“I’m very proud of my age," LaeTania Richardson tells PEOPLE Alena Gorskaya At 52, LaeTania Richardson says she's no stranger to being told she looks young, but when she got carded during a night out with friends, she ended up going viral on TikTok. “I was going out to celebrate my friend Danielle’s 50th birthday and so I decided to take her to dinner," Richardson tells PEOPLE. "We went to Level 8 here in Los Angeles.
" "As we approached the [security] stand there were some people ahead of us, and the guy kinda let them in, and then he stops us and then he says, ‘I’m gonna need some ID from you,’ " she recalls. "And I’m like, "What? I gotta get this on camera because I know you’re not asking me for ID.' " He’s like ‘Yeah I need your ID,’ the Los Angeles resident and entrepreneur adds.
Fittingly, she — which has over 3.6 million views — "when you get carded at 52." Johnny Wild After deciding that the moment needed to be captured, Richardson says that she “gave my camera to the host, who was standing next to him, and she started recording.
” She even asked security to repeat his request to make sure that he was indeed asking for her identification. When she countered by saying she was 52 years old, she says the bouncer had a one word reply: "What?" Related: Even though people being shocked by her age “happens often,” Richardson said what surprised her about this particular incident was that the people ahead of her in line weren't asked for thei.
