Billy Eichner got banned from Tinder for violating the terms of use

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Billy Eichner got banned from Tinder for violating the terms of use
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It might seem like celebrities have a gilded passage in life, but turns out even they're not immune to the odd mishap. Like getting banned from apps.

It happen to Lion King star Billy Eichner. He told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday he was suddenly banned from Tinder.

"You're laughing but I am going to die alone," he told the audience, who appeared to find the whole thing hilarious.

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"I've been on Tinder for like seven years and I'm very nice. I don't do anything naughty or weird, I'm a normal person," he clarified.

"They didn't give me an explanation, they just said you violated the terms of use," Eichner explained. "And I said, I've been single for seven years, you violated the terms of use. I didn't violate anything!" He suspects that the issue arose from someone thinking his profile was fake.

Thankfully, the matter has been resolved and Eichner has been allowed to resume his swiping on the app. "It's been resolved, thank you Tinder. I'm back on Tinder, everyone get excited!"

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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