do you think ex buzzfeed youtubers all share one couch for apology videos or does everyone get their own

you know shit went down when it’s three ex buzzfeed employees apologizing on a couch

🚨TONIGHT! A new Um, Actually launches on Dropout at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, featuring host Ify Nwadiwe, fact checker Brian David Gilbert, and contestants Grant O'Brien (with the jawline), Keith Habersberger (with the megawatt smile), and Zach Kornfeld (who we are 90% sure is not also Grant)

Having to address trying to squeeze money from your fans the same way your friends had to address an actual scandal that caused the ousting of a founding member.

I now need Safiya Nygaard to do the funniest thing ever and sit in a couch for 3, with 2 mannequins and apologize for something.

A text message exchange between my sister and I

No hate at all, but just as someone who’s worked on smaller film production crews in a less expensive city than LA I want to tell you that 29 people on staff is NOTHING for a production company of their size. There’s so much work from project planning and plan development to animation and SFX and graphic design to actual camera operators, audio techs, and lighting crews, to social media marketing teams and then administrative staff to handle all the paperwork involved in getting permission to film in all these locations and organizing flights, hotels, and car rentals for every place they travel to. 29 people is honestly a pretty low number for a company of this caliber.

i know. i just directed a short film with a production crew of 37 and post crew of 11. i am aware of the possibility that productions can be that size. my point was more that they did not need to be “a company of [that] caliber.” they very much could have left buzzfeed, hired a camera op & sound mixer or two, or shit, learned how to do it themselves since it’s youtube and that’s the norm, and more gradually expanded into a professional operation at a sustainable rate. being a "production company of their size" was not a command performance, it was a choice, and it was a bad one.

they did not need to leave buzzfeed and maintain their status as solely talent. the show they were leaving with was not all that complicated! they do not NEED to hire a fucking social media marketing team. a location manager, sure. camera ops and audio for when they're out exploring? sure! but a crew of that size isn't really necessary, is my point.

but they (and the try guys) were used to a quality of life at buzzfeed as talent that they didn't want to let go, and even when the try guys left, i was a little disappointed that they tried to maintain the same level of almost corporate professionalism about their videos instead of like, figuring out how to use a camera or an NLE themselves. i'll admit it's a super petty gripe; like, fine, whatever, shoot for the moon! but it's also meant that they keep feeling the need to Expand and, evidently, legitimize themselves as "more" than just youtubers. they make a LOT of money--but for every one person they hire, that's another person they're obligated to pay a living wage for their skills, and so if they want to be a bigger company, they necessarily must always have Line Go Up. which then compels them to do stupid shit like they did this week

does every channel that is involved with ex buzzfeed employees always have a show where one guy goes out to eat food

What’s wrong babe? You’ve hardly touched your 3 youtubers on a couch.

these two images amuse me greatly. two sides of the same coin. hot and cold. red and blue. opposites, but the same in all the ways that matter. partners. soulmates. yuri, if you will

If you haven’t seen the new Try Guys video here’s a run down:

•Eugene looks so incredibly pissed off the entire time and has to pause while talking once because he’s so mad

•Keith looks exhausted

•Zach’s voice breaks at one point and he clearly tears up

•they found out about the affair over Labor Day weekend when fans contacted them. They immediately suspended Ned and worked with lawyers and an HR rep to conduct a thorough review. During this time, they edited Ned out of content (they greatly thanked their staff several times).

•Based on this review they officially removed Ned on September 16.

•they had plans to release a bigger better statement but the internet got ahead of them. They are still working on that statement.

•they will be editing Ned out of anything pre-filmed but there is content that is forever lost because of Ned’s involvement.

•they acknowledge how sexist the internet can be and asked for people to think about what they post. They also ask for privacy and understanding for their staff and the family impacted.

•they will continue moving forward with a new era of the Try Guys

A new episode of Um, Actually is out now on Dropout!

lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship

+ eugene’s coming out video

Remembering the days where I was an active fan of the Try Guys and commenting on their vids and oh boy... did it not age well.

AND THEN THIS

My boy Noah right here is a prophet.