diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status.js b/app/soapbox/components/status.js
index eafc14922..214daf6f6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status.js
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       } else if (size === 1 && status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0, 'type']) === 'video') {
         const video = status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0]);
 
-        if (video.external_video_id) {
+        if (video.external_video_id && status.card?.html) {
           const { mediaWrapperWidth } = this.state;
           const height = mediaWrapperWidth / (video.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width']) / video.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'height']));
           media = (
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed_status.js b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
index 5e1cb5407..61c338ceb 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed_status.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class DetailedStatus extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     if (size > 0) {
       if (size === 1 && status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0, 'type']) === 'video') {
         const video = status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0]);
-        if (video.external_video_id) {
+        if (video.external_video_id && status.card?.html) {
           const { mediaWrapperWidth } = this.state;
           const height = mediaWrapperWidth / (video.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'width']) / video.getIn(['meta', 'original', 'height']));
           media = (