*The woman at the center of the disastrous “Cheesecake Factory date” is finally speaking out about why she acted like a pompous diva in the viral video.
As we reported previously, the Atlanta woman identified as Alicia (previous reports said her name was Alice) went viral after refusing to get out of the car for a first date who took her to The Cheesecake Factory.
According to the Daily Mail, the TikTok footage was shared online by a woman named Monique Santos. The clip shows Alicia complaining to her date that the chain restaurant was “embarrassing.”
“He’s got me at The Cheesecake Factory,” the woman stated in the footage. When her date walks around to open the passenger door, Alicia locks the door and shakes her head at him.
The woman rolls down the window and says to her date, “This is The Cheesecake Factory. This is a chain restaurant. Who takes someone that looks like this to a chain restaurant.”
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He had reservations at a nicer restaurant, SHE made them miss it so he took her to the Cheesecake Factory. This is how it ended! she sitting there with her stupid face on ? https://t.co/WHdlCy79PE pic.twitter.com/K7iZeK2o5C
— dad bod. (@poonNOpeen) October 12, 2023
In an interview with Kevin Wesley on The Truth Factory, Alicia and her date from the video, Jay, discussed the matter.
“To be fair, I was always raised that the man is supposed to cater to you,” she said. “You’re courting me, so court me. That means wherever I want to go, you take me. Whatever I want, you buy me. That’s courting. I’m looking for a provider.”
She continued, “But after the conversation, I could see how there was a lot of ‘I’ in that exchange. I was definitely very self-centered.”
Alicia went on to say that she has “an image to protect.”
She added, “As a Black woman…we’re tired of settling. We want to be treated well. We want that soft life, so that’s what I thought I was going after.”
Jay, meanwhile, said he’s taking a break from dating after his date with Alicia went viral.
Watch the full interview below.
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