The reported death of infamous TikTok creator, Bradley Uppercrust III, also known as Judy Hopps Lover real name Niklas Salah, has completely thrown the social media landscape for a loop, with people at a loss as to whether he’s really dead or simply pranking them.
The report of his death emerged on his own TikTok account from a video recorded by his sister who had a message for the millions of fans Judy Hopps Lover had cultivated.
In the days following the announcement, confusion has been rife on social media with his fans unable to decipher whether Bradley is truly dead or he’s simply engaging in a pretty expensive prank.
Bradley Uppercrust III TikTok Death – Judy Hopps Lover 69 on TikTok Reportedly Dead in Accident, Fans Unsure
Niklas Salah (born July 9th, 2001 – June 14th, 2024) was a TikTok creator known as Bradley Uppercrust III but more commonly known as Judy Hopps Lover 69.
Bradley Uppercrust III was reported dead by a source that should truly be reliable but one which is sparking tons of doubt nevertheless.
On the infamous TikTok account Bradley created which has over a million followers and is completely dedicated to the Zootopia character Judy Hopps, a video appeared, recorded by his own sister.
In the video, she declared that her brother had died in a tragic accident.
She said: “This is Nik’s sibling, hopping on to say that has passed away after a tragic accident…He really appreciated all the love and support that he received on his TikTok journey from everyone. I just know that he’s gonna miss every single one of you,”
She concluded her video by creating a montage of some of the most infamous moments from the creator journey of Judy Hopps Lover.
@judyhoppsl0vr69 Rip nik. You were loved. #fyp #judyhoppsl0vr69 #rip #disney ♬ original sound – Bradley Uppercrust III
A follow-up video appeared to blame social media users for Bradley’s death, claiming that some comments he had received for him to ‘not to die’ had been ‘manifested’, just in the opposite.
The post was a video of the creator’s sister with the text: “Y’all commented ‘I love your content pls don’t die” so much on my brothers videos and now look what happened,”
Reactions to the two videos were far more confused than certain as every other comment wondered whether Judy Hopps Lover was actually dead or if this was a sort of prank.
“I actually can’t tell if this is real or satire,” the TikTok user Crest of the Hill commented on the 2nd video.
“I generally can’t tell if this is real or not,” user trinityy also wrote on the 1st video.
Other comments followed in a similar vein, more unserious than serious.
One comment said he would be remembered but not in a good way. Others joked that he had been taken out by Disney, in reference to one of his more infamous videos.
The Disney controversy
Bradley Uppercrust II aka Judy Hopps Lover 69 was a TikTok creator whose account was solely dedicated to fetishining the character Judy Hopps from the movie Zootopia.
Judy Hopps Lover was completely overboard in his worship of the character and left fans even confused if he was truly that deranged or simply doing a bit.
His channel was so successful he garnered 1.1m followers and over 70m likes!
At one point, he went viral after sharing a message from Disney which he claimed was ‘threatening’ him for his actions against Judy Hopps.
The message read: “Hello Niklas. We have seen your TikTok page and would like to have a discussion. What is the best way to contact you?“
Judy Hopps Lover called for help in fighting back against Disney, and he released a list of possibly illegal actions he had taken, including threatening to ‘kidnap’ the Judy Hopps animatronic from Disney.
@judyhoppsl0vr69 Help a brother out #fyp #viral #zootopia #judyhopps #disney ♬ original sound – Bradley Uppercrust III
Following news of his supposed death, people jumped into the comments to joke that Disney had ‘offed’ him.
“Did disney put a hit out on him 🤕🤕🤕 rest in peace btw nik 🙏🙏 🕊️🕊️” a comment from Tiktok user star read.
Currently, the news reported by his account of his death remains up and no contradictory info has come out to deny it so the going assumption is that Judy Hopps Lover is truly dead.
However, fans would definitely require something more official to be convinced because most are still hanging onto hope that the video was a prank of some sort.
What do you think?