US singer Omarion responds to Omicron name confusion
- R&B singer Omarion addresses Covid jokes on internet about his name
- Omicron has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in the United States
First it was Corona beer, then Delta Air Lines. Now, singer Omarion has become the latest victim of an unfortunate comparison to Covid-19 with the rise of the Omicron variant.
But the singer-songwriter and former B2K member has responded in a series of TikTok posts about the confusion with his name and the Omicron variant.
“Hi everybody, this is Omarion. I am an artist, not a variant,” he said in the first TikTok posted on Saturday. “So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result to dance to my music.”
In a second video posted, he reiterated his message while wishing everybody a happy new year.
“While it’s important not to touch me and keep your distance, cause you know that’s how it’s supposed to be, you don’t need a negative test to dance to my music,” he says. “I want to tell everybody stay safe and be good to one another.”
In a third video for “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”, he jokingly says his lawyers asked him to clarify mix-up and “don’t be disrespectful” about the comparisons with the variant.