Vanniall Joins CNN’s Engagement Party to Share Her ‘Scroll and Tell’
(Los Angeles, CA / November 4, 2026) – Vanniall recently made an appearance on CNN’s Engagement Party, joining the show’s Scroll and Tell segment to share her latest social media obsession in the episode, “We’re All Part of the Surveillance State Now,” hosted by Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro.
The episode examines our complicated relationship with digital surveillance, viral videos and the online “receipts” that keep audiences scrolling. For the show’s lighter “Scroll and Tell” feature, Vanniall contributes a selfie-style video celebrating an internet trend she finds irresistible: longtime couples pretending they don’t know each other in elaborate, frequently ridiculous comedy skits.
Vanniall describes the videos as “quite silly, quite goofy, sometimes even a little cringey” but finds something genuinely endearing about couples willing to make fools of themselves together. Drawing a playful parallel to her own professional experience with role-playing in adult media, she explains, “there’s something so incredibly cute about two people just role-playing together and having fun together and, being in that line of work professionally, it’s really kind of refreshing to see.”
She draws parallel to the kind of work she does with her own partner at Studio Vanniall, where part of the fan enjoyment is seeing these long time and real life lovers fully play out fantasy romantic plots – starting with a joke and ending up decidedly hardcore. They’ve been playing into the trend for years by making sure each video starts with a stand alone sketch itself for socials and are now excited how widespread it is.
For Vanniall, the appeal comes down to having fun with someone you love. “I think that we should be able to be goofy together and playing around together, and who else to do that with besides the person that you love and trust the most?” she asks, before offering one final endorsement: “So I think more couples’ skits! Everyone, all couples should make skits from now on, I think!”
Watch Vanniall on CNN’s Engagement Party in “We’re All Part of the Surveillance State Now” on CNN’s YouTube channel and CNN.com.
