It’s ok to admit when you don’t know something. That’s the attitude 95.5 WSB host Mark Arum is taking when it comes to a potential ban on TikTok.
A Congressional bill giving the parent company of TikTok — ByteDance — five months to divest itself from the social media app was approved earlier this week, which could ultimately ban the video-sharing platform.
While discussing the topic, Arum admitted he wasn’t well versed on the situation and would leave the conversation to the experts.
“I’m not a technological guy,” said Arum. “I have the TikTok account but I haven’t been on there in a long time. I don’t know much about it. I’ll let the experts weigh in on that.”
The Atlanta-based host did note that he felt empathy for those who had turned making videos for the app into a full-time living, sharing an anecdote about a former colleague who was in that situation.
“I do feel bad, if the ban is in place, for folks that have basically turned Tik Tok into a living. I used to work at an Italian restaurant in New York when I was in college, and the restaurant recently closed, which is sad news,” Mark Arum said. “They sold the property so they could build a gas station there. The owners were getting old but his son, who took over the business, really great chef named Carmine, he still does catering but the bulk of his income is on TikTok.
“So he does these TikTok videos where he’ll teach you to make an amazing chicken parm or an amazing eggplant rollatini. He was on Tik Tok early and he has millions upon millions of views, and that’s his main source of income right now, is being a chef on TikTok. I feel bad for my buddy Carmine, who was a professional chef, and he’s gone to TikTok now to make his living. He’s not the only food influencer that could be impacted on this.”
