A man has gone viral on TikTok after sharing his first sip of a coloured, fizzy drink, having only consumed milk and water his entire life.
Davey Jarrell lives with a phobia called chromophobia, also sometimes known as chromatophobia, which is an intense fear of colours.
But for Davey, it is an irrational fear of colours in drinks, which he has recently tried to fight.
Sharing the challenge on TikTok, (@doodledoodledavey ), his video gathered over 23.5 million views.
“I’m afraid of coloured liquids,” the 28-year-old animator and storyboard artist, told NeedToKnow.co.uk.
“To me, no drink should have a colour or a taste.
“The reason for that is simple; to me, any drink that’s not water is dirty water.
“I’ve had an aversion to drinking anything other than water my entire life.
“That means I’ve never had alcohol, coffee, tea, juice, soda, nothing!
“The only other drink I’ve had is milk, because every kid drinks milk.
“But other than that, this video was my first time trying any drink other than water.”
The clip Davey shared to TikTok was captioned: “I’ve been chromohydrophobic for as long as I can remember.”
In the video, a row of drinks can be seen in front of him as he sits at a table including blue Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Fanta, Dr Pepper, a blue slushy, and a bottle of lemonade.
He can be heard saying: “Anything that’s not water just seems like dirty water.”
Starting with the blue Gatorade, which he rates as a five out of 10, Davey slowly works his way through the drinks.
He then tries the mountain dew and screams while hilariously throwing his hands in the air – rating it as one out of 10.
Taking a sip of the orange Fanta, he coughs and slaps his knees – rating this one an even lower zero.
Dr Pepper receives only a head shake as he hits his chest, rating it negatively.
Next is the blue slushy, which upon first sip, he doesn’t find too bad, but after trying again, scrunches up his face and says: “At first I thought it was ok, and then it tasted like medicine.”
Lastly, he gives the bottle of shop-bought lemonade a go, which he then screams and shouts before rating it a zero and downing a bottle of water.
The clip gathered over 3.3 million likes, as well as 35,900 comments from surprised users.
Hunter said: “Worlds healthiest phobia.”
Couper suggested: “McDonald’s Sprite please try it.”
Jordan commented: “He’s normal and we’re the weird ones. Everything but water really is dirty water lol.” [sic]
Justin joked: “Give him whiskey.”
Someone else said: “This is UNREAL.”
“He is so dramatic,” added Jakyn.
“Tequila right now,” wrote Brady.
“You have to give him a Red Bull,” said one viewer.
“Bro said it’s too spicy,” joked another.
Davey, from Los Angeles, California, added: “I’ve made several follow-up videos where I try more drinks like sprite, vodka, boba, juice, coffee, tea, and others.
“But I still only drink water.
“People wonder if my parents restricted me from drinking anything when I was a kid, and the answer is no.
“There was soda, juice, coffee, and alcohol in my house growing up.
“I was allowed to have juice or soda whenever I wanted, I just refused it.
“I’m the only in my family who’s like this.
“In fact, I don’t know anyone else like this!”
