ALBAWABA - Keith Castillo, a TikToker known as "Wolfy" or "povwolfy," has sparked outrage on social media after sharing a TikTok video giving homeless people machetes and alcohol bottles as a stunt to generate views to his account.
The video captioned "Keeping the homeless in the streets" caused a flood of comments condemning the stunt in question, as concerned users pointed out that providing homeless people with machetes will put innocent individuals in danger. Collin Rug, a social media user on X (formerly Twitter), described the video as a "recipe for disaster."
Another social media user wrote on X, "Keith Castillo needs to be prosecuted for this. He’s inciting violence for money."
Who is Keith Castillo? TikToker sparks outrage for handing out machetes to homeless people
According to the New York Post, Keith Castillo, aka "Wolfy" pulled off the stunt in Austin and New Orleans and is expected to go to New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles for his next destinations.
Castillo said, "Honestly I really don’t care bro, it’s good for the clicks and views, you know. Gotta do what we have to do so we eat."
Reports circulating suggest that Castillo reportedly informed the police about the stunt, and in response, they told him that he's not doing anything illegal.
The 29-year-old further claimed that he doesn't believe that the homeless will use the machetes to harm him or anyone else.
Wolfy told the New York Post that he purchased the machetes in bulk from an online retailer called Harbor Freight and that he bought them for $5 each.
