American girl reveals her ‘obsession’ with UK tradition

From Geordie Shore and TOWIE, to Tinie Tempah and The Office – meet the American girl who’s obsessive about British tradition.

Podcast host Fatou, from Los Angeles, admits she grew up determined to be from the UK, so immersed herself in every thing to do with the nation.

Her music style, TV reveals she watched and even her superstar crushes have been all British-influenced – a lot so that folks on-line are calling for her to be named an ‘honorary Brit’.

A TikTookay she posted underneath deal with @fa2chainz, revealing her fascination, has already been seen by greater than 1.2million individuals.

The American captioned the clip: ‘I’m English babes, I do not care. I like these beans on toast individuals!’

Explaining how her love for the UK began, she defined: ‘Okay am I the one American that randomly determined to turn out to be British in center college or highschool?    

‘I used to be obsessive about Jersey Shore identical to everyone else. So as I’m watching, I realise that there is a British model of the present referred to as Geordie Shore, and I used to be like ‘Geordie Shore, what’s that?’

‘Then I realized about this glorious mystical place referred to as Newcastle, and I used to be like ‘that is what a Geordie is!’

‘As I’m watching the present, I take heed to the theme tune and within the theme tune this lady says a line.’

Pulling up a clip of Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan speaking about her breasts, Fatou continues: ‘She says, ‘This one’s referred to as Heidi and this one’s Audrina, and each time that tune comes on and it goes ‘Heidi and Audrina eat your coronary heart out,’ these are the infants’.

‘I used to be like, what does that imply? Heidi and Audrina from The Hills, is that some form of British slang?

‘When I Google it I discover it is from a line from a Tinie Tempah tune referred to as Pass Out. I used to be like who’s Tinie Tempah? I’ve by no means heard of him.’

‘So I play the tune and I used to be in love, so I listened to the entire album Disc-Overy, it is nonetheless certainly one of my favorite albums. I used to be completely obsessed.’

The influencer admits she rapidly completed each season of Geordie Shore that was out there at the moment and ‘wanted extra’.

Fatou mentioned: ‘So I began watching all these British actuality TV reveals – SuperSize versus SuperSkinny, Secret Eaters, The Only Way is Essex.

‘Of course I used to be annoying, I might make being British my complete persona. I might speak in a British accent at school.

‘People could be speaking about, ‘oh my superstar crush is Justin Bieber, I like Zac Efron, and I’m identical to – ever heard of Peter Andre?

‘I listened to the complete Tinie Tempah album. I began listening to Dizzee Rascal and all these different UK rappers from that point.’

Laughing, she recalled: ‘I might be so obnoxious and annoying about it. People would ask ‘What music are you listening to?’ and I’d say ‘This British lady group’.

‘They’d ask ‘Oh the Spice Girls?’ and I’d be like, ‘No, I’m listening to Girls Aloud, I’m listening to All Saints’.

‘And do not get me began on The Office. As quickly as everyone was obsessive about The Office, I used to be extra like ‘The British model is healthier, the British model is manner funnier’.

‘Even although I feel the American model is healthier now, however again then I used to be annoying.

‘Every time I might hear Tinie Tempah or one other rapper reference one thing in a tune, I needed to Google it.

‘When he mentioned: ‘Would you danger it for a chocolate biscuit?’ I used to be like, what does that imply? Googled it.

‘When he mentioned: ‘She likes to speak lots, that is why I name her Trisha’ I used to be like, who the f*** is Trisha? Found out who Trisha Goddard was.’

Learning every obscure reference, the LA-native turned a professional when it got here to British popular culture. 

She continued: ‘Even with books I needed to be annoying, y’all are studying Harry Potter? I’m studying Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. I’m studying Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras.

‘The manner Jordan, Katie Price, had a chokehold on me. You can guess your backside greenback I used to be watching Skins and The Inbetweeners.

‘It even obtained to the purpose the place after I was in highschool, I used to be saying I used to be in ‘sixth-form, preparing for my A-Levels’ – I do not even know what the f*** meaning.

‘To this present day I nonetheless do not even know what the GCSEs are. I have never obtained to that half.’ 

Hilariously, she concludes the clip be revealing: ‘So think about me obsessive about the UK, love the UK. I lastly go to London for the primary time in my life. I get detained on the London Gatwick Airport or eight hours, however that is a narrative for a unique day.’

In the feedback, Brits could not comprise their shock on the ‘spectacular’ quantity of area of interest data the US citizen is aware of.

One individual from the UK penned: ‘I’m really crying that you just correct went for it, like I used to be not anticipating Tinie Tempah, Peter Andre, Girl’s Aloud…. JORDAN.’

Another wrote: ‘That was unbelievable. There have to be a masters diploma in British Culture you might do.’

Meanwhile, a 3rd added: ‘When you began that vid I wasn’t anticipating you to truly be a Brit skilled! The query is, do you make tea correctly?’

Impressed, others quipped: ‘mate you’re welcome right here ANYTIME’ and ‘Petition to make you an honorary Brit’.

Someone else wrote: ‘You’re positively an honorary Brit. Please inform me you will have watched Gavin and Stacy and know James Corden the best way we all know him,’ with one other utilizing including: ‘This is perfection. The dedication! To get to Trisha Goddard? You made it’.