--- description: All the cool parents are on TikTok these days, apparently. title: Will Smith & Reese Witherspoon Are Having a Blast on TikTok image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Let's Check in on Cool Parents Like Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon Who Have Joined TikTok by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2019 2:28 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2019 2:28 PM CUT Out of a cast of very memorable characters in the incredibly quotable 2004 film _Mean Girls_, Amy Poehler’s managed to stand out. She stole the show as Regina George’s mom, because she wasn’t just a regular mom, she was a _cool_ mom. And if _Mean Girls_ was filmed today (or heaven forbid, rebooted) it seem pretty obvious that as a cool mom, she would have a [TikTok account](https://time.com/5583700/china-tech-tiktok-app/ "undefined"). After all, all the cool parents are on TikTok these days, just ask Will Smith and [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.instagram.com/tv/B3AED4wAKrk/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed "undefined"). Last week, Witherspoon decided to get to the bottom of this whole TikTok thing she kept hearing about by asking her son, Deacon. In a video, posted to her Instagram captioned, “@deaconphillippe tries to teach me how to Tik Tok” noting with a cry-laugh emoji, “I think I nailed it…” “Deacon, this is very important. I’ve brought you here because I have questions for you,” she said in the video. “What is TikTok?” “Oh God,” Deacon said, smiling. She convinces him to help her make a TikTok, testing out various dance moves until she finds one that appropriately horrifies the teen. “Like that?” she asks, with a wink. “No, not like that,” he said, later adding, “This is so embarrassing.” Mission accomplished. Smith is a relative newcomer to the platform, making his TikTok debut on Wednesday night. According to _Fader_, in his first post a man swipes through photos of Smith on his phone while Lecrae & Andy Mineo’s “Coming In Hot,” plays in the background. Suddenly, the swiping stops and the [_Aladdin_](https://time.com/5526427/will-smith-genie-aladdin/ "undefined")and _Men In Black_ star is plucked out of the device and dropped in to reality. “I guess I’m on TikTok now,” Smith says to the camera. “That was weird.” Indeed. > [](https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1179572269510746112) Now that all the cool parents are on TikTok, the kids are going to have to find some new place to hang out. Facebook, maybe? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5691867/will-smith-tiktok/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5691867/will-smith-tiktok/"},"headline":"Let's Check in on Cool Parents Like Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon Who Have Joined TikTok","datePublished":"2019-10-03T14:28:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:28.685Z","description":"All the cool parents are on TikTok these days, apparently.","url":"https://time.com/5691867/will-smith-tiktok/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Reese Witherspoon","will smith","tiktok"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5691867/will-smith-tiktok/","name":"Let's Check in on Cool Parents Like Will Smith and Reese Witherspoon Who Have Joined TikTok"}}]}] ```