and you hate to see it

While I didn’t see this coming, I can’t say I’m surprised.

Shout out to Eugene for wearing black in the video about the death of Neds career.

They lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship

And then their mutual boss supports their consensual workplace relationship

It’s honestly amazing to me how the Try Guys story remains ongoing. Sure, it’s still new and all, but it just feels like there shouldn’t be THAT MUCH MORE to it.

Yet, it keeps gaining layers.

For instance, consider the tone-deaf SNL skit. Where they make fun of the three men who removed their co-owner for having a long-term affair with one of their employees; as though that’s not a serious workplace violation, misconduct of behavior, and abuse of power that opens their company to several different lawsuits. 

It’s amazing how many people don’t seem to understand that it’s bad for a company to have someone onboard who puts the business in that kind of danger. Ned’s actions also put their company under some heavy financial strain and negative public scrutiny – which again, bad for business.

The skit treats the remaining Try Guys, like they’re overreacting and even insinuates that this affair was just a one-time kiss, thus downplaying the whole "boss having a long-term affair with an employee” thing. 

How dare these three men hold their former friend and co-owner accountable and protect their company from his actions. This skit turns them into petty, greedy drama whores, who are only upset because he didn’t tell them first about the totally innocent “kiss.”

As well as the weird tone - that because they do silly and stupid things for people’s entertainment that means that they can’t be taken seriously nor are they running a real business. Which weird take for SNL to have, like that’s an especially weird for them to have. 

Or at least that’s one of the vibes I got from it. 

Basically, the skit doesn’t make fun of the man who made so much money selling how perfect his marriage was and also apparently stupid enough (despite going to Yale) to go out in public and cheat on his wife with an employee. 

Which is odd, considering the many ways SNL could’ve gone about this scandal; even NBC’s twitter got in on the joke of “I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship.”

Now is the skit all that shocking? No. Especially considering some of SNL’s other skits and especially their own problems at the workplace with things of this nature.

However, it gets so much juicer and arguably even more telling, because apparently one or two of Ned’s friends from Yale are writers on the SNL staff.

Like what?

And this also brings back to light a lot of the sexual misconduct and assault SNL has enabled and it’s just…

In a twisted way, I’m curious to what the next layer will be.

How will this story mutate next?

I really hope Ariel goes full on feral on Ned’s cheating ass. Like the “I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive” crazy

I lost focus and has a consensual workplace relationship

FIRST OF ALL I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRINCE HARRY 💀 in the video

you ever think about how fucked up it is that shen qingqiu's first mission out of sect was him subduing the skinner, a demon who targeted and replaced people no one would really miss?

very fun how the skinner ended up getting killed and destroyed by someone else who took the place of a person no one really missed

i'm an early seasons steve harrington apologist. sorry. he was not a bad person he was not a bad boyfriend he was literally just 17

I swear the only reason the Try Guys and Ned Fulmer are still fucking trending with barely any new news coming out is because Ned fucking said consensual workplace relationship instead of cheating or had an affair with my producer.

i’m on my hands and knees begging for “what happened (Eugene’s cut).”

no bc the LAYERS to this?? like not only is it a public figure cheating on his wife and the mother of his TWO children. his entire personality is loving his wife he was the goddamn legend of LOVE. AND he didn't just cheat on his wife with some random woman it's his PRODUCER! and bc hes the owner of the company thats his subordinate! AND alex (his producer) was ENGAGED! and you would think "oh well shes not the focal point of the channel shes just a producer so why do people care about her relationship" BECAUSE THEY WERE ACTIVELY MAKING VIDEOS WHERE SHES PLANNING HER WEDDING!! we saw her try on wedding dresses! they did a whole bridesmaid dress video!! like she was also very publicly in a relationship about to be married. AND ON TOP OF THAT it's not just like ned goes into an office and leaves ariel at home (i.e. having separation between work and home) no bc ariel ALSO WORKS WITH THEM AT THE OFFICE! she has worked with alex!!! SHE HAS WORKED WITH AND KNOWS AND WAS SEEMINGLY FRIENDS WITH HIS MISTRESS!!! like you couldnt write a messier affair its all fucking buck wild

I can understand Eugene being so furious with Ned. He has every right.

Eugene’s a child of divorce. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t his dad away on work a lot as well? So could you imagine how hard this is for him?

Ned was on the road all the time as a Try Guy, which is what helped him get away with all this. He was already separated from Ariel and the kids a lot for work. And then for him to do this..

I understand if Ariel chooses to stay for her own reasons, but I can understand Eugene wanting nothing to do with Ned. Especially after Ned is putting his kids in a position that Eugene himself experienced. :(

❌ Ned Fulmer was fired for cheating

✔️ Ned Fulmer was fired for tarnishing his own brand, and becoming a liability to the company.

lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship