*t” and “weasel sh*t” and said that the posting of the private conversation was “so unbelievably socially unaware and wack.” Schnapp went on to troll her by posting a TikTok with her song Kiss Me More! on July 13, although he later apologized to Doja Cat for the leaking of the messages.
Fans Want Doja Cat Cancelled After Her Attack Backfires
Following the back and forth between the singer and actor on TikTok, Doja Cat went on to lose over 200,000 followers on Instagram reports the Los Angeles Times. In the same duration, Noah Schnapp gains almost a million overnight. The Twitter mob has been rattled following the incident:
I wonder why is she not cancelled already?
— Kichu💜 (@kichusabrina21) July 14, 2022
Doja is a strange cat. 🤬
— Susie J Curry Jones (@SusieJCurryJon1) July 14, 2022
Like we give a $hit
— Daniela Nauvi (@DSalmun) July 14, 2022
She is obviously projection when she is talking about snake behavior. He is just a teen. How embarrassing!
— ⭐️ (@ILuvSmartypants) July 14, 2022
doja cat is fine with publicly mocking a victim of abuse to her millions of followers but she draws the line at noah schnapp posting a dm of her thirsting over a white dude…
— shux (@04CRYSTYLES) July 11, 2022
doja cat has a whole grammy you think she cares about 200k followers
— BEVERLYHOOD (@beverlyhoodshit) July 14, 2022
Obviously, now that the social media duel has subsided, fans are asking the question as to why the Grammy-winning singer would approach a teenager asking to be set up with one of his co-stars. The situation has been called uncomfortable and Doja Cat’s comments about Noah Schnapp in the aftermath were heavily criticized for the wording and the dismissive attitude pertaining to her initiation of the conversation.
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