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By Alyce Collins
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An actress has gone viral after revealing her embarrassment upon realizing that the audition tape she thought she had sent to a casting director was a very different video.
After submitting what she thought was her audition tape for a new role, Faith Quinn took to TikTok to share her humiliation when she discovered that she had submitted a two-minute video of her "putting cream cheese on a bagel." Very different indeed.
It certainly wasn't the sort of video the casting director anticipated, and Quinn told Newsweek that she was "super embarrassed" when she realized her mistake.
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Thankfully, the actress can laugh about the mishap, and she posted about it on social media afterward. The TikTok post went viral, with over 2.4 million views and more than 288,000 likes in just days.
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"When I found out I sent a bagel video, I felt very stupid. I apologized and immediately sent the correct video," Quinn said.
"I thought it was a funny situation and so I decided to make a TikTok about it, but I was not expecting to blow up like it has."
While Quinn may have been "so embarrassed" about sending a video of her making a bagel to a casting director, she certainly isn't the first person to have an embarrassing experience like this. According to a poll by YouGov, 50 percent of Americans experience occasional flashbacks to embarrassing situations that they've been through.
When it comes to those awkward encounters, we handle them differently. Thirty-three percent of Americans said they try to make things less awkward. A less popular option was to leave the situation, as reported by 22 percent of participants, while 19 percent preferred to make a joke about it.
Not everyone is filled with dread at the thought of those jaw-dropping moments. Three percent of Americans said they prefer to lean into the awkwardness and create even more tension.
How Did TikTokers React?
Fortunately for Quinn, the casting director was very gracious in her reply and even joked that it was a "delicious looking bagel." She gave Quinn the opportunity to rectify her mistake and send another video, or just another "really tasty" bagel video if she desired.
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The actress was very grateful that the woman saw the humor in the situation, but it didn't save her from blushing. Still, she loved seeing such a funny reaction to her video, and many people hailed it as a great ploy to get noticed.
Quinn told Newsweek: "The social media reaction has mostly been positive, but my bagel preparation has a lot a haters. I just don't like a lot of cream cheese."
Of course, there was one question viewers had after the video went viral: Why did Quinn have a video of her making a bagel in the first place? She posted a follow-up clip to explain that she often makes baked goods at home, so she was trying to show the moment she cut into the fresh bagel.
Among the 1,200 comments on the viral video, one reads: "Honestly like...it made you stand out."
Another TikTok user responded: "pls send another bagel vid they literally asked for another."
Another person joked: "Well now we gotta see the riveting bagel video."
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Update 08/01/24, 11:05 a.m. ET: This article was updated to embed @faithfullyquinn's TikTok video.
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