Toni and Ryan's scissors warning brings out the bangs stories
The podcast duo's fast-starting Short has viewers comparing haircut regrets, celebrity inspiration and fringes they would never give up.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 415,141 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (14,372).
PUT THE SCISSORS DOWN GIRLFRIEND 😂
Some viewers have already cut the bangs. Others are still considering it, and Toni and Ryan's warning has arrived at a useful moment for at least one of them.
The duo's Short, “PUT THE SCISSORS DOWN GIRLFRIEND 😂”, drew about 415,000 views in its first day, nearly thirty times their usual start for this format. Toni Lodge and Ryan Jon's weekday podcast often turns everyday dilemmas into comedy; this clip's comment section has become a collection of very different answers to the same haircut question.
One viewer says they had just seen Dakota discussing cutting her own bangs and were tempted to follow suit before this video intervened. Another remembers Zooey Deschanel as their generation's fringe inspiration. Neither anecdote needs to stand for a whole trend: together, they capture how familiar the impulse is.
The much-busier-than-usual discussion isn't all cautionary tales, either. Some viewers describe instant regret, while others have kept their bangs for years. One hairstylist offers a practical test: cover the actress or model's face in the picture, then decide whether it's still the hair you want.
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What viewers say
Seriously just saw a video of Dakota talking about cutting her own bangs and then I immediately thought I should also get bangs, and then saw this video. Thank you for saving me. ✂️ 🙅🏼♀️
@ksloan1See it on YouTubeback in my day it was zooey deschanel
@milksteak-See it on YouTubeI always tell my clients if they like hair on an actress or model, put a thumb over their face and then decide if you still want that hair. Then we can discuss!
@judybloomers1623See it on YouTube
5 more comments
I've had bangs my entire life, this is hilarious 😂😂😂
@digitized_soulSee it on YouTubeI just got a fringe and it’s the coolest haircut I’ve ever gotten.
@Heather-4444See it on YouTubeBeen really tempted, not gonna lie 😅
@ClaudicatzSee it on YouTubeI didn't want it before, but now I do 😂😂😂
@olgakultikovaSee it on YouTubeAs a hairdresser, I approve this message 😂
@vikkitoria.91See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Toni and Ryan
- Subscribers
- 896,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 11,140,450
- Channel views, pace per day
- 949,075 (on a normal day: 1,995,813)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 477,293 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 438,603
The numbers
The scissors Short drew an unusually large first-day audience, with a comment section much busier than Toni and Ryan's usual.
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