š¤Æ INCRĆVEL: āIām Not Ashamedā: TikTok Influencer Owes $1.75M After Admitting Inappropriate Act In Coupleās Home š²
A TikTok influencer who was recently ordered to pay $1.75 million to another woman over a high-profile affair has now acknowledged that she made an āinappropriateā video while staying in the womanās home, and says she feels no shame about it.
The influencer, Brenay Kennard, appeared on Dr. Phil on January 5 alongside her now-husband Tim Montague, and confirmed that during a weeklong stay at the home of her then-friend Akira Montague, she recorded a video using Timās phone in which she said she couldnāt wait to become āMrs. Montague.āĀ
- Brenay Kennard admitted on Dr. Phil that she made an inappropriate video while staying in her friendās home.
- A jury ordered the TikTok influencer to pay $1.75 million for alienation of affection.
- The influencer said that despite online hatred and financial damage she wasnāt remorseful.
At the time, Tim and Akira were still married.
āIt was inappropriate. Absolutely,ā Kennard said during the interview, adding later: āIām not ashamed.ā
Influencer Brenay Kennard went on Dr. Phil to discuss the affair that left her $1.75 million in debt
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The admission comes after a North Carolina jury found Kennard liable in a November 2025 civil trial for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, awarding Akira Montague $1.75 million in damages.
Kennard first met Tim Montague through his cousin, Devon Mayo, whom she had married in 2021.
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The two couples appeared frequently in each otherās social media content, with Kennard and Akira seemingly close friends. At the same time, Kennard began gaining traction as a food influencer, eventually amassing nearly three million followers across platforms.
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By early 2023, however, Kennardās content began to focus more heavily on Tim, and by February 2024, it was evident to viewers the two were in a romantic relationship. Around that time, Kennard publicly announced her divorce from Mayo.
Akira Montague filed her lawsuit three months later, in May.
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In court, Akira alleged that Kennard used her friendship to gain access to her marriage, openly flirted with her husband, and even engaged in an intimate relationship with him inside the coupleās shared home.
Kennard denied those claims, insisting that the marriage was already over and that Akira was aware of the relationship.
Kennard acknowledged that her actions were inappropriate, but said she felt no remorse
The recent Dr. Phil interview marks the first time Kennard publicly admitted to doing something she considered inappropriate inside the Montague home while Akira and Tim were still married.
āI was there for a week,ā Kennard told Dr. Phil. āTim and his wife, they allowed me to stay at their house.ā
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She then described making a video on Timās phone while under the influence of drinks. In that video, she said she ācouldnāt wait to be Mrs. Montague.ā
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When Dr. Phil pressed her to confirm whether this happened while she was still staying in her friendās home and while Tim was married Kennard replied, āCorrect.ā
āIām not ashamed,ā she added.
In a previous interview, the influencer said that her relationship with Tim was worth the trouble
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This isnāt the first time Kennard has addressed the controversy. In December 2025, she appeared on The Tamron Hall Show, where she said the lawsuit had caused enormous financial strain but maintained that her relationship with Tim was worth it.
āHonestly, no ā itās not worth over a million,ā she said. āBut heās worth itā¦ we know that the outside hates us, but we know that we love each other.ā
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Kennardās case drew the attention of a large group of Black female TikTok creators who rallied around Akira Montague. Influencers live-streamed updates from the courtroom and even produced court-themed sketches.
Akira, who remained mostly silent publicly during the proceedings, was embraced by supporters outside the courthouse after the verdict. She has also reportedly filed a criminal cyberstalking complaint against Kennard, which remains pending.
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The trial had already gone viral on TikTok, but Kennardās latest comments have brought a fresh wave of backlash. Viewers took to social media to criticize the influencerās lack of remorse.
āSide chicks are usually shameless and donāt have empathy,ā a viewer wrote.
āNot a flex.ā Viewers were put off by the influencerās attitude
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