A few weeks ago, a woman named Mariah Morgenstern — who also goes by Myah — decided to start sharing behind-the-scenes moments about what life was like dating a celebrity as a non-famous person. Her videos have since garnered nearly 9 million views on TikTok.
So, I think it’s safe to say people are CURIOUS.
In one of her viral videos, Myah says, “When I first started dating my ex, he told me that he had a real phone number and a burner phone number. He wasn’t sure if he should give me his real number or his burner number…”
“As you can imagine, if you’re dating somebody and that is the precedent they set from the beginning, it obviously influenced how I viewed everything moving forward,” she admitted.
“I questioned my self-worth a lot… I think that is the toxicity of fame and celebrity and me being an unknown nobody — whatever you want to call me, not famous,” she said while explaining that this breakup has been really hard for her.
BuzzFeed spoke to Myah who confirmed that the celebrity she was referencing and claims to have dated was Tony Revolori. She was shocked when some people said they don’t consider him a celebrity. “People calling him ‘not famous’ is actually wild to me. Out of all the comments I thought I’d get from these storytimes, I never thought that was going to be the main call-out.”
According to Myah, she met Tony on a dating app and they were together six months, talking nonstop. “It might not seem like a long time, but in Los Angeles, that’s equivalent to, like, two years, LOL. Our first date was one of the best dates I’ve ever had. We closed down this sushi restaurant, and then we went to the bar next door and closed that down, too. He asked me on a second date that night,” she said.
Since he was famous, Myah said in public she tried to be a more reserved, quieter version of herself. “I did feel like I was an outlier when we were in group settings. It was almost like I understood his world, but I wasn’t a part of it because I wasn’t a celebrity or famous either. In a way, it was almost like there was plexiglass between us — I could see him, but I couldn’t really be alongside him.”
Myah said she often wished he wasn’t famous. Not because she was intimidated or starstruck but because, in her experience, fame complicates things. “Celebrities have a ton of options. It doesn’t matter how secure you are, people are going to try to get with your partner even if you are in an exclusive relationship because they want clout. You have to protect your self-esteem and self-worth. I know as our relationship progressed, I started to feel more subconscious anxiety because I feared he was going to get bored of me since I knew I wasn’t the only option. You have to have frequent check-ins and make sure those check-ins are authentic; otherwise, you’ll start to crumble.”
