U.S. TikTok Ban: Emma Chamberlain, Loren Gray, Influencers React

These influencers are speaking out! Yep, Emma Chamberlain, Loren Gray, Josh Richards and more TikTok stars have revealed their plans if the app really does get banned in the United States.

TikTok users are worried about the future of the video sharing app after President Donald Trump revealed that he wanted to shut it down. The United States Department of Commerce released a statement on Friday, September 18 saying that it would ban Americans from downloading TikTok starting Sunday, September 20. The statement is a response to the executive order issued on August 6, which gave the app’s parent company, ByteDance, 45 days to sell the the app in the U.S.

“The only real change as of Sunday night will be users won’t have access to improved updated apps, upgraded apps or maintenance,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said during an interview with Fox Business Network on September 18. “The basic TikTok will stay intact until November 12. If there’s not a deal by November 12 under the provisions of the old order, then TikTok would also be, for all practical purposes, shut down.”

This news comes days after Oracle confirmed, in a statement to CNBC issued on September 14, that they struck a deal with TikTok’s parent company to buy the app, but it still needs U.S. government approval.

“Oracle confirms Secretary [Steven T.] Mnuchin’s statement that it is part of the proposal submitted by ByteDance to the Treasury Department over the weekend in which Oracle will serve as the trusted technology provider,” the statement read.

But what to the stars plan to do if the app actually does go away forever? Scroll through our gallery to find out what influencers plan to do if TikTok gets banned in the United States.

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Emma Chamberlain

“I would be sad a little bit, but I also think it would be kind of a relief because it is kind of addicting from viewer standpoint. As a viewer, it is really addicting and I can spend a lot of time on it and I actually think it might make my anxiety kind of bad,” she explained to Variety. “But if it went away? Everything happens for a reason and I’d be like, you know what — it was time. Time for me to get a hobby. No joke, it’s time for me to get back to my life.”

Loren Gray

“I feel like whatever happens is probably in the best interest of the country,” she said during Musicology with Tim Kash on Quibi. “I’m very fortunate that I have built up platforms on other social medias outside of TikTok, so I don’t think it would be a career ending scenario, but it would be sad.”

Josh Richards

“We started hearing the rumors about TikTok in the media and news, and with that we kinda felt like it was our responsibility to go and find a place that would be safe for other creators, ourselves and definitely the number one focus, the people that follow us and are supporters,” he told ET about joining rival app Triller.

Charli D’Amelio

“I hope it doesn’t get banned. I hope that they figure out the safety reasons behind it and everything works out,” she told Variety. “But if not, I’d probably continue posting on my other social medias like YouTube and Instagram and Snapchat and Twitter and just continue to have fun. I mean, I’d still be dancing because dance is a big part of my life, TikTok or no TikTok. But of course I’m always going to be so, so, so thankful that I had TikTok to get me where I am.”

Thomas Petrou

“I hope they can fix it and transfer it to America so that there’s no problems,” He told TMZ. “I don’t know what all the other creators would do, but personally, I’m considered a YouTuber. Like at least for myself, I used TikTok to help blow up and I did a lot. I’m an entrepreneur, and I don’t really mind if it gets shut down, wouldn’t have a problem from me. I love YouTube and I want to be able to create the best content for that platform.”