In this episode of the TikTok FAMOUS™️ Podcast, host Meredyth Willits sits down with the one and only @thatlilnina — the viral creator whose raw, jaw-dropping prison roommate stories have turned bedtime scrolling into true crime confessionals. From being groomed at 14 and homeless by 18, to facing 90 years behind bars for a Disney heist (yes, Disney!), Nina’s story proves you can’t judge a book — or a bunkmate — by its cover.

Together, they dive into:

✅ The wild details of her Disney hotel burglaries
✅ Why Disney is the perfect place to commit a crime (and cover it up)
✅ How the system stacks charges and sticks you with restitution for someone else’s mess
✅ Why the prison staff are the real reason people come out worse
✅ Roommates she Googled only after they lived together — and the horrifying things they’d done
✅ Addiction, sobriety, and why prison did (and didn’t) save her
✅ The brutal truth about the US system vs. prison abroad
✅ Why her smile was her greatest rebellion behind bars

If you think you know what goes on behind cell doors, this episode will make you question everything — while laughing, cringing, and binging every one of Nina’s TikToks.

🎧 Tune in to hear how Nina is:

✨ Turning her time inside into stories that wake people up
✨ Exposing what’s really happening on the inside
✨ Making us question whether punishment or profit is the real plan
✨ Smiling through it all — because it messes with the people who can’t

00:00 Introduction to TikTok FAMOUS™️: That Lil Nina does time, tells stories

01:00 How Nina blew up telling bedtime prison stories

02:30 Who she was before: the kid who wouldn’t shut up

04:00 The abusive boyfriend, grooming, and running to Florida

06:00 The homeless boyfriend turned co-defendant — and Disney’s secret crime ring

07:30 Getting caught, stacked charges, and the threat of 90 years

09:00 The SMILE theory: messing with guards by staying happy

11:00 Why she stayed joyful facing life behind bars

13:00 Co-defendants, restitution, and paying for his mistakes

15:00 Staff, power trips, and why the prison system stays broken

17:00 How inmates really get tortured and why no one believes them

19:00 The secret to staying human when you’re treated like you’re not

21:00 Roommates who did the unthinkable — and never told her

23:00 Wolves in sheep’s clothing and sheep in wolf’s clothing

25:00 What she learned about real evil and real change

27:00 Why addiction was really driving her crim

29:00 Getting sober inside: the universe kept her locked up for a reason

31:00 The mind games the system plays — and why people come out worse

33:00 What the US gets wrong and Norway gets right about prison

35:00 The truth about paying for your time — literally

37:00 The numbers that will shock you: why people keep going back

39:00 Her vision: comedy, a book, maybe a podcast — and changing the system

41:00 What YOU can do: don’t call the prison, call the press — and believe inmates

43:00 One last word: why smiling when you’re not supposed to is the ultimate power move

45:00 Final thoughts: you’re saved for something special — and so is she

✨ TikTok: @thatlilnina
✨ Instagram: @thethatlilnina
✨ Website & Links: https://linktr.ee/Thethatilnina

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✨ Instagram: @meredyth_willits
✨ TikTok: @meredyth_with_a_why
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