The girl behind the popular “Nina, Ni-na, NINA!!” meme has just joined the app that made her famous - TikTok.
But while many would assume she’s finally cashing in on her viral fame, it turns out she’s ready to expose the video that made her a Gen-Z icon.
ICYMI - Jordyn, aka ‘Fish Girl’ or ‘Nina Girl’, was in a 2019 YouTube video by the Cut called '7 High Schoolers Decide Who Wins $1000'.
Jordyn's behaviour in the video was called cringe and rude by viewers, making it the most disliked Cut video in the series.
The video ended up getting more dislikes than any other Cut video in the series.
How did ‘Fish Girl’ become famous?
After the video dropped, memes and edits did the viral rounds of her highlight moments, including calling out fellow contestant Nina, when asked who the leader was among the seven contestants.
She earned the nickname "Fish Girl" after saying she wanted to use the prize money for a trip to the Bahamas to get into her passion for marine biology.
Her latest viral round came this year, with TikTokers using a soundbite of Jordyn saying, "Just vote, just vote”.
‘Fish Girl’ joins TikTok
Since joining TikTok under her account called @ogfishgirl723, Jordyn has gained over 350k followers in just three days.
In one of her first posts, Jordyn thanked her fans for the support and announced plans to set the record straight.
“I will be making a video about my side, what it was like during filming, and what they edited out… they edited 3 hours of filming down to 15 minutes,” she said.
Jordyn also mentioned she’ll share what it was like to become infamous for her behaviour in the video, which led to “thousands of death threats a day for a year.”
She says she’s not the same person we saw back in 2019.
“I think we all remember being 15 and annoying,” Jordyn said. “If you filmed any 15-year-old for three hours and cut it down to 15 minutes, they’d come across annoying as hell.”
Fish Girl hits out at ‘terrible’ YouTube channel
In a follow-up post, Jordyn made it clear she’s not in it for the clout.
“I’m not here to be famous... Y’all can say I’m lying, but I know my true intentions,” she explained.
“They did a lot of messed up sh*t,” Jordyn claimed.
She says she was only paid $50 for the three hours of filming and that the show left in footage of her crying, despite her request to cut the real reason behind those tears.
Jordyn claims those reasons just scratch the surface of why she has decided to come forward four years since the video was released.
A 10-part series has been teased to dive deeper into her experience and the behind-the-scenes drama of what she calls a “terrible” YouTube production.
