This is the moment a kayaking ‘Karen’ got ‘instant karma’ after launching a foul-mouthed rant at another boater before being plunged into the water headfirst when trying to splash them with her oar.
Benny Larkin and his daughter Taylor Larkin, 14, were boating down Dora Creek, New South Wales, Australia, when they broke down and were approached by a ‘Mrs Know It All’ kayaker.
The 33-year-old says the boat engine stopped working while they slowed down to meet the four-knot speed limit but he quickly realised the enraged lady thought he had broken the rules.
Footage shows Benny calling the kayaker a Karen so she addresses the camera to claim ‘this c***-sucker was doing 24 knots up the creek’.
When Benny asks the foul-mouthed woman if she talks to her mother like this and she replies ‘my mother knows how to f******* drive a boat better than you’.
A ‘kayaking Karen’ was filmed yelling to a father and daughter duo as they boated down Dora Creek, New South Wales, Australia
In a fit of rage after believing Benny Larkin and his daughter Taylor Larkin, 14, had broken the speeding limit, the kayaker attempted to splash the pair with her oar
But her small yellow kayak hilariously capsized, sending her plunging headfirst into the river
Even after falling into the water, the ‘Karen’ continued her tirade and turned on the 14-year-old girl
She kayaks closer to his vessel and tries to splash him with her oar but instead hilariously capsizes her kayak and falls into the water.
Benny laughs and tells her he’s going to post it to social media but the lady continues her tirade while lying across her kayak and turns her rage on Taylor.
She asks the 14-year-old if she knows the rules but when Taylor replies yes, she responds defensively: ‘no you don’t’.
Benny and his daughter get their boat engine working again and motor away with the ‘Karen’ waving sarcastically behind them.
The dad has since said he was annoyed by the confrontation in January but wanted to remain calm and be a ‘smartass’ to her instead of losing his temper.
Benny, who posted the video to TikTok later that day, says the lady falling from her kayak was ‘instant karma trying to spoil his day’.
He says the water from the splash broke his onboard CD player and speaker system and he’ll have to pay more than $1,000 to replace it.
Benny, from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, said: ‘We were just trying to have some fun on the water and then some local tried to spoil our day.
Benny and his daughterTaylor had been boating in the New South Wales river when they were approached by the foul-mouthed kayaker
‘She came out of nowhere and just started abusing us.
‘At first I thought she wanted help then I realised she was going off her head so I started filming.
‘She thought I was speeding but we slowed down before the four knots zone.
‘She wouldn’t let me talk but I was calm about it. I was being a smartass back to her.
‘I was annoyed she was saying this stuff in front of my daughter and that’s why I had to film her.
‘I thought she was going to hit me with an oar so I gave the phone to my daughter.
‘She tried splashing me and it wet all my boat gear but she got instant karma.
‘When you go for someone and you fall off your kayak then that’s fair in my eyes.
‘She must have had a bad day or something because she just felt the need to take authority and cause a scene.’
Ben says he hasn’t seen the raging kayaker since but he’s pleased the video has been viewed more than 10,000 times on TikTok.
One user commented: ‘Where’s the bull sharks when you need them.’
A second said: ‘This is great. Kayak Karen.’
A third added: ‘Some people are just unbelievable…. Mrs Know-it-all.’
