If someone is blowing you something on the NYC subway system, it’s usually not a kiss.
But Tamia Jones has recently gone viral for her TikTok videos in which she kisses unsuspecting men – aiming to bring “love and positivity” to the otherwise ugly, crime-ridden underworld, she said.
“I heard about all the bad things that happen on the train, so I just wanted to put myself out there spreading love,” Jones, 25, told The Post between air kisses at the B/D/F/M Street station 50. this week.
“There are shootings and stabbings on trains, so I wanted to put smiles on people’s faces and let them know that kindness and love is always the answer – not violence,” she said.
Jones, a lifelong Bronxite, asked a friend to record hilarious reactions to her dates for the first time earlier this month and posted a video of the underground bash on TikTok.
Almost overnight, the clip had racked up millions of views.
“I was very proud. I was like ‘Yes!’…People were coming up to me saying such nice things,” she recalls of the viral moment.
However, “I also have a lot of creepy guys saying, ‘Where’s my kiss? Where’s my kiss?’ in my messages,” added Jones, who works as a field case manager for social service nonprofit Breaking Ground.
So far, she has only tried the act on men, “because I don’t want the ladies to get the wrong idea,” she said.
Since the first TikTok video in November. 4, Jones has continued to kiss random men from the platform as their train pulls away — and has racked up nearly seven million views across the seven videos she’s posted.
While some are seen smiling, waving and even blowing kisses, others pretend not to notice – in typical jaded New Yorker fashion.
“A lot of people will just look away – I really don’t care because the train’s gone and I’ll never see them again,” she said with a shrug.
Jones — who has seen homeless men masturbating on the subway and someone recently hurled racial slurs at her — takes extra precautions to keep herself safe.
“I wait until the train doors are closed before I knock on the window and blow a kiss. I don’t want to give anyone the chance to hurt me – you just never know with people,” she explained.
“I just like to think it makes someone’s day. You know, people usually look very miserable on the train. People are just down. But if I can put a smile on someone’s face, it doesn’t hurt,” Jones said.
The grizzled straphangers – more used to shunning free-spirited tramps or drug-addled junkies – hailed the stunt as “sweet”.
“I think some people are probably weirded out by this, but overall it’s very nice. It’s a good effort and it’s important that she’s here doing this for people,” said Anooshka, a 33-year-old woman from Williamsburg for The Post.
“Riding the subway is a stressful thing, I know, and if someone is showing you a little love, it means a lot,” admitted Ashon Mac, a security guard from Harlem.
“I’d give one right back to her. If a pretty girl is showing me love, I’m showing it right away,” Mac, 34, added.
“I think it’s great – more people should do this,” said Jonathan Smith, a 40-year-old visitor from Amsterdam.
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