Chester Bennington's son hits out at 'bull****' TikTok conspiracy theories about his dad's death
Content warning: this article contains references to suicide.
Chester Bennington's son has hit out against the 'bull****' TikTok conspiracy theories surrounding his dad's death.
Tyler Lee Bennington addressed the theories about the late Linkin Park singer while confronting the barrage of comments he receives about his father on the social media platform. Check out his response here:
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Tyler Lee, 17, took to TikTok last week to share with his 75.6k followers his reaction to yet another conspiracy theory comment from someone about the real cause of his dad's death.
The American singer-songwriter was once the lead vocalist of the highly-successful rock band yet died back in 2017.
He was found his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, and the coroner ruled that he had died by suicide by hanging, aged just 41-years-old.
Tyler Lee responded to a comment that said, 'your dad didn’t kill himself', before adding, 'he was doing good in this world and they didn’t like [it]'.
He said: "This is the bull**** I will not be dealing with on my page. This person is getting blocked."
"I’m a child," Tyler Lee continued, "this is inappropriate to comment on my post or anybody’s post for that matter."
He went on to say: "There’s no evidence to any of these theories that have been made. These are all just vain attempts to sensationalise and make what really is a tragedy, a big story to tell people."
"Get a life, man," Tyler ended the video with.
The teenager captioned the video: "I will not tolerate this kind of behaviour about me, my family or any fan on my page.
"It pains me to know that there are still people in the world who listen to this attention seeking slander," Tyler went on, before confirming that his statement would be 'the only video I will post like this'.
He continued: "For any other comments like this, I reserve the right to mock and ridicule you back, before blocking you."
"Thank you to everyone who has left supporting and kind comments. You are truly kind people," Tyler concluded.
The short clip has since received over 2.7 million views, with thousands of people rushing in to the comment section to share their words of praise and support for Tyler Lee.
One TikTok user wrote: "Your dad was a real man with real feelings and real struggles, your loss is not a conspiracy theory for people to pick apart."
"I am so very sorry," offered another, "both for your loss and for the ignorance of people who contact you like this."
A third posted: "Yikes.
"People forget that celebrities are real people with real families that have feelings. Sorry they're putting you through this, much love," they concluded.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in mental health crisis, help is available through Mental Health America. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.
You can also call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 at the SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline.
Topics: Celebrity, Conspiracy Theories, Music, TikTok, Mental Health
Rhiannon Ingle