diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index 42e83cab..0777b83a 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
     var defaultFont: UIFont = .systemFont(ofSize: 17)
     var defaultColor: UIColor = .label
     
+    private(set) var hasEmojis = false
+    
     // The link range currently being previewed
     private var currentPreviewedLinkRange: NSRange?
     // The preview created in the previewForHighlighting method, so that we can use the same one in previewForDismissing.
@@ -49,7 +51,11 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
     
     // MARK: - Emojis
     func setEmojis(_ emojis: [Emoji]) {
-        guard !emojis.isEmpty else { return }
+        guard !emojis.isEmpty else {
+            hasEmojis = false
+            return
+        }
+        hasEmojis = true
         
         let emojiImages = MultiThreadDictionary<String, UIImage>(name: "ContentTextView Emoji Images")
         
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift b/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
index 04944ca2..f7e7e690 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/EmojiLabel.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import Pachyderm
 
 class EmojiLabel: UILabel, BaseEmojiLabel {
     
+    private(set) var hasEmojis = false
+    
     var emojiIdentifier: String?
     var emojiRequests: [ImageCache.Request] = []
     var emojiFont: UIFont { font }
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ class EmojiLabel: UILabel, BaseEmojiLabel {
         self.emojiIdentifier = identifier
         emojiRequests.forEach { $0.cancel() }
         emojiRequests = []
+        hasEmojis = true
         
         replaceEmojis(in: attributedText.string, emojis: emojis, identifier: identifier) { [weak self] (newAttributedText) in
             guard let self = self, self.emojiIdentifier == identifier else { return }
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ class EmojiLabel: UILabel, BaseEmojiLabel {
         emojiIdentifier = nil
         emojiRequests.forEach { $0.cancel() }
         emojiRequests = []
+        hasEmojis = false
     }
     
 }
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/BaseStatusTableViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/BaseStatusTableViewCell.swift
index 6438ca66..7e7af319 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/BaseStatusTableViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/BaseStatusTableViewCell.swift
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class BaseStatusTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
         let account = status.account
         self.accountID = account.id
         updateUI(account: account)
+        contentTextView.setTextFrom(status: status)
         updateGrayscaleableUI(account: account, status: status)
         updateUIForPreferences(account: account, status: status)
         
@@ -274,7 +275,9 @@ class BaseStatusTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
             }
         }
         
-        contentTextView.setTextFrom(status: status)
+        if contentTextView.hasEmojis {
+            contentTextView.setTextFrom(status: status)
+        }
         
         displayNameLabel.updateForAccountDisplayName(account: account)
     }
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
index 91d81623..de214453 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/TimelineStatusTableViewCell.swift
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class TimelineStatusTableViewCell: BaseStatusTableViewCell {
         super.updateGrayscaleableUI(account: account, status: status)
         
         if let rebloggerID = rebloggerID,
+           reblogLabel.hasEmojis,
             let reblogger = mastodonController.persistentContainer.account(for: rebloggerID) {
             updateRebloggerLabel(reblogger: reblogger)
         }