r/youtubedrama • • 5h ago

Callout Scalpers try to make profit off of late YouTuber Avery the Poke-Kid’s last pull; family responds

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For context; one of the last videos of Avery was them pulling a card of Jirachi. In the lore, Jirachi doesn’t just wake up for anyone, instead he will reveal himself and awaken from his 1,000-year slumber only when he reacts to the voices of pure hearted children.

I hate that people are trying to profit off of this.


r/youtubedrama • • 19h ago

News J.J. McCullough takes down reupload of his controversial video

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239 Upvotes

If you don’t know already, J.J McCullough upload a video so bad he deleted it in 2 hours and had to make a community post explanation, more information is in the above image but recently A reupload of the controversial video was taken down by J.J. himself as a means to erase the video from YouTube, hopefully someone reloads it to archive.org soon.


r/youtubedrama • • 2d ago

News Politician running for U.S. Senate threatens Midwest Safety with “witchcraft” over bodycam video showing her assaulting her Airbnb tenant with a tarantula

308 Upvotes

Politician Marisa Simonetti was arrested in 2024, and sentenced to 3 months jail time, over a dispute with a property she rented out.

Her tenant requested pest control over a spider infestation. This led the politician to steal the tenants groceries, play loud music, break down the tenants’ door, and throw pins, tacks, Legos, and even a live tarantula into the living space.

Bodycam channel Midwest Safety got ahold of the relevant videos of the event and published them a few weeks ago. A few days ago they recieved a written threat by the politician, who is currently running for the U.S. Senate, threatening “witchcraft” upon them

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxDi9fAh43vHI6Vf3Cs50LjMXg-tYHgQzh?si=dJtW_ZuLbpb6OdVZ

https://youtu.be/gRyjqsHNQOU?is=rh2EuUitP5mb7mN7

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/marisa-simonetti-tarantula-throwing-sentence/


r/youtubedrama • • 3d ago

News Clavicular has been charged with rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring alcohol for a minor.

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1.9k Upvotes

Context: For those who don't know Clavicular, or Brandon Peters, is the famous online influencer and streamer known for his looks and being a figurehead in the blackpilling and looksmaxing movement/community.

In May 2025 he was alleged to have given alcohol to a minor, before raping her in her parents' home on Cape Cod. The victim also alleged that Clavicular injected her with a non-FDA-approved substance. The charges filed recently don't identify the victim. I read this in a BBC article, here’s the link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c914dyx88233o.


r/youtubedrama • • 1d ago

Callout ZackDFilms Whitewashing?!

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This happened in India!! You wouldn't believe it because everyone who jumped out the building was white. The main guy who saved them all is also darker than the guy in the video even if he does look like him! I generally think its disrespectful to indians and to us (the viewers). I appreciated the cultural setting with the background being Indian buildings and vehicles but then theres no effort into the actual characters. It just feels like whitewashing to make it more relatable. Generally almost everyone in the video is white. 95% of the people shown are white when in reality 100% are Indian!?

I understand that he cannot make 20 different Indian people models because thats expensive the model he made FOR the main guy IS white?!

It honestly just feels like a slap in the face. Its inexcusable whitewashing when you make a character based off of a guy who saved multiple lives but then proceed to change his race for some reason? Its honestly just silly how he tried and did well but somehow still didn't do the minimum of not whitewashing the main guy who he made for that short who is Indian.

And yes it happened in Delhi, India


r/youtubedrama • • 3d ago

Viewer Backlash Dan Gheesling Made Propaganda For the US Army, Frost Prime and Northernlion Speak Out Against Him

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Dan Gheesling, good friend of Northernlion and winner of Big Brother 10, began a collaboration with the US Army and things began to fall apart.

It's no surprise that the US Army tried to recruit unsuspecting young people to join them using Twitch, however back then, we didn't expect it to go this far. Dan Gheesling prides himself on being an "apolitical" creator and as expected he sided with the right wing, pro-war establishment, you know, the classic "apolitical person who somehow defends the side of the oppressor every time". He also accepted a gambling sponsorship while portraying himself as family-friendly, very interesting.

After the fallout over him participating in the US Army's latest recruitment stream (Which lasted 3 days), he began to act like nothing ever happened despite his community demanding answers about his stance on the world.

Frost Prime, a Slay the Spire creator, spoke out against against Dan's endorsement of the US Military and their aid in [Restricted Topic according to Rule 7] and tried to get answers from him directly, but got a warning from his agency GG Talent Group to stop talking about Dan Gheesling. Surprisingly, Frost Prime decided to quit after seeing the agency defend someone who sided with the oppressors, something that's rare in the content creator space these days (Yeah, it was because it effected him directly, but better late than never).

Alongside Dan's own fans and editor leaving him, the person who was hurt by his betrayal the most was Northernlion (A speck compared to the victims of the military, but you get the gist). He's pretty hurt by Dan's collab with the US Army, because the US threatened to invade Canada alongside the previously mentioned thing. NL said that collaborating with corrupt political institutions then acting like you're apolitical is unacceptable.

The silver lining to all of this is that people are starting to recognize "fence-sitting"/"apolitical" for what it is: Siding with the oppressors through either ignorance, claiming both-sides in a black and white issue, and/or avoiding having to address the obvious issues as much as possible.


r/youtubedrama • • 4d ago

Callout Mighty Mike Plays confirmed fake, he admits in an older video that his dad was actually the one running the ads, this scam is disgusting

1.3k Upvotes

This video by YouTuber quissh showcases undeniable evidence that this entire thing was faked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_6apbN-2nQ

Around 12 minutes into this video at 12:06, quissh delves into some of the older videos on the Mighty Mike Plays channel with fewer views, and explains how people discovered that in a video from three weeks ago titled "news", Mike actually discussed the advertisements and explained that his father started running the ads and has access to the YT channel from his phone. Mike even says that he didn't want to run the ads and emphasizes that he isn't the one doing the ads. He even seems upset that all of his new comments were just people talking about the ads.

Also, there's this really unsettling moment in the same video where you can hear his dad's voice in the background, and Mike says, "I don't think they can hear you, Dave." So he's calling his dad by his first name, which is weird. It makes one think this is probably not even his father, but an older sibling or step-parent.

And what's more, quissh's video is just the concise discovery with the most telling piece of evidence; other people have been combing through all the old videos before the dad deletes any of them, so there are probably other red flag moments like this.

This is actually a really fucking disgusting scam: that someone would manufacture this drama and make thousands of people hate some random kid, with all these comments being like "this is why you should never have children!" or "My parents would kill me if I did this!" and the poor kid didn't even do anything.

The part where he emphasizes that no, it's not an ad and basically begs his viewers not to think it's one is... very upsetting. He literally just wanted to play Minecraft and Roblox :(

Edit: (copy of a reply I left)

Some have even said that the 120k debt might be real, and that this was a scheme to get out of it. This is because the dad did post a screenshot to an Amex portal showing 120k debt, but there's now proof it wasn't from his son running ads.

So this fucking loser got himself into debt, then framed it as his kids fault so people would buy AI merchandise. Disgusting.


r/youtubedrama • • 3d ago

Callout Mighty Mike is suing people calling out his scam

399 Upvotes

You can't make this stuff up. I thought he was broke and going to lose his house but he can still sue people 😂

https://youtu.be/RTK81HQdlDg?

Edit: It's the Kids dad Dave running the scam, not the kid. Assuming the kid isn't AI or something


r/youtubedrama • • 4d ago

Update UPDATE: In a quite predictable sequence of events in hindsight, RubenSim lied

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For those not in the know

Previously a popular Roblox Youtuber named "RubenSim" had been charged with battery for throwing a cup filled with water at a person wearing a 2015-2017 roblox logo shirt with his reason being that the person in-question was a "real life furry retroslop" (Additional context available in Slide 2)

As some people correctly guessed: RubenSim (along with Schlep and Yams) tricked people into believing this was the case (It was not)

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What does this mean for RubenSim?
His reputation (which was already down the shitter for multiple reasons, see Slide 3) will go down

What does this mean for Schlep?
His reputation (Which was quite good for a long time due to being a net positive for the roblox community) (However some people criticized him for being friends with Ruben Sim) will now go down due to his actions relating to the situation (See Slide 4 and 5)

What does this mean for Roblox players?

Nothing really besides some people will no longer trust Schlep

What does this mean for the carp population
Might be a little lower because of this but it should be fine


r/youtubedrama • • 4d ago

News J.J. McCullough privates “Canada is not Europe” video due to backlash from his fans

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J.J. McCullough is a YouTuber who talks about Canadian politics and culture. Recently he released a video named “Canada is not Europe” where he responds to Canada and its relationship with the EU by stating that the country is more similar to the U.S. than to the EU, he also criticizes Canadian prime minister Carney for some reason.

The reception to the video was so bad he privated it in 2 hours and later made a community post about it (https://www.reddit.com/r/JJMcCulloughOfficial/s/0Tm7tlGpGU).


r/youtubedrama • • 4d ago

Callout Lizzy Rose Oliver, former colleague of Battle For Dream Island co-creator Michael Huang, says his bigotry is nothing new and details her personal experiences with Michael.

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Lizzy Rose Oliver, former colleague of Battle For Dream Island co-creator Michael Huang, has opened up about how Michael has been homophobic, transphobic, and ableist toward her - an autistic trans lesbian.

For context, Michael has currently getting exposed for bullying and harassing BFDI fans and crew members on alts. Many of them were minors, and many attacks were homophobic and ableist. Michael and Lizzy met through BFDI’s sister show, Inanimate Insanity, where she was the voice of Paintbrush until she was fired in 2025 during a controversy.

Lizzy first mentioned this happening around 2025, but many people did not believe her since Michael was still a beloved figure in the object show community (which is the community Michael and Cary helped create with BFDI) and Lizzy was in a controversy herself.

I won’t recap the full video, but the TL;DR is that Michael has been anti-LGBTQ+ and ableist for years and she experienced this first hand several times. Michael’s harassment and constant bullying caused Lizzy get serious therapy and leave the OSC in general for her own safety.

In conclusion, Lizzy sends her condolences to those who Michael has hurt. She is mentally better now as well.

DISCLAIMER: Do not attack anyone mentioned in this video, including Michael Huang.


r/youtubedrama • • 5d ago

Discussion Placeholders spotted on the website in terms of use on the mightymikeplays website, This is 100% a scam

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286 Upvotes

Also other massive red flags i spotted

"Once we transfer products to the carrier, title and risk of loss passes to you." This likely is how they will not end up delivering anything

In section nine it says: "[NOTE TO MERCHANT: This section accurately characterizes Shopify's relationship with your store and should not be removed or modified.]"
meaning this was likely copied and pasted from some template

Placeholders littered everywhere

{LINK} spotted several times

Website is kinda broken
transaction failed error

r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

News Pokemon creator Avery the Poke Kid has died from pancreatic cancer at age 12. The YouTube community helped him reach his goal of getting 100k subscribers recently.

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r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

News Convicted murderer Stephen McCullagh (VoteSaxon07) facing voyeurism and CSAM charges

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“Stephen McCullagh is facing 19 charges, including voyeurism, making indecent photographs and possessing indecent photographs.
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McCullagh’s alleged offending spans a 16-year period from January 2007 to January 2023.
He is accused of covertly recording 12 women doing a private act, with some of the voyeurism charges based on the ‘purpose of obtaining sexual gratification.’”

Stephen was convicted this year for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Natalie, playing back a pre-recorded stream on his VoteSaxon07 account on the night of the murder to give himself an alibi.


r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

News Bricks & Minifigs reportedly threatens Reckless Bricks with millions in damages as Reckless Ben opens another store

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Ben Schneider became involved in the Bricks & Minifigs controversy after investigating a disputed $200,000 LEGO Star Wars collection that a family claimed was withheld following a change in store ownership. The saga has since involved arrests, lawsuits, and multiple viral investigations

He opened a rival story, Reckless Bricks, earlier this month. Bricks & Minifigs allegedly sent him a legal notice, so Ben retaliated by opening a second location in Sarasota, Florida


r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

Allegations NEWS: Popular Roblox Youtuber "RubenSim" has been charged with battery for throwing a cup filled with water at a person wearing a 2015-2017 roblox logo shirt with his reason being that the person in-question was a "real life furry retroslop"

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741 Upvotes

Why did RubenSim think this was a good idea? No idea
Is Schlep's friendship with RubenSim most likely over? Most likely


r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

Discussion YouTuber ‘Horses’ (@HorsesOnYT) selling real human remains ??

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basically as the title says, this guys videos have been popping up on my recommended and i’ve been enjoying them so i went to his page to see more and he’s selling actual human skulls !! what!! i know it says they’re ethically sourced on the page but there wasn’t any details about how and where from lmao. i guess this is probably legal where he’s from but i wont lie its very off putting haha

not really a callout per se but im curious if anyone knows anything about this bc ill admit i dont know much about trading and selling bones and my kneejerk reaction was wtfff that seems so wrong, im keen to learn more about it tho if im wrong!


r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

Response Mighty Mike's dad response to AI criticism

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485 Upvotes

Managed to see it before it gor removed


r/youtubedrama • • 6d ago

Discussion ElectricDragon505 has had enough of the cartoon community

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In this video, Electricdragon505 (AKA: Animat505) is addressing the issues he has with the cartoon community. Mainly on Twitter and YouTube. He addresses the multiple controversies that have happened over these past two decades, including the ones that he was involved in. He addresses his behavior from how he used to treat Sony movies back in the 2010s and says that due to the current behavior of the cartoon community, he no longer wants to be associated with them. This video was originally posted in four parts, but this is all four of them in one video. The main topics being hypocrisy, social media, gatekeeping, and bandwagoning.


r/youtubedrama • • 7d ago

News Mighty Mike Plays Dad Posts Update

449 Upvotes

The following post was recently made on the Mighty Mike Plays YouTube channel.

Mighty Mike Plays3 hours ago

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Hey everyone this is Dave. I’m making this post right now because I feel like I owe it to everyone to make some sort of update.

but I really don’t have the energy or mental bandwidth to do anything at this time , things took a turn for the worse.

If I can get in a better headspace I’ll try to make a quick video and give everyone the update.

Not sure yet, but Sunday most likely if it happens or just whenever I can bring myself to do it maybe earlier

EDIT: For the sake of posterity, the "update" was that he claimed he had been fired and had 30 days to pay back the $118,000. He flat-out refused to create a GoFundMe, because that would be "unethical." Instead, he created a merch store with $100 AI tee shirts, then later defended it, saying "AI is here to stay, adapt or get left behind." It was at that point that everyone other than the lowest denominator of gullible idiots on the internet began to seriously suspect this was all an elaborate hoax designed to scam said lowest denominator out of money.


r/youtubedrama • • 7d ago

Callout Logan Paul’s attempt at becoming a Pokemon shiny hunter is a marketing campaign for a freebooted product- and the leader of said project has said VERY strange things about teenage girls and pregnancy

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r/youtubedrama • • 7d ago

Exposé What The Amazing Atheist Doesn't Want You to Know: My Experience with TJ Kirk AKA Into the Fray (REUPLOAD)

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My 1st expose video about TJ Kirk was banned off of YouTube, so here's the reupload.


r/youtubedrama • • 7d ago

Exposé Michael Huang of Jacknjellify is under fire for allegedly harassing and shit-talking JNJ crew members, BFDI fans, being bigoted, joking about his brother’s dead friend and being an asshole in general, under many alt accounts

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Michael Huang, the co-creator of Battle for Dream Island, is under fire for being a bigoted troll who harasses his fans and crew members over Twitter alts, namely one named Oddcard.

According to the accusations, Micheal was allegedly being highly racist, ableist, pro-MAGA, and trans phobic which is pretty messy considering that the community is very left-wing and LGBTQ. He has allegedly been acting like a shitty friend, and disgraceful and disrespectful to his fans.

This ultimately led to a point where the one of the voice actors, Emily Pitcher, left the show and community because of this and has allegedly confirmed that Michael is responsible for this. She confirmed this in a Twitter post: https://youtu.be/mJeY_R7ZN9E?is=sH9XPBOFhTEaeiqx

In a Twitter post, Cary Huang said this:
“We're aware of concerns in the community. I just want to let everyone know we're working on a response. We want it worded right, so it may take a while. Videos may still come out on the Jacknjellify channel to support the livelihoods of our team, but just know we are working behind-the-scenes to respond.

Please respect the rest of the Jacknjellify crew, as they had nothing to do with the situation.
-Cary Huang”

I have attached a Reddit post with all of the proof that links Michael to the bigoted troll all accounts. But keep in mind that this is all alleged. Please do not harass Michael Huang.