- S'up, you beautiful bastards?
Hope you're having a fantastic Wednesday.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show,
and actually, before we jump into it,
a quick note.
Just a little bit before today's show
I uploaded a brand new video
to the brand new channel, YouTube.com/AConvoWith.
It's the fourth episode of my podcast.
It is the first official video podcast
on that channel.
This episode's guest that I had a conversation with
is Jenelle Eliana, who of course,
has just burst onto the scene in a way
that we really have never seen before,
so much so as I even mentioned last time,
there are whole conspiracy theories
about her rise,
some of which superfantastically
accused me of somehow being involved,
which, I will say that is obviously is false.
But, also, if I had that power,
don't you think that I would have made Rogue Rocket,
the YouTube channel blow up?
Yeah, like millions of other people,
I found Jenelle because she was plastered
all over YouTube Recommended.
I watched the two videos she had at that time,
loved them, thoroughly enjoyed them.
By that time she was already blowing up,
although I think she, at that point,
was under a million subscribers.
Around that same time I emailed her public email,
saying, "Hey, I'd love to have you on the podcast."
And then it happened.
I get that there are questions,
because we've never really seen anyone
rise from nothing like this before,
and it does become extra frustrating for me
to be called this powerful puppet master
behind the scenes, when like my daily life
is we get demonetized for like 16 hours,
then they remonetize it like, an oops.
But, hey, you can judge it for yourself.
One of the top links in the description down below.
Go watch the podcast. Listen to the podcast,
do whatever you want, but with that said,
let's just jump into it.
And the first thing I want to talk about today
is this Brooke Houts situation that we're seeing
on YouTube right now.
If you're unfamiliar, she's this kind of
smaller/medium-sized Youtuber.
- [Philip] Historically it looks like
she has a variety of content,
but recently there's a lot of videos
about her doberman, and she recently posted a video
was simply titled "Plastic Wrap Prank on my Doberman.'
and in it she puts up plastic wrap,
and she's playing with the dog,
but the dog keeps outsmarting her,
and is going under the plastic wrap.
- And, seemingly it's kind of this whatever video,
but it appears that there was much more to the story.
There was another video uploaded on the fifth titled,
- [Philip] "Leaked Video of YouTuber Brooke Houts
Hitting Her Dog."
- And just based off
it appears there is much more to the video,
and based on a comment from the uploader
- [Philip] they wrote,
"The person who sent me this said she accidentally
uploaded it and they quickly recorded it."
And adding, "When they refreshed the page,
it was the edited page not showing this."
In the beginning of the video, we see the dog
kind of jump up.
(noise of something falling) This happens,
they then come back in the frame.
Brooke then tries to continue the video.
The dog seems excited and wants to play,
and then this happens
- (sound of sonething falling) [Brooke] Stop!
- [Philip] She's then later filming what appears
to be the end of the video.
The dog still looks like it wants to play,
and this happens.
(Sound of dog's collar jingling)
(Brooke hollering)
- And while that was posted on the fifth,
it really didn't start blowing up
until last night, thanks to people sharing the video
on Twitter.
You had a lot of people enraged,
saying that someone should,
or that they were going to call the authorities.
People demanding that her account be taken down,
which, actually, on the note of accounts going down,
her Twitter was down for a little
but then did come back and she posted,
- [Philip] writing, "To everyone who has been commenting
on my social media as of recently,"
then including 4 screen shots and a statement,
and among other things, saying,
"I apologize to anyone
who has been affected negatively by the footage."
regarding that footage, she says,
"On the day in particular, that the video was filmed,
and actually this past week, things in my outside life
have been less than exceptional.
I am not going to play the "victim card"
or anything of that sort,
but I do want to point out that I am rarely
as upset as what was shown in the footage.
The bubbly, happy-go-lucky Brooke that you often see
in my videos is typically
an accurate representation of me,
but it's obvious that I'm playing up my mood
in this video when I am clearly actually frustrated."
Then going on to say, "This does not justify me
yelling at my dog in the way that I did,
and I am fully aware of that,"
saying she shouldn't have gotten so angry.
She shouldn't have raised her voice and yelled at him.
Then adding, "However, when my 75 pound doberman is jumping
up in my face with his mouth open, I do,
as a dog parent, have to show him
that this behavior is unacceptable.
I want to make it known,
regardless of what my dog does,
I should not have acted that way towards him."
She goes on to say that she is not a dog abuser
or animal abuser in any way, shape, or form.
Saying, "Anyone who has witnessed
or heard true true animal abuse
will be able to clearly see that."
And going on to say, "I know people are going to say,
'You don't know how he really feels,'
and this is true, but if he was audibly
and physically in pain, it would be a different story."
And adding, "I also did not spit on my dog,
but I understand how it could look like I did."
adding, "Did I get in his face and take
unnecessary actions towards him?
Yes, I did, and that was not the way I should have
handled the situation.
Did I spit on my dog? No."
- She then goes on to say that she and her family
are in the process of getting him training,
adding that it's very expensive,
and essentially saying she couldn't do
group training because there was another dog
that bit her doberman,
and now he acts a certain way.
- [Philip] But adding, "That being said,
I know I personally can learn
more effective techniques to get his energy out
and keep him disciplined as well."
- She then goes on to talk about how good
of a relationship she has with her dog,
- [Philip] adding, "I'm sorry that my actions
at that particular moment did not reflect that."
Also, regarding why she deactivated her Twitter,
she said she was doing that for her own mental health
and no other reason, "besides that
I didn't think it was necessary for me
to be reading those comments at that time."
And closing, "Lastly, I don't want
to make this statement seem like it's me
defending myself, because that is not my goal.
I do want to point out what actually happened though.
My intent by explaining the situation
is to give those of you
who are rightfully angry with me
the explanation that you deserve.
I am getting my dog into training,
and I'm looking at ways to improve
how I personally train him at home.
On a serious note, I love you guys,
and I want to thank you for pointing out things
that you think are wrong
and discussing them because the world needs
more of that.
I hope you give me the chance to prove
that these statements about myself
do align with my actions."
- But that was not met well at all.
And, the story actually continued to blow up even more.
Many not believing that in that moment
she did not spit on the dog.
In addition to more people saying that they were
going to contact the authorities,
even people like fellow YouTuber Ethan Klein, tweeting,
- [Philip] "I'm in L.A. and will literally
buy your dog from you.
Name any price. He really does need a new home."
- You also had people calling her a hypocrite
and a liar.
Not only because they didn't believe, you know,
this apology, but, because, some people
went through her archive
and found when she said things like this,
- [Brooke] Dogs do not respond well
to punishment training, where there's, like,
a punishment or a backlash
for not doing the right thing.
- Right, and so, you and people saying
even if you didn't call this outright
animal abuse and you were trying to argue
that this was training but improperly administered,
it's still going against what you have publicly
said that you do and are promoting.
And so, it raises the question, well,
are there other things that she's lying about?
Are there other instances on the editing room floor
that we haven't seen?
Ultimately, that is where we are
with this story right now.
It's going to be interesting to see
what happens, because, I mean, lots of people
have been contacting places, like the ASPCA.
People have now been contacting YouTube,
demanding not only the video, but the channel
be taken down.
And with this, of course, I want
to pass the question off to you.
Based off of what you've seen,
based off of her reaction, apology,
explanation thing, what's your take-away
from this?
And as far as my opinion, I mean,
I've seen some comments where it was like
this is first-world dog abuse.
I mean, I understand that she's not hitting the dog
repeatedly with a stick or something,
but for me, watching through the videos,
looking at her statement, it feels like a lot of things
fall short.
She talks about how it was a bad day.
Then don't film.
Two, regarding her saying she didn't spit
on the dog, I guess, my question is,
and maybe it's a question for trainers,
what the hell happened at that one point
in the video?
Did she blow in its face, or she's mimicking
the sound of a spitting thing?
And, I'm open to the idea that I'm ignorant
to a really effective training technique
that exists.
That was part of her response that confused me.
There's also something really frustrating
that brings me the anger of, you know
she's seemingly annoyed by this dog
being so high energy,
but she was the one in the video
making it so high energy.
She's like, chase me, chase me!
Look, we're filming! It's fun!
I'm gonna get views from this!
And then the moment that it doesn't suit her,
it seems like all of a sudden there's anger,
and things get physical.
You know how trained or untrained
this dog that you're getting worked up
for a video is.
It's not like you randomly stumbled
across this dog.
I guess the main thing is, just looking at all of it,
it just made me angry and disgusted.
Here's the thing though,
I know that I ask people in general,
what are your thoughts,
to any dog trainers out there,
or people that are super experienced in this,
cause I've never owned a doberman,
is anything like what we witnessed normal?
Because it really doesn't feel it,
despite some of the comments I see saying otherwise.
Yeah, that's where I'll leave that one.
But from that, I want to share some stuff
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I've been testing it for the past few days.
And I have to say, I feel like it's perfect
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- [Philip] The PC37X maximizes natural sound reproduction
because they're made with drivers
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which is typically seen
in much more expensive headsets,
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I only stopped playing that game for a month
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- [Philip] You know that's why they say
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Really I'm just looking a reason to quit.
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- [Philip] Then the Action Lab gave us
the Light Kinsling flashlight experiment.
We got the honest trailer for the Avengers: Endgame.
We got a new trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Hulu gave us Veronica Mars: Mars Investigations
commercial outtakes.
The official trailer for Love Alarm.
We had Joji and Rich Brian making pizza and hot sauce
with Sean Evans.
We got the official trailer for season five of Ballers.
We have Eva Longoria and Michael Pena
teaching you Mexican slang.
And then our Phil.Chrono.gg/partner game of the day
today is Full Metal Furies, not furries.
That would be a different game.
- [Philip] But if you're unfamiliar,
it's from the creators of Rogue Legacy.
It's an action RPG.
You can play it by yourself.
Or with three of your buddies.
It's fantastically reviewed.
And, best of all, if you buy it using our link
before nine a.m. tomorrow,
and/or while supplies last,
you can get it for
not the regular $20,,
but just $4.99
- And, if you want to see the full versions
of everything I just shared
the secret link of the day,
- really anything at all, links is
always in the description down below.
Then, in online entertainment news,
that I think really puts some fire underneath Netflix
and any other potential competitor out there,
we already knew that Disney
was gonna be releasing their Netflix competitor, Disney+,
but what they announced yesterday
was a Disney bundle.
- [Philip] In this bundle you can get Disney+, ESPN+,
and the ad version of hulu for just $12.99 a month.
- Which is really just massive news,
and I mention this bundle
because that seems even more specifically geared
to be the Netflix competitor.
Additionally, if you have just specific taste,
and you don't need all the other stuff,
you can just get Disney+ also for $6.99,
or $69.99 a year.
Main point, I'm mainly excited
because I think this is gonna make the online space
far more interesting.
More competition hopefully breeds more innovation,
or maybe just weird swings,
which, on that note, a headline you might've seen today.
- [Philip] Home Alone reboot coming to Disney+.
- And this appears to be based off of
on a Tuesday earnings call, Bob Iger,
who is the CEO of Disney.
According to Entertain Weekly,
- [Philip] He quote "revealed that the recent acquisition
of Fox will allow Disney+ to be the home
of the reimagining of many kid-friendly titles
from the studio's library, including Home Alone,
Night at the Museum, Cheaper by the Dozen,
and Diary of a Wimpy Kid."
Although, it adds, "It's currently unclear
if these reboots will be films or TV series."
- And, obviously, when it comes to a reboot,
I'm not ready to go, "Yeah, that's gonna be awesome."
But at the very least, this may prove
to be interesting.
The question I'll pass off to you,
because I know a lot of you are cord cutters.
I feel like the only person I know that still has
a cable package, are you excited
by this announcement, or is it more frustrating,
or are you, you kinda you don't care?
Any and all thoughts and reasons I'd love
to hear from you.
And, then, let's talk about one of the biggest hoaxes
that this country has ever seen, white supremacy.
Is that right? It's a hoax?
I don't feel like, maybe there's a mistake
on the prompter.
No, actually, this story is about Tucker Carlson
saying that white supremacy is a hoax.
Last night he made some remarks that have now gone viral,
and here's the clip.
- [Tucker Carlson] But the whole thing is a lie.
If you were to assemble a list, a hierarchy of concerns
or problems this country faces,
where would white supremacy be on the list?
Right up there with Russia, probably.
It's actually not a real problem in America.
The combined membership of every white supremacist
organization in this country
would be able to fit inside a college football stadium.
I mean, seriously, this is a country
where the average person is getting poorer.
Where the suicide rate is spiking.
(growling voice) White supremacy, that's the problem.
This is a hoax. Just like the Russia hoax.
It's a conspiracy theory used to divide the country
and keep a hold on power.
That's exactly what's going on.
- Right, and this upset a lot of people,
especially on the heels of the El Paso shooting.
The gunman allegedly leaving behind a manifesto,
calling immigration an invasion,
supporting the shooter in Christ Church,
saying that the country should be divided
by each race.
- [Philip] We saw people tweeting,
"Fire Ticker Carlson."
"Boycott Tucker Carlson"
People calling the comment irresponsible,
vile, disgusting.
Saying he's just on TV lying to America.
- You also saw some debunking the points
that he was making, saying that all members
of white supremacist organizations
would fit into a college football stadium.
- [Philip} With people pointing things out like,
men like the El Paso suspect
aren't "members of an organization."
- Although that's not to say
that people were not defending him,
we all just saw the hashtag
- [Philip} "I Stand With Tucker Carlson".
Some saying they were glad
someone finally called white supremacy a hoax.
- But the thing is there're just numerous reports
and studies that show that isn't the case.
According to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise.
There was a 17% increase in incidents between 2016 and 2017.
- [Philip] And, notably there, in over half the cases
in 2017, the main bias motivation
was race, ethnicity, and ancestry.
In July , FBI director Christopher Wray
said that in the past nine months,
around 100 people had been arrested
for domestic terrorism, and then added,
- [Christopher Wray] And I will say that a majority
of the domestic terrorism cases
that we've investigated are motivated
by some version of, what you might call,
white supremacist violence.
But it includes other things, as well.
- Even recently, even over the weekend,
in the FBI statement regarding
the two tragic shootings, they said
that the attack in El Paso
"underscores the continued threat posed
by domestic violent extremists and perpetrators
of hate crimes."
- And it doesn't matter that you feel like
white supremacy is a hoax, because, you mean,
you don't know any white supremacists.
The data is the data, and the warning from the FBI
is there, so it raises the questions of, well,
why are you denying it?
Does it come from a place of ignorance,
or, is there intent, motive, calculation,
and so, on that note, I pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts here?
And the last thing w;re going to talk about today
is this huge news coming out of Honduras.
See yesterday, in Honduras,
thousands of protestors took to the streets
of the capital city to call for president
Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down.
Demonstration ultimately became violent
when protestors clashed with the police.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons
at the protestors who reportedly responded
by attacking police with sticks and stones.
- In all of this was also reported
that three businesses caught fire during the protest.
But, of course, there's the question of
why is there a protest, and also,
why do these protestors what the president to resign?
And the answer is because, on Friday,
U.S. federal prosecutors filed a document
in the southern district in New York,
alleging that the president of Honduras
received $1.5 million in drug money
during his campaign for president in 2013.
And, according to the reports, the court filing
said that Hernandez worked with his brother,
former congressman Tony Hernandez
and the previous president of Honduras,
- [Philip] who "used drug trafficking to help assert power
and control in Honduras."
And going on to say that prosecutors claim
that both the president and former president
received money from drug traffickers
in the form of cash bribes to Honduran officials
as well as gifts and favors to local politicians.
The AP also reported that the court filing
also alludes to multiple payments of $1 million
or more from drug dealers to the former president as well.
- And actually, also of note here, back in 2017,
- [Philip] The former president's son was sentenced
to 24 years in prison in the United States
for drug trafficking.
And the president's office responded
to the recent allegations on Twitter Saturday,
saying that Hernandez categorically denies
the false and perverse accusation,
- And later in the day Hernandez himself
responded to the filings in a press conference
where he claimed that the allegations
were actually made by drug dealers
who were trying to retaliate against him,
- [Philip] saying, "the drug traffickers are looking
for revenge against the only president
who's done what he's needed to do,"
and adding, "These are false accusations made
by a drug trafficker."
Now, the allegations in this new court filing
are clearly very serious, but they also don't come
as a complete surprise.
Back in May, U.S. court documents revealed
- [Philip] that Hernandez and some of his advisors
were the subjects of a DEA investigation.
- Right, and, that announcement was a big deal
because it caused many to cast doubt on the
United States's relationship with Honduras.
If you don't know, the U.S. government
is a strong supporter of Hernandez
and his administration.
They've given the country millions of dollars
to stop cocaine from going from Central and South America
to the United States,
but again the allegation shouldn't come as a surprise
to the United States,
and that's because the filings made on Friday
are part of the pretrial documents
in the case against the current president's brother,
Tony Hernandez,
- [Philip] who, notably, was arrested in Miami
back in November of 2018,
- and charged with trafficking thousands of kilos
of cocaine to the United States.
- [Philip] What prosecutors are reportedly describing
Tony as, "a violent multi-ton drug trafficker"
who has a lot of influence and power
over high level officials in Honduras.
- Also, prosecutors claim that Tony Hernandez
had directed Honduran national police
to escort his cocaine through international waters
and air space.
Also saying that he directed the police to murder
a rival drug trafficker
and later appointed a police officer
who murdered rival drug trafficker
to the chief of police.
Since the arrest of his brother, President Hernandez
has come under increased pressure.
In fact, yesterday's protests are not
the first demonstrations against Hernandez,
or the first protests calling for him to step down.
Back in April, protestors in the capital launched
- [Philip] anti-government demonstrations
opposing proposed health and education
reforms, which, the protestors said,
could lead to mass lay-offs of teachers
and doctors.
Those protests also became violent and
hundreds of people had to be evacuated
from buildings in the capital
that had been set on fire.
- [Philip] Then, in June, we saw Hernandez
deploy the military after protests in the capital
against the reforms again became violent.
And then a few weeks after that, the military
received a ton of backlash after they opened fire
on students protesting the same reforms
and calling for Hernandez to resign.
- Others have also criticized Hernandez
as becoming increasingly authoritarian
in recent years.
Specifically noting that he changed the constitution
of the country so he could be elected
to another four-year term in 2017,
but, on the other side of that, after the election
- [Philip] The U.S. State Department still certified
that Honduras met good governance benchmarks.
This despite the fact that Honduras was reportedly
in turmoil over what was believed to be
a fraudulent election.
- The state department also formerly recognized Hernandez
as president after the 2017 election,
despite calls from Congress and others
to hold new elections.
- [Philip] And according to reports 31 people died
in a wave of protests accusing Hernandez of corruption
and electoral fraud in the weeks before
and after his inauguration.
- But, since then, Hernandez has just
increased his efforts to repress his critics
and human rights activists.
But, that's some of the background,
the build of what we're seeing now.
As far as what happens from here,
that's going to be interesting to see.
Some experts think that the new allegations could
undermine U.S. relations with Hernandez,
because right now Hernandez and his government are
already under pressure by the Trump administration
to stop the flow of tens of thousands of Hondurans
who are fleeing poverty and violence.
But, for now, we're gonna have to wait and see.
And that's where I'm going to end today's show.
Thank you so much for watching.
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