A TikTok user who shared a viral video showing her leg covered in red welts blamed the bedbugs for the bites after she went to a movie at the AMC Theatres location in Times Square.
In the video posted Saturday, TikTok user @xoxodanixoxo covers her mouth with her hand before panning to a shot of the red blemishes on her leg. The user, who goes by “Dani” on the platform, circled several of the alleged bedbug bites in black ink.
“Yall do NOT sit in the amc at times square. Someone burn that godforsaken place down,” TikTok user @xoxodanixoxo said in the video.
“This isn’t very life laugh love of you #amctheaters #amc #bedbugs,” Dani added in a caption.
Dani added another comment to the post “for context,” noting that she had attended the AMC Times Square location “for a work thing, not by choice” and reiterated that bedbugs were responsible for the bites.
The Post has reached out to AMC Theatres for comment on the allegation. Representatives at the Times Square location could not immediately be reached by phone.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the TikTok post has been viewed nearly 800,000 times, liked nearly 40,000 times and generated nearly 700 comments.
I thought everyone knew this,” one user named “Jay” wrote.
“First mistake was going to 42nd St,” the official TikTok account for CUNY quipped.
“Video before this was another AMC bed bug feature,” another user named Ashley said. “[At this point] I’m convinced the $3 ticket special is part of a sacrificial ritual.”
Dani wasn’t the only individual alleging an outbreak has occurred at the AMC Times Square location. Another TikTok user named @ufw.treneice shared a similar post last Friday stating that her friend “got bit by bed bugs” during a trip to the location.
The AMC theatre in question, located on West 42nd street, has been dogged by claims of bedbug bites and outbreaks for many years.
In 2017, outlets Gothamist and Insider published reports on a social media post that showed an insect strongly resembling the pest on the floor during a screening of “Jeepers Creepers 3: The Creeper Walks Among Us.” At the time, an AMC representative said it found “no sign of any bedbug activity.”
In 2015, Page Six reported that a planned premiere event for the film “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” was forced to relocate from the AMC Empire Times Square venue due to a bedbug outbreak.
“At AMC, we take aggressive, proactive steps, including regular inspections and inspections any time a bedbug is suspected. If any inspection comes back positive, the affected area is treated the same day . . . by pest control” the company said in a statement at the time.
The Daily Dot was first to report on the viral videos.
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