Couple mistakenly rip 'screen' off their new smart TV while filming unboxing

People are flooding to social media in horror after a TikToker revealed what happened when she and her partner unboxed a new TV.

There's nothing quite like the feeling of getting a new phone and peeling back the protective film of plastic on the screen.

I've not yet started being an adult and saving up enough to buy myself a new TV, but one couple did make the leap and treated themselves. Alas, their unveiling of the device didn't quite go to plan.

TikToker Kelsey - who goes by @kumalashstudio on social media - took to her page earlier this month to reveal she and her partner had decided to treat themselves to a 'brand new Samsung TV' after moving to Spain.

In the video, the lash technician explains she bought the TV and thought it would be like other screens with a 'little protective plastic on it that you need to take off'.

"Well, we thought it was the protective plastic because it really looked like that," she continues.

"So we started peeling it off and we did not realise that it was the actual screen we were peeling off."

By this point, Kelsey realised her husband had pulled off the 'whole rest of the screen,' the TikToker noting by 'that point' they were 'already half-way there' and the TV was already 'ruined'.

And apparently, Kelsey isn't the only person to have done this either, with 'whole threads of people' also accidentally doing the same thing.

TikTok/ @kumalashstudio

Without the darker top layer of film on, Kelsey notes the TV looks 'super nice and clear and shiny,' however, ultimately, it's not really usable anymore.

Thankfully, the TikToker reveals she called up Samsung who were 'cool' and offered to replace the TV.

And people are flooding to the comments to weigh in on the incident.

One TikTok user wrote: "That’s not the entire screen. It’s just the polarizing film on top. Stick it on a pair of glasses and you have a private tv, noone else can see."

"Ive had customers do this and it’s so painful to tell them they destroyed their tv what tv comes with a protevtive film?!? Answer is none," another added.

A third commented: "Girl.. what how did you not realise?"

And a final resolved: "Samsung is so nice for replacing that though."

UNILAD has contacted Samsung for comment.

Topics: Film and TV, Social Media, TikTok, Viral, Technology

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.