No, the TikTok video showing a trainer named Jessica Radcliffe dying in the mouth of an orca killer whale is not real. It appears to be AI. However, there was a real marine trainer who died after an attack by an orca at SeaWorld.

A video has gone viral on TikTok that makes it appear like an Orca trainer named "Jessica Radcliffe" was killed by a whale. However, is it real? If a marine trainer was really killed in a whale attack,

A rumor circulated online in August 2025 claiming an orca — also known as a killer whale — fatally attacked a marine trainer named Jessica Radcliffe in front of a crowd. According to the story, Radcliffe was living out her childhood dreams training killer whales.