When their 15-year-old daughter broke the rules by sneaking in boys
at a sleepover party, her parents gave her a choice between handing over
her phone for a month, or giving them access to her social media for
two weeks. She chose the latter and the internet is so grateful for it.
Madelynn Sumpter’s social media takeover by her parents, Tawnya Ford
and Larry Sumpter, began early in November with an Instagram post that
announced she had chosen to hand over access to her social media for two
weeks, so her follower could expect “some amazing Instagram posts,
snapchats and tiktoks from her parents”, and boy did that live up to the
hype. On November 11, Maddi’s dad had already began his hilarious quest
to embarrass his teen daughter, by posting a selfie captioned “Felt
cute. Might delete later”. But that was only the beginning, and by her
dad’s third post, the teen was already begging her parents to take away
her phone for a month.
“After the first day, Madelynn was like, ‘I changed my mind, I choose the one month,'” Tawnya Ford laughingly told TODAY.com.
“Larry told her, ‘No. I’m too invested. I have too many ideas. We’re
sticking with the two weeks.’ He’s loving it. I think he’s gonna make
his own TikTok account when this over.”
From posing in a tight top and wearing a blonde wig, to dancing
around with his son-in-law in a pair of daisy dukes and a tank-top, it
seemed like there was nothing the 43-year-old commercial construction
manager wouldn’t do to entertain, and Maddi’s friends and social media
followers were eating it up.
Over the course of two weeks, Madelynn Sumpter’s Instagram following
jumped from around 2,700 to 12,700, at the time of this writing, so she
should probably thank her parents for their original punishment. The
only question is can she live up to dad Larry’s creative streak? She’ll
have to at least try, as many of her social media followers are already
asking her to “bring dad back”.
“We’re always down to embarrass our kids!” Tawnya Ford said, adding
that her husband routinely picks up their kids from school dressed as a
mascot and blasting country music.
