If you've been anywhere near the internet lately,Candy Apples Archives chances are you'll have seen the name Colleen Ballinger trending. Following resurfaced allegations of "toxic and exploitative" relationships with her fans, outlined in a lengthy Rolling Stonereport, the YouTuber and actor has issued a flippant and ill-advised video response.
But who is Colleen Ballinger, what has she been accused of, and how has she responded? We've broken it down below.
SEE ALSO: Sex, lies and YouTube: The predatory side of internet fameColleen Ballinger is a singer, actor, and comedian who is best known for her YouTube-turned-Netflix character Miranda Sings — a bumbling, aspiring singer that has built Ballinger almost 11 million YouTube subscribers on the character's channel alone. As this character, Ballinger starred in her own 2016 Netflix series Haters Back off, which ran for two seasons, and she released the non-fiction book Self-Helpwhich landed on the New York Timesbest seller list.
Ballinger also has her own vlog channel, Colleen Vlogs, with over 3 million subscribers, and has performed voice acting in films like The Angry Birds Movie 2.
One of the key people speaking out with allegations against Ballinger is Adam McIntyre, a former fan of Ballinger who became friends with the YouTuber and eventually began writing tweets for her and posting them on her behalf. In 2020, McIntyre posted a video titled "colleen ballinger, stop lying" in which he spoke about their friendship and how it allegedly evolved into Ballinger speaking with him about her personal life — including her divorce — when he was in his early teens, and on one occasion sending him lingerie as a joke.
Then, in early June of this year, as Rolling Stonereported, another former fan of Ballinger, Kodeerants, shared a now-deleted video describing a private group chat that existed with Ballinger and her young fans called "Colleeny’s Weenies," in which she allegedly sent messages related to sex.. McIntyre responded with his own video, confirming the group's existence.
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On Wednesday, Ballinger took to YouTube and posted a bizarre response to the allegations: a 10-minute song featuring a ukulele in which she sings lyrics like "I'm not a groomer / I'm just a loser," and repeatedly refers to "the toxic gossip train".
The song hasn't gone down well, with comments calling it "an apology without an apology", "painfully millennial", and asking her to "take accountability" for her actions.
Mashable has reached out to Ballinger for comment, and we will update this article if we receive a response.
If you have experienced grooming, call the free, confidential National Sexual Assault hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), or access the 24-7 help online by visiting online.rainn.org. If you are based in the UK, contact the NSPCC by calling 0808 800 5000.
To report information about child grooming, contact the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children on 1-800-843-5678. In the UK, you can report concerns about a child to the NSPCC by calling 0808 800 5000 or emailing [email protected].
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