Bombshell Updates In Colleen Ballinger Drama ft. Swoop 

my dad (the most gentle, nonviolent, non aggressive man i’ve ever met) was a karate instructor for many years. so many of his students would try to friend him on facebook. he told me he doesn’t accept any because he doesn’t want to be creepy. i didn’t fully understand it at the time but as i’ve gotten older i’ve thought about the fact that adults have a responsibility to not put themselves in a situation that would make someone uncomfortable. it’s obvious some men are able to naturally intuit that it’s inappropriate to create a relationship with a child.

I love seeing Swoop get all this recognition as she has been working her ass off & making astounding docs for quite some time! She deserves the recognition :)

idk how swoop kept it together when he was trying to say that what happened to him was worse than sexual grooming. I would have fucking lost it.

Olivia explaining these to Ethan has such good vibes man. It makes me feel like a young girl telling my dad about internet drama (I’m a guy and I don’t have a dad)

his explanation for non-sexual grooming being worse than sexual grooming is braindead, feel like Josh rejected him and he's developed an insufferable world view. also gives off strong p*do vibes

here is just my opinion. Sounds like Johnny hates that Josh didn't fall in love with him. He keeps saying he dumped him. he ghosted him. Like bro he wasn't with you.

It always gives me shivers down my spine when people compare their pain no matter what it is to other's pain - to have their own be worse. It lacks empathy and seems manipulative.

I really appreciate Olivia’s ability to hold the conversation down and keep the story moving. I can tell how much work went into this slideshow, great job!

God I love the highlights so much, so nice when I’m at work or eating for something fast that isn’t a youtube short

silvestri's lack of self awareness is astonishing like it is impressive how well swoop kept her voice and words calm but nearly anyone could look at her and see her eyes are literally on fire like all of that patience and holding back rage is being channeled into her eyes to keep her together.

When Johnny was on the show it drove me NUTS that he spoke over the other two victims whose stories were arguably more egregiously awful than his

I envy Swoop's patience and demeanor. I would have gone off so fast.

Its the fact that Swoop talked to Johnny for so long he couldn't hide his real personality from her. Thats why all the truth and his real feelings came through. This guy is a nightmare

Honestly if the offense was sharing the nudes in the first place sharing them again compounds the offense. He didn't need to publicly post the unedited images to prove what Ballinger did. He left them unedited for the shock value.

the full video is definitely worth the watch. She goes into lots of detail and really investigates the situation.

Ethan's face @43:23 exactly how I felt when I first heard him say that jacked up crap. I have never heard a survivor say they don't care if someone else was a victim. I would bury myself in a damn hole before I ever talked about a fellow survivor in such a way.

At the end of the day, Colleen still caused all this shit

Im surprised you all didnt notice he was controlling that interview. It was the worst.

Johnny definitely was in love with josh and I do think josh got the weird vibe. I think when he came out to josh it was something more than just him coming out and he didn’t get the right response from him whatever it was. Johnny wants to be Colleen so bad it’s scary. He wants to wear her skin

Guilty people can sometimes be the loudest when these situations come out. He immediately wanted to defend himself and accuse anyone he could. He wasn’t strategic enough to keep those stories and accusations aligned and this 6 hour interview debunked so much of the truth and I’m really glad Swoop took the time, patience, and energy to do this. I’m sure it was hard to remain civil while hearing some of the disgusting things he was saying, but it really helped everyone get a bigger picture of who he really is at the end of the day. Guilty people talk, a lot.

I love a super long RU-vid video. I listen to them all day while I'm at work lol Edit: Jesus Christ was Colleen ruining a groomer MLM 😭

MAMA SWOOP SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT, we love you so much swoop for all your hard work (physical AND emotional)

I absolutely love that Swoop is getting recognized for all the hard work she and her team have done. She has such a great heart. The lengths she goes to help people with her docs. It's inspiring.

Seems to me, from the clips, that Johnny is trying to insert himself into this “investigation” having participated in the chats with these children & having been complicit in the grooming efforts himself, similarly to a serial killer going back to the scene of the crime & inserting themselves into a police investigation in order to relive & bask in what they’ve done. IMO he’s trying to somehow “commemorate” his part in it all. While thinking, he’s pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes playing victim. That’s the impression I’m getting, and it’s absolutely disgusting.

I wanted to comment on the question 'is any relation ship with children when you're an adult ok,' as I've worked with people of all ages through volunteering at youth groups, organizing youth events, and helping with youth classes for various extra curricular actives, along with having much younger siblings and would help babysit them and their friends. There's a big difference between having a mentor relationship with underage people and being their "friend." You never want to have access to them outside of these specific actives, unless it's extenuating circumstances. You also never want them to idolize you as a fan, it's a very different dynamic. As an adult in these situations, it's your job to make sure the kids feel comfortable coming to you, but also feel secure because you "are" an adult and not their friend. You can be friendly but not friends. No social media contact, no chatting on the daily outside of any actives. No one-on-one unless it's for a specific reason. It's your job to help them navigate the world, not to become their world. You provide them with tools if they want, but not force it on them. You also want them to outgrow that mentor relationship, you want them to leave the class/group/events and to move on. If they're fans or friends, it would be harder for them to outgrow that situation, as they'll see you in a specific light and it will hold them back (not hard and fast rule of course, just the most case scenario).

let’s normalize monitoring our children’s internet activity so things like this don’t happen. i’m not defending colleen by ANY means, but as a parent it’s YOUR responsibility to make sure your children are safe from these sick creeps.

Ethan and crew, thank you so much for the very important follow-up on this very important issue. I grew up in abuse, married into it, stayed for years until he started pointing guns at me. I'm 62 and have spent the better part of my life in therapy. It helps. I used to think no one would lie about abuse, but now I know that is untrue. Johnny was a main culprit in destroying Josh's life. Johnny, in my opinion, is a very damaged person. He is acting like a jilted lover more than a victim. I hope he gets the help he so desperately needs.

Even just hearing Ethan say “Trish” and not “Trisha” somehow fills me with SOOO much nostalgia, I hope they can publicly be friends at some point again because truly that podcast got me through co-vid

olivia is so good at her job she always brings it!!

i always felt like he was just 'happy to be here' kind of thing - he wanted to increase his role in this whole mess, he wanted to paint himself as a bigger victim than he is, just to gain some momentary 'fame'.

After watching Swoops video, I still wonder whether or not Colleen had a hand in this. From the way Johnny barely talked about her in a negative light, to the timing of everything. Colleen just got exposed for her behavior, but it suddenly became muddied up with the apology video, and now this??? Johnny acts like he's above everyone, but it's clear that he's deeply insecure and is desperate for the approval of others. Colleen has a history of going after Josh and is clearly manipulative, and I wouldn't be surprised if she encouraged Johnny's crush, or manipulated him into doing this now. She has a history of deflecting from responsibility, and the fact that Johnny had specifically chosen details from Colleen's other victims and heavily emphasized that he had chosen to speak up to help amplify everyone else's story is suspicious as hell. He could have easily made some stuff up but didn't. He's clearly a groomer, and the fact that he worked with Colleen and her family for years should raise even more red flags. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think he did this just for the audience's attention. Colleen has always been controlling, her first attempt at controlling the narrative through her apology video didn't work. The next logical step would be to muddy the waters in an attempt to silence everyone else. If Johnny lies about his experiences using details from other people's accounts, who would believe them? If he wanted attention, he could have made something up. Doing that would allow him the opportunity to go into detail and come up with something believable. If his goal was just attention, why didn't he take the time to flesh out a more believable story? The only details he gave were surface level, and it was bound to fall apart. Based on the efforts he took to do this in the first place, I have a hard time believing that he didn't know things would go down like this. In between his intimidation tactics and muddying up the story overall, the only person who benefits from this at the end of the day isn't Johnny, but Colleen herself. Johnny seems to care more about getting attention than giving off a good image, and I don't see a reason that he would intentionally put himself in this situation and throw his other "friends" under the bus unless he got something from it. He already had his own fans and didn't have any controversy until now. Why would he risk that? He was clearly hurt by Josh's actions and it wouldn't be hard for Colleen to manipulate him into doing this.

I watched Swoops video yesterday and wow... It's so important to call out people the way she did, she gained a new subscriber from me 👏🏼

i was gonna say i aint gonna watch a 4 hour video, but i do that everytime with h3

I know that grooming doesn’t always have to centre around a sexual interest but the red flag for me with Johnny accusing Trent was that clearly in Oliver’s story, Trent was into little girls. Oliver was groomed “romantically” (hate that term as it suggests something positive, but I’m drawing blanks on other words rn) pre-transition when Trent believed Oliver was a little girl and was clearly put out by the idea of Oliver struggling with his gender identity. Trent didn’t want him to identify as male. Johnny is a strange individual, there’s a real culture of wanting to struggle and be a victim these days, it’s a way of garnering attention for a lot of young folk and it’s wild to me.

I watched Swoop's video and it's really worth the watch. Watch it on 2x speed, break it up into parts but it is worth watching the whole thing. It really is worth watching the whole thing to get the truth b/c she gets to the bottom of the situation.

Ridiculous the “he was young”. He’s a POS no matter the age

Just a PSA: it’s really easy not to be in DMs/chat rooms with minors. As someone who works with children you’re taught not to be alone with the student and if you HAVE to have private communication then they’re meant to be brief and be related to their studies

I'm a teacher and we do have ways for our students to send messages to us online. But it's platforms where the school administrators have admin control and can see all communication if they want to. I would never allow contact with a student through regular social media and everyone I work with would deny friend requests from students. It would be unprofessional and at least to me I don't necessarily want my students to have too much knowledge about my personal life.

Swoops video is so worth the watch. Didn’t know who she was and I loved the way she broke everything down. Johnny is…so unbelievably wrong for what he did and I’m so glad she and her team called him out the way they did. He deserves every bit of it.

Ethan is looking good man! He’s loosing weight and looks healthy

As a teacher, although I care about all of my students, they are never my friends or people that I would have any sort of contact with outside of school. The same should apply for other coaches, mentors, etc. Share your information, some encouragement, and move on.

Johnny rubbed me the wrong way from the beginning. And his activity on Twitter after being on the podcast was ridiculous. Obvious clout-chasing, silly accusations that were baseless and out of proportion from reality.

Hold the phone are we now victim blaming people for 'staying' AKA like not knowing you have a choice because you have been so manilpulated into feeling like your only worth is *with* that garbage? For really real? Thaaaaats wild.

my take on adult-child friendships is this: if the adult feels the need at ANY POINT to be unwilling to share every single last aspect and exchange between themselves and the kid with the kid’s legal guardians or one of the kid’s trusted adults in their immediate inner circle, the relationship should not exist. period. you as an adult should not feel comfortable being the only adult who can witness and make judgement calls about how you’re interacting with that kid. if at ANY POINT something “needs” to be kept a secret, sexual or not sexual, from other adults in the child’s life or their guardians, the relationship is inappropriate. period.

johnny's take on the abuse portion of the marriage is so gross to me. it's genuinely horrifying. "he fcked around and found out" jail time. how can you say that? how is that okay ever? so gross, disgusting, repulsive, and horrendous. THE "idc if he was a victim" HOW??? HOW DO YOU SAY THIS AND NOT BLINK???? the whole thing about having all this time to say anything about it is baffling. his brain works on frequencies and levels that need to be studied so that no one can think on them. its like jaw-dropping.

If Ethan and Hila can't talk about things about Trish in a more unbiased way don't talk about her at all. She is a victim in this case. Johnny wanted to force Trish to talk by embarrassing her. I don't understand why Ethan can't show any sympathy towards her. I get it you don't like her, hut then just don't talk about her. Edit: Also, the photos were behind a paywall don't from google.

crazy - watched yall stream this, like 3ish hrs? so much content in here the highlight could only be cut down to an hour that's wild to me. thank yall for coverin this with the care yall have

I COULD NOT WAIT FOR YOU GUYS TO COVER THIS

I say I’m not gonna watch the 3-4 hour videos but then the highlights always leave me wanting more so I immediately watch the full length after I watch the highlights 😂

Johnny is behaving like someone who learned a new word and can’t stop using it. He’s clearly very insecure, lost and is looking for validation in all the wrong ways. I hope being called out like this will help him snap out of it so he can move towards improving himself.

H3 is prolly the only podcast I can actually sit thru.. unless someone I'm interested in goes on someone's podcast I might watch it or if there's drama and I wanna see the podcast for myself, I have a really picky attention span and can never finish the whole show. But fot some reason h3h3 always draws me in and I stay locked lmao. Keep up the awesome work! Always a strong supporter of Ethan and his wife !❤

Why do I get the feeling he had a thing for Joshua?

In one of Swoops clips he said him and Josh didn’t know eachother on an intimate level then he said they did know eachother on an intimate level

Only H3 can talk about such a serious situation and have multiple comedic moments. This podcast is perfect when I want to get away from life by learning about something interesting and laugh!! I feel Ethan is a controversial figure on the internet, but he's always funny.

Thank you for wrestling with the idea of appropriateness of relationships with minors. We need adults with integrity to provide mentorship and support and I dont want it presented in a way that every adult that is helping minors is a groomer. I think there are many differences with groomers that mentors. Groomers want it secret and private. DMs and online are often secret and lack transparency. I love what was said about with a celebrity there is a greater ability to manipulate as well there isnt a depth of relationship building . Also, common sense says that if you are having age inappropriate conversations and are sharing personal information with minors...it isnt an appropriate relationship. As a psychologist, I believe teens really do need mentors and support, but RU-vid celebrities are not mentors. I think that is what Johnny was wanting from Josh and because Josh actually didnt meet the expectations Johnny had, he is now annihilating Josh.

I watched Swoop's deep-dive and it was worth watching every minute. And now I am watching this too! The story is WILD.

this whole thing is sickening but i'm glad swoop is finally getting the recognision she deserves. she's always done top grade work on her docs and i'm glad that integrity, throughfullnes and quality are now associated with her name in this sphere

When I was 15 years old, in the Kpop community a lot of older people would approach us for the events, choreographers for a song etc. I remember there was a huge gap between us the girls and the adults who where 24-30 at that time for some reason we all thought because of tv shows movies, etc, that it was cool to date an older guy. This guy was 24 at that time and I was turning 17, we dated 2 months, I remember we always said that it was obvious who was still a virgin the way they would dance meaning the minors, now that I’m 29 years old I see no way why would I date someone in their teens, is so sick, even being friends I see no logic, specially because they would pretend to be our mentors kinda more like friends, older brother type. A year ago I texted this guy staying, her it was really messed up how you groomed me, no I understand better everything and how gave me such a low esteem him comparing me to older woman. This guy freaked out, apologize and blocked me. He is now a dad, has a step daughter and he is a teacher dancer….

Olivia is my absolute favorite! She talks about everything I care about!!!

I have watched all the Swoop docs and I really learned a lot. It deeply saddens me that these kids were stuck in this web of Colleen. This was also a great discussion. I learned a lot here too. I am curious how Colleen's sister who is also very popular and how her brother and sister-in-law who has a family channel are fairing I from all this. I am a teacher. I teach online. I have an Instagram and a Tic Tok. I am also on Facebok. I do not accept friend request from students or children. I actually ask my students not to follow me and will unsubscribe them if I do catch it.

i wasn’t expecting ethan to go “what’s the nice word??” for mentally underdeveloped and/or neurodivergent, pleasant surprise

I’ve only ever watched when Olivia is presenting. She’s incredible! Give her a raise… maybe her own show!

I think some of Swoop's characterization of Johnny was a little over the top, but she generally comes hard when someone wrongs her. I wish she didn't go over the same points multiple times from different angles, BUT I respect that it's her content and she and her team worked hard. I'm glad she caught on to all of that. I think many saw Johnny as unreliable but wouldn't question him due to the circumstances. To me, he's a little Colleen. He learned from her and has never gotten over not getting what he wanted from Josh and he took all of the tricks he learned from her and put it to effective use.

Johnnie gives fatal attraction vibes towards Josh.

I’m 25 minutes in and my opinion is that he’s trying to use “exposing Colleen” as an excuse to exploit Trisha again, he’s done it multiple times now, doesn’t matter that he showed evidence. He admitted to exploiting her beforehand and he did it again… bruhhh

my heart goes out to the high people watching trying to understand the Johnny Appleseed tangent 💔

I love that we are highlighting a youtuber who's really out here doing all she can to make a difference. Those 4 hours did not feel like 4 hours. I was so engrossed and honestly ENRAGED. She really is doing the good work.

It's crazy how well Swoop is keeping her face unreactive to the utter bullshit this man is spewing, especially since it clearly upset her when she recapped it.. mad respect because I would not have been able to do that

I absolutely ADORE that Swoop is getting talked about and recognized for her hard work and dedication to finding out as many facts from as many points of view about the subjects she covers in her docs. She is just the absolute best. She calls herself Swoop, but Scoop would be more accurate, even if not as adorable. Just have mad, mad respect for Miss Spanky Valentine!

In my opinion grooming is when it's a hurtful relationship, if a 15 yo and a 22 yo are playing online games together and chatting about animals I don't think that's inappropriate. I met people in gaming communities where a 25 yo was helping a middle schooler WITH HOMEWORK and more kids joined the vc to learn, it was wholesome bro.

Okay I see you Ethan, glow up! Keep up the good work everyone, Olivia’s slides are next level 🙏🏼

Watching him talk over everyone in the og h3 interview was so painful

SWOOOOOOOOP 💙 I'm a full time working mum but I pulled an all nighter to watch her documentary and it was BRILLIANT! It didn't feel that long, it was so in depth, fucking AMAZINGLY presented (as always) and they did so much unbelievable behind the scenes detective work. It is most definitely worth the watch and WE STAN SWOOP 💙 We love you guys too 🤘🏻

Swoop is one of the best reporters on this app! I am so happy her efforts and videos are getting the recognition they deserve, as well as her team, they all work so hard!!

We love you @swoop ❤ she’s amazing 🥲 her and her team have done amazing to do thorough research on this and giving victims a voice. She’s truly amazing. #swoop #swoopdocs #collenballinger #adammcintyre

Swoop is incredible. She comes with receipts. I have to watch her videos in pieces, but they are always so well done.

Swoop did not make the Ghlisane Maxwell comparison, somebody on twitter did and Swoop referred to the tweet and also shows it on screen.

Love this. Thanks H3. Also as another older millennial, Olivia equating tiny chat to skype made it so clear what was happening! I personally need more definitions like that to fully understand today's trendy stuff

Thank you for the shorts. We

im happy you are talking about it because the Swoop video was AMAZING she did an INCREDIBLE job

Swoop is a top tier RU-vidr! Please let this build her up more! she puts in the work

GiVE SWOOP HER FLOWERS 💐!!!! Well done Swoop! She has been doing amazing docs for the loooongest!

took the words outta my mouth - only a little longer than a H3 pod cast. so glad he said that

I have already watched the 4 hour episode done by Swoop. She is absolutely AMAZING!! Even if you are incredibly busy, watch and pause it. The way she presents everything is so interesting. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!!

I have a feeling Colleen is paying him to drag Josh so bad, like this is her trynna take some heat off herself

I wish Ethan would actually watch the whole video himself and THEN do a podcast on it…

at this point I could totally see him not being a grooming victim and just making stuff up for the attention. The way he keeps diminishing other's experiences and trying to make it sound like he went through the worst of it is so bizarre.

At 23 weeks pregnant the talk of the “spittle” had me focusing on my work trying not to look at the screen but I still ended up gagging and almost losing my lunch lol

Only thing I’ll say is that Swoop does her homework. She’s pretty intense about the truth.

The thing about Josh not coming out about it until now isn’t entirely true though either! He’s been very upfront on the internet about his struggles with alcoholism and even if he didn’t get into the details publicly, the vibes were definitely there that he was processing and healing from a bad time in his life (aka being with Colleen). Victims shouldn’t NEED to talk so publicly about their experiences with DV.

Ethan has been looking so fine recently so proud of the process

it made me happy to see ethan catch himself and ask “what’s the nice word?” ☺️

I havent finished the video yet but why is Ethan being weirdly defensive for Johnny

Swoop is amazing and I'm really glad she's getting more exposure. She puts everything she has into her documentaries.

watching H3H3 requires the level of patience reserved for third grade mathes teachers

Being from Leominster (lemon-stir), the Johnny Appleseed bit had me rolling

there are definitely many situations where having a friendly relationship with a minor is fine for an adult, for instance i work as a server in a restaurant and a few of our hosts are 16-17 (im 21) but i have to maintain a good relationship with them for job security, because they influence who gets sat in my section, and sometimes what sections im given. in my opinion the line is taking that relationship to any level other than mandatory. any sort of contact over the internet feels wayyy too far for an adult/minor relationship, barring maybe role model type relationships, like with an older siblings friend for instance. i cannot imagine any situation other than stricly work related contact, such as asking for a picture of the schedule, being okay or acceptable. yet, i would consider a couple of them friends. fame also obviously plays a huge role. when i was younger i wouldve killed to meet some of my idols. now, if i saw them in person, i probably wouldnt even say anything. referencing 57:30

How many of us listen to H3H3 while we are at work doing a job we don’t like ?? 😂❤

Ethan’s pause after introducing Swoop is long enough to do the Swoop song ❤ love it Edit: it’s almost long enough :(

Idk but Olivia is way to invested imo with this Colleen thing