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The TikTok account of one of the app's biggest stars disappeared overnight and nobody is sure wh

2020-04-29T19:25:02Z
  • TikTok star Avani Gregg's main account was removed from the platform overnight. 
  • A representative for Gregg told Insider that she wasn't sure what had happened to the account, and that their team was working with TikTok to bring it back. 
  • "I honestly don't know what I did wrong," Gregg, 17, said in a video posted to her backup TikTok account, which has just over one million followers.
  • As of Wednesday evening, the account was back up. 
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TikTok star and Hype House collective member Avani Gregg mysteriously lost her account on the app and isn't sure why. A representative for Gregg told Insider that the influencer first noticed the issue late on Tuesday night.

The account, which previously had more than 17 million followers, remained unsearchable as of Wednesday afternoon. It was back up as of Wednesday evening. 

The error message from TikTok when searching for Avani Gregg's main TikTok account, @avani, from a desktop browser, on the morning of April 29. TikTok

Gregg spoke about the situation in a post on her second TikTok account, @lilpapiclowngirl, which has 1.6 million followers. "I don't know what's happening with my main account," she said in the video, which was posted early on Wednesday morning. "I honestly don't know what I did wrong." 

@lilpapiclowngirl ♬ original sound - lilpapiclowngirl

She also appeared to reference the problem on her Twitter, writing, "why always me." 

—avani dicaprio (1990s edition) (@lilpapivoni) April 29, 2020

A representative for Gregg told Insider on Wednesday that she was not sure what happened and hoped TikTok would correct the error "ASAP." 

Gregg, 17, isn't a dancer like Charli D'Amelio or Addison Rae Easterling, but is a makeup and beauty expert. She's sometimes called the "clown girl" because in her first viral TikTok, she transformed herself into a clown with makeup. "That got me started with views," Gregg said of the "clown check" video in an interview with HollyWire. 

US TikTok users have faced similar problems in the past. When the app removed any accounts of users under age 13 in February 2019, in the wake of a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, other users reported having their accounts wrongfully deleted. 

This article has been updated to show that Gregg's TikTok account was available again as of Wednesday evening. 

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