The Shady Side Of JKFilms: Olivia Thai vs Everyone Part 1 

Anytime a company says “we’re like family” red flag cause of boundaries within the job will be crossed.

Literally checked back in after four years only to find out the entire crew has basically fallen apart. Completely in shock. Idk how to describe it but it’s like finding out a childhood friend went to prison.

these guys were really my childhood, watched them for 12years, makes me sad seeing how this has turned out. cant bear to watch anymore cant remember last video i watched

All I gotta say is... David has gotta be the most self-righteous, pick-me dude I've ever seen. He just thinks if he barks at you as loud as he can with all the curse words in his limited vocab, that you'll cower away and hopefully Bart/Joe will reward him with a treat. He also thinks if he calls himself neutral or unbiased over and over, ppl won't notice how condescending/threatening he's being to "foes" of JK. Idk I'm sure he's not a bad person but he just conducts himself in such a ridiculous way

I used to watch JK religiously, but not anymore. Without tiff, geo, Gina, jess,…it’s just not the same. Big Moods is good, but not great. All their channels are now my 2nd or 3rd option on RU-vid. With everything now days, not all business will last. It WAS a great ride. They all seem happy where they’re currently at. Joe found love, Bart & geo are in Vegas doing family things, tiff and case on their first child together. I secretly think Gina is super rich!!!! She’s got her nerdy gaming life. Jessica is no longer depressed, joe’s D was not enough for her hahahaha…EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

We're like family, but don't give Tiffany severance pay after firing her and she's pregnant with the guy that produce your videos from day one. While Joe and Bart making millions off crypto. These people are nasty

David sometimes just says things that does not make sense or have any validity to it. He says things that are at the top of his mind. That can be a good and bad thing in some ways.

From the screenshot of Tiffany's message towards Olivia -- Tiffany was rude & and dragging Olivia (for her personal experience) only for it to happen to her NEXT. Stating "don't let yourself be persuaded by one side of the story" while supporting reducing Olivia to a disgruntled ex-girlfriend and employee. & now, Tiffany is trying to get her "one side of the story" out there while being painted (and discredited) as an emotional, financially ungrateful, disgruntled employee. Not fun is it, Tiffany? Olivia is owed an apology by you.

Damn this hurts lowkey I used to watch them daily back high school and middle school. I stopped watching around my junior year cause I found interest in other things and I just came back to this. But everything comes to an end I hope they all learn and grow from this experience

Olivia legit did everything. I’m surprise she did this for so long. Glad she quit tho, not worth wasting anymore time.

I grew up watching jk news as a middle/high schooler. There were some things that the crew said or did that made younger me uncomfortable/feel some type of way, and now that I'm older I understand a lot better now. I cannot believe the stuff they said and did was thought to be okay. I still remember RU-vid was very different back then. Tons of stuff was brushed off. As much as people like to say "this generation is so sensitive", etc, it's just that these bad things are being called out now. Thank you for making these vids!

I had never heard any of this before and had no clue it had happened. I was a big fan for a number so years until Bart when on JKNews and recalled a time him a some friends sexually assulted a fellow cadet while laughing about the incident. It was the most disturbing thing I'd ever seen on the internet and the rest of the cast just brushed it off. They left the video up for a while too. I couldnt stand too look at any of them after that. Clearly not good people. I don't understand how they didn't get their channels shut down for putting that on RU-vid.

I was a fan, but I guess I just wasn't interested in them anymore by mid-2018. I guess it's a mixture of things they've said/did that I just can't defend anymore, the changeups, the shady stuff, me having a life and growing out of JK, ect. I haven't been watching their content since, but I have heard of their recent problems, changes, and drama occurring from them. It's sad watching them fall apart like this and seeing JK (especially the two owners) being shady. Mind you. I was one of their BIGGEST fans. I used to watch them everyday, especially JKNews. Of course, I'm happy for all of them (current and former JK members) that they have their own personal families/goals. But JK is not for me anymore. So I mean no offense to current JK fans. If you still watch them, that's cool. You do you.

Sad as these guys were my childhood 😭

I don’t like how Bart and Joe fired Tiff while she was going through so much loss in her life just because they wanted to have an all male cast for JK News….from there the channel pretty much died. Even though Tiff did mention she wasn’t all that into it anymore she was carrying the show

People who "defend" JK or say this video shouldn't be made, don't seem to look at JK from a different perspective or may still view them as what they are back then (they aren't anymore). People who also say that this youtuber is just doing a video for subs and cash grab don't know what they're talking about (FYI - Making RU-vid money isn't as easy as it was when Jk and the crew started doing RU-vid. It's f'in hard getting that RU-vid money now). This is all old crap that has been exposed and out there. You just gotta literally have to dig and you'll find all the shady stuff and that's what this youtuber literally did. They just literally dug and found it lol. To also go and say that "they/we" don't know stuff because "we/they" aren't in the inside like David isn't that great either, as David is a bias asf "family" member of JK. Whose side do you think he's gonna take? lol. I am unbias and if anything I could care less, this is just entertainment for me. BUT if you ask me and how I feel. I'll tell you - I used to LOVE JK and all there sub-channels. When the Olivia situation occurred, I basically said what some have said - "we don't know the situation, we aren't on the inside". BUT as life went on, I remember seeing ONE comment on a RU-vid video that made me start question stuff, which the comment said (and paraphrasing don't remember the whole quote)- "Geo and the JK members are a business first and foremost and only sell you the image of "family" *insert Fast and Furious Dom gif/mems*. People who keep saying they want to work for JK don't understand the fact that they are a tight knit group of people and won't just accept anyone off the street. They sell the image of family to get people to buy there stuff and support them". That was the quote that opened my eyes and made me question JK as more videos of them come out and I watch them. I don't remember when I stopped watching them, but I did. It wasn't until literally a few months ago, when I finally remembered them and decided to watch one ep. of JkNews that - My gosh was it not watchable anymore AND that's when all the dirt came up when I questioned why some people where gone. AND low and behold, it was easily found on the web of all the shady stuff they've done that was buried beneath the dirt. If you started out as a fan watching them when they were in there prime and watch them now. Most people would likely say JK isn't what they use to be and are quite sus now. Not only that but there main demographic has moved on and have grown up (I'm one of them). They are a former shell of themselves and if anything are lost in this "new" generation of RU-vidrs and are basically misleading the few people they can still get.

I’ve never liked David. He acts all hard but I’d love to see him in a real fight

Girl you done riled up all of the jk fans 😭 but I used to watch Jknews but they’ve always done some shit that I’ve side eyed so I’m here for these videos, I love the dirt

I stopped watching after an extremely disturbing ep where they tried to justify a female teacher taking advantage of a teen boy. Like it’s so cool and gave him street cred??? 🤢🤮

The one I don't like the most is Gina, especially after the Josh drama. David is ignorant af.

I knew that Olivia had left awhile back & I remember the drama but I never knew the actual real cause, ya know? Because there were so many drama I had no idea where it all began. Olivia was my favorite.

wow,.. honestly i searched up JK news tonight bc i had COMPLETELY forgotten ab them for years, and i wanted to check up on them but this was so disheartening to hear :/ i am on Olivia’s side for sure

I am so glad someone is finally talking about this. I became a fan in 2014 and i've watched the jk fam go from their peak of unique content and just fun times to their worst of pure toxicity and only making decisions for money and blaming fans when they make mistakes. Idk the whole thing is a mess and the only person i really support somewhat at this point is tiff and maybe nikki because they worked hard for jk and got alot of shit in the end.

Yes when olivia came forward about being fired in 2015 I thought it was fucked up but bart and Joe eventually made a response video a few months or so later addressing that they are still friends no beef and olivia was doing music for them. So I thought cool then just 2 weeks ago I found out tiff was fired and I realize welp they're doing the same whole thing again. Jk has come to shit after I stopped watching them in 2017 waited for more skits on jkfilms waited for their movie and never saw anything. Idk who's running jknews anymore I know bart and geo are in Nevada because I keep up with them on ig and Joe well Joe is Joe, and before all this David left jk to focus on himself and is now collaborating with tim even though he was never officially a member. They're going down the drain however the founders are already rich, just wish they kept to their roots

I’m surprised no one talks about it , maybe everyone had forgotten of them .They are soo toxic especially David and Bart and they had let their ego go to the roof .

I'm glad someone else is talking about this cause even though I love the crew as people the business was all messed up. And it was to be expected because they didn't have the management experience to keep things stable. When Oliva was talking about her pay and also David's involvement reminded me of Tiffany so much. Tiff also expressed she didn't get paid well or what she was owed unless it was seen as a "friend doing you a favor" and giving you money I owe just like Olivia and others when they finally got an accountant (which since Tiff makes more than most of them was kind of demeaning but that's a whole other story). And we all know as much as David says he wants to be neutral and stay out of drama while he gives facts he also speaks way out of his place. The whole one hour podcast low-key dragging Tiff that he eventually had to turn the comments off after "being ok with the backlash" smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ It just doesn't seem like a string of coincidences 🤷🏽‍♀️

When Olivia left, was the first time I started side eyeing them. I loved her. She was so nice and TALENTED af. I didn’t stop watching them though. I eventually stopped because their content just got so bad to me. Bart…..I stopped liking him early on, I would just try to ignore him. But he got so insufferable after awhile. They just weren’t funny to me anymore.

every time I see the drama and read or hear the alleged versions of what happened behind the scenes, I always think of that Dark Knight quote "You Either Die a Hero, or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become the Villain" What we see of onscreen personalities may be very different to what goes on behind the camera.

Y'all remember how briggy just all of a sudden disappeared, and the kwans didn't talk about her for months. Just carried on vlogging like she never ever existed. Also how fawn passed, and they picked up her ashes 6 months later, only after being reminded by the vet.🤦‍♂️ Just another insight of the weirdness

I stopped watching after had enough of David crapping on races anything other than his own. About 2-3 years ago

I grew up watching jk for like 6 years but stopped when I entered highschool I noticed how terrible they were subtle and in early 2020 it was the nail in the coffin. Bart had rocks for a brain and became a yapping parrot for republicans. Geo was the Yoko ono. Overall bad vibes

Use to watch it all the time when I was like 15-16 but then just stopped, then I saw a video pop up about 2years ago about a hot topic so I watch it, and a few other videos and…. Jeez it was like listening to a group of 13 years old trying to be edgy, or a stereotype of a frat house and these people literally are in their 30’s at this time. Tiffany was barely talking at that point and would try to say something to only get cut off, try to keep the others on track or stop them from saying something truly offensive. Tiffany was right in saying that these people and the channel have not grown up with their audience or really think about what they are putting out for the videos. Most people who defend their “humour” by calling it “edgy” are just being offensive, immature or simply rude.

How did Bart and joe make their money, was it just the channels and barbell or did they do some stuff on the side

JK has always been strongly clique-y, and certain individuals scenarios and cringey, uncomfortable stories overshadow others and get dismissed.

I haven’t watched JK News in almost 2 years it’s such a shame it’s dying off

Can we take a moment and appreciate the effort that was put in the vid. Chef kiss

If you want to know all sides to JK drama, go watch David So’s response on Tiff’s video.

I’m happy someone is talking about it , I hope you do upload the rest

Forgot 'Ask The Feels' and 'Just Kidding Gaming'.....both dead.

I think the biggest problem is the relationship the group had. Some of them, by the looks of it, just had a more personal relationship outside the business. Like Olivia who was doing the stuff she was doing because of her relationship with Joe and Bart. That was her choice. Of course, when that relationship was over, Olivia now felt like she deserved something from the company. Their personal relationships really interfered with the business size. I am just talkign crap. I don't know the full story and most importantly I'm not them. Just sharing how I would analyze it.

Omg I've never heard of Olivia and she was so hard working the engine of that company I really wish I knew about her. They are disgraceful paying her that low for that much work. They keep saying this is a family no, Its not a family its a work place and folk should be payed a living wage and know their schedule in advance and there should be no secrets if its done but the book, she should he able to talk openly about her work, if they have to hide something that's when you know they are a shift business.

So I was an intern as well along with Olivia and everything that Bart and Joe said were true. These two were the best boss I have ever worked with and we were truly treated like family. I don't know where you are getting your information from but please do not spread slander for the best group of people I have ever worked with.

When is the Tiff episode coming out?

Where did you find the deleted vlog at 4:18?

Watched since 2012 and I knew something was off when crucial faces didn't return after a while. btw, that fat guy isn't to be taken seriously in many levels no matter what caliber of adulthood (in any society).

Wow she did so much for them. JK was very firm on saying that she's just an intern. Bitch that's not what unpaid interns do.

what happened with tiffany?? i used to watch jk RELIGIOUSLY and i remember this drama happening real time, but i havent watched in years… can someone explain what happened w/tiff?

Is there a summary somewhere ? I haven't watched since like 2015. Have no idea what's happening.

I started watching these guys in middle school and thought they were hilarious. At the time RU-vid was just full of edgy shit and commentary channels like leafy and idubzz so you could imagine what kind of kid I was at the time. I eventually started to come to realize a lot of thing about the channel. For one they’re extremely anti-black and when you call it out their fans go feral and call you sensitive. They’re also very ignorant when it comes to politics and social issues, especially Bart who will literally bend over backward to defend the police and military like his life depends on it. Overall the whole channel has always been weird and I’m glad ppl are actually starting to acknowledge it.

whats sad is that their jkn videos were mostly unproblematic and apolitical during their peak. like when they got their most views - esp on jkn - was when they reported on funny stuff. then the altright thing got super popular on youtube and they pandered to that by covering stories to bash on "sjws" and "snowflakes". they purposefully cultivated a fandom full of racist white incels, which is also why julia or geo got a lot of hate comments for simply existing - bc they are women. also tiff sometimes. i checked out some of their videos like two years ago and noticed they seemed to steer a bit more liberal bc of the whole upheaval of more progressive politics on youtube again. they always just pander and exploit according to whats popular at the time, so they def know what they're doing. now dont get me wrong, they are still right wing libertarians deep down still, its just that i feel like they suddenly amped that up during that 2015-16 time when the altright got huge on youtube. i stopped watching around the time when that mayo steve dude joined, i always got racist vibes from him and ofc i was correct. also it always rubbed me the wrong way how joe treated his gfs and how they bullied josh. karma is really getting back at them bc i honestly thing they single handedly turned a lot of young ppl into alt righters

Is there a link to the olivia thai response video?

smh people with bad comprehension skills hating on this video, what else is new

I remember that Olivia drama going down when I was in middle school and as a kid of course I knew nothing about running a businesses. But I remeber instantly thinking the hate she was getting by the blinded fans was so unfair. Looking back as an adult, it's even worse than I realized smh

"Unpaid interns, who were not being compensated" isn't that all interns?

Sucks for Olivia because had she kept grinding hard for the company she would've financially benefited majorly. Her following would've grown even bigger than it currently is & more business opportunities would've presented themselves... Was she the only employee that they had at that time? Because if she was thn she definitely should've been getting paid more. If not wonder how her pay was compared to the other employees because they must've been getting paid half of what she was since her job was literally doing everything

the way they always had new people who would just dissapear with no explanation speaks for itself

Man I remember watching them when I was like 13, depressing

2 years later and get are still doing better than their haters.

Im a year late but if you ever see this i just want you to know that you strawman argument-ed the hell out of David. David never said he was neutral. He said it was none of the fans business. YOU said that David wanted to be neutral and started attacking him for what you think he said.

I remember that summer when the Olivia unpaid intern drama happened, man was that a crazy fucking few weeks

It’s a business. It’s entertainment. It’s for profit. You can still enjoy it for face value. Look at anything it all comes down to money.

FEAR EVERYONE!

Yeah the problem I guess is the owners got too greedy, it all went back to them cuz the people building their channel left.

I've seen like 6 different cast members from 2014 to 2017 and that really makes you wonder if the company is legit. Also sometimes they say some stupid ass shit, even if it was a joke it was dumb. Like when bart ask is one of their other friends liked being sexually assaulted after he told the story. And I'm pretty sure bart was serious. I dont watch them anymore but I not shock to hear about things like this. The tiff thing though kinda shocked me.

I never knew none of this as before the pandemic I regularly watched and they seemed okay. The last thing I remember was Joe and Jess breaking up and still being cool but I could tell they were kind of sad about it especially Jess. Then I had major issues in my life when the pandemic hit and wasn't able to keep up with their channel. Now 2022 I hear this, but all I will say and be wise about all this regardless of who did what and who was right or wrong cause as a viewer and fan only I cannot know what really actually happened to make judgments and be seriously invested as I see some of these other comments to be confident in affirming what really happened because only those who are or were a part of jk only knows. So I don't want to be a fool in making claims from what it may seem to be or been told by unless those involve all admit to what it was which most likely won't be shared cause it's a private matter in the end.

I used to love watching JK anything. It was around the time Geo got pregnant where I started to not watch as often. By the time Geo gave birth I had unsubscribed. It was just different.. not the same. After Tiffany was let go and she put a video out about what happened it all seemed to start making sense. The owners/higher ups in the crew are very unprofessional. I recently clicked on one of their newer videos just to see how things were going and it’s a lot of new faces and same old Joe. Joe is still the same guy he’s always been. I’m not sure if I expected him to be a little more mature or different, but that wasn’t the case. I’m honestly surprised the channel is still going. The video I watched they were saying how they have trouble getting guests and needed more people to be on their videos. The downfall is kinda sad, but the people who run it have nobody to blame but themselves.

I started watching them in 2013 when I was 12, I was such a big fan cause I thought they were so cool and seemed so genuine. It was my dream to work with/for Jk. But over the last four years watching them has felt like watching a slow motion train Reck. Still a big David So fan!

“ David The Damn So” I couldn’t haven’t said it any better .

Yes yes yes! I've always wonder what happened to the first few ppl who left

Where can u find part 2?

THIS IS CRAZZYYY!!!! a perfect example of how what we see on our screens are NOT reality

Most of the people in jknews moved on on their own or just couldn’t be apart anymore like Jess didn’t want to be apart of it anymore. And others just moved on to better opportunities like Gina Julia.

Wow! Looking forward to part 2.

Excellent stuff. These people are vile and needs to be exposed.

I remember this

So many people left because of the toxicity and unfairness.Do Tiffs story next 👏🏻

If you have to keep telling your viewers how much of a close family you are, then you're not really a close knit family ☕

Unless I am completely ignorant aren’t most interns unpaid? Most interns are working for experience, something to put on their resume, no? If that was an agreement that they started with and both parties agreed to, I don’t see why they deserve any backlash on that.

Dam, growing up i've took a lot life lessons from JK, it sucks to see the og fam disintegrate. Although its great that they are happy in their own separate ways.

I feel bad that tiff defended them because that was the only family she knew then they completely sh!tted on her

I stopped watching them regularly around 2016 and would watch a video or 2 every few months. Then around 2020 I couldn't stand watching them no more. Grown adults acting like immature children 🙄.

I used to watch Jk everyday, I even made a fan page about them but as I grew up I started noticing small things that didn’t sit well with me. Like how Steve and David have this God complex about them, Steve was talking about going to like a RU-vidCon or something like that and he was basically Gatekeeping Sketch Comedy and saying how these kids nowadays have no idea what it is. Basically he was being bitter because they’re more famous than him doing tiktoks and stuff like that. I watched some of Bart and Geo’s vlogs for a while but back when they had dogs I hated how irresponsible they were. They had a dog meatloaf that was sometimes aggressive towards other dogs and they still took him to the dog park and let him off leash. But I brushed it off then as Takia grew he was kinda becoming a spoiled brat so I stopped watching them. I gave up on Joe a while ago I never really liked him and I’m glad Jess got away from him and can be with someone more grown up.

I used to watch JK when I was younger, probably from 2008-2012. I found them so funny but there were some instances where their opinions (and some mannerisms) seemed off to me. All of this doesn't really surprise me unfortunately.

ironically, i see no difference between this video and david so's post...

Make a backup of these vids in case it gets scrubbed

I really wondered about olivia, cause I liked her as a host, but never followed her off of YT

Anyway I think it’s weird how they exploited every good moments and bad moments in their lives? Like Julia and Tommy breaking up and posting a video of her breaking down in tears or Geo and Bart having a baby

David never sat right with me especially when he appointed himself the “voice for black people” and spout ignorance

David " let me get involved in someone else's business " So

Toxicity i definitely believe, but the money thing, so many people dont realise that joe and bart were dirt broke poor and many of their “cast” or “members” knew what they were getting into. Many of them were literally working for free, many of them were free interns. I can definitely see toxicity in many situations especially from david sometimes. But the money situation keep being brought up and ive followed them since they started. Ive fallen off and come back to the channel over the years. And we have to realise many of these “money” jabs are all during the beginning of their business like i said when they were dirt poor. Jus tryna open sum eyes but also not disagreeing with everything.

Jk doesn't even get hundred thousand views. Their channel is dying

The Jk crew is hella fact like I used to think David was chill but the man plays both sides mans is smart by acting this way because he got comedian things, shows and a podcast

Running a company isn't easy, anyone who thinks it's easy dealing with people and their issues plus you have your own issues is easy. Hasn't built anything that requires people to work for you. . Everyone thinks they did the most work and deserve the most return/pay. . To run a business successfully you have to become a wolf. You're either a wolf through and through or your are a wolf with a heart. . The jk guys tried to have a heart, whether it works out or not is better than then trying to be wolves through and through.

Who hurt you 🤣😂🤣😂😂 find a better thing to make content on, its petty to try and bash someones channel 😂 2years 158k views and you only have 2.4k likes, they posted a vid 3 days ago and its already at 17k views.. lol JKNEWS is not holding on by a thread its got 2.07M subscribers and running lol

I didn’t even know they don’t talk to tiff anymore…anyone wants to update me on what happened there ? 😩😂

This is good so far. I can't wait for part 2

Why hating on JKFILMS? yall dont even know the half it and only speak upon what you only see people post

Damn money did change them up a lot! true nasty and ugly colours are now showing.

only person i keep up with is davids podcast when he has guest on. and from there boze and stephanie soo that i got introduced to from jknews channel

Please bring her on and interview her