There’s a saying in Hollywood, “Never work with children or animals.” Today’s Beautiful Thing certainly proves the second half of that aphorism to be true. This is the ridiculously-entertaining Knuckle Bump Farms, owned and operated by Taylor Blake (who is most often in front of the camera) and her partner Kristian Haggerty. They describe themselves as “A small hobby farm in South Florida who absolutely despise education and have a thirst for mayhem.”
Though everyone loves the unruly emus (Emmanuel Todd Lopez is a particular favorite), honestly none of the animals behave particularly well. One commenter said “She’s running a critter juvie hall.”
EPILOGUE: I have learned (thank you, Guenevere) that Taylor Blake was internet shamed last year after some of her previous Tweets went viral. Though the Tweets were deleted, she was apparently throwing around the N word and saying demeaning things about persons of color. I decided to leave the post where it is (minus most of my commentary) but take out the links to her social media. I now recommend you not follow the farm, and instead head over to the Canada-based Useless Farm. There, the animal hijinks are just as satisfying, but the humans are better behaved. Amanda, the on-screen personality, seems to be a lovely person, and the internet had nothing bad to say about her, thank heaven. You can follow Useless Farm on their website and on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook.
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June 13, 2023 at 8:40 am
Hilarious!! And she was on Jimmy Fallon??!!
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June 14, 2023 at 9:23 am
I love these people (I’ve never met) so much! The videos really make the viewer feel like you know them. Quite a talent!
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June 14, 2023 at 9:57 am
UPDATE: I do not love the people after hearing that they’re racist jerks. However, the animals still have my support.
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June 14, 2023 at 10:24 am
I went back to her TikTok and she said she deleted posts due to ‘misinformation,’ and that she was going to address the comments regarding that. She has a lot of posts and I didn’t go back to see what she wrote, but yeah, disappointing.
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June 13, 2023 at 9:00 am
She has some *very* problematic aspects, sadly–early, extremely racist videos surfaced last year that turned me off.
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June 14, 2023 at 9:23 am
OH NO! Ugh. What is the matter with people. Crap.
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June 14, 2023 at 9:59 am
Post edited and links redirected. So disappointing.
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June 15, 2023 at 9:02 am
It was about a year or two ago? BUT, I follow @useless_farm which is also delightful and has lots and lots of llama content, and, as far as I know, no racist videos in her closet 😉
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June 15, 2023 at 10:11 pm
That’s where I ended up, too. I will miss Emmanuel and the rest of the gang.
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