A TikTok user who matched with Matthew Perry on the exclusive dating app Raya has spoken out about her experience.
Kate Haralson, whose TikTok username is @kittynichole, was only 19 when she matched with the 51-year-old Friends actor on the dating platform in May 2020.
Haralson went viral after she posted a private video call to the social media platform, claiming she shared it to expose older men in Hollywood "taking advantage" of much younger women on dating apps.
"A lot of people were saying I'm a bully and mean for posting this, and it made me feel kind of bad, but at the same time, I feel like a lot of guys in Hollywood are talking to all these young girls and it's something that I think a lot of people should be aware of," Haralson told Page Six, adding she hadn't watched Friends before and didn't think anything of it.
The video, which has since been deleted, was captioned: "When you match with Matthew Perry as a joke on a dating app and he FaceTimes you and plays 20 questions with you," with the two then seen playing the game on the call.
Haralson assured users that although none of the questions were overtly sexual, they did make her feel uncomfortable, as she was only 19 at the time. Something that she admitted Perry "didn't mind", adding he "laughed off" being compared to her dad's age.
"It kind of felt weird talking to someone my dad's age and it just felt not right, especially when he knew how young I was," she admitted. "So it was weird."
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The TikTok user said she was inspired by the viral TikTok video shared this week of a woman who unmatched with Ben Affleck on Raya.
Although Haralson said she didn't think it would blow up the way it did when she shared her video, which has since divided users.
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"You post something and you just have to expect for some people to be on your side and others to be on their side," she explained. "Obviously, a lot of people are going to take his side since he's a celeb TV character, but that's OK."
However, Haralson later took the video down saying she felt bad for sharing the personal call, adding he's a "nice guy" although they never met up in person.
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"I just did it more for the joke of it, which sounds mean, but I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was more so innocent and harmless," she said.
"Honestly, it's not really OK for these older guys to be talking to such young girls."
In November 2020, Perry announced he was engaged to 29-year-old literary manager Molly Hurwitz.
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2021-05-07 00:49:55Z
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