Linda Solly Heard responded to people’s opinions on TikTok after she went viral for spending 15 years getting revenge on a man who was targeting her friend.
Earlier this week, Heard shared a viral video about how she anonymously heard spoilers about her favorite shows from someone for several years after an incident that happened in college. She was at a comedy club with a friend when the friend accidentally knocked over her chair, causing the man sitting behind her to spill his drink everywhere. After he swore at her friend and spat in her face, Heard responded by creating a fake Facebook account to send him messages. breaking Bad And the walking Dead spoilers before eventually breaking off their engagement.
Now she’s calling out a double standard as some critics point out it would make a difference if a man tried to get revenge on a woman for 15 years.
Since posting her original video, Heard responded to specific commenters trying to “play devil’s advocate.” In one video, she responded to a comment that read: “Imagine for a second if a guy did this to a woman. This guy will be finished within three seconds of posting.”
Heard initially seemed to agree with the comment, saying, “Yeah, men just can’t get away with things women can get away with.” However, she then listed examples of male celebrities who faced scandals but maintained their careers.
“Like Chris Brown, remember when he committed severe domestic violence and lost his entire career?” she asked. “He lost everything. I don’t even know if he can find a job.”
Hurd added: “Oh, wait. No, he won an AMA last year and has numerous lifetime achievement awards.”
When Brown was 20, he was charged in 2009 with assault and criminal threats after a fight with his then-girlfriend Rihanna, who was left with visible facial injuries and hospitalized. He pleaded guilty to the crime on June 22 of that year and accepted a plea agreement of community service, five years probation and domestic violence counseling.
After completing a year-long course on domestic violence in 2010, Brown wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “I have enough self-respect and integrity to be proud of completing this DV course. The boys are running from (their) mistakes. Men learn from them!!!”
Heard then used film director Woody Allen as another sarcastic example, saying: “He’s got 30 years of strong arguments against him, and he married his adopted daughter. He literally made movies and had a career that spanned about 50 years.” Since Allen’s allegations were first made in August 1992, they have all been thoroughly investigated and the charges have been dismissed by investigators.
Hurd acknowledged that there is a double standard that the commentator was talking about, but “not the one they think about.” She stated that many women similarly commit acts of revenge because it is “a creative form of justice that doesn’t hurt anyone” and is “just fun and stupid most of the time.”
The TikToker went on to say that women don’t have the “luxury” to “commit violence” and ended the video by thanking the commenter for bringing it to her attention. Since then, many women have applauded her in the TikTok comment section.
In another video, Heard responded to a comment asking her how she even found the man on Facebook. “It’s very important to me that the only people who ask this question are men, because women have just had to be very aware of their surroundings their entire lives,” she said.
Heard explained that in “less than 120 seconds” she went to the comedian’s Facebook page, looked at his tagged photos and noticed that the man’s friends had taken photos with the comedian. She then looked through their tagged photos and found the man who had treated her friend rudely. If this process didn’t work, she already had a backup plan ready. The man was wearing their college sports team cap, so Heard said she would look up the team roster and cross-reference it with Facebook.
She was also able to find the man’s Facebook account because two of his friends were wearing fraternity letters. One of them still had his high school class ring on, so she would have looked at their composite photos instead and found him like that. Moreover, Heard still had another way to find him if all three methods failed.
Heard explained that at her college bar, men typically slid the check across the bar after signing it, while women folded it in half and physically handed it to the bartender so no one would know their name. However, Hurd would simply look at his name on the receipt to find it on Facebook.
Many women rushed to the comments section, noting that they never questioned how Heard found the man’s information since women are known to be experts at “stalking.”
“I didn’t even think about finding him on Facebook. I have NEVER found someone because even if I can’t, one of my friends can,” one comment read.
Another woman agreed, writing, “We are literally FBI agents when we need information.”
Independent Heard has been contacted for comment.