Sketch handled this so well. I loved when he said "let me address the elephant in the room...I got a haircut". It still sucks what he had to go through though.
I agree, I think the best way to handle leaks like that (that really aren't a big deal) is to just laugh it off. It doesn't stick if people can't hurt you with it.
I hadn't heard of him before all of this, so his video addressing it (through other people talking about it, ofc) was my first intro to the dude. Honestly, seems like a good guy with a good sense of humor, hope that he keeps his head up despite all the people trying to beat him down.
Sketch apologized for something he didn't have to apologize for because homophobes were angry at him. Meanwhile Cody Ko did a horrible crime and stays silent.
@@Archiver_Studio he is a reaction TH-camr who was kinda a frat boy earlier and a woman came out and said that when she was 17 she slept with him (25 at the time). He hasn’t even acknowledged the allegations because he wants US citizenship (he’s Canadian) and you can be a pedo and become a US citizen. While yes 17 is very close to 18 and is above the age of consent in some places, the woman explicitly said she was uncomfortable and felt pressured. That fact the he hasn’t denied it vehemently means something is up, cuz why would you hide if you were innocent?
@slimygastrodon also to add, just a personal anecdote, even if she didnt feel uncomfortable, and even if she was 18... still gross. Im 25 right now, i work with 17 and 18 year olds sometimes (when i have to work late lol) and theyre literally, to me, kids. We have nothing in common. We talk about what needs to be done at work, and maybe small talk. To me, even sleeping with a 21 year old would make me feel really nasty. Even if it wasnt illegal, its still effing gross
Honestly, my response would be, "get over it", but I'm a 55 year old gay man who no longer gives a shit what other people think. In the meantime, I send love and hugs.
Friendship really is a life saving superpower. His friends saying that he's their homie before, during, and after all this is truly the way to help someone going through it.
I broke down when he said that he "messed up" and that "he won't do it again", because these are all of the same coping mechanisms that I use to this day in regard to a host of things that I'm not ready to confront. It breaks my heart that this kid can't be himself, and for that matter, neither can I.. I'm paralyzed by the very thing you talked about Samantha. "What if my world comes crashing down"? is what keeps me in suspension.. days bleeding into years. I wish that it wasn't like this
I know we have very different lives but at one point I have written very similar things. Things can get better. It might take months or years but it will happen and it’s worth looking forward to when you can finally be yourself ❤️
I'm a conservative. I'm subscribed. Samantha, you've opened my mind so much, to the point I'm actually quite libertarian about things. Keep being beautiful.
That's pretty cool. Samantha is such a great ambassador to non trans non leftists as she is such a sweet and well spoken translady. The right wing media prefers to present a hostile masculine looking acting transwoman.instead ala it's mam
@@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x i always felt bad for the "it's ma'am" lady, she was acting callously but i don't think she deserved to be mocked so viciously
@@the-postal-dudefrom what I heard she acted like that because the store employees were harassing her. They started filming once she had enough and got firm. They set it up to make her look crazy
It goes without saying that outing people before they have come to terms with their own sexuality can drive them to the darkest of places. It can also get them killed if they aren't in a safe place. I have friends that might be alive today if they had just been able to come out on their own terms, when they were at a safer place/time in their lives. Instead of being outed. Forced outing is a hateful, destructive thing to do. No matter how much the person who did it claims they aren't doing it to hurt anyone, they're lying. No exceptions.
My only worry is that Sketch is gonna turn out to be one of those "ex-gay" phobic types. The way he was talking, it sounded like he saw what he did as wrong. We all know that being a sex worker, or gay for pay, or a sub with a humiliation kink, is fine and not wrong. I hope he doesn't go all "It was vile of me to lay with men, Jesus saved me, gays are shameful and gross but my past exists and I hate it"
the thing I never understood about this was "so what??" when i heard sketch was receiving a bunch of backlash i thought he did something wrong but HE DID NOTHING WRONG!!! the fact he even had to make an apology video blew my mind because again, so what?
I had no idea who Sketch was.. but then I saw his "apology" video for.. being gay? having had homosexual sex? it broke my heart seeing the pain in his face as his video want on and he worked through his "apology". (apology is quotations.. cause.. he had no need to actually apologize) what he does, or did, in his past.. or present.. with other consenting adults.. is up to him. if he wanted to keep his life private, then that's up to him. if he wanted to be open about his private life, that that would have been up to him. what really hit me was seeing the replies he was getting on his twitch feed.. there was so much love there. His fans, his real fans, didn't care.. they were there for him.
"It's that shame that's inside of all lgbt people"-- okay, this made me cry. I'm someone who's always been out and kind of told people to fuck off, but in some way I do feel kind of fucked up about it. It's like just being sexual is this horrible thing and everyone else is allowed to have sexual desire and I'm not just for being gay. Idk.
I felt for Sketch. I remember some guy who tried to out me to my parents by sending them a message on messenger. I drove 2 hours to get to the iPad in time and delete it. I was freaking out that bad. Sam and I were both crying…. The feelings were real.
I think we should also consider that Sketch's guilt could be very much tied to his past addiction. Especially if he was a heavy user, that might have been a really dark time for him and his family.
The day we don’t have to come out, or “get exposed” for being gay, trans or anything not the “norm” will be a good day. It is not that serious, and it annoys me how everyone made it there business this day and age.
I love how he handled it and also how he got a better reception than even i expected even all his hetero alpha chad friends were like hell yeah look at our baddie bruv it was actually heartwarming and immediately made me a fan of his
"I'm sorry if you saw some of the stuff" I think he means sorry if you saw my sexual content without consenting. I'm a SW I would be sorry too if everyone I knew got blasted w my SW content.
He is genuinely so captivating and funny; he's got charisma, and I just hope everything gets better for him and He's able to accept and forgive himself for any shame that he has. It's okay to be queer and to do sex work, and it's okay to regret it too, and to move on from that. I hope he becomes surrounded by encouraging and empowering people that support him in all his recovery
Oh my gosh… poor Sketch. I hope he finds a way to be comfortable with himself someday soon. I’m so glad he has that support system. It means everything. Ugh! The tears I’m fighting!
How I deal with toxic gamers while playing with games is just turn it into a joke and turn it back on them. Like, "Yeah, I'm gay. So what? I love being gay. Why are you straight? Being straight is so gross."
My coworkers and myself talked about this when this was going on and we all remember when instead oif hate raids poeple were sending SWAT to streamers houses WHILE they were streaming. Like they could have gotten hurt or unalived during these events and people would just keep doing it to different streamers.
I still think its just an excuse people use, as if some sort of gamer lobby is a pass to be as racist, misogynistic, rape threats, or abelist as you want. Its not. People who use it as an excuse, just want a pass to do what they already want to do. I don't see how they make someone's race, or gender or orientation, part of their "skill issue."
This whole situation is so crazy to me?? Like we have actual streamers and creators out there messing about and texting KIDS. But this guy, as an adult, goes and has consensual relations with another adult, and they mutually consent to putting it online... and people are mad?!?!?
The Faze crew, for this reason anyways, have gotten a massive dose of respect from me for doing what they did for him and -like you said - for gay and trans people who are scared of coming out, everywhere! Massive respect.
The lighting ate!!! Also it makes me so happy to see that people in such a toxic community actually used their platform for good. The amount of people who don’t use their platform or use their platform for bad are such a problem. I hope sketch can get through this sending all the support.
Samantha , Always , great to see you transphobia and all other phobias are disgusting. The world doesn't need those phobiias. He has absolutely no reason to apologise. I hate this heteo normative world. You are beautiful, Samantha. Thank you for your beautiful videos. You are a very comforting person. Your videos have always meant everything to me
Im sorry for the pain he is experiencing & I thank him for his sacrifice To put it bluntly: This kind of thing actually moves the needle. This did more than the lifetime work of a 1000 activists. Same thing could be said for people like nikkietutorials. Being perceived as straight grants you access to certain areas (ideologically, physically, and socially), coming out in those areas then shifts the needle in those areas If there was one lesson from the AIDs crisis that needed to be distilled & then etched into people's minds forever it was: Silence = Death. This event helped us gain the support of a large but insular community. He did an amazing job
Apologizing for doing nothing wrong is such an indictment on the current American culture. It's like saying, I'm so sorry that I really love my mother. WTF? You're such an adorable young woman. Love your stuff.
Samantha did not just post a new video, im just kidding, possibly.. cats out of the bag!! wishing the best for sketch and hope he finds endless happiness in every aspect of his life ❤
This hits hard for me because I’ve been exploring my gender identity and my girlfriend told her mom sister and a priest that she was struggling with her boyfriend because he started wanting to wear makeup which those are her words so I’m feeling very depressed about that I trusted her I was very vulnerable with her and she did this to me
Samantha, what I came away with from this videos is your compassion. You are a beautiful lady inside and out. Those that you allow to be in your life are truly fortunate.
I feel bad for this guy for a lot of reasons. Like its from a dark time in his life (when he was an addict) and I'm sure its hard to have this just thrown at him like that.
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no and people are making up LIES about him. saying he did only fans for drug money and this and that and thats why he made gay content which makes no sense cause he could've done it with girls too but chose not to yk? that and he NEVER said thats what he did. he just said he was in a dark time of his life and was dealing with substance abuse but the way they framed that is absolutely crazy
Ik how bad some gaming communities can be. Ive been called slurs in some pvp games. Seen people get targeted by phobes in games for having pride anything thats visable. I can imagine what some of those phobes were saying and i feel for sketch. I wish he didn't feel like he had to apologize cause he isnt the one in the wrong here the homophobes are.
people are weird about this stuff waaayyyy too much I remember hearing about a similar story about a collage professor who used to be a gay p*rn star several years ago and got fired despite being absolutely cracked. I think he had like 2 or 3 degrees and importantly, studied AI in the early 2000s which was very rare for the time and I also want to touch on the that one place bit as it can make such a massive difference. I do have that place for myself in the form of my sister, my bestie and the rest of my friends and honestly, they are the reason I am alive. They haven't just supported me through being trans but also problems with my mother and I would die for them. I try to be as good as them but I know I can't ever be Be that one for somebody, that one they can trust with their life. That is how you change the world
So he had sex with another man. It was consensual, right? The only reason people should be upset is if they are jealous he didn't sleep with them. Even then, they should leave him alone.
All this makes me think about my transition, how I had to leave home and even move city to be able to start the transition freely, 5 years ago I am a trans-woman, but it's 5 years in solitude, 5 years learning to be a woman on my own, unfortunately I am a very shy person and it is not easy for me to make friends, whenever I meet someone, in one or two weeks I am alone again, and of course I have been suffering a long period of depression, but it is only because of the loneliness, the isolation, not because of the fact of being a trans-woman.
Growing up in the 90s I can relate to this. I wasn't able to come out then for I didn't know the word and because everyone seen me as girl without me coming out anyway and attacked me daily for it. It took me going to university and dysphoria destroying my life and locking me in my room for 8 years that it took a woman in my life that accepted me to come out and and finally be able to live my life. I'm still confused on my own sexuality to this day but my friends never accepted I was when I came out before she did and kept closeting myself again and again. My family insulted me when I didn't seem masculine to them as well as anyone else. My girlfriends were different and everyone lesbians so it makes sense to me now why maybe they were interested. t was treated like it was wrong to be feminine let alone trans so feeling okay to be seen felt fearful. Tbh I didn't feel it was wrong to be trans or gay though and supported others but I was afraid to show I was trans for discromination. I don't think that's the same as internalized transphobia or internalized homophobia tbh. I don't think we all have that tbh. I have to say those who accept and help those be okay to be themselves are true heroes and save lives. Most likely don't even realize they make things better. Also this guy is funny when he made it like he was out on stand and admitted he was gay. I liked it like making the joke and that it's okay to be gay but ya it reversed the effect on apologizing but it's understandable with them feeling so pressured people made them feel like they were doing sonething wrong. He really didn't need to say sorry. It'd be nice for them to feel proud for being instead of feeling fear for the normalized discrimination. I think a lot more people would be out and not feeling it wrong if if the hatred was frowned on so people like this could feel like it's okay to be themselves.
Completely unrelated, and I hope this comes of the right way, but as a (mostly) straight dude... you fine asf yo! Visually, very appealing, and your voice is really nice to listen to, which very much helps since talking is your career lol
6:42 F A C T U A L 😂😂😂 His apology was great, except like.. you don't gotta be a changed man 😅 you can be as gay as you want homie, it's 2024. I theorize that he is still gay, he's just closeted now, which is so sad 😩
EVERY TIME, and I've seen his video through reactions like 6 times now, EVERY SINGLE TIME it gets to "Shout out Banks, shout out my parents", shit always makes me cry bro 😭 Like "You sweet little gay angel, you did nothing wrong by being gay! You did not deserve this pain" 😭😭😭
My only previous exposure to Sketch was the yt short "IShowSpeed makes Sketch VERY uncomfortable" Speed is pretending to be gay for Sketch, and Sketch says "Showers a little too longg" at the end, which made me a bit sus of Sketch, thinking he was lowkey homophobic, but looking at it now, before that, he says "Hey, it's okay *claps speed up*" and that kinda makes me feel lile he was trying to demonstrate lgbt acceptance to his audience, with a joke at the end to not out himself. The thing is, from what I've seen, Sketch's side off the internet is pretty "Macho, Alpha, Never Gay" typa people, which, surrounding himself with those people is the only apology he needs to give, but to himself. That being said, of course he was scared of that coming out, if a huge number of his fans are openly homophobic. I'm EXTREMELY surprised, given everything I just said, about the support he's been receiving from his side of the internet, I mean obviously the letfys are here for him, but I wasn't expecting Faze Banks and that one rapper guy to come out in support. That shit blew my fucking mind and really gives me hope for the future!
good on him for being comfortable enough with it own up to it, now that said he shouldn't have to, he can do what ever the fuck he wants he wants (within reason of course). Also like you said, i feel so bad that he felt like he had to apologize.
@@roxassora2706 I hope not, the thought of someone hurting him makes me sick. His resilience & the way he's handled everything makes him more attractive though. His vulnerability too. Whatever his past is, I'd be there for that sexy little goof. He's utterly adorable.
Poor dude. You shouldn't apologize for having gay moments in your past or even being any type of gay. My heart goes out to him, and I hope he understands one day tht what he did is nothing his audience should pick on him for.
The thing that worries me is the way he says he's changed or he won't do it again kinda sounds like either some level of homophobia or some level of anti-sex work stuff. Like he shouldn't have to feel ashamed about stuff like that because he's not done something wrong at all.
I always hear "oh its just how people talk in cod, toughen up" but no sweetie thats called bullying, youre bullying people over a video game. I understand you getting mad but don't direct your anger somewhere towards your teammates, you never know what someone is going through.
I'm so sorry to be the downer but I'm hesitant to get my hopes up that any significant change is coming. Way back in the late 2000s, I thought we were in a time when queer phobia was on its way out. But given how rampant it actually still is now, I feel like the change I noticed was either a complete delusion on my part or it has severely reversed. I can't seem to appreciate a step forward because I'm constantly anticipating the two steps back.
These people want to get mad at Sketch for being gay, but defend Dr Disrespect for texting a minor. Wild.
relationships with consenting adults ❌
relationships with children ✅
makes sense to me
And Cody Ko.
@@roxassora2706 Cody Ko is minor compared to Dr Disrespect. Like what I did there?
✨~Christian values hard at work~✨
@@EsotericThoughts93 he was 25 tanna was 17. 25 is not a minor
If you talk about your past: "why are you forcing it down our throats"
if you don't talk about your past: "you are hiding and lying"
haters gonna hate
facts
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Exactly. If they don't want people to talk about it, they shouldn't get mad if they find out they didn't talk about it.
@@Vahlee-A They're gonna be mad either way, they want to have their egos stroked so they feel better about themselves
"sketch was my homie yesterday, he's my homie today, he'll be my homie tomorrow" goes so hard. I'm so glad he's still here and has good friends
Sketch handled this so well. I loved when he said "let me address the elephant in the room...I got a haircut". It still sucks what he had to go through though.
yeah that part was kinda funny js wish he made the joke in a happier kind of vid tho
He handled it better than i would have.
I agree, I think the best way to handle leaks like that (that really aren't a big deal) is to just laugh it off. It doesn't stick if people can't hurt you with it.
Him saying “I did not have sex with that man… I did and it was awesome” is the best way of coming out. His sense of humour is impeccable, what a king.
I hadn't heard of him before all of this, so his video addressing it (through other people talking about it, ofc) was my first intro to the dude.
Honestly, seems like a good guy with a good sense of humor, hope that he keeps his head up despite all the people trying to beat him down.
Tbh I feel so bad for sketch he didn’t deserve any of this
Yeah thats very mean.
he rlly dont tho
@@jojomojo-dd7ny idk thats a bit more than mean
It's sad really. 🥺
No one should EVER be outed. I don’t believe in sin but if I did, outing someone would be something I’d consider a sin.
I agree with you except in cases where someone is actively promoting anti-gay laws, etc. Hypocrisy, you know.
@@ekerowillow1610 Yeah, I agree. Even if outing someone is still a bad thing. its kinda like canceling eachother out
Sketch apologized for something he didn't have to apologize for because homophobes were angry at him. Meanwhile Cody Ko did a horrible crime and stays silent.
And is still fuxking doing stuff 😭
I think he was apologising for making of content as he has a younger audience
But that I my opinion
@@slimygastrodon I feel the need to ask, who tf is Cody Ko and what tf did he do?
@@Archiver_Studio he is a reaction TH-camr who was kinda a frat boy earlier and a woman came out and said that when she was 17 she slept with him (25 at the time). He hasn’t even acknowledged the allegations because he wants US citizenship (he’s Canadian) and you can be a pedo and become a US citizen. While yes 17 is very close to 18 and is above the age of consent in some places, the woman explicitly said she was uncomfortable and felt pressured. That fact the he hasn’t denied it vehemently means something is up, cuz why would you hide if you were innocent?
@slimygastrodon also to add, just a personal anecdote, even if she didnt feel uncomfortable, and even if she was 18... still gross. Im 25 right now, i work with 17 and 18 year olds sometimes (when i have to work late lol) and theyre literally, to me, kids. We have nothing in common. We talk about what needs to be done at work, and maybe small talk. To me, even sleeping with a 21 year old would make me feel really nasty.
Even if it wasnt illegal, its still effing gross
Honestly, my response would be, "get over it", but I'm a 55 year old gay man who no longer gives a shit what other people think. In the meantime, I send love and hugs.
Friendship really is a life saving superpower. His friends saying that he's their homie before, during, and after all this is truly the way to help someone going through it.
If I’m about to get canceled this is how I wanna go down. I’m sending the best of vibes of him no one deserves to be outed like that 😭
I broke down when he said that he "messed up" and that "he won't do it again", because these are all of the same coping mechanisms that I use to this day in regard to a host of things that I'm not ready to confront.
It breaks my heart that this kid can't be himself, and for that matter, neither can I..
I'm paralyzed by the very thing you talked about Samantha.
"What if my world comes crashing down"? is what keeps me in suspension.. days bleeding into years.
I wish that it wasn't like this
It shouldn't be. I don't know you but I'm sorry you can't be youself. I hope one day you are able to. ❤
I know we have very different lives but at one point I have written very similar things. Things can get better. It might take months or years but it will happen and it’s worth looking forward to when you can finally be yourself ❤️
I'm a conservative. I'm subscribed. Samantha, you've opened my mind so much, to the point I'm actually quite libertarian about things. Keep being beautiful.
That's pretty cool. Samantha is such a great ambassador to non trans non leftists as she is such a sweet and well spoken translady. The right wing media prefers to present a hostile masculine looking acting transwoman.instead ala it's mam
You are just being human.
@@kinginrags4541 thats great to hear
@@Supercalifragilisticexpial-r2x i always felt bad for the "it's ma'am" lady, she was acting callously but i don't think she deserved to be mocked so viciously
@@the-postal-dudefrom what I heard she acted like that because the store employees were harassing her. They started filming once she had enough and got firm. They set it up to make her look crazy
It goes without saying that outing people before they have come to terms with their own sexuality can drive them to the darkest of places. It can also get them killed if they aren't in a safe place.
I have friends that might be alive today if they had just been able to come out on their own terms, when they were at a safer place/time in their lives. Instead of being outed.
Forced outing is a hateful, destructive thing to do. No matter how much the person who did it claims they aren't doing it to hurt anyone, they're lying. No exceptions.
It's also a crime revenge porn
My only worry is that Sketch is gonna turn out to be one of those "ex-gay" phobic types. The way he was talking, it sounded like he saw what he did as wrong. We all know that being a sex worker, or gay for pay, or a sub with a humiliation kink, is fine and not wrong. I hope he doesn't go all "It was vile of me to lay with men, Jesus saved me, gays are shameful and gross but my past exists and I hate it"
that light eyeshadow makes you look angelic
the thing I never understood about this was "so what??" when i heard sketch was receiving a bunch of backlash i thought he did something wrong but HE DID NOTHING WRONG!!! the fact he even had to make an apology video blew my mind because again, so what?
I love that his boys stood up for him and supported him after getting outed like that, mad respect to FaZe Clan for that
If only people had this much energy towards Cody Ko...
I had no idea who Sketch was.. but then I saw his "apology" video for.. being gay? having had homosexual sex?
it broke my heart seeing the pain in his face as his video want on and he worked through his "apology". (apology is quotations.. cause.. he had no need to actually apologize)
what he does, or did, in his past.. or present.. with other consenting adults.. is up to him.
if he wanted to keep his life private, then that's up to him.
if he wanted to be open about his private life, that that would have been up to him.
what really hit me was seeing the replies he was getting on his twitch feed.. there was so much love there. His fans, his real fans, didn't care.. they were there for him.
"It's that shame that's inside of all lgbt people"-- okay, this made me cry. I'm someone who's always been out and kind of told people to fuck off, but in some way I do feel kind of fucked up about it. It's like just being sexual is this horrible thing and everyone else is allowed to have sexual desire and I'm not just for being gay. Idk.
I felt for Sketch. I remember some guy who tried to out me to my parents by sending them a message on messenger. I drove 2 hours to get to the iPad in time and delete it. I was freaking out that bad.
Sam and I were both crying…. The feelings were real.
I think we should also consider that Sketch's guilt could be very much tied to his past addiction. Especially if he was a heavy user, that might have been a really dark time for him and his family.
People get mad for random reasons, it’s stupid!!!
Someone’s sexuality should be no one’s no comment about :(
I didn’t expect to cry watching this. Shout out to all the streamers that had his back.
The day we don’t have to come out, or “get exposed” for being gay, trans or anything not the “norm” will be a good day. It is not that serious, and it annoys me how everyone made it there business this day and age.
He’s a babyyyyy too.
Like shit. My heart breaks for this guy.
I love how he handled it and also how he got a better reception than even i expected even all his hetero alpha chad friends were like hell yeah look at our baddie bruv it was actually heartwarming and immediately made me a fan of his
"You're good bro. Come back. We're all here. You're the homie" 😭😭😭😭💖
"I'm sorry if you saw some of the stuff" I think he means sorry if you saw my sexual content without consenting. I'm a SW I would be sorry too if everyone I knew got blasted w my SW content.
I AM sorry that he had to go through all that hate. He shouldn't have to say sorry for doing consensual adult stuff with another adult.
hurts to watch this kid get forcibly outed and feel shame. he shouldn't be ashamed.
“Kai Centai” is crazy
hahahaha it's so silly I love it
I'm now forever reading that man's name like that.
So they forcefully outed him against his will? That's so sad.. :( He didn't deserve to be outed until HE wanted to come out.
He is genuinely so captivating and funny; he's got charisma, and I just hope everything gets better for him and He's able to accept and forgive himself for any shame that he has. It's okay to be queer and to do sex work, and it's okay to regret it too, and to move on from that. I hope he becomes surrounded by encouraging and empowering people that support him in all his recovery
Oh my gosh… poor Sketch. I hope he finds a way to be comfortable with himself someday soon. I’m so glad he has that support system. It means everything. Ugh! The tears I’m fighting!
I was almost outted as a cross dresser and I got ahead of it and outted myself.. I feel for the the guy. That shit hurts and is scary
How I deal with toxic gamers while playing with games is just turn it into a joke and turn it back on them. Like, "Yeah, I'm gay. So what? I love being gay. Why are you straight? Being straight is so gross."
My coworkers and myself talked about this when this was going on and we all remember when instead oif hate raids poeple were sending SWAT to streamers houses WHILE they were streaming. Like they could have gotten hurt or unalived during these events and people would just keep doing it to different streamers.
I still think its just an excuse people use, as if some sort of gamer lobby is a pass to be as racist, misogynistic, rape threats, or abelist as you want. Its not. People who use it as an excuse, just want a pass to do what they already want to do. I don't see how they make someone's race, or gender or orientation, part of their "skill issue."
This whole situation is so crazy to me?? Like we have actual streamers and creators out there messing about and texting KIDS. But this guy, as an adult, goes and has consensual relations with another adult, and they mutually consent to putting it online... and people are mad?!?!?
The response to this has been really heartwarming.
The Faze crew, for this reason anyways, have gotten a massive dose of respect from me for doing what they did for him and -like you said - for gay and trans people who are scared of coming out, everywhere! Massive respect.
The lighting ate!!! Also it makes me so happy to see that people in such a toxic community actually used their platform for good. The amount of people who don’t use their platform or use their platform for bad are such a problem. I hope sketch can get through this sending all the support.
Sketch has nothing to be ashamed of
Samantha , Always , great to see you transphobia and all other phobias are disgusting. The world doesn't need those phobiias. He has absolutely no reason to apologise. I hate this heteo normative world. You are beautiful, Samantha. Thank you for your beautiful videos. You are a very comforting person. Your videos have always meant everything to me
Okay, I just cried in the car 😢😭😢
Im sorry for the pain he is experiencing & I thank him for his sacrifice
To put it bluntly: This kind of thing actually moves the needle. This did more than the lifetime work of a 1000 activists. Same thing could be said for people like nikkietutorials. Being perceived as straight grants you access to certain areas (ideologically, physically, and socially), coming out in those areas then shifts the needle in those areas
If there was one lesson from the AIDs crisis that needed to be distilled & then etched into people's minds forever it was: Silence = Death. This event helped us gain the support of a large but insular community. He did an amazing job
Thank you Sam for being so supportive about this and voicing your concern and empathy. I think the world needs more of it
omg not your edible kicking in the same time as mine. perfect timing for me to watch your video 🤣🖤
same haha
@@TomMS hell yeah!! 😎🙌🏼🤙🏼
The crazy thing is that he actually looked pretty good in the outfit
Honestly he looked like my ex gf in the pink dress especially the hair and make-up
You're right
I know. He looks fuckin' hot! And I'm a lesbian 😂
Yea sketch looks like a pretty chill guy
Apologizing for doing nothing wrong is such an indictment on the current American culture. It's like saying, I'm so sorry that I really love my mother. WTF? You're such an adorable young woman. Love your stuff.
Samantha did not just post a new video, im just kidding, possibly.. cats out of the bag!!
wishing the best for sketch and hope he finds endless happiness in every aspect of his life ❤
Getting canceled for doing adult things is insane. (Meanwhile, Cody Ko and Dr. Disrespect run scot free.)
This hits hard for me because I’ve been exploring my gender identity and my girlfriend told her mom sister and a priest that she was struggling with her boyfriend because he started wanting to wear makeup which those are her words so I’m feeling very depressed about that I trusted her I was very vulnerable with her and she did this to me
Maybe she's not the one. Sad to say. Maybe she just needs time to adjust. But if push comes to shove, you should choose yourself
Sidenote, that necklace is so so cute
That’s what’s different… the lighting!
Sketch should not have made an "apology video", cause the lad has absolutely nothing to apologize for.
Not me over here crying non-stop T.T such sad tears then happy but bittersweet. Love seeing people standing by him and not letting it slide!
Samantha, what I came away with from this videos is your compassion. You are a beautiful lady inside and out. Those that you allow to be in your life are truly fortunate.
I feel bad for this guy for a lot of reasons. Like its from a dark time in his life (when he was an addict) and I'm sure its hard to have this just thrown at him like that.
came here first to say you're so pretty samantha, i know its not the point of your video but damn
Ikr I love her makeup so much
The stronger light exposes wrinkles and hard edges. You need to put a defuser over the instrument to fill in the hard shadows. Remember you need two instruments. Then pick one to be the principal instrument and the other as the fill light to stop the hard shadows and lines on your visual presentation.
Im autistic bi cis+genderfluid and he/they if that makes sence
You said bi twice?
@@Hesgot_apointdouble bi
Austistic (Asperger's), Bisexual, and Non-Binary with They/Them pronouns. (high five)
Is this autistic rollcall? Not sure why we're doing this buuuut
Autistic genderfluid lesbian here w a transfemme partner
@@Hesgot_apointthey like double the men and double the women
no and people are making up LIES about him. saying he did only fans for drug money and this and that and thats why he made gay content which makes no sense cause he could've done it with girls too but chose not to yk? that and he NEVER said thats what he did. he just said he was in a dark time of his life and was dealing with substance abuse but the way they framed that is absolutely crazy
That screenshot of them trying to bring him back 😢😢
Thanks for your vulnerability, it's lovely to see a reaction that is real and has a good message.
Ik how bad some gaming communities can be. Ive been called slurs in some pvp games. Seen people get targeted by phobes in games for having pride anything thats visable. I can imagine what some of those phobes were saying and i feel for sketch. I wish he didn't feel like he had to apologize cause he isnt the one in the wrong here the homophobes are.
This hits so close for so many of us. I’m glad they don’t have to hide anymore.
I just realized what I like best about her and that is that she is quite clearly an empath. I love empaths...
Girl you got me crying, love being in community with y'all too🌈💌
I gained so much respect for sketch after this situation
people are weird about this stuff waaayyyy too much
I remember hearing about a similar story about a collage professor who used to be a gay p*rn star several years ago and got fired despite being absolutely cracked. I think he had like 2 or 3 degrees and importantly, studied AI in the early 2000s which was very rare for the time
and I also want to touch on the that one place bit as it can make such a massive difference. I do have that place for myself in the form of my sister, my bestie and the rest of my friends and honestly, they are the reason I am alive. They haven't just supported me through being trans but also problems with my mother and I would die for them.
I try to be as good as them but I know I can't ever be
Be that one for somebody, that one they can trust with their life. That is how you change the world
Whatever he did is his business. Why should he have to apologize to the people. He shouldn't have to.
Certain personalities will seize on ANYTHING to start shit and try to make people as miserable as they are.
It makes me sad that he feels the need to be sorry
So he had sex with another man. It was consensual, right? The only reason people should be upset is if they are jealous he didn't sleep with them. Even then, they should leave him alone.
All this makes me think about my transition, how I had to leave home and even move city to be able to start the transition freely, 5 years ago I am a trans-woman, but it's 5 years in solitude, 5 years learning to be a woman on my own, unfortunately I am a very shy person and it is not easy for me to make friends, whenever I meet someone, in one or two weeks I am alone again, and of course I have been suffering a long period of depression, but it is only because of the loneliness, the isolation, not because of the fact of being a trans-woman.
Samantha this video was so beautiful and full of hope. Thank you!
Samantha, you're so sweet! A true heart of gold
It’s sad this level of stigma still exists for young people. Everyone deserves to be authentic, true to themselves.
The new lighting is so cute girlll!!
Growing up in the 90s I can relate to this. I wasn't able to come out then for I didn't know the word and because everyone seen me as girl without me coming out anyway and attacked me daily for it. It took me going to university and dysphoria destroying my life and locking me in my room for 8 years that it took a woman in my life that accepted me to come out and and finally be able to live my life. I'm still confused on my own sexuality to this day but my friends never accepted I was when I came out before she did and kept closeting myself again and again. My family insulted me when I didn't seem masculine to them as well as anyone else. My girlfriends were different and everyone lesbians so it makes sense to me now why maybe they were interested. t was treated like it was wrong to be feminine let alone trans so feeling okay to be seen felt fearful. Tbh I didn't feel it was wrong to be trans or gay though and supported others but I was afraid to show I was trans for discromination. I don't think that's the same as internalized transphobia or internalized homophobia tbh. I don't think we all have that tbh.
I have to say those who accept and help those be okay to be themselves are true heroes and save lives. Most likely don't even realize they make things better.
Also this guy is funny when he made it like he was out on stand and admitted he was gay. I liked it like making the joke and that it's okay to be gay but ya it reversed the effect on apologizing but it's understandable with them feeling so pressured people made them feel like they were doing sonething wrong. He really didn't need to say sorry. It'd be nice for them to feel proud for being instead of feeling fear for the normalized discrimination. I think a lot more people would be out and not feeling it wrong if if the hatred was frowned on so people like this could feel like it's okay to be themselves.
Completely unrelated, and I hope this comes of the right way, but as a (mostly) straight dude... you fine asf yo! Visually, very appealing, and your voice is really nice to listen to, which very much helps since talking is your career lol
6:42 F A C T U A L 😂😂😂 His apology was great, except like.. you don't gotta be a changed man 😅 you can be as gay as you want homie, it's 2024. I theorize that he is still gay, he's just closeted now, which is so sad 😩
EVERY TIME, and I've seen his video through reactions like 6 times now, EVERY SINGLE TIME it gets to "Shout out Banks, shout out my parents", shit always makes me cry bro 😭 Like "You sweet little gay angel, you did nothing wrong by being gay! You did not deserve this pain" 😭😭😭
My only previous exposure to Sketch was the yt short "IShowSpeed makes Sketch VERY uncomfortable" Speed is pretending to be gay for Sketch, and Sketch says "Showers a little too longg" at the end, which made me a bit sus of Sketch, thinking he was lowkey homophobic, but looking at it now, before that, he says "Hey, it's okay *claps speed up*" and that kinda makes me feel lile he was trying to demonstrate lgbt acceptance to his audience, with a joke at the end to not out himself.
The thing is, from what I've seen, Sketch's side off the internet is pretty "Macho, Alpha, Never Gay" typa people, which, surrounding himself with those people is the only apology he needs to give, but to himself. That being said, of course he was scared of that coming out, if a huge number of his fans are openly homophobic.
I'm EXTREMELY surprised, given everything I just said, about the support he's been receiving from his side of the internet, I mean obviously the letfys are here for him, but I wasn't expecting Faze Banks and that one rapper guy to come out in support. That shit blew my fucking mind and really gives me hope for the future!
good on him for being comfortable enough with it own up to it, now that said he shouldn't have to, he can do what ever the fuck he wants he wants (within reason of course). Also like you said, i feel so bad that he felt like he had to apologize.
You should do a stream collab with Sketch
I have a huge crush on Sketch & I love that he did OF. It's super hot, honestly.
As long as he was safe and not being hurt then that's fine. Onlyfans has a lot of controversies.
@@roxassora2706 I hope not, the thought of someone hurting him makes me sick. His resilience & the way he's handled everything makes him more attractive though. His vulnerability too. Whatever his past is, I'd be there for that sexy little goof. He's utterly adorable.
@@rickfromhell Same and I agree that he handled this better.
The guy who got mad at the pronouns os so dumb like bro Starfield is one of my favorite games of all time
Poor dude. You shouldn't apologize for having gay moments in your past or even being any type of gay. My heart goes out to him, and I hope he understands one day tht what he did is nothing his audience should pick on him for.
U R SO BEAUTIFUL SAMANTHA!!!
I need a make up video for this look ❤😊 So pretty!
Neaŕ the end of the video now tearing up 😢
The thing that worries me is the way he says he's changed or he won't do it again kinda sounds like either some level of homophobia or some level of anti-sex work stuff. Like he shouldn't have to feel ashamed about stuff like that because he's not done something wrong at all.
she's a class act - making no mention of the dirt bag that outed him under the guise of "journalism".. I wouldn't be able to do the same
Girl, love your videos. I was wondering of you already did a video on Neil Tyson debunking Ben Shapiro, and if not pls do one?
I always hear "oh its just how people talk in cod, toughen up" but no sweetie thats called bullying, youre bullying people over a video game. I understand you getting mad but don't direct your anger somewhere towards your teammates, you never know what someone is going through.
Your my new comfort yt
Didn't know who he was before this, but I went and watched this and followed him. Queer family forever! ❤
Great video 🏆
I'm so sorry to be the downer but I'm hesitant to get my hopes up that any significant change is coming. Way back in the late 2000s, I thought we were in a time when queer phobia was on its way out. But given how rampant it actually still is now, I feel like the change I noticed was either a complete delusion on my part or it has severely reversed.
I can't seem to appreciate a step forward because I'm constantly anticipating the two steps back.
lots of the streamers who are like this aren't on twitch because they get banned, so they go to the green gambling funded streaming site.