Hours after Lil Tay’s family announced that both she and her old brother, Jason Tian, had died in a social media post on Wednesday, several questions have surfaced on the 14-year-old’s untimely passing — including a few from her evidently confused father.


When reporters from the New York Post reached out to Chris Hope, Lil Tay’s controversial dad, in search of details surrounding the “youngest flexer of the century’s” death, they were greeted with a whole lot of evasion, the Vancouver attorney apparently in the dark on whether his child had passed.



“No, not that that I’m aware of,” he reportedly said when asked if he could confirm that his daughter was in fact deceased, stating that he “can’t really comment” or offer “any help” before hanging up the phone.


Though Hope had a notably rocky relationship with his daughter, Tian publicly claiming he had abused her in a viral 2021 post, he wasn’t the only source close to the creator who refused to definitely state whether or not the social media star had died.


“I have been in communication with individuals who have an intimate understanding of the family’s situation,” the teen former manager, Henry Tsang explained to The Daily Beast of both her and her brother’s purported passings.  “Given the complexities of the current circumstances, I am at a point where I cannot definitively confirm or dismiss the legitimacy of the statement issued by the family.”

These cryptic statements, alongside TMZ, removing their article on her death and authorities in Los Angeles reportedly having no information on any investigation on the death of a person named Claire Hope, per the Vancouver Sun, come as several fans had begun questioning the validity of her family’s social media statement.



“I didn’t wanna say it because it involves a literal child but (and I hope I’m 100% right because the alternative is too heartbreaking) this Lil Tay thing feels like a hoax,” wrote @TroyHasEbola, noting that if her death was, in fact, faked, the teen would be “110% a victim of clout chasing.”


“Parents and siblings and all of them deserve to be buried under the jail for what they did to her,” they added.


“Wait so Lil Tay NOT dead????? i’m confused” asked @kingtrelll.



While we can only hope that Lil Tay is alive and well, really? A death hoax for a teenage girl? Come on guys. There are easier ways to get clout. 


Update, August 10, 2:30 p.m.: 


In a statement from Lil Tay’s family, the social media star herself clarified that both she and her brother are actually alive and that her Instagram had been “compromised by a 3rd party.“ 


”I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I’m completely heartbroken, and struggling to even find the right words to say. It’s been a very traumatizing 24 hours,” she said, per TMZ. “All day yesterday, I was bombarded with endless heartbreaking and tearful phone calls from loved ones all while trying to sort out this mess.


“She said that the misinformation behind the story was so great that it even led to several news outlets getting her name wrong.“My legal name is Tay Tian, not ‘Claire Hope,’” She added