>>20213819Eh to an extent, Tay said she knew Sam was angling to cut her hair since as far back as The Cell so she just got it over with, plus she started commenting on how fucked her hair and scalp was during the process anyway. There was an ulterior motive to it, Jet started his ostracization/gaslighting campaign on Tay that afternoon with the "fat discord pedophile" talk in B1 when she was cleaning, there is random clips like
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1714886156505882.webm from earlier that day showcasing her vibing with her fans via TTS and having a good time. Once she got to a healthy weight she started looking quite pretty, particularly when she had her hair pulled back into a pony tail and Sam/Jet viewed this as a serious threat because they didn't want a repeat of the Josie simp shit. The hair cutting was designed to make her less palatable to the fans, at the same time the started ratcheting up the negative TTS and denying the positive ones. While formalizing that stupid "brotherhood" alliance against her by having Shinji and TJ steal her prize winnings.