Who TF Did I Marry? The viral explosion of Reesa Teesa
In February 2024 a woman calling herself “Reesa Teesa” began uploading videos to TikTok where she talked about her bad marriage: it was titled “Who TF Did I Marry?” The videos kept coming… and coming… and coming. Reesa Teesa, whoever she really was, was a born storyteller and she knew how to keep people engaged. But the story itself was disturbing: what happened once it was over?
Legion
Reesa began her story on February 14: Valentine’s Day. She didn’t refer to her husband by his real name, but instead called him Legion — a reference to a Bible story where a man is possessed by demons.
It’s fair to say that the way she told it, her life with Legion soon turned into a nightmare. But let’s start at the very beginning and let Reesa herself walk you through her story.
The good, the bad, the ugly
There are 50 parts to Reesa’s tale, and she deliberately chose to tell the story that way. “You can listen to all the times I made bad decisions, you can clearly listen to the good, the bad, the ugly, the embarrassing,” she says.
“But most importantly, the redemption and the forgiveness that I am trying and learning to give myself. All in all, do not be dismayed that it is 50 parts.” And people weren’t dismayed — far from it!
Matching
Reesa had met her future husband in March 2020 just as the COVID pandemic was spreading across the world. She was matched with him on both the Facebook dating site and on Hinge.
“I did not realize he was on both, under two different names,” she says on TikTok. “One was his actual name and the other one was a variation, like a nickname, that he called himself. It is so many red flags; you would’ve thought I was colorblind, because I ignored all of them.”
First date
The couple had their first date, and it went pretty well. Reesa’s car had broken down on their way to Cheesecake Factory and Legion immediately changed the tire for her. Reesa was impressed.
“The vibe was good,” she admits on her TikTok video. But unfortunately, it wouldn’t remain good for very long. Reesa fell in love with Legion, but after that things went downhill fast.