# @mashable on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@mashable/video/7554008524850777399
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34992528-mashable-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/230aeacf83.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-25T12:51:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mashable (@mashable) — https://gondola.cc/mashable

## Caption

Taryn Delanie Smith is held together with threads of light. She's likely most well-known today for playing Denise, a gum-chewing, bathrobe-wearing receptionist in heaven with a thick New York accent and her hair in a towel. Alongside Denise, she brings to life Tammy — a vengeful ghost who somehow resides in heaven — and a rotating cast of characters who pass through the pearly gates. Always on the cusp of overflowing — into tears, into laughter, into hugging a stranger, into wrestling with the weight of the patriarchy — Taryn feels, at any moment, ready to burst. "I know how it feels to have so many big emotions, and we live in a society that is constantly tamping women down and telling us to feel less, and be quieter, and if we do feel anything at all, we're hysterical. That would just about make anybody a little bit depressed," she says. The girls were reacting to a patriarchal world with whatever tools they had at hand; "the boys' cruelty always felt malicious." After moving to New York City to pursue a degree and become a diplomat, she found herself in a receptionist job she hated and was applying for government work when she posted her first TikTok, a short montage of her life in New York City that didn’t really pick up any traction. However, her second TikTok — a funny video about living in her kind of shitty Upper East Side apartment — went viral, accumulating millions of views within the first 24 hours. "It's the only reason that I got to be this loud," she joked. Head to Mashable.com to learn about the role beauty pageants played in her life, her advocacy work, and what her original dream job was. – This year, our team pulled together #Mashable101, a list of creators, influencers, and community builders who’ve defined digital culture in 2025. These are the people and personalities entertaining us, shifting culture, and redefining what it means to influence the world. Did your favorite creator make the list? Head to the link in our bio to find out. @Taryn Delanie🤠 

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