Popular transgender influencer Cherry Thee Boom recently made headlines after sharing several screenshots of teenage basketball star Jahki Howard, which sparked all kinds of reactions
The Auburn Tigers forward reportedly messaged Cherry on Instagram, which resulted in her carrying out a public outburst.
Auburn Tigers basketball player Jahki Howard slids into transgender influencer Cherry Thee Boom’s Instagram DMs as she leaks messages
#CherryTheeBoom w/ a message after exposing basketball player #JahkiHoward in her DM’s. Take a look! 👀 pic.twitter.com/7lKYZMl2zB
— MessyJAY (@jaymarajxo) February 13, 2025
Ouuuuu #CherryTheBoom Exposed Auburn Tiger Basketball Player #jahkihoward pic.twitter.com/7w7kejKKLe
— 𝙼𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊 (@_MochaChoca) February 13, 2025
Following the incident, the rising star college basketball star proceeded to delete all of his social media accounts, fearing backlash and trolls.
Howard is a part of the Auburn Tigers, who are a Division I team that play in the Southeastern Conference.
Cherry Thee Boom exposes Jahki Howard of sliding into her DMs
Earlier this week on Wednesday, popular transgender influencer “Cherry Thee Boom” shared a screenshot of basketball star Jahki Howard sliding into her DMs. The 19-year-old forward who currently plays for the Auburn Tigers reportedly slid into her Instagram DMs.
Cherry Thee Boom went on to reveal her frustration with men who struggle with their identity or s*xuality. In her post, Cherry stated how she does not tolerate “down low” men, regardless of their fame or attractiveness. She also went on to express her irritation by saying that she’s not interested in men who don’t view trans women as women. Cherry wrote:
“If you do not see trans women as women, stay the f*ck out of my inbox.”
Reactions from netizens
*UPDATE * Jahki Howard deleted his instagram 👀 pic.twitter.com/DMiV7ZFFKG
— MessyJAY (@jaymarajxo) February 13, 2025
Following the incident, most netizens were not impressed with Cherry’s actions against Jahki Howard and simply called her out. One X user stated:
literally no point in exposing that man that’s lame.”
Another user exclaimed:
That’s grown man screaming in his phone about being somebody wife. Jesus plz flood us again”
A third user stated:
All he said was Wasssup she wanted a zelle payment immediately like I’m confused”
Another user commented:
Exposing for saying wasgood? N no message after that cos she said what she was? Stop it
Yet another user commented:
I thought the LGBTQ community frowned upon outing people before they are ready. So IF the young man is in fact afraid to come out for whatever reason you chose to out him for clout? Wow….now by your evidence all he said was wassup…..and your thought was to blast an 18yr old?
BIGO OPINION: It looks like #jahkihoward possibly couldn’t have known #CherryTheeBoom was a transgender woman. Cherry says there was no deleted messages, and she didn’t ask him to pay a fee, so did she ruin this man future over an innocent mistake?👀 Take a look#BigoOpinion pic.twitter.com/MT778f75pP
— Bigo Opinion (@TheBigoOpinion) February 13, 2025