Over the weekend, “Post to Be” singer Omarion took to TikTok with a series of PSA’s for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”, to address rumors and reiterate that he is an entertainer and not in fact a COVID-19 variant.
Since the omicron variant of COVID-19 surfaced in the U.S., popular memes have linked the R&B singer to the virus.
Omarion addresses the Omicron varient jokes:
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 1, 2022
“I am an artist, not a varient.” pic.twitter.com/UieTqJGnuv
“Hi everybody, this is Omarion,” he said in one of the videos. “I am an artist, not a variant. So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result in order to dance to my music. So please, be safe, be healthy, happy new year.”
The videos combined have amassed nearly five million views on TikTok.
There is nothing more healing than music or a good laugh. I’m thankful to be able to give people both…From the omarion dance challenge to being superimposed on the new variant, The internet is forever undefeated. While we laugh, stay safe and stay healthy.
— OMARION (@Omarion) December 1, 2021
Omarion’s comments come just a week after “Atlanta” star LaKeith Stanfield took to Instagram to share a direct message he sent to the former B2K frontman about ruining everyone’s holiday.
Lmao RT @Complex: LaKeith Stanfield took to IG to share a DM he sent to Omarion joking that the singer was screwing up everyone’s holiday. 😂https://t.co/uuCc0QYF2s pic.twitter.com/00d5qnEVlW
— gh0stface_x (@gh0stface_x) December 27, 2021
“You ruining Christmas for everybody smh,” Stanfield wrote to Omarion. He playfully captioned his message, “I’m weak I wonder if he’s gunna respond.”
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