Why did ‘couch guy’ hit so close to home? What remained a common statement from both Lauren and Robbie is that they have denied cheating as well as dismissing the ‘sus’ vibes. She said that they went to high school together and were really good friends back then too.Īmoroso in the interview brings up an interesting point: His friends were pretty involved in the surprise – one walked in with her, one recorded the video for her, so how involved were they? She mentioned that everyone in video, including the girls on the couch knew about her visiting, and mentioned that the guy in the striped shirt in the video had to actually get Robbie out of his room and on the couch so they could record the surprise. In the interview, she said that they’ve been together for a little over a year, and have been long distance for almost their entire freshman year of college. Vox Media reported that Lauren’s previous TikToks shows commenters flocking to every single one, positing at what precise moment they think he “lost interest” in her and giving warnings like, “it’s like watching a soap opera and knowing who the bad guy is.” His girlfriend, Lauren, who surprised him in the video, did an interview with YouTuber Alyssa Amoroso, which was released on October 5 and titled ‘Couch Guy’s Girlfriend Sets The Record Straight,’ where she said that she had started releasing hate mail, and she was trying to remain positive but was constantly receiving messages that said ‘kill yourself’ and ‘you’re blind.’ Lauren’s account of the hate and negativity she’s recieving is true. A day later he posted a video accusing commenters of gaslighting him by thinking they know his relationship better than him, gaining over 1.2 million views in a day. Many viewers accused him of gaslighting them in the comments. Take care,” gaining over 3.1 million views in two days (shown below, left). You’re welcome for getting you off Berries & Cream TikTok, but remember: Not everything is true crime.

The video displays on-screen text reading: “Couch Guy here. The person dissecting the video was a Body Language Analyst, further adding fuel to the fire.Ī post shared by Performing Arts At The Heart Did the couch guy really cheat? Here’s their versionsĪccording to Know Your Meme, Couch Guy responded to the controversy via his TikTok page on October 2. According to Know Your Meme, over the following days, viewers began commenting on the video accusing Couch Guy of cheating on Zarras, mainly because of how many girls were in the room next to him and because of his lack of visible excitement.Ī popular YouTube channel, Observe, in early October posted a video called, ‘TikTok’s “Couch Guy” Body Language Analysis | What Can REALLY Be Seen Here?’ which further took the discussion of the ‘sus vibe’ being felt in video being actually spoken and dissected. The video gained over 51 million views in two weeks. He then stands up with a cellphone in his hand and hugs her. Robbie, or “Couch Guy,” sees Zarras, smiles, and puts down his Switch controller. Three girls are sitting beside him on the couch, and a male friend is in the room as well on a barstool. When she enters, Robbie is sitting at the closest end of the living room couch playing a Nintendo Switch.

Zarras on September 21 had posted a video captioned “surprising my boyfriend at college” where a friend films her entering her boyfriend Robbie’s apartment without him knowing. The events in the video became a massive subject of discussion and parody on TikTok in early October 2021 as users gave Robbie the nickname “couch guy” and accused him of cheating on Lauren based on the video. When she walks into the room, he’s seen sitting on the sofa with 3 women next to him, but Lauren ignores this and the two embrace, albeit a little awkwardly. ‘Couch Guy’ originated from a viral video by TikToker Lauren Zarras, where she decides to surprise her boyfriend Robbie, which he was away at university by turning up unannounced.

But who is ‘couch guy’ and why is he suddenly an Internet sensation? The answer is in just a less than 15-second video. If you have no clue what we’re talking about, you’ve definitely seen a mention of ‘couch guy’ on TikTok or Instagram or Twitter, or you may have seen the trend that was inspired by it: girlfriends meeting their long-distance boyfriends in a surprise visit. It’s 2021 and the Internet, collectively, is convinced a college-aged guy has cheated on his girlfriend.

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