Singer Jewel has taken to TikTok to call out a wildly popular influencer, Texas dentist Dr. Kenny Smiles, for shocking social media videos of his interactions with female patients.
Dr. Kenny Smiles, whose real name is Kenneth Wilstead, has made a name for himself online for helping women fix their teeth, often for free. But video clips shared by multiple TikTokers and amplified by Jewel suggest there may be a disturbing underbelly to his generosity, especially given his history of regulatory violations in Texas.
Wilstead, also known as @drkennysmilesofficial on TikTok, is a Texas-based, self-described “politically incorrect dentist” who has become well-known on the app for performing free procedures for women in need of extensive dental work.
But a prospective patient’s claims that he made sexual overtures to her while discussing his services has resulted in several clips from Wilstead’s social media posts coming into question, in which he appears to make degrading and harassing comments, many of which are of a sexual nature.
Musican Jewel shared screenshots of several of these videos in a recent TikTok calling out Dr. Kenny Smiles for his alleged behavior. “Doctor Kenny smiles has been humiliating women,” Jewel said in her video.