Sienna Mae Gomez returned to social media with a video dancing to a song about 'cancel culture' afte

• TikToker Sienna Mae Gomez has returned to the internet after denying accusations of sexual assault.
• In her latest video, she can be seen dancing to "Cancel Me," a song by Dominic Fike.
• The video has drawn a mixed response, with criticism on Twitter and YouTube, but support on TikTok.

TikTok star Sienna Mae Gomez has returned to the internet following accusations that she sexually assaulted her former friend and fellow TikToker Jack Wright.

After denying the accusations, Gomez took a four-month social-media hiatus, returning on May 28 with a video dancing to a song called "Cancel Me."

Gomez, who is 18, faced widespread backlash after a friend of Wright's posted a since-deleted statement to social media in May 2021 alleging that Gomez had sexually assaulted Wright. Gomez denied the allegations at the time in a since-deleted YouTube video and a statement to Insider. 

Wright explicitly addressed the allegations for the first time in January 2022, posting a YouTube video describing four different interactions in which he said Gomez touched him without his consent. 

Gomez responded at the time in a lengthy blog post and a statement to Insider via a representative. She "vehemently denied" Wright's accusations and accused him of slut-shaming, saying she had been in love with him but that her actions had been taken out of context, and said she had been bullied online as a result of his accusations. She also appeared on the "BFFs" podcast with Dave Portnoy along with a lawyer and forensic expert to dispute Wright's allegations.

Since January, Gomez had not posted on TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. On May 28, she uploaded a new video on all three platforms — a highly-produced clip set to the 2020 song "Cancel Me" by singer and "Euphoria" actor Dominic Fike, who recently sparked controversy for saying he fantasized about Amber Heard beating him up. (Heard has been accused of abuse by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, whom she has also accused of physical and sexual violence, in an ongoing defamation trial.)

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Gomez's clip is in a similar visual style to Fike's official video for the song — filmed on a beach, with a vintage aesthetic. It's captioned "she lives" and opens with the text, "This video is brought to you by cancel culture." Across TikTok and YouTube it has been viewed over 4.8 million times.

Wearing a bikini and a T-shirt saying "FLOP ERA," Gomez smiles, dances, and lip-syncs to the lyrics, "I hope they cancel me. Why? So I can go be with my family." The clip lasts 56 seconds, and doesn't include some of the more controversial lyrics of the original song: "After tour, I broke up with my girlfriend. Why? To fuck a bunch of bitches," and, "I hope I get Me Too'd."

Gomez has subsequently posted three other TikToks and one Instagram photo.

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Comments across social media have been mixed, with some people labeling her "brave" for returning to the internet, and others questioning her choice.

She has drawn the most criticism on Twitter and YouTube, where one comment with over 250 likes suggests Gomez is trying to "romanticize" the situation, and another with 130 likes said Gomez appears to be suggesting she was canceled over "some little thing." On TikTok and Instagram however, followers appeared to show more support for her than they have in the past.

Some people also noticed Gomez's Instagram bio links to a separate account under the handle @siennaswim. The account has not posted yet, and only follows one person — Gomez's official Instagram. The bio reads "JUNE2022" and it is labeled a "Swimwear Store," leading some followers to speculate she will be launching her own swimwear line. 

The mixed reaction echoes prior controversy surrounding Gomez's response to the initial accusations. Following her denial videos, she took a month off social media before returning in July 2021 with a since-deleted video in which she performed a choreographed dance to Sam Smith's "Young." 

Representatives for Gomez declined to comment. Representatives for Fike did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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