Redeem now - Amouranth is a Twitch and OnlyFans creator who said she is selling her farts and hot tub water.
- Twitter users are pretending to buy the product, labeling the $1,000 fart jars "ridiculous."
- It follows a string of creators selling farts, used water, and even feces to fans in recent years.
Kaitlyn Siragusa, a Texas-based Twitch streamer who goes by the name Amouranth online, announced on Twitter she was launching a new business, "Cutie Patooties," on February 28. The online store sells two products: jars containing her farts, that retail for $999.99, and containers filled with used water from her hot tub, for $99.99.
The influencer is best known for her ASMR streams on Twitch, and for being one of the first streamers to film in a hot tub. She also posts content across other platforms including OnlyFans and YouTube, and told Investment Talk's Conor MacNeil she makes roughly $1.4 million per month.
—Amouranth (@Amouranth) February 28, 2022Twitter users quickly reacted to Siragusa's announcement, which has over 5,000 comments and quote-tweets, with many expressing bewilderment, while others said they respected "the hustle."
She's the latest in a recent string of online personalities who claim to profit from selling their bodily waste to their fans, but followers seem reticent to take her seriously.
On Twitter, a number of people shared what appeared to be receipts proving they'd bought the fart jars. However, of the seven users who posted such screenshots under the tweet, four told Insider they faked the receipt as a "joke," and thought the fart jars were "weird" and "ridiculous."
These types of influencer businesses are becoming increasingly common
When Siragusa announced the venture, she tweeted that the jars would be sold "in physical form, not as an NFT."
This was likely a reference to reality star Stephanie Matto, who made headlines around the world when she announced in January that she would be selling her fart jars as non-fungible tokens, otherwise known as NFTs.
Matto told Insider's Joshua Zitser that her OnlyFans subscribers would always ask to buy her farts, but she thought it was a "complete joke." When she started selling fart jars as an "experiment," she said she made $200,000, but doctors diagnosed her with severe gas pain for breaking wind too often so she pivoted to selling digital artwork of the jars as NFTs.
Matto's success appeared to inspire another OnlyFans creator, Farrah Abraham, to go a step further and make a statement about selling her own feces in a jar. In January 2022, The Hollywood Gossip reported that Abraham said in an OnlyFans stream that she would be selling her "shit in a jar," making reference to Matto's fart jars and saying, "I just said 'oh well' about the fart and just went with the real deal!"
Abraham did not immediately respond to Insider's request that she confirm whether she has actually sold these jars. Her online shop does not list any jars for sale, although she does sell brown slime called "poop."
Siragusa's hot-tub water product also has a precedent. In July 2019, influencer and OnlyFans star Belle Delphine announced she would be selling her bathwater online. The Guardian reported at the time that it sold out "immediately."
Not all followers are taking the business venture seriously
Under Siragusa's tweet, Twitter user @lapaiixv claimed to have bought 500 jars for more than $500,000 dollars, saying he "can't wait" to receive the products. While some replies were skeptical, others appeared to take it seriously.
He told Insider he didn't actually buy the jars, saying the screenshot was from the checkout process, before paying.
—lapaii (@lapaiixv) February 28, 2022The user said he thought he would get some "funny reactions" from posting the tweet, but he isn't an Amouranth fan himself and thinks her business concept is "weird." He added, "I still wouldn't be interested in buying someone's bathwater no matter how much of a fan I would be of them."
Christopher Dorsonne, @Sauxy on Twitter, told Insider he also faked the receipt by editing the checkout screen to say "Thank you for your purchase" at the bottom. He said he thinks the concept of selling fart jars for such a high price is "ridiculous," but he supports influencers who are "expanding their brands."
—Sauxy (@Sauxy) February 28, 2022Two other users who posted screenshots of fake receipts on Twitter confirmed to Insider that they didn't actually buy the products.
It's unclear whether Siragusa is in on the joke
Some of the language on the Cutie Patooties website appears to be satirical, boasting about the products being "ethically sourced" and "made in the USA." It also refers to Siragusa as being "able to live free-range and in the highest quality conditions," and says "the team works tirelessly to bottle and collect the clouds whenever the right moment strikes."
The top FAQ reads, "Is this real?" The answer says the site is "proud to offer genuine scented air."
On March 3, the "Cutie Patooties" Twitter page announced they would be giving away five jars of hot-tub water for free. Siragusa posted a screenshot of the tweet to her personal Instagram story with a poll asking, "Do you find this funny?" She went on to post the results, which showed that 65% of responders answered "yes."
According to the "Cutie Patooties" website, Siragusa will only make 1,000 fart jars and 3,000 bath water jars. Both products appear to still be available for purchase.
Siragusa did not immediately reply to Insider's request for comment.
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