Nickelodeon Calls Cops On Jojo Siwa Stan After Gag Threat To Burn Down Headquarters For Not Inviting Siwa To Kids Choice Awards

In the children's entertainment world, and perhaps the world in general, no story has ever been as important as Nickelodeon's snub of its former golden girl Jojo Siwa from their annual Kid's Choice Awards.

Okay, we're exaggerating a bit here, but that still hasn't stopped Nickelodeon from handling the ramifications of its controversial decision – which Siwa herself has suggested is due to her coming out as queer and getting a 'butch' haircut – in the most serious manner possible.

TikToker @hotgirlbookshelff learned this the hard way after she had the police called on her by Nickelodeon.

As news of Siwa's mysterious snub trended earlier this week, the @hotgirlbookshelff tweeted, "I’m about to burn down the nickelodeon headquarters for not inviting jojo siwa to the kids choice awards." The next day, the NYPD called her to see if there was any truth to this claim, which there wasn't.

"I’m literally from Seattle. I’m not planning on burning down the headquarters (which are based in Manhattan, New York)," she explained in her post.

Apparently, the chat between the TikToker and the police was friendly. She explained that the officer assured her that she wasn't in trouble at the start of the call and laughed when she heard her reasoning for the tweet. "I don’t know any of them. I wish I knew Jojo, but, basically, I was just mad, because they didn’t invite her to the Kids’ Choice Awards a year after she came out as gay," she said. "That’s homophobic."

Exaggerated threats of violence over minor grievances are a common trope of social media shitposting, but corporations are still taking them seriously. Recently, Twitch streamer Narcissa Wright received a permanent ban from the platform after threatening to "shoot up" the company's headquarters, though that too was purportedly not a serious threat.