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Viral TikTok Muting Tangled Lyric Divides Fans Over Parenting Choices

The clip shows a mother muting a “Mother Knows Best” line, a private choice not a Disney edit.

Overview

  • The TikTok video features a parent muting the word “chubby” from Mother Gothel’s song in Tangled when showing the film to her daughter.
  • Online reactions split between using the villain’s jab as a teachable moment and removing language seen as harmful to children’s body image.
  • Some commenters warned that muting could backfire by drawing more attention to the line, while others praised the move as protective and body‑positive.
  • Coverage from Inside the Magic, DisneyFanatic, and Disney Dining notes no studio changes to the film and no new statement from Disney related to the viral clip.
  • The discussion ties into ongoing debates about household media controls and Disney’s broader history of edits or content warnings on older titles.