About

JudyHoppsL0vr69, also known as Nik Salah, is a TikToker and comedian known for his purportedly satirical videos in which he obsesses over the Zootopia character Judy Hopps, an anthropomorphic rabbit. Nik began posting content in which he simps for Zootopia characters, including Nick Wilde, in September 2021, dedicating himself to Hopps later on. While many suspect his videos to be satire, some creators have claimed they're not, although these may also be satirical in nature. In June 2024, Nik faked his own death, claiming that the Disney corporation kidnapped him and faked the death, sparking memes and discourse online.

Online History

Nik Salah began posting to the @JudyHoppsL0vr69 TikTok^[1] page on June 17th, 2021. The earliest video has Nik simping for Nick Wilde, the protagonist from Zootopia, an anthropomorphic fox. He soon began posting videos simping for both Wilde and Judy Hopps, with Hopps becoming the focus of his content.

For example, on July 7th, 2021, he posted a comedic video to TikTok^[2] about Hopps that gained over 777,000 views in three years (shown below, left). On December 12th, he posted the first in a series of videos in which he puts suggestive cutouts of Hopps in his mom's Christmas tree until she notices, garnering over 200,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

The JudyHoppsL0vr69 account became notably popular over the following years, garnering over 1.3 million followers by 2024.

On May 11th, 2023, Nik posted a video to TikTok^[3] claiming that Disney contacted him in the DMs to have a talk about his content, garnering over 8 million views in a year (shown below, left). On August 1st, he posted a video to TikTok^[4] showing off a wall in his bedroom plastered with images of Judy Hopps, garnering over 3 million views in a year (shown below, right).

On February 2nd, 2024, Nik posted a video to TikTok^[5] parodying content by BerryQueens5 that gained over 2.2 million views in four months (shown below).

June 2024 Death / Kidnapping Hoax

On June 14th, 2024, Nik posted a video to TikTok^[6] in which he claims to have been invited to the Zootopia 2 premiere in November 2025 but doubts he can go due to an alleged restraining order against him by Jennifer Goodwin, the voice actress of Judy Hopps. He then claims he got threats from a man named Bob that if he breaks the restraining order, he'll "never see the light of day." The video gained over 3.6 million views in a week (shown below).

On June 15th, a video was posted to the @JudyHoppsL0vr69 TikTok^[7] page in which a woman, purportedly Nik's sister, announces his alleged death and plays a "best of" compilation of Nik's content, garnering over 6.5 million views in a week (shown below, left). She posted another video to TikTok^[8] that day about the death that garnered over 15 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On June 16th, 2024, a video consisting of a dark screen with the letter "H" was posted to the @JudyHoppsL0vr69 TikTok^[9] page, garnering over 3 million views in a week (shown below, left).

On June 18th, Nik posted a video to TikTok,^[10] revealing himself to be alive. In the video, he claims his memory is hazy, but believes the Disney corporation kidnapped him and faked his death. He claims he doesn't have any proof, but is looking for it and wants to file a lawsuit (shown below, right). The video gained over 2.8 million views in six days.

Nik continued to post content over the following days, with some noting a change in his demeanor and claiming he had been acting more robotic since his purported kidnapping. He also uploaded more cryptic videos to TikTok^[11][12][13] that suggest he needs help, including three more black-screen videos with the letters "E," "L," and "P," respectively, spelling "HELP" ("P" upload shown below, left).

On June 23rd, 2024, Nik uploaded a video to TikTok^[14] in which he presented to the viewers a word search puzzle he made, garnering over 976,000 views in a day (shown below, right). According to commenters, when all words are found, they make the sentence, "TAKEN HOSTAGE, CANT ESCAPE THAT AREA FIFTY ONE PLACE. DONT FUSS, MONSTERS CANT REPLACE ME."

Reactions to June 2024 Death / Kidnapping Hoax

On June 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[15] @brennenbeckwith posted a video theorizing on what might have happened to JudyHoppsL0vr69, garnering over a million views in a day (shown below).

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