Nashville comedian da Hayes and her wife Mandy posts online that they're splitting Hayes often included her wife in videos posted to her 3 million Tik Tok followers we have felt your guy love for us for years the couple wrote and have soaked it in with gratitude after four years of marriage and hundreds of Tik Tok videos together Nashville comedian da Hayes and her wife online fashion influencer Mandy Kai posted online Friday August 30th that they are splitting we are both deeply saddened to share that we have decided to go our separate ways the two wrote in a brief statement posted to Tik Tok and Instagram accounts for both Hayes and Kai Hayes 31 Rose to fame with funny videos that often poke fun at her Southern upbringing in Alabama building an audience of more than 3 million Tik Tok followers earlier this year she started touring comedy clubs and theaters in the South and Midwest her videos often included her wife usually making fun of themselves and each other presenting caricature versions of Hayes as the more redneck and Kai as the girly girl Californian this decision did not come easy as we both have so much love and respect for one another their joint statement said but it is truly what is best for both of us need a break play the USA Today daily crossword puzzle Hayes did not immediately respond to a text message from The Tennessean asking for comment Hayes and Kai both college softball standouts first met through private messages sent on Instagram and 2016. and social media comments most fans said they were shocked the two were breaking up many posted messages saying they were waiting for Hayes to reveal the news was a joke reading the whole time waiting for the gotcha sentence one fan who identifies herself as Dian LSM on Tik Tok posted the way I yelled what at my phone Tik Tok user mamad da talk posted