A Nigerian comedian and content creator allegedly lost his sight for about 45 minutes after sobbing for hours in an attempt to cry for 100 hours and set a world record for the longest time crying continuously.
Tembu Daniel, who goes by ‘237_towncryer’ on Instagram, recently lived up to his nickname by attempting a rather unusual world record – crying continuously for 100 hours. The young Nigerian began his cry-athon on July 9, but was forced to suspend his crying only 6 hours later, due to some unforeseen side effects. Apparently, forcing himself to cry for hours non-stop caused Daniel to experience headaches, puffed eyes, and a generally swollen face. However, the most worrying symptom was partial blindness which allegedly lasted for about 45 minutes.
Photos: @237_towncryer/Instagram
“I had to re-strategize and reduce my wailing,” the online entertainer told the BBC, adding that he didn’t want to let this speed bump stop him from achieving his goal. However, it’s unclear whether he actually completed the 100 hours of continuous crying, as the few clips of the attempt posted on his Instagram show the timer at only 2 hours and 9 minutes, and at 5 hours and 54 minutes, respectively.
The African ‘town crier’ posted a poster of his record attempt on Instagram earlier this month, which featured the Guinness Records. In reality, he never bothered contacting Guinness about his unusual crying marathon, and perhaps it was for the best, as the famous organization actually reacted to his record attempt, clarifying that they wouldn’t have monitored such a record attempt anyway.
“Just to quell some recent rumours, we wouldn’t ever monitor a record for the longest marathon crying,” Guinness tweeted.
Just to quell some recent rumours, we wouldn’t ever monitor a record for the longest marathon crying.
Here’s what can be monitored by our team 👇https://t.co/R4ksk9sy4W
— Guinness Records (@GWR) July 19, 2023
Even if he failed his target of 100 hours of continuous crying, Tembu Daniel definitely got the attention he was craving, as his unique record attempt made international news headlines and went viral on social media.
“After dis he will never want to cry in his life again 😂” one person commented on Instagram.
“By the time ur done crying, u would have created ur own little river 😂” someone else joked.
