Minnie and Tink are a social media couple who made a name for themselves on social media for creating content while dressing up as Disney-themed drag queens. The couple is extremely popular, with 4.6 million followers on TikTok, 43,200 followers on Instagram, and their eponymous YouTube page has 66,800 subscribers.
The couple’s content ranges from viral dances to pranks and challenge videos. Minnie and Tink’s continued fame and success depend on their commitment to creating unique content. This piece will look at Minnie and Tink’s career and Minnie’s decision to hide her true identity.
The idea to start a YouTube channel came about after the couple dressed up as Tinkerbell and Minnie Mouse for Halloween.
Minnie (real name Scott) and Tink (real name Zach) got married on June 14, 2014. The couple dressed up as Minnie Mouse and Tinker Bell for Halloween in 2017, and a couple of months later, they decided to create content on social media. social. . social like Minnie and Tink. The couple began posting videos on YouTube before moving on to other social networking sites. Tink stated in a Q&A video posted on November 10, 2018:
“Originally, we were going to start on YouTube and all we did was go out in public as Minnie Mouse and Tink. We made those videos, but now it has morphed all over social media.”
Minnie hid her identity from the online community until April 2019
Tink came out to his family when he was 15 years old and his mother accepted his decision. It was more difficult for Minnie because he was raised as a Mormon and feared that her family would not accept his sexual orientation. He grew up hearing people tell him that being gay was not okay and disgusting. She revealed in a video posted on April 6, 2019:
“The church controlled EVERY aspect of my life and their teachings were no different than brainwashing. The church leaders met with me and told me all that I should be and do. They even discussed extremely inappropriate things with me that became particularly damaging. I felt that everything I did had to be perfect.”
Minnie came out at age 20, but still received hate for being gay. At one point, she considered suicide due to the reaction she had after coming out. After beginning her online career as Minnie, she decided to hide her face from the online community because he feared losing his job. Minnie stated in the video:
“I taught at an extremely challenging school in Oklahoma, and I was afraid that the students and administration would recognize me and I could be fired from teaching. Even as I was climbing the social media ladder, the constant teasing brought me to one of the lowest points of my life. I didn’t think I could ever be honest with the world and be my true authentic self.”
In April 2019, Minnie decided not to hide anymore. She posted a video on the couple’s channel in which she gradually removes her makeup and reveals her face. In the video, she claimed that it was time for her to accept the true self of her instead of running from him.
Minnie and Tink don’t rely solely on social media for income
One of the reasons Minnie and Tink didn’t reveal Minnie’s identity for so long was because they relied on her income as a teacher and didn’t want to lose her salary. The couple still uses the same approach even after finding success online, as they don’t rely solely on social media for income. Tink works as a ballet dancer while Minnie works in the school system. minnie said Outline:
“TikTok could end tomorrow. Now it works fine for us, but we don’t do this to become rich and famous. We do this because we like it, and whether we’re living the rich and famous life or living in a trailer, we want to be happy.”
Minnie and Tink found success as drag queens, and their fans will be happy to know that they aren’t looking to alter their content. Tink told the outlet:
“We want to work with someone that we know our viewers will like. We can’t get up one day and say: ‘I like football’ because our viewers know that we don’t like football. We are drag queens”.
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