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Tana Mongeau: The History, Scandals & Exploitation of YouTube's Biggest "Party Girl" Part 1 · Mini Scroll

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  In early 2015, 17 year old Tana Mojo.
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  Posted her first YouTube video. Raised in Las Vegas as an only
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  child, Tana's unique upbringing made for great story time
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  content, a genre. That was just.
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  Starting to take off on the platform.
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  Tana's first few. Videos racked up hundreds of
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  thousands of views, and she quickly made a name for herself
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  as one of the most popular story time creators on.
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  YouTube her stories. Ranging from having a
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  hairdresser from hell to getting banged with a toothbrush were
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  raunchy and larger than life, solidifying Tana's reputation as
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  a. Crazy party girl with.
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  Few boundaries. But as.
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  Tana's channel grew and she became increasingly more famous.
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  This expectation of her. As a wild child.
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  Would underline almost every decision that Tana made for
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  years to come. No matter how many times she
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  tried to clean up her reputation, Tana consistently
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  struggled to gain audience and industry.
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  Trust after having. Broken it so many times.
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  This is part one of the story of Tana Mojo, YouTube's most
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  notorious. Party girl who?
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  After. Years of bad decisions.
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  And massive scandals has somehow managed to come out on top from
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  Centennial World. I'm Lauren Meisner and this is
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  infinite. Scroll a podcast.
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  About Internet culture, the creator economy, and how social
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  media is shaping Gen. Z Welcome back to Infinite
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  Scroll everyone, I am so excited to bring you.
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  Guys A2 part. Episode on Tana Mojo We have
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  never done a deep dive into Tana and I actually just can't
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  believe. It we did reach out.
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  To Tana to see if she would add commentary or want to come on
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  you know we. Do that for every creator that
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  we. Do a deep dive on typically, of
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  course, we did not hear back. Did not.
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  Expect to hear back. But, you know, just wanted to
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  make that known. But anyways, as always.
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  you. Can chat with other people who
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  are obsessed. With Internet culture and
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  creator drama and tea and you can chat with me.
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  All right, I just. Have one cute little review.
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  To read for you. Guys and it's.
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  Actually from Geordie, So Geordie on Spotify, she wrote
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  such a great episode about the Skippity.
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  Toilet One. Obsessed with you both.
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  And this conversation critical thinking I can't find.
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  Anywhere else so sweet. Thank you, Jordie.
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  Honestly, that episode with Aiden has been taking off in
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  terms of not necessarily like traction, but just.
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  People are obsessed with it like the.
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  People that are listening are obsessed with it and I'm
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  obsessed with it because I'm obsessed with him and his brain.
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  So definitely go listen. Even if you think Skippity,
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  toilet, Gen. alpha, all of that is not up your.
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  Alley. It is so interesting, he's so
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  smart and he has so much insight.
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  So definitely go listen. When many of us were introduced
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  to Tana Mojo. She was just a. 17 year old girl
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  recording story times sitting on her bedroom in Las Vegas.
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  These. Stories, many of which seems to
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  be a bit insane for a teenage girl to have experienced, soon
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  came to define Tana and her brand as a creator was very not
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  safe for brands and unabashedly herself.
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  Tana rose to virality. In 2015, a time.
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  Before Adpocalypse crippled. YouTube, The beauty community
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  was rattled by drama and audiences quite understood the
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  nature of influencer marketing. The consumption of long form
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  content was at an all time high with the recommended page filled
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  with neon thumbnails and click bait.
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  It was in this context. That the YouTube story.
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  Time emerged a genre of content, of which Tana became the
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  blueprint in a 2022 video titled.
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  Let's discuss the story. Time Era Internet Analysis
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  Commentary creator Tiffany Ferg breaks down this time in YouTube
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  history. Focusing on the rise and fall of
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  story times, Tiffany summarizes the good, bad, and ugly of this
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  genre. But first.
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  She recaps the characteristics. Of the most popular storytellers
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  and outlines. Why these creators were so
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  successful? While some storytellers were
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  more on the chill end, somebody who was comforting and relaxing
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  to listen to, the top story time creators were typically very
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  charismatic, funny, a bit sarcastic.
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  There was a distinct physical and vocal performance during
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  this era. The story time era.
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  Ushered in a cultural reset. Staged content like skits and
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  comedy, which largely dominated. Early YouTube was out.
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  And more real content. About real people.
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  Was in. As a result story.
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  Time creators were unabashed, unfiltered and brutally honest,
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  something that Tana embodied. As early as her first video.
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  The oldest video on her channel. Titled Hairdresser from Hell was
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  released. In 2015 and now has been viewed
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  more than 3.9 million times. In the video, she.
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  Explained a recent experience. At a hairdresser that was just
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  all around. Dodgy Tana's delivery was
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  engaging, and she was. Clearly.
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  Extremely charismatic and funny, one of the most iconic quotes
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  from Tana's career emerged from this video.
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  A bleach and tone. Like a bleach and tone.
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  While this. Was an iconic video.
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  Tana skyrocketed to virality. For her stalker.
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  Series On July 22nd, 2015, Tana uploaded the first installment
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  titled My Creepy Stalker Story, which has since garnered over
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  4.5 million. Views she has posted.
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  Updates on the situation over the years and in her most recent
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  video, she. Exposed her stalker's.
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  Identity to her millions of. Subscribers, however, as Tana
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  shared her stalker story. Times the more skeptical fans
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  became, with many viewers claiming that she embellished.
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  The truth for. Clout.
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  Nevertheless, as she started sharing more and more stories
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  from her. Life older.
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  Gen. Z's became obsessed with Tana
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  and the type of content that she was producing with this
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  demographic in middle school and high school, she became a big.
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  Sister. Figure for many viewers.
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  Compared to some other popular female creators like Alicia
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  Marie Lord DIY My Life Is Ava, who were appealing to younger
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  viewers via sanitized Disney FIDE PG13 kinds of videos,
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  Hannah seemed older, edgy. She captivated them with a very
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  different approach. Aside.
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  From her stalker stories. Some of her most popular story
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  time videos include titles like I Got Banged With A.
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  Toothbrush where she talks about a wild.
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  Rumor that spread about her and I fought a grown ass couple in
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  the airport. Which is as dramatic as the
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  title suggests. With stories like these, it's.
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  Clear. She completely personified the
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  candor that came to be the story Time era on YouTube.
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  By 20 16, just one year after starting YouTube, Tana reached
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  2,000,000 subscribers. At this point, she was.
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  A full. Fledged Internet celebrity,
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  releasing merch and even going on her first meet and greet tour
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  called Hello Tana Mojo. It was during this time that she
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  also started collaborating. With other big creators.
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  Like Jonah Green, Shannon Rose, whom she infamously filmed a
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  dead body of a man who had just overdosed on the street, Ricky
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  Dillon and Cody Ko. More on him in Part 2.
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  But as Tana. * Rose to an astronomical rate.
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  The success. Didn't come without controversy.
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  Given that Tana's whole brand is essentially centered around
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  being problematic, this will not be an exhaustive list.
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  However, there were. A couple notable scandals that
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  came to shape Tana's early career.
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  First and foremost was when Tana found herself in drama with
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  Freely, the banana girl, whose real name is Leanne Ratcliffe.
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  Now, if you know anything about Freely, then you know.
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  That she probably caused more disordered.
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  Eating in young women through the 20 tens than all the tabloid
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  magazines combined. I want to preface this by saying
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  don't. Take her advice seriously, so
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  freely. Posted a critical response to
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  Tana's Q&A about staying slim. Freely took issue.
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  With Tana's concept of quote UN quote, bored eating.
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  And her advice for? Distracting oneself from
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  mindless hunger. Quote this video.
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  Should really be called How to get fat Freely said.
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  Advising Tana to. Carve the fuck?
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  Up and stop ignoring her hunger. Cues freely's partner.
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  Jury and Ryder chimed in, predicting quote Tana is going
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  to blow out by the time she's. Your age freely.
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  She'll be 80 kilos. She looks washed out.
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  As unsurprisingly, Tana and her followers were not pleased, Tana
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  responded with a strongly worded video starting with I.
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  Am making a video to ask freely why she is a bitch.
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  This ignited a back and forth exchange with videos and
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  responses. To put it into context, Tana was
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  17 years old at the time. Fighting with a woman?
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  Well. Into her 30s after she was
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  targeted by her, but looking back, that's.
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  Not how most people saw it. More on that later.
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  A year. Later, Tana found herself
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  embroiled in a back and. Forth with I dubs.
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  Whose real name is Ian Washburn. Their feud started in December
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  2016 when Tana. Tweeted at I Dubs.
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  Calling him out for using negative language online to his
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  then 3,000,000 subscribers. Many fans felt this was ironic
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  as Tana had her own history of using racial slurs throughout
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  2012 to 2014. Tana had.
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  Allegedly used racial. Slurs and multiple tweets and
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  Snapchats. In 2015, she apologized for her
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  actions and claimed she thought the N word meant friend or homie
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  Nevertheless. Idubs retaliated 6 weeks.
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  After Tana called him out during the 18 year olds meet and greet
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  in San Francisco, Idubs turned up wearing Tana's merch, got in
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  position for a photo with her and rather than saying cheese
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  for the. Photo, he blurted out.
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  Say the N word and he did not censor his language.
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  The interaction was captured by his now wife, Anisa Joma.
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  Days after the interaction, Tana posted.
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  A video. Titled The N Word, where she
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  reflected on the situation Tana and Idubs went on to.
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  Have a very public feud where idubs discussed.
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  Tana's racist history on content cop, which was a series in which
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  he. Would call out fellow.
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  Controversy. While the two creators.
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  Had not addressed the situation in years.
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  Idubs took to YouTube. On May 18th, 2023 to apologize
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  to Tana. Tana, I'm sorry, I shouldn't
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  have never made that video. I harassed Hannah in person and
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  then harassed her online. And that's deplorable behavior.
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  It's so stupid. While.
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  I dubs issued Tana. An apology the creator has also
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  had to issue her. Own.
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  Fair share of apologies. We won't have time to go through
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  all of them, but there was one early scandal in her.
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  Career that has. Come up a couple of times over
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  the years and it all revolved around her collab channel Trash.
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  For those unfamiliar with Trash, Tana launched the channel in
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  2016 with the aim of helping smaller Youtubers grow their
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  followings. She.
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  Invited her followers to. Send in audition style videos
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  and the response was overwhelming.
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  Tana and her team received over 10,000 submissions from people
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  eager to join the channel. Alongside Tana, there were six
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  original members. Oh my God.
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  Jackie, Chip. Wells, Kira, Bridget, Aaron
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  Fuller, Natalia Taylor and Colin Berry.
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  The plan was. That each.
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  Day of the week 1 member would. Post a video.
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  Some weeks there were themes and others the creators.
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  Were free to choose. While no one can deny that
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  Tana's intentions seemed pure. Trash.
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  Soon fell into chaos. Viewers were disappointed
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  because Tana frequently missed her upload days and felt that
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  the other creators were trying to copy her style of self
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  deprecating humor. While Tana ultimately ended up
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  leaving the channel because of scheduling conflicts, Trash did
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  bring on another member attempting to alleviate the
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  pressure on other members. That.
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  Person was Anna Campbell Anna is one of the most controversial
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  figures of 2010's YouTube younger women, including Natalia
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  from trash have. Alleged that they were.
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  Groomed and assaulted by her. While we don't have time to dive
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  into this today, although do let me know if you want to deep dive
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  on this. The allegations against Anna
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  have significantly tarnished the legacy of Trash.
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  Another member of the channel, Colin Berry, has since come
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  forth to call out Tana during that period.
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  On June 15th, 2020, Colin uploaded a video titled Finally
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  Revealing the Truth about Tana Mojo.
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  The 45 minute video details Colin's experience working with
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  Tana years ago when she chose him to be part of her collab
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  channel Trash. He discussed a number of
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  different experiences, from her response to idubs to various
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  microaggressions she committed off the.
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  Back of the idubs. Situation Colin initially stood
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  in solidarity with Tana, a decision he says subjected him
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  to an outpour of hate and negativity.
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  As the situation. Evolved and Tana allegedly
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  refused to accept responsibility for her words.
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  Colin says he voiced his concerns to Tana in his video.
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  Colin said Tana was not receptive to his concerns.
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  Which surprised him as. They were friends.
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  He alleged. That Tana was defensive, played
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  the victim and took his feedback as an attack.
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  Throughout the video. Colin detailed many other
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  alleged instances where he felt Tana's actions were based in
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  racism, namely gaslighting Colin, invalidating his
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  feelings, framing him as an angry black person and.
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  Even reportedly spreading. Rumors to others in the industry
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  that Colin had been arrested. After Colin detailed his
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  experiences, multiple Black creators came forward with
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  stories of Tana's racist microaggressions, including her
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  ex friend Nessa. In September 2020, Tana posted a
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  video titled A Long Overdue. Apology where she apologized to.
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  Fans and creators. For her racist past.
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  Tana, who appeared to be reading off a teleprompter.
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  Started by. Addressing her white privilege.
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  Explaining I have no right to ask or expect forgiveness from
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  anyone that I have hurt with my actions.
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  She later. Admitted that had a person of
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  color acted the. Way that she has over the years.
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  They would no longer have a career.
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  She also rebuked her. Former apology videos saying
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  that she. Is quote disgusted?
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  By them and should have never released them to such a large
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  platform. Tana admitted that she spent
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  years deflecting and making. Excuses for her behavior.
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  Which is reflected in those videos.
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  She called herself. Out for performative activism
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  and confessed that she was more concerned with getting fans to
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  like her again rather than actually changing as a person.
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  Tana. Also apologized to Colin.
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  And simply Nessa directly. She said despite.
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  Colin and Nessa's. Efforts to show her the errors
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  of her ways. She didn't listen because she
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  was convinced that she was a good person and had nothing to
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  learn. That's not the end of Tana's
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  controversies. Not even close.
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  But. Before we continue, it's worth
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  looking back at one of her most celebrated moments, Tana's music
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  career. In 2017, Tana started dating
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  actress Bella Thorne. Bella had previously.
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  Been involved with musician Black.
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  Bear, who reacted. To the news of Bella's new.
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  Relationship by. Tweeting a screenshot of a news
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  post that was covering Bella and Tana's new relationship,
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  alongside another screenshot that showed that he'd flagged
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  this news as a relevant this tweet.
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  Was the catalyst for. Tana to launch her music career
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  two months later with a debut single about women empowerment
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  called Hefner. On Hefner, Tana rapped using
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  that. Lightly here about.
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  Women being in the power position in relationships.
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  Bella. Featured in the music.
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  Video and even though the song was so.
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  Bad. It was also weirdly good.
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  Hefner brought. Fans back around to.
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  Tana after the idubs. And trash controversies.
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  It felt self aware like. Tana was almost trolling herself
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  and showing fans how. Seriously, she took her career
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  as a YouTube. Tana and Bella were one of the
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  most famous and also unexpected couples on social media.
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  The pair were. Together until 2019.
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  Before. Descending into an on again off
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  again online. Feud that said their breakup was
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  well. Documented.
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  With the two publicly. Beefing and throwing shade at
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  one another. Bella even released a song about
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  Tana in December 2020 titled SFB, an acronym for Stupid
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  Fucking Bitch. You can imagine that wasn't a
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  love song. Tana went on to post a reaction
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  video to Bella's song, only adding fuel to the fire.
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  Nevertheless, the two. Seem to have.
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  Buried the hatchet. With both women speaking fondly
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  of each other in years since while.
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  Hefner was. Divisive No scandal compares to
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  Tana Con. I'm sure all of you listening to
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  this podcast are familiar with the chaos that was Tana Con, but
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  for those who aren't, here is a. Recap, it all started.
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  When Tana sat down for a one hour and 18 minute video titled
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  Why I Won't be Attending Vidcon 2018?
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  In the video, she explained her frustrations with the convention
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  after attending as a creator. Tana was particularly upset.
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  About not being designated as a. Featured Creator A status.
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  That comes with. Perks like security detail.
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  Participation in official events and staying at the designated
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  Hotel Tana didn't initially. Expect to be a featured creator,
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  but as her. Online presence grew, the Vidcon
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  team indicated. That she had a.
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  Solid chance, however, this never came through and she
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  claimed the team LED her on just to promote the event, attending
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  as a regular. Creator she was.
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  Kicked out of the convention in 2017 and in 2016 she caused.
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  Security issues after being. Mobbed by fans after sharing her
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  negative experiences with Vidcon, Tana set out to create
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  her own two day convention to celebrate content creators and
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  their fans in 2018. To make matters even more.
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  Chaotic. It was hosted.
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  Down the road from Vidcon, the event was poorly organized and
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  oversold, leading to overcrowding and logistical
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  problems. Angry attendees recorded their
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  experience, experiences waiting to enter the convention and
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  during long queues without access to necessities.
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  Like food? Water or shelter.
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  Many suffered from severe sunburns, with some attendees
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  even fainting while in line. Due to safety concerns and
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  struggles with crowd management, the convention was shut down on
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  its first day. Soon the event was.
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  Covered across the world. By different media outlets, but
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  no piece of media was more prolific than the three.
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  Part docu. Series by Shane Dawson The Truth
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  about Tanacon Shane felt a sense of responsibility.
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  As a. Special guest at the convention
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  seeking to get to the bottom of the situation and figure out how
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  the event. Failed so spectacularly.
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  After all, at the time, there were rumors that Tanicon was all
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  about manufacturing a viral moment in the series.
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  Shane spoke to Different. People involved and dove into
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  the background of Good Times Company, the organizers of the
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  event, and its CEO, Michael Weiss, as Catherine Lindsay
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  reported for Refinery 29 at the time, quote.
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  The series is a lot of he said, she said.
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  Mojo said as she was told. The venue would fit 5000 people.
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  She claims she was told the majority of the tickets.
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  Sold were free tickets, so VIPs. Shouldn't have to wait in line?
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  She said she specifically asked for adequate security.
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  Around 91 guards space, food and water.
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  Good times, claims Mojo. Was aware that the.
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  Attendees were mostly VIPs and that she was barely involved in
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  the planning. At the time, Shane was
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  considered the Oprah Winfrey. Of YouTube.
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  Beloved by the masses for telling meaningful stories and
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  giving second chances to various creators, although we all know
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  how that panned out. With this context, many Internet
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  users praised the documentary, but looking back, people have
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  raised questions about Shane and Tana's friendship and with this,
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  the ethics. Of the docu series as a whole.
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  As conversation started circulating about the way Shane
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  spoke to minors during his massive cancellation in 2020,
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  people began to view his friendship with Tana in a
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  different light. As we have established, Tana
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  rose to viral. Fame when she was a minor and
• 19:19
  started before trending much older creators, with Shane as an
• 19:22
  example of someone who was almost 10 years her senior.
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  Tana was also vocal about being a long time Shane Dawson fan,
• 19:29
  adding to the questionable power dynamic during their friendship.
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  They discussed wildly inappropriate topics.
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  In fact, the most popular video on Tana's channel to this.
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  Day is titled I. Peed on Shane Dawson?
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  You wish. This was click bait which was
• 19:44
  released. Just after she turned 18 at the
• 19:48
  time, people. Didn't really.
• 19:50
  React very strongly, but of. Course it has aged very poorly.
• 19:54
  Given this context, Shane's documentary about Tana Con.
• 19:58
  Left a bad taste? In some people's mouths.
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  While Shane's docu. Series might have been Tana's
• 20:03
  first foray into this kind of content.
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  It definitely wasn't her last. In 2019, Tana was tapped to star
• 20:10
  in an MTV. Reality show called.
• 20:12
  MTV no filter Tana turns 21 The first season documented Tana in
• 20:17
  the lead up to her 21st birthday.
• 20:18
  Another example of how Tana was exploited.
• 20:21
  As this wild child party girl. Before she was even legal to
• 20:24
  drink, MTV No Filter ran two seasons, throughout which Tana
• 20:27
  spent a large portion of the show sleeping, recovering from
• 20:31
  partying, and struggling to meet her professional commitments.
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  At the time, Tana faced criticism for treating her
• 20:37
  friends poorly and downplaying an asthma diagnosis quote.
• 20:40
  MTV wanted the drama and I didn't think the episode would
• 20:43
  end up the way it did. She later said.
• 20:45
  Of the show, there's probably. People who are still.
• 20:47
  Skeptical when it comes to that, but I know my the truth.
• 20:50
  Tana went on to say that she would take so much Xanax after
• 20:54
  filming that the effects would last into the next day.
• 20:57
  Quote there. Was just a time in my life where
• 20:59
  I was abusing everything I could.
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  Throughout the series, fans also got a.
• 21:03
  Glimpse into the deterioration of tana's relationship with her
• 21:07
  longtime manager Jordan Verona along with amari Stewart, Ashley
• 21:11
  schwann and many of tana's other friends.
• 21:14
  Jordan was always a big part of the Tana Mojo cinematic
• 21:17
  universe. He was well known to fans and
• 21:19
  even lived and ran his business out of Tana's pool house.
• 21:22
  For a few years. MTV no filter showed a
• 21:25
  complicated. Side to their.
• 21:26
  Professional and personal relationship.
• 21:28
  The two fought multiple times on the show and at one point Tana
• 21:31
  even accused Jordan of calling her a piece of shit and a liar.
• 21:35
  In November 2020, Tana and Jordan.
• 21:37
  Officially parted ways. While it's never been confirmed
• 21:40
  why Tana has hinted at Jordan owing her money, there's also
• 21:44
  speculation that Jordan started seeing Tana's childhood friend
• 21:47
  and roommate at the time, Isabella Fusco, Which
• 21:50
  contributed to the deterioration of Tana and Jordan's working
• 21:53
  relationship. While season one of MTV Nofilter
• 21:56
  documented her coming of age in the LA party scene, season 2 of
• 22:00
  MTV Nofilter would chronicle another milestone and Tana's
• 22:04
  story, her turbulent relationship with Mega YouTube.
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  Jake Paul. In April 2019, Tana started
• 22:11
  hooking up with Jake Paul, leader of the Team 10 House.
• 22:14
  They kept. Their relations a secret.
• 22:16
  At first, but fans. Noticed signs that the two were
• 22:18
  getting closer on social media. Media to add fuel.
• 22:21
  To the Internet rumors they took their relationship.
• 22:23
  Or whatever it was. Public in a video on Jake's
• 22:26
  channel published in April 2019. The video was titled Meet the
• 22:30
  Girl I've been hiding from you. It seemed that Tana and Jake.
• 22:33
  Decided to ride the clout wave. And they lent into this
• 22:36
  relationship thing pretty hard. After two months of dating, the
• 22:39
  couple got, quote UN quote, engaged while celebrating Tana's
• 22:42
  birthday in Las Vegas. Jake.
• 22:44
  Proposed at the club with a cake that said.
• 22:46
  Will you marry me? And then another two months
• 22:48
  after that, they got, quote UN quote, married.
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  Marking one of the biggest moments in YouTube history.
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  Tana and Jake exchanged vows in front of family, friends and
• 22:59
  other influencers in July 2019 at Graffiti Mansion in Las
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  Vegas. The reception was held at Sugar
• 23:05
  Factory at the. Fashion Show Mall.
• 23:07
  Where a red carpet with a. Line of invited press greeted
• 23:10
  influencers at the entrance. The event reportedly cost half.
• 23:13
  $1,000,000 and the couple didn't even get legally married.
• 23:17
  Shocker. The most controversial part,
• 23:19
  however? However, was that Jake?
• 23:20
  Charged fans. $50.00 to live. Stream their wedding from home
• 23:25
  The live stream was so glitchy that refunds ended up being
• 23:28
  issued to fans who made complaints.
• 23:30
  While Tana and Jake didn't officially get married and
• 23:32
  eventually announced their split at the end of 2019, there's no
• 23:36
  denying that Tana was in deep with Jake.
• 23:38
  In a 40 minute video posted on December 30th, 2019, Tana opened
• 23:43
  up about feeling lost since marrying.
• 23:44
  Jake, she revealed that she had agreed to be.
• 23:47
  In an open relationship, hoping that it would make her see like
• 23:50
  a quote UN quote cool wife. She didn't realize that meant
• 23:53
  Jake would be sleeping with a New Girl every night.
• 23:56
  Throughout the video. She maintained that she.
• 23:58
  Still loves Jake A. Sentiment that she defended in
• 24:01
  her Instagram post announcing their breakup.
• 24:03
  Quote I will always. Love Jake and everything we did.
• 24:05
  I'm grateful to know throughout this I've made a best friend for
• 24:08
  life and found someone to do life with when no one else
• 24:11
  understood me, she wrote in her caption in the video.
• 24:14
  Tana also. Shared her desire to.
• 24:16
  Reconcile with her traumatic childhood in 2020 and deal with
• 24:19
  her addiction. She said she doesn't feel like
• 24:21
  she's. Been completely honest with her
• 24:23
  audience throughout the years on YouTube.
• 24:25
  Because she's kept her. Demons hidden and that she'll be
• 24:27
  changing that in the new year. Tana also changed her name from
• 24:30
  Tana Paul back to Tana Mojo across social media.
• 24:34
  Five months later, Jake admitted during an interview with
• 24:36
  Entertainment Tonight that he entered into the relationship
• 24:39
  with Tana for publicity. The 20 tens were tumultuous time
• 24:43
  for Tana's career. From starting YouTube as a
• 24:45
  teenager, sharing inappropriate story times to several huge
• 24:48
  scandals, a reality show, addiction issues and APR stunt
• 24:52
  wedding, Tana had made her mark on the industry in just. 5 short
• 24:56
  years. And after breaking her fanbase's
• 24:58
  trust time and time again, her reputation going into the next
• 25:02
  decade was not great. Tana entered the Twenty 20s
• 25:05
  branded as. A party girl who.
• 25:07
  Started drama for clout and didn't care.
• 25:09
  About what she did or who she hurt.
• 25:10
  As long as she was making money and having fun.
• 25:13
  But 20/20 was about to change. All of our lives.
• 25:16
  And also Tana's. Because this was the year.
• 25:19
  Where Tana, probably unbeknownst to her, started planting the
• 25:23
  seeds for redemption. Though it would take several
• 25:26
  more years for audiences to come back around to trusting Tana
• 25:29
  again, one Story Time video posted in December 2020 would
• 25:33
  lay the groundwork for a major element of Tana's renaissance.
• 25:37
  And that video? Was about her ex.
• 25:40
  Best friend Mindy Infinite. Scroll is a podcast.
• 25:43
  Written, produced and presented by ME Lauren Meisner for
• 25:46
  Centennial World. Additional research and
• 25:48
  reporting is by Annabelle and David.
• 25:50
  Editing is by Danny Fennick. Thank you so much for listening
• 25:53
  to part one of Tana Mojo. Story part.
• 25:55
  Two will be out next Friday. I love you guys, thank you so
• 25:59
  much. And I will talk.
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  To you next week, bye.