Fictional cartoon character Meena is being canceled for singing ‘Happy Birthday’

Six years after the premiere of Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Sing’ – a computer-animated film about animals trying to make it in the music industry – internet users have started an active trend of hating on the elephant character named Meena, voiced by Tori Kelly, for her rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’.

TikTok users have widely shared a clip from the movie in which Meena sings the song to her grandfather, mocking the elephant’s performance as being too over-the-top. Many call Meena a ‘pick me’, a social media term used to describe women who go out of their way to attract attention and become the center of every situation.

The hashtag #MeenaSlander now has more than 73 million views on TikTok, and #MeenaTheElephant has over 44 million, with most posts either mocking the character or calling for her to be “stopped.”

@randyfanboy BYE#marrymerandymarsh #chipspartnerandhusbandforever #i❤️randy #gihunshusband #singmovie #sing #fyp #extra #happybirthday ♬ Shes so extra and for what – Randy❤️

However, some users who were hating on Meena have started hating on the people hating on Meena, because they feel the hate has “crossed a line” – apparently, some started mocking the character’s size and weight, calling her “obese.”

Most users, however, use the trend to joke about someone they know who tends to go a bit over-the-top. Even the voice actress behind the character, Tori Kelly, posted a lip-sync video of the scene, writing “[Point of view]: Your character is mad extra,” referring to how much extra effort the elephant puts into the song.

Source: RT