Keith Lee and his family are starting a new chapter.
In a TikTok posted on Nov. 3, the 28-year-old food reviewer revealed that he and his family have officially moved to Texas after 10 years of living in Las Vegas, Nev.
“The cat is out of the bag… me and my family live in Texas,” he announced in the video. “Me [lived] in Vegas for 10 years and it all started in Vegas.”
Lee explained that he first moved to the city when he was 18 and “had no idea what I was going to do with my life” before he got into wrestling.
He then described the experiences he had while living in Las Vegas, including meeting his wife Ronni, starting a family, and becoming a food reviewer on TikTok.
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Lee expressed his gratitude for the opportunities he’s been given with the reviews, revealing that he became “the first person in my entire generation to own a house” because of his viral videos. “I want to thank every single person we ever came in contact with in Vegas from the bottom of my heart,” he continued.
Keith Lee.
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With the move, he also confirmed that he and his family have taken a break from posting while they settle into their new home, adding that the “unfair criticism” he receives for his content played a role in his social media hiatus.
“The Internet can quickly go from being a fun place to be, to quickly reaching an audience that will never see your point of view or understand where you’re coming from,” he continued. “It got to the point where it really affected me.” He explained that he felt the positive things he was trying to do with his platform were “overshadowed” by “everything that people see as negative.”
Despite the negativity, Lee said he believes “God put me here for a reason and I feel like my mission is not accomplished.”
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Lee first went viral in 2021 after he started doing food reviews for local spots around Las Vegas, noting in his recent TikTok that “[played a] instrumental in changing the lives of me and my family and more than 150 different families across the country in less than a year.”
Since then, Lee has embarked on food tours across the country, including Atlanta, Ga., Chicago, Ill., and Miami, Fla., and plans to visit more cities in the future.
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Keith Lee.
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The TikTok star was recently spoofed Saturday night live An Oct. 19 TikTok sketch where Lee (played by Kenan Thompson) taste-tested a fictional “Hennessy Habanero Fruity Pebbles Chicken Sandwich” from an Atlanta restaurant in his iconic food-judging style.
Lee posted his response to the hilarious parody on TikTok and joked that the impersonation was “fair” before jokingly stepping away from the camera.
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