I don't know who Merrick Hanna is, but he has 6,000 photos on the teen idol site, including some shirtless. Obviously straight: 90% of the photos show him with a girl. Usually he's just standing there, grinning with delight at being the object of worship, while the girl hugs, kisses, duck lips, licks, fondles, gropes, and gazes at him, or sticks her tongue out to demonstrate that she's much better than the rest of us poor mortals, the consort to a god.
But it's not just worship: the girl takes the initiative, forcing him to belly dance and bake a cake. They appear together at formal events, spin for Christmas, eat hamburgers, fight monsters, claim to be serial killers, go on rides at Disneyland.
I should have dropped him as a potential profile right away, but I was fascinated. Usually there are only a few photos with the girlfriend, or at most half of the collection. Here they go on and on and on. Why go through the trouble of having someone take and post hundreds of photos of your girlfriend worshipping you?
Here's one where he's alone. She must be taking the photo.
If I go back about a year on his Instagram, I run into a period of photos of Merrick alone or with guys, but then it's back to being hugged, kissed, fondled, and licked by a previous girlfriend, Or maybe the same one?
What is this guy famous for? I mean, you can't just worship someone out of nowhere. He's got to turn water into wine or feed 5,000 people, or at least be hung, right?
Google says that he's "a talented dancer known for his flo-bot style," which he showcased on TikTok beginning when he was 12 (so in 2017). Currrently he has 32 million followers and 718 million TikTok likes.
According to the IMDB, he's competed on AGT, SYTYCD, Das Supertalent, and Lip Sync Battle Shorties. I imagine that if I was in his main audience, I would know what those shows or competitions are.
He began acting in summer productions of Much Ado About Nothing and A Winter's Tale with the Intrepid Theatre Company in Victoria, British Columbia (2014, 2016), and moved on screen with some music videos and short films in 2017.
Some teencoms followed, like Sydney to the Max and Team Kaylie.
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