I grew up in LA, but people say I’m an honorary British because I’m obsessed with British culture. I like watching Geordie Shore and TOWIE

From Geordie Shore and TOWIE to Tinie Tempah and The Office, meet the American woman obsessed with British culture.

Podcast host Fatou, from Los Angeles, admits she grew up wanting to be from Britain, so she immersed herself in all things related to the country.

Her taste in music, TV shows she watched and even her celebrity crushes were all influenced by the British – so much so that people online are calling for her to be named an ‘honorary Briton’.

A TikTok that she posted under handle @fa2chainzwhich reveals her fascination has already been seen by more than 1.2 million people.

The American captioned the clip: ‘I’m English babes, I don’t care. I love those beans on toast, people!’

Explaining how her love for Britain began, she explained: “Okay, am I the only American who randomly decided to become British in high school?

“I was obsessed with Jersey Shore like everyone else. So as I’m watching I realize there’s a British version of the show called Geordie Shore, and I’m like, ‘Geordie Shore, what is that?’

‘Then I heard about this beautiful mystical place called Newcastle, and I thought, ‘that’s what a Geordie is!’

“While I’m watching the show, I’m listening to the theme song and in the theme song this girl says a line.”

Pulling up a clip of Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan talking about her boobs, Fatou continues: “She says, ‘This one’s called Heidi and this one’s Audrina, and every time that song comes on and it goes, ‘Heidi and Audrina are eating you heart, ‘These are the babies’.

‘I thought: what does that mean? Heidi and Audrina from The Hills, is that some kind of British slang?

“When I Google it, I see it’s from a line in a Tinie Tempah song called Pass Out. I thought: who is Tinie Tempah? I’ve never heard of him.’

‘So I played the song and I was in love, so I listened to the whole album Disc-Overy, it’s still one of my favorite albums. I was absolutely obsessed.”

The influencer admits she quickly finished every season of Geordie Shore that was available at the time and ‘needed more’.

Fatou said: ‘So I started watching all these British reality TV shows – SuperSize versus SuperSkinny, Secret Eaters, The Only Way is Essex.

‘Of course I was annoying, I would make being British my whole personality. During class I spoke with a British accent.

“People would talk about, ‘oh my celebrity crush is Justin Bieber, I love Zac Efron, and I’m like – ever heard of Peter Andre?

‘I listened to Tinie Tempah’s entire album. I started listening to Dizzee Rascal and all these other British rappers from that era.”

Laughing, she recalled, “I would be so obnoxious and obnoxious about it. People would ask, “What music do you listen to?” and I would say ‘This British girl group’.

“They were like, ‘Oh, the Spice Girls?’ and I’d say, ‘No, I listen to Girls Aloud, I listen to All Saints’.

“And don’t get me started on The Office. Once everyone was obsessed with The Office, I was more like, ‘The British version is better, the British version is much funnier.’

‘Even though I like the American version better now, it was annoying at the time.

“Every time I heard Tinie Tempah or another rapper reference something in a song, I had to Google it.

“When he said, ‘Would you take a chance on a chocolate chip cookie?’ I thought, what does that mean? Googled it.

“When he said, ‘She likes to talk, that’s why I call her Trisha,’ I thought, who is Trisha? I found out who Trisha Goddard was.”

Learning every obscure reference, the LA native became a pro when it came to British pop culture.

She continued: “Even with books I had to be annoying, do you all read Harry Potter? I’m reading Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. I read Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras.

‘The way Jordan, Katie Price, had a stranglehold on me. You can bet I was watching Skins and The Inbetweeners.

“It even got to the point where when I was in high school, I said I was in sixth form, getting ready for my A-levels” – I don’t even know what the hell that means.

‘To this day I still don’t even know what the GCSEs are. I haven’t gotten around to that yet.’

She hilariously concludes that the clip is revealing: ‘Imagine I’m obsessed with Britain, love Britain. I’m finally going to London for the first time in my life. I’m being held at London Gatwick Airport for eight hours, but that’s a story for another day.’

In the comments, the British could not suppress their surprise at the “impressive” amount of niche information known to American citizens.

One person from the UK wrote: ‘I’m actually crying that you went for it, like I didn’t expect Tinie Tempah, Peter Andre, Girl’s Aloud… JORDAN.’

Another wrote: ‘That was incredible. There must be a masters degree in British culture that you could do.”

Meanwhile, a third added: ‘When you started that video I didn’t expect you to actually be a Brit expert! The question is: are you making tea correctly?’

Impressed, others joked: ‘mate, you’re ALWAYS welcome here’ and ‘Petition to make you an honorary Briton’.

Someone else wrote: ‘You are definitely an honorary Brit. Please tell me you watched Gavin and Stacy and you know James Corden as we know him,” while another added, “This is perfection. The dedication! To reach Trisha Goddard? You made it’.