Bought Beyoncé tickets with my rent money & now I gotta be out by midnight tomorrow 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
Getting in formation can apparently have some steep consequences — just ask Chyna Johnson. The 22-year-old student from Houston claims she’s being evicted after deciding to spend her rent money on tickets to see Beyonce.
Johnson revealed her Bey-centric priorities to the world on May 8 and her story has blown up from there. Her original tweet about the situation has been retweeted thousands of times with users across the world supporting or mocking her decision.
https://twitter.com/girlposts/status/729885828617506816
Rent Is Temporary.. Beyonce Memories =4EVER ! @XavierDLeau @searCH_mY_NAme @kekefierce719 #BeyHive #LEMONADE https://t.co/xyVVXYFEIT
— @Cindy046 (@Cindy046) May 8, 2016
Putting this on my tombstone https://t.co/nd9M6D9a69
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
Win win situation lol https://t.co/Z2QvO69cer
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
That I needed to get in formation 😕 https://t.co/g17VCgYulO
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Typical_Menzie/status/729383913995513857
The entire world is laughing at my pain. Wut even…
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 10, 2016
Johnson refuted the idea that she made the story up for attention both on Twitter and in an interview with BuzzFeed.
“It is real. I got an eviction letter and everything,” she said, adding that she feels she made the correct decision.
“My priorities are definitely in check to be honest,” she said. “I had the time of my life. Literally.”
Her tweets seem to back this up.
I WAS WILD!!!!! It was so good. Omg that concert was perfect. She has so many good songs I can't even https://t.co/3uQVv5UDVO
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
I had the shakes. I left it all at the stadium do you hear me. Including my lashes https://t.co/xYG63P8txN
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 9, 2016
My voice is still hoarse from the Beyoncé concert lol
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 10, 2016
And plenty of Twitter users stepped in to give advice and amplify the story in the hopes that at least one former member of Destiny’s Child would help Johnson out.
https://twitter.com/CapoFrankLucas/status/729868038296743941
https://twitter.com/Canon_mann/status/729880695087112193
Lmaoo I been praying since yesterday she sees my tweet! But she don't be on Twitter like that 😭 https://t.co/bbfi3hgOrh
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 10, 2016
I really wish :/ https://t.co/L6NZ5iCDcI
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 8, 2016
One user even offered a crash course on eviction laws.
No!!! Like wtf https://t.co/iOebqZJRuk
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 9, 2016
Bet. Ima throw something together https://t.co/R7ApLmmln9
— Clair Huxtable ✨ (@searCH_mY_NAme) May 9, 2016
Overall, Johnson believes things will work out. She’s attempting to get an extension from her landlord so that she can continue living in her apartment.
“I’ve never ever been late on rent before so I’m hoping she would have some mercy on me,” she said.