A family on TikTok is going viral—and not in a way anyone would want attached to their name.
Over Thanksgiving, a man and his relatives pulled what they framed as a “prank” on his fiancée, convincing her she needed to train for a Turkey Trot the family was supposedly running together. They even outfitted her in matching shirts reading “the Butler family trotters,” turkey-themed hats, and, in her case alone, a bright tutu. Then they filmed the reveal.
“There’s no real race,” one family member announces in the recording. “Welcome to the family.”
“Are you serious?” she replies, visibly stunned, before breaking down in tears. Some relatives rush in to hug her, and in a second clip she’s seen dancing inside the house—an attempt, perhaps, to spin the moment as lighthearted.
The text overlay on the video read, “Convinced my brother’s fiancee that we’re an intense Turkey Trot family… and we run a full 10K every Thanksgiving.”
The video, initially posted by @parksyyyyy, has since been deleted. But screenshots spread instantly, and the internet did not hesitate to issue a verdict.
Commenters accused the family of orchestrating an elaborate, weeks-long setup designed to humiliate the bride-to-be for laughs and then cementing it on the internet forever. Many urged Livvy to rethink the entire engagement, reading the prank less as a goofy holiday bit and more as a warning sign about the family she may marry into.
If the goal was attention, the Butlers certainly got it. But the consensus online is clear: This wasn’t harmless fun. It was cruel, unnecessary, and—to many viewers—a blazing red flag.
What Are People Saying?
Reaction videos quickly filled the vacuum left by the deleted post, with creators lining up to call out the Butler family’s behavior. The most viral responses shared the same conclusion: This went well past a joke.
In one widely viewed clip, Sara McCord (@sarajmccord) urges viewers to consider what Livvy had just endured.
“Do you really want to marry into a family … where hazing and humiliation are part of the entrance fee?” she asks, arguing the family didn’t just embarrass her—they documented it for the world.
“They filmed this whole thing and posted it so that her humiliation wouldn’t just live on as part of the family legacy but as part of her digital footprint,” she adds. Her video has garnered more than 2.2 million views.
Another creator, Nicce (@thestarsandgod), was even more blunt.
“It was mean,” she says, noting, “She was crying.” She criticized viewers trying to defend the family’s behavior, calling the stunt “organized deceit … by someone you love.”
Her video has amassed more than 1.3 million views as of Tuesday.
Because the original video is gone, specifics about how much preparation Livvy actually put in are murky. Some commenters claimed she trained for weeks and believed she was gearing up for a full 10K. Others pointed to her Hoka running shoes and wondered if they were bought specifically for the event she thought she’d signed up for.
Regardless, the response has been overwhelming: What the Butlers framed as a holiday prank landed more like a public hazing. And TikTok isn’t letting it slide.
Viewers Are Torn On Whether The Family Was Really Hazing
Reactions to the Butler family’s Turkey Trot stunt have only grown louder. And most viewers landed on the same point: The whole thing went way past harmless holiday teasing.
Under McCord’s video, one woman argued there were easier, kinder ways to pull off the joke.
“If you want to prank someone with this, FaceTime and say, ‘Oh, did you tell her about the Turkey Troy we do every year?’ Then pull the just kidding ON THE SAME CALL,” she wrote. “Like, a 30-second prank could be funny. Not this… not this.”
Another viewer zeroed in on the level of prep work involved.
“She had a tutu, a hat, expensive running shoes, and had likely trained,” she said. “As a runner, I was LIVID when I saw this video. This wasn’t funny, and she is obviously so upset. That family doesn’t deserve her.”
A third person argued the line had clearly been crossed, saying, “If everyone isn’t laughing after the prank … then it’s just bullying.”
Someone else added that the family should have known better than to post it at all: “And once they realized that she was upset, they never should’ve posted it.”
In Defense Of The Family
Not everyone saw it that way. Some commenters insisted the prank looked more affectionate than malicious.
“Personally, I love when my partner’s family picks on me like they pick on each other. It feels intimate,” one user wrote on McCord’s clip.
“The turkey trot prank would’ve been great by me. Different people like different things. It’s for the girl to decide if she’s into it or not. Not the internet.” Others thought the public outrage was outsized.
“I feel like I’m going inside,” someone joked under Nicce’s post. “There’s no way people are freaking out about this.”
Another added, “Okay, wait, maybe I’m totally tripping, but I feel like people are being a little dramatic.”
One more chimed in with a broader critique of the internet’s reaction cycle: “We were not supposed to be this involved in or obsessed with other people’s lives.”
Still, plenty of viewers said the family left too many details unexplained.
“I just kept wondering how long they let this lie going,” one TikToker wrote under McCord’s video. “Was this woman preparing for weeks? I would’ve been furious.”
@hmcruc2 Since they deleted it 🫣 #thanksgivingprank #10kprank #thanksgiving10k
BroBible has reached out to McCord and Nicce via direct messages on TikTok.