TikTok star Yeet Baby reveals he has left MENTAL FACILITY that he checked himself into for 17 days – after being left ‘sick to his core’ by child-trafficking movie Sound of Freedom

TikTok star Yeet Baby reveals he has left MENTAL FACILITY that he checked himself into for 17 days – after being left ‘sick to his core’ by child-trafficking movie Sound of Freedom

The popular TikTok star known as Yeet Baby is back home following a 17-day stay at a mental health facility – which he checked himself into after becoming ‘sick to his core’ over the controversial new movie Sound of Freedom.

Chris Rooney, 26, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, earned viral fame back in 2020, after he started sharing adorable videos of himself attempting to teach his now-four-year-old niece, Marleigh, and now-two-year-old nephew, Jack, how to pour a drink under the username TheYeetBaby.

Clips of the youngsters accidentally spilling various liquids as a stressed out Chris watched on left millions around the globe in shambles, and turned the three of them into internet sensations. 

Earlier this month, many of the social media star’s avid fans were left worried for his wellbeing after his family reported him missing – and days later, they revealed that he was receiving treatment at a mental health facility.

Now, he has announced that he’s left the institution, while thanking his supporters for their ‘thoughts and prayers.’

‘Thank you for your thoughts and prayers everyone, it is truly appreciated,’ he wrote in the caption of an Instagram post on Sunday, which showed him posing with his mom. 

‘I spent 17 days (not that I was counting) in a mental health facility. Had to have my mother pick me up. Very glad I got the help I needed and love being back.’

Chris also revealed that he had shaved his head – and that he was returning to school five years after he dropped out.

He posted a side by side of himself wearing a backpack next to his niece Marleigh with her school supplies, writing, ‘What are the chances that Mar and Uncle Chris go back to school the same day 22 years apart.

‘More [videos] coming up when things calm down a little. One step at a time.’

On August 3, TMZ reported that Chris’ family had filed a missing person’s report after they failed to get in contact with him.

News of his disappearance quickly spread across social media, but hours later, a messaged shared to his Instagram Stories read, ‘He has been found safe. He is safe. Thank you for your prayers.’

Then, in a post shared to his account on August 9, an unidentified family member revealed that he was getting professional help.

They said that ‘the last six months’ had been ‘difficult’ for Chris and that ‘all of his emotions came to a head’ after he went to see the flick Sound of Freedom. 

The faith-based thriller, which came out on July 4 and stars Jim Caviezel and Mira Sorvino, tells the harrowing true story of a former government agent named Tim Ballard, who quit his job to embark on a dangerous mission to rescue a group of kids who are being held captive by child traffickers in Columbia.

‘Prior to his disappearance, he had seen the movie Sound of Freedom, and like many others, he was sick to his core over it,’ the post on Chris’ account read. 

‘This prompted him to post links to raise money for the cause of ending child sex trafficking.

‘To many of you, this may have seemed odd, but he genuinely wanted and still wants to help this cause.

‘Unfortunately, it was posted at a time that he was also visibly not in his right mind and not acting like the Chris we know and love.’ 

‘We were afraid for his life,’ the post continued. ‘After several hours, we got word that he had checked himself into a mental health facility’ 

Chris’ family added that while they’re ‘sure’ his fans ‘still have a lot of questions,’ they will let the TikTok star ‘answer them once he is healthy and ready to share his experiences.’

‘He is currently being treated at a mental health facility,’ they wrote. ‘Your thoughts and prayers have been so appreciated by him and his family during this time.’ 

They concluded by sharing a message written by Chris for his followers, which read, ‘The amount of love and prayers I have received not just now but over the years has truly brought me out of some very low times. 

‘Unfortunately, there was nothing anyone could do to help me. It is something that I have to work on and am going to make it my life’s mission to not only get myself healthy but also others.

‘If there is one thing I have learned during this time, it’s that there are a lot of hurting people in this world and I am going to do everything I can to help them.’

In the weeks leading up to Chris’ disappearance, he shared a slew of out-of-the-ordinary posts.

In a now-deleted video posted to TikTok, he revealed that he and his wife, Emily Rooney, had separated. 

He also responded to a comment that someone had left in which they speculated that is marriage had ended due to alcoholism.

‘Comments like this, they trigger me. They make me an angry person,’ he wrote.

Right before he went missing, he posted a slew of links to fundraisers to help fund the Sound of Freedom.

The crowdfunded movie has been at the center of controversy since it premiered last month.

It was produced by Utah-based distribution company Angel Studios, which rose from the ashes of VidAngel – a streaming service that allowed users to filter out objectionable content out of movies (like violence, nudity, or profanity) and streamed those films online for customers.

VidAngel was sued multiple times, eventually filing for bankruptcy – before it came under new ownership in 2021 and was turned into Angel Studios. 

On top of the backlash surrounding its production company, critics of the movie have also accused it of ‘warping the truth about child exploitation and catering to QAnon conspiracy theorists,’ per the Washington Post.

Back in 2020, Vice World News posted an explosive report about the man who inspired the film, Tim, and his organization, Operation Underground Railroad.

The outlet claimed to have found a ‘a pattern of image-burnishing and mythology-building, a series of exaggerations that are, in the aggregate, quite misleading’ and a major ‘divide between the group’s actual practices and some of its claimed successes.’

The Davis County Attorney’s Office in Utah also spent over two years looking into OUR over allegations of ‘communications fraud, witness tampering and retaliation against a witness, victim or informant,’ Deseret.com reported. However, no charges were ever brought against the organization.

The Post also pointed out that the movie has been promoted heavily on QAnon message boards, since Tim, as well as the actor who played him in the flick, have both ‘expressed support for some of QAnon’s wildest claims.’

Tim once accused furniture company Wayfair of ‘selling children’ in a video shared to his Twitter in 2020 – a popular theory pushed by QAnon supporters.

As for Jim, who has revealed that Tim specifically requested that he play him in the movie because he was blown away by his performances The Count of Monte Cristo and the biblical drama The Passion of the Christ, he has spoken at QAnon conventions in the past.