Garron Noone leaves fans baffled after claiming he's actually American
Garron Noone has left the internet perplexed with his latest video.
The Irish TikToker recently made a video impersonating an American father disciplining his son, with many perplexed by how convincing his accent was.
Seeing an opportunity to mess with his audience, the musician and comedian shared another clip claiming he was actually American and that Garron was a character he had cooked up for online content. Garron Noone has left the internet perplexed with his latest video. Pic: RTÉ
While folks at home could identify the Mayo man's joke, his fans across the sea were left more than a little confused by the claims.
'So a lot of people don't seem to know this if they haven't been on my page a long time, but Garron is a character that I developed, I think it was around 2020,' he joked.
'I just had this idea for just this humble West of Ireland guy, you know? He's angry about everything….I just thought he was this unlikely character and I just really connected with the idea,' he continued in the almost effortless US accent. @garron_music ♬ original sound – Garron Noone
While Garron was unable to keep a straight face in the video, many still took to the comments, confused by his claims.
'Right.. now my brain hurts because I don't know if your American or Irish,' one user wrote.
'I low-key can't even tell if this is real or not like are you Irish or are you American? Which one are you?,' another penned. The Irish TikToker recently made a video impersonating an American father disciplining his son, with many perplexed by how convincing his accent was. Pic: Instagram
'It's too late at night to decide if he's joking,' a third shared.
However, the Irish were quick to pull Garron up on his faltering accent, knowing there's no way he could truly fake a Mayo brogue that well.
'You coughed in Irish,' one user joked.
'The way you say 'circle' gave you away,' a second scolded.
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