A woman has claimed that a man was being inappropriate to her at the gym, but when she shared footage of their interaction online, it backfired spectacularly.
OnlyFans personality Violet Starr uploaded a clip of her interaction with the unnamed man to TikTok last week as an example of why some women feel uncomfortable while working out, but some viewers were reportedly not on her side.
‘This is why I don’t go to public gyms anymore,’ Starr wrote in white text over the top of her video.
The 22-second video, which has reached over 108,000 views since it was posted, showed Starr walking into the gym, as she was approached by an older-looking man who spoke with an accent.
‘Excuse me, what are you, like, a teacher?’ he asked her.
Starr replied to tell him that she wasn’t a teacher, but he went on to explain why he thought she was an instructor in the first place.
‘Because you’re so fit, beautifully fit, and you work out so hard, I thought maybe you were a teacher or something,’ he said with a smile.
‘No, I’m not,’ Starr said again.
In a new clip posted on the platform last week, Only Fans celebrity Violet Starr took to the social media platform to share her interaction with a man at a gym and it sparked a debate
In the caption of the video, she wrote, ‘That awkward gym moment that made me want to skip… until you walked in.’
DailyMail.com reached out to Starr for comment.
When the video was initially posted, there were tons of comments debating the topic and many viewers actually sided with the man, per Daily Dot, but Starr has since disabled them.
Before turning off the comments, Starr wrote that ‘while the interaction on video was relatively tame, she thought to take out her phone and film following more direct harassment by the men,’ according to the outlet.
According to a 2021 survey from RunRepeat, 56.37 percent of female gym members have experienced harassment while working out at the gym.
This number was 2.68 times more than the male gym members they surveyed.
However, Starr isn’t the only person who has filmed their uncomfortable experience in the gym in recent months.
In 2023, some women took to TikTok to film themselves working out in a bid to catch predatory men in the gym.
‘Because you’re so fit, beautifully fit, and you work out so hard, I thought maybe you were a teacher or something,’ he said with a smile (stock image)
At the time, videos with the hashtag #GymCreep and #GymWeirdo – mostly uploaded by UK and US users – had amassed over 100 million views on the platform.
That year, US influencer Gina went viral when she shared a clip of a ‘creepy’ man who positioned near to where she was lifting weights.
She wrote: ‘Watch this creep come over to my personal bubble while doing [dead-lifts].’
As she continues lifting her weights, the clip shows the anonymous older man setting up right behind Gina.
Gina said: ‘The gym was practically empty and [there are] so many corners to be in and he chose this one.’
She continued: ‘I’ve been in this corner for 10 minutes before him and only had one set left.’
Determined not to let him interrupt her workout, Gina continued her squats in front of the mirror.
In the background, the man – who she accused of ogling her minutes before- is seen moving one weight from side-to-side close behind her.
Explaining why she had got her camera out, Gina added: ‘I started recording him so now we’re all uncomfortable together.
‘He was literally starring at my [bum] before this.’
What’s more, Gina said she felt so threatened by the man’s behavior that she didn’t feel safe returning.
She added: ‘I am never coming back to this gym.’ Urging other women to stay vigilant, Gina captioned the clip: ‘Be careful out there girlies because wtf??’
