Doja Cat Sparks Frenzy After Accusing Fan Of Touching Her

Doja Cat is sparking heated debate online after calling out a fan for allegedly touching her without permission during a recent encounter that quickly went viral on TikTok.

The moment in question was posted by influencer Pablo Tamayo, who shared a video of his interaction with the Grammy-winning artist outside an event.

In the clip, Pablo is seen taking off his shirt, part of his new Pride collection, and handing it to Doja Cat after she compliments it.

“I’m about to give Doja Cat my shirt, cause she’s the iconic girl,” he is heard saying in the video.

The two then share a hug, with Doja wrapping her leg around Pablo’s waist as they talk. Pablo places his hands on her shoulders, and the two appear to be enjoying a playful moment.

He captioned the video, “When Doja Cat likes your shirt, you give her your shirt,” tagging the singer with the message, “Love you @dojacat.”

However, the vibe quickly shifted after the video gained traction.

Doja took to X (formerly Twitter) in a since-deleted post to express her discomfort about the interaction.

“Bottom line is I’ll smile at you but it doesn’t mean I f-ck with you,” she wrote. “Don’t touch me and manhandle me when you don’t even f-ckin know me. Iykyk.”

She continued in a follow-up tweet. “I honestly think I need to stand up for myself in the moment sometimes. And he didn’t even know my f-ckin name. To be touching me and kissing me on my face like that is crazy.”

She then added, “I threw that musty a– shirt away btw.”

Responding to fan questions, Doja clarified that while the fan “did smell good,” she was uncomfortable with “how comfortable he was touching me and kissing me without asking permission.”

When asked why she seemed to enjoy the moment, she replied, “I was very drunk idk what to tell you.”

The backlash was immediate and deeply divided. Critics accused the singer of being harsh toward a fan who meant no harm.

“She’s villainizing you for her not being able to enforce her boundaries,” one user wrote.

Another added, “Imagine meeting your favorite artist, then logging on to social media to see her talking sh-t about you and being musty. I would be embarrassed.”

“The ‘you smell great’ is crazzzy paired with the Doja Cat tweet,” a third pointed out, noting the contracting comments.

“lol she didn’t seem like she hated this interaction at all??” a fourth said with confusion.

“You can tell that her whole interaction was fake from the get-go,” someone else chimed in. “I actually feel really bad for Pablo because this probably meant the world to him and then she said what she said.”

Others supported Doja, pointing out the importance of respecting personal boundaries, regardless of one’s celebrity status.

“Doja, they can never make me HATE YOU,” one person said.

“Wait, but like they give best friends energy together,” another commented.

Pablo eventually addressed the controversy in a tearful follow-up TikTok.

“I just wanna clear this up because it hurts,” he said. “I love her… I just think it’s crazy because she’s the one at this event that’s being so nice. She pointed out my shirt and said, ‘I like that.’”

He explained that Doja asked for the shirt after learning it was from his Pride collection, and he never intended to overstep.

“I’m gay! I would never want to make her feel uncomfortable. She’s so iconic,” he said. “I’ve only been saying the nicest things about her.”

“I apologize if I did anything wrong at all,” Pablo said. “Maybe this just shows that not everybody’s who they say they are in person.”

In a bold final twist, Pablo turned the viral moment into merch, promoting a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Musty a– shirt” on social media. In the video, he cheekily quipped, “She wants to promote her album, I’ll promote my clothes.”