If I were Mimi Faust, my line of shower rods would be shipping as I wrote this!
National chains including Home Depot, Target, and Walmart are struggling to keep inventory of sturdy “rods of steel,” after Mimi’s sex tape hit the web.
TMZ broke the news of the shower rod shortage, as they reached out to the major big box stores from California to Georgia. Each store reported the same story — the rods are flying off shelves.
Ever since the X-rated trailer of the sex tape of Mimi and boyfriend Nikko Smith was released, social media has been ablaze with viewers wanting to recreate the Mimi shower experience. A host of photos and tweets hashtagged #MimiShowerRod demonstrate the frenzy. The shower rod even has a Twitter account of its own, @MimiShowerRod.
Season three of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” premieres on VH1 on Monday, May 5. The sex tape fiasco was captured by VH1 cameras as it was “mysteriously” leaked.
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