Woman is searching through Goodwill bins. Then one questionable ‘White Chicks’ find stops her in her tracks: ‘not the diarrhea boots’

Thrifting is an excellent form of recycling. It has also led to the discovery of treasures, and recently, it even became a source of nostalgia. A recent viral video by a TikToker named Lexi33 (lexilex338) highlighted the moment she found an item that bore a striking resemblance to a wardrobe item from the cult classic 2004 movie White Chicks. As she noted in the on-screen text of her TikTok post, “Not the diarrhea boots in the wild at the Goodwill Bins.”

The video itself is a fun watch. Set to A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton, the song featured in the movie, she showed a pair of bright pink stiletto boots, designed to look like trainers. First she showed the shoes from every single angle, then she edited in the reference clip from the movie. It’s the moment when one of the Wayans brothers is having stomach trouble while wearing strikingly similar boots.

Lexi33 captioned the post, “Why did I just find THE White Chicks boots at Goodwill bins??” The internet clearly loved her find, as the video racked up an impressive 5.5 million views. Many of her viewers jumped into the comments section to express their enthusiasm about her find. Some immediately saw the value of the shoes. One asked, “Were they a size 15?” while another urged, “You better have bought them.” A third noted, “Halloween outfit loading.”

Identifying a cultural moment

Unfortunately, it seems like Lexi33 did not buy the boots, which disappointed quite a few of her viewers. As one person had asked, “Well, girl did you get them? They’re apart of American history.” In one case, a Redditor found actual American history while thrifting. Despite that, some were impressed that she clocked her find so quickly, with one user writing, “holy pattern recognition.” One TikToker admitted, “I was like ‘Diarrhea boots?!’ Until you showed the clip.”

Others jumped into a discussion of the movie. One wrote, “THEY ARE REMOVING WHITE CHICKS FROM NETFLIX ARE THEY SERIOUS.” Another dropped a joke, “Farted while watching this and I really felt like I was there.”

White Chicks’ continuing popularity is unexpected given the critical mauling it received on release. According to an article written by The New York Times for the film’s 20th anniversary, Roger Ebert named it the seventh worst movie of 2004 and asked, “Who was it made for? Who will it play to?”

And yet, despite its rock-bottom 15% Rotten Tomatoes rating, White Chicks has endured. In fact, last year, Marlon Wayans even hinted that a sequel might be in development.