Lil Tay claimed the Instagram submit saying her demise was the results of a hack, however her former supervisor Harry Tsang thinks there’s extra to the story.
“I feel she’s nonetheless alive, and I feel it was pretend,” Tsang instructed Us Weekly on Thursday, August 10. “I don’t imagine something that they are saying concerning the hacking. I’m glad that she’s OK.”
Followers have been shocked to listen to of Lil Tay’s alleged passing on Wednesday, August 9, after her five-year absence from social media. “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we share the devastating information of our beloved Claire’s sudden and tragic passing,” learn an announcement shared through her official Instagram account. “We now have no phrases to precise the insufferable loss and indescribable ache. This final result was fully surprising, and has left us all in shock.”
The assertion additionally claimed that Tay’s brother, Jason Tian, not too long ago died as effectively and claimed each deaths have been “nonetheless below investigation.”
Sooner or later later, nonetheless, TMZ spoke to Lil Tay, who instructed the outlet she is alive and the assertion was posted by an unknown third occasion.
“I wish to make it clear that my brother and I are secure and alive, however I’m utterly heartbroken, and struggling to even discover the best phrases to say. It’s been a really traumatizing 24 hours,” she stated on Thursday. “All day yesterday, I used to be bombarded with limitless heartbreaking and tearful cellphone calls from family members all whereas attempting to type out this mess.”
Lil Tay additionally claimed that the assertion didn’t get her title proper. “My authorized title is Tay Tian, not ‘Claire Hope,’” she stated. (In 2019, New York journal reported her full title as Claire Eileen Qi Hope and her birthdate as July 29, 2007, which might make her 16 now.)
After Tay’s alleged demise made headlines, Tsang instructed Insider he couldn’t “definitively affirm or dismiss the legitimacy of the assertion” that was seemingly issued by the Tian household. “This case requires cautious consideration and respect for the sensitivities concerned,” he stated on Wednesday. “My dedication stays targeted on delivering updates which might be each dependable and appropriately timed.”
Insider famous on Thursday {that a} cryptocurrency coin named for Lil Tay appeared on-line lower than someday after the Instagram assertion saying her supposed demise. The forex was launched on the BNB Sensible Chain with a complete provide of 100 cash, however up to now nobody within the Tian household has claimed duty for its creation.
Tsang, for his half, instructed Insider that he’d beforehand been engaged on a Lil Tay cryptocurrency however stated this coin was not his challenge. “I gave a warning to everybody already,” he instructed the outlet. “That’s not us. We simply took down the web site and every thing.”
