Hi!! Love the video, there was just something you may have forgotten to mention. there was a situation about her (mis)use of AAVE and her referring to it as internet slang. Though not as big as the situations mentioned in the video, I suggest watching Tee Noir and more specifically Ms Black Introverts video about it 💕💕💕
i think the main issue about her not speaking up, was that she put herself on that pedestal of morals by saying if you got a platform you should speak up, just to turn around and say that she doesnt have to just because she got a platform. especially since the issue she spoke on before directly affected her and the killings of people in gaza doesnt.
@@stargirl.hananahafterwards though, and the close friends video was not a great look either, with her completely contradicting what she’s said before on that podcast. It was just really disappointing tbh
Both people can be held accountable for both shitty things that they have done. Obviously Cody ko deserves way more hate as he’s an actual predator and a scumbag that goes without saying.
I agree but at the same time it's valid criticism and a lot of people see criticism as attacking and cancelling when all it is is just a critique. Personally, the reason why Brittany's response bothered me is because she's my only connection to the situation. I don't watch Cody or Tana, but I have supported Brittany on basically everything she's done. If she is standing behind a predator by not supporting tana she becomes a person I no longer want to support.
I honestly think that the reason we push influencers to be involved in the global community outside of their vanity and brand deals is because they are our access point into the upper class. We cannot get politicians and A-List celebrities to listen to us because they behave as if they live above us. Influencers are in the middle of the wealthy class and the working class because a lot of them come from the working class. Influencers are our eyes and ears to peak into the wealthy class so if we can get them involved in social change, then there is a better chance that their peers and superiors will get involved.
Influencers also have no power over these matters. They only have influence over us, the public. They are still considered to be above us since we are the ones they are supposed to be influencing.
Nice theory, but the whole noble part about "peers" doesn't make any sense. It FEELS as if they can influence politicians. But these are different words. You can harass an influencer and ban them, you can't harass a politician. That's why you cancel one and not the other. Don't make it better than it is. Cancel culture is about thinking you're doing a lot when you're actually not doing anything except drama. It's like CERTAIN women saying "we're not gossiping, we're just discussing observations we've made." (Added the word 'certain' in fear of being canceled for being a misogynistic internet commentor...... By people who don't understand that "women" doesn't have to mean ALL women......) No, if you actually. You'd be in politics influencing politicans as think tank instead of telling yourself the lie that cancelling someone into deleting that Twitter is making the world a better place....... (Sorry for the hard rant, but I can get really fed up with this "cancelling is good" narrative where people only focusing on cancelling others instead of actually focusing on making the world better with preventive measures or better communities. Makes sense, healthy communities is more controversial and takes more time and effor than pointing out "the problematic person of the week".)
i wouldn’t expect an influencer that makes exclusively silly comedic tiktoks or grwms to speak out about the ongoing genocide in gaza right HOWEVER brittany has marketed herself as a somewhat political influencer and that leaked story kinda shattered her entire image for me personally
idk if you adamantly declare that people with platforms have a duty to speak out about things that are happening in the world and you remain silent about a fucking genocide and when your fans note your silence and your knee jerk response is to say how am i fucking qualified to speak about this well i think that’s pretty fucking shitty
in what world has she marketed herself as a political influencer? she is, first and foremost, a comedian. do comedians talk about politics sometimes? yes, but does that make them political commentators? absolutely not. also, i've noticed that she talks mostly about politics when it directly affects her like w roe v wade as a woman in america EDIT: some of you can't read i guess so let me spell it out for you. i never said it was okay for her to stay silent, i did say she was being hypocritical. i just think all this anger is misplaced. i am angry at governments and the media for lying and supporting the opressor in the situation. i’m sorry but i’m not gonna get angry at a random woman on the internet for being a little dumb sometimes. everyone does stupid shit and you're not morally superior to anyone else in the leftist space. and i can’t wait for someone to reply to this with the classic “we can be angry at all those things at once.” that is not how this shit is done. the ppl of 🍉 need us to do *targeted* boycotts and protests not whatever this stupidity is. it's good when content creators and celebrities talk abt the issue but if they don't i'm not gonna treat them like a murderer. i don't know these ppl, they are entertainers, and there could be a myriad or reasons why they do what they do. the fact that so many of you think it's okay to harass and degrade a stranger on the internet just because they're famous and it's for a good cause is baffling to me
@@lenkv she has a podcast episode where she very strongly says that if you have a large platform you have a duty to use it to platform larger issues. I personally don't think she has to talk about whatever she doesn't want to, but it did make her look like a hypocrite unfortunately.
i understand not speaking on issues that you are unlearned on, however, when she is critical of other creators not using their platforms for activism, then turning around and trying to do the same thing herself then not speaking on that aspect at all is frustrating.
@@stargirl.hananah literally in this video if you watched it, she goes on a rant about how creators have a responsibility to use their platform to speak on issues that need to be heard about, proceeds to go on a rant about how dare people want her to do that, then talks about the issue people were asking her to talk about without addressing that she didnt want to in the first place and the hypocrisy of that. But obviously you didnt watch the video and just want to defend your white woman fav.
@@maxhathaway5712 she has since learned from thst and has been outspoken on the ongoing genocide. she has links to donate all over her social medias. we need to allow ppl to grow from their mistakes or else it's just a echo chamber of whose morally superior.
@@aidqnii do you not think that she felt pressured into doing that and is only doing it because people were on her about staying silent? I am glad to see that she is currently using her platform as she expects others in her shoes to, but she did not intend to fill those shoes originally. To be clear, I dont think anyone should be forced to speak on topics that they are unknowledgeable about, or that they havent done research on yet, but you should not be turning around on the internet and crying that your followers expect you to hold yourself to the same standard you have for others.
I’m additionally tired of people saying “Stop holding celebrities to political standards! They’re not politicians!” When no one is doing that! I don’t expect Broski to change legislation but I do expect her to speak out on issues that affect minorities when she directly benefits off of the BRAND of being a feminist and a supporter of minority issues.
I think this is reading too much into it. You really think she DIRECTLY profits off of feminism and being a supporter of “minority issues”? Or does she have a platform that she mainly uses for comedy and stuff she’s interested in, and occasionally speaks on more serious topics just because she wants/feels the need to. If it was blatantly her brand then sure but her brand has always been Brittany. And I don’t think feminism has ever been her entire personality trait.
I agree I’m not expecting Brittney to breakdown Palestinian history or how Zionism is a colonial movement all I want is attention to the g*nocide and money/ ways to donate to families fleeing and ones who need money for life on the Gaza Strip , Lizzo for her flaws did a good job with how she posted how she’s helping and how to donate , hell Ariana did it to , an kehlani has been vocal about the g*nocide and posting resources to learn about the occupation , if asking an influential person to shed light on a g*nocide by posting resources of people who know better than they do and post where to donate to help is akin to holding them to politician standards were cooked as a society .
11:39 “because I have a checkmark and over a million immediately I’m qualified” that’s … not why people are asking you to speak up. People are asking you to speak up because you’ve propped yourself up as someone who will use their platform to bring attention to horrible stuff happening in the world.
ppl will badger content creators for not speaking up in the right way though, literally it doesnt matter if they posture themselves as 'political' or not
Exactly. People are not looking for her to personally present a highly detailed solution to every conflict she speaks about...simply speak about, urge others to educate themselves, bring attention to causes/charities/fundraisers...etc...esp. w the genocide in Palestine educating,raising awareness, and supporting aid is crucial.
Has Brittany ever done that? I've never gotten this impression that she's some politically motivated influencer trying to bring awareness to the wrongs of the world. Like 95% of her content is her ranting about inconsequential things in a funny way and talking about how horny she is. I feel like people are trying to force a narrative that she was presenting herself as something she never was.
to bring attention to horrible stuff happening *to white people 🤓👆 in the world. That was the silent part she didn’t say. Unless it’s Tana, apparently.
the sarah aspect is such a blip in the video but their friendship break up was so sad to me, like i believe they had bought a house together at the time (maybe it was rented, but i swear they mentioned they purchased it on an insta story or their zillow listing videos). sarah has been very open about her recovery journey from alcohol dependency and maybe that played a role in things fizzling out, but brittany leaving to do her own pod always put such a bad taste in my mouth :/ im v happy sarah decided to keep going with it the pod. it’s interesting comparing the two bc they do have very similar backgrounds (military brat, bible thumping families, finished college, comedy/social media) and have built very liberal audiences but only sarah has become an outspoken advocate that brittany thinks she is. every time i look at sarah’s stories she’s trying to educate herself on topics like palestine and uses her platform to amplify those voices. i was a pretty big fan of brittany’s but after her priv story rant, i was so put off and unfollowed and i was just so saddened by how her insta post about Cody framed Tana’s story :( believe victims unless it’s mr “nice guy” dude bro ig.
Sarah just is...a lot, so I am not too suprised it did not work out with them + Brittany has only risen in popularity while Sarah has been doing it for far longer...maybe causing some resentment. I dont think we will ever know why, but at the core Brittany appeared to be ready to associate with more famous (LA) people and go for that mainstream appeal while Sarah stayed true to herself.
same especially bc Sarah started the bcc podcast with Kendall not too long after, so from the outside it really feels like Brittney left her high and dry with a contract and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces. That’s just my speculation tho
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@@m00nrac00n brittany routinely films herself shitting while doing accents. sarah isnt 'a lot' especially compared to brittany - she's just autistic. at least be honest about your bias.
I love Sarah and the activism she pursues online. I find myself no longer supporting creators that don't believe in similar causes as me. I also unfollowed Britney.
The thing about brittany is that she’s extremely hypocritical. If she didn’t present herself as a feminist that speaks up for social issues, people wouldn’t be mad at her for not supporting women and not speaking out about Palestine. it’s the hypocrisy of it all truly
didn't she just want to get her words together for Palestine before speaking on it? and from what I've gathered all she said was "if it's true" during the Cody situation? that seems totally fair when dealing with allegations and has nothing to do with supporting a friend over a victim. It's a neutral standpoint.
@@peepawshairline The problem with her saying "if it's true" is that there is no way to legally or "officially" prove that it's true. Cody himself would have to confirm this story which would be an idiotic move from him - essentially admitting to a crime. No evidence was collected after their alleged intercourse since Tana did consent to it, and the statue of limitations has most likely already past. There's nothing more that can be done to prove that it's true. Gabbie Hanna has corroborated this story in an unrelated conversation, telling the very same events - speaking of a 25 y/o and a 17 y/o making out and her telling the 25 y/o to watch out, because the girl is underage. She didn't name anyone, but told the exact same story happening at the exact same event. Even without her corroborating this story, the biggest tell of this allegation likely being true is the fact that Cody is silent. He's going to try and remain "innocent until proven guilty", when there is no way to prove his guilt other than what we already have. Britanny remaining neutral is just an awfully convienient way for her to not have to speak out against her friend, knowing that there's never gonna be a time when we know for sure that it is true.
@iblispog makes sense, but it just seems totally unfair to say she's a complete hypocrite who puts men on a pedestal and hates women over what was probably intended to be a neutral statement.
@@peepawshairlineyeah I also remember in one of her podcast episodes she said something like “all humans are hypocrites, we are all inherently hypocrites” so I think she could be aware of her hypocrisy.
Unfortunately, I do perceive this to be a situation of “always believe the victim (until proven false) UNLESS the perpetrator is friend, family, or someone you idolize” I love Brittnay’s content, but I do think that she absolutely could have handled this better, definitely considering how vocal she’s been about being a fan of Cody since forever. Especially, since she has introduced probably a good chunk of her young majority female audience to him. I don’t think she should take responsibility for his actions AT ALL, but from a internet image stand point she absolutely should have taken a stronger stance against him.
i also think part of the issue is how her managers are in very similar (if not the same sphere) as cody's. i might be misremembering this, but im pretty sure they have the same talent agency. therefore she'd be getting a lot of pressure from the agency lawyers to not speak out in a more definitive way or there would be consequences. its easy for us who arent with a talent agency to say "she shouldve done more" when we dont know what types of pressures shes facing
i might just have misinterpreted your comment, but what happened to innocent until proven guilty? im not entirely familiar with the cody ko situation, but if she wasnt 100% sure the allegations were true yet then why would she need to take such a strong stance? the only part of her comment that triggers people is the "if the allegations are true" part. i dont understand how that undermines the victims or anything? plus we dont even know about how much she can speak on it legally
@ethandoodlez9987 innocent until proven guilty has only ever been the principle in the court of law. The court of public or personal opinion has no such rule. People can think whatever they want about whoever they want. And considering the statistics on false allegations vs real ones, it makes complete sense to make assumptions against cody even without the evidence. Also, you don't have to condemn someone to support another. You can provide support to a victim coming forward without bashing or attacking the alleged perpetrator.
Yeah it’s weird people are saying the blame is mostly on Britt / they are focusing too much on Britt when I don’t see that? I see a lot more videos and comments on Cody with Britt occasionally being brought up, but never the focus. You can criticize people on different levels at the same time.
@@TabbyWithMittens EXACTLYYY!!! like just bc that’s ur fyp and you mainly see ppl talking abt Britt more, doesn’t mean people ARENT talking about Cody. I feel like ppl really can’t grasp that other ppl see completely different sides of the internet at all.
she wants credit for being an ally, but only when it's easy and the popular opinion that will only get backlash from people who wouldn't be in her audience anyway. she doesn't show up when we actually need her to. "performative activism" is thrown around, but she's a perfect example to bring up when talking about what it really is. she showed her true colors in that close friends story leak.
IMO worst part was that she blamed and shamed other influencers for not using their platform to discuss controversial uncomfortable topics, it’s one thing to talk about whatever you want on your platform, it’s another thing to demand what other people talk about on their platforms. She’s a massive hypocrite and she is being treated exactly the same way she treated others
She drew me in with the fangirl and activism talk, then I found out she's not only all talk but she's becoming a detriment. I'm not holding her to a higher standard because she's a woman, I'm holding her to the standard SHE SET because that's why I became her fan in the first place. Thinking she's better than Tana and Trisha is what made me stop watching and this is just the nail in the coffin.
She has collabed with men far more problematic than Tana and with some men who haven't owned up to their mistakes like Tana has. I like both Brit and Tana and this comment is gonna get me a lot of hate, but I'm just gonna say it: I think Brittney has a hard time being in a room with a woman who might be funnier than her. And people hate on Tana all the time, but they can't doubt that she is effortlessly hilarious. Just my two cents. Let the flames commence.
i didnt know she prided herself on political activism until now. maybe thats more on her podcast and her instagram bc i honestly didnt know she was that political.
@@jessjess23brooks89 to me it feels like she still has some amount of unadressed internalized mysoginy and holds women to a much higher standard. She acknowledges all these things like ahhh online audiences let men get away with so much more, but that mean jack sh*t when you also do the same thing and don´t practice what you preach. I still enjoy her and wish she can grow from this.
As a Brittany Broski enjoyer I really appreciate this video, it’s been so hard to find any compiled information on it! I haven’t watched it yet but I’m hoping it’s nothing terrible 😭
@@israa.6375i make mistakes too (sometimes the same ones over and over again) but the difference between me and brittany is my entire life and every action i make isn’t analyzed by millions of chronically online people. we’re all human, it’s okay to hold her accountable but “questionable” is a weird way to say fallible.
@@israa.6375again and again??? all i can think of that is repetitive is her being male-focused, but literally why does anyone care. men are always dominant in youtube spaces, it's not brittany's fault for that.
One thing I'll say is, I never had standing up for Tana on my bingo card, but here we are. Because you don't have to like a person to believe them and believe they deserve respect for what they've gone through.
She's protecting herself, youtubers have blindly believed before and stated their opinions only for it to be false and suddenly everyone is coming for them.
@@parker25489 I think they’re equally mature 💀 they’re both kind of shitty ppl. But a terrible thing happened to Tana and we can acknowledge that while acknowledging that terrible, unfair things can happen to shitty people. What happened doesn’t absolve her of the things she’s done.
@@emerycorneri dont think the way she worded it was weird at all 🤷♂️ i feel like people just like to be angry and find issues with even the most mundane things. Like cody ko literally did despicable things and people are completely losing the plot and getting their panties in a bunch over britneys “choice of wording” like cmon now really?
YES! the violating community guidelines ending was sooo hard to get through, that was one of my fave podcasts. it’s also interesting to see the disparity between sarah’s stance on palestine versus brittany’s
@@DistressedCrab she also posts a lot on her stories about many other social issues and is VERY actively trying to educate herself. i've taken a bunch of reading recs from her :))
I do think there is a layer of misogyny thrown at Brittany. Whilst she is not above criticism, i find it shitty that there are male influencers like joey graceffa, manny mua and more who openly support predators like james charles and by virtue signal to their audiences that that behaviour is okay with them, or other harmful influencers like david dobrik who still have millions and subscribers and fans but when Brittany says she does not agree with the situation people instead decide to hyper focus on her being the problem instead of cody because of some bad wording which if she did phrase it another way she could be sued for defamation
I couldn't agree more. No one is perfect but I'm sick of female content creators getting dragged for very minor offenses in comparison to other male content creators. The bar is so much higher for women who are in the public eye.
People have always been way harsher on women in the public eye than they ever are on men, this is just another example. Shane Dawson is still making videos but I know so of so many women who quit the internet over significantly worse backlash for significantly more minor issues
i’ve never cared about her but after how she reacted to people asking her to speak up about palestine made me strongly dislike her because it was never about speaking like you know everything about what’s going on it’s mainly about simply spreading awareness and making palestinian voices heard because that’s literally one of the main thing palestinians have been asking for and it is just so simple
She acted like people were calling on her to lead a Harvard class on Middle Eastern studies. If you find it that difficult to come out and denounce genocide, you really need to do some deep introspection
She also acted as if she was a random influencer who NEVER talked about anything political therefore it would be insane for people to ask her to speak on palestine…like no girl you set yourself up to be a person who will always speak up against injustice
you missed the 'why i can't use aave, it's the internet language' video rant... in 2020 iirc. and there are members of lgbt community who are critical of her being involved in queer spaces as an ~ally~ while her allyship seems to be rather... surface-level
OMGG yes, i've been looking for this one, i stopped watching her content since that happened and i always felt like her activism was very fake and only portrayed herself to be an activist to gain an audience, because so many thing she has said that were mentioned is this video sound exactly like that, like she's only doing this to please her audience and not be "cancelled", meaning she doesn't actually really care about any of these issues personally and if she wasn't scared of being cancelled, she'd keep collabing with problematic people and making problematic content and wouldn't address any social injustices at all, she seems like the kind of person who behind closed doors is actually not the "good person" that she claims/ portrays herself to be on the internet.
personally i feel like brittany has just become more insincere with her content as she grows(which is common). from not collabing with tana bc she's worried about the fan reactions or not speaking about palestine then backtracking, she just seems so consumed in her image.
I kinda have to disagree on this. She's talked about a lot of vulnerable things (good, bad and silly) that are personal to her life increasingly in her episodes. I think her content has grown though because now she has the ability to meet people who she adores (Beyonce, H Styles, etc) and attend events that she wasn't able to before. I'm curious to know how you think she's become more insincere though.
@@oliviaw.2842 i totally get what you're saying, maybe insincere isn't the right word i should use. maybe more produced? or just PR trained? she just seems to care more about image and how she will be perceived than what she actually thinks. like with the palestine close friends story, instead of just saying she doesn't feel qualified to speak she stays silent publicly and makes a private story in poor taste. of course this isn't to say she's a bad person or anything close, it's just something i personally see in brittany and many other creators when they get bigger
I honestly don't blame her, the Internet is holding creators to higher and higher standards every day. Picking apart every action with a fine tooth comb.
i don’t think sarah is perfect either but the way she uses her platform compared to brit is very different. even though her platform is smaller than brits she always talks about issues that are important to her and many people. i always just thought she came across as more real than brittany even though she did sometimes say some things on the pod that didnt come across as super well.
I also find it strange you never mentioned the AAVE scandal she had because that put the black community very firmly against her for a time. As a black person, I found that to be the earliest indication of her character.
Yup! I feel like it set the expectation of how she responds to any criticism thrown her way. First she gets defensive, then back tracks and makes a bad statement, then makes a “proper” apology. Rinse and repeat
@@7ves She referred to words that were AAVE as “internet lingo” or something along those lines, and then was surprised that people got upset at her diminishing it to that. People were also upset at the way she handled the situation, ie. getting defensive then backtracking.
The video she made after the close friends video was leaked to me made me so disgusted of her. Mind you I had been watching her religiously for months, genuinely she made my day. However I’ve also been watching Gazan children be slaughtered, Gazan women be raped and Gazan men be beaten and used as human shields for 9 months. I related to Britany because I thought she cared about human rights issues, and I think she does to a certain extent, just not those that don’t affect her.
@HooLeePhucingSheet and what are YOU doing except using their suffering to kiss the ass of an influencer that has literally proven that she does not care about her fans 😭 people are actively spreading Palestinian voices like they ASK and spreading gofundmes and donation organizations so, may I fucking ask again, what do YOU do?
I find brittany not appearing on cancelled crazy too bc she was on pretty basic TWICE, a female oriented podcast that definitely doesn’t align with her brand or viewers. Her excuses for not being on Tanas don’t make any sense.
It’s only because it’s Tana who’s had a problematic past vs the two who do pretty basic don’t (as far as I know idk I don’t know much about them). I still don’t like how Brittany supposedly told Tana she couldn’t do the podcast because her fans would hate her… like Brittany you could have just said no thank you or not responded 😭😭
i was a huge brittany fan forever, and while i definitely agree that a lot of things she said are worded incredibly poorly and that she should be FAR more vocal on the genocide in gaza (to the point where i now just don't watch her content regularly, if at all) i have also seen her be the subject of the internet's truly brain rotted way of interpreting everything everyone says in the worst faith possible. people absolutely dogpile her after taking what she said to mean the worst thing it possibly could, which is why we get so many creators exhaustively saying "now PLEASE don't think-" or "i don't mean-" or "i'm NOT saying that-" after every gd thing they say. it is genuinely amazing to me how everyone is determined to think the worst of everyone else.
THIS. Beautifull put. That. Is. It. I wish we could go back to a time when people weren't just waiting for a mistake to f up. I am a Contrapoints stan and she explained it beautifully. She keeps getting cancelled for minor things, tweets she makes in 30 seconds, instead of the actually real meat of her videos. Her video "Cancelling" here on TH-cam is really good and really reflects your arguments! I truely, truely, truely wish 'this will change somehow someday into something healthy again.
YES. Exactly this. I'm so tired. Of COURSE I want people to be good people. But it's also really tiring when people are expected to be perfect when that's something none of us could ever hope to be. There's a whole range of people who are creators, and while some of them have done truly heinous and inexcusable things (ahem, Cody), others are kinda just...trying their imperfect best. I feel like there's a difference between hoping that people will improve and saying someone is absolutely beyond hope when they aren't perfect.
This is exactly how I feel too 😭 I think bandwagon hate is making everything Brittany has done seem much worse than any of it actually is. I need people to stop with the nitpicking of her words and let her BREATHE so she can actually interpret her feelings about issues like Cody how she sees fit! The “if” argument is driving me insane, little details in semantics don’t convey that Brit doesn’t support Tana - it’s SEMANTICS! I don’t like that this video was even made - these comments are just a cesspool of hate towards Brittany.
@@kikiloloplpl The video is not really bad (she began by saying this all isn't real drama in her opinion) and the comments would be hating either way, but just on Twitter. AMEN to the rest of what you said. I'm still waiting for one example of cancel culture where someone was actually forgiven for what they did. It's usually when someone did something really minor and extremely apologized for it. It feels like how religious people would excommunicated someone, than the person would beg on hands and knees to be forgiven. And what did they do? Say "Goddamit" when stubbing their toe. Cancel culture is given me the same vibes. Be good, begone or if your in the middle, be always on your hands and knees apologizing to "the community" for "your mistakes".
I liked Brittany a lot but my thing is why don’t you just be honest? Like if I were a celebrity or creator I’d just say “I don’t want to talk about this or collab with them because I DON’T WANT TO” someone is always gonna hate you because that’s just how life and the internet is. So if you wanna do something do it if you don’t then don’t.
But she was that hater. She blamed and shamed other influencers for not talking about controversial topics that had nothing to do with them or the type of platform they had. She said they had a responsibility to talk about and show uncomfortable things in their platform even if they didn’t want to, that this was their moral imperative if they have a platform and there’s no excuse not to. She was so self-righteous and she deserves the backlash because all anybody did was treat her the same way she had treated others.
I think a part of brittany’s history that never gets mentioned is that she was very vocal in support of the BLM movement which she actually received a lot of backlash for! people were angry that a white woman from the south was ‘taking away focus’ from the movement and that she shouldn’t be speaking on it. I truly think this is ONE of the reasons she was so hesitant to speak up on the Palestine genocide! Not excusing her not speaking up soon enough, but it is an interesting connection EDIT: So the main reason she had backlash for speaking up about BLM was because simultaneously she was using a Blaccent / AAVE! I knew her history of that as well but I never put the dots together (I was 12 when it went down lol) that it was connected! But my point still stands: she never apologised for it so she didn’t see anything wrong with what she did, so she’s like well I spoke up before and was shut down and now they want me to speak up? It might only be a tiny part of her perspective but it deffo plays a part
People were attacking her because she used aave a lot and instead of acknowledging it she said it was 'Internet slang'. That was the reason she received backlash, because she was being vocal about the bml movement while being disrespectful At least that's how I remember it
@@r.o.I was actually just typing out a separate comment about the AAVE! didn’t know the two situations were connected! thanks for letting me know. that might explain it as well because she never apologised for the AAVE when multiple creators called her out specifically, I remember Tee Noir did so she didn’t see it as a problem. She may to this day think that she was attacked because she was ‘unqualified’ so she thought the same would happen now with Palestine
@@r.o.im from the south and ive ran into the aave issues due to aave and southern slang having an overlap (due to obvious historical reasons). however ive never understood the "internet slang" argument. like maybe if you're 12, you may believe that. but if you're an adult you probably have awareness to see that these terms existed before the internet.
@@r.o.that's exactly what happened, as a matter of fact plenty of black content creators explicitly stated that's why they wanted her to not speak, so I'm confused on why this comment is phrased the way it is when black people multiple times explained in detail their issue with Brittany
She made an entire video on her tik tok complaining about people wanting her to talk about it... So I don't think it was that. She seemed like she just didn't care...
I can’t watch Brittney anymore. She just keeps disappointing me. She says all the right things concerning social issues but doesn’t step up to the plate when it comes time to use her platform. I was recently getting back into her after the Palestine comments. Then her Cody Ko response came out. There’s a clear pattern of behavior that makes me uncomfortable.
The problem with her not speaking up about the Palestinian genocide is that other content creators, who haven’t as clearly stated what one should do with their platform: use it to speak up about social issues, ARE speaking up about social issues. CC like Chad Chad, Not even Emily and Kurtis Conner are all part of Operation Olive Branch, an organization made to help Palestinians directly through donations. If she had simply been a part of that, advocated for donating to those families, she could’ve avoided the whole “I don’t know what to say and how to say it” bs. But instead she whined about being asked to speak up and honestly, if someone can’t even repost GoFundMe’s of Palestinians on their Twitter or whatnot, then they clearly don’t want to help people, they don’t care enough about oppressed people to risk their brand deals or viewerships. But yk, what do I know.
Giving a tiny black perspective, my main issue with Brittany (as a fan) is that in addition to collaborating with lots of problematic creatives point blank, she frequently surrounds herself with people that are pretty anti black and HIGH KEY racist. Theo and tana for example ESPECIALLY TRISHA have said and done so many problematic things to communities of color and ESPECIALLY black people. So it’s really disheartening for someone who frequently disavows racism and discrimination to be so blatantly performative. And she spends so much time talking about performative creatives who don’t live the politic that they preach.
Yeah, that Theo guy is very sus. He said so many terrible things, I'm surprised he isn't deplatformed, let alone collaborated with. And many liberal folks love him when he himself doesn't seem so liberal to me to put it lightly.
i noticed that evry youtuber has been referring to it as a war :/ like r they afraid of the word genocide or they dont want to take stances but its dumb and even harmful
@childofgod759 it's a shame, that even after months of the ethnic cleaning being documented, we have people calling it a "conflict" or a "war" because they're too scared to call it what it is
@@childofgod759I want to give her the benefit of the doubt because at times mentioning what is happening right now as what it is might suppress the video. It would have been better to address it as what it is but sadly it doesn’t always work that way. Maybe she could’ve edited something in but :/
@@childofgod759yeah, I think it’s partially because of censorship and stuff on certain social media platforms, words that are linked to violence against people can apparently get videos buried, but it should matter more to correctly discuss what is happening without watering it down. People are dying and it’s important to recognise that it is not a war.
i love brittany, long time fan of hers, and these are very valid points!! i never noticed the male centered collaborators before but y'all are very right about that!! i know that people were disappointed ayame collabed with her on her podcast bc of how vocal ayame is with palestine liberation. i do wish brittany continued to be vocal about palestine. great video!!
I had a family member that was arrested for the same crime Cody committed and the moment I heard about the arrest I knew it was true and he was dead to me. I had told my uncle about this family members arrest and he gave the response “if it’s true fuck him”. That if it’s true enraged me, my family member was a known creep and slimeball who was finally arrested but he still insisted on using “if it’s true”. My family member was convicted of that and other things with the poor girl and is thankfully behind bars for the foreseeable future. I don’t know if my uncle came around to believing “it was true” after the conviction and I don’t care to hear more excuses.
Totally understand not being believed. My mum gaslit me into believing my uncle didn’t assault me and that he wouldn’t do that to the point I started believing it myself. Fucks you up when people don’t believe you
damn I'm shocked he was arrested because I had a 17 year old coworker dating a gang member who was 25 and nobody gave two shits. I told her to leave him but she never listened
Hateful people are going to hate. Transphobic people are going to be transphobic. I truly believe if she never changed gender then this never would have come out as her being a predator and instead just guys joking around.
I've mostly seen people call out others going easy on Ava because of the trans status and minimizing the things that were done. The problem is also that these crimes are typically maIe ones. The behavior is very much that. Especially commissioning literal cp to be drawn from an "artist" that draws that. It's difficult to look at the pattern of behavior and say that it looks like a typical femaIe crime.
the ava thing imho is youtube creator issue rather than trans person issue. cause she's not the first youtuber that dmed minor fans and misused the power balance ...
Not sure if you'll talk about it, but I remember a big conversation about Brittany and AAVE at one point and how people were unsatisfied with her response.
@@tofu-kun633 watermelon represents the colors of the Palestinian flag (red green black and white) and has been used as a symbol by the pro Palestinian people. therefore what makes it ironic is that she was laying on that pillow while talking about “ why she shouldn’t be the one to speak on Palestine “
That's what I hate so much about the people here in the comments. Calling Broski a vile disgusting human being...... Meanwhile they themselves only educate themselves on issues when Twitter tells them to......
This comment with the replies mentioned so many countries and people around you in general will never care about them. Nor should they be expected to. Unless you're incredibly into world politics which most people are not, you will not fully grasp the conflicts and issues of e ery place. Not to mention, caring about everything all the time is too much for one person. It's exhausting, upsetting and will just never happen.
As a fan of Brittney it really does bother me how she platforms/associates primarily with problematic men. As her fan, I would not have judged her for going on cancelled. I was begging for more female guests on Royal Court. She needs to get over it stop centering men.
Please avoid Hello Fresh in the future. They’re anti-union, care little for employee safety and are generally shady on the employer end. As a service, though, they’re really solid. But I’d just be more careful about your sponsors in the future. Please look into how they treat their employees.
i work at ups and when we get these boxes i get so grossed out, theyre soggy and always strangely warm. arent they supposed to have food in them? theres no dry ice in them either. i just dont trust the quality of em
Do y’all not truly remember Jenna marbles and why she left? It’s insane that everyone on the internet can say they’re not a hypocrite. If you were in front of millions of people, can you honestly say you would do anything stupid, hypocritical or wrong? I prefer someone who makes mistakes in their words and tries to do better, and tries to learn, than someone who points a finger at everyone else. How about instead of getting pissed off about an individual miles away maybe saying something stupid you go outside and touch grass and improve yourself. 😐
I don't know why people are so surprised Britney's fans would want her to speak out palistine when she has literally said, if you have a large platform you have a duty to speak out on those things. She literally said that. So the fact that she wouldn't say something about GENOCIDE where innocent men women and children are being slaughtered because they're seen as less than animals due to their race, is pretty disgusting in hypocritical honestly. Especially the fact she got upset about it??? Like, "oh no, people are asking me to say the bare minimum that genocide is bad, my life is so hard because people expect me to live up to the things I say." A lot of people think about politics in a very abstract way, because it doesn't directly affect their life. But for a lot of people politics are there lives, because every political decision made directly influences their existence. The privilege to be able to ignore politics is something I envy. To be able to watch countless videos of children being blown to smithereens and then just go "oh well, it's not happening here so I don't have any real conviction to care about it and I think it's fine that other people ignore it too" God how I wish I could feel that way. I'm sick and tired of people acting like politics aren't literal life and death for so many people just because they have the luxury of not needing to care about it.
this makes so much sense because i have been feeling for a while that I really don't like the direction that her management clearly want to push her towards
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I'm so tired of this argument because it has no basis in reality and serves only to pretend like Brittany didn't mean the words she said. You don't need to say 'If it’s proven to be true' when you've already used the word 'allegation'. She wants to keep an avenue open for him and his clout, and she's a weirdo for it
It’s like you didn’t do any research on men being falsely accused, not saying kody is but it is a legal issue to just claim someone is ___ it’s called Defamation.
@@NobuxD I agree, that’s why I said the team probably crafted the statement so she wouldn’t be involved in a defamation lawsuit. I personally think Cody Ko should sue for defamation, unless she can prove it. False accusations are serious af.
I do think Brittany’s statement about Cody Ko is pretty shitty, but I have also heard that her and Cody are signed under the same talent agency. Some of Cody’s friends have also said that his lawyers are threatening them so they don’t talk about it. It could be her trying to say something to not have people speculate about it, but also be vague so she doesn’t get sued.
I used to love Brittany and watch her a lot, i dont do it anymore because i have others types of interest now but i don't think she is a bad person and that wasn't the reason I stop watching but sometimes, even if we considered ourselves feminist, the patriarchy is so ingrained in our society that we don't notice our internalized misogyny, and i think majority of us have been there and we have to make an effort to disconstruct all our learn behaviors. i wish Brittany collabed with more women because girls are best ❤
Ryan beard made a really good point about her response to the Cody situation. They’re signed with the same talent company and she probably has lawyers and agents breathing down her back saying that she can’t make a definitive statement. I really don’t think she’d be reacting this way if she wasn’t aligned to Cody in that way
This was a much more balanced take on the Brittany situation. I’ve seen so many people online who are so quick to jump to “shes a misogynist!” Or performative or what have you. And I agree there are some things she did that I was like 👀 but until more info comes out or if she speaks on it, it’s hard to say definitively.
What I think Brittany was saying in that clip( 11:01 ) though worded poorly, was that she wasn’t qualified enough to speak on the matter and unlike the roe w wade situation which was something that affected her directly and was also happening in her country, she wasn’t as knowledgeable in this discussion , though I don’t agree with this take as I think the genocide in Gaza is something everybody should be aware and disgusted by, especially those living in the USA, I think some people may have misinterpreted what she was saying
But she was also super vocal during the BLM movement as well, so we know that she can and HAS a history of speaking out for injustice and issues facing BIPOC people… which is why her NOT speaking up for palestine felt out of character for how she typically presents herself and uses her platform. In my opinion, she has been very silent on it for almost a year because she is worried about losing brand deals. She has been a huge Disney fan and has spoken about wanting to be a voice actor for them, and I believe Disney would NEVER allow her to publicly stand with palestine and label what is actually “going on in the Middle East” for what it is, a one-sided genocide.
Or she could’ve just supported Palestinians by being a part of Operation Olive Branch or just directly posting GoFundMe’s. Or yk, just saying “I actually don’t support the slaughter of Palestinians”.
I appreciate what you are saying but her saying she wasn’t qualified enough is just an excuse. There are plenty of feminist issues surrounding the genocide- millions of women don’t have access to reproductive health services, there is little to no access for care pre or post natally, women and girls do not have access to menstrual products, women and children have been disproportionately targeted by the IDF. Brittany could have brought any single one of these to light & been perfectly qualified for it. But she did not care to simply look it up & educate herself.
@@madelainebull635 i did not know about her speaking about blm and yeah i agree with you that she did wait out of fear of losing brand deals. At the end of the day brittany is a internet personality and this is just her job, we do not know her and she will take the stand that will serve her personal gain and also money wise. It is easy to do so in this sort of situation because many big brands and influencers havent spoken about the genocide, unlike blm where it was financially smart to talk about it. it is sad but true, i also think theres a lot of propaganda being spread in the usa since biden is in full support of israel, amoung other factors, which makes the brittany situation even sadder because she doesnt care to educate herself beyond what the mainstream media tell her, though now im just speculating. I also dont know how it is being reported on in the usa since i am not from there.
honestly my view on this is that politicians are so out of reach and unrelatable (as well as a lot of people not having faith in the gov, viewing them as corrupt) while influencers are the opposite. we watch influencers/content creators because they are relatable. their platform is also very parasocial where fans feel like they are understood and prioritized on a human level by these creators, politicians dont have fanbases like that. so seeing a creator you admire disappoint you hurts so much more than seeing a politician do the same as they are someone that never built trust with you. and even though politicians have actual government power, influencers have influence (its even in the name) and influence causes greater genuine awareness and support. id rather take that chance over a politician listening to me.
I haven't watched the video yet but I have a mini rant about the Cody Ko/Brittany thing: My biggest issue is how Brittany got more shit for her statement then Cody was for actually committing the crime (allegedly). I personally don't even think Brittany's statement was wrong, if a bit off. But what she said was no different than saying 'allegedly' which is what we will all have to say unless it goes to court and Cody is found guilty. idk, as a survivor myself, I think we have bigger fish to fry.
I agree, and I think one detail this video missed is the fact that Brittany’s statement could have been worded that way for fear of running into legal issues (though calling them “the Cody allegations” probably would have covered her on its own). I think “if it’s proven to be true” just felt icky because SA allegations are notoriously difficult to prove, so it felt like she was implying that this situation is only disappointing if Tana can prove it happened when it’s been nearly a decade since the incident. It may have been better to just say “this alleged incident is very disappointing” or something like that. But the backlash should definitely be leveled towards Cody above anyone else, and we can’t really know for certain whether Brittany just made a poor wording choice or she was being disingenuous, that’s sort of up for everyone as individuals to judge based on what we know
saying brittany got MORE shit than cody is not accurate at all ?? just because someone is also being criticized, doesn’t mean it negates the criticism of cody. In fact, the people who are critical of her statement are critical because they are fully aware of the severity of the cody allegations. it’s pretty hard to be upset at brittany without directly being in disapproval of cody. I also disagree that her statement is equivalent to saying “allegedly.” she already referred to them as allegations in the first sentence. the further language was unnecessary and gross. In my opinion, her saying “if PROVEN true” is disrespectful and disappointing. if the allegations weren’t about her pal and the victim wasn’t tana, she would not be so dismissive. it’s “believe victims” until it’s tana. I do agree that there are bigger fish to fry, but that doesn’t make her response any less distasteful.
THIS. THIS. But it makes sense. People wanna feel powerfull bullying influencers, hiding behind the cloak of "you should have used the right words". I HATE this "huhm, do we find this apology sad enough?"mentality everyone has nowadays. It's La Terreur all over again. Agree with the masses or begone. No wonder the right keeps growing. They don't have this approach. Whether you're on the fence, or you're nzi, or anywhere in between, you're welcoming on the right. Whereas on the left, you're constantely trying to prove to people you're still "on the good side". There's never any time to feel divided on an issue or have the unpopular opinion. It's either "say what we want you to say and believe" or BEGONE. And then people wonder why no one is authentic anymore....... People wanna feel powerfull in a world where they have no power. I understand it. They wanna feel like they punch up. But bullying people off the internet is not the great "suck it 1%!!!!!" people think it is. :(((((((
she definitely doesn't get more shit than cody, she can make videos like nothing happened but if cody came back without any statement? he would be ripped to shreds. it seems like cody gets less shit because he disappeared, comments on his videos are filtered and mods on his subreddit are doing deep cleaning. so you can't reach him but can reach brittany
@@kelseybruce5939 seriously i’m so sick of ppl saying brittany is getting more shit then cody bc it’s just blatantly not true😭😭like when did holding a creator to their own standards get declared as hate lmao
I think this is a good compilation of whats been going on however it also feels like certain things were worded in poor taste. I dont agree with using the term "war" for whats going on in Gaza tbh 😭 also I urge you to not take on hello fresh sponsorships in the future due to their very unethical practices. However I do enjoy your content! I hope this doesnt come off as mean
@@kensoy1624 the workers who package the boxes have terrible working conditions and were bullied and retaliated against when they tried to unionize. looking up 'hellofresh labor issues" pulls up a bunch of articles about it
okay but people don’t realize that she could be under a nda right. cody’s team is actively contacting other people threating to sue them if they where to say anything. there are people who have already been sued by cody’s team.
edit because i was surprised to see ppl disagreeing so i double checked and now i can't seem to find what i was referring to??? i remember seeing a short clip in which sarah said that tana was 17 so it's weird and brittany having an awkward laugh reaction so i guess i fixated on the 17 part and in the light of recent events thought they must be generally talking about that clip when tana on stage was asked about the smallest dick she had, answered "cody ko but i was 17"? i genuinely believed that brittany in this moment laughed at tana's sa and was so flabbergasted that it stayed with me. i didn't mean to lie on purpose as some seem to think, i must've made a wrong assumption so i'm sorry and thanks to the ones who corrected me. i'm leaving the unedited rest of the comment so the replies make sense 22:30 there's a clip from brittany's podcast with sarah from years ago where they literally talk about it, about 17yo tana being taken advantage of by cody. so it's just shitty of her to pretend she didn't know about this situation and she's been called out on it already so the broski empire crumbles. i've been thinking about it the whole day
What people don’t understand is that if you say any absolutes against someone publicly you can be sued for defamation if the person you spoke against hasn’t admitted to/isn’t convicted of the thing you’re saying. If using words like “accusations” “alleged” or “if it is proven to be true” will get that news out there without being silenced through legal action at least it’s being said at all. The fact that anyone would see a response with words like “disturbing, inappropriate and just flat out disappointing” as supporting Cody Ko is insane. She doesn’t wanna get sued, she can’t say any absolutes unless Cody himself admits it publicly.
The thing that really upsets me is people getting mad at Brittany over the “if it’s proven to be true” statement. People don’t understand that there’s a lot of legality that comes with just flat out saying it’s all true when in all reality we don’t know if it is or not even though I’m sure we all believe it is. She could get sued horribly or worse by Cody Kos team so I really just believe she’s playing it safe by saying the “if”. She’s not the one that committed the crime. Let’s focus on being mad at Cody.
Watch D'Angelo Wallace's video on Cody ko. There's a way to avoid repercussions with the law while also clearly making your opinion on the subject known. Brittany didn't do that. Also, if Cody were to decide to sue anyone over this situation, it wouldn't be the girl that he worked with pretty closely over the last few years and seemed very friendly with. Her statement was weak and warrants criticism.
You guys are riding DEFENSE for Brittany and grasping at any straws for an excuse. Her statement said "the allegations made against Cody" meaning she ALREADY stated it is allegations, she did not need to double down with "if proven to be true"... That part was entirely unnecessary to add and invalidates the VICTIM. Suddenly, it's believe all women EXCEPT when it's a guy who's my family/friend. Defamation cases are very hard to prove in court and usually dismissed ESPECIALLY when you are simply commentating your OPINION on a public matter. Let's be fucking for real for once, she said what she said in a way to give Cody ko some grace, because she idolized and genuinely liked him as a friend OVER Tana, who she was found to obviously dislike. End of story. Cody ko isn't suing people, because if he did then WHY ISN'T ETHAN KLEIN FROM H3H3 BEING SUED?????? WHY ISN'T D'ANGELO WALLACE??? WHY ISN'T PHILIP DEFRANCO???? You guys are making EXCUSES for Brittany and you should be ashamed for doing so. She is being called out and criticized and rightfully so because she set the standard for herself and others for not supporting women and those marginalized groups.
Didn’t expect all this discourse lol but I like hearing you guys out and everything truly. The bottom line that I’m trying to express here is I think we should focus on hating on Cody rather than another woman, because at this point I am seeing as much videos with Cody’s allegations as well as Brittany’s statement which is a little absurd to me. All I’m saying is Brittany is not the one committing a crime here so let’s maybe calm down and shit on the real monster in this situation.
why does no one address her past controversies… she didn’t give a fuck about attending super spreader parties during the height of the pandemic and not wearing masks at all. she also couldn’t have cared less when black people called out her usage of aave. she’s Been weird. she’s always been progressive Lite
What her stans need to understand is that we were holding her accountable for her action from the standard SHE PUT HERSELF. Wdym you went on a whole rant about how you want people with platforms to use their power to help with issues,, but go on your cf and be frustrated on why her audience is asking her to do the very thing she said? Wdym you love women and support them but act the way she did with Tana about her podcast and her experience with Cody. Sure she can come back up from this but people need to stop defending her the same way people defend men in serious situations. I used to be a huge fan and I’m hoping to be one again because she has my humor and she did give great messages to women but was any of it real? It’s crazy.
100%. Imo it’s completely understandable that a comedian who makes memes and other light content wouldn’t want to talk about something something serious like war or genocide on their platform, because that’s not what their platform is about. HOWEVER, Brittany 100% deserves all the criticism because she went on that rant saying that other contract creators have no excuse not to talk about controversial uncomfortable issues even if it has nothing to do with them or their platform. She put herself in this position and she completely deserves all the backlash because people are only treating her the way that she treated others.
@@NobuxD bruh Brittany is the one who put those high standards on herself. Nobody was holding her to any standards until she went on this self-righteous rant about how every single person who has an online platform is obligated to discuss controversial/uncomfortable issues no matter how much they don’t want to. And then she couldn’t even meet those standards that she herself set. Ofc normally nobody would expect the kombucha meme girl to talk about Palestine, but she is the one who put herself in this position by criticizing other creators.
I personally think that what made people most mad about Brittany not addressing Palestine at all was that clip you played at 10:18 Not acknowledging Palestine, even just to admit she didn’t know much, made her a hypocrite of her own creation
Huh but she did acknowledge Palestine? She had an entire segment on her podcast talking about it as well as resources in the description of every video
@@Jirangaaa it was literally a pr move to cover her ass because she was getting dragged so much lmao yall need to stop dickriding her women can do wrong things too and they should be called out for it too
I hadn’t seen the close friends video until now and wow I’m appalled. Lately I’ve felt like her TH-cam videos have lost their spark and she seems like the fame is starting to change her in a way I personally don’t connect with and that leaked video just proved my suspicions
idk to me its just not that serious. ofc Tana deserves respect but considering all the drama that almost ALWAYS follows her then i dont fault anyone for being cautious about going on a podcast like that. Go for Cody not Brittany, there's no way she deserves this much heat for what essentially boils down to slightly vague statements that are still in support of the victims.
it’s actual insane whiplash to go from watching the clip about the responsibility of creators to address important issues to her becoming the very thing she was criticizing. i don’t know too much about her but that’s enough to make me feel negative feelings towards her.
Brittany is a total hypocrite. She says influencers must speak out on hard topics but then throws a tantrum when people ask her to speak on Palestine. She says she is a feminist and loves women but looks down on Tana, refuses to collaborate with her, and says the vaguest statement possible regarding the cody situation. She is desperate for validation and disgusts me
Why does it matter if she won’t collab with Tana? No one is entitled to work with you if you don’t want them to, and there is nothing anti feminist about disliking one woman. She might have her reasons
Tana was a victim, but Tana has a long history of also being an incredibly toxic person. She has constant drama surrounding her; she herself has a very problematic past; I don't blame anyone for not wanting to work with her.
I fully understand it. Speak about topics that affect you or those around you. Things that are happening in your country. Talk about other things if you're educated on them. Not talk about everything happening everywhere ever even if you don't understand the politics around it. Cody Ko and very likely others took advantage of Tana back then. But she also did a lot of things that make her unlikable. No one's required to like her and want to be buddies with her.
@@Jirangaaa as much as i do not justify victim blaming tana (until IF cody turns out proven innocent somehow), i agree i would not want to work with her either. i hate the narrative that feminists are supposed to defend women's wrongs no matter what when that is so backwards
I will never get over the contrast between that podcast clip where she’s saying “how dare you not use your platform” and her weird ass instagram story like that’s so insane. I’ve been a big fan for years but it’s getting harder to support lol
They used neferious union busting tactics against their employees when they were trying to unionize because they were not treated well or paid well. Their exploitation is why hello fresh is “affordable”
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I feel like there was a big difference in Brittany talking about Roe v Wade- something that directly impacts her as an American woman- and her not talking about Gaza, something that she has no connection to. Not that she can't empathize w the situation, but It's like saying... "Hey, you got upset because you lost your expensive watch, why aren't you upset that my cousin, twice removed, had his house robbed!" Like oh that sucks but sometimes people don't want to speak on things they are not directly related to, in control of, or fully educated about.
The problem with her reaction to Roe v. Wade is that it wasn’t just her talking about it, she took it way too far and started blaming and shaming and criticizing every other content creator who didn’t talk about it. In her full rant she was saying that nobody who has any Internet platform has any excuse not to talk about it and that anybody with an audience has a moral responsibility to talk about controversial uncomfortable topics. To me and a lot of other people, that’s what makes her a massive hypocrite and fully deserving of the backlash, don’t dish out what you can’t take
I think that she realized what she said and had a moment of realization that its crazy that a person with a checkmark is the only way for information to get out, not that she didn't want to have to be that person just that she has to be the source.
i don't know. i feel like we are looking for activism and social change in the wrong places. i genuinely don't care what brittany thinks about world issues, i don't care what she's been "silent on" or what tea she might be hiding. i seriously don't care. i have a job, i go to uni and i spend time with my family.. why can't yall do the same. 😭
@@Jirangaaa Wow that's a gross way to say that comment. I am unbelievably mad at Cody. I will not forgive him, he needs to get off every platform he has no good faith left whatsoever. Brittany I am so willing to forgive, she just has to own up. She's being a bad feminist and it's ok to criticise two people.
One of the big things (aside from her reaction to the Palestine issues) I stopped watching her is her video on Elvis - I absolutely love how well crafted Brittany is when she nerds out - shes one of the best spoken nerds I've watched in my 20+ years of finding nerds to watch. but with how much she romanticized the relationship with Elvis and his 14-16 yearold wife, and how she couldn't stop talking about how hot elvis/and the actor who played him was, and the way she talked about the relationship was just so gross. it took her like 40 minutes to say the age gap/dating a teen was bad. after gassing up elvis and this relationship. I had to stop at that point.
nfdigieger U DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I NEED TO READ THIS. IM SORRY FOR YELLING, BUT I WAS GOING CRAAAZZZY THINKING WHY SHE GLOSSED OVER THE FACT SHE WAS 14!!!!!! WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER AND ROMANTICED IT HOLY SHIT. I SAW ONE PERSON MENTION THAT.
Girl thank you so much for this video. I’m on the fence about the Britney stuff so getting not only this lovely timeline but also the validation that this shit is messy and complicated and less black and white than people make it out to be really makes me feel better about this. Don’t wanna be a mindless stan nor a hater for no reason.
I also remember a while back she was criticized for using AAVE as a white woman, and she doubled down and said it was 'internet slang' instead of acknowledging it. So when she spoke on BLM, a lot of black creators expressed that it felt insincere in light of her response to people. Even when she's not getting 'exposed' she has a bit of a pattern of having really bad responses to valid criticisms and then coming back with a lukewarm apology after further backlash. Obviously I can't say if those are her real thoughts or if she's just horrible defensive in the face of confrontation, but it does play a big part in why people are so critical of her. She claims to be one thing but acts as another
i think it’s very silly to expect more from influencers than we do from our ACTUAL politicians who decide what happens with situation like this. was it valid for her to feel like it’s stupid that people want her to speak out on something that she has absolutely no place to speak on as someone who doesn’t have the knowledge? yeah. was it a stupid decision to post a video about it? yeah. people make mistakes. she took accountability and continues to talk about politics when it’s appropriate
There is a point to be made with the points she made about Palestine. It made sense for Brittany to comment on Roe v Wade because she is a woman and it affects her personally. It's weird to me that when men have a negative opinion towards anything to do with women's rights (such as reproductive rights), they will say "well you aren't a woman so you know nothing and aren't allowed an opinion. you aren't allowed a seat in this discussion" but they somehow expect content creators who aren't at all involved in Middle Eastern military conflicts to give their opinions on it. I do think it's somewhat weird to expect white, American TH-camrs/podcasters to feed you information and opinions about what's going on in the Middle East, and I think such things can be borderline harmful. For many people, they will simply take the opinions and talking points of their favorite TH-camr and graft them onto their own personality. I really don't think social media influencers whose main content is "reacting to asmr boyfriend content" and whose first breakout into the spotlight was a video where she made funny faces should be the ones leading discussions on politics and military conflict. I think Brittany is completely correct that that expectation is honestly dystopian. Plus, when there are already thousands of TH-camrs, streamers, podcasters, etc. who have spoken about Palestine, I do question whether it matters if that one extra white person says "this is bad". Do you really think there's someone whose ONLY interaction with computers or the internet is with Brittany's channel? They just open their browser, type in the direct URL to Brittany's YT channel and never go outside of the content available there? If it's about informing people, I can pretty confidently guess that every single member of Brittany's audience has likely already heard about Palestine from dozens of other content creators or social media influencers. And I definitely agree that these hunts to find out who hasn't spoken up about a certain subject are a waste of time and energy.
Screaming at random influencers to give their piece on politics reeks of performative activism to me. If you actually want to do something productive contact your local government, go to a protest or donate money to charity. But that’s hard and you won’t get social media brownie points. Spamming the Palestinian flag on a random TikTok is easy and will get a ton of likes. They wanna do nothing and have it count as something which isn’t how any of this works.
honestly, the way I feel about Brittany is the same way I feel about most "influencers" or social media personalities. Their entire brand, and therefore their entire living, is dependent on people liking them and seeing them in a certain way, which would be an extraordinarily stressful life to lead. Other celebrities, unless they've literally committed crimes or have multiple serious allegations against them, can usually survive a negative perception. There are TONS of actors, musicians, etc. who people dislike for various reasons, but that doesn't take away their career, because directors still hire them and music labels don't drop them over minor scandals. Also, they're at liberty to keep more of their private lives...private. Whereas, with influencers there's a precedent for them to share more of themselves and for their lives to be more "genuine." Because of this, I feel like influencers end up either masking their true opinions, lifestyles, etc. and presenting us with a delicately curated version of themselves that carefully avoids any controversy (which feels incredibly fake to me) OR they end up making mistakes. Because they're HUMAN, and humans make mistakes. No person on planet earth can ever have "correct" (or at least popularly aligned) opinions on everything, no person can always say the right thing, associate with the right people, keep up an image that is all the things people want from them. And so any influencer who tries to be true to themselves is going to end up getting hate at some point. So at this point, as long as I enjoy a person for what content they have to offer and feel like they're a decent enough person, I don't really give a fuck about controversy. Messy people who repeatedly cause controversy and do things to piss people off for the attention are not my cup of tea and I find so obnoxious, but people who are clearly just out of their depth in certain situations and don't know the right thing to do or say don't bother me. It's only when an influencer has done something seriously wrong/illegal that I will make the conscious decision not to support them any longer.
it is frustrating to hear influencers think that what we want is for them to teach us or to become our source for political news…when it’s really just wanting them to AMPLIFY what is already out there. amplify the voices that don’t get the same reach, amplify actions we can take, mutual aid or other donation funds. as an influencer, you can act as a megaphone - and just as she says herself, why wouldn’t you want to do that if you have the reach?
i do not know if brittany was aware of the cody ko allegations pre-d’angelo wallace’s video, however i’m sure she only said “if they are true…” to avoid possible legal troubles bc that can be taken as a defamatory statement if she claims they are 100% true bc sadly these aren’t proven true in a court of law.
D’Angelo even said “these are just allegations” but the word if gets Twitter riled up? You can’t tell me otherwise, the internet wants to be babied by online strangers so badly.
bro i watched your video about d’angelo’s (im a sub to both of you) and i was so proud that you two gained so much traction esp when speaking on a topic that has been brushed aside. not as many people mentioned you, which i feel is a disservice but we see you and we hear you amanda :)
22:11 you missed where Brittany and Sarah talk about Cody and Tana old Collabs, and then they move on to talk about old makeup Collabs in general then Brittany says that’s a little bit more forgivable what wouldn’t be forgivable about Cody and Tana just making Collabs unless she knew that it was more
I do understand the frustration and disappointment people have regarding her text post about the Cody situation but I do wonder if she uses “if” and “allegations” for legal reasons? Maybe her legal team, if she has one, told her to phrase it in that way to avoid any legal trouble. I’m no legal expert or anything but idk might be why she didn’t phrase the situation in definitive terms.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel like it wouldn’t make sense for Britney to collaborate with Tana and Trisha because they aren’t in the same “genre” of the internet. I don’t know everyone who she has collaborated with but they mostly are more in the comedy scene from what I know.
Ironically Trixie just had Jane on their channel and they made a comment about Brittany that kind of seemed off from what is typical of Trixie. Maybe something happened between them, maybe they were being sarcastic, I don’t know.
@@mikamicki honestly I can’t remember but it was said in the first 10 minutes of the video. I paused it to rewatch it but I didn’t get what they were alluding to
i loved her she was my LIFE LINE from 2020-2023 but how she took the gaza situation completelty ruined her for me. its okay to be a little late, but how she acted just ruined the persona shes built. and she still hasnt done much... how can your persona preach activism and not do it when there is a ethnic genocide in gaza and rafah. when people need it MOST is unforgivable to me. i hope all of this makes her learn and grow.
I do like the idea of influencers being a way to pressure the wealthy/upper class into becoming vocal about social change, but what happened to just... turning on the news? Why do internet micro-celebrities have to spoon-feed you this information?? If people had just left her alone and kept being vocal in their own spheres, eventually, all that support would overlap and spill out into the mainstream, where she would see it, and feel pressured to finally say something. Just be patient! Also, those who criticized her for "not speaking out" never actually cared about Palestine. It's all performative. They just want to make sure they can keep stanning their fave without being cancelled for it. You're using an actual fucking *genocide*--the deaths of thousands of innocent people--as a litmus test to see whether or not you can keep liking someone. That's not gonna save lives. That's not gonna stop Israel. Keep donating and being vocal, regardless of who says what. That is what will bring change. Not some hissy-fit on TikTok.
young people dont and wont seek out news like that 🤷🏻♀️ also when it comes to palestine there are concerns that mainstream media is heavily biased bc of western governments stance on it
Wow, best comment on here! Edit; before the Twitter mobs gets to me, that Western bias is not really a thing anymore. Speaking from the Netherlands and Belgium, where the 'bias' among 'influencers' 'speaking out' is as great as information from big news media. An influencer saying "I stand with Palestine people" is gonna be the same as VRT, NPO or anyother news network from around here reporting on Israel bombing another hospital.
@@TikoVerhelst i see what you mean but at least here in canada, the official government stance has only really shifted after the UN court ruling last week. there definitely at least used to be a bias. but really most people are overwhelmed/tired and use social media to zone out. most people dont want to purposely seek out news because that seems exhausting. so i guess the idea was for influencers to catch them on social media and "wake them up"?
i find it hard to see how people can be patient while people are dying. celebrities are famous because people follow them and i think its okay to want to know if an influencer/celebrity you're supporting is against genocide or not. like brittany broskis following is directly responsible for her income so why shouldnt they be allowed to know whether or not she opposes genocide? im certainly not comfortable supporting people who care more about their livelihood than the lives of others.
brittany's close friends clip set off a lot of red flags. to me, her saying"the situation in the middle east" was indicative of a wider problem--the viewing of the middle east as a monolithic, complicated abstract that is completely divorced from her. i can't bring myself to believe her when in her podcast clip she says she supports the liberation of p@lest!nien people, especially when she didn't even acknowledge how and why they are suffering. she is not a politically conscious person unless it involves herself.
It really annoys me how when I, a victim of SA, try to bring up criticisms about Brittany's wording in her response and how it negatively impacts victims, people keep saying we should just focus on Cody, the perpetrator, and we're holding Brittany to crazy standards. As if humans don't have the capacity for focusing on more than a single thing at once. Brittany built her career on allyship but she's showing she's not a true ally.
its not her problem to speak about and people literally forced her to speak up about it. do you even realize that if she hadn't used the word "if" she could get sued? y'all do expect so much from her and its mind boggling
@@mwon1673You're emotional maturity is underdeveloped. If you're a child hopefully that'll change. If you're an adult, you really need to work on that.
@@Aster_Risk i am a victim myself and i am not a kid thanks for your concern, but people calling her out more than cody himself or other male friends he has is so ridiculous. She doesn't owe y'all anything and she shouldn't risk her whole career and get sued just because y'all want her to speak up. u need to stop expecting sm from people you dont even know. if u think that's mature, maybe you should rethink your 'emotional maturity'
@@Aster_Risk How is girly saying she would get sued if she confirms anything Underdeveloped emotional maturity? I solely believe they are only being realistic and not delusional like you guys.
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Hi!! Love the video, there was just something you may have forgotten to mention. there was a situation about her (mis)use of AAVE and her referring to it as internet slang. Though not as big as the situations mentioned in the video, I suggest watching Tee Noir and more specifically Ms Black Introverts video about it 💕💕💕
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i think the main issue about her not speaking up, was that she put herself on that pedestal of morals by saying if you got a platform you should speak up, just to turn around and say that she doesnt have to just because she got a platform. especially since the issue she spoke on before directly affected her and the killings of people in gaza doesnt.
Everyone is saying she didn't speak up, but she literally did in a podcast episode
@@stargirl.hananahafter people confronted her about it cmon now
@@stargirl.hananahafterwards though, and the close friends video was not a great look either, with her completely contradicting what she’s said before on that podcast. It was just really disappointing tbh
@@stargirl.hananah she only said that in the podcast episode after she got a lot of flack for her blatant hypocrisy
Eh. I think she’s mostly talked about issues that are pertinent to her country.
my problem with this whole situation is people are attacking brittny when cody ko literally committed a crime
it’s crazy the amount of people coming for her as if she was the one that did the crime.
Both people can be held accountable for both shitty things that they have done. Obviously Cody ko deserves way more hate as he’s an actual predator and a scumbag that goes without saying.
I mean people are definitely talking abundantly about Cody. Brittany is just also in there too. It's topical
I mean she's done awful things... I'm not surprised she's excusing his actions.
I agree but at the same time it's valid criticism and a lot of people see criticism as attacking and cancelling when all it is is just a critique. Personally, the reason why Brittany's response bothered me is because she's my only connection to the situation. I don't watch Cody or Tana, but I have supported Brittany on basically everything she's done. If she is standing behind a predator by not supporting tana she becomes a person I no longer want to support.
I honestly think that the reason we push influencers to be involved in the global community outside of their vanity and brand deals is because they are our access point into the upper class. We cannot get politicians and A-List celebrities to listen to us because they behave as if they live above us. Influencers are in the middle of the wealthy class and the working class because a lot of them come from the working class. Influencers are our eyes and ears to peak into the wealthy class so if we can get them involved in social change, then there is a better chance that their peers and superiors will get involved.
So beautifully worded!
Influencers also have no power over these matters. They only have influence over us, the public. They are still considered to be above us since we are the ones they are supposed to be influencing.
Nice theory, but the whole noble part about "peers" doesn't make any sense.
It FEELS as if they can influence politicians. But these are different words.
You can harass an influencer and ban them, you can't harass a politician. That's why you cancel one and not the other.
Don't make it better than it is. Cancel culture is about thinking you're doing a lot when you're actually not doing anything except drama.
It's like CERTAIN women saying "we're not gossiping, we're just discussing observations we've made."
(Added the word 'certain' in fear of being canceled for being a misogynistic internet commentor......
By people who don't understand that "women" doesn't have to mean ALL women......)
No, if you actually. You'd be in politics influencing politicans as think tank instead of telling yourself the lie that cancelling someone into deleting that Twitter is making the world a better place.......
(Sorry for the hard rant, but I can get really fed up with this "cancelling is good" narrative where people only focusing on cancelling others instead of actually focusing on making the world better with preventive measures or better communities.
Makes sense, healthy communities is more controversial and takes more time and effor than pointing out "the problematic person of the week".)
@@TikoVerhelst I agree but that random dig at women was so unnecessary it’s crazy
@@TikoVerhelst Just say you hate women lol.
i wouldn’t expect an influencer that makes exclusively silly comedic tiktoks or grwms to speak out about the ongoing genocide in gaza right HOWEVER brittany has marketed herself as a somewhat political influencer and that leaked story kinda shattered her entire image for me personally
idk if you adamantly declare that people with platforms have a duty to speak out about things that are happening in the world and you remain silent about a fucking genocide and when your fans note your silence and your knee jerk response is to say how am i fucking qualified to speak about this well i think that’s pretty fucking shitty
Yes yes yes! This is exactly it for me. She portrayed herself as someone who believe that you should use your platform and art for good
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in what world has she marketed herself as a political influencer? she is, first and foremost, a comedian. do comedians talk about politics sometimes? yes, but does that make them political commentators? absolutely not. also, i've noticed that she talks mostly about politics when it directly affects her like w roe v wade as a woman in america
EDIT: some of you can't read i guess so let me spell it out for you. i never said it was okay for her to stay silent, i did say she was being hypocritical. i just think all this anger is misplaced. i am angry at governments and the media for lying and supporting the opressor in the situation. i’m sorry but i’m not gonna get angry at a random woman on the internet for being a little dumb sometimes. everyone does stupid shit and you're not morally superior to anyone else in the leftist space.
and i can’t wait for someone to reply to this with the classic “we can be angry at all those things at once.” that is not how this shit is done. the ppl of 🍉 need us to do *targeted* boycotts and protests not whatever this stupidity is. it's good when content creators and celebrities talk abt the issue but if they don't i'm not gonna treat them like a murderer. i don't know these ppl, they are entertainers, and there could be a myriad or reasons why they do what they do. the fact that so many of you think it's okay to harass and degrade a stranger on the internet just because they're famous and it's for a good cause is baffling to me
@@lenkv she has a podcast episode where she very strongly says that if you have a large platform you have a duty to use it to platform larger issues.
I personally don't think she has to talk about whatever she doesn't want to, but it did make her look like a hypocrite unfortunately.
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i understand not speaking on issues that you are unlearned on, however, when she is critical of other creators not using their platforms for activism, then turning around and trying to do the same thing herself then not speaking on that aspect at all is frustrating.
She has spoken out on a lot of issues, including the Cody ko situation....so I mean she's really doing everything she tells other people to do.
@@stargirl.hananah literally in this video if you watched it, she goes on a rant about how creators have a responsibility to use their platform to speak on issues that need to be heard about, proceeds to go on a rant about how dare people want her to do that, then talks about the issue people were asking her to talk about without addressing that she didnt want to in the first place and the hypocrisy of that. But obviously you didnt watch the video and just want to defend your white woman fav.
@@stargirl.hananahyoung dummies you are too new on this earth to have convictions like yourself are her bread and butter
@@maxhathaway5712 she has since learned from thst and has been outspoken on the ongoing genocide. she has links to donate all over her social medias. we need to allow ppl to grow from their mistakes or else it's just a echo chamber of whose morally superior.
@@aidqnii do you not think that she felt pressured into doing that and is only doing it because people were on her about staying silent? I am glad to see that she is currently using her platform as she expects others in her shoes to, but she did not intend to fill those shoes originally. To be clear, I dont think anyone should be forced to speak on topics that they are unknowledgeable about, or that they havent done research on yet, but you should not be turning around on the internet and crying that your followers expect you to hold yourself to the same standard you have for others.
I’m additionally tired of people saying “Stop holding celebrities to political standards! They’re not politicians!” When no one is doing that! I don’t expect Broski to change legislation but I do expect her to speak out on issues that affect minorities when she directly benefits off of the BRAND of being a feminist and a supporter of minority issues.
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Literally this!
I think this is reading too much into it. You really think she DIRECTLY profits off of feminism and being a supporter of “minority issues”? Or does she have a platform that she mainly uses for comedy and stuff she’s interested in, and occasionally speaks on more serious topics just because she wants/feels the need to. If it was blatantly her brand then sure but her brand has always been Brittany. And I don’t think feminism has ever been her entire personality trait.
I dont understand the anxiety surronding politics, like ppl really think political crisis in the world gonna be fixed by ignoring it
I agree I’m not expecting Brittney to breakdown Palestinian history or how Zionism is a colonial movement all I want is attention to the g*nocide and money/ ways to donate to families fleeing and ones who need money for life on the Gaza Strip , Lizzo for her flaws did a good job with how she posted how she’s helping and how to donate , hell Ariana did it to , an kehlani has been vocal about the g*nocide and posting resources to learn about the occupation , if asking an influential person to shed light on a g*nocide by posting resources of people who know better than they do and post where to donate to help is akin to holding them to politician standards were cooked as a society .
11:39 “because I have a checkmark and over a million immediately I’m qualified” that’s … not why people are asking you to speak up. People are asking you to speak up because you’ve propped yourself up as someone who will use their platform to bring attention to horrible stuff happening in the world.
and have collaborated with cody on multiple occasions, jarvis johnson who has never even met the guy made a statement on his channel, so…
ppl will badger content creators for not speaking up in the right way though, literally it doesnt matter if they posture themselves as 'political' or not
Exactly. People are not looking for her to personally present a highly detailed solution to every conflict she speaks about...simply speak about, urge others to educate themselves, bring attention to causes/charities/fundraisers...etc...esp. w the genocide in Palestine educating,raising awareness, and supporting aid is crucial.
Has Brittany ever done that? I've never gotten this impression that she's some politically motivated influencer trying to bring awareness to the wrongs of the world. Like 95% of her content is her ranting about inconsequential things in a funny way and talking about how horny she is. I feel like people are trying to force a narrative that she was presenting herself as something she never was.
to bring attention to horrible stuff happening *to white people 🤓👆 in the world. That was the silent part she didn’t say. Unless it’s Tana, apparently.
the sarah aspect is such a blip in the video but their friendship break up was so sad to me, like i believe they had bought a house together at the time (maybe it was rented, but i swear they mentioned they purchased it on an insta story or their zillow listing videos). sarah has been very open about her recovery journey from alcohol dependency and maybe that played a role in things fizzling out, but brittany leaving to do her own pod always put such a bad taste in my mouth :/ im v happy sarah decided to keep going with it the pod.
it’s interesting comparing the two bc they do have very similar backgrounds (military brat, bible thumping families, finished college, comedy/social media) and have built very liberal audiences but only sarah has become an outspoken advocate that brittany thinks she is. every time i look at sarah’s stories she’s trying to educate herself on topics like palestine and uses her platform to amplify those voices. i was a pretty big fan of brittany’s but after her priv story rant, i was so put off and unfollowed and i was just so saddened by how her insta post about Cody framed Tana’s story :( believe victims unless it’s mr “nice guy” dude bro ig.
Sarah just is...a lot, so I am not too suprised it did not work out with them + Brittany has only risen in popularity while Sarah has been doing it for far longer...maybe causing some resentment. I dont think we will ever know why, but at the core Brittany appeared to be ready to associate with more famous (LA) people and go for that mainstream appeal while Sarah stayed true to herself.
same especially bc Sarah started the bcc podcast with Kendall not too long after, so from the outside it really feels like Brittney left her high and dry with a contract and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces. That’s just my speculation tho
@@m00nrac00n brittany routinely films herself shitting while doing accents. sarah isnt 'a lot' especially compared to brittany - she's just autistic. at least be honest about your bias.
That and the “I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with the situation in Gxza” video…for lack of a better word was so tone deaf
I love Sarah and the activism she pursues online. I find myself no longer supporting creators that don't believe in similar causes as me. I also unfollowed Britney.
The thing about brittany is that she’s extremely hypocritical. If she didn’t present herself as a feminist that speaks up for social issues, people wouldn’t be mad at her for not supporting women and not speaking out about Palestine. it’s the hypocrisy of it all truly
didn't she just want to get her words together for Palestine before speaking on it? and from what I've gathered all she said was "if it's true" during the Cody situation? that seems totally fair when dealing with allegations and has nothing to do with supporting a friend over a victim. It's a neutral standpoint.
@@peepawshairline The problem with her saying "if it's true" is that there is no way to legally or "officially" prove that it's true. Cody himself would have to confirm this story which would be an idiotic move from him - essentially admitting to a crime. No evidence was collected after their alleged intercourse since Tana did consent to it, and the statue of limitations has most likely already past. There's nothing more that can be done to prove that it's true. Gabbie Hanna has corroborated this story in an unrelated conversation, telling the very same events - speaking of a 25 y/o and a 17 y/o making out and her telling the 25 y/o to watch out, because the girl is underage. She didn't name anyone, but told the exact same story happening at the exact same event. Even without her corroborating this story, the biggest tell of this allegation likely being true is the fact that Cody is silent. He's going to try and remain "innocent until proven guilty", when there is no way to prove his guilt other than what we already have. Britanny remaining neutral is just an awfully convienient way for her to not have to speak out against her friend, knowing that there's never gonna be a time when we know for sure that it is true.
@iblispog makes sense, but it just seems totally unfair to say she's a complete hypocrite who puts men on a pedestal and hates women over what was probably intended to be a neutral statement.
@iblispog she couldve used the same "legal language" that d'angelo used but no
@@peepawshairlineyeah I also remember in one of her podcast episodes she said something like “all humans are hypocrites, we are all inherently hypocrites” so I think she could be aware of her hypocrisy.
Unfortunately, I do perceive this to be a situation of “always believe the victim (until proven false) UNLESS the perpetrator is friend, family, or someone you idolize”
I love Brittnay’s content, but I do think that she absolutely could have handled this better, definitely considering how vocal she’s been about being a fan of Cody since forever.
Especially, since she has introduced probably a good chunk of her young majority female audience to him.
I don’t think she should take responsibility for his actions AT ALL, but from a internet image stand point she absolutely should have taken a stronger stance against him.
What else could she have done? She took all the videos of him off her TH-cam?
i also think part of the issue is how her managers are in very similar (if not the same sphere) as cody's. i might be misremembering this, but im pretty sure they have the same talent agency. therefore she'd be getting a lot of pressure from the agency lawyers to not speak out in a more definitive way or there would be consequences. its easy for us who arent with a talent agency to say "she shouldve done more" when we dont know what types of pressures shes facing
i might just have misinterpreted your comment, but what happened to innocent until proven guilty? im not entirely familiar with the cody ko situation, but if she wasnt 100% sure the allegations were true yet then why would she need to take such a strong stance? the only part of her comment that triggers people is the "if the allegations are true" part. i dont understand how that undermines the victims or anything? plus we dont even know about how much she can speak on it legally
A measured response both saying she could've handled it better and we can point it out while not trashing her entire persona? Thank you, damn
@ethandoodlez9987 innocent until proven guilty has only ever been the principle in the court of law. The court of public or personal opinion has no such rule. People can think whatever they want about whoever they want. And considering the statistics on false allegations vs real ones, it makes complete sense to make assumptions against cody even without the evidence.
Also, you don't have to condemn someone to support another. You can provide support to a victim coming forward without bashing or attacking the alleged perpetrator.
i don’t understand how ppl think criticism for two people can’t coexist. Like we can criticize both Cody and Britt at the same time.
Yeah it’s weird people are saying the blame is mostly on Britt / they are focusing too much on Britt when I don’t see that?
I see a lot more videos and comments on Cody with Britt occasionally being brought up, but never the focus.
You can criticize people on different levels at the same time.
@@TabbyWithMittens EXACTLYYY!!! like just bc that’s ur fyp and you mainly see ppl talking abt Britt more, doesn’t mean people ARENT talking about Cody. I feel like ppl really can’t grasp that other ppl see completely different sides of the internet at all.
@@samaraisntit's the opposite in real life girl
Oh please you people let men get away with everything that even a woman has to take the blame for it
yes lmao i saw that top comment too
she wants credit for being an ally, but only when it's easy and the popular opinion that will only get backlash from people who wouldn't be in her audience anyway. she doesn't show up when we actually need her to. "performative activism" is thrown around, but she's a perfect example to bring up when talking about what it really is. she showed her true colors in that close friends story leak.
I agree 1000% well said
agreed
IMO worst part was that she blamed and shamed other influencers for not using their platform to discuss controversial uncomfortable topics, it’s one thing to talk about whatever you want on your platform, it’s another thing to demand what other people talk about on their platforms. She’s a massive hypocrite and she is being treated exactly the same way she treated others
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She got famous for drinking Kombucha, it's not that serious. What are you doing for the Palestinians?
She drew me in with the fangirl and activism talk, then I found out she's not only all talk but she's becoming a detriment.
I'm not holding her to a higher standard because she's a woman, I'm holding her to the standard SHE SET because that's why I became her fan in the first place.
Thinking she's better than Tana and Trisha is what made me stop watching and this is just the nail in the coffin.
She has collabed with men far more problematic than Tana and with some men who haven't owned up to their mistakes like Tana has. I like both Brit and Tana and this comment is gonna get me a lot of hate, but I'm just gonna say it: I think Brittney has a hard time being in a room with a woman who might be funnier than her. And people hate on Tana all the time, but they can't doubt that she is effortlessly hilarious. Just my two cents. Let the flames commence.
i didnt know she prided herself on political activism until now. maybe thats more on her podcast and her instagram bc i honestly didnt know she was that political.
@@jessjess23brooks89 to me it feels like she still has some amount of unadressed internalized mysoginy and holds women to a much higher standard. She acknowledges all these things like ahhh online audiences let men get away with so much more, but that mean jack sh*t when you also do the same thing and don´t practice what you preach. I still enjoy her and wish she can grow from this.
Lol you know she's a comedian right? Who got famous for drinking Kombucha? These standards... What are you doing for the Palestinians?
@@Andy_0017I didn't get that when she was trying to say "fresh avocado" in her famous tiktoks...
As a Brittany Broski enjoyer I really appreciate this video, it’s been so hard to find any compiled information on it! I haven’t watched it yet but I’m hoping it’s nothing terrible 😭
sameee
she’s just questionable…people make mistakes but with her she makes the same ones again and again, it makes me question her lol
its not
@@israa.6375i make mistakes too (sometimes the same ones over and over again) but the difference between me and brittany is my entire life and every action i make isn’t analyzed by millions of chronically online people. we’re all human, it’s okay to hold her accountable but “questionable” is a weird way to say fallible.
@@israa.6375again and again??? all i can think of that is repetitive is her being male-focused, but literally why does anyone care. men are always dominant in youtube spaces, it's not brittany's fault for that.
One thing I'll say is, I never had standing up for Tana on my bingo card, but here we are. Because you don't have to like a person to believe them and believe they deserve respect for what they've gone through.
She's protecting herself, youtubers have blindly believed before and stated their opinions only for it to be false and suddenly everyone is coming for them.
@@katie5920 There's ways to not jeopardize yourself legally and also show support or denounce behavior. She wordedit very weird.
Tana being a more mature adult than Brittany is not a conclusion I thought I would come to, yet now I stand by it strongly
@@parker25489 I think they’re equally mature 💀 they’re both kind of shitty ppl. But a terrible thing happened to Tana and we can acknowledge that while acknowledging that terrible, unfair things can happen to shitty people.
What happened doesn’t absolve her of the things she’s done.
@@emerycorneri dont think the way she worded it was weird at all 🤷♂️ i feel like people just like to be angry and find issues with even the most mundane things. Like cody ko literally did despicable things and people are completely losing the plot and getting their panties in a bunch over britneys “choice of wording” like cmon now really?
YES! the violating community guidelines ending was sooo hard to get through, that was one of my fave podcasts. it’s also interesting to see the disparity between sarah’s stance on palestine versus brittany’s
@@mkurb475 Can I ask what Sarah’s stance was? I’m not in the know lmao
@@DistressedCrabshe’s very outwardly pro palestine (i believe)
@@mkurb475 Sweet :)
@@DistressedCrab she also posts a lot on her stories about many other social issues and is VERY actively trying to educate herself. i've taken a bunch of reading recs from her :))
@@zeybani oooo awesome! Any reading recs you’d recommend? lol
I do think there is a layer of misogyny thrown at Brittany. Whilst she is not above criticism, i find it shitty that there are male influencers like joey graceffa, manny mua and more who openly support predators like james charles and by virtue signal to their audiences that that behaviour is okay with them, or other harmful influencers like david dobrik who still have millions and subscribers and fans but when Brittany says she does not agree with the situation people instead decide to hyper focus on her being the problem instead of cody because of some bad wording which if she did phrase it another way she could be sued for defamation
I couldn't agree more. No one is perfect but I'm sick of female content creators getting dragged for very minor offenses in comparison to other male content creators. The bar is so much higher for women who are in the public eye.
People have always been way harsher on women in the public eye than they ever are on men, this is just another example. Shane Dawson is still making videos but I know so of so many women who quit the internet over significantly worse backlash for significantly more minor issues
100% This is why Jenna marbles left the internet before it could happen to her.
i’ve never cared about her but after how she reacted to people asking her to speak up about palestine made me strongly dislike her because it was never about speaking like you know everything about what’s going on it’s mainly about simply spreading awareness and making palestinian voices heard because that’s literally one of the main thing palestinians have been asking for and it is just so simple
She acted like people were calling on her to lead a Harvard class on Middle Eastern studies. If you find it that difficult to come out and denounce genocide, you really need to do some deep introspection
She also acted as if she was a random influencer who NEVER talked about anything political therefore it would be insane for people to ask her to speak on palestine…like no girl you set yourself up to be a person who will always speak up against injustice
@@cyanidecherrypie I totally got that from "kombucha girl" and "freshavacado" lmfao
She's a tiktok star, start with yourself before you try to find validation in famous people.
The fact that she basically spat in her audience’s faces for wanting her to just acknowledge Palestine was sooo petty.
you missed the 'why i can't use aave, it's the internet language' video rant... in 2020 iirc. and there are members of lgbt community who are critical of her being involved in queer spaces as an ~ally~ while her allyship seems to be rather... surface-level
!!! i was waiting for that
OMGG yes, i've been looking for this one, i stopped watching her content since that happened and i always felt like her activism was very fake and only portrayed herself to be an activist to gain an audience, because so many thing she has said that were mentioned is this video sound exactly like that, like she's only doing this to please her audience and not be "cancelled", meaning she doesn't actually really care about any of these issues personally and if she wasn't scared of being cancelled, she'd keep collabing with problematic people and making problematic content and wouldn't address any social injustices at all, she seems like the kind of person who behind closed doors is actually not the "good person" that she claims/ portrays herself to be on the internet.
They let white rappers use AAVE or say the n word but it’s a problem when a white woman does it.
I must have missed the part where you are doing something for the Palestinians right now. Looks like nothing.
i don't understand why we need random influencers to be our allies omg.
personally i feel like brittany has just become more insincere with her content as she grows(which is common). from not collabing with tana bc she's worried about the fan reactions or not speaking about palestine then backtracking, she just seems so consumed in her image.
I kinda have to disagree on this. She's talked about a lot of vulnerable things (good, bad and silly) that are personal to her life increasingly in her episodes. I think her content has grown though because now she has the ability to meet people who she adores (Beyonce, H Styles, etc) and attend events that she wasn't able to before. I'm curious to know how you think she's become more insincere though.
@@oliviaw.2842 i totally get what you're saying, maybe insincere isn't the right word i should use. maybe more produced? or just PR trained? she just seems to care more about image and how she will be perceived than what she actually thinks. like with the palestine close friends story, instead of just saying she doesn't feel qualified to speak she stays silent publicly and makes a private story in poor taste. of course this isn't to say she's a bad person or anything close, it's just something i personally see in brittany and many other creators when they get bigger
I honestly don't blame her, the Internet is holding creators to higher and higher standards every day. Picking apart every action with a fine tooth comb.
@@choosehappy9224 some of the scrutiny is curated by her own standards for herself and others
What is canceling a tiktocker going to do for the Palestinians?
i don’t think sarah is perfect either but the way she uses her platform compared to brit is very different. even though her platform is smaller than brits she always talks about issues that are important to her and many people. i always just thought she came across as more real than brittany even though she did sometimes say some things on the pod that didnt come across as super well.
I also find it strange you never mentioned the AAVE scandal she had because that put the black community very firmly against her for a time. As a black person, I found that to be the earliest indication of her character.
Yup! I feel like it set the expectation of how she responds to any criticism thrown her way. First she gets defensive, then back tracks and makes a bad statement, then makes a “proper” apology. Rinse and repeat
please tell me what this is about
@@7ves She referred to words that were AAVE as “internet lingo” or something along those lines, and then was surprised that people got upset at her diminishing it to that. People were also upset at the way she handled the situation, ie. getting defensive then backtracking.
@@cyanidecherrypie oh no! She used a popular dialect!
@@queridolovesbees9536 stop giving them fame then? What is everyone doing for the Palestinians? Nothing but crying on a TH-cam comment lol how funny.
The video she made after the close friends video was leaked to me made me so disgusted of her. Mind you I had been watching her religiously for months, genuinely she made my day. However I’ve also been watching Gazan children be slaughtered, Gazan women be raped and Gazan men be beaten and used as human shields for 9 months. I related to Britany because I thought she cared about human rights issues, and I think she does to a certain extent, just not those that don’t affect her.
Wait, so what are you doing for the Palestinians.
@HooLeePhucingSheet and what are YOU doing except using their suffering to kiss the ass of an influencer that has literally proven that she does not care about her fans 😭 people are actively spreading Palestinian voices like they ASK and spreading gofundmes and donation organizations so, may I fucking ask again, what do YOU do?
@@toidIllorTAmI we're all just random people on TH-cam; you literally do not know what someone is or isn't doing with their time and money.
@@kelseyjaffer that's why I asked. I want to discuss it.
I find brittany not appearing on cancelled crazy too bc she was on pretty basic TWICE, a female oriented podcast that definitely doesn’t align with her brand or viewers. Her excuses for not being on Tanas don’t make any sense.
It’s only because it’s Tana who’s had a problematic past vs the two who do pretty basic don’t (as far as I know idk I don’t know much about them). I still don’t like how Brittany supposedly told Tana she couldn’t do the podcast because her fans would hate her… like Brittany you could have just said no thank you or not responded 😭😭
i was a huge brittany fan forever, and while i definitely agree that a lot of things she said are worded incredibly poorly and that she should be FAR more vocal on the genocide in gaza (to the point where i now just don't watch her content regularly, if at all) i have also seen her be the subject of the internet's truly brain rotted way of interpreting everything everyone says in the worst faith possible. people absolutely dogpile her after taking what she said to mean the worst thing it possibly could, which is why we get so many creators exhaustively saying "now PLEASE don't think-" or "i don't mean-" or "i'm NOT saying that-" after every gd thing they say. it is genuinely amazing to me how everyone is determined to think the worst of everyone else.
thank you this is how i feel. like not everyone is a demon.
THIS. Beautifull put.
That. Is. It.
I wish we could go back to a time when people weren't just waiting for a mistake to f up.
I am a Contrapoints stan and she explained it beautifully. She keeps getting cancelled for minor things, tweets she makes in 30 seconds, instead of the actually real meat of her videos.
Her video "Cancelling" here on TH-cam is really good and really reflects your arguments! I truely, truely, truely wish 'this will change somehow someday into something healthy again.
YES. Exactly this. I'm so tired. Of COURSE I want people to be good people. But it's also really tiring when people are expected to be perfect when that's something none of us could ever hope to be. There's a whole range of people who are creators, and while some of them have done truly heinous and inexcusable things (ahem, Cody), others are kinda just...trying their imperfect best. I feel like there's a difference between hoping that people will improve and saying someone is absolutely beyond hope when they aren't perfect.
This is exactly how I feel too 😭 I think bandwagon hate is making everything Brittany has done seem much worse than any of it actually is. I need people to stop with the nitpicking of her words and let her BREATHE so she can actually interpret her feelings about issues like Cody how she sees fit! The “if” argument is driving me insane, little details in semantics don’t convey that Brit doesn’t support Tana - it’s SEMANTICS! I don’t like that this video was even made - these comments are just a cesspool of hate towards Brittany.
@@kikiloloplpl The video is not really bad (she began by saying this all isn't real drama in her opinion) and the comments would be hating either way, but just on Twitter.
AMEN to the rest of what you said. I'm still waiting for one example of cancel culture where someone was actually forgiven for what they did.
It's usually when someone did something really minor and extremely apologized for it.
It feels like how religious people would excommunicated someone, than the person would beg on hands and knees to be forgiven.
And what did they do? Say "Goddamit" when stubbing their toe.
Cancel culture is given me the same vibes. Be good, begone or if your in the middle, be always on your hands and knees apologizing to "the community" for "your mistakes".
I liked Brittany a lot but my thing is why don’t you just be honest? Like if I were a celebrity or creator I’d just say “I don’t want to talk about this or collab with them because I DON’T WANT TO” someone is always gonna hate you because that’s just how life and the internet is. So if you wanna do something do it if you don’t then don’t.
exactly
But she was that hater. She blamed and shamed other influencers for not talking about controversial topics that had nothing to do with them or the type of platform they had. She said they had a responsibility to talk about and show uncomfortable things in their platform even if they didn’t want to, that this was their moral imperative if they have a platform and there’s no excuse not to. She was so self-righteous and she deserves the backlash because all anybody did was treat her the same way she had treated others.
Do you see the rabid fanbase? You can't even eat a vanilla ice cream without being called racist lmfao
@@bebop2523 yea…..that’s why I used like in the past tense….
I think a part of brittany’s history that never gets mentioned is that she was very vocal in support of the BLM movement which she actually received a lot of backlash for! people were angry that a white woman from the south was ‘taking away focus’ from the movement and that she shouldn’t be speaking on it. I truly think this is ONE of the reasons she was so hesitant to speak up on the Palestine genocide! Not excusing her not speaking up soon enough, but it is an interesting connection
EDIT: So the main reason she had backlash for speaking up about BLM was because simultaneously she was using a Blaccent / AAVE! I knew her history of that as well but I never put the dots together (I was 12 when it went down lol) that it was connected! But my point still stands: she never apologised for it so she didn’t see anything wrong with what she did, so she’s like well I spoke up before and was shut down and now they want me to speak up?
It might only be a tiny part of her perspective but it deffo plays a part
People were attacking her because she used aave a lot and instead of acknowledging it she said it was 'Internet slang'. That was the reason she received backlash, because she was being vocal about the bml movement while being disrespectful
At least that's how I remember it
@@r.o.I was actually just typing out a separate comment about the AAVE! didn’t know the two situations were connected! thanks for letting me know. that might explain it as well because she never apologised for the AAVE when multiple creators called her out specifically, I remember Tee Noir did so she didn’t see it as a problem. She may to this day think that she was attacked because she was ‘unqualified’ so she thought the same would happen now with Palestine
@@r.o.im from the south and ive ran into the aave issues due to aave and southern slang having an overlap (due to obvious historical reasons).
however ive never understood the "internet slang" argument. like maybe if you're 12, you may believe that. but if you're an adult you probably have awareness to see that these terms existed before the internet.
@@r.o.that's exactly what happened, as a matter of fact plenty of black content creators explicitly stated that's why they wanted her to not speak, so I'm confused on why this comment is phrased the way it is when black people multiple times explained in detail their issue with Brittany
She made an entire video on her tik tok complaining about people wanting her to talk about it... So I don't think it was that. She seemed like she just didn't care...
I can’t watch Brittney anymore. She just keeps disappointing me. She says all the right things concerning social issues but doesn’t step up to the plate when it comes time to use her platform. I was recently getting back into her after the Palestine comments. Then her Cody Ko response came out. There’s a clear pattern of behavior that makes me uncomfortable.
What are you doing for the Palestinian people? You didn’t even link a donation website…what are YOU doing?
@@NobuxD do they have a million followers?
The problem with her not speaking up about the Palestinian genocide is that other content creators, who haven’t as clearly stated what one should do with their platform: use it to speak up about social issues, ARE speaking up about social issues. CC like Chad Chad, Not even Emily and Kurtis Conner are all part of Operation Olive Branch, an organization made to help Palestinians directly through donations. If she had simply been a part of that, advocated for donating to those families, she could’ve avoided the whole “I don’t know what to say and how to say it” bs. But instead she whined about being asked to speak up and honestly, if someone can’t even repost GoFundMe’s of Palestinians on their Twitter or whatnot, then they clearly don’t want to help people, they don’t care enough about oppressed people to risk their brand deals or viewerships. But yk, what do I know.
barf, paleslime
Giving a tiny black perspective, my main issue with Brittany (as a fan) is that in addition to collaborating with lots of problematic creatives point blank, she frequently surrounds herself with people that are pretty anti black and HIGH KEY racist. Theo and tana for example ESPECIALLY TRISHA have said and done so many problematic things to communities of color and ESPECIALLY black people. So it’s really disheartening for someone who frequently disavows racism and discrimination to be so blatantly performative. And she spends so much time talking about performative creatives who don’t live the politic that they preach.
just red flags in general
Yeah, that Theo guy is very sus. He said so many terrible things, I'm surprised he isn't deplatformed, let alone collaborated with. And many liberal folks love him when he himself doesn't seem so liberal to me to put it lightly.
14:22 it's a genocide of the Palestinian people, not a "war."
i noticed that evry youtuber has been referring to it as a war :/ like r they afraid of the word genocide or they dont want to take stances but its dumb and even harmful
@childofgod759 it's a shame, that even after months of the ethnic cleaning being documented, we have people calling it a "conflict" or a "war" because they're too scared to call it what it is
@@childofgod759I want to give her the benefit of the doubt because at times mentioning what is happening right now as what it is might suppress the video. It would have been better to address it as what it is but sadly it doesn’t always work that way. Maybe she could’ve edited something in but :/
@@childofgod759yeah, I think it’s partially because of censorship and stuff on certain social media platforms, words that are linked to violence against people can apparently get videos buried, but it should matter more to correctly discuss what is happening without watering it down. People are dying and it’s important to recognise that it is not a war.
i think it is both
i love brittany, long time fan of hers, and these are very valid points!! i never noticed the male centered collaborators before but y'all are very right about that!! i know that people were disappointed ayame collabed with her on her podcast bc of how vocal ayame is with palestine liberation. i do wish brittany continued to be vocal about palestine. great video!!
I had a family member that was arrested for the same crime Cody committed and the moment I heard about the arrest I knew it was true and he was dead to me. I had told my uncle about this family members arrest and he gave the response “if it’s true fuck him”. That if it’s true enraged me, my family member was a known creep and slimeball who was finally arrested but he still insisted on using “if it’s true”.
My family member was convicted of that and other things with the poor girl and is thankfully behind bars for the foreseeable future. I don’t know if my uncle came around to believing “it was true” after the conviction and I don’t care to hear more excuses.
Totally understand not being believed. My mum gaslit me into believing my uncle didn’t assault me and that he wouldn’t do that to the point I started believing it myself. Fucks you up when people don’t believe you
Sorry sister!! Me too, I had to cut off my godmother for going on vacation with an uncle who has charges. She’s just not a safe person anymore :(
Does he even know that family member personally or was even aware of any signs or his crime?
damn I'm shocked he was arrested because I had a 17 year old coworker dating a gang member who was 25 and nobody gave two shits. I told her to leave him but she never listened
Aw I guess let's ignore all the DA male victims who are publicly out there and innocent after women falsely accused them.
Have you heard about the Ava Kris Tyson situation? It’s so frustrating. People are using Ava being a predator as a way to hate on the trans community.
Hateful people are going to hate. Transphobic people are going to be transphobic. I truly believe if she never changed gender then this never would have come out as her being a predator and instead just guys joking around.
i very much doubt she’ll cover this but idk. but it’s fucked up
I've mostly seen people call out others going easy on Ava because of the trans status and minimizing the things that were done. The problem is also that these crimes are typically maIe ones. The behavior is very much that. Especially commissioning literal cp to be drawn from an "artist" that draws that. It's difficult to look at the pattern of behavior and say that it looks like a typical femaIe crime.
the ava thing imho is youtube creator issue rather than trans person issue. cause she's not the first youtuber that dmed minor fans and misused the power balance ...
Ava’s former friend f1nn5ter made a rlly good video abt the situation from the perspective from a trans person, highly recommend
Not sure if you'll talk about it, but I remember a big conversation about Brittany and AAVE at one point and how people were unsatisfied with her response.
the fact that she was laying on a watermelon pillow💀
What does that have to do with anything
@@tofu-kun633 watermelon represents the colors of the Palestinian flag (red green black and white) and has been used as a symbol by the pro Palestinian people. therefore what makes it ironic is that she was laying on that pillow while talking about “ why she shouldn’t be the one to speak on Palestine “
@@madiiskripy'all are reading WAYYYY to into this lmfao what are you doing for the Palestinians right now besides trying to cancel a tiktocker lmfao
@@madiiskrip ooh you're right that's funny I still think all of this stuff on her is a nonissue tho
I heard Jarvis Johnson drop your name with DeAngelos and i was like AMANDAAAA😂
Now if more people would talk about what’s happening in the Congo, Eritrea and Sudan.
ethiopia too :/
west papua and bangladesh too!
That's what I hate so much about the people here in the comments. Calling Broski a vile disgusting human being......
Meanwhile they themselves only educate themselves on issues when Twitter tells them to......
This comment with the replies mentioned so many countries and people around you in general will never care about them. Nor should they be expected to. Unless you're incredibly into world politics which most people are not, you will not fully grasp the conflicts and issues of e ery place. Not to mention, caring about everything all the time is too much for one person. It's exhausting, upsetting and will just never happen.
well there's no jews for people to hate on in this situations so obviously they're not gonna waste their time with it
As a fan of Brittney it really does bother me how she platforms/associates primarily with problematic men. As her fan, I would not have judged her for going on cancelled. I was begging for more female guests on Royal Court. She needs to get over it stop centering men.
Please avoid Hello Fresh in the future. They’re anti-union, care little for employee safety and are generally shady on the employer end. As a service, though, they’re really solid. But I’d just be more careful about your sponsors in the future. Please look into how they treat their employees.
Scentbird isn't great either, and it's so weird seeing people that still sponsor BetterHelp.
@@Muffinn_Cakesgirl who do y’all support y’all cancel everything and everyone
@@brewerskyler18 not canceling anyone just disappointed in creators who don't look further into who they're sponsoring
@@brewerskyler18 There’s no cancellation. I watched the video. I liked the video. I just left a critique. It’s not that big a deal.
i work at ups and when we get these boxes i get so grossed out, theyre soggy and always strangely warm. arent they supposed to have food in them? theres no dry ice in them either. i just dont trust the quality of em
Do y’all not truly remember Jenna marbles and why she left? It’s insane that everyone on the internet can say they’re not a hypocrite. If you were in front of millions of people, can you honestly say you would do anything stupid, hypocritical or wrong? I prefer someone who makes mistakes in their words and tries to do better, and tries to learn, than someone who points a finger at everyone else. How about instead of getting pissed off about an individual miles away maybe saying something stupid you go outside and touch grass and improve yourself. 😐
They’d rather see famous people be better rather than work on themselves.
exactly!
I don't know why people are so surprised Britney's fans would want her to speak out palistine when she has literally said, if you have a large platform you have a duty to speak out on those things. She literally said that.
So the fact that she wouldn't say something about GENOCIDE where innocent men women and children are being slaughtered because they're seen as less than animals due to their race, is pretty disgusting in hypocritical honestly.
Especially the fact she got upset about it??? Like, "oh no, people are asking me to say the bare minimum that genocide is bad, my life is so hard because people expect me to live up to the things I say."
A lot of people think about politics in a very abstract way, because it doesn't directly affect their life. But for a lot of people politics are there lives, because every political decision made directly influences their existence.
The privilege to be able to ignore politics is something I envy. To be able to watch countless videos of children being blown to smithereens and then just go "oh well, it's not happening here so I don't have any real conviction to care about it and I think it's fine that other people ignore it too" God how I wish I could feel that way.
I'm sick and tired of people acting like politics aren't literal life and death for so many people just because they have the luxury of not needing to care about it.
Cody and Broski have the same talent management, btw. Her lawyers and team probably crafted that statement to protect her from a lawsuit.
oh this explains a lot
this makes so much sense because i have been feeling for a while that I really don't like the direction that her management clearly want to push her towards
I'm so tired of this argument because it has no basis in reality and serves only to pretend like Brittany didn't mean the words she said. You don't need to say 'If it’s proven to be true' when you've already used the word 'allegation'. She wants to keep an avenue open for him and his clout, and she's a weirdo for it
It’s like you didn’t do any research on men being falsely accused, not saying kody is but it is a legal issue to just claim someone is ___ it’s called Defamation.
@@NobuxD I agree, that’s why I said the team probably crafted the statement so she wouldn’t be involved in a defamation lawsuit. I personally think Cody Ko should sue for defamation, unless she can prove it. False accusations are serious af.
I do think Brittany’s statement about Cody Ko is pretty shitty, but I have also heard that her and Cody are signed under the same talent agency. Some of Cody’s friends have also said that his lawyers are threatening them so they don’t talk about it. It could be her trying to say something to not have people speculate about it, but also be vague so she doesn’t get sued.
no yes me too, yet i haven’t really heard anyone bring that point up
I used to love Brittany and watch her a lot, i dont do it anymore because i have others types of interest now but i don't think she is a bad person and that wasn't the reason I stop watching but sometimes, even if we considered ourselves feminist, the patriarchy is so ingrained in our society that we don't notice our internalized misogyny, and i think majority of us have been there and we have to make an effort to disconstruct all our learn behaviors.
i wish Brittany collabed with more women because girls are best ❤
Ryan beard made a really good point about her response to the Cody situation. They’re signed with the same talent company and she probably has lawyers and agents breathing down her back saying that she can’t make a definitive statement. I really don’t think she’d be reacting this way if she wasn’t aligned to Cody in that way
This was a much more balanced take on the Brittany situation. I’ve seen so many people online who are so quick to jump to “shes a misogynist!” Or performative or what have you. And I agree there are some things she did that I was like 👀 but until more info comes out or if she speaks on it, it’s hard to say definitively.
You really approached this subject with empathy and I think that's important.
What I think Brittany was saying in that clip( 11:01 ) though worded poorly, was that she wasn’t qualified enough to speak on the matter and unlike the roe w wade situation which was something that affected her directly and was also happening in her country, she wasn’t as knowledgeable in this discussion , though I don’t agree with this take as I think the genocide in Gaza is something everybody should be aware and disgusted by, especially those living in the USA, I think some people may have misinterpreted what she was saying
But she was also super vocal during the BLM movement as well, so we know that she can and HAS a history of speaking out for injustice and issues facing BIPOC people… which is why her NOT speaking up for palestine felt out of character for how she typically presents herself and uses her platform. In my opinion, she has been very silent on it for almost a year because she is worried about losing brand deals. She has been a huge Disney fan and has spoken about wanting to be a voice actor for them, and I believe Disney would NEVER allow her to publicly stand with palestine and label what is actually “going on in the Middle East” for what it is, a one-sided genocide.
Or she could’ve just supported Palestinians by being a part of Operation Olive Branch or just directly posting GoFundMe’s. Or yk, just saying “I actually don’t support the slaughter of Palestinians”.
I appreciate what you are saying but her saying she wasn’t qualified enough is just an excuse. There are plenty of feminist issues surrounding the genocide- millions of women don’t have access to reproductive health services, there is little to no access for care pre or post natally, women and girls do not have access to menstrual products, women and children have been disproportionately targeted by the IDF. Brittany could have brought any single one of these to light & been perfectly qualified for it. But she did not care to simply look it up & educate herself.
@@madelainebull635 i did not know about her speaking about blm and yeah i agree with you that she did wait out of fear of losing brand deals. At the end of the day brittany is a internet personality and this is just her job, we do not know her and she will take the stand that will serve her personal gain and also money wise. It is easy to do so in this sort of situation because many big brands and influencers havent spoken about the genocide, unlike blm where it was financially smart to talk about it. it is sad but true, i also think theres a lot of propaganda being spread in the usa since biden is in full support of israel, amoung other factors, which makes the brittany situation even sadder because she doesnt care to educate herself beyond what the mainstream media tell her, though now im just speculating. I also dont know how it is being reported on in the usa since i am not from there.
@@madelainebull635 why do you care so much about this but you are doing NOTHING for Palestine...
People get more mad at random people on the internet than their own politicians
BARS
Accessibility. Easier to harras content creators online than politicians
I know right.
i think ur on a different side of twitter
honestly my view on this is that politicians are so out of reach and unrelatable (as well as a lot of people not having faith in the gov, viewing them as corrupt) while influencers are the opposite. we watch influencers/content creators because they are relatable. their platform is also very parasocial where fans feel like they are understood and prioritized on a human level by these creators, politicians dont have fanbases like that. so seeing a creator you admire disappoint you hurts so much more than seeing a politician do the same as they are someone that never built trust with you. and even though politicians have actual government power, influencers have influence (its even in the name) and influence causes greater genuine awareness and support. id rather take that chance over a politician listening to me.
I haven't watched the video yet but I have a mini rant about the Cody Ko/Brittany thing:
My biggest issue is how Brittany got more shit for her statement then Cody was for actually committing the crime (allegedly). I personally don't even think Brittany's statement was wrong, if a bit off. But what she said was no different than saying 'allegedly' which is what we will all have to say unless it goes to court and Cody is found guilty. idk, as a survivor myself, I think we have bigger fish to fry.
I agree, and I think one detail this video missed is the fact that Brittany’s statement could have been worded that way for fear of running into legal issues (though calling them “the Cody allegations” probably would have covered her on its own). I think “if it’s proven to be true” just felt icky because SA allegations are notoriously difficult to prove, so it felt like she was implying that this situation is only disappointing if Tana can prove it happened when it’s been nearly a decade since the incident. It may have been better to just say “this alleged incident is very disappointing” or something like that. But the backlash should definitely be leveled towards Cody above anyone else, and we can’t really know for certain whether Brittany just made a poor wording choice or she was being disingenuous, that’s sort of up for everyone as individuals to judge based on what we know
saying brittany got MORE shit than cody is not accurate at all ?? just because someone is also being criticized, doesn’t mean it negates the criticism of cody. In fact, the people who are critical of her statement are critical because they are fully aware of the severity of the cody allegations. it’s pretty hard to be upset at brittany without directly being in disapproval of cody. I also disagree that her statement is equivalent to saying “allegedly.” she already referred to them as allegations in the first sentence. the further language was unnecessary and gross. In my opinion, her saying “if PROVEN true” is disrespectful and disappointing. if the allegations weren’t about her pal and the victim wasn’t tana, she would not be so dismissive. it’s “believe victims” until it’s tana. I do agree that there are bigger fish to fry, but that doesn’t make her response any less distasteful.
THIS. THIS.
But it makes sense. People wanna feel powerfull bullying influencers, hiding behind the cloak of "you should have used the right words".
I HATE this "huhm, do we find this apology sad enough?"mentality everyone has nowadays.
It's La Terreur all over again. Agree with the masses or begone. No wonder the right keeps growing. They don't have this approach. Whether you're on the fence, or you're nzi, or anywhere in between, you're welcoming on the right.
Whereas on the left, you're constantely trying to prove to people you're still "on the good side". There's never any time to feel divided on an issue or have the unpopular opinion. It's either "say what we want you to say and believe" or BEGONE.
And then people wonder why no one is authentic anymore.......
People wanna feel powerfull in a world where they have no power. I understand it. They wanna feel like they punch up. But bullying people off the internet is not the great "suck it 1%!!!!!" people think it is. :(((((((
she definitely doesn't get more shit than cody, she can make videos like nothing happened but if cody came back without any statement? he would be ripped to shreds. it seems like cody gets less shit because he disappeared, comments on his videos are filtered and mods on his subreddit are doing deep cleaning. so you can't reach him but can reach brittany
@@kelseybruce5939 seriously i’m so sick of ppl saying brittany is getting more shit then cody bc it’s just blatantly not true😭😭like when did holding a creator to their own standards get declared as hate lmao
I think this is a good compilation of whats been going on however it also feels like certain things were worded in poor taste. I dont agree with using the term "war" for whats going on in Gaza tbh 😭 also I urge you to not take on hello fresh sponsorships in the future due to their very unethical practices. However I do enjoy your content! I hope this doesnt come off as mean
What are the unethical practices of hello fresh? This is the first time I've seen someone say that
@@kensoy1624 the workers who package the boxes have terrible working conditions and were bullied and retaliated against when they tried to unionize. looking up 'hellofresh labor issues" pulls up a bunch of articles about it
@@kensoy1624Union busting, unsafe working conditions, severe misrepresentation of “food waste” created.
@@SabrlInais this an international isssue? I’m in Australia and love hello fresh
@@Jirangaaa this question is confusing to me… it’s the same company so yes
okay but people don’t realize that she could be under a nda right. cody’s team is actively contacting other people threating to sue them if they where to say anything. there are people who have already been sued by cody’s team.
This is false. There is no legal grounds to comment your opinion on something that was made public online. No one is being "sued" for this.
edit because i was surprised to see ppl disagreeing so i double checked and now i can't seem to find what i was referring to??? i remember seeing a short clip in which sarah said that tana was 17 so it's weird and brittany having an awkward laugh reaction so i guess i fixated on the 17 part and in the light of recent events thought they must be generally talking about that clip when tana on stage was asked about the smallest dick she had, answered "cody ko but i was 17"? i genuinely believed that brittany in this moment laughed at tana's sa and was so flabbergasted that it stayed with me. i didn't mean to lie on purpose as some seem to think, i must've made a wrong assumption so i'm sorry and thanks to the ones who corrected me. i'm leaving the unedited rest of the comment so the replies make sense
22:30 there's a clip from brittany's podcast with sarah from years ago where they literally talk about it, about 17yo tana being taken advantage of by cody. so it's just shitty of her to pretend she didn't know about this situation and she's been called out on it already so the broski empire crumbles. i've been thinking about it the whole day
that puts her collabing with cody ko but not tana in an even worse light 😭
Diabolically gross
Can we get a link or title or date or any info regarding this?
ep 23 (26?) of VCG ✨
Big yikes. Girl has better scramble and figure this one out lol
What people don’t understand is that if you say any absolutes against someone publicly you can be sued for defamation if the person you spoke against hasn’t admitted to/isn’t convicted of the thing you’re saying. If using words like “accusations” “alleged” or “if it is proven to be true” will get that news out there without being silenced through legal action at least it’s being said at all. The fact that anyone would see a response with words like “disturbing, inappropriate and just flat out disappointing” as supporting Cody Ko is insane. She doesn’t wanna get sued, she can’t say any absolutes unless Cody himself admits it publicly.
The thing that really upsets me is people getting mad at Brittany over the “if it’s proven to be true” statement. People don’t understand that there’s a lot of legality that comes with just flat out saying it’s all true when in all reality we don’t know if it is or not even though I’m sure we all believe it is. She could get sued horribly or worse by Cody Kos team so I really just believe she’s playing it safe by saying the “if”. She’s not the one that committed the crime. Let’s focus on being mad at Cody.
Watch D'Angelo Wallace's video on Cody ko. There's a way to avoid repercussions with the law while also clearly making your opinion on the subject known. Brittany didn't do that. Also, if Cody were to decide to sue anyone over this situation, it wouldn't be the girl that he worked with pretty closely over the last few years and seemed very friendly with. Her statement was weak and warrants criticism.
@@ronnievinsmokeit’s like you don’t know that you can be sued for defamation…
@@NobuxD it's like you didn't read my comment.... I literally addressed that.
You guys are riding DEFENSE for Brittany and grasping at any straws for an excuse. Her statement said "the allegations made against Cody" meaning she ALREADY stated it is allegations, she did not need to double down with "if proven to be true"... That part was entirely unnecessary to add and invalidates the VICTIM. Suddenly, it's believe all women EXCEPT when it's a guy who's my family/friend. Defamation cases are very hard to prove in court and usually dismissed ESPECIALLY when you are simply commentating your OPINION on a public matter. Let's be fucking for real for once, she said what she said in a way to give Cody ko some grace, because she idolized and genuinely liked him as a friend OVER Tana, who she was found to obviously dislike. End of story. Cody ko isn't suing people, because if he did then WHY ISN'T ETHAN KLEIN FROM H3H3 BEING SUED?????? WHY ISN'T D'ANGELO WALLACE??? WHY ISN'T PHILIP DEFRANCO???? You guys are making EXCUSES for Brittany and you should be ashamed for doing so. She is being called out and criticized and rightfully so because she set the standard for herself and others for not supporting women and those marginalized groups.
Didn’t expect all this discourse lol but I like hearing you guys out and everything truly. The bottom line that I’m trying to express here is I think we should focus on hating on Cody rather than another woman, because at this point I am seeing as much videos with Cody’s allegations as well as Brittany’s statement which is a little absurd to me. All I’m saying is Brittany is not the one committing a crime here so let’s maybe calm down and shit on the real monster in this situation.
There is a clip from Brittany’s and Sarah podcast on vine how she mentions how weird tanas and Cody’s relationship was weird
why does no one address her past controversies… she didn’t give a fuck about attending super spreader parties during the height of the pandemic and not wearing masks at all. she also couldn’t have cared less when black people called out her usage of aave. she’s Been weird. she’s always been progressive Lite
What her stans need to understand is that we were holding her accountable for her action from the standard SHE PUT HERSELF. Wdym you went on a whole rant about how you want people with platforms to use their power to help with issues,, but go on your cf and be frustrated on why her audience is asking her to do the very thing she said? Wdym you love women and support them but act the way she did with Tana about her podcast and her experience with Cody. Sure she can come back up from this but people need to stop defending her the same way people defend men in serious situations. I used to be a huge fan and I’m hoping to be one again because she has my humor and she did give great messages to women but was any of it real? It’s crazy.
100%. Imo it’s completely understandable that a comedian who makes memes and other light content wouldn’t want to talk about something something serious like war or genocide on their platform, because that’s not what their platform is about. HOWEVER, Brittany 100% deserves all the criticism because she went on that rant saying that other contract creators have no excuse not to talk about controversial uncomfortable issues even if it has nothing to do with them or their platform. She put herself in this position and she completely deserves all the backlash because people are only treating her the way that she treated others.
Didn’t she get famous for drinking Kombucha? Lol hold yourself to those high standards, not your parasocial TH-camr…
@@NobuxD bruh Brittany is the one who put those high standards on herself. Nobody was holding her to any standards until she went on this self-righteous rant about how every single person who has an online platform is obligated to discuss controversial/uncomfortable issues no matter how much they don’t want to. And then she couldn’t even meet those standards that she herself set. Ofc normally nobody would expect the kombucha meme girl to talk about Palestine, but she is the one who put herself in this position by criticizing other creators.
I personally think that what made people most mad about Brittany not addressing Palestine at all was that clip you played at 10:18
Not acknowledging Palestine, even just to admit she didn’t know much, made her a hypocrite of her own creation
Huh but she did acknowledge Palestine? She had an entire segment on her podcast talking about it as well as resources in the description of every video
No hate btw but I thought she did?
@vin072 she did but I don't think the people who decided they were done with her after that even got to watch it
@@peepawshairlinekids so impulsive to get rid of famous women who they can’t control
@@Jirangaaa it was literally a pr move to cover her ass because she was getting dragged so much lmao yall need to stop dickriding her women can do wrong things too and they should be called out for it too
I hadn’t seen the close friends video until now and wow I’m appalled. Lately I’ve felt like her TH-cam videos have lost their spark and she seems like the fame is starting to change her in a way I personally don’t connect with and that leaked video just proved my suspicions
idk to me its just not that serious. ofc Tana deserves respect but considering all the drama that almost ALWAYS follows her then i dont fault anyone for being cautious about going on a podcast like that. Go for Cody not Brittany, there's no way she deserves this much heat for what essentially boils down to slightly vague statements that are still in support of the victims.
People are going for both Cody and Brittany. Rightfully going after Brittany because of her hypocrisy.
Discrediting a victim isn’t serious? Yikes…
this is the only comment ive seen that makes sense here!
it’s actual insane whiplash to go from watching the clip about the responsibility of creators to address important issues to her becoming the very thing she was criticizing. i don’t know too much about her but that’s enough to make me feel negative feelings towards her.
I'm surprised you accepted a sponsorship from Hello Fresh.
same anytime i see a youtuber i like promote Hello Fresh, Scentbird im like “well what do i do now? do i keep watching or not” like idk anymore
@@gzeynepux7393 what's the issue w those companies? im outta the loop
i’d more MORE surprised if she didn’t know about the controversies surrounding them + betterhelp + scentbird
@@cyanidecherrypie ive never heard about the controversy what happened??
@@sirenseulgi they are abusing their employees and are extremely anti-union!!
Brittany is a total hypocrite. She says influencers must speak out on hard topics but then throws a tantrum when people ask her to speak on Palestine. She says she is a feminist and loves women but looks down on Tana, refuses to collaborate with her, and says the vaguest statement possible regarding the cody situation. She is desperate for validation and disgusts me
Right?? That’s what I’m thinking, looked like a whole tantrum fr
Why does it matter if she won’t collab with Tana? No one is entitled to work with you if you don’t want them to, and there is nothing anti feminist about disliking one woman. She might have her reasons
Tana was a victim, but Tana has a long history of also being an incredibly toxic person. She has constant drama surrounding her; she herself has a very problematic past; I don't blame anyone for not wanting to work with her.
I fully understand it. Speak about topics that affect you or those around you. Things that are happening in your country. Talk about other things if you're educated on them. Not talk about everything happening everywhere ever even if you don't understand the politics around it. Cody Ko and very likely others took advantage of Tana back then. But she also did a lot of things that make her unlikable. No one's required to like her and want to be buddies with her.
@@Jirangaaa as much as i do not justify victim blaming tana (until IF cody turns out proven innocent somehow), i agree i would not want to work with her either. i hate the narrative that feminists are supposed to defend women's wrongs no matter what when that is so backwards
I will never get over the contrast between that podcast clip where she’s saying “how dare you not use your platform” and her weird ass instagram story like that’s so insane. I’ve been a big fan for years but it’s getting harder to support lol
I love you but please don't use hello fresh 😭 their practices are not ethical
rightt ^^^ i agree
what do they do? i never heard of that
They used neferious union busting tactics against their employees when they were trying to unionize because they were not treated well or paid well. Their exploitation is why hello fresh is “affordable”
Also, if you have any kind of pallet, you can tell they use the same exact seasonings for every meal 😳
@@epicreatorsAh, the classic palate/pallet/palette mixup in the wild! Palate is the one you're looking for.
I personally remember it by thinking that "Palate" is very similar to "Plate", which is a thing you put food on lol.
Hope this helps :)
Remember if you are a person with a platform and don’t say “if” you can be hit with a lawsuit!!!!
I personally think people hold public figures to impossible standards.
Especially female public figures. So many TH-cam "it" girls get shamed off this platform. I've seen it happen so many times and now it's her turn.
I feel like there was a big difference in Brittany talking about Roe v Wade- something that directly impacts her as an American woman- and her not talking about Gaza, something that she has no connection to. Not that she can't empathize w the situation, but It's like saying... "Hey, you got upset because you lost your expensive watch, why aren't you upset that my cousin, twice removed, had his house robbed!" Like oh that sucks but sometimes people don't want to speak on things they are not directly related to, in control of, or fully educated about.
The problem with her reaction to Roe v. Wade is that it wasn’t just her talking about it, she took it way too far and started blaming and shaming and criticizing every other content creator who didn’t talk about it. In her full rant she was saying that nobody who has any Internet platform has any excuse not to talk about it and that anybody with an audience has a moral responsibility to talk about controversial uncomfortable topics. To me and a lot of other people, that’s what makes her a massive hypocrite and fully deserving of the backlash, don’t dish out what you can’t take
I think that she realized what she said and had a moment of realization that its crazy that a person with a checkmark is the only way for information to get out, not that she didn't want to have to be that person just that she has to be the source.
i don't know. i feel like we are looking for activism and social change in the wrong places. i genuinely don't care what brittany thinks about world issues, i don't care what she's been "silent on" or what tea she might be hiding. i seriously don't care. i have a job, i go to uni and i spend time with my family.. why can't yall do the same. 😭
Brittany doesn’t have to apologize to fans… but she really needs to apologize for Tana, it’s the right thing to do. I’m so done with her
What the fuck Brittany didn’t stat r word Tana that was Cody. Can we just focus on the actual crimes?
@@Jirangaaa Wow that's a gross way to say that comment. I am unbelievably mad at Cody. I will not forgive him, he needs to get off every platform he has no good faith left whatsoever. Brittany I am so willing to forgive, she just has to own up. She's being a bad feminist and it's ok to criticise two people.
thats unnecessary
You have no idea what conversations they’ve had behind closed doors. Friendly reminder: you don’t know these people.
apologize for what?
One of the big things (aside from her reaction to the Palestine issues) I stopped watching her is her video on Elvis - I absolutely love how well crafted Brittany is when she nerds out - shes one of the best spoken nerds I've watched in my 20+ years of finding nerds to watch. but with how much she romanticized the relationship with Elvis and his 14-16 yearold wife, and how she couldn't stop talking about how hot elvis/and the actor who played him was, and the way she talked about the relationship was just so gross. it took her like 40 minutes to say the age gap/dating a teen was bad. after gassing up elvis and this relationship. I had to stop at that point.
nfdigieger U DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I NEED TO READ THIS. IM SORRY FOR YELLING, BUT I WAS GOING CRAAAZZZY THINKING WHY SHE GLOSSED OVER THE FACT
SHE WAS
14!!!!!!
WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER AND ROMANTICED IT
HOLY SHIT. I SAW ONE PERSON MENTION THAT.
If you only speak out on issues that concern you, it’s self-interest, not advocacy.
So what are you doing for the Palestinians? I'm currently donating money.
Girl thank you so much for this video. I’m on the fence about the Britney stuff so getting not only this lovely timeline but also the validation that this shit is messy and complicated and less black and white than people make it out to be really makes me feel better about this. Don’t wanna be a mindless stan nor a hater for no reason.
I also remember a while back she was criticized for using AAVE as a white woman, and she doubled down and said it was 'internet slang' instead of acknowledging it. So when she spoke on BLM, a lot of black creators expressed that it felt insincere in light of her response to people. Even when she's not getting 'exposed' she has a bit of a pattern of having really bad responses to valid criticisms and then coming back with a lukewarm apology after further backlash. Obviously I can't say if those are her real thoughts or if she's just horrible defensive in the face of confrontation, but it does play a big part in why people are so critical of her. She claims to be one thing but acts as another
The “Baby gworl where are you” reference TOOK ME OUTTTTT
i think it’s very silly to expect more from influencers than we do from our ACTUAL politicians who decide what happens with situation like this. was it valid for her to feel like it’s stupid that people want her to speak out on something that she has absolutely no place to speak on as someone who doesn’t have the knowledge? yeah. was it a stupid decision to post a video about it? yeah. people make mistakes. she took accountability and continues to talk about politics when it’s appropriate
There is a point to be made with the points she made about Palestine. It made sense for Brittany to comment on Roe v Wade because she is a woman and it affects her personally. It's weird to me that when men have a negative opinion towards anything to do with women's rights (such as reproductive rights), they will say "well you aren't a woman so you know nothing and aren't allowed an opinion. you aren't allowed a seat in this discussion" but they somehow expect content creators who aren't at all involved in Middle Eastern military conflicts to give their opinions on it. I do think it's somewhat weird to expect white, American TH-camrs/podcasters to feed you information and opinions about what's going on in the Middle East, and I think such things can be borderline harmful. For many people, they will simply take the opinions and talking points of their favorite TH-camr and graft them onto their own personality. I really don't think social media influencers whose main content is "reacting to asmr boyfriend content" and whose first breakout into the spotlight was a video where she made funny faces should be the ones leading discussions on politics and military conflict. I think Brittany is completely correct that that expectation is honestly dystopian.
Plus, when there are already thousands of TH-camrs, streamers, podcasters, etc. who have spoken about Palestine, I do question whether it matters if that one extra white person says "this is bad". Do you really think there's someone whose ONLY interaction with computers or the internet is with Brittany's channel? They just open their browser, type in the direct URL to Brittany's YT channel and never go outside of the content available there? If it's about informing people, I can pretty confidently guess that every single member of Brittany's audience has likely already heard about Palestine from dozens of other content creators or social media influencers. And I definitely agree that these hunts to find out who hasn't spoken up about a certain subject are a waste of time and energy.
i completely agree
Screaming at random influencers to give their piece on politics reeks of performative activism to me. If you actually want to do something productive contact your local government, go to a protest or donate money to charity. But that’s hard and you won’t get social media brownie points. Spamming the Palestinian flag on a random TikTok is easy and will get a ton of likes. They wanna do nothing and have it count as something which isn’t how any of this works.
exactly!
honestly, the way I feel about Brittany is the same way I feel about most "influencers" or social media personalities. Their entire brand, and therefore their entire living, is dependent on people liking them and seeing them in a certain way, which would be an extraordinarily stressful life to lead. Other celebrities, unless they've literally committed crimes or have multiple serious allegations against them, can usually survive a negative perception. There are TONS of actors, musicians, etc. who people dislike for various reasons, but that doesn't take away their career, because directors still hire them and music labels don't drop them over minor scandals. Also, they're at liberty to keep more of their private lives...private.
Whereas, with influencers there's a precedent for them to share more of themselves and for their lives to be more "genuine." Because of this, I feel like influencers end up either masking their true opinions, lifestyles, etc. and presenting us with a delicately curated version of themselves that carefully avoids any controversy (which feels incredibly fake to me) OR they end up making mistakes. Because they're HUMAN, and humans make mistakes. No person on planet earth can ever have "correct" (or at least popularly aligned) opinions on everything, no person can always say the right thing, associate with the right people, keep up an image that is all the things people want from them. And so any influencer who tries to be true to themselves is going to end up getting hate at some point.
So at this point, as long as I enjoy a person for what content they have to offer and feel like they're a decent enough person, I don't really give a fuck about controversy. Messy people who repeatedly cause controversy and do things to piss people off for the attention are not my cup of tea and I find so obnoxious, but people who are clearly just out of their depth in certain situations and don't know the right thing to do or say don't bother me. It's only when an influencer has done something seriously wrong/illegal that I will make the conscious decision not to support them any longer.
I really understand this but im starting to try and stop “babying” influencers like they can all do better than this
I think her saying black American slang and her using a "blaccent" for "comedy" was just "gen z" slang and it's trendy was a pretty big deal
it is frustrating to hear influencers think that what we want is for them to teach us or to become our source for political news…when it’s really just wanting them to AMPLIFY what is already out there. amplify the voices that don’t get the same reach, amplify actions we can take, mutual aid or other donation funds. as an influencer, you can act as a megaphone - and just as she says herself, why wouldn’t you want to do that if you have the reach?
i do not know if brittany was aware of the cody ko allegations pre-d’angelo wallace’s video, however i’m sure she only said “if they are true…” to avoid possible legal troubles bc that can be taken as a defamatory statement if she claims they are 100% true bc sadly these aren’t proven true in a court of law.
EXACTLY
D’Angelo even said “these are just allegations” but the word if gets Twitter riled up? You can’t tell me otherwise, the internet wants to be babied by online strangers so badly.
Jordan and Jarvis also mentioned you in their sad boyz podcast !
I really appreciated your pov, style of communicating and this video, thank you for putting it out there
i saw your cody ko video before anyone else's but no one ever gave you credit 😢
bro i watched your video about d’angelo’s (im a sub to both of you) and i was so proud that you two gained so much traction esp when speaking on a topic that has been brushed aside. not as many people mentioned you, which i feel is a disservice but we see you and we hear you amanda :)
22:11 you missed where Brittany and Sarah talk about Cody and Tana old Collabs, and then they move on to talk about old makeup Collabs in general then Brittany says that’s a little bit more forgivable what wouldn’t be forgivable about Cody and Tana just making Collabs unless she knew that it was more
I do understand the frustration and disappointment people have regarding her text post about the Cody situation but I do wonder if she uses “if” and “allegations” for legal reasons? Maybe her legal team, if she has one, told her to phrase it in that way to avoid any legal trouble. I’m no legal expert or anything but idk might be why she didn’t phrase the situation in definitive terms.
They have the same management ...so not unlikely
personally i was turned off of brittany when she called aave "meme speak"
“We wuz kangs n shiet” should be taken seriously I guess.
@@NobuxD yes because that's definitely what she was calling meme speak 🙄 be so serious
Hello fresh is a company known for its awful treatment of workers. It’s not a company you want to take sponsors from.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel like it wouldn’t make sense for Britney to collaborate with Tana and Trisha because they aren’t in the same “genre” of the internet. I don’t know
everyone who she has collaborated with but they mostly are more in the comedy scene from what I know.
Ironically Trixie just had Jane on their channel and they made a comment about Brittany that kind of seemed off from what is typical of Trixie. Maybe something happened between them, maybe they were being sarcastic, I don’t know.
what did trixie say :o?
I saw the video but that went completely over my head, what did they say???
@@mikamicki honestly I can’t remember but it was said in the first 10 minutes of the video. I paused it to rewatch it but I didn’t get what they were alluding to
@@ble3323 honestly I can’t remember but it was said in the first 10 minutes of the video
Im curious what did trixie say
i loved her she was my LIFE LINE from 2020-2023 but how she took the gaza situation completelty ruined her for me. its okay to be a little late, but how she acted just ruined the persona shes built. and she still hasnt done much... how can your persona preach activism and not do it when there is a ethnic genocide in gaza and rafah. when people need it MOST is unforgivable to me. i hope all of this makes her learn and grow.
I do like the idea of influencers being a way to pressure the wealthy/upper class into becoming vocal about social change, but what happened to just... turning on the news? Why do internet micro-celebrities have to spoon-feed you this information?? If people had just left her alone and kept being vocal in their own spheres, eventually, all that support would overlap and spill out into the mainstream, where she would see it, and feel pressured to finally say something. Just be patient!
Also, those who criticized her for "not speaking out" never actually cared about Palestine. It's all performative. They just want to make sure they can keep stanning their fave without being cancelled for it. You're using an actual fucking *genocide*--the deaths of thousands of innocent people--as a litmus test to see whether or not you can keep liking someone. That's not gonna save lives. That's not gonna stop Israel. Keep donating and being vocal, regardless of who says what. That is what will bring change. Not some hissy-fit on TikTok.
Why would anyone want to turn on the news and just see sadness when they could distract themselves from their reality with youtube
young people dont and wont seek out news like that 🤷🏻♀️ also when it comes to palestine there are concerns that mainstream media is heavily biased bc of western governments stance on it
Wow, best comment on here!
Edit; before the Twitter mobs gets to me, that Western bias is not really a thing anymore. Speaking from the Netherlands and Belgium, where the 'bias' among 'influencers' 'speaking out' is as great as information from big news media.
An influencer saying "I stand with Palestine people" is gonna be the same as VRT, NPO or anyother news network from around here reporting on Israel bombing another hospital.
@@TikoVerhelst i see what you mean but at least here in canada, the official government stance has only really shifted after the UN court ruling last week.
there definitely at least used to be a bias.
but really most people are overwhelmed/tired and use social media to zone out. most people dont want to purposely seek out news because that seems exhausting. so i guess the idea was for influencers to catch them on social media and "wake them up"?
i find it hard to see how people can be patient while people are dying. celebrities are famous because people follow them and i think its okay to want to know if an influencer/celebrity you're supporting is against genocide or not. like brittany broskis following is directly responsible for her income so why shouldnt they be allowed to know whether or not she opposes genocide? im certainly not comfortable supporting people who care more about their livelihood than the lives of others.
brittany's close friends clip set off a lot of red flags. to me, her saying"the situation in the middle east" was indicative of a wider problem--the viewing of the middle east as a monolithic, complicated abstract that is completely divorced from her. i can't bring myself to believe her when in her podcast clip she says she supports the liberation of p@lest!nien people, especially when she didn't even acknowledge how and why they are suffering. she is not a politically conscious person unless it involves herself.
It really annoys me how when I, a victim of SA, try to bring up criticisms about Brittany's wording in her response and how it negatively impacts victims, people keep saying we should just focus on Cody, the perpetrator, and we're holding Brittany to crazy standards. As if humans don't have the capacity for focusing on more than a single thing at once. Brittany built her career on allyship but she's showing she's not a true ally.
its not her problem to speak about and people literally forced her to speak up about it.
do you even realize that if she hadn't used the word "if" she could get sued? y'all do expect so much from her and its mind boggling
@@mwon1673You're emotional maturity is underdeveloped. If you're a child hopefully that'll change. If you're an adult, you really need to work on that.
@@Aster_Risk i am a victim myself and i am not a kid thanks for your concern, but people calling her out more than cody himself or other male friends he has is so ridiculous. She doesn't owe y'all anything and she shouldn't risk her whole career and get sued just because y'all want her to speak up. u need to stop expecting sm from people you dont even know.
if u think that's mature, maybe you should rethink your 'emotional maturity'
@@Aster_Risk How is girly saying she would get sued if she confirms anything Underdeveloped emotional maturity? I solely believe they are only being realistic and not delusional like you guys.
@@Aster_RiskIt's always people like you think they're so mature and have a better mindset than everyone who has the most unrealistic ones