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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

TikToker pretending to be needy mom called megachurches for help with their responses going viral: ‘Joel Osteen would never’

TikToker Nikalie Monroe is running a social experiment to see if churches she calls would donate formula to her to feed a fictitious starving newborn - (TikTok @nikalie.monroe)

A TikToker pretending to be a needy mom has gone viral with a series of videos in which she asks megachurches for help feeding her fictitious baby — and their responses have sent shockwaves across the Internet.

Nikalie Monroe, an Army veteran from Kentucky, has been putting the Bible parables about feeding the hungry and caring for the poor to the test, though many of the churches have failed her test.

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