Keith Lee tried a sushi restaurant and appeared to eat a worm

TikTok is going crazy after the beloved creator Keith Lee ate a piece of sushi that appeared to contain a worm while reviewing a sushi restaurant for his channel.

Last week, Lee visited a unique sushi restaurant called FOB Sushi Bar in Seattle, Washington to review it for his 16.7 million TikTok followers. The restaurant is a buffet where customers choose a lot of sushi and pay for it by weight. Lee picked up 10 pieces of sushi before going back to his car to make a review.

As he enjoyed the food, rating most pieces between six and eight out of ten, eagle-eyed viewers noticed something twisting as he held a piece of salmon nigiri up to the camera.

You can watch it below – and keep an eye on the right side of the salmon at the 1:50 minute mark. You are welcome.

As you can expect, the comments went wild with people who saw the worm and others downright worried about Lee’s well-being after eating it.

“Are you okay?” commented one user.

“I love raw sushi, but you always have to check it for parasites before I eat it,” said another.

“Not me gasping when the worm moved,” wrote one TikToker.

Since posting the video on Nov. 11, Lee has not commented on the situation, which many are calling a “worm gate.” However, after intense calls for a response from FOB Sushi Bar, the company released a statement.

“Recently, a video has circulated online claiming that worms have been found in our sushi. We want to address this claim and assure you that it is completely false,” the restaurant wrote on Instagram.

“At FOB Sushi, we are committed to maintaining the highest health and safety standards to deliver clean, fresh and safe food to every customer.”

The post outlined the company’s seafood practices and denied that the movement in the video was caused by parasitic worms.

“Regarding the video, the observed movement in the fish may be due to natural elasticity or the pressure of chopsticks when applied to its instruction,” the statement continued.

“We want to reassure our customers that these are not signs of worms with any health problems.”

Captioning the carousel statement, FOB Sushi Bar claimed that “rumors like this can hurt small businesses,” which is why they “addressed it head on.”