The public back-and-forth between exes Brooke Schofield and Clinton Kane enraptured the internet this summer, attracting tens of millions of viewers who tuned in to the mounting drama. Even Vice President Kamala Harris’s office got in on the fun, using an audio from one of Schofield’s videos to taunt Donald Trump on TikTok, and the video currently has over 21 million views.
Kane, a singer with about 2 million followers on TikTok, sparked the online drama at the end of June when he posted a video to promote a new song. The video’s text says, “When you’ve been over the relationship for two years, but she won’t stop yapping,” a reference to Schofield, a podcaster and content creator, talking publicly about how she discovered Kane had been lying to her while they were dating.
His initial video drew millions of views and kicked off an online battle with Schofield. She posted a 16-part video series on TikTok in which she shared that over their relationship, Kane lied to her about many things, including his age and the death of his mother. The videos got over 121 million views and led many social media users to accuse Kane of emotional abuse and manipulation.
Kane countered this with his own 30-part video series that accumulated over 69 million views. He turned off the comments section for every video, signaling an unwillingness to engage in any debate or discussion with his followers. And though he posted so many videos, viewers made it clear that he had not cleared up all their questions, leading to backlash.
Audiences wanted answers from Kane about Schofield’s claims, including the lies she said he told. One was Kane’s claim about the death of his mother. In 2022, Kane said in an interview with Zach Sang that his mother, brother, and dad died within the same year and that one of his songs was about grieving the death of his mom, with whom he’d had a complicated relationship. Sang invited Schofield’s Cancelled podcast co-host, Tana Mongeau on the show…
