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MINI SCROLL: Chase Stokes x Kelsea Ballerini split, Becca Bloom equality backlash, Apsyn Ovard girlfriend + more · Mini Scroll

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  share it if you guys enjoyed it. OK, the first story that I have
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  for you guys is that Chase Stokes has posted a very cryptic
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  message following his split from Kelsey Ballerini.
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  So Chase Stokes and Kelsey Ballerini started dating in 2023
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  after Chase the split from Outer Banks Co star Madeline Klein and
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  Kelsey's divorce from Morgan Evans Back in September of this
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  year, however, a source told Us Weekly that the two had split
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  quote. It was a hard split.
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  They've been arguing a lot recently and their communication
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  wasn't great in the last month. They were both traveling so much
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  and trying to juggle everything and the arguments piled up is
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  what the source said. However, one month later, the
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  two of them were spotted holding hands together in Croatia.
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  So everyone's like, OK, I guess they're back together.
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  But now over the weekend, Chase put their rocky relationship on
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  blast when he posted an Instagram story saying this
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  don't believe the media I'm blocked.
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  I did nothing wrong. Sorry heart I tried that is
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  giving a red flag this message. This post is so cringe.
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  Like don't believe the media. Sorry I tried like I can't.
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  It's giving like Sookie manchild, OK, sorry to the
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  stands. I know he has a lot of stands
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  and I'm kind of scared. So something that overshadowed
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  their relationship this whole time was Chase's former
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  relationship with Madeline Klein because fans of Outer Banks were
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  introduced to them as a couple. Their characters played a couple
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  on TV and no one really got over their relationship is the point.
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  And it seems like it's possible that the fans shipping Chase and
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  Madeline could have contributed to his split from Kelsey.
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  Because just a few days before he posted that Instagram story
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  that has made me cringe. Kelsey released a new EP called
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  Mount Pleasant and she teased the music in a TikTok promo.
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  And in this TikTok promo, fans started flooding her comment
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  section questioning if one of the songs was about Madeline.
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  Klein and Chase commented on this teaser video writing.
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  These comments are fucking weird.
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  Grow up as into the fans. So yes, while I do think his
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  Instagram story is a big red flag and super cringe and
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  embarrassing, I also understand that fans have been so
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  parasocial about Chase and Madeleine.
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  And that would be very challenging on any relationship.
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  And it would just be challenging even if you weren't in a
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  relationship and people were constantly standing you and your
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  ex and you're like, I'm trying to move on.
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  Like they still have to work together.
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  Although I also saw when I was researching for this story that
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  fans think that he's actually leaving the show because he's
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  like, over the show. He's over the fan craze around
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  them. He just, like, needs to move on.
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  So that'll be interesting to see if that's what happens.
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  But yeah, he seems burnt out from the fans.
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  OK, the next story that I have for you guys is the Queen of
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  Rich talk. Becca Bloom is facing backlash
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  after she made a video talking about gender equality and the
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  patriarchy. So Becca Bloom has been going
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  viral all week after she posted a video talking about how men
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  don't understand certain things about equality.
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  Basically, she was criticizing the patriarchy.
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  Here's. What men don't understand about
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  equality. You think equality means
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  splitting the bill? Women live in a society where
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  equality has never existed in the 1st place.
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  Women still only make 80% of what a man makes for the same
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  full time job. So when you ask for a 5050 date,
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  know that her 50% cost more of her income than it does yours.
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  Second of all, women pay more just to exist in the dating
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  world, About $400.00 a month just on grooming and beauty.
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  And that's not because they want to spend more.
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  It's because they're held to the beauty standards that men built
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  and judge them. By OK, so her point is not
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  wrong, right? Valid points were made, however
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  she was immediately met with criticism because if you didn't
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  know, Becca Bloom is wealthy. Wealthy Like billionaire level
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  wealthy. At least her family is.
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  So her video talking about equality, even though it is
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  gender equality, still it falls a bit flat when her entire brand
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  is built off of showing off this opulent lifestyle that she has.
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  And I think the backlash would have just been left to Becca's
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  TikTok comment section and it would have died down really
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  quickly if she had not started responding because that's what's
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  happened. And now it has turned into this
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  full blown saga. So in response to one comment
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  who wrote, I will not be lectured on equality by this
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  billionaire, not now, not ever, Becca responded.
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  When someone can't challenge the point, they challenge the
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  existence of the person who made it.
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  Thanks for the case study. And then user bridge on film,
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  under score pointed out that Becca's parents are tech
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  entrepreneurs, writing that she should have her, quote,
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  billionaire family distribute their wealth.
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  And then Becca responded saying, if you knew even a fraction
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  about me or my family, that question wouldn't have made it
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  out of your drafts. And for clarity, TikTok auto
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  filters users with a history of hostility or cyber bullying.
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  Your comment hit itself. So this user actually used
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  Becca's comment and used it in a response video.
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  So here's what she said. Becca Bloom commented on my
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  TikTok, which is great. I want discourse because she
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  posted a video talking about equality.
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  And I just think the elephant in the room is that you're a
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  billionaire. So what do you know about
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  equality? All I commented saying was that,
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  hey, can we have the same energy for equality and talk about
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  redistributing your billionaire family's wealth.
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  And apparently that's a cyberbullying comment.
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  Now this has kicked off a conversation around rich talk
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  and our voyeurism and also what would motivate ultra wealthy
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  people to post online at all. The main theories for why Becca
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  specifically posts online when she comes from like this
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  billionaire family is because fame and validation is not
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  something that money can buy. And then some believe it's
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  possible she has plans to launch a brand.
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  So she's been playing the long game like building a following.
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  So she has a built in customer base when she does launch
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  whatever she wants to launch. So here are some takes.
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  This one is from Saron Things, not.
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  Saying that she shouldn't be a content creator.
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  I'm saying from where I stand, the scrutiny of being a content
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  creator is more trouble than it's worth for her.
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  There is no financial windfall to be had.
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  She seems to have a full robust social life, many friends, a
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  great relationship with her family, a thriving career loving
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  fiance who is obsessed with her. Like what does this provide her
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  other than people being all up in her business?
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  And privacy to people like her I imagine is invaluable.
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  It's worth a lot more than anything that she could possibly
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  gain from being on. This app, this one's from
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  Princess Paul. Let's listen to what she just
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  said. She's saying that until society
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  becomes equal we shouldn't cherry pick equality.
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  And she uses an example where she is basically weaponizing
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  feminism because for her viewpoint she's thinking that
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  splitting the bill, having a man pay for your lifestyle even
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  though let's be real, your family is rich enough to pay for
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  your own. It's really just symbolic
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  between your relationship. It's ironic that the billionaire
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  or multi millionaire or extremely rich person is saying
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  that until society is statistically equal, money is
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  the biggest root of all the problems that exists in the
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  world. Poverty is probably the biggest
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  problem that exists in the world.
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  You talking about feminism is you cherry picking an example in
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  which case you do not have to contribute that much.
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  You do not have to self examine in yourself.
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  Why are you so triggered when people bring up your family's
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  wealth in this comment you can read she responds, you know,
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  kind of tongue in cheek Starkey. It's kind of the her response to
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  all these videos that are talking about like, if you
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  actually quit care about equality, you would work to give
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  your money away. You would work to actually
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  improve economic situations for people because let's be real,
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  there's no ethical way to become a billionaire.
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  So I think in general, Becca's video and her response to the
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  criticism, you know, she seems genuinely surprised by this
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  response. I think that this is a prime
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  example of why we need intersectionality because like I
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  said, sure her points about patriarchy were valid.
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  I fear they should be common sense, but I understand they are
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  not, especially in certain circles.
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  OK. However, it doesn't land at all
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  when she fails to acknowledge where she personally sits in the
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  social hierarchy. And something positive that I
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  think we could take away from the situation is that now
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  there's this mass discussion online about the romanticization
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  of wealthy creators. Like the fact that we have
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  sayings like rich talk and you know, rich people who rich
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  right? Like you literally can't go on
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  TikTok talk without seeing people use those phrases.
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  It's constantly online. And while I don't think that we
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  will ever stop being obsessed with watching the lifestyles of
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  the rich and famous like I am case in point, I fucking love
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  housewives. Like I love all that kind of
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  stuff. OK.
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  I think it hits different when it's a creator.
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  Like I actually think there is a difference there and I think
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  it's more of a psychological thing from the viewers
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  perspective. However, I think it is important
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  for us whether we will continue to consume this content and like
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  it or not, to be aware of what we're being exposed to and why
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  we should not be romanticizing this.
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  And I do think there's really great conversations about that
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  coming out of this situation. OK, the next story that I have
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  for you guys is Aspen Ovard has seemingly confirmed her
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  girlfriend's identity as Bree Davis.
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  So we all know that OG lifestyle YouTube Aspen Ovard has been
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  going through a very public divorce and basically like a
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  personal rebrand in the process. She's been teasing that she has
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  a girlfriend for about 8 months and since she started teasing
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  this, fans were digging things up.
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  The rumor started that Aspen was dating this girl named Brie who
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  was married and Aspen is in like an open relationship throuple
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  with this couple. So Brie has been married to her
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  husband since apparently 9th grade.
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  And anyways, all of this was very much rumors until this
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  weekend when Aspen and Brie posted content together with
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  each other's full face in the videos.
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  Some fans thought it was just for views.
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  But then one commenter wrote, honestly, going from married so
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  young to a man amongst Mormon culture to dating a married
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  woman is a fucking vibe and I'm here for it.
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  And Aspen liked that comment. So people are like, OK, is that
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  confirmation that all of the rumors about her dating a
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  married woman and being in this, you know, possible open
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  relationship throuple situation is true?
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  I do think Aspen feeds in to the cloud that she gets for this
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  rebrand and for this, this new era of her life.
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  But also like, why shouldn't she?
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  Like whatever, you know what I mean?
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  She's put her whole life online and we know her divorce has been
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  really traumatizing and it's been a really hard past couple
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  of years for her. So you know what, she's having
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  fun, she's getting views and she's getting paid for those
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  views. Speaking of getting paid for
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  views, I unfortunately have one last story about the Manosphere,
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  A manosphere podcast, which is definitely all for views based
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  on this story. So Manosphere podcaster Andrew
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  Wilson is being put on blast for his hypocrisy after a clip from
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  a podcast that he was on has gone viral.
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  Been a minute since we've talked about the Manosphere, but here
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  we are. Andrew Wilson is a Manosphere
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  right wing commentator. He's the host of The Crucible,
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  which is a debate show, and he is also a frequent guest on the
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  What whatever podcast. I'm sure you guys have seen
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  clips of the whatever podcast come up for you.
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  It's the one that has like the white background with the giant
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  ass whatever, you know, in black and white like over and over and
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  over again in the background. That is like how I recognize it.
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  And they do the classic viral like debate feminists embarrass
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  women type of shit. OK, so on November 9th, an
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  episode of the podcast was published where Andrew debated A
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  leftist feminist named Charlie who predominantly dates women.
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  And a clip from the segment is going so viral and it's sparking
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  tons of think pieces about how this seems to really expose the
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  hypocrisy from these right wing alpha male podcast Bros.
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  The clip was from a segment of the podcast where they were
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  trying to challenge or convince each other of their worldviews.
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  And here is how it went. I will never be able to convince
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  you of my worldview, you all I know.
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  But the reason is not because I'm not a great orator, or I
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  don't make good points, or I haven't said things which should
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  be compelling to a person. But Charlie, I just think,
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  honestly, you're too fucking stupid to understand them.
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  So, Andrew, can I sell you on my worldview?
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  Yes. Your wife has three baby daddies
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  and has been married twice before, and you under and you.
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  Lick you lick snizz under. Your religion.
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  You lick snizz. What is that?
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  You're a fucking don't talk shit about my wife, you stupid.
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  Shut your fucking mouth. Shut your stupid mouth.
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  Your wife with the three babies. What did I just say?
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  Wife. With the three sorry doll, I'm
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  sorry 'cause she morally inconsequential in comparison to
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  your ditch licking. There's also a part of the
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  episode where Andrew calls his wife to get her to like,
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  basically help defend him against Charlie.
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  And I fear that is an indication that you have lost the debate,
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  Sir. OK, so first of all, everyone's
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  like, what the fuck is this? Like we know what he was trying
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  to say there, but like, who uses that term?
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  What are you talking about, Snizz?
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  What the fuck is that term? OK second of all, this just goes
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  to show how much of A grift all of this shit is.
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  The manosphere is a grift. These men who are preaching the
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  concept of high value women, the importance of a traditional
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  family unit, being the leader of the house, like all this shit,
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  it's all for money. They don't actually practice
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  what they preach in their real lives.
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  It's to make money off of the insecurities of vulnerable young
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  men. So Charlie has actually
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  responded to this going viral. And here's what she said.
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  I am the Snizz Liquor. The Snizzler, if you will.
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  This video is making the rounds again on Instagram and Twitter,
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  so I just wanted to clarify a few things.
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  I don't take any issue with Andrew Wilson's wife having
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  three baby daddies and having been married multiple times
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  before. I don't think it's immoral.
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  I'm a feminist. What I do take issue with is the
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  fact that Andrew Wilson built his platform off of shaming and
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  humiliating women for their past sexual conduct.
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  If Andrew Wilson met a woman like his wife with three baby
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  daddies on the Whatever podcast, he would shame her, call her a
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  hoe, and tell her she's damaged goods and essentially unlovable
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  like he's done to many women before in the past.
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  What I want people to take away from this clip is not that
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  Andrew Wilson is a cuck or that Rachel Wilson is a hoe.
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  I want people to understand that they are hypocrites.
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  And you know, one of my favorite parts about this story is that,
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  like, everyone is basically on the same page.
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  If you look at this podcast, like, think about who subscribed
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  to this podcast, OK, On YouTube, for example.
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  If you look at the comments section on this podcast, all of
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  the top comments are just like, making fun of this dude for
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  being a hypocrite. It's iconic that the whole
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  Internet is like, wow, what a loser.
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  He's so hysterical, he's freaking out.
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  He couldn't even let her finish. I can't.
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  This is why men should actually not be leaders.
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  They're too emotional. I've also seen a lot of people
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  say, you'll note that he never calls her a liar because
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  obviously she wasn't lying. And this just exposes him,
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  right? Like his audience, who he knows
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  will be watching this podcast, they probably didn't know this
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  about his personal life because of the way he talks about women
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  and preaches to them about this kind of shit.
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  So the fact that now he's being exposed and he knows that this
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  is going to come out publicly, it's not a good luck.
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