WEBVTT - Get A Hobby, Get Laid Or Find God 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.320 Hello, I'm welcome to Outspoken. It's your dose of the 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.720 hottest influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:12.440 kay Torba and coming up on today's show, Britney Saunder's 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.400 shocks fans by returning to YouTube, Rachel Dylan's baby news, 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.720 and the self proclaimed tennis Wag's winning fans at the 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:23.919 Aussie Open. The first anonymous influencer snark Sides are in 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:27.080 the spotlight again after being called out by two high 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:31.160 profile influencers. Indy Clinton has hit out at anonymous users, 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.000 telling them to get a hobby, get laid, or go 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:34.960 find God. 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:35.680 Now. 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.080 So what prompted this reaction from Indy Well, all of 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.240 this drama kicked off in popular Facebook group Tea Time. 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.760 So an anonymous user accused an influencer of not being 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:49.360 sun safe with her kids. She wrote, sun safety, where 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.599 is it? A certain influencer has posted to her instant 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.760 showing her children wearing no hats or appropriate clothing to 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.320 the beach and what makes it worse is the visible 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.120 nappy tanlines on one shop and what seems to be 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.920 a severe burn and red raw pealing marks on another's back. 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.840 At what point do we start holding the more accountable 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.840 for not being better role models and promoting sun safety 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.759 over being tanned. The anonymous user added, admins, pretty please 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.520 do not delete this post and support my theory that 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:21.280 this certain influencer is untouchable on this page. Now, it 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.319 didn't take long for people to draw the dots and 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.240 realize this post was about Indy Clinton, and while there 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.919 were some that agreed with the original poster, the majority 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:31.840 thought that it was a bit of a stretch and 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.959 accused the poster of mum shaming Indy. There are a 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.759 lot of people asking this anonymous poster if they were 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.880 a parent and if they're aware of how difficult it 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.320 is to actually keep a hat on a child and 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:46.319 really defending Indy if anything. In general, people thought it 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.040 was a bit of a stretch, and I think we're 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:51.720 seeing people piling onto influencers at the moment because Sun's 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.360 safety is really a hot topic no pun intended at 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.000 the moment on social media, because the ABC did a 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.440 really great investigation into what's going on TikTok at the 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.600 moment with the promotion of tan lines. We've seen Sopha 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.840 Doufer dragged into that drama. And while I applaud that 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.919 somen safety is a topic of discussion. This did seem 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.080 like a reach. Yeah, you can tell by the tone 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.680 of this post that this person already has an issue 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.040 with Indy, so they were sort of looking for something 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.720 else to have a go at her about. Now. Indy 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.520 ended up hitting back on her Instagram story, which I 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:27.079 found really interesting because we interviewed her back in December 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.480 and at the time she was very frustrated that she 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.120 previously had to stay quiet on a lot of controversies 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.200 that had popped up surrounding her, and her management had 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.320 always told her to be quiet, to let the story die. 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.600 But I think her strategy this year is to defend herself, 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:46.040 particularly when it comes to people spreading vicious rumors about 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.320 her children. Yeah, when we had a chat, she spoke 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.120 about how detrimental TEA time and tatle life are to 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.600 her mental health, and how she has spoken to her 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.120 psychologists about ways to deal with that kind of hate. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.400 And I'm really glad that Indy has found her voice 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.240 in this instant because there's nothing worse than people making 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.919 up rumors about your children. So she shared a photo 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.399 of Navies back and confirmed that it was just a scratch, 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.679 and she questioned those criticizing her if they'd ever seen 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.239 her children's sunburnt before she continued writing, I'm born and 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.639 raised at the beach. I know how to keep them safe. 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.360 And my favorite part of India's clapback was when she 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.800 told the anonymous poster to get a hobby, get laid, 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.480 or go find God, because you need something better to 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.519 do than making up stories about me and my kids. 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:30.960 That probably felt really good to say it. She then 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.000 followed up with another Instagram story which said, actually, if 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.600 you're posting anonymously on a forum about absolute rubbish, you'll 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.520 probably most definitely not getting laid. Here's a link to 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.520 a good dido instead. Good Luck. I really liked it 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:48.360 because Big ed Aka. Her husband Ben also weighed in, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.360 saying this first. 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:55.320 On a forum starts ragging my wife and my kids 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.280 about suns. Safety's with it the beach her whole life. 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.720 I've lived in a harsh environment. Out of them, we 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:05.520 understand some safety. To make an assumption that our kid's 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:10.880 appealing when one's a scab and one's exmar is just 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.800 next level. The fact that it's done under an anonymous 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:20.159 account just is coudice really and it makes me really sick. 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.680 To be honest, it's not about our situation, it's just 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:28.960 it's overall, I think on social media and faceless people 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.000 saying things or having an opinion that they wouldn't have 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.560 in person. That is my main problem. It's just it 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.679 needs to stop. And I think these forums are actually 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.320 kind of encouraging this behavior. 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.400 There's something just so attractive about when someone's husband or 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.280 partner steps in to defend them, and it was really 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:51.560 interesting to hear his perspective. And sometimes it takes for 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:55.080 someone who's not heavily invested in that world to step 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.840 back and say, this is fucking ridiculous, what is going on? Yeah, Well, 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.599 what stood up for me was the fact that Ben 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.440 got involved showed how just much it had affected Indy 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.560 that he felt like he needed to come online and 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.320 defend his wife, because he for the last couple of 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.800 years has played a real background character. But you can 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.120 see more recently he's becoming a lot more comfortable in 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:16.920 front of the camera. And again, Indy spoke on our 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:20.400 podcast about how he's actually been bullied by people at 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.039 his work for being a part of her channel. I 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.839 also think it must be really difficult for people's partners 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.360 to sit back and watch them copper online and feel 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.400 like they can't say anything. It reminded me of a 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.000 conversation that I've had with my husband in regards to 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.279 these gossip forums, because there is an outspoken thread on 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.720 there which we get spoken about quite a lot, and 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.960 it's good to have someone who's removed from the situation 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.640 just saying that these people basically have no lives and 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.919 nothing better to do, and how ridiculous it is. And 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.320 I also think that he brought up a really important point, 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.520 which is around the anonymous nature of a lot of 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.760 these forums and also now Facebook groups. So even in 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.080 our Facebook group, there is a feature where you can 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:04.320 anonymously create a post, but usually if you respond to it, 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.200 your name is visible. Yeah, so now you can create 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.159 an anonymous alias to comment in there, which I'm wondering 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.920 if we can turn off, because I do feel like 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:17.440 the ability to anonymously post at all is actually having 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.440 a really detrimental impact on our Facebook community. I don't 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.200 like it, and I really think at the end of 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.040 the day, if you have an opinion to share, you 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.240 should be willing to share your name and face to it. Like, 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.440 obviously we speak about influencer culture, and we're happy to 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.440 put our face and name to the comments that we 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.279 make because we stand by those comments. 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:33.680 Yeah. 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.800 Now, Indy Clinton isn't the only influencer who's opened up 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.159 about the detrimental effect anonymous troll comments have had on 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.719 her This week. So Zoe Haig, who is the sister 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.920 of Molly May, shared a troll comment that she received 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.720 about one of her selfies on a YouTube channel. Let's 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:49.599 throw to what she said. 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.919 I get comments like this like a fair about and 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.719 they don't normally bother me. Bloody how face pop clup, 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.000 give me a shot influence life is not for you. 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.920 Comments on that never ever, ever, ever bought the mean. 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:05.680 I don't know why that's interested. I think it's because 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:07.719 I'm not feeling great and like I feel like I 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.000 don't look my worst. I would never even reply to 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:11.320 a comment like that, nor leave it, but I just 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.280 said great, thanks for him my day, because I don't 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:15.600 want people by that to think that you just get 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:16.760 away from saying stuff. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.880 It was so hard to watch her cry on YouTube, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.239 but I'm actually glad that she did share this because 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:26.080 it really shows the reality of what happens when you 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.240 send one of these ridiculous comments, because I'm sure the 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.240 person just shot the message off not even thinking about it. 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.920 It was probably misplaced aggression. I always think there is 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.720 a place to critique influences behavior, but I have never 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.080 understood why anyone thinks it's their right to comment on 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.600 anyone's appearance. It is utterly disgusting. I just can't even 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:49.520 comprehend someone sitting there and thinking that's an okay thing 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.040 to do. I mean, it's absolutely disgusting. Who cares what 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.040 she looks like? I mean, she's a beautiful girl anyway, 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.200 So it just shows how ridiculous it all is. Now. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.040 Zoe went on to share her thoughts about anonymous sites 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.680 like tattle Life, who speak about not only her, but 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.320 her sister on a daily basis. Here's what she said. 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.680 Obviously, I know it is a troll account because I'm 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.000 saying things like influencer life isn't for you, Like you 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.000 don't have to look a certain way to be an influencder. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.720 Obviously I don't look like a lot of influencers, Like 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:17.120 I didn't get into this influencing life because I looked 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.160 a certain way. It's not about how you look. Whenever 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.320 I do see comments like that, I would honestly pay 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.560 so much money like all these horrible forms of people 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.400 being horrible about everyone. I would pay so much money, 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:30.120 like probably every single penny that I own, to see 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.400 you who are to like line them all up against 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.080 each other and be like, Oh, that's the sort of 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.719 person that like comments horble staff or that it's really 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:40.640 horrible about other people. Because I just can't picture the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.640 sort of person that is like, yeah, it could be anyone, 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.760 and that she could be someone that you're friends or 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:46.400 someone that you're passing the street and they're they're like 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:47.920 making horrible comments online. 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:50.120 Again, I really think that if you're going to share 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.240 an anonymous comment about someone, particularly when you're picking apart 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.720 their appearance, you might be brave enough to share a 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.880 photo of what you look like and also your name. 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:02.320 Okay, so hello and welcome to my YouTube channel. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.560 For those of you who do not know who I am, 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:08.000 my name is Britney Saunders. After pulling the pin on 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.640 her YouTube career four years ago, Britney Saunders has shoted 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.840 fans by making a dramatic return. The much loved OG 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:18.800 influencer turned business Mogul has vowed to revamp her channel 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.640 and lifted the lid on why she quit the platform. 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.240 So all feels right in the world now that britt 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.520 is back on YouTube. I was really excited to see 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.880 her make this grand return, and I was really intrigued 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.640 to see at what capacity she would be returning in 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:35.520 because when she started her channel, she was posting four 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.320 to five times a week, and obviously they were vlog 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.240 style videos. It was all about her life. And I 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.880 instantly noticed when I clicked on her channel that she 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.920 has renamed it. So when she first launched in twenty eleven, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.240 it was called Britney Lee Saunders. For some reason, back then, 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.680 it was very in vogue to go by your full name, 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.200 including your middle name. I mean, Steph Cleare Smith and 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.200 Olivia Molly Rodgers was still doing it. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:58.400 Yeah. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.600 I suppose it's because their last name is common, so 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.240 maybe someone already had the other handle. I also think 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.920 that creators did it to stand out and to have 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.040 a unique element. Now, as of twenty twenty five, BRIT's 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.600 channel is now known as Britney Saunder's Fate the label, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.040 so it's very clear to see that her return to 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.360 YouTube is a business decision, and a smart one at that. Yeah, 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.080 she has spent ten years cultivating this following, so why 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.839 not tap back into this market, particularly when you own 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.360 your own clothing brand. It just makes sense. There's no 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.200 point in letting a huge platform like this just die 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.840 and lay dormant because it's such a waste. Yeah. Now, 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.800 BRIT's first video back was entitled Why I Quit and 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.640 Why I Am Back, and at the time of recording, 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.600 it's not sched up fifty four thousand views. To me, 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.400 that sounds quite low considering she has a million subscribers, 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.280 But I'm guessing it's because she hasn't been on the 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.880 platform for four years and the algorithm is really punishing 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.880 her at the moment. Well, it's such a relief that 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.680 she actually hit fifty four thousand views, because she joked 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.680 that if she didn't reach at least ten thousand views, 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.800 she would be retiring straight away. Again. Now, the video 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.480 was filmed in her office and she had her large 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:05.120 warehouse visible in the background, and this video was a 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.960 very clever mix of a trip down memory lane and 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:11.200 also an update on what she's been up to. I 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.120 really liked what she did with this video because it 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.800 was really nostalgic. She opened up with vision of her 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.680 first YouTube video from back in twenty eleven, so it 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.120 was an eighteen year old Britt explaining that she loved 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:23.400 makeup and skincare and thought that she may as well 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.439 give the whole YouTube thing a crack. Brit seemed to 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.959 be very mindful that this might be the first time 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.600 that a lot of her og followers who only followed 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.240 her on YouTube are seeing her again in four years, 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.280 and she said that she always felt like they might 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.000 have been angry at her for leaving, and she also 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.760 knew that some of her most recent fans might have 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.880 been unaware that she was a full blown YouTuber for 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.400 ten years. So she decided to share a montage of 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.840 old videos, and the ones that I were fascinated to 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.600 see were her on brand trips because she's been very 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:58.720 outspoken in the last year about how her brand fate 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.240 is pushing back offering influencer trips, so they did something 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:06.960 quite revolutionary and they offered everyday customers a sort of 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.280 influencer inspired trip. So she was really giving back to 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.800 her community, and it's interesting to see some of these 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.840 influencer brand trips that she was treated to back in 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.720 the day. So they ranged from going to Los Angeles 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.720 with Tart Cosmetics to going to the Hayman Islands. And 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.200 in one of the clips from twenty sixteen, Brits showed 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.000 her followers that not only was she gifted an iPad 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.640 on one of these trips, also an Apple Watch and 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.959 in twenty sixteen, and I suppose still now they were 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.319 the must haves like that would have set the company 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.000 back a lot of money, particularly to give it to 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.480 not only brit but all of the influencers that were 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.400 on the trip, and she was saying that that time 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.320 in her life didn't even feel real. And it was 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.160 actually during one of these influencer trips that she realized 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.920 that she was more intrigued by how the companies were 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.760 working behind the scenes, and she often spent a lot 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.439 of time talking to the team and trying to understand 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.040 how the business worked and also the perspective of why 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.360 they would send influencers on these extravagant trips. Now, this 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.360 of course led her to starting her own clothing company, 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.280 Fate in twenty seventeen, and at the time, britt admitted 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.920 that when she launched the fashion brand, she didn't really 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:12.040 think much of it, because if you do cast your 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.360 mind back, a lot of influencers were just slapping their 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.520 names on things and doing it as a bit of 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:17.440 a cash grab. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:17.800 Yeah. 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.920 She said she felt like it just seemed to be 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.400 the obvious step for her as an influencer to start 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.080 a brand, and she said that she had no idea 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.800 how to actually start a business. Yeah. It's funny because 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.800 it seems like for Brit she was the type of 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.080 person that would just follow what the trend was. So 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.720 I remember hearing in an interview that she said she 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.240 didn't even like makeup or wasn't particularly good at it, 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.920 but launched a makeup channel because that's what everyone was 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.240 doing at the time. It is ironic that this brand 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.680 that she didn't think much of ended up growing so 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.400 big and becoming her number one passion and actually led 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.800 to her quitting YouTube. Yeah, I mean, it's happened for 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.640 quite a lot of influencers. I mean the one that 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.760 springs to mind is Shanie Grimmin. She used to be 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.440 massive on YouTube at the same time Brit was, and 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.280 she also has followed in BRIT's footsteps. She launched her 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:06.480 own swimmer company. She's recently got a warehouse, So it 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.560 is really cool to see these og influencers doing so 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.960 well for themselves, but they always seem to go back 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.559 to YouTube. I'm hoping the same will happen with Shanie Grimm, 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.560 and I know she's TikTok vlogging, but it's just not 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.800 the same as long form content. I think Britt is 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:21.840 also very mindful that she wants to be seen as 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.440 one of the people. She doesn't want to be seen 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.560 as this influencer who was living this lavish lifestyle, because 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.720 she also pointed out that one of the reasons she 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.360 quit YouTube four years ago is because she felt like 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.240 she was turning into a sellout. She said that she 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.440 was no longer interested in spreaking products and she didn't 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.040 feel like she was being authentic to her self. That 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.600 is really interesting because, as you said earlier, the channel 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.040 has now labeled Britney Saunda's Fate the label, so it 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.400 clearly was a business decision to return to the platform. 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.800 So I'm looking forward to seeing how she actually promotes 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.000 the brand to her followers, because I know she is 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.360 very clever with marketing and she's not going to just 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.280 be like, oh this try and hold no, who's my 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.520 co blah blah blah. She is going to be revolutionary 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.920 with how she does this. Well, she's committed to putting 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:06.560 out a video a week, and she said that it 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.240 will be behind the scenes of her business, similar to 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.800 what she's sharing on TikTok and YouTube, just a longer 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:13.880 format where I'm guessing that she'd be putting a lot 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.640 of her personality across and not just be sharing about 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.600 all the highs. I'm sure we'll get a little glimpse 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.600 on the lows. Well, it's super clever. It's literally like 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.240 a TV show of what's going on behind the scenes 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.000 out of business. People are going to get invested, They're 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.040 going to want to support the brand. I think it's 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.760 an incredible idea. There was a really big reaction to 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.480 her returning to YouTube. A lot of her og followers 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.760 were saying that they were so excited and that they've 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.160 missed her, and they called her out on the fact 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.080 that she has privated the majority of her video so 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.680 she had thousands of videos on the back channel, and 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.000 a few of her followers said, oh my god, I 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.600 loved going back and binge watching them. So she's had 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.080 now has the idea that she'd be releasing these new 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.680 videos a week, but she'll also be re releasing an 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:00.400 old video. And we've seen a lot of YouTube do 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.600 this where they've privated a lot of their videos. And 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.720 I think it comes down not just to her, but 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:09.360 generally for damage control, because people keep finding stuff that 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.600 was set on the internet ten years ago, taking it 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.880 out of context or not taking it for the time 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:15.560 that it was set in. Yeah, a lot of things 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.880 haven't aged well over the last decades, so I can 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.040 see why she has done that. It is a smart 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.320 business move or she protected herself. Yeah, and obviously she 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.880 can now cherry pick what videos she wants to put 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:27.960 out there. She's got enough staff to check over whether 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.360 it's okay to put out. I love that she has 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:34.400 decided to do her own reruns again, another fabulous idea 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:35.880 that I think a lot of influencers are going to 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:39.760 be copying. Yeah. Unfortunately, though, her classic catchphrase peace out 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.560 Doggies will not be making a return, which upset a 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.920 lot of her followers, so in Everno they might put 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.440 the pressure on her. Oh, I think we can probably 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:52.960 move on from that one. Good of morning, everyone kilsin Evers. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:57.720 Finnis influencer Rachel Dylan and Sweat co founder Toby Pierce 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.520 have announced their expecting their first child together. 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:01.120 Now. 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.200 For Toby, this is his second child. He already shares 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.520 a five year old daughter with his former fiance and 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:11.120 business partner Kayla Hassenas this is the third influencer prediction 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.600 that we've got right in the space of three weeks. 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.680 This is a lot of peacocking at the moment. Yes, 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.159 the thing is, I need to go listen back to 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.760 that episode because I'm a little bit nervous that maybe 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.800 we didn't include it in the recording, because I definitely 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.800 had it on my list. I think this was on 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:27.720 our list, but we didn't want to include it in 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.720 the episode because I think it's a bit inappropriate to 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.840 make guesses about people's like fertility journeys and where they're 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.920 going to get pregnants. So in saying that, I think 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.960 we actually did end up including it. So listen to it. Well, 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.920 it was beautiful news, and the couple broke it by 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.560 sharing an adorable family video with Ana very much front 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.560 and center, which I loved. Their sausage dog Pee even 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.680 made an appearance, So the video showed behind the scenes 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.320 of a pregnancy shoot, and of course, with any influencer 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.400 pregnancy announcement, I think it's mandatory for everyone to wear 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.679 matching out and have vibes of a Levi commercial. It 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.640 was very similar to m davies. Yeah, so Rachel wore 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:08.880 unbuttoned jeans and a white sports bra, while Toby wore 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.280 a white long sleeve shirt and jeans, and Aarna wore 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.840 a very cute white dress. I don't know how influencers 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:16.320 managed to get their partners to be involved in these 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.560 elaborate photo shoots, because I found it difficult enough to 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:21.359 get Reese to just be in a photo. Is it 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.840 the dollar signs? I mean, I actually had to take 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:28.639 my pregnancy announcement photo again because I somehow talked my 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:32.400 husband into wearing Christmas pajamas, so Amy well matching ones. 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.120 Amy originally took the photo and when he saw them, 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:36.800 he's like, oh my god, I'm going to get so 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.160 much stick from my friends from this. Can we please 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.119 take a photo in normal clothes? Maybe you have to 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.920 drop the original photo in like our Facebook community or 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.880 a private post. He was actually very cute. Now in 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.760 this video, Anna is hugging Rachel and Toby. She's also 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.040 seen kissing Rachel's bump and holding up the pregnancy test 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:58.560