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My friend's 'count the blinks' trick for spotting fake tears
My buddy Dave who edits reality TV told me to watch the eye contour, not the voice, when judging a celeb apology. He said real crying makes the upper eyelid dip for at least 2 seconds, while fake tears have quick, fluttery blinks. I tested it on that TikTok star who apologized for the dog shock collar thing last month, and he was right, she blinked 5 times in 3 seconds and never once lowered her lid. Has anyone else tried reading micro-expressions in these videos, or do you just go on gut feeling?
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brooke_jones1mo ago
My buddy Marcus caught his ex doing this exact thing during her Instagram live apology for the group chat leak, and he counted 7 blinks in 4 seconds flat before calling her out in the comments. She never lowered her lid once, and he still brings it up as his proudest detective moment lol.
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brooke_taylor441mo ago
Take the blink test with a grain of salt. People get nervous on live streams for all sorts of reasons, so count the pauses instead, like when they swallow mid-sentence or look up to the corner. That's way more telling than blinking, and it's harder to fake when they're trying to sell you a story.
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