- You say it and I'll move your hands.
- 'Sup you beautiful people, and today.
- So happy International Women's Day,
a day dedicated to celebrating the
social, economic, cultural,
and political achievements of women,
and a day that Burger King decided to tweet out,
"Women belong in the kitchen."
which may sound like the worst thing you could tweet
until you learn that their first draft was
"why ain't more bitches making me sammiches?!".
Who's running your Twitter account Burger King,
me from 12 years ago? What are you doing?
Especially because this outrage clickbait marketing
was their way of announcing,
"hey we're aware of the staggering gender divide
when it comes to chefs in our industry, only 20% are women,
and we're actually opening up a new scholarship program
so more female employees can advance".
But one of the issues there, and this isn't even from
a moral outrage standpoint, it's just the strategy.
Way more people are seeing just the first text
"women belong in the kitchen"
compared to the rest of the thread.
Why would you do it this way?
Look, the scholarship announcement
wasn't even a part of the original thread.
You posted it like two hours later.
But also, hey, first question of today's show.
Did they actually succeed here?
This very likely got way more traction
than if they just announced, "hey,
we launched a new scholarship program.
We're announcing it on International Women's Day",
but there is also the question of
is it the right kind of attention?
The account seems to be standing by their strategy
tweeting to one person who asked, "somebody working
at Burger King really looked at this
and thought it was a good idea" to which Burger
King responded "To bring attention to the huge lack
of female representation in the restaurant industry?
Yeah, we think it's a good idea."
You tell me, where do you land on this?
Stupid move, smart move, somewhere in between.
Let me know what you think and why.
Also, hi. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show.
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Then, let's definitely talk about
the newest controversy around Space Jam 2.
And I say newest even though I didn't cover the first one,
which, you boil it down and it was kind
of people just angry they were no longer attracted
to Lola Bunny because she got a remodel, which my response
to that is bro, chill out, the internet exists.
Someone's gonna make a version for you.
It doesn't need to be in the children's movie.
But the newest controversy is
that Pepe Le Pew will not be appearing
in the new upcoming movie.
I mean, when I saw that headline, he won't be in the movie,
it felt like it made sense.
It was a character that if you really think back,
his whole shtick was, "I'm going to sexually harass people."
But as it turns out, there was actually a scene
in the movie featuring Pepe and actress Greice Santo,
and that scene was later removed.
With Deadline describing the scene,
"Pepe was set to appear in a black-and-white
Casablanca-like Rick's cafe by Santo",
and saying, "He begins kissing her arm,
which she pulls back, then slamming Pepe
into the chair next to hers.
She then pours her drink on Pepe, and slaps him hard,
sending him spinning in a stool,
which is then stomped by LeBron James' hand.
James and Bugs Bunny are looking
for Lola and Pepe knows her whereabouts.
Pepe then tells that guys that Penelope cat
has filed a restraining order against him."
And finally, "James makes a remark in the script
that Pepe can't grab other Tunes without their consent."
Actually, according to Hollywood Reporter,
the scene was removed a year ago,
but this is likely because it was filmed
by the project's first director, Terance Nance,
who left back in 2019 over creative differences,
and has since been replaced.
And while Warner Brothers has not yet issued
a comment on this decision, a spokesperson
for Greice Santo said, "This was such a big deal
for Greice to be in this movie.
Even though Pepe is a cartoon character,
If anyone was going to slap a sexual harasser like him,
Greice wished it would be her.
And adding, "Now the scene is cut
and she doesn't have that power to influence
the world through younger generations
who will be watching Space Jam 2, to let younger girls
and younger boys know that Pepe's behavior is unacceptable."
Then let's talk about that
as Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's situation,
because this really feels like the beginning of it.
It's going to get really messy.
So, you have these two sitting down with Oprah
and having a really explosive and revealing interview.
So, the interview itself was about two hours long
and early data shows that it was
viewed by 17.1 million people.
I did want to talk about some of the standout moments
which largely dealt with racism and mental health
With the couple of saying among other things
that they never blindsided the royal family
or even wanted to leave it completely,
but saying the situation with them and the press
and tensions within the family itself
just pushed them there.
Through much of the interview,
Meghan discussed how horrible the tabloids have been
to her, spreading false reports,
and just generally negative and mean things.
They're saying that the royal family and the firm
behind it were unwilling to stop the press
from attacking her or even correcting false reports.
- Not only was I not being protected, but that they
were willing to lie to protect other members
of the family, but they weren't willing to
tell the truth to protect me and my husband.
- With Meghan saying that eventually all
of this brought her to an incredibly dark place
and she was actually denied help.
- I just didn't want to be alive anymore.
And that was a very clear and real
and frightening constant thought.
I went to the institution and I said
that I needed to go somewhere to get help.
And I was told that I couldn't,
that it wouldn't be good for the institution.
- Meghan also saying that while she was pregnant
with their first son, Archie, that the family had a lot
of discussions about the baby status and race.
- Those months when I was pregnant,
all around this same time,
so we have in tandem the conversation
of he won't be given security,
he's not going to be given a title,
and also concerns and conversations
about how dark his skin might be when he's born.
- And while neither of these two have said
who specifically made that remark,
Oprah has since clarified that it was
not Queen Elizabeth or her husband, Prince Philip.
But the remark was allegedly said
to Prince Harry who called it shocking.
Also regarding the comments Meghan
made about title and security,
the family notably did not want to provide Archie
with a prince title or with security detail
which Meghan said broke protocol.
And this was especially troubling
to these two with how brutal the press has been.
It also seemed unthinkable to leave Archie unprotected.
It's also obviously a sensitive issue to Harry
because of what happened to his mother, Princess Diana.
No, they said they never got a clear answer
as to why Archie wouldn't be getting these things.
There were points at the interview where many felt
that it was implied, that it may have to do
with Archie's race.
And that's where I'm going to leave it as far
as the content of the interview.
But you can watch it in full on Paramount+.
But, I will say it's been very interesting to
see the response thus far, because
depending on where you go, drastically different.
You had a lot of people applauding the two,
thanking them for speaking out,
especially about things like mental health struggles.
Many furious with the royal family.
But then, I mean, you go to the Daily Mails
of the world and you look to people like the Piers Morgans
of the world and complete opposite.
Calling it among other things a self-serving whine-athon.
Also, a lot of mocking the mental health troubles.
And honestly, if the media is anything
like it has been which I expect it to be,
this whole situation is going to end up
getting milked for every drop they can get.
And I imagine unless something unexpected happens
it's only going to get uglier from here.
But, it'll also depend on how much each individual
and party, how much they want to go back and forth.
Yeah, the question I do want to pass off,
especially if you've already seen the full interview,
what are your thoughts from that?
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And then let's talk about the updates and news
since we last covered the accusations
against David Dobrik and Jason Nash.
Over simplified thing to bring you up to speed.
You have David Dobrik, massive creator.
The people that he has around him, The Vlog Squad,
and then Seth, who used to be part of The Vlog Squad.
Seth, of course, came out with the accusation
that David Dobrik and Jason Nash, another member
of The Vlog Squad, assaulted him.
And this by tricking Seth on at least one occasion
into making out with Jason Nash without his consent.
Last time I covered this, we reached out to Jason Nash,
David Dobrik, got no public comment,
but since then there have been updates.
And it also makes sense to talk about why I said,
at least on one occasion, right?
Easily one of the biggest updates to this story
is that a current member of The Vlog Squad,
Scotty Sire, has publicly responded
to the accusations against David and Jason.
Among other things, claiming that Seth is lying
about a lot of his accusations.
First, you have Scotty sharing a clip that we've seen before
of David asking for Seth's consent
for a second kissing prank.
- [David] Do I have permission to try to prank you again
and get you to make out with Jason?
- I'm very confused by that,
because how the hell could you be so confident to tell me
that I have to consent to something that I'm not
going to know that I'm going to do?
- You got a lot of people pushing back against that,
saying that is not how consent works.
With people saying you can't ask
for someone to consent to a future event
they don't know about.
However, seemingly trying to push
back against that argumentation, you had Scotty saying.
- So this clip was cut short to not actually
show Seth giving his consent,
but showing David asking for the consent.
This is from a period of time when David
was always at my house editing.
And I very vividly remember when he was editing that clip
there was a clip in there of Seth agreeing
and giving his permission to film this bit again.
He was like, "There's no way you're going to get it
on me again. There's no way you're
going to get me again, so go ahead."
- And there you have a lot of people
pushing back against this.
People saying, "Okay, so Scotty says I saw it,
but he doesn't actually provide the video evidence."
But even there you have some people saying,
"Let's say that he did end up agreeing to it."
Or you have people saying there
is a massive power differential.
You have David in a position of power.
Seth might've felt pressured to just go along with things.
And that's also a fear that Seth himself
has even touched on in interviews.
Actually, I think that's why some
of the other video evidence that Scotty
shares in his video has fallen short
for a lot of people, right?
We see Scotty share a video from David Dobrik
that he says is proof Seth actually
requested to do a third kissing prank.
- [Scotty] Guys. This is a text from Seth
from about two years ago. He goes, "Yo bro
I was thinking about it.
I'm down for another kissing sketch."
I said, "Ha ha, what do you mean?"
He goes, "Lol, I don't really care.
As long as you clout me up.
I'm not gay. Just don't care."
And then he sends me this.
- [Seth] I mean, yeah. I mean, I don't know.
I mean, it's not really a big deal.
I mean, it's the same shit.
Just, I don't know more open-minded.
- So for some you had people saying,
"Oh this is direct evidence that Seth is lying.
He was obviously comfortable.
They understood that this is what the group does."
But you also had others pointing out that
by this point it's already been done to him twice.
So Seth says that he's more open-minded,
maybe that means that he was definitely
not comfortable the other two times.
Definitely not the first time.
And so I think for a lot of people
that comes back to the first time,
because for the potential third time
we have this video from David,
but the second time you have Scotty saying,
"I saw him say that he was okay with it."
We also have that video of Seth going,
"I like a man who sticks to his word."
But everything that we've seen, including comments
and then audio statements from Jason Nash
and David Dobrik seemed like the first time was real,
that Seth was not in on it.
Whether it be the comments left by these two
on Dobrik's video or the things they said on the podcast.
That's part of the reason I think so many people
are focused on just the first time.
It's where you have people having massively
different perceptions of the situation,
different understandings of it.
Some having the Scotty Sire mindset
that everyone is messing with everyone,
or with people pointing to certain texts
and clips saying, "See, no, this is the environment.
Everyone knew that everything was within limits."
But on the other end, you have people saying,
"No, there's such a massive power differential."
People are going to feel pressured to do things
to make David happy, to get time in the video.
Especially if it's a situation where you've already
been tricked into making out with an older man.
Maybe you have the thought in your head, "Oh my God,
am I going to be the guy that ruins the video?
David's not going to keep me around anymore."
Also, in this giant mess that I do not
think is going to go away, Dobrik himself
has still not responded personally.
Also, I track a few people that
are from more mainstream outlets
that use this space as their beat.
It feels like something else might be coming soon.
I don't know what it is.
Where I'll end our coverage on this story today
is with an accusation regarding revenge porn.
Because in addition to Scotty Sire saying
that Seth is a liar, he also claimed
that Seth posted revenge porn
of a fellow Vlog Squad member, Erin Gilfoy.
- You know how that's affected her?
He posted revenge porn, which is actually 100% illegal.
It's totally immoral, and so, so fucked up.
Did you get her consent?
- Now, to be clear, this claim is not actually a new
part to this story, to something that people bring
up often when they try to discredit Seth.
And as far as what Scotty is talking about here,
many people believe he's referring
to a clip that Seth shared back in July
of Erin using the n-word, and that clip appears to
have been featured in a larger video compilation
that Seth shared when accusing Vlog Squad members
of performance activism, and calling on them
to take accountability for past offensive content.
Actually, Erin addressed this in a video
at that time saying that there were clips
of her circulating online that were taken 10 years ago.
Apologizing, saying that she was ashamed, also stressing
that she doesn't use language like that anymore.
But she also said the videos being shared show her
completely naked and were filmed without her consent.
Since Erin remarks, Seth has also repeatedly denied
that the clip that he shared showed nudity,
saying that it is not considered revenge porn.
This is also another messy situation
because it's unclear exactly how Seth got ahold of the clip,
or if he ever publicly shared an uncensored version of it.
Also regarding this, in a statement
to the channel Spill Sesh, Seth said
that the clip was already posted online
by others when he re-shared it.
And actually, regarding this entire situation,
we reached out to Seth for comment,
and related to those texts and audio about a third prank.
He said, "The 'audio' clip and 'text' that is surfacing
the internet is a manipulation to misinterpret
my trauma and experiences.
This 'audio' further concludes
I did not consent to those published videos."
With him also addressing the RP accusations, saying,
"In this day and age it is unfortunate that
people are still using pornographic videos to get revenge.
I have not promoted nudity, but only highlighted
a peer confidently saying the slanderous derogatory term."
And that is ultimately where we are
with this story as of right now.
We reached out to David for any further comment or response,
same thing with Scotty Sire.
We have not heard back as of filming this video.
And I'll end this by saying I know
that some people are going to be like,
"why are you giving this drama attention?"
But it's not drama.
You have people throwing around real,
real allegations about things that are illegal.
So, I have said, and I still maintain, that is there is ever
a situation that David Dobrik publicly responds to,
I think it needs to be this.
And that is actually where I'm ending
the story and today's show.
So, if you have any thoughts on this
or really anything that I talked about today, of course,
let me know in those comments down below.
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