I tried to be nice. I considered making this a chill video where
I just vaguely talk about the situation. Some influencers are throwing parties and
that's bad because we're kind of in the middle of a pandemic. So maybe stop you guys. I don't want to name names, but if you could
just not endanger people, that would be great. Then it dawned on me. Why am I being so polite to people who can't
even find enough compassion within themselves to not endanger the lives of everyone around
them? I don't see a reason to. So that being said, I have a lot of names
to name. With funeral homes here in LA unable to accept
more bodies, California's governors ordered eighty-eight refrigeration trucks to serve
as makeshift morgues. We cremated her. Normally we probably would have done a burial,
but it would take maybe to the end of June. So from that point, up until he passed... I couldn't see him. So since this is kind of a heavy video, let
me get the fun stuff out of the way first. I'm back. Honestly, I haven't really been gone. I've been uploading. I put out 13 videos this month so far, and
they're all over my other channel, which is also called D'Angelo Wallace for some reason. They go up Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
new videos, three times a week. Actually, I put up 24 videos last month, if
you count my VODs channel, because yeah, I have a VODs channel now where I post my past
live streams. I am actually a Twitch partner. I stream commentary and variety content, three
times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. So yes, I have new content going out at 2:00
PM Central Time, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, every single
week. My next stream is in two days, from 2:00 PM
to 8:00 PM Central Time, and my next video is actually coming out tomorrow, I think. Wow. In other words, I'm here every single day
at 2:00 PM now, except Sunday, which is fine because this Sunday you're getting this video. So in this video, I'm going to go ahead and
take a look at how influencers and celebrities are handling COVID-19, and why it makes me
deeply angry. In part one, I want to take a look at celebrities
and the other nonsense that they've been going through with regard to the pandemic. In part two of this video, I'm going to take
a look at Tik Tok stars and the super spreader events. Oh, what are they calling them? The parties that they've been throwing recently. And then part three, I think I'm just going
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influencer 19. Celebrities have always been just kind of
bad at remembering that they're like normal people, but during quarantine, on a scale
of one to 10, I would put them at like a solid 19 for tone-deafness. From Sam Smith posting a quarantine meltdown
from their $13 million mansion, Sia posting virus, but the V-I-R is crossed out, so it
just says us. And it's like, if I had a choice between knowing
English and never having to read what you just said ever again? Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ. All celebrities are bad at this, it's like
1312 at this point. Have you forgotten that Imagine cover? There is no heaven. Celebrities are out here trying to give me
hope for COVID-19, but they all have such a tremendous lack of taste. I'm honestly more worried about them giving
me COVID-19 itself. But instead of silly things like that, I kind
of want to look at more extreme examples of celebrities mishaps during COVID, because
I feel like they represent kind of an interesting plot twist regarding our relationship with
these celebrities. And who better to start with, than the perfect
modern-day influencer Kim Kardashian. She has enough real-world fame to book an
interview with anyone in the world, and she has enough social media clout to have an audience
of millions that aspires to her lifestyle. She's no stranger to my channel, with one
of my more iconic videos being me spiraling because of the size of her kids' playroom. Her and her entire Kim Kardashian clan, they've
always perfectly walked the line between unattainable wealth and... Oh snap, she just liked me. But oh my gosh, they did not just blur that
line during quarantine, they erased it. So Mrs. Kardashian West decided to flex her
birthday party. Having a party during a pandemic is... You see where I'm going with this? But you see, hers was okay because it was
actually on a private island where she administered COVID tests to everyone beforehand. "After two weeks of multiple health screens
and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip where
we could pretend things were normal for just a brief moment in time." She then goes on to describe her birthday
party, which despite happening on an island, appears to have been drier than the Sahara
Desert. She then ends it with, "I realized that for
most people, this is something that is so far out of reach right now. So in moments like these, I'm humbly reminded
of how privileged my life is. #thisisforced." So obviously, literally everyone hated that. She actually got ratioed by somebody telling
her to read the room. She was kind of getting ratioed left and right,
but what I found interesting was her getting ratioed by a normal person. Losing pay, dealing with unemployment, missing
government checks, new childcare responsibilities. These things are more relatable than a private
island trip, that's kind of obvious. Literally any normal person could have told
you this, but I guess Kim K had to get the point in some kind of way. Nobody was mad at her for being rich enough
to live in an actual private fantasy world where COVID-19 doesn't exist, but I think
everyone was kind of mad at her for sharing that, and somehow thinking that was an appropriate
choice. So next time they did it, the KarJenners decided
not to share. See, Kendall Jenner threw a birthday party
right after that, with no masks of course. And this one didn't get nearly as much backlash,
because this time they had a "no social media" rule. "Take all the photos you want, but please
do not post on social media of any kind." Spoiler alert, people took photos and posted
them on social media, of every kind actually. Besides the Kardashians and the Jenners, there
were so many people there; The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Saweetie,
Quavo, Jaden Smith, Winnie Harlow. All people that I am very disappointed in
and expected better from, except Justin Bieber. I don't expect anything from him actually. And just so we're clear, they were all in
violation of very clearly outlined Los Angeles guidelines that said, "Gatherings of people
from three or more different households should be held outside, with face coverings and socially
distanced." So my reaction would be remorse I think, if
I got caught lacking in this way, because my friends just couldn't stay off of the Gram. But for some reason, Kris Jenner went on the
offense. They're commenting and they're being critical,
I can't control that. She went on some radio show that I've never
heard of before and explained that they were all tested beforehand, apparently, the rapid
tests that take 30 minutes to get the results. And we make sure that everyone in our family
and our closest friends are tested religiously. So we do what we can. We try to follow the rules. I don't understand why you need to try to
do the right thing when you can just simply do the right thing. She's acting like she didn't hold the party
in spite of very clearly outlined guidelines. You know what? We live our lives trying to be just really
good people. Her excuses are honestly pathetic, when there
are people who can't even get clearance to hold funerals for their loved ones who have
died from COVID-19, because of social distancing guidelines that they ignored so Kendall could
have a party. Honestly, the entire KarJenner clan has historically
been shown great rewards for showing off their just insurmountable wealth gap. But the global pandemic has shifted this from
something that they can profit off of further, into something that they kind of have to hide
if they want people to stop hating them. It's obvious that they're used to being praised
for their bland, but expensive life. We have Kim K's bizarre Q&A video with Vogue,
there's Kylie Jenner's office tour. In that office, that it was like super apparent
she never does any work in. Over here, we have mine and my mom's closet. We have mine and my mom's office. There was Kris Jenner's house tour with Architectural
Digest. Okay. Actually, I'm not going to lie, that is... Wow, that's a pretty house. I would live there. But my point is, before COVID this wealth
gap basically meant, "Oh, Kim K can afford a Louis Vuitton bag and you can't," and people
are open to that message for some reason. But now, this wealth gap means Kim Kardashian
can afford to keep her family safe from COVID-19, and live with the same comfort level that
she had before, and you cannot. That's not an aspirational thing to share
with people anymore, it's now antagonistic. You'd have to have a severe lack of awareness
to not realize that. But what do we expect from the Kardashian
Jenners, if not a severe lack of awareness? The only unscripted video Kim Kardashian has
ever posted in her life is not even one I'm allowed to play on YouTube. Living your life above the rules because you
can afford fancy testing sites and private islands and expensive getaways, is definitely
a choice. But at the very least, it doesn't put anyone
in harm's way, with them all being tested and whatnot. So that's actually why I started them off
as an example, because they're the least infuriating out of everyone we have to go through in this
video. Lana Del Rey, Indie singer, internet menace. She's been on the year's long mission to secure
her spot as the queen of controversy. And boy, did she make a lot of headway with
this whole mask incident. Now, I've already gone over the situation
in the video, one of the 12 videos I uploaded to my other channel this month. And that video was actually an update to a
video I uploaded here about Lana Del Rey. She's kind of a lot, but her image sure has
changed since that first video I put up about her. So this all started when Lana Del Rey decided
to hold this impromptu book signing at Barnes & Noble, which is during the pandemic. It was for Violet Bent Backwards Over the
Grass, which is the name of her latest poetry collection apparently. It's obviously completely irresponsible to
encourage people to gather in such a small space, over something unnecessary. And with that unnecessary thing being selling
more books, I actually find that despicable. I can somewhat understand celebrating your
own birthday in spite of the lives of the elderly, and others at risk around you, but
celebrating your own product? Then again, having listened to some of this
poetry, I guess I can see why she would need to do any and everything to sell more copies
of this. People think that I'm rich and I am, but not
how they think. So that in and of itself is like grating,
but where it gets worse is that she was not social distancing. She was taking photos with fans, all up in
her face, which I wouldn't even want even if I was hanging out with a famous person. The IG pic will still work if you're here
and I'm here. You don't need to... Okay. Anyway, that's not what this is about. Actually, it's exactly what this is about,
because you should be over here if you could potentially give me COVID-19. And yes, she potentially gave all of them
COVID-19, what with the mask she was wearing. Thankfully, I didn't hear any reports of anybody
coming down after that, but this is not even really a mask, it's a decoration. I feel like most normal people know this,
but masks are designed to stop droplets from exiting your mouth. That thing she had on her face wouldn't even
stop a loogie from exiting her mouth. But I guess she just wanted to make a statement,
which is that nothing comes between Lana Del Rey and the hot air she's constantly spewing,
not even a COVID safe mask, apparently. So she was obviously being dragged over the
coals on the internet, as you probably should for doing something this egregiously stupid. But for some reason, she thought, "What if
I just didn't respond to any of it?" So a month later, the student newspaper, the
Michigan Daily did a bit of a retrospective. "Lana Del Ray wore a mesh mask. What now?" And they give a history of previous controversies. But what is even more interesting in my opinion,
is they also give a very unique insight into how Lana Del Rey is falling out of favor with
her fans specifically. "Mask etiquette has become synonymous with
compassion, intelligence and human decency. Del Rey's fashion choice feels like a slap
in the face for those who have been intimately hurt by COVID-19, and for those who wear their
masks without issue. Celebrity status does not exclude Lana Del
Rey from responsibility." That is very diplomatically worded and poignant,
but it also did still manage to call her uncaring, unintelligent, and indecent, which is like... That was 10 out of 10, that was a good paragraph. So Lana Del Rey finally responds. Not sure why a student paper of all things,
got under her news more than the actual mainstream media calling her out. But hey, who knows what goes on in the mind
of Lana Del Rey? Literally everyone, because her entire career
is like oversharing. "The mask had plastic on the inside. They're commonly sewn in by stylists these
days. I'm lucky enough to have a team of people
who can do that." Oh my gosh, good for you. When she was called out in that post by people
for not responding for... I think it was six weeks almost, she claimed
that she was simply too busy making music and donating money to people in order to respond,
for a month and a half. If it honestly takes her that long to write
two tweets, then I guess I finally understand why she never drops an album on time. But somehow, her apology actually worked on
people despite it being, to me at least, blaringly obvious that she lied, right? You didn't believe that her mask had plastic,
did you? Anybody with eyes can see that this has no
plastic. There's no fog when she pulls the mask down,
and it bunches up. It's clearly only a mesh material. Even when she's speaking, there's just like
no muffling. I'm doing a little book signing and we are
at the Barnes & Noble in the Grove. Oh look, a mask that matches my outfit, but
still technically COVID safe. That's crazy, but notice how I sound like
I'm actually wearing the mask. That's kind of what happens when you wear
a mask versus an accessory. Now, last time Lana Del Rey experienced this
much backlash, her fans were pretty quick to jump to her defense. Even in my own comment section, it was just
full of people who disagreed with me, which is fair of course. But it's like, because Lana Del Rey is so
personal and all of her music connects with our fans so hard, they are predisposed to
defending her against any and everything. And it turns out COVID-19 is too serious of
an issue for that to work this time. Like that article pointed out, celebrity sadness
does not exclude Lana Del Rey from the responsibility, especially since this is a responsibility
to do simple things that stop people from dying. If your poetry book, your poetry book, is
somehow more important to you than that, you need help. So holding a small gathering for the sole
purpose of power-tripping over your fans, while desperately trying to push your poetry
book into their hands... Oh my gosh, that rhymed. Fans, hands. Lana Del Rey canceled, buy my poetry book. This is a joke, Lana Del Rey is not canceled
because rich people don't go away, no matter how many teenagers on the internet tweet at
them, fun fact. Yes, holding this event was disturbing, but
as much as I hate to say it, I think that's the smallest gathering that I'm mentioning
in this entire video. The music industry, it's a billion-dollar
business. Its stars are larger than life. And it brings us all together, which is bad. And ironically, because we're in the middle
of a pandemic, so maybe we can just skip that part. But I guess the music industry hasn't figured
that out yet. This is not to label everyone like this. There have been a lot of fantastic concerts
for people being COVID safe, like Billie Eilish, BTS, Tennis. There's been entire award shows held virtually
to minimize risk, but also still celebrate emptiness like they always do, even in person. But then, there's been a lot of garbage, like
what I'm about to go over right now. So the Chainsmokers, everyone's favorite EDM
band, known for their bangers like Closer and that other song they released, that sounds
exactly like Closer. And the other song they released that sounds
exactly like Closer. And not to forget, the smash breakout summer
hit, that one other song that also sounds exactly like Closer. They decided to headline this charity event,
which is like usually good. It was held in affluent Hampton's area. Tickets cost anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000
for some reason. Imagine paying $25,000 just to hear someone
press play, and then Closer part 25 through 30 plays. In other words, it was a bunch of rich people
for once giving their money to someone who could actually use it, like the services that
they were donating to. And according to Billboard, this event was
going to follow guidelines. It was going to be fine. They had to make all these promises to get
clearance in the first place, like that it was going to be masks-only, and people were
going to be separated into various areas, et cetera. And so they did promise that, legally to the
city. There's proof of it. There are many safety protocols in here, including
that guests had to stay in a 20 by 15 space. So, after a few hours of everyone following
the rules, I guess the event organizers were like, "What if we didn't?" They allowed people to congregate at the front
of the stage, which was not at all previously agreed upon, and there was just no social
distancing. It was basically a mosh pit. So the governor responded to this and called
out the event organizers like, "Hey, that wasn't the thing that you said you were going
to do." I don't know how they approved that permit. The promoters are going to have a problem. And they responded and said, "Oh yeah, that
last part where everyone was in that mosh pit, they were actually socially distanced,
and there were no groups there bigger than 10." And it's like, why... This is the second time people just violate
these rules, and then somehow think... You know what, maybe it's just stupidity? Maybe if you're dumb enough to violate COVID
safety guidelines, then you're dumb enough to think anyone's going to believe you when
you lie about it after the fact. That's what I choose to believe since I guess
we just pick and choose information. Instead of lying, just admit that you don't
care whether or not people die. Save yourself the trouble. So the Department of Health actually launched
an investigation into this incident, because, oh my gosh, there were so many people there,
and the conclusion of that, which I have mixed feelings about, they were fined $20,000 by
New York. I think that's an insanely light fine, especially
considering the fact that some of the tickets sold for more than $20,000. So literally one person could have covered
that. They lost nothing. Anyway, since we're in this little musician
section, I would love to call out Rita Ora for being the worst person apparently. Photographs came out showing Rita Ora celebrating
her 30th birthday party with a group of about 30 people, no masks, all within one restaurant. This happened in West London and people were
understandably very upset, because that was in direct violation of guidelines set up by
West London to prevent people from spreading COVID to everybody in West London. So she was caught, obviously that was not
something she posted to her story, and she started getting called out by everyone from
Twitter to law enforcement. So she decided to post an apology to Instagram
in which she apologizes for her small gathering of 30 people, claims it was a spur of the
moment decision and says, "I feel particularly embarrassed knowing firsthand how hard people
have worked to combat this terrible illness, and being fully aware of the sacrifices that
people and businesses have made to keep us all safe." So that, in and of itself is like... But then it somehow gets worse, because it
turned out she did this after having just flown in from Egypt where she was doing some
sort of private show. In other words, according to the government,
she should have been self-isolating, because she was just in a foreign country, but no,
she literally went straight to this party with 30 people. So she had to put out another apology, "I
should've followed government advice and isolated myself for the required period. As you know, I didn't follow government advice,
and for that, I apologized earlier this week. I apologize again." At what point does it just not get embarrassing? Like, please, I haven't heard any of her songs
trending in the past, I cannot tell you, years, but she's trending like twice within the span
of a few weeks for breaking COVID safety guidelines. And then she did it again and I'm not kidding. It turns out when the police found her in
that party with the 30 people, they launched an investigation. And yes, it was the police who found her. They're the ones who had to break the incident
up, because apparently and allegedly Rita Ora paid the restaurant owner off to let her
and her friends violate those guidelines. They switched off the security cameras and
they boarded up the windows in order to prevent people from catching her. According to the police, reporting this to
a committee, the restaurant owner himself testified that he accepted this money. And now, magically Rita Ora didn't have any
apologies or statements to offer when she was contacted about this. So yeah, no, that's why I'm saying it's not
like she did one thing, and it was like, "Oh, she should have thought about that harder." She was like, "Today I woke up and I choose
COVID." Prior to COVID-19 it was easier for musicians
and all kinds of celebrities, to convince us that they had some sort of special rights
afforded to them by being good at music, but now it's clear that their audiences want to
see them following the exact same rules as everyone else. I actually still find that fascinating in
a way though, to see these musicians lose their artificial exclusivity, because this
ability to build up rarity has been a driving force behind a lot of their success stories. People are realizing, oh, wow, maybe I don't
have to spend $25,000 on a ticket because I can just watch this online. Billie Eilish did it. People are realizing, oh, wow, maybe a bunch
of rich people going to a party do have to follow the same rules as all the rest of us,
because those rules are designed to stop people from dying. They're untouchable status has been stripped
away and that honestly just leaves them looking desperate and dishonest when they try to somehow
muster it up to get away with things nowadays. And Rita Ora and The Chainsmokers are just
two people who got caught doing this. There's no telling how many people are still
doing this and we just never hear about it. I honestly don't care how much I like your
music. I don't care how talented you are. It's never going to be enough to excuse your
decision to endanger people, using your fame and influence to get away with it. So imagine doing that and not being talented. I think it's time to abolish The Chainsmokers. Oh no, celebrities are getting their worst
fears confirmed, which is that they're not special. They're just rich and no amount of money will
ever change that for them. And that probably is terrifying for them in
a way. But honestly, I wouldn't know because I, of
course, am special. Celebrities are no longer above the law, which
means nothing because they have enough money to where breaking the law is not illegal,
it's just inconvenient. But alas we don't have time to get into that
in this video. So I've talked about how actually famous people
are handling COVID-19. So we're going to bring this down to my circle,
internet-famous people. Okay, now that we're here, we're going to
go down like seven more circles to the bottom and talk about TikTok famous people. There's nine circles here, if you haven't
done the math. Now, before I get into this TikTok discussion,
there's one thing I want you to remember. These people are adults. I know it's hard to tell with all the juvenile
dances, the high school drama, the elementary school haircuts, but most of these people
are in their 20s. Addison Rae, Blake Gray, Larray. What is with all these Rays? Is that like a requirement to being popular
on TikTok. Too bad Billy Ray Cyrus was born in 1961 instead
of 2001, he could have been popular. Anyway, my point is these people pay taxes. They're allowed to vote. Oh my God, they're allowed to vote. They would get drafted if there was a war,
okay? Heck half of them are already desperately
trying to hide their receding hairlines. So don't think of the actions I'm about to
describe as the actions of dumb kids on TikTok. Think about it for what it really is. Unhinged adults with no capacity for empathy
and no care for human life. And honestly, that terrifies me because their
entire audience is just children. The Hype House, a bunch of influencers, millions
of followers among them and not a drop of talent. Basically imagine taking a boy band, okay,
but some of them are girls and none of them sing or can sing. Yeah, that's The Hype House. They're only popular because enough children
happen to like their TikToks that TikTok started promoting them. And then now they're rich and they won't go
away. Infinite net worth, zero contribution to society. So with that being said, I guess I shouldn't
really be surprised at what I'm about to tell you. But unlike the traditional celebrities we've
talked about in part one, these people don't even try to hide what they're doing. So influencer collective, The Hype House is
one of many TikTok hubs that have thrown one of these massive influencer parties. This one was for the TikTok/YouTuber person. Larray. He turned 22 and had his party at The Hype
House mansion. And just so we're clear, this surprise party
they threw for him, it wasn't just like, oh, I'm going to hang out as friends. They clearly paid somebody to host this event,
which is an insane thing to do during a pandemic. So because of Larray's follower account, a
bunch of other influencers attended as well. And just so we're clear, they're all pathetic. This includes James Charles, Nikita Dragun. I saw a whole lot of influencers and zero
masks. So basically this was so egregious that everyone
got called out by Tyler Oakley of all people. Shout out Tyler Oakley, I guess. If your favorite influencers are at huge house
parties during a pandemic and are dumb enough to post it on social media, they are bad influences,
unfollow them. All facts, no cap on God, he don't miss for
it for real. He then went on to actually tag Larray and
several of the other influencers there, which is very chaotic and definitely an inspiration
for this video. Hi, Larray. Hi, James. How are you doing? So Larray offered this weak apology. It's a whole lot of words to avoid saying
one word, sorry. You know this whole idea of, okay, now that
you've brought it to my attention, I'll take it seriously is so warped. Do you know why? Because the people whose family members are
dying from COVID-19, they never had the option to not take it seriously. It starts off as a matter of life or death
for a lot of people. So the fact that you can finally decide to
take it seriously because people are calling you out is disgusting. James Charles put out an even weaker apology. All he could muster up were white words on
a black screen shoved like towards the latter part of a random video that mentions nothing
about this controversy. "I want to encourage you guys to be smarter
than I was before." Wait, that wasn't a good James. "And I want to encourage you guys to be smarter
than I was before." Much like the I'll take it seriously comment,
this is just, this is a non-response. Like you didn't do this because you were dumb. You did it because you didn't care whether
or not you would get COVID and spread it to other people. I mean, I'm not saying James Charles isn't
dumb for that. He is definitely, at least he recognized that
part. But my point is, stupidity is just the side
effect here of a deep and disturbing lack of empathy. And that's not the only party like this. Like I said, there was a bunch. Tana Mongeau and Erika Costell decided to
go to a party hosted by Jake Paul in which they posted this lovely clip:
Listen, we don't ... care. Sorry. We didn't really need the verbal confirmation
that neither of these women care about anyone other than themselves. We could just tell by the fact that you were
there in the first place. When Tana posted this apology, if that's what
you want to call it, I'm going to apologize for real later is possibly the worst sick
I've heard from Tana Mongeau and that's saying a lot because she has a database of those
that just stretches back for years. Tana Mongeau is bad takeapedia at this point. And she still went lower than her low. Now this is all kind of really serious, not
just because it's like, oh, they decided to have fun instead of be safe. I kind of wouldn't care if you're just endangering
yourself for some reason. This is a big deal because these people are
turning Los Angeles into a COVID hotspot. Elijah Daniel, who's also part of that scene
has alleged that people are actually getting COVID-19, which makes sense based off of the
video footage, but that they're just not saying anything to their followers or even more importantly
to each other. And if that's not bad enough, The Hype House
is basically like a traveling circus. Nailea Devora, James Charles, Nikita Dragun,
these are all people that Hype House or Hype House members are collaborating with after
the fact, despite their other lack of COVID accountability. And people like Nikita Dragun, who was also
at that party are making these idiotic decisions because they know there's nothing really to
lose if someone else gets COVID because of this, and there's everything to gain what
with the views that The Hype House brings. Now as bad as all of that is, I actually find
what they're doing to be worse than what the traditional celebrities I mentioned in part
one are doing. And that's because, like I said, The Hype
House's audience is only children. There's nobody there, but kids. And even though there's a couple of kids in
The Hype House, the majority of people there are over the age of 18. So this is a group of adults who is modeling
behavior to what they understand completely is a group of children. And this behavior is what gets people killed. Anytime The Hype House gets called out or
any of these TikTok stars get called out for their behavior, you can just find a bunch
of children in the replies like, "Oh, I don't think it's that big of a deal. Leave them alone." And it's twisted. It's kind of sick in a way. Fun fact, Larray is not worth it. Just download iMovie and slap a bunch of effects
on and you can easily be him yourself. And what's worse is The Hype House effortlessly
evades all consequences for their actions. Nothing happens to these people. But then again, that's actually the least
surprising part out of all this because I am literally describing a group of young,
rich people in Los Angeles, nevermind. Why would anything happen? With that being said, other TikTok houses
actually are getting in trouble with their city government. So Sway House is literally the exact same
thing as The Hype House, but they're actually talented. Just kidding. You didn't think that was going to be true,
did you? They're the exact same thing as The Hype House,
but worse. It's a TikTok collective of frat boys is the
best way I can describe it, even though I'm not sure if any of them actually go to college. I mean a group of mostly men just building
up this giant audience of mostly young people by uploading weirdly sexual content is a lot
in and of itself, but much like a frat house, Sway House seems to have an obsession with
pushing the rules as far as possible, if not just breaking them. And usually, that's not the biggest deal in
the entire world. But seeing as the rules here are the ones
stopping people from spreading COVID and turning everything into a COVID hotspot, it's kind
of a big deal. Bryce Hall's 21st birthday party, I think
is one of the biggest gatherings I've mentioned so far in this entire video. Allegedly, there were 100 people there, and
they were all packed into his Hollywood Hills mansion, the Sway House. In some footage, it actually looks like a
mosh pit. Now, this party was broken up by police officers,
but not before people got photos. And it turns out there were a bunch of these
frat boy-esque people in attendance. The NELK Boys who I'm going to be talking
about later, Josh Richards, Faze Banks of all people, like literally, what do you gain
from that? So after that, the mayor shut down Bryce Hall's
power at his mansion. See, this was part of a sweeping effort to
crack down on these parties. And all Bryce Hall did, was make jokes about
it. He posted tweets and TikToks, mocking the
situation. He went on Jeff Wittek's YouTube channel,
and was just completely unremorseful about the entire thing. You're basically like a TikToker. You're profiting off of the pandemic. You're selling masks too? He was clearly sending a message that these
consequences don't affect him. So I guess the government kind of realized
that, so instead they just charged him criminally, which go off. Both he and Blake Gray, AKA TikTok person
number 557, they're all indistinguishable, they got charged for holding these kinds of
parties. And then the attorney of Los Angeles held
a press conference about it, condemning their actions. They're potential super spreader events for
COVID-19. Today, given that information, I'm making
an announcement about a series of prosecutions tied to party houses. They face up to a year in jail, as well as
a $2,000 fine, which $2,000, what is with these tiny fines? Okay, let me ask you this. Why not charge a $20,000 fine so that you
can actually cover the costs of the police officers that you have to send over there? So they were at a mansion talking to rich
kids, instead of being able to help people who actually need it. You could cover the cost of the paperwork
that you have to file in order to bring these charges up in the first place. Why not fine them $200,000? Why not make it so that this decision actually
financially affects them, which is usually the point of fines, which are usually levied
against parties or organizations that can only be affected by money because of how rich
they are. Or, you know what, you don't have to listen
to me. Don't fine them 20K. Don't fine them 200K. Fine them $2 million each. Bankrupt them. Put them out of business. De-platform them and force them to operate
in the same place as the rest of us, AKA the people that they are endangering by doing
these actions in the first place. Actually take them out financially. I would love that. See, they live in a mansion, yeah, sure, but
their entire life is a rental. So if they got hit with a fine that big, they
would not be able to keep living that lifestyle. But it's almost like these ramifications aren't
really about teaching anyone a lesson, they're just like, oh, we did something. Leave us alone now. It's pathetic. So fun fact, I was just thinking like, only
we, the non-celebrities were the ones mad about this, but Ariana Grande actually called
out these TikTokers indirectly. Did we really all need to go to ... Saddle
Ranch that badly, that we couldn't have waited for the deathly pandemic to pass? Like we all really needed to put on our cowgirl
boots and ride a mechanical bull that bad. It is-
We all needed that Instagram post that badly? Some of them responded kind of emptily. Like, "Oh, yeah. She's fair, whatever. Blah blah blah." But for some reason, Bryce Hall actually retaliated. She's not wrong, but like unnecessary. Yep. Yeah. Unnecessary to call out a specific group,
especially when there's other people doing it, because she knew that TikTokers have a
high audience. She knew a lot of people would agree, because
there's a lot of people that hate TikTokers, especially. Yeah, but a lot of people who are-
I mean, it was obviously like a marketing move, and good for her, but she's not wrong. Imagine thinking Ariana Grande needs clout
from you, Bryce Hall, a TikTok person. I don't know why anyone over one million followers
on TikTok pretends like their one million followers are anything other than one million
children. Any brand deal Bryce Hall has ever gotten
in his life is because the brand wants Bryce to convince his fans to convince their parents
to make a purchase. Bryce Hall is not actually famous. He's not worth anything outside of the internet,
and he never will be, because he has no talent. I don't think Ariana Grande really needs help
in that area, but that's just my assessment. The morality of putting people in danger of
catching COVID-19 is one thing, but seeing people actually violate clearly organized
guidelines, or even laws, and then getting criminally charged for doing so, is insane. It's absurd that these are the lengths people
are going to to spread COVID. It's not like influencers being mean to each
other, or tweets, or drama. These are- they're criminals. They were charged criminally. Even though they're not violent criminals,
it's clear that they are doing far more harm than even somebody could with a weapon. So yeah, of course, I'm glad that the government
is cracking down on this kind of behavior. Of course, I don't think they're cracking
down hard enough. I'm certainly no law and order stan, but I
do believe in the power of money. Bankrupt them. If TikTok is not going to deplatform them,
do it yourself. But unfortunately, no amount of action taken
after the fact undoes the problem. These parties happened. COVID was probably definitely spread already. These kids are already thinking, "Oh, wow. It must not be that big of a deal." I mean, who is a child going to listen to,
Bryce hall or Dr. Fauci? Do not answer this question. It hurts, I know. The impact of spreading COVID to each other
is one thing, but it's impossible to measure the impact they're having on spreading the
idea that "COVID-19 isn't real" among children. It's terrifying. Charli D'Amelio. She is the most popular girl on TikTok. I truly don't consider it an exaggeration
to say she's the most popular girl on the internet. Unlike the men and women I've discussed so
far, Charli D'Amelio is a child. She's still just a kid, which makes her internet
fame even more remarkable. I am not going to blame a 16-year-old who's
getting dragged around by her family to things that are completely irresponsible during a
pandemic. I'm going to blame her family. I'm here to blame her parents and all the
adults involved for not just taking a vacation to The Bahamas, because posting TikToks is
so difficult for them. No, I'm not kidding. I'll get to that in a second. But also their response to the situation,
which is just so emblematic of how frivolously they treat all of this. So yes, Charli D'Amelio's parents and her
friend group decided to take a trip to The Bahamas, traveling from the actual COVID capital
of the world, Los Angeles, to The Bahamas, which is relatively fine. That's a lot. But if that's not bad enough, they were actually
trying to hide the incident this entire time. I mean, it's understandable why, but that
is so shady. However, that didn't stop anybody from finding
out, because fans actually bumped into the D'Amelios and their friend group in The Bahamas,
and started posting pictures and TikToks with them. Besides that, people started looking around
at the rest of the Charli's group, seeing travel photos, and they quickly pieced two
and two together. These people left the United States and went
on vacation in the islands. Now, this was all just doubly ridiculous because
of how Charli was literally just lecturing people about not doing this exact sort of
thing. Also, if you're using this time to hang out
with your friends, since you don't have school, please... Like, I'm asking you. Please stop being so inconsiderate to others,
because you may think, like, "Oh, this isn't going to affect me. There's no... It's not that bad. Whatever." You're thinking, like, "Oh, you're a teenager. You're immune." Like, you are putting other people at risk
to get hurt and to be in pain. Once they were finally caught, the adults
involved went on a paparazzi tour. Her dad, Marc D'Amelio, stood up for Charli,
which... Okay, great, but he also didn't take responsibility. First of all, to blame Charli... Like, it was a family vacation. Yes. She's 16, so she has no say in where we're
going. You guys, we can put it on me. But if he's also acknowledging that she had
no say in it, then how does he not see how wrong it is to take a child who can't really
object to this and place them under this much scrutiny for your dumb decision? We did what we had to do, and we went away. I'm sorry, a vacation is the last thing anyone
has to do right now. If you somehow think that you are entitled
to a vacation, I guess, instead of going to her head, the money Charli made just went
to her parents' head, which is crazy, despite the fact that it's not even theirs. Corona is real, and people have to take it
seriously. Yes. We left the hotbed and went to a place where
there was very, very little Corona, but we do take it seriously, and we want to protect
other people. A trip to The Bahamas is not someone taking
it seriously. Like, you can say whatever you want, but what
you did is not going to change. His words are so empty at this point. He may as well be lip-syncing, like Charli
does in all of her TikToks. Noah Beck, who... Fun fact. Noah Beck: not Blake Gray or Bryce hall. These are all different people. No, I don't understand how this works, either,
but he was one of the many people who decided to tag along with Charli's parents for that
trip, and he reiterated Marc's bizarre talking points, that this vacation was somehow necessary. I think especially in the business that we're
in, I think that it's... You need some time to kind of disconnect for
a little, you know? Yeah. This business, being convincing millions of
small girls to follow you because you wear short shorts and gyrate. To quote one of the world's most prominent
philosophers, "That must be super freaking hard for you." Also, can paparazzi please stop giving attention
to these people? I mean, half of the time, these TikTok stars
call the paparazzi on themselves, because like I pointed out, they are indistinguishable
from each other and nobody would recognize them on the street. But outside of that, let's stop pretending
like these people are cogent enough to be interesting in an impromptu interview. Honestly, what I think grates on my nerves
about all of this is the entitlement of these TikTok stars to think that their vacation
is more important than the safety of the lives of those around them. It's in such stark contrast to people who
are trying to decide whether or not they'll travel to visit their loved ones, or travel
to attend the funerals of their loved ones, and they can't even do that. The implication that they had to go away is
insane. There are people who have to work, and there
are people who have to care for their sick and dying relatives. There are people who have to find some sort
of childcare so that they can work away from home, and they can't because of this pandemic. They can't because they are following the
same rules that you are bending, or skirting around. Charli's parents should be ashamed of themselves,
along with Noah Beck and all the other influencers who came along on that trip. Not just for being irresponsible, but you
should also be ashamed of yourself for being delusional and thinking that you somehow work
hard enough to warrant a trip to The Bahamas. And they should really be ashamed for setting
Charli up for this much social media backlash in something that she, and I'm directly quoting
her father, had no say in it. As far as the TikTok section of this video,
like I said, I am disappointed in the celebrities, but I'm much more wary of these TikTok stars
and their insane efforts and accomplishments in normalizing COVID unsafety in the minds
of an untold number of millions of children. There needs to be actions taken against these
people in some way, shape, or form. Oh, for part three. Perhaps the one you've been waiting for. I have zero-tolerance policy for celebrities
violating these COVID-19 guidelines, and I have even less tolerance than that for the
TikTok stars, but YouTube? I am incensed. I am livid, to say the least. That is because I am inside the circle this
time. I know exactly how much money these people
are making. I know exactly why they're making the decision
to collaborate and travel, instead of just stay home like everyone else is trying to. I know why they're doing it. It's for views. There is no thought process, not even self-preservation. There is only views. A single-celled organism that feeds off of
clout would make the same decision that these YouTubers are making. But more than anything, I think YouTubers'
reaction to all of this has just shown how fake all of them are. Well, a lot of them are. Let me backtrack. I mean, of course, I'm not fake. Sorry, I was just making sure my hair literally
perfectly placed. There are a lot of YouTube channels. I would, I would venture to say the majority
of YouTube channels are running just fine under COVID-19, even big ones with a lot of
people, and that surprised me. Like the H3 Podcast. I was just on their podcast. Not a single COVID-19 suggestion was violated. I was safe. They were safe. You can still get views without potentially
killing everyone in your city. There is a lot of beautiful content from dedicated
people on this website who are still pushing it despite these new guidelines, which, if
I'm being honest, are nothing more than inconveniences if your job was already sitting at home, anyway. But as for the people valuing views over human
life... They've built their entire platform off of
nothing. No substance. DumbTubers. There's a lot of people I would put under
this category, but the NELK Boys and Jake Paul have to be tied for number one. They make content embracing their own stupidity,
and embraced by people who are looking for bottom-of-the-barrel videos to watch. Like, nobody thinks they're actually talented,
funny, or interesting. Sometimes people just want to turn their brain
off and watch dumb people do dumb things. That is why they have followers and views. They provide the dumb, even when they're not
trying to. Maybe they are naturally talented at something. Whereas most of their content is relatively
harmless, if not grating, some of them have decided that COVID-19 isn't a warning to slow
down. It is an opportunity to crank things up even
higher. Seeing as that involves endangering an untold
number of people, I find that unacceptable. Now, as far as the NELK Boys, this YouTuber
collective has always just kind of built their platform off of being obnoxious and harassing
other people, but the way they have adapted their content strategy to account for COVID... Holy crap. They did a live merch drop in front of a Jersey
Shore house, where reportedly 1000 people attended. None of them were wearing masks. The police literally had to break this up. I am really tired of bringing up the fact
that police had to show up to tell rich people to stop being bad. Even though arrests were made, the NELK Boys
somehow just effortlessly escaped all of this and moved on to their next egregious showing. The government made a statement about it,
and I have to say, the phrase "knucklehead behavior..." On Monday night, we saw perhaps our most extreme,
which is saying something, by the way, and egregious display of knucklehead behavior
in Seaside Heights. I vibe with what this man is saying. All facts, no cap, on God, he don't miss,
for real, for real. The problem is the NELK Boys, despite escaping
that, they just do this over and over again. Let's go. Yeah. Fun fact, gatherings of over 10 people are
prohibited there. I honestly find what they're doing to be more
insidious than the other influencers I mentioned. Instead of inviting over a bunch of their
fellow influencer friends, they are using their platform to invite over hundreds, if
not over a thousand, of their actual fans for nothing other than these weird power trippy
moments. Like, they are on some sort of deranged tour
right now, during a pandemic. Now, it got completely out of hand when the
NELK Boys decided to stage a protest for people to open their gyms back up. This was hosted by SteveWillDoIt, who is one
of the NELK Boys members, and he posted it on his channel. Now, this was wrong on multiple levels. Obviously, what they are protesting for is
insane and dangerous, but, even worse, they kind of fashioned it as like some sort of
a parody of a Black Lives Matter protest. Lat Lives Matter, Gym Lives Matter. It was a lot. YouTube finally took action against this,
disabling monetization entirely by dropping them from the partner program, itself. They went ahead and backed up their decision
with a statement explaining their reasoning. I'm glad they did this. Honestly, I don't even see this as off-platform
behavior, seeing as these things they were doing were winding up in their YouTube videos. As for fellow dumb YouTuber, Jake Paul, I
briefly mentioned this first part towards the end of my video about Jake Paul that's
on this channel, but he was hosting a music video shoot for his song, Fresh Out of London. In this shoot, he decided to include maskless
crowd scenes, because what music video would be complete without them? He filmed these without clearance, obviously,
because why would somebody clear this during the pandemic? The mayor of Calabasas came forward and said
there would be a zero-tolerance policy for this sort of behavior, in direct response
to what Jake Paul did. Now, around all this time of all these parties
and whatnot, Jake Paul was involving his entire friend group, which is why it was no surprise
that Tanner Fox, who runs in that circle, got COVID-19. Okay. Yeah, so we were able to run the test today,
and it was positive for COVID. Oh my god. Okay. First of all, can we just talk about how the
cameraman is sitting a couple of feet away from somebody who just confirmed that they
tested positive, and is not wearing a mask? No wonder... Oh my gosh. Bro, they probably all have COVID. They probably literally all have COVID-19. Everyone in this video I mentioned probably,
at some point, has or passed on COVID-19, allegedly. The reason I bring this up, not because I
feel sorry for Tanner Fox, is because Jake Paul says that he's not worried about it. You can even hear a voice in the background
saying, "We don't care." Are you worried about it? Not really. We don't care. Okay. Well, that's good, but I had to call you and
just let you know. If that's not bad enough, besides the reaction
from the government, besides the fact that his friends are getting COVID now, Jake Paul
starts descending into COVID-19 conspiracy theories. He got confronted by The Daily Beast about
his decisions to hold these parties and all of that nonsense. Jake Paul says that COVID-19 is a hoax, specifically
saying COVID cases are at less than 1%, and, "I think the disease is a hoax." He went on to compare it to the flu. Now, obviously, this is unacceptable. The Verge brought this up, and Jake Paul actually
clarified that he had been misquoted. "He misquoted me. He took what I said out of context. It's quite upsetting, actually, that someone
with that sort of power can just publish something that's false." There's only one tiny problem, though. It was recorded in audio format. COVID cases and deaths are at less than 1%. I think the disease is a hoax. You think the disease is a hoax? I mean, it's killed about 260,000 people so
far this year. Yeah, so has the flu. Shortly thereafter, he was caught on a yacht
party passing around this hookah. In other words, passing around the Corona. He really just seems to be on the edge. Jake Paul is headed somewhere very quickly,
and I don't know where it is, but he deserves whatever is coming to him. Like, I'm fine with Jake Paul getting COVID-19
and surviving. I'm perfectly okay with everyone in this video
I mentioned who is being unsafe, catching COVID-19 and surviving. The problem lies when we start looking at
how they are spreading it to everyone in their life. It's not like this is some sort of conspiracy. It's not like this is a possibility. You can just look at Los Angeles's COVID cases
and see the results of their actions. Like, the behavior of Jake Paul and the NELK
Boys represents a different kind of approach to COVID than the other people I've discussed
so far. Instead of pretending to be remorseful when
they're caught, and then trying to hide everything, they are just... Decide, "What if I explicitly act like COVID
isn't real?" At this point, the anti-intellectualism is
just a choice to be stupid. They're choosing to be stupid. Seeing the sheer size of the NELK Boys' gatherings,
and the fact that Jake Paul already has people in his crew coming down with COVID, that's
clearly the most dangerous approach out of all of them. Like, Jake Paul and the NELK Boys are just... It's very rare that I have no positive qualities
to say about somebody. You don't have any redeeming qualities as
a human being if you can laugh off something that gets people killed, if you can spread
misinformation that gets people killed, if you can encourage people to protest for something
that could potentially get more people killed. Infuriating isn't even strong enough of a
word to describe how I feel about that. David Dobrik and the Vlog Squad, they used
to be inseparable and at the height of their popularity they were inseparable from the
trending tab. David Dobrik doesn't upload here currently,
but it's not a stretch to say that he was the most popular vlogger. The Vlog Squad is the group of people that
David would feature in his vlogging content and they all have social media profiles and
channels of their own. They're basically like an influencer supergroup,
which was fantastic right up until the pandemic when large groups of people should not be
gallivanting around town, but why would that stop them? No, it kind of did stop David Dobrik actually. David Dobrik literally stopped uploading content
to YouTube. Many people assumed it was for social distancing,
but honestly, he was just posting a bunch of stuff on TikTok, so clearly nothing stopped
him from creating content. But from what I understand, David Dobrik's
TikTok presence does involve him staying home. I haven't seen him in any giant gatherings. He hasn't posted any sort of giant David Dobrik
style collaboration. I mean, either he's actually socially distancing
or he's just really good at running a social media presence that makes it seem like he
is. And I'll take that. I haven't seen him running around without
a mask. Nobody's caught him at any of these influencer
parties to my understanding. I mean, he even talked to Nickelodeon about
the importance of staying home. I hope you guys are staying safe and healthy
and staying inside. I know it sucks, but it's kind of the most
important thing we could be doing right now. The few TikToks I saw where he was out, he
was socially distancing. Just so we're clear, I'm not necessarily proud
of David Dobrik for doing the bare minimum to prevent the elderly and otherwise at risk
from being killed from COVID-19. And I appreciate that he's doing it. You feel me? Meanwhile, the rest of his squad though, they're
just acting like this pandemic doesn't exist. I do not know what is wrong with these people. Jason Nash just posts video after video of
them running around in groups, hanging out at each other's houses, et cetera. People call them out again and again and again,
and nothing happens. It's never actually acknowledged. I think what really showed me that these people
do not care was the fact that they threw a party at David Dobrik's house. David didn't appear to be there. I don't think anybody saw him there or had
footage of that. So it's clear that the Vlog Squad, at least,
despite their squeaky clean image, has the exact same attitude as everyone else I've
mentioned in this video so far, which is one of "rules for thee but not for me. And also I don't care if you literally die." No wonder Los Angeles is a COVID hotspot. It's because of the Vlog Squad and everyone
else I've mentioned. Congratulations, you are COVID-19. It's- honestly collaborations, especially
those of the Vlog Squad-ish nature were previously thought of as wholesome and organic. But this pandemic has really just shown how
money-motivated they are. I mean, David's fine. His TikTok is actually thriving. He has enough clout that nothing's going to
happen to him if he kind of kicks his friends out of his content, which he did. But the Vlog Squad, if they're trying to maintain
their current level of money, basically, they have to continue collaborating with each other
because they, especially Jason Nash, don't have enough followers or views on their own. And it's like, why not just settle for less
right now and be like the untold number of people who have had to make sacrifices in
if not just their comfort, their actual finances in order to continue to stay afloat? Jason Nash in the Vlog Squad, making less
money isn't even going to stop them from still being rich. So, if people who are closer to the poverty
line than they are to Jason Nash can do it, why can't they? The Vlog Squad represents possibly one of
my biggest pet peeves in all of this, which is people who claim they're in a quarantine
group. Sure, I'm always hanging out with my friends
and we're constantly going to each other's houses, but we're all quarantining together. And it's like with that being said, theoretically,
I could claim to be in a quarantine group with anybody on YouTube. When I show up in the next MrBeast video,
just know, even though I flew out from Texas to go see him, he's part of my quarantine
group and we've just been quarantining together. It's frustrating seeing people who don't even
need to make as much money as they are to survive, choose that money just so that they
can support their lavish lifestyle while other people are having to figure out where they're
going to find rent. The last person I have here makes me the angriest. And that's saying a lot because everyone in
this video has made me see varying shades of red. Dr. Mike, well known on YouTube for not just
being a popular channel, but an actual medical doctor. Is he an influencer? Sure, but he also took the Hippocratic Oath. He literally vowed to do no harm. At the very least, the other people I've mentioned
in this video are like idiots with no qualifications who do anything in life other than record
15-second clips of themselves. But this is a licensed medical professional. And it turns out, he took more of a hypocritical
oath. Dr. Mike had put out multiple videos. I would even say video after video about COVID-19
and being safe and doing things the right way. Dr. fact-checks media on coronavirus. Dr. Mike, day in the life, COVID-19. Dr. Mike interviews Dr. Fauci on COVID-19. Yes, this is real. He actually talked to Dr. Fauci. My self as someone who's on the front lines
as a family medicine doctor, what can we do? He wasn't just telling people to be safe,
he was literally the poster boy for handling COVID-19 the right way on YouTube. He was just so gosh darn ready for COVID. But it turns out by ready for COVID, I guess
he meant ready to spread it to everyone because he was caught on this bizarre yacht party. What is it with people in yachts, by the way? For his birthday party in Miami. He was in group photos right up on everyone
with no mask. He was not just social distancing, he was
actually touching the people there. For the 0.2 seconds that he had a mask on,
it wasn't even on properly. He traveled to Miami, which was in a state
of emergency because of COVID, by the way. So obviously, this caught people by surprise
and the criticism got to be way too much to ignore. He was getting called out by the mainstream
media. He was getting called out by his own fans. It was stranger than fiction and disturbing
in its own right. So Dr. Mike shows up with a four-minute apology
video. He first claims that this was actually a surprise
party thrown for him. And that's great, but if that's the case,
why not just say, "Oh, thank you so much," and then socially distance and wear a mask? When I went down to Miami, my friends surprised
me with a private boat as a belated birthday present. And I was very grateful. I was excited. At the same time, I was a little cautious
and nervous because we're in the midst of a pandemic. In fact, he actually misuses CDC information
to make an excuse for why he wasn't wearing a mask. So I went on the CDC website and checked the
guidance for wearing masks during water activities. This was a guideline for what to do when swimming,
not boating. A doctor purposely giving misleading information
about COVID-19 to his audience as an excuse for why he wasn't being safe, by the way,
that is legitimately appalling. He then goes on to lie about the boat capacity. I checked the local boat capacity guidelines,
so we were well below that. I mean, he was obviously photographed with
more than eight people there. He does this horrible risk assessment thing
where he decides it's okay, actually. I'm young, I don't have health problems. I live alone so I don't put anyone else at
risk. I'm going to be following the proper quarantine
and testing protocols returning back to New York. We're following all the testing boat capacity
and travel guidelines. So I thought for me, this risk level was okay. You can do literally everything he just said,
you can be literally everything he is, and you can still get COVID-19 and die and or
pass it to a loved one and they can die. That's the only thought process that should
be going into unnecessary gatherings. He claims that he was only wrong because this
made him seem phony, not necessarily wrong for the action. Even considering following the rules as the
guidelines that are set forth, it doesn't matter. I messed up, I really did, and I need to do
better. The reason I'm saying this is because of the
impact of my trip. The impact can harm the medical message that
I've been delivering from the beginning of this pandemic. What I can say is that I'm going to strive
to do better. I'm a human, I messed up here. It's true, I really did. This has been a mistake. Being a human and messing up is great, same. But in a medical profession, typically that's
disastrous. Also, he was definitely trying to hide the
video. The man has 6.7 million subscribers and he
posted it on a channel with 75,000 and the likes are disabled. Dr. Mike is trash. He represents one of the many celebrities
and influencers who are taking the social capital gained from pretending you care about
COVID-19, while at the same time, living a lifestyle that completely disregards safe
COVID-19 practices. He wants us to praise him for being just like
us, but he also wants to live in a way that we can't even really get away with and would
probably wind up taking out half of our families. He's honestly the last person I would have
assumed on YouTube that would be some sort of a slime ball, but he's worse than a slimeball
honestly. A medical professional, not just exhibiting
this behavior, but then going on to excuse it. Clearly, he's more of an influencer than a
doctor. So people like him are disgusting. People like Tanner Mongeau are discussing. James Charles, you're disgusting. Larry, you're disgusting. Fun fact, go back, you're gross. The Weekend, Justin Bieber. People that I really like, I honestly don't
care. I have zero tolerance for what you did. It's disgusting. Everyone who woke up and chose their temporary
comfort over the safety and life of everyone around them is disgusting and no amount of
apology genuine, fake, or otherwise will ever excuse what you did. So COVID-19 has not only been the thing to
really drive home that influencers, and I guess everyone else, live in a completely
different world, but it has also interestingly been the thing to bring these influencers
crashing down, back to reality as well. And I find that kind of fascinating in a way,
kind of sad. That's a super succinct way of wrapping up
this video. But unfortunately, that's not where this story
ends for me personally. I don't think people realize how difficult
it is to sift through story after story of people behaving this way. I don't think people realize how jarring it
is on the fundamental level to see person after person care more about their temporary
happiness than other people's lives. For lack of better words, it kind of destroys
you on the inside. So sweet, right? This is the 10th... I apologize. I'm trying to get through this, but this is
the 10th hospital that I have been in. Drew, we love you. Love you too. Thank you. All right. Lot more. Sorry. Sorry. I started making this video in November and
it was going to be just like any of the rest of my videos. It was just a normal topic for me, but halfway
into it, I was actually informed that both of my grandparents caught COVID-19. Obviously, they're in a age range where they're
at risk. It was extremely sudden. It was to the point where it was the same
day that they suspected they might have it to where my grandfather said that he couldn't
breathe. So at that point, getting that news, this
video didn't just feel like a topic or a point that I could make. All of a sudden, every single point about
somebody choosing a party over the life of my grandparents, basically, it cut through
me. It became impossible to make this video in
the state that I was. It's only here today because I was lucky enough
that both my grandfather and my grandmother recovered. They're fine. They got lucky. They were in a range where they could have
died. A lot of people have lost their loved ones
to COVID-19 and I did not. So I don't even have the words or I guess
the capability of expressing my remorse for those who have lost their loved ones. That being said, I think there's a lot of
people like me who have almost lost a loved one. I don't know if people realize that that's
traumatic in and of itself. It doesn't make me suddenly okay now that
they're still here. That deep cut that was in me when I realized
I could potentially have to tell my little siblings who are still children, that grandma
and grandpa are dead. That empty and dark realization I had what
I realized that my dad might not have parents anymore. I still felt it. So regardless of whether or not people are
literally dropping dead from COVID-19, it is still just ravaging everyone's life. And if you can't make a decision, if you can't
bring yourself to find enough empathy to understand that this is the reality of millions and millions
of people who are indirectly affected by this, in addition to the people who are directly
affected, in addition to the people who are dead, if you can't do that, you need to log
off of social media, you need to talk to somebody outside of your friend group, you need to
do whatever it is you need to do to fix yourself so that you can become somebody who cares.
So many people commenting on this video without actually having watched it. I'm glad did, mainly because I had no idea about Dr. Mike. That guy can go fuck himself.
Out of all the celebrities/influencers called out in this video, Dr. Mike is the most disappointing. He, a licensed medical doctor and had been the forefront in raising awareness on this pandemic, flew to Miami (a COVID hotspot) and partied on a yacht for his birthday.
Remember when Ellen posted that video about how having to quarantine in her gigantic mansion with a pool is essentially like being in jail?
Is it just me, or have others come to hate the word "influencer" too?
I'm i the only one who thought that influences (and celebrities) were tone deaf, selfish and inconsiderate BEFORE the pandemic?
Me when I click the video and see it's 69 minutes long
Grampa Simpson walking in and putting his hat on a hatstand gif
Unsubbing Dr. Mike
Wow
I really wouldnβt mind if we got rid of our celebrity/fame worship we have as a culture
To the surprise of no sensible person