People on the internet are scrambling to cash an influencer check after TikTok star Halley McGookin bought her very first house – and a car – on the same day. On Monday, May 20, the 23-year-old social media influencer revealed to her 1.2m TikTok followers that she had purchased a home in The Hamptons, New York.
“It’s been months but the secret’s out,” McGookin – who goes by “Halley Kate” on the platform – captioned her now-viral video . “I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS.” McGookin – who was one of several women punched in the face in New York City in March – took her followers along as she shared footage of herself closing on her property in the popular vacation destination.
“I cannot believe I just bought a house,” the influencer said in one clip, interspersed among videos of herself popping champagne and frollicking on the beach in celebration of her new home. The New York City-based influencer, who also has an apartment in Manhattan, revealed just hours later that she also bought herself a brand new car – because how else will she travel more than two hours outside the city to her new house in the Hamptons? “Closed on the house this morning, now it’s time to buy a car because I’ve got to get between the city and the Hamptons somehow,” McGookin said in a subsequent video , showing off her brand new Land Rover Defender. “I cannot believe I just bought a car and a house in the same day.
” As it turned out, neither could people on t.
