A South Carolina single mom who went viral last month for running an entire Burger King store by herself has been fired from the gig over “attendance issues” — which she claims come from ensuring her “kids come first.”

Nykia Hamilton, a 25-year-old mother of three, garnered online fame in July after a customer filmed her hustling from station to station alone inside the Columbia, SC, fast-food joint to ensure hungry customers were fed amid a staffing shortage, according to a TikTok video posted on July 6 .

But just over a month after the footage was released, Hamilton said she was fired from the burger franchise for being late to take care of her kids. 3

“Bruh [Burger King] fired me because I’ve been late because of my kids,” she said in a tearful TikTok video posted Aug. 8.

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