Grant Thompson aka The King of Random dies in Paragliding accident

Last week we featured the tragic news about the death of UK Youtuber Emily Hartridge, today it has been announced that US Youtube creator Grant Thompson, aka The King of Random has been found dead after he went missing.

The 38 year old had gone paragliding in Utah and was recently found by a search party. Thompson proved a very popular figure on Youtube with over 11 million subscribers and nearly 2.5 billion views. Unlike many Youtube stars, he wasn't really involved in controversy or politics but instead gave out consistently interesting content.
In fact, you could say that he was very influential to the platform in regards to shaping its current creators content, as he was one of the first originators to do experimental videos, something which has been a popular craze on the site for years now. Looking back at his channel for instance, his first experiment video was making a DIY flashlight some 8 years ago - and since then he has done many more unusual videos which ooze creativity and keep fans entertained.

Rest in peace King of Random

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Overly attached girlfriend creator quits Youtube

Yesterday a shock announcement video was released by Youtuber Laina Morris - who declared that she was leaving the platform.
Her channel, Laina has over 1 million subscribers and she grew her popularity from creating the 'Overly attached girlfriend' meme which was a response to Justin Biebers 'Girlfriend' song; here she was pictured staring menacingly into the camera which was the basis of the funny/creepy meme.

Anyway, most of her videos followed the vlogging format and she racked up over 160 million views but stopped consistently uploading two years ago, and did little since then.
Her latest quitting video explained how she was suffering from anxiety and depression and that she thanked her fans for their support, getting tearful towards the end.

Hopefully Laina gets better and leads a happy life, but also one thing which seems to be growing with the Youtube community is the theme of anxiety and depression which sparks a wider debate as to whether the platform can actually have a bad affect on a creators health, especially when dealing with issues such as trolling or the obscurity of overnight fame. Recently Etika killed himself at age 29 for instance in an act which shocked millions.

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Belle Delphine sends H3H3 a mystery package (her spit in a jar) - and gets banned from Instagram

Yes folks, Belle Delphine is at it again.

She is no stranger to controversy and for a 19 year old is seemingly very clever at self-promotion. This time her antics were featured on the H3 podcast as she sent Ethan Klein and the gang a 'mystery package'.
This package featured a small haiku poem, a video and a jar containing a mystery substance. The video showed exactly what the substance was...it was her spit as the audio file contained Delphine spitting her saliva into the jar.
The meme got even weirder when Ethan and his guests decided to open the jar and smell the spit, with Klein even stating some of it had solidified into bacteria and Hila Klein claiming it smelled like soda bread. Gross.

Not only this, but Ethan gave the British creator a nod by repeatedly saying he was impressed by her entrepreneurial skills when it came to selling weird stuff online to her strange fan-base. He even acknowledged that the spit jar would probably be worth $2500.

However, it is not all sunshine and unicorns for Delphine, as her lewd behaviour has also seen her kicked off Instagram in recent days as her posts were reported en-masse for being too provocative. No doubt this will harm her fame if she is not allowed back on the platform, but knowing her it won't be long until she is back in the news again with a new, crazy idea.

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Shane Dawson returns with 1 hour documentary interview with Eugenia Cooney about her eating disorder

Yesterday Youtube documentary maker and generally good guy Shane Dawson returned to the site after a 5 month absence from posting any videos on his channel.

The video maker presented a 1 hour documentary discussing the saga around fellow Youtuber Eugenia Cooney and her battle with her eating disorder.
Here he discussed the nature of her battle and then interviewed her at her house. Overall the documentary is very well made and tasteful throughout, as Dawson appears genuinely concerned for his friend whilst providing an insight into her condition. This allows Cooney to open up and show what she went through over the years of her battle.

Perhaps the saddest part of the documentary is the highlighting of online trolling which was a daily thing for Cooney to endure, where she would constantly get abusive comments in her videos based around her eating disorder; many of the comments recommending her to die etc.

However, overall the documentary has a positive and wholesome message that Cooney is now doing much better after a stint in rehab and is in a more positive mental and physical place.
On another note, it is nice to see a friendly story on Youtube for a change, at a time where drama often means easy views whereas this video clearly has a lot of thought and sincerity gone into it which helps raise awareness of the sensitive issue. Here's to Shane Dawson who once again has shown himself as an upstanding man and hopefully he continues to do so with similar videos in the future.

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Tana Mongeau and Jake Paul get engaged

They have been dating for a few months now and whilst many cynics have called it a publicity front, this week they got engaged with a media frenzy and obligatory Youtube reveal videos which followed.

If this is real then it probably won't last due to their crazy personalities, but if it isn't real then it makes for good drama and is a wise financial decision from the young pair. For months now they have been teasing whether their relationship is true, and after this latest piece of news it seems the speculation will only mount further. No wedding date has been confirmed as of yet, but one thing is for sure; if it happens it may just be the trashiest wedding ceremony ever.

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UK Youtube personality Emily Hartridge tragically dies in electric scooter crash

For those that don't know, Emily Hartridge was a 35 year old TV presenter and Youtube creator from the United Kingdom.

This week she tragically died when riding her electric scooter crashed with a lorry in London, it is believed to be the first death involving an electric scooter.

Hartridge was a popular Youtube figure with over 340,000 subscribers and over 130 million views, most of which were based around her '10 reasons' series which were short, comical videos based around romance and sex.

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Good news? Youtube changes manual copyright infringement policy

Today generally positive news broke out for the Youtube creator community as it was announced by Youtube that creators would now have more protection when dealing with manual copyright claims.

Basically, what this means is that now creators can see a timestamp of the exact part of their video which is supposedly infringing, i.e. a 10 second audio clip. With this new policy, they can chose to change audio, remove it etc and supposedly this would still allow monetization of their video if the copyright is dealt with in a proper manner.

Whilst this marks good progression, the one negative is that automatic claims are still under the same rules as always; that is a creator cannot see the reason for the copyright and they are still in the dark in that sense.

Nonetheless, the news has mostly been received with happiness from the majority of Youtubers so at least it is a step in the right direction because before the policy (at times) was clearly abused and used as a tool to bully smaller creators.

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Youtuber Vito vapes Belle Delphine's used bathwater

It seems that 2019 is going to be Belle Delphine's year as she is once again making the headlines for all the weird reasons.

This time a Youtube creator by the name of Vito has created a video where he vapes her used bathwater. This comes a week after she was selling jars of the stuff for £24 on the internet and sold out in just two days.
Well the hype train is still going and now it seems Vito is cashing in with a clickbait title "I vaped Belle Delphine's Bathwater" which does what it says...so if you want to see a neckbeard vaping used bathwater then this is the video for you.

In all seriousness though the video is done quite well and is more of a parody rather than some creepy weirdness and he even phones his father to add to the awkward tension.
Stay tuned for more stories as knowing Belle Delphine the next scandal will be just around the corner.

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Belle Delphine is at it again, this time selling her bath water for £24...and it sells out instantly

As we recently mentioned; Belle Delphine has recently rose to fame on the internet for her trolling of fans over her false Pornhub videos.
Well, today she has once again made mainstream news for more bizarre behaviour. This time she sold her bathwater for £24. It comes in a small tub and is advised not be be drunk by consumers; the 'gamer girl' water was sold for £24 and 500 sold out in just two days. That means she turned over £12000 in just two days whilst costs to create the tubs would have been low...because it's literally bath water.

Stay tuned for more weird goings on in the world of Belle Delphine.

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Ed Sheeran becomes first UK musician to crack 40 million Youtube subscribers

Today has marked a new milestone for Ed Sheeran who can't seem to stop breaking records. As of today (July 2019) he now has the most subscribers for any UK musician.

In fact, he is the most subscribed to musician in the world...except for one individual. As you may have guessed, Justin Bieber is currently #1 with over 45 million subs which isn't bad for a 25 year old.
However, recently Sheeran has been gaining on Bieber who is less active with his music these days so potentially Sheeran could gain the most subs for a musician in the world!

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Belle Delphine trolls horny fans with fake porn - and puts up weird video with octopus

So, admittedly we're a bit late to the whole Belle Delphine story - but it's so good that it's worth telling in all its details and weird glory.

To summarise, Belle Delphine is internet-famous, with over 3 million Instagram followers and nearly 4000 patreon subscribers (subscribers pay $1 per month up to $2,500 per month...not bad work for a 20 year old when you think about it)

So, who is she and what does she do? In short Belle Delphine puts out sexual images based around cosplay, i.e. wearing a bikini whilst bending over...with pink hair. You get the idea, and her Instagram is full of stuff like this - which is why her thousands of Patreon followers are willing to donate - if you pay $50 per month for example you get to see her 'lewd' Snapchat.

Anyway, back in June she trolled her followers claiming she would upload a porn film if she got over 1 million likes on an Instagram post...which got to 2 million very quickly. After this, she then linked to Pornhub, claiming cream pie videos, Pewdiepie titles and the rest - but it was all a prank. The cream pie video was that of a literal cream pie and Pewdiepie going 'inside' her was literally Belle eating a printed photograph of him.
The result was interesting to say the least, with hordes of her followers claiming to be angry, mad and let down that they were lead on - genuinely believing she had released pornographic material.

Not only this, but further capitalising on the hype she released a bizarre Youtube video where she hangs out with a dead octopus with stick-on wobbly eyes. The whole thing is odd to say the least and has to be seen to believed.

Overall, she is proving successful in terms of marketing and creating awareness for her image. At the same time part of you wonders whether she will have much dignity left by the time it is worth it.

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