What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Gabbie Hanna has officially returned to
the internet with a new tell-all YouTube video after deactivating her Twitter, Instagram,
and TikTok accounts for almost 2 months.
Alright, so if you follow Gabbie Hanna, you probably noticed that she went completely
off the grid a couple months ago.
After having what Gabbie herself described as a "breakdown,” becoming a meme on TikTok,
and some much needed time off social media, YouTuber Gabbie Hanna is BACK online.
She shared a new 46 minute wide-ranging video where she talks about everything from her
abusive friendships, to her shadow-banning, to her upcoming projects like her new song
about Trisha Paytas.
But before we get into the details of Gabbie’s video, I just wanted to give a quick trigger
warning because she talks about some heavy topics like abuse and mental health issues.
So please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
Gabbie started off explaining why she decided to make this video for her fans.
“I kind of left out of nowhere so I don’t really know how to come back without talking
about it.
Because I don’t know I just feel like if I tried to come back without saying something
everything is just gonna kick back up again where it left off and that would just be the
same cycle that made me dramatically disappear in the middle of the night.”
She also talked about the extremely dark place she was in before she took her break and while
some people joked around about it and made Tik Tok videos poking fun at her, her mental
health was actually not ok.
“The last time you saw me was at my absolute mental breaking point.
And I know a lot of people joked around about how I was losing my mind, I was going crazy,
I’ve lost it.
And the truth is, I did.
I absolutely wasn’t ok.
I was in a really really f*cked up headspace.”
Thankfully she said she’s “doing a lot better now” and “feeling like herself
again.”
So despite what people have to say about her, Gabbie said this video is just about her “moving
on” and “healing from everything.”
She also hinted at why she left.
Without naming names, she alluded to her drama with former Vine stars Jessi Smiles and Alx
James.
Gabbie said she didn’t intend for this video to be a “hit piece,” but she talked about
having abusive friendships that haunted her for years.
“Any relationship can be abusive.
Like sometimes it’s a teacher and a student or a doctor and a patient or a boss and employee.
A lot of times it’s a friendship and I feel like that’s something that’s just not
really talked about a lot is like abusive friendships.”
Gabbie explained that these abusive friendships affected her life so much that she could not
sleep or take care of herself.
She said she suffered from severe anxiety and worried about what they will say next
about her to hurt her reputation.
And she explained that before she deactivated her accounts, she had recorded a video to
expose all of these old friends with screenshots and all.
Gabbie claims she had all of the receipts including threatening texts and recordings
from these unnamed ex friends and she was ready to share them with her fans, but after
putting it all together, she decided not to post the video.
Gabbie said she had a reality check when she realized that she was becoming even more obsessed
with these toxic people while trying to expose them.
After deciding not to post the video, she, her friends, and even her fans were continuing
to be harassed so Gabbie actually considered a lawsuit instead.
Things got so serious that Gabbie said she was even receiving death threats from people
who knew where she lived.
She talked about a situation where she and her boyfriend Payton saw a stalker outside
her house with a vehicle full of high-tech equipment.
“I had a full blown f*cking panic attack, uncontrollably sobbing, couldn’t sleep for
weeks, added locks, extra security…”
“when there’s people threatening to kill you every day it’s not insanely paranoid
to think something might be a miss.”
But after learning that this lawsuit would likely take 2 to 3 more years of her life,
Gabbie ended up just dropping it all and realized she needed to take a break.
She explained that she was not okay and what she was about to do was not the real solution,
so she deactivated her accounts overnight and signed offline for a couple months.
Gabbie explained that she is doing her best to cut ties with these people permanently
and just move on with her life.
She talked about how she’s let her ego and her pride make her decisions for most of her
life.
But she is finally ready to put the drama that started in 2013 behind her and just move
forward without seeking any more revenge for her ego.
Another topic Gabbie covered was her shadow ban on YouTube.
Before she took her social media hiatus, she said she was also facing an issue with YouTube
shadow-banning her music videos and other videos released by her.
YouTube denied Gabbie’s claims to Insider late last month and the issue doesn’t seem
to be stopping Gabbie because she also announced that she’s planning on releasing new music
soon.
Towards the end of the video Gabbie said she'll release her first single from her new album
next month.
She revealed that the song will quote "be about Trisha Paytas" and "for Trisha Paytas."
In case you weren’t aware, Trisha is another YouTuber who has had a public ongoing feud
with Gabbie over the past few years.
We’re not gonna get into all that drama today because it’s a whole saga.
But if you want more on it, we’ve linked another Clevver video above.
Anyway, fans have been reacting to Gabbie’s come back on YouTube and the explanation for
her absence.
They have been making some important points in the comment section of Gabbie’s video
like “It’s really NOT OKAY to make fun of someone’s mental health decline... whether
you like them or not.”
Another fan wrote “I don’t care what she did i don’t care how y’all feel about
her I just want her to be happy” And this person wrote quote, “She looks
so good like you can see it in her eyes that she’s truly trying and just trying to put
this behind her I love her.”
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new, less drama-filled, and positive era for Gabbie
Hanna.
We’re just glad she took the time she needed to prioritize her mental health and seems
to be in a better place now.
The fan comment is right, it’s never ok to make fun of someone’s mental health issues,
regardless about how you feel about them.
And if you or someone you know is struggling with your mental health, we’ve linked some
resources down in the description.
And if you want more on Gabbie, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, feel free to share your thoughts on Gabbie’s new video and what she shared in
the comments below.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!