Who Is the "Home Depot Girl"? TikToker Talks About Those DMs Shaq Sent Her (EXCLUSIVE)

Ariana Josephine (@ariijosephine), aka Home Depot Girl, has garnered consideration on the web for her good appears and her task at Home Depot.

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These days, it’s onerous to tell which content material will spread like wildfire across the internet. Oftentimes it is sudden and entirely random, like this video of a girl trying kombucha for the first time or this one among a drive-thru employee complaining about a customer who paid in all change.

That said, a woman recently went viral for working at Home Depot. Well, not exactly for running at Home Depot in step with se, but extra so for her good appears to be like and the fact that she is spending her prime years directing folks to the energy drill segment.

Source: Instagram / @ariijosephine

A Home Depot worker named Ariana Josephine is the internet's latest obsession. Meet "Home Depot Girl."

Ariana Josephine (@ariijosephine) does not seem like your conventional Home Depot worker — which is almost definitely the reason she went viral so temporarily.

In June 2023, Ariana shared a photograph on Twitter of her taking a rest room reflect selfie at work. Donning the trademark orange Home Depot apron, she teasingly wrote: “The one activity I work at that I am getting reminded I’m too beautiful to work at."

Little did she know that this simple work selfie was going to take over the internet

"I was surprised as it was a joke and [it] if truth be told blew up," she told Distractify.

the one job I work at that I get reminded i’m to pretty to work at😂 pic.twitter.com/8PVaECp2zA

— Ariana🫧 (@ariijosephine) June 9, 2023

Ariana, who is based in Texas, said that she began working at the home improvement retailer three months ago for the benefits, which include a 401(k). And while she has always been a content creator, her new title as "Home Depot Girl" — which has been given to her by the internet — has come with a significant increase in messages and attention from those online.

Ariana Josephine (aka Home Depot Girl) and Shaq have been DMing each other — but no, it's like that.

Ariana's work snap garnered so much attention that she even got on Shaquille O'Neal's radar. The basketball legend messaged her with some practical advice about protecting her mental health during a time when it seemed everyone and their mother had something to say about her.

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"Don't let them other people bother you," he wrote to Ariana. She later shared their convo on her Instagram story and added: “When Shaq texts you know you doing something right okay."

Fortunately, Shaq wrote her at simply the right time. "I thought it was cool to see someone inspirational give me kind words because I actually wasn’t taking all the attention too well at that moment," she told us relating to his messages.

In phrases of all the other messages that Ariana has been receiving, she said she's been ignoring them for the most section.

"The good is appreciated. But everyone negative just acts like they know me and my life. Or because I went viral they feel entitled to bash me or talk about me over things they made up or feel makes sense to them," she stated.

Well, we're satisfied to listen to Ariana is taking Shaq's advice and blocking off out all the vital messages she's been receiving.

You keep doing you, Ariana. After all, we're lovely positive that the other people sounding off in your comment segment don't seem to be getting DMs from the Shaq.

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