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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2019 2:35:29 GMT -5
Sooooo, he's trending on Twitter, and it's not a new video.
Yikes.
The Cliff's Notes version: Popular youtuber is getting divorce from wife, implies it's this civil thing. Wife tweets showing he has blocked her, reveals he has been both having an affair behind her back since October of last year, as well as sending nude pictures of himself to fans and requesting them from fans.
What a mess.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 9, 2019 2:39:50 GMT -5
And apparently Peanutbutter Gamer is defending him.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 9, 2019 2:44:34 GMT -5
Not to mention the affair Jared had was with Holly Conrad, Ross' ex-wife, making this all the uglier.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2019 2:44:37 GMT -5
And apparently Peanutbutter Gamer is defending him. Yyyyup. Like, I get it. It's his NormalBoots business partner and longtime friend, but he's only making it worse, frankly.
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May 9, 2019 2:52:11 GMT -5
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 9, 2019 2:52:11 GMT -5
Not to mention the affair Jared had was with Holly Conrad, Ross' ex-wife, making this all the uglier. I did not realise Ross and Holly broke up.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 9, 2019 2:53:45 GMT -5
Not to mention the affair Jared had was with Holly Conrad, Ross' ex-wife, making this all the uglier. I did not realise Ross and Holly broke up. Apparently it was sometime last year.
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 9, 2019 2:54:09 GMT -5
I've never followed his content, but I've been aware of him for years because of YouTube. If true, yikes.
It is a shame that for every decent YouTuber there seems to be stories of like five that come to light any given month that reveal them to be monsters. It's always even crazier to me when it's one that's been around for a while and has potentially been doing the scandalous thing the entire time.
There's also a fair amount of false alarms too, some of which do what they're meant to and the damage is done to the YouTuber's career even after being proven innocent.
That said, man, stories keep bubbling up from that circle of YouTubers over the last few years. Makes me feel like maybe the NormalBoots/Game Grumps crew have some skeletons in their closets on scale with Channel Awesome.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 9, 2019 2:57:48 GMT -5
Now I have a just reason to say that I never liked Holly, and while I don't really care about these people's private lives or even know who ProJared is, I always felt bad for Ross after they split. You can tell that guy loved her.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2019 2:58:48 GMT -5
I've never followed his content, but I've been aware of him for years because of YouTube. If true, yikes. It is a shame that for every decent YouTuber there seems to be stories of like five that come to light any given month that reveal them to be monsters. It's always even crazier to me when it's one that's been around for a while and has potentially been doing the scandalous thing the entire time. There's also a fair amount of false alarms too, some of which do what they're meant to and the damage is done to the YouTuber's career even after being proven innocent. That said, man, stories keep bubbling up from that circle of YouTubers over the last few years. Makes me feel like maybe the NormalBoots/Game Grumps crew have some skeletons in their closets on scale with Channel Awesome. The pics sent to fans thing, if nothing else, is verified. Just looking at the tag for any length of time will show as much, even if you really didn't need to see it. It's very unfortunate, because I do enjoy his work and all, but it shows we really know a limited amount about people online. It's hard to reconcile "HoeJared", as a fan dubbed him, with the same guy who was very vocal in his disgust for the "Super Seducer" game and Ride To Hell for objectifying women. He was right, but it sounds like he wasn't exactly treating them with much respect, himself.
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 9, 2019 3:00:11 GMT -5
Now I have a just reason to say that I never liked Holly, and while I don't really care about these people's private lives or even know who ProJared is, I always felt bad for Ross after they split. You can tell that guy loved her. Yeah, I had heard they split from friends and was surprised because of that very reason. Ross always seemed to be so ridiculously in love with her every time I saw videos of the two together.
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2019 3:09:43 GMT -5
Yiiiiiiikes And that’s putting it lightly. And apparently Peanutbutter Gamer is defending him. I mean, that doesn’t surprise me. Normal Boots still like to associate itself with JonTron despite...you know, everything to do with JonTron.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 3:13:15 GMT -5
Not to mention the affair Jared had was with Holly Conrad, Ross' ex-wife, making this all the uglier. That would probably explain why video involved him were deleted from the game grumps channel.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2019 3:13:39 GMT -5
Yiiiiiiikes And that’s putting it lightly. And apparently Peanutbutter Gamer is defending him. I mean, that doesn’t surprise me. Normal Boots still like to associate itself with JonTron despite...you know, everything to do with JonTron. I thought they cut ties forever ago. I know PBG rebuked JonTron when shit hit the fan with him, saying they were not friends, etc.
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2019 3:16:11 GMT -5
Yiiiiiiikes And that’s putting it lightly. I mean, that doesn’t surprise me. Normal Boots still like to associate itself with JonTron despite...you know, everything to do with JonTron. I thought they cut ties forever ago. I know PBG rebuked JonTron when shit hit the fan with him, saying they were not friends, etc. Every time The Competionist has an anniversary, one of the first things he says is “I want to thank JonTron for being a massive influence on my career” etc Which to an extent is fair enough but on another, someone should be off camera pulling their collar in a awkward fashion to indicate that it’s awkward as f***.
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 9, 2019 3:16:45 GMT -5
Yiiiiiiikes And that’s putting it lightly. I mean, that doesn’t surprise me. Normal Boots still like to associate itself with JonTron despite...you know, everything to do with JonTron. I thought they cut ties forever ago. I know PBG rebuked JonTron when shit hit the fan with him, saying they were not friends, etc. It was a divided thing across the NormalBoots boys. I know PBG said they weren't friends, but other members were pro-JonTron.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 9, 2019 3:16:54 GMT -5
This was an extreme yikes situation for me, because I actually got to meet both Jared and Heidi in person multiple times.
But yeah, the way Jared and Holly have behaving since Heidi came forth with her side of the story, plus the very much verified sending and soliciting nudes thing she brought up, makes me think Heidi's side of things has far more weight to it.
Plus, you know, freaking blocking your estranged wife on Twitter(AND all of her friends) and then posting your announcement of your divorce that she in no way knew you were going to post, and she had no input on the content of said announcement whatsoever, is shady in and of itself, adding more to the likelihood of what she saying is legit.
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Post by Paul on May 9, 2019 3:23:04 GMT -5
He makes great videos. That's pretty much all I care about. The drama doesn't matter to me.
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Post by Welfare Willis on May 9, 2019 3:33:36 GMT -5
Well, it's only a matter of time before we get a "10 youtubers who are complete dicks" video.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2019 3:34:09 GMT -5
This was an extreme yikes situation for me, because I actually got to meet both Jared and Heidi in person multiple times. But yeah, the way Jared and Holly have behaving since Heidi came forth with her side of the story, plus the very much verified sending and soliciting nudes thing she brought up, makes me think Heidi's side of things has far more weight to it. Plus, you know, freaking blocking your estranged wife on Twitter(AND all of her friends) and then posting your announcement of your divorce that she in no way knew you were going to post, and she had no input on the content of said announcement whatsoever, is shady in and of itself, adding more to the likelihood of what she saying is legit. Right. And yeah, this was going to be sour, regardless, but trying to pull that and control the narrative backfired horribly. If he simply announced, "we're getting a divorce, please respect our privacy in this time, thank you for your continued support" or whatever, that'd have been one thing, but blocking her and the tone of his message was just going to be a mess waiting to happen. Then again, given many of the allegations, I do not know if he knows what normal is. Well, other than the boots.
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Post by eJm on May 9, 2019 3:36:09 GMT -5
I remember being one of the people to jokingly mock the separation of Linkara and Iron Liz being really formal with the wording treating it like some kind of contract being dissolved but man...I’d take more of that nonsense compared to some of the drama that goes on now.
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