In brief: Nikki Benz: On Oct. 8, the veteran star posted a weather complaint that half the country could have written: “It’s almost mid October and it’s still 97 degrees. The summer needs to end asap. I’m sick of it.”
Fall arrives on the calendar long before it arrives in some places, and Nikki Benz has had enough.
On Oct. 8, the veteran star posted a weather complaint that half the country could have written: “It’s almost mid October and it’s still 97 degrees. The summer needs to end asap. I’m sick of it.”
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The relatable gripe drew nearly 40 replies, which suggests plenty of people are stuck in the same oven.
She didn’t say where the thermometer was reading 97, and we won’t guess her ZIP code. Anyone living in the hotter parts of the U.S. knows the feeling, though: pumpkin spice in the stores, swimsuit weather outside.
A few days later, on Oct. 11, Benz posted a different kind of update: “Text me on Telegram ->”, with a link to her Telegram page.
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It’s a small post, but it reflects a bigger trend. Creators keep moving their most direct fan conversations off big social platforms and onto messaging apps where they control the channel.
That fits the motto Benz shared earlier in the week, when she summed up her career philosophy as “pay me” because “it is a business after all.”
So the forecast for her timeline is hot, with a chance of direct messages. Telegram, at least, doesn’t come with a heat index.
Nobody has to be told twice.
Relief is coming eventually. Until then, she’s staying inside, phone in hand, waiting for a cold front that keeps not showing up.