Molly Dare went viral last week when she shared a TikTok with the caption, “Dating at 40 is like…”, shocking more than 1.5 million people with the creepy footage.
In the video, Dare reacts as he listens to a disturbing voicemail from a man calling a second time in a pickup attempt gone horribly wrong.
“It’s Dimitri calling again, the guy from the street,” the voicemail begins.
“I left you a message several days ago. I don’t like to leave second messages, but I like you: You are a very elegant woman, you are very attractive. But I don’t play that game. So that’s how it’s going to work.”
Dimitri goes on to give the listener 3 pm to return his call before he loses interest. He describes himself as “a complete match” who is “very smart”, “excellent in bed”, and makes “a lot of money”.
“In fact, I’m one of the few men in town who has nothing wrong with him,” he states boldly.
Unable to understand why the woman hasn’t called him back, he begins to list possible “psychological issues” she may have that are keeping her from connecting with him.
Molly Dare went viral with 1.5 million views on her TikTok after sharing a disturbing viral voicemail captioned: “Dating at 40 is like…”TikTok / @mollydareofficial
“Maybe you were abused in childhood? Maybe you’re just someone who is extremely scared and has an anxiety disorder? Maybe you are taking some medicine for that? I don’t know. There could be another problem,” suggests Dimitri.
He also tells her that he understands if she is “psychologically normal” but hasn’t called because “something horrible has happened” in her life.
The video abruptly ends there with Dare mocking the video and making exaggerated surprised faces throughout the clip.
She then made several more videos mocking the outrageous comments her viral video attracted and also noted in the comments that the voicemail wasn’t actually left for her.
The original audio clip was created by Dr. James Sears, who used the alias “Dimitri the Lover” when promoting himself as a pickup artist nearly 10 years ago.
While the clip he was wearing wasn’t his, a wave of misogynistic TikTokers jumped into the comments to ask why Dare is dating the 40-year-old.
“She’s absolutely butchered in comments with men telling me I’ve stopped dating at 39,” she wrote in a follow-up video, noting that “all 40-somethings come to my defense.”
She also noted that she was “criticized for using trending audio and not being mine.”
The “Dimitri the Lover” audio clip continues to pop up on social media every few years as people continue to be disgusted by Sears’ message, but sadly unsurprised by the inappropriate statements filled with dating red flags.
The disgraced Canadian doctor lost his medical license in 1992 after he was convicted of professional misconduct, including engaging in “sexual impropriety with patients,” the Toronto Star reported.
He then promoted himself as a seducer using vulgar and demeaning tactics in an attempt to seduce women, including “Dimitri” voicemail as one of his tactics.
And while a disappointing number of women seem to have experienced an arrogant and demeaning aggressive pick-up attempt at one point or another, many TikTok users are using the clip to make fun of men like “Dimitri.”
Most of the recent TikTok videos using the audio recording are similar to Dare’s, with women mocking men and making shocked facial expressions with captions like “What dating looks like at 30… or “Los Angeles dating pool.”
Sears also founded his own political party, the unregistered New Constitution Party, which former Canadian Jewish Congress CEO Bernie Farber described as “a clear attempt at hateful representation of Jews.”
In January 2019, Sears was found guilty of promoting hatred against women and Jews in its newspaper, Your Ward News. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail and re-arrested in February this year after allegedly violating the conditions of his probation after he “publicly proposed a gruesome public execution” for Canada’s public health director, Dr. Theresa Tam, in a video circulating on Twitter. .
Source: nypost.com