The Try Guys NIGHTMARE: the DOWNFALL of Ned Fulmer… Cheating, Lies and what NO ONE is talking about
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Ned Fulmer’s cheating scandal exposed more about the Try Guy wife guy then ever thought possible. The lies, manipulation of the masses, secrets, deflection, coverup and more, leading to the downfall of the Try Guys as we know it is alarming. We need to talk about the manipulation and power abuse. Is Alex a victim? What about Ariel? Something doesn’t sit right in this web of lies and deflection…
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Is the silence/audio glitch from 7:24-7:31 just happening to me?
What happened at 7:23 ? Editing error or is it just me?
@@sailoraries8086 had that as well - must be an editing glitch is my guess 🤷🏻♀️
I don’t feel like Eugene was so much closed off to the guys, but angry because he was really close with Ariel and Becky. So not only did a friend betray him but also his friend was cheated on. His history of having divorced parents may have triggered him even more.
eugene seems like the type to process his emotions wholly privately and his friends / co-workers zach and keith probably understand that. that's how he read, to me, during the PR video.
Yeah but what throws me off is when do the best friends of the cheating guy stay friends and take the side of the wife? NEVER 🤣 this whole situation is sus. Personally I feel like this uproar on their part is all lipservice to their fans. I don't think they gave a fuck until the fans found out.
I'm pretty sure Eugene has said in the past that he grew up in an environment where people did not show emotion. I think that's where the closed-off body language is coming from. He's upset, but he's gonna hold it in and process this himself, alone.
@@user-bh2fz5sf5e Never? I sure af wouldn’t stay friends with a cheater and stopping a friendship with their wife no matter how close I was with that jerk. Some of us find this to be a moral issue.
I agree those were my thoughts exactly.
The energy I got from the guys in their video was that Zach looks heartbroken, Keith is giving “I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed”, and Eugene is “I’m not disappointed, I’m just angry.”
Nah Eugene: you’re dead to me
by Kali Uchis yesss@@AstarionWifey
@@idekemmmm i honestly think its more about the fact that he cheated with a coworker and therefor dragged them all into HIS bullshit.
Big mad, big sad….and big dad?
@@AstarionWifey 100% “You’re dead to me” vibes…
The thing that gets me is that the try guys have been mocked for taking this so seriously. Like FINALLY some dudes in power do the right frickin thing and some folks are like 'Oh, well it's not THAT serious.' Like, dang man YES IT IS. Power imbalance is a HUGE problem.
it's the same people that go "Oh, that's just how the world goes" when people come forward with how they were harassed, be it at work or anywhere else. Because they view it as normal, and who would ever want to change what's normal? The status quo must always be preserved.
Exactly. Anyone who has been cheated on knows how big of a deal it is. Especially when you’re married and have children together. Your entire lives are entwined and it’s a nightmare.
I hold this as the standard for good men in a similar situation. The try guys did so good in that video and helped along a world changing for the better!
Exactly. How could there ever be any improvement to anything if we don't hold public people accountable? Do those people want to go back to the times when feudal lords could get away with near anything and it was seen as normal?
The reason they *had* to take it seriously is that he was having an inappropriate relationship with an employee, that's an HR nightmare, and the rest of them could have been sued for it.
As a queer person, it warms my heart that Eugene's reputation is as the cool, sauve guy and not just "the gay one".
Did we really win? It’s basically the “one drop rule” but with sexual orientation. He’s bi so he still gets to have a personality because peeny vagina
He is literally the only cool one , didn’t even know he was gay lol
Oh wow never even realised he was gay. I’m not a die hard watcher or anything, but watched a few episodes throughout the years. Good on them for not framing him only through the lens of his sexuality.
Could care less if he was gay or not, Im just jealous of his gorgeous hair…
He's always been my favorite, I never thought about his sexuality and knew a couple of years ago from tiktok, I love that he's so successful
Infidelity is no joke, I have just left my husband, we were married for 29 years, he cheated with his brothers wife, she was my best friend from being 17 (well before we met our husbands) her marriage was 25 years. This has destroyed mine and my bro in laws life, plus ripped the extended family apart
I'm so sorry to read this, I hope you guys are doing ok, you and your brother in law.
God bless you 💙
Good God, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I hope you're getting the support and care you need
Plus yes it's good to talk about the affair, but the fact that it was with someone who works for him, not with but for, it was a power dynamic that the other guys could have been held responsible for if it went bad even with them not knowing about it yet they could have easily gone down with Ned if they didn't get rid of him as soon as they found out.
I'm sorry this happened to you though. That's a horrible thing to go through and I hope you can heal from that hurt
When my ex husband cheated on me, his own friend he had since childhood cut him off and took my side. If a friend is cheating, it really skews your perception of them.
it's a real betrayal of trust for everyone, right? Most of all the partner who's cheated on, of course, and I'm so sorry that you went through that. I think from a friend's perspective, it just shatters your perception of someone that you thought you knew. It's like they've kept their true character from you. And if they're willing and able to disrespect and disregard their own spouse, they're probably capable of betraying the trust of their friends in other ways.
Good for the friend!!!!
Same...
Had a guy use me for a year to cheat on his fiancé/ wife. I didn't know until one of our mutual friends told me he had gotten married. Usually I keep personal drama to myself but I told a few of them and they took my side. Eventually I went from sad to angry so I kept texting him, demanding answers and an apology. He sent me a voice-mail threatening to call the sheriff on me. I sent this to the rest of the group after explaining my actions. I should add that he doesn't know my real name and he's blind so he's never seen me before. This was an empty threat. Then I got angrier because this is supposed to be a scare tactic. I again demanded an apology and instead, the idiot tells me he contacted the fbi. How I ever thought he was smart, I'll never know. Now I have all our mutual friends and one of his friends he knew for years. I also tried my best to message the wife, but she probably blocked me out he did from her phone. Either way, I tried.
He’s a real one
Ned’s SNL writer friend being part of that skit is downright NAUSEATING when you remember that means someone who likely KNOWS ARIEL downplayed and mocked her most embarrassing moment on NATIONAL TELEVISION
This situation is embarrassing for Ned, not Ariel. I get what your saying, I’m just wanting to reframe. People who have been cheated on (myself included) do feel shame and embarrassment, as we also feel the tidal wave…but it’s misplaced. We did nothing wrong. Why should we feel embarrassed? If anything, it is second-hand embarrassment for the culprit.
Just wanting to put this perspective out there if anyone else is struggling with an issue of infidelity ❤
@@heydirle That's a fair reframing, since you're right - you didn't do anything wrong.
In this situation though, the embarrassment is that literally the entire world now knows she was cheated on (SNL is broadcast in multiple countries). It's bad enough that Reddit, Twitter, then newspapers covered this. It's now worldwide.
Can you imagine if you getting cheated on went outside your friend/family circle, let alone the internet, the news, the world?
@@heydirle embarrassment doesn't mean someone did something wrong. if someone pulled yr pants down in public you might be embarrassed. it seems like yr saying she won't have those feelings bc she "shouldn't".
I’m kinda surprised the snl writer kept his job after this. I feel like if I ran a television show and one of my writers wrote a wildly unpopular video that made the whole company look bad and I later found it out it was motivated by them being petty about a friends divorce, I’d fire them.
That was the worst
Not funny in anyway
SNL Cmon
As an employment law attorney, I am 100% positive that their attorneys told them not to fire Alex and not to unfollow her. I'm sure they will (or are) working out a separation agreement with her, but those are always confidential.
That’s what I was thinking too (as a non attorney). So far as I know, they can’t legally fire her because of the affair because she can claim it was coerced and sue for wrongful termination. So until she left the team or was separated from them behind the scenes they couldn’t say or do anything to her.
@@felinemoonchildthe unfollowing thing is more for their image. It won’t affect anything in a court of law. Firing her on the other hand, would.
Even though the affair went on for atleast 5mnths(that we know of)?? I understand legality of the situation but I also feel frustration that she seems to get off the hook for also being part of the wrong doing just because she can claim she was coerced for 5mnths and in no way could tell the wife the other guys her husband etc.... What if he was coerced?? Does that not apply just because he holds a higher position than her??
@@hadesisbaby if they suddenly unfollow her, they are aware of how their fans might take the information. So they were rightfully careful
All pc nonsense because irl she should go as well. As for her, how can she stay on?
An affair is not a mistake…it is a choice. Especially one that goes on for a long time…that mess is planned out carefully. It is planning to destroy your spouse. It’s ruthless
I think people use “mistake” and “accident” interchangeably. If I bet on a failing sports team, that was on purpose but it can be considered a mistake. Cheating is intentional and the stupidity of it might make it a mistake. But making a mistake doesn’t mean you’re automatically forgiven
yeah. I think all cheating is bad, obviously, but there's something to be said for a one-time huge regret that is dealt with with remorse and communication. in some instances I can see forgiven being given on the horizon.
But 'affairs' - more than once, dishonest, unremorseful secret affairs - scum of the earth.
@@elliesart_ oh, no. they cheat on me i'm out. other things are "one off regrets". The bar has got to be a little higher you know? and i only ask for what i give myself aswell. If the don't have the brains or the spine to keep the pants closed, i'm out.
Yeah exactly. I'm 100% not staying friends with someone who cheats.
It is a mistake, it’s not accidental though- a mistake is an intentional “missed take” or misstep
Imagine being Will or Ariel and finding out your SO is cheating. Props to Will for reaching out to Ariel right away and telling her.
ON THE INTERNET
I will say, Ned and Alex’s affair was the best thing that could have happened to Adam Levine that week.
OMG 💀
😂😭😂😭
This comment needs more recognition😂👏🏼
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What happened??
I don't know if you're gonna cover the SNL parody of their situation, but I personally think SNL missed the mark. The Try Guys held their coworker accountable, something all too rare in our society, and SNL made fun of them for it.
@@cazzie4231 that and the fact that snl hasn't been good for yrs and it's an extremely hostile work place by accounts from all the talent that was on there.
I heard that an snl writer is one of Ned's friends. So...we probably know who wrote that sketch...but yeah. That should have been scraped
Looking at how they covered the JD/AH situation and other such cases that should be handled with care. Not even surprised.
The way the remaining try guys handled the initial claims should be a blueprint for other companies, big and small.
On one of the podcast episodes Ned mentioned he had a friend who wrote for SNL and it’s been confirmed that Ned’s friend was one of the writers of the sketch. Not sure if Ned asked him to do it or if the guy just thought he was defending a friend. Either way it was really horrible.
I don’t think Ariel’s career is ruined because of this. Just Ned’s. Everyone loves Ariel and, when this story first broke, I saw her getting nothing but love and support from everyone. Plus, a lot of people want her to replace Ned as the new Try Guy.
i feel so bad for ariel though. unfortunately, to most, ariel is considered an extension of ned. ned AND ariel. ned AND his wife. i just hope people separate the two so she can be her own person
@@roseqore8073 True. But, from what I was seeing on twitter, it was pretty much “Fuck Ned, we love you Ariel!” “Ariel you are beautiful and strong! You will get through this!” And so on. I even saw a thread where people were comparing her with Princess Diana talking about her revenge dress after her divorce from Charles saying now Ariel needs a revenge dress. Some even said the best revenge would be replacing Ned with her. Ariel’s done a lot of things on her own with the channel. She’s been working on making her own name and I feel people will remain behind her. I’ve honestly always preferred her to Ned, myself.
Ariel also has a whole ass career independent of the Try Guys. It's really pissing me off that people are depicting her as dependent on Ned, even Swoop - she was a successful interior designer before she ever appeared in a video. Like, not to jump to sexism, but there are some sexist undertones in how she's being discussed, even here.
Yeah but she won’t work there if she stays with Ned she’ll have to have his back over the other ppl.
@@CJMGalaxy dude I was thinking the same. It’s almost TOO much about her. The boss fucked a subordinate that’s the issue, he risked the company to so much litigation. ITS NOT ABOUT THE CHEATING. No one gives that much of a shit about that except children and people fooling themselves that marriage is sacred and all that shit.
I have to say, there were a few takes Swoop had here that I disagreed with.
First being Ariel’s statement, I and a lot of others took it as she was protecting the kids and not slandering Ned as she decides how she wants to proceed. If they decided to go separate ways, her slandering him online could have gone against her. If they decide to stay together, then she doesn’t have that hanging over her head. Her kids are her top priority in all of this.
Second, the tripod episode. They had already been dealing with the situation for a few weeks so they had time to process their feelings about it. They wanted to answer questions the audience had and talk about their personal experiences around it while still keeping the legal side of things private. They are a company, but they are also people who got deeply hurt by someone they called a friend for nearly a decade. I personally took them not mentioning Ariel as a way to kind of let her have peace without her name being thrown around all the time. They worked with Ned for 8 years so they kept the conversation strictly to him and didn’t want to keep dragging Ariel’s name into it because she did absolutely nothing wrong. Keith wasn’t saying that Ned cheating is what helped the company, but he and Zach explain that Ned was the one who kept pushing for nothing to change in their content so him being gone opened the opportunity to try new things with the channel.
Yeah, I agree with you, specially about the trypod episode. When dealing with grief feelings come in waves, them being more angry and upset during the podcast doesn't mean they weren't sad in the video, emotions change and evolve rapidly in these situations, specially as new information come to light, some times you think more about what you've lost and will never recover, other times you are angry about what's going on and why you have to go through that, even in the same day you can be in very different emotional states about the same issue.
Also, what Keith mentioned also makes sense, it would be weirder not to acknowledge that all this exposure does help them in some way, because everyone can see it does, I guess this is just a situation where he would be criticized if he doesn't mention it, and he is criticized for mentioning it, there is no win here, it's a shit situation and they are dealing with it as a company, public figures and human beings with feelings.
🎯 yep!!
I think Swoop went a little deeper with some things without the try guys Fandom knowledge, which kinda comes off as.. off? Ig. (Eugene's parents being divorced, eugene being close friends with Ariel, etc that shifts the pov/emotions for this). I get that happens tho and details can go unseen like that.
Yes they're a business, but they're also friends and have always tried to be themselves and transparent with their fans.
Yes.... very much agree .... i didn't agree with quite a number of points with swoop... she's over analyzed it... she's being too hard on the guys....i don't think Eugene is leaving TryGuys...i think its mature for them to give him space to pursue his own solo projects while also being part of the team ...why can't people do both !?
Yeah hard agree. I also think this came from going into her body language analysis with seemingly very little context of the guys as /people/, For instance, I have no idea how one looks at Keith in the couch video and sees someone looking 'superior' because the measured tone to me very clearly reads as someone who is just /tired/ and has been dealing with a fucking firestorm of his livelihood nearly crashing down for several weeks at that point.
Agree with all of that , it could be. But it could also be that we love them too much to miss that perspective. Also two things can be true at the same time
I interpreted the podcast differently. For one thing, the Try Guys had multiple weeks to sift through next steps and emotions before it all got blasted across social media. For another, Eugene has always had a lot of peripheral projects and has continued to strike a balance with involving himself with the company and pursuing other interests. For a third, all of them have peripheral projects. I found it to be a double (triple, quadruple?) standard when Swoop lauded Eugene for his outside projects, which he ALSO has acknowledged and publicized on his social media since the "scandal", but portrayed Zach and Keith as insensitive for considering how this affair was going to impact their creative work via the podcast. It felt like she devalued the work that the Try Guys do, much of which is kind, uplifting, educational, fun content, and implied that Eugene would be better off without them. (I vibe with blasting Ned for all of his side projects with Ariel, though)
Sidenote: I think a lot of viewers were able to pick up on the fact that there was friction, or at least less chemistry, between Zach and Ned from the beginning. It's clear that Zach did a lot of work to resolve his underlying [dislike] of Ned since starting the company with him(I remember seeing the video where they look into each others eyes for Vogue or something, and Zach tells Ned that he appreciates Ned digging into the business side of starting their company. It was a heartfelt compliment that also spoke to the fact that Zach probably didn't have much love for Ned's other qualities lmao), which resulted in the emergence of some really fun segments of the two of them interacting(the video of them frying stuff?). It has to be gutting to realize that someone you spent a decade trying to like was a POS the whole time.
What a good comment. I think Zach probably had a moment of like, “SEE?! He’s exactly what I said he was,” when this all went down. It was probably a little validating but super infuriating. I respect swoop and her work, but I do agree with you that she was trivializing the try guys work a bit. They do each have side projects but Keith and Zach’s integrate far better w the company than Eugene’s because he works on features while Keith is able to bring Lewberger into the fold and promote them while also being a full time exec of 2nd Try. There has always been friction w Ned and the others. Ned was lucky Keith is able to seemingly get along with anyone and that they weren’t ever shown on BF wo all 4. He was just assumed as a part of them and they put him in a more administrative role for a reason. I’m glad Ned is gone. I didn’t really like him either.
Totally agree here with this comment and everything in it ❤
Maybe this is from my jilted child of divorce perspective, but Ariel’s statement to me reads more like a protection for their kids. If she does go to divorce court, her blasting Ned on social media could have her lose out on potential child support, and a judge could view that unfavorably despite Ned’s shitty behavior.
not only that, her children will also grow up. In respect to 36:18, her statement most likely uses this protective language as her/her team know that when Ariel and Ned’s children grow up, and begin using the internet more and more, the news regarding their dad’s affair will be easily accessible. I’m sure if this resulted in divorce, or separation, Ariel and Ned will be open and communicate appropriately with their children, but the last thing Ariel may want for them is to see her blasting their dad among the millions of other comments. While we have our own opinions, at the end of the day he is still their dad and they may see him differently than we would, they will most likely still love their dad as they grow older, and learn more about this affair.
@@juanitamullin8606 came here to say this. This is Ariel being Mama Bear and protecting her kids while she decides what steps she needs to take next to do that.
Child support is calculated by a preset formula. It is NOT in any way influenced by the actions of the primary caregiver. The State does NOT punish kids for having an angry mum by lowering their standard of living. And unless there’s a gag order in place, you can say whatever you like short of defamation. To obtain a gag order from Family Court he would have to prove that she has discussed his parenting in a manner that could result in parental alienation.
In English, she’s just trying to handle it behind closed doors. The courts have nothing to do with that choice,
@@jakestroll6518 It could factor into what the child custody arrangements are though, you don't want to be accused of parental alienation because you were mouthing off when you were angry.
she's a mother now, and mothers are always mothers first, wives second. Ariel strikes me as the kind of mother who'd rip Hell from underground and fling it into the sky with her bare hands for Wes and Finn, so it makes perfect sense that she's playing nice with Ned to ensure her sons are safe and happy.
What some people don't understand is that the guys aren't being dramatic. This was a decade of friendship. 8 years as a group and 4 years as business owners. They were involved in everyone's lives some of which were the biggest moments of their lives. And ned not only affected himself and Ariel. Will the fiance too. The guys and their families and the employees and theirs as well by opening them up to litigation due to breaking rules by fucking an employee as an owner
Yes! And how hard it must have been to have to perform a misconduct investigation of your friend. The feelings of all parties involved are so complex and, I assume, unimaginable for most of us.
Ok but people make mistakes and he shouldn’t be completely vilified. He has children and people need to be mindful of all the stuff they are putting out that his kids will eventually see. You want to sit on your high horse ( people) Glass houses people. Ya he made horrible decisions and tanked his dream life. We need to hold ourselves to higher standards like swoop does for his wife . So we can all choose to rise above and find the lesson in this story so we don’t find ourselves lost down the same road that Ned did. Xoxo
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there are mistakes and then there are conscious decisions
@@itsamonkieplanet9367 that’s not a MISTAKE. He knew he was doing wrong and made his choice anyway. A CHOICE is not a mistake. He knew what the consequences would be if he got caught
@@itsamonkieplanet9367 how is it a road to get lost on? It was a decision he made. He was literally in charge of HR. He didn't just have an affair, he violated the employee/employer relationship and RUINED THE ENTIRE employment reputation of their company by literally being IN CHARGE of employee relations while using it to create a relationship with an employee. How can you be a fair and unbiased HR rep when you NOT ONLY are an original creator/owner (which is already questionable) but then you are also the PR face as well for the "family guy". He literally is a villain.
I actually don't feel that their podcast was weird at all. Just imagine all your plans and investments went to garbage in a moment and you are left in the middle of this sh*t show to handle by yourself. If I were them at first i would've been shocked and angry, but after the heat died down i would be sitting there and be like "well,at least this and that is fine", just to comfort myself
She also missed that they DID talk about Ariel in that episode, so I think the disdain she had for them making the episode kind of blocked her view of some of the actual facts about it.
Also I don’t see their comment about this being something positive as a bad thing. Zach was just trying to take a shitty situation and finding some light in the darkness. I don’t know Ariel personally but I don’t know how she would’ve found this offensive
By the time the podcast was made, it was like, what, over a month since they knew what happened. So I would say this was a great discussion to be open and have some time to process everything that has happened.
It's pretty well known that Eugene and Ariel are absolute besties, and I wish I could've been a fly on the wall when Euguene read Ned for filth, because we all know he did.
I don't think Eugene is going to completely leave the try guys, I think he is very close with Zach and Keith. They are all just doing more separate projects like what Zach stated.
And Second Try generates the money for them to be able to do those side projects.
I think he will always be an owner, but maybe more background owner, because he wants to do so much else. and those projects takes time and money, so he needs the try guy gig and as the owner he is able to take a step back and still get money from it, to fund his other projects.
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@@TKDDLJ09you were completely right wtf
Doing the podcast was the best move. They were able to talk about the situation in a more casual way, give people answers about the future and put closure on it. Not doing it only allows speculation and false narratives to be spread on the internet.
I liked their little rapid fire misinformation session at the end.
I agreed. It helped me process the situation and change as well as a long time viewer. 💖
I agree. They may be a business an LLC. BUT they aren’t just the business, they’re people, friends with real reactions and emotions about this awful situation that their *friend* AND *colleague* put them in the middle of.
And apart from all that, they aren’t a traditional company. They’re a company due to the size of their CZcams channel, their following, the number of staff they now employ to work the channel and because it was the best way to a) breakaway from Buzzfeed with their brand and IP and b) because it’s the best and smartest way to protect each of them as individuals.
Their audience doesn’t expect them to act as if they’re Apple, Universal or McDonalds (can you tell I’m not from the States and I’m desperately trying to think of relevant companies! 😂😂) they do expect a higher level of transparency and candour, which the Podcast provided without crossing lines drawn by the previous releases.
I also feel like this creator kind of took what they said at some point of the podcast out of context, perhaps they didn't watch the whole thing but just some clips? Idk as a regular viewer of try guys at the time I found it needed and I believe Zach said why they made the episode at the beginning too, which had to do with them having parasocial relationship with the viewers.
“Jay Z cheated on Beyoncé so get over it” is cheater apologist 101 and I’ll bet Ned and his SNL friend made that joke towards Ariel privately
I mean. I feel like someone saying it's fine Jay Z cheated on Beyonce didn't pay much attention to Lemonade...
Beyoncé in Lemonade:
*smashing fire hydrants with a baseball bat* this is what it felt like to be a religious martyr
SNL: well they didn’t break up, did they
@@falconinthediveOR 4:44 OR Seat at the Table
THREE albums were inspired by that affair and each one was about betrayal, doubt, exclusion, self-reflection, and people around you reinforcing that "life is just like that, deal with it"
But these are people who rush to defend their friends cheating on their wives, live on national television, so I don't know why I'm pretending like they pay attention to anything
Proves the fact that shitty people will cheat no matter what. Ariel seems like the most gorgeous, sweetest, iconic wife. Beyonce is a legend, the most beautiful, sweetest, iconic wife. Yet the dudes who promised loyalty still betrayed those women. Doesn't matter what u look like or how successful u are. Shitty ppl are shitty ppl and will cheat no matter what u do because they're selfish and think they deserve everything.
That did happen and it’s still not okay lol
Also, let's not infantalize Ariel. Everyone affected has the right to have their feelings and thoughts. Ariel has clearly chosen her path and approach. Zak and Keith can express their stress and worry without having to tiptoe around her.
Agreed.
Yeah, whilst Ariel and Will are at the centre, let's not minimise the trauma and stress that having to come to terms with a huge financial loss and having to support 20 employees. Like, having to work around it all and ensure none of their subordinates get financially affected is stressful and on top of that it's by a long time extremely close friend. So I think they have more than enough rights to talk the way they did. They weren't going into any sordid details, just looking at the whole scenario from their perspective. Given how long this was going on behind the scenes they will have for sure talked to Ariel about what she's comfortable with
exactly
Let's not assume she choose her path at all, as if she made a decision and this is final. She's allowed to let this whole thing sink in, then think about what she wants, and make a plan. It took me three months to realize reality when my ex cheated on me. You cannot make such decisions overnight. And I didn't even have kids. For the kids such things have to be taken slow. Even if she is leaving him, chances are she plays along for the children until she figured out what to do. What I try to say is, we shouldn't assume anything at all, and avoid any 'reaction' if it turns out after several months she's leaving him after all.
@@hagelslag9312 sure, but social media involves the audience intimately, and we as the audience get to have our feelings with respect to what is generally known and offered (insider info should always be viewed with suspicion). A reasonable person (the legal standard) would look at Ariel's post-scandal outing with Ned and their statements and REASONABLY understand that she is not in opposition to Ned and trying to repair their relationship. How disrespectful would it be then to ignore her own publically stated words given without any obvious duress?
In regards to the screaming TikTok, I think they wanted to say both, and both videos can coexist and are valid
The PR couch statement: what they wanted to say as a corporation, as 2nd Try LLC
The TikTok: what they wanted to say as Keith, Zach, and Eugene, 3 guys who have been friends with Ned for 8 years, and had their personal, professional and friend circles completely rocked his actions
Yeah I saw the TikTok more as "okay so that was our Professional response and this is our Personal response" and those can both exist simultaneously because we really do have to have a professional self alongside the self that exists in our relationships and emotions
That's how I took it. Like outside vs inside lol calmish composed and professional outside, inside everything's on fire and you're viking screaming your rage into the aether
That’s what I took it as too, and was one of the few takes Swoop had that I disagreed with.
yupppp i thought swoop was looking way too deep into the screaming tiktok
Yeah I'd say the tik tok was their "unprofessional, human being reaction"
The Try Guys have been open about Ariel being welcome to return if and when she is ready, and the community (the majority of us, anyway), would love to see her back. She's done videos that really resonate with the women in the Try Guys audience, like struggling with insecurity about weight, getting a mammogram, etc., and she's genuinely such a sweet person. But even if she decides not to return, she had a career before the Try Guys as an interior designer, and she can build pretty much anything (including a deck while eight months pregnant!). Her career will be fine, but I'm so sad that something that includes her friends and a good support system is now associated with her husband's infidelity. I've seen the take a lot online, and I agree--I'd much rather have Ariel than Ned. She's a badass.
I don’t think Keith is being arrogant. I think he’s uncomfortable and probably resents having to do this video (like everyone else) because Ned messed up. I think he’s probably using that small smile to hide bigger emotions or because (I can relate) it’s a default for him.
And plus when I'm trying to keep my face neutral, I do make an effort to have a small affect to my lips, it can't be just me that does that. So there may be a small 'smile' but that's to stop a frown or sulk from showing
@@eleanormason2647 yeah! I do that to avoid a “resting bitch face” look when I’m trying to appear neutral or not affected lol
@@danaslitlist1 yeah exactly, in an effort to not look blank and bored, a more neutral expression can involve a small uptilt to the lips that looks like a smile
loll i just kept thinking, he's dissociating or compartmentalizing for the camera
Agreed. Imo I think the fckup was so bad Keith's gotten pass the anger and grief. Sometimes a situation is so bad and outrageous you can only smile and laugh at how ridiculous it is.
I think Ned being a co-OWNER is also a big issue. He wasn’t just her boss, though, she was also a self-professed huge fan of the try guys before becoming employed by them.
There are so many LAYERS to the shit he pulled.
The woman is at least thirty. Emotionally mature enough to have been in a decade long relationship. If a parasocial relationship truly got her that messed up she needs serious professional help.
This is THE MAIN POINY.....
@@grizzlyalmighty2 it's not parasocial when he's your actual boss.
Additionally, age has nothing to do with whether or not you are vulnerable to workplace sexual harassment. Women older than her are, have been, and will be pressured by bosses. Casting couch bullshit is a real dynamic in hollywood and impacts actresses at all stages and levels of their careers.
But even if you want to pretend turning 30 is a magical protection against some dickhead with the ability to derail your career, she's been with the Try Guys for years. Since her mid to early 20s.
Not only that but he was the company's one-man HR department
I think when Keith said this "helps", he means that it inadvertently gives them an opportunity to evolve without the dead-weight of Ned stifling their creativity. Despite the whole "Ned loves bad ideas" thing, it seems to me that he was the one saying "No" to the other guy's ideas.
Additionally, I think Eugene has distanced himself from the Try Guys because his creative endeavors were also pushed out of the Try-sphere, due to the same pressures. I had for a long time suspected that Ned's desire for everything to be family friendly did not include Eugene's "edgy" queer artistic vision, and that Eugene didn't care much for Ned and his Wife-guy BS.
Makes sense too because Ariel admitted Ned took care of finances the most and their older videos even confirmed that.
Agreed! Having an imposed full-stop on production mandates a reevaluation of their content that all of the Guys have probably been waiting on for a long time.
This reminds me there was a videa which had zack, maggie and ariel in, may have been the junk room clean or something and zack put the video on private because maggie was recieving a lot of hate as was ariel I believe but Ned was mad about it and didn't seem to care about the reaction but just about the fact that HIS work had been taken down. I have a feeling he may have controlled more behind the scenes as we've seen the change between the orange and now neon(?) era
I discovered my husband’s 2nd affair 2 months ago (while on our family vacation & exactly 2.5 years to the day of my discovery of the first affair). It is disgusting for SNL to have made light of this. I just spent 3 days in a mental health facility because of how much this has destroyed me. My poor boys are so distraught, this hurts so many people. I used to love SNL (granted that was many years ago), but this leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.
I know it's your choice but you deserve better than that girl
I hope youre in a better space now ! Thats so terrible, but go you protect yourself x
Please get away from that guy. He clearly has zero respect for you, and is fine with hurting you in this way.
Find a divorce attorney and walk through the process with them, so you can acclimatize to the thought of divorce. It sucks, and it hurts. But it is for your protection, because this wil happen again and again…
I am so sorry this happened to you. You do NOT deserve this treatment. ❤️🩹
I’m so sorry! And as always it’s us the victims having to pay for therapy to move on, not the evil person unable to get help for whatever is so rotten in them to cheat in the first place 😭. Hope your family is doing ok
I’m so sorry you had to go through all that. And when snl makes a skit like that really rubs salt in a wound to anyone who has been cheated on. It can absolutely devastate someone. Hope you are doing well now, wish you the best.
Gotta say, as a child of a couple where the man cheated - its better to get a divorce.
Children KNOW something is happening and they can tell that a parent has been hurt by the other. It absolutely colors the kids relationships with BOTH parents.
A theory about Eugene's anger that I have seen is that as someone who is from multiple marginalized communities, being queer and poc, he had to be incredibly aware of social norms and behaviors and the fact that Ned just didn't give a shit is so infuriating
Also is parents went through divorce when he was a kid
And Eugene is super close with Ariel. He took it personally, and rightfully so.
@@minagica And as a queer disabled woman, I don't think it's that much of a reach. I personally find the misbehaviour of straight white dudes extra annoying bc they act like they're entitled to get away with it, and half the time they DO
@@minagica I feel like theres some refusal on your part to understand what their comment meant. As a member of the LGBT community myself and a minority we are taught masking and self protection before we learn self expression and to see someone who will never have to have those restrictions freely engaging in literal bs is anger inducing. He will never have to fight to marry a partner of his choosing because his way of life is "normal" and he cheats?! Of course I agree that is probably not his initial anger; however, if the thought process carries I could see his mind having those thoughts as any normal person would. Hes more than his labels however he is still his labels if you know what I mean and it could hurt a minority person and remind them of that simple right they do not have especially as a gay male.
This isn’t about you or Eugene or minorities… This is about Ariel and what she and her children are looking to in their future.
If you want to feel personally insulted because net got away with shit that you don’t think you could, be my guest.
Just understand how myopic you are.
Ariel has been a business owner for a long time, and her business is not related to The Try Guys whatsoever, or to Ned. That’s a point EVERYONE seems to have missed. So yes, she indeed was involved in the umbrella of different Try Guys projects. BUT she has a business unrelated to all of that.
Right? She’s a successful architect, she did the try guys office. Her career is fine. Who knows about Ned.
From the context I’ve gotten from things the guys have said, I took the “this might actually help us” comment as “well, we have to shift the content so our schedules and projects can be accommodated, so we might as well just do it now.” It also sounds like maybe Ned for a while has been holding their content back and only wanting to do the usual youtube-y content and not the more creative, eclectic endeavors they’ve been pursuing
Tbh, to me, in addition to that, I also took it as them acknowledging/being honest about the fact that technically not everything about the situation is negative or could be seen as negative. Kind of like, "hey look a silver lining"/acknowledging that them & the company isn't 100% getting effed over by the situation. I think that's better than pretending you're not getting anything positive out of something
I mean let’s be honest, Ned has always been the least creative of the four guys. Like he contributed, I don’t want to diminish that, but if you’ve watched them for awhile you know that he’s ultimately a sciences guy who pivoted and was a supervisor at buzzfeed who got pulled in one day. Being “Wife Guy” I think started as a shorthand for the things he brought to the table that made him different from the other guys. Zach is a filmmaker, Keith does comedy and musicals, Eugene is a writer, a filmmaker, an artist. They all had different skillsets to draw from for content and that was always going to mean that as they had more creative freedom, they’d want to pursue them. There was only ever going to be so long that Ned could use being married and having kids as the central locus of his personality.
Even if you just go back and cherry-pick a few videos from the last several years, you can see the other three Guys brainstorming, making suggestions, having big ideas, and Ned was like no, this is our lane. That’s weird. It’s unfamiliar. I don’t like it. I get that I’m a person on the internet and I don’t know them or the backstory or anything, but having watched them for years, the tension that last few had been increasing because it felt like Ned was always throwing flags when the others wanted to move beyond the Buzzfeed-style formats that got them where they are to begin with. I can even get that-we know this works, let’s carry on and let side projects be side projects. But the danger there is stagnation, and I think that was coming to a head before all of this even happened. I’m sorry that it did. But I do hope this gives the Guys the opportunity to explore more of those avenues and experimental ideas that they weren’t able to before.
I do think Eugene was very uncomfortable during the Try Guys' statement. In the past, he's mentioned that his family isn't big on these types of emotional chats. (ie. The genetic test video resulted in Eugene's parents telling him a family secret that he had not known prior) and Eugene himself is not comfortable with open displays of emotion (ie the saga of Eugene sitting on Keith's lap). I don't think he's mad at Keith and Zach, but I do think he's frustrated and uncomfortable and still processing his emotional reaction to Ned's actions.
Their Tiktok video where they were screaming was clearly poking fun at the fact that there's a lot they can't legally talk about even in that PR video where they explained some things. It was them letting out a tiny bit of the stress of all that they've been dealing with. I really wish people wouldn't over analyze every tiny thing these men do. They've been through enough and like you said it's not them that is the problem it was Ned and they did exactly what needed to be done with him.
Also Ariel (and the kids) and Will weren't the only ones hurt in this. The Try Guys were hurt too in their own way. They have every right to talk about what they've been through as much as they're even able to. I also don't believe for one minute the guys wish this affair happened they almost lost their business, possibly lost their tv show, and lost their friend they've had for years. They're also still open to lawsuits. Whatever positive spin they can put on this good for them.
I would argue that Ariel's career is not over. She has her own design consulting business Fig + Stone in CA, and if she wants to she could branch out and do anything with tons of support. Great video Swoop! I appreciate your respect towards Will and Ariel.
What I got from the TryPod vs official statement energy was that the statement was filmed first, and things were more tense due to how seriously they had to watch themselves. Zach & Keith were more in their element on the TryPod thus more relaxed, less careful about their words. Eugene stays careful about his words and other people’s feelings.
if anything the trypod episode is a good example on why the pr video exists and why they didn't just give an unfiltered reaction to it. you can easily misspoke when talking about something (legally and) personally.
@@seattlecryptid exactly to both of these comments. Of course the teleprompted PR statement wasn’t EXACTLY what they wanted to say. I felt like the tripod was super genuine. And I don’t think there is anything wrong with them recognizing that something new could be born from these ashes. Ariel has her own ruins to sort through and that’s her business. The guys have theirs as well.
It's so nice to see someone covering this that isn't starting out with "I haven't watched the Try Guys content in years" or "I don't know much of the background". Why make a video if you don't know the info?? That's why I love SWOOP!!!
You are terribly wrong about Eugene. Shows how little you know of him. His anger was not from teleprompter messing up, it was from his closest friend ruining lives.
He is a child of divorce. His anger and resentment is not with the other boys, he is the closets to Ariel, he loves the boys who he saw as nephews even though he HATES babies. He is angry on their accord. He knows how this works, he knows how breaking a family hurts the child. He is angry at Ned for ruining the kids, Ariel's and their lives.
I think the PR video was the formal, articulate, legal protection, when in reality they just wanted to scream, kick, cuss, and visit a destruction room and break things. I think they meant their PR video, it just wasn't the way they actually wanted to articulate their feelings because of legal and professional reasons.
I think their tik tok was to show that they are overwhelmed by the situation and it's very hard to put their emotions into words, but they had to do it. Like I scream into the pillow in therapy sessions, it helps to release frustrations
@@shianna420 in my opinion it is harmless and not worthy of too much thoughts
Ngl I think the little bit at the end with Eugene sipping *literal tea* bag string hanging out, tells us how he feels about the situation, too. Like Zach and Keith may hurt and overwhelmed, but Eugene? Nah, he's just pissed. He's ready to take out the trash and expose all the awful hypocrisy, but since he logistically can not do that, he just wants to be as removed from the situation as possible.
I think them posting that tiktok shows they are still human ...and feel pain too and feel frustrated too.. and need some outlets too. And they can't scream at the end of an official company statement regarding sensitive issues.
RE: Eugene's body language, I wouldn't read so deeply into it. Body language isn't reliable, and there's no actual science behind it, despite what the "experts" tell you. Munecat has a great video debunking the body language experts.
That was such a good video!
Yeah this video could have done without the body language interpretation part.
Ditto. Munecat did such a good job explaining the fuckery behind the whole body language reading business.
Body language is just us reading peeps emotions from physical cues, you can’t really tell if someone’s lying or if they’re acting. Some peeps are good at getting the “guilty vibe tho” but it’s def no science.
Yeaaaaaah I’m not a fan of Swoop’s body language interpretations 😬 love her with my whole heart but idk. Logan with Observe (who is a professional body language analyst) always says that it isn’t an exact science and has a decent failure rate. And his analyses are much more vague and general where I feel like Swoop sometimes is like “his guarded posture towards Zach means he is leaving the company!” Like I said. I looove Swoop and her docs but I could do with less of these interpretations.
I think as a Try Guys fan what gutted me so much was that I stupidly believed the fantasy of Ned and Ariel. The reason why: cos Ariel seems honestly the most beautiful, smart and wholesome woman ever. I'm just a fan and seeing this on a screen so I understand I don't know her, but from what I saw I got why Ned was so obsessed with her. This situation just made me so sad but kudos to the other Try Guys for dealing with it so well
Someone on TikTok said something about how Ned had the wife version of "scary dog privilege" (when you go out with your Doberman at night so nobody fucks with you) and how we all just trusted him because Ariel is his wife, because they appeared on camera together so often, and she's such a ray of sunshine. We gave him leeway because "haha he's married it's fine it's a joke", and that if he was a single guy he'd seem really creepy and a lot of the things he did wouldn't have gone down well, and it changed me forever
@@lenlaegrim do you mean the things he’s said about his wife or orher things? I haven’t watched try guys in a while, if ever
Welp, if it helps, my metamour is a goddess named Ariel and my partner has been obsessed with her for 11 years haha. So... SOMEONE is like that!
@@lenlaegrim I think that theory is spot on. Normal people who are secure in themselves and their relationship don't act/speak the way Ned did - constantly trying to remind everyone how happily married he was. One, it's annoying and cringe. Two, it's fcking sus 👀👀
@@Sleipnirseight like sure normal ppl may talk about their partner a lot (I know I do)
But NORMALLY ppl do that because they're really in love, and because they literally see this person all the time.
But normal ppl don't mention them nearly as much as Ned
Part of me wonders if he became the wife guy because there's literally nothing else interesting about him
I finally watched this and have to disagree with your analysis of their podcast. I’m someone who had stopped watching the TryPod for almost a year because of Ned’s presence, and always felt he was getting in the way of development. I also felt that it was suspicious that Ned was not releasing his podcast OR cookbook separate to Second Try (both were published under “Fulmer Media”) The tension was there for a LONG time, so while we only knew for a week or two, Keith and Zach and Eugene had a month to digest and come to terms with the changes. The timing might have seemed soon, but at the same time, the Try Guys fandom is very parasocial and so they needed to be more open because the fans were going to feel betrayed if they sounded 100% like a business. Also, while Ariel asked for privacy, she was not the only one affected. Their brand was at risk of completely collapsing and they needed to let their fans know they were not only moving on, but they were going to grow even better. I felt both podcasts handled it exactly as they needed to.
It’s nice to come back a year later though and know that the guys all do seem genuinely happier as was wished in this doc.
I don’t really think the PR “what we really wanted to say” is weird at all. PR is taking what you want to say and making it appropriate. You say all the right words to get your point across when in reality what they really wanted to do was probably rage and cry and cuss some people out. I think they were very upfront about the fact that they were speaking carefully so I don’t feel any deceit or upset thinking “oh so you didn’t mean that PR statement.”
It’s like when people ask how you are and you give the “appropriate” response of “oh, I’m tired.” It’s not a lie, you’re just not going into the specifics of what all you actually feel.
Hi Swoop, great doc as always. I just wanted to suggest that maybe it’s a bad idea to include body language breakdowns in your docs, especially since it’s considered largely pseudoscience by psychologists and the perpetuation of the idea that there’s a universal body language that you can read off of everyone is harmful to neurodivergent people.
To be more specific, it leads to neurodivergent people having to try to force themselves to act in specific ways even more just so people won’t accuse them of being manipulative, especially autistic people and the like who naturally stim and avoid eye contact. It also leads to these types of neurodivergent people being falsely incarcerated more often, because police departments and juries find them less trustworthy.
I agree! Münecat just did a great video on it.
I was literally just about to comment that her body language analysis means pretty much nothing and is still speculation lol. I liked the video overall but she definitely had a lot of weird takes that really frustrated me. I think actually think the podcast overall was a good idea and that it's completely fair for the guys to be considering their careers as well.
This 100%. I've been screwed over multiple times based on "body language". Like... my body is just more comfortable doing one thing over the other. Like if I want to look away, it's because my eyes might be tired of looking at someone directly or I just want to look somewhere else. I will make eye contact if I find we are in a strict environment. Additionally, I used to OVERTHINK the way I folded my legs when I sat with my friends like "oh I should have my leg point towards Jasmine because we are besties and not towards Belle."
I get that actions CAN speak louder than words, but that's more like... your husband saying "i love you" then cheats on you.
Her: “Crossing any part of your body is you being closing off”
Me who sits like a pretzel: “Damn”
Thank you very much for this comment!! I hate the rise on body language "analysis" online so much. Same the rise in people doing armchair diagnoses without qualification for people they've never met
I don't think the podcast was so soon. I only think it seemed soon because info started rolling out to us later. By the time the podcast aired, everyone involved had known for over a month, so I think that's something to keep in mind. Edit: I also believed it's literally. Up to them to talk about it on their channel as people who are affected. I know Ariel and Will are hurting the most, HOWEVER, they aren't the only ones who are hurting, and the other guys have a right to air out their issues about it.
it's quite interesting that people like John Mulaney and Ned Fulmer created careers around loving their wives, because there were so many men that made "I hate my wife lmao" their whole personality. And now those same guys are destroying the image of the perfect wife guy. It's insane.
I don’t think John Mulaney made his career form loving his wife. He was famous and successful before her. What happened is later on, while engaged then married, he talked about loving his wife and people saw it as wholesome and liked it. I don’t think he used the whole “wife guy” thing as his brand like Ned did.
Adam Levine did the same thing. Always acting like his wife was his whole personality and he did the same stuff. Now I’m worrying about the other guys who do that lol. Hopefully John Krazinsky and Ryan Reynolds are genuine cause Emily blunt and blake lively are goddesses who deserve to be respected.
@@AndriaSilvaful This is consistent with what i observed about John Mulaney as well. I was on Tumblr back around the time he got married and was always talking about his wife and stuff and I observed a lot of his mega fans creating this wholesome and pure idealized version of him that was not necessarily the reality of things from my perspective. There was a very stupid post going around after he was on Jerry Seinfeld's show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee where John and Jerry went to this home decor place in NYC to buy a rug and John was concerned that his wife wouldn't approve of it bc she is very good at interior design and Jerry made a dumb joke that was like "all wives think they are good at interior design" and John laughed and that was the end of the conversation. The post that was going around was from John Mulaney megafans saying that Jerry was "teaching John how to gaslight his own wife" bc John's wife IS an interior designer and Jerry was purposefully demeaning her. This is obviously the kind of absurd nonsense that goes around a lot on Tumblr so there isn't much of a need to breakdown why it is nonsense, but what the post brought to my attention that I hadn't noticed when I had watched the episode initially was that John never clarified that his wife actually was an interior designer, he just laughed along. It was clear from the episode that they didn't know each other well yet, so I don't think Jerry knew that John's wife was an interior designer so why not correct him? The more I watched interviews with him and other stuff the more I thought that the fans had maybe projected this idealized version of him as the perfect wife guy that wasn't entirely accurate. I'm not saying he didn't talk about how great his wife was a lot, there were just other things he said too that weren't in any way problematic but also wasn't consistent with who these fans decided he was. Anyways I didn't know he had cheated until a few weeks ago when the stuff with Ned and Adam Levine went down and John Mulaney was being talked about along with them. I wasn't all that surprised tbh... Him talking about how his wife didn't like his female friends/didn't want him to have female friends was a big red flag for me on both sides: either she is super controlling or he can't be trusted around other women, either way not great. Interestingly it seems like Jerry Seinfeld and his wife have a pretty solid relationship which is cool. Obviously we don't know what goes on behind the scenes but the way he talks about their relationship reminds me of people i know who have a real solid foundation and actively work on their relationships.
I don’t necessarily disagree with Swoop on this doc, I will say I felt it wasn’t quite given enough weight in my opinion that these guys were friends. That their friendship was betrayed. That they may have had a lot of emotions about one of their employees being involved in such a power dynamic. Like again, not disagreeing with her points, just… feels like this was mainly thought of as from a corporate standpoint.
I know Ariel and Will, and even potentially Alex were the main victims in all this. But the guys were also harmed emotionally, financially, and had this impacted their lives based on Ned’s disgusting actions.
I thought this might be the end of the Guys, but they dealt with things transparently and made no attempt to excuse Ned's behavior and ousted him immediately. I think that refusal to cover things up is what saved their brand.
I always felt something was off about Ned. I mean Keith is also married but doesn’t shoved how much he “loves her” in our face. And Zach and Eugene kept their whole relationships secret for a long time. It just felt weird to me
It did come off as way too much. Who are you trying to convince?
@@JLynnEchelon exactly. It was just too much. I just hope Ariel is given the time and space to make the best decision for her and her kids. And I look forward to seeing what Zach, Keith and Eugene do next. They are very talented guys
The vibe I’m getting from Eugene talking is not that he’s battling with tears, but trying to keep his rage in check.
The guys have said they were planning to "address" the issue of Ned not being part of the company anymore but were hoping they wouldn't have to talk about the fact that he cheated. I believe it was Keith who said that they were trying to keep Ariel and the boys (and maybe Alex and Will, to some extent) out of the public scrutiny and speculation as much as possible. They knew people would speculate but were hoping the truth and the actual proof would not come out.
I'm extremely biased because I'm a fan- with Keith being my favorite- but I believe them. I think they made both a legal and personal decision to try to keep what actually happened to make Ned leave on the DL.
I'm curious if Will wanted it public to get back at Ned and Alex, and if the other guys knew it and were waiting for the leaks to happen. I fully believe that they would have done this in an way as to be respectful to Ariel and the boys, but I also think they may have realized that wasn't going to be a realistic plan.
Yeah he did explicitly say that! And I feel (even as a LONG time fan) that they have that right. They literally owe us nothing. If Ariel had preferred the world not know that he cheated, I don’t think we would be entitled to that knowledge.
Loved this video! One thing to note though, as someone who is going though some serious trauma currently and has in the past, one of the ways I got through any of it was looking towards the positives, even in the worst situations. Like I do understand how it may come off to some people, but when Keith said the situation helps them branch off to do other things, I feel like that was one of those "this is heartbreaking and I hate this, however this is a positive note on that tragedy" kind of thing. Which helps me process the harder stuff a lot better. I don't think Keith intended it to come off any other way
I had a friend group, we’re in our 30’s and married, it became split into those wanting to cheat so they banded together and the friends that didn’t became the enemies. Without saying anything other than we didn’t agree we were judging them. Those that supported were “ride or dies” and helped them ultimately implode. It was awful but you find who your morals align with, who will add positively to your life and those that just want “yes” friends and when you say no they turn on you to silence you.
I saw this somewhere in the vast world of the internet and I thought this summarizes their what happened vid perfectly
Eugene: big mad
Zach: big sad
Keith: disappointed dad
Keith: Daddy is disappointed. Not Daddy's favorite.
@@elizabethlovett4318 no sitting on daddy's lap for you nedward
I think everything the guys did was done very well in a professional aspect. I also think the “what we really wanted to say” video and podcast was an even better response, being that it’s more transparent about how they actually feel. The PR video was just that, a PR statement. The short video was the comedic relief. And the podcast was for the fans to know how they’re feeling about it. It’s better that it all came out as soon as it did because it makes it appear like the guys are processing just as the fans are processing. The try guys probably won’t talk about it anymore since they basically said all that needs to be said.
P.S. I really don’t think Keith was going to say “help”. I heard “this hap..” like he was going to say “this happened” and he just stuttered. I also didn’t hear an “L” in what he said.
I read Keith as being uncomfortable in the apology video. Whenever I’m uncomfortable, my coping mechanism is to sometimes smile or laugh. I wonder if he’s holding back nervous laughter.
I feel like people need to really look into what happens to the victims of cheating psychologically. I feel like the majority of people don't think it's that big of a deal like yeah ots sad but in a couple of weeks you'll be over it... it's taken me almost 3 years now and I still sometimes have breakdowns, I still sometimes become triggered by suggestions of cheating in television/media/music ect... for a whole year I was unresponsive, I let myself go, I'd have fits of physical pain in my chest and I was so tense sometimes I thought my bones were going to break.
I couldn't trust anyone, my ability to trust has never recovered.
Cheating psychologically breaks you. Just break up if you're thinking of cheating, don't break that person, they don't deserve it.
I'm so sorry that happened, and wish you peace and healing going forward.
THIS
My very first relationship I was cheated on, and it's deeply affected my trust with partners since then. Even my current who would never, and is aware of my paranoi and communicates wonderfully. I still have those doubts and paranoia simply because it happened Once. That was all it took.
Also, regarding 1:08:00 Zach’s comments, I think it’s totally possible and valid that his emotions oscillate. They mentioned in the podcast that it’s like the stages of grief and it’s more a circle than a line. They go through the stages and then end up back at the beginning. I don’t think the emotion was faked or forced personally. They did lose a best friend and to some degree someone they considered family, it’s going to be hard. So I feel like Zach was saying yes, we had some creative and directional disagreements (that it seems Ned may have been the stickler about not changing) but the silver lining in a horrible situation is that they have freedom to grow now more in the direction he (and assuming,y the other guys) are happy to explore.
Well said 👏
I was wondering if you'd cover this, and... I gotta say, most of it was good, but I didn't appreciate your speculation on the other guys and wish you'd done a little more research. A, Ariel has a full career outside the Try Guys, so reducing her to being dependent on Ned was strange. B, the uncharitable body language speculation, especially regarding Eugene, was completely unwarranted. C, Eugene has been open about working on other stuff for years, they even talked about how his work duties and pay at the company was different because of his different availability. If it meant he was leaving the company, he'd be gone by now. The only secret part was what those projects were. D, about the podcast episode? They DID mention Ariel, specifically in regards to You Can Sit With Us - they said they're giving her time and space for now, and they repeatedly mentioned the family and people at the heart of this without using names. And frowning on them for not bringing up Ariel enough when Ariel asked for privacy is a bit contradictory. And faulting them for doing some basic "look on the bright side" talk is weird, too. Idk, a lot of this seemed uncharacteristically under informed and uncharitable.
I had the same feeling. The podcast also dropped like a week after this all started going viral, which in internet time is forever. The more time that passed, the more people speculated.
Thanks. I'm still in the first quarter of the video, but my attention span must dive down to the comments, and I've been seeing a lot of this similar critiques. Speculation and not knowing about Ariel's whole career feel counter to the "sleuthing" and "deep dive" angle. Actually, also somewhat counter to wanting to center Ariel, though I appreciate that that was something actively mentioned in the video
@@Val-zu5hz yeah, I get and appreciate Swoop reminding *us* that Ariel is the one affected by it, but calling out the guys for not centering her on the podcast when she specifically asked for privacy is just not cool. And it seemed like because they responded as a company, Swoop took that to mean they couldn't also react as people who were affected by it. At the end of the day, they are people whose lives were massively affected by this, and they should get to talk about that.
I was very disappointed by some of the speculation here too. The "analysis" of Ariel's statement was a big turn off for. But then we can all have different opinions on the same material.
I feel like swoop was very unfair towards the other Guys during the official statement/tiktok they posted tbh. I haven’t gotten to the podcast part yet but just how she was criticizing the title of the TikTok they posted… come on. It’s not that deep.
Ned was the head of HR at the company
Eugene's father cheated on his mother and Eugene has mentioned before that it affected him a lot when they got divorced.
They did mention Ariel in the podcast. They mentioned that she was not going to be on the next You Can Sit With Us podcast and that she was welcome to come back anytime.
Okay I love how petty Will is (Petty University honorary grad?) but I do feel very badly for him. He had already caught Alex cheating with Ned before, gave her another chance, but she and (moreso) Ned still ruined everybody's careers / families / happiness / relationships / etc. He doesn't get discussed a lot in this but my heart really does go out for him too
This happened more than once?
@@britnysnyder4991 Yea apperently he caught them cheating once and told ned to back off and gave alex another chance.
What I love and in my mind is the cherry on top, apparently Will is now in a relationship with the woman who told him about the affair
My biggest issue with this video has to be how weird she found any of their responses, like Eugene didnt seem closed off to the guys, he seemed down right pissed, not only at the affair happening but it now being so public because of how much he cares for Ariel. As for the podcast, it almost seemed like the PR statement was made before they got the whole story on how the affair started and the podcast was after they got more details because it seemed like they were pretty harsh on Ned and Alex in it (mostly Ned) which gives me the impression that there was no power play over Alex. That wouldnt make Ned any less gross when it comes to being her boss but that would make them less sympathetic towards Alex. In the end i think they did what they needed to do and handeled it beautifully. I know as a fan it was nice to hear a more genuine side of how things went down and how they feel in the podcast and they even said at some point that Ariel and the kids were more important to think about than them.
I completely disagree with your analysis of their tik tok where they yell (around 53/54 minutes). As you said, they responded as a company. They had lawyers, PR, were polite and professional. I felt like that tik tok was them saying that, behind the professional response, they really wanted to be emotional about it. I'm sure they're hinting that there's a lot more they want to say, but of course there are legal reasons they can't say more.
Other than that, love the doc and the analysis on the whole thing, I've always liked the Try Guys and I think they handled the whole thing so well.
Edit: Also, I disagree with your read of the podcast. It's been a month of them dealing with this. I'm totally for people talking about what they went through. It affected them too, this was years and years of friendship. And they're trying to move on from this, I think at some point they have to try and find the silver lining.
And when we needed her most, she arrived with even more info than we deserve. A thorough fact-checking gal indeed! Love your content swoop!!! Can't wait to hear your take on this whole malarky ♥️
Straight up! SWOOP is the shit
I was thinking the same!! I don’t know them but they are all over the news. I needed swoop to tell me everything 🥰
I interpreted the "this gives us the opportunity to shift our content" comment less as 'the affair' but rather the 'getting rid of Ned', indicating that perhaps he was the barrier to them integrating their outside projects into Try content. am I the only one? I didn't think they were saying the affair was good for them
that’s exactly what he meant
It’s always blown my mind that women will say “I want to protect the kids” but, the men ain’t have them kids in mind when destroying their home 🥴
SN: I need parents to stop staying in marriages/relationships “for the kids”. Kids know and it has a huge impact on how they will view relationships. They will think toxicity is normal and lower their self worth or devalue their partner…w/o even realizing it. It’s sooo detrimental and creates a bad cycle that goes on for generation!
I agree completely but not many people see it that way and it affects their children in horrible ways because they think they're doing the right thing.
Yeah. I would legit have rather seen my parent’s divorced and either happily single or in healthy relationships than what I endured growing up and still see now (as I live with them due to illness, and they refuse to divorce because of their cult). Children and teenagers aren’t stupid. And it’s incredibly traumatizing hearing/seeing yelling and shoving throwing things every other day, having your parents speak to each other through you, asking you at 13 what they should do about their marriage, etc etc etc.
They’re gonna be mad about this one but you’re right
People don’t care about future generations and patterns, they just want maximum control in their own lifetime. The kids are just side characters in THEIR story. A souvenir from THEIR relationship. It’s so disgusting don’t get me started
Cheating is such a crappy thing to do it hurts everyone involved. And I'm feeling really bad for Alex's fiance he didn't deserve this either
Honestly, it did help them. The things they've released since have been incredible. It felt so much like Ned's company for awhile now, and now it feels like they're working as a group
My thoughts, coming from a place of love! ❤️ - it felt like you were almost criticizing them for using a teleprompter, consulting with professionals, getting assistance with their statement, when that is the smartest thing you can do! I work in law, this was a good move by them.
IMO Ariel isn’t protecting Ned, just being cautious with her words, knowing her children will see it one day; and BIG ALSO she still has to co-parent with him no matter what. That’s what they could be “working on working out.”
(But I also think he set up that pap video and caught Ariel by surprise for his benefit.)
Can we also talk about how former buzzfeed coworkers started coming out and saying sh*t like “I’m talking to people I haven’t talked to in years” or “yeah I never liked Ned” and it’s like yeah great happy to hear that someone’s marriage and engagement ending/being damaged could bring you all together to gossip.
you’re so right, it’s so sad
Hope all the group chats were worth it for them at the expense of Ariel. 🙄
Thank you! 💯
@@seattlecryptid
Hey 👋🏽 I’m
How is that different then you coming to watch this video to basically be entertained from this drama? You are not so high and mighty.
As someone who has been best friends with a Korean of my own, Eugene is 100% piiiiiiissed off in that sofa video. He's struggling to keep it civil-ish, but that betrayal turned Ned down to a level of someone who only deserves contempt. Behind the scenes, he's probably willing to bend into a pretzel to support the wronged people.
It's a very Asian way to handle so many negative emotions while needing to maintain calm in front of others. For him to show anger at all really speaks to the level of that. It makes me wonder if they've kept him away from Ned because they knew he'd lay him out flat the instant he saw him. Eugene hasn't had an outlet to express his feelings in a satisfying way, so it's still bottled in. He still hasn't if his absence from the podcast thing is anything to read into. Legal and PR wouldn't want him at that microphone.
I really hope the people who are involved get everything they deserve. Ariel (and Will) deserve any and all the support they need to deal with all the bullfuckery left in the wake of Ned and Alex's choices. And if Alex was the victim of coercion, may Ariel be given the strength to not go full Asian and send Ned straight to Jesus.
ETA: If my friend was capable of making the choice, I would tell them to come clean or I will. My friends know my cheating rule is one and done. My ex-husband found out I wasn't bluffing. He's lucky I didn't let my dad take him deep sea fishing like he wanted.
I might be able to continue the friendship later, but it would never be the same.
Bring on the kitties.
So them sharing that they are also angry isn't okay because they initially were "sad"? They probably were sad they had to fire Ned but with the SNL stuff as example it looks a lot like Ned doesn't give af & just wants to shade them. You can't expect them to just keep being sad & chill about him when he is being an ass. I've had a friend blow up on me then stop being friends with me, I can be sad about it but also angry they were being awful.
The podcast actually makes sense to me because of the weird dichotomy that you alluded to. They are a business, but they are also people. The statement video was the BUSINESS statement. That was from 2nd Try LLC. The podcast was from them as people. I think that was probably something they felt was warranted because everyone could detect the 4th member of the official video, Mr. Tele Prompter.
I think the difference in attitude between the two can be attributed to them being in different places emotionally after some time has passed. Especially given what Keith says in the podcast about the stages of grief being cyclical. There are probably days where they’re angry about what Ned did to them, there are probably days where they’re sad about losing what they thought was a very close relationship, only to be betrayed and screwed over and probably lied to. For MONTHS, if not longer.
I think the screaming video was their way of fully acknowledging that the statement video was scripted by lawyers and PR experts. Those experts took that scream and turned it into words.
Well the screaming video was also probably an outlet for stress. They were working behind the scenes on this fir a while before the story broke.
The fact Ned has people defending him and his actions is insane fucckkk I feel so so so bad for his wife and kids. And let’s not forget Will too. Hopefully he’s okay too. : (
I haven’t seen anyone defending him! What are they saying ?
@@heydirle There are people saying everyone cheats and/or insisting that people bothered by this “mistake” are acting like they’re above others. It’s mind boggling
@@heydirle even here in the comments there are people saying that he shouldn’t be removed from the company over a “mistake”. I’ve also seen comments in other feeds about how they “screwed him over by kicking him out of the company”. It’s weird that people are defending him.
@@heydirle I've seen some people say that we're all holier than thou for judging him harshly for a mistake and that we should all just forgive and let it go.
In regards to Eugene's anger, I've also seen people say that he and his partner have a very close relationship with Ned and Ariel. Like more so than the other 2 Try Guys. So his anger comes from being so intertwined with them and their family and their family dynamic and so he feels it more as his close friend betraying another close friend and it just leads to more anger and frustration at the entire situation. Not sure how true that us but I've seen a lot of people mention it
I'm really glad you brought up the question/conundrum of "do you support a friend who cheated?". While I could understand where some people may differ from me on this, I wouldn't. Idc if my closest best friend of over a decade cheated. I'd be telling their partner and probably never seeing them the same way. Because honestly, to me, cheating is kinda like committing fraud. If someone you thought you knew could ever knowingly do that, you didn't really know them. There are some circumstances that may not be this case, but your average "they were going behind their partner's back" type of situation, yeah, no. I see it as a) I'm gonna call you out for your dumbassery just as much as I'd expect the same from you. And b) what does that say about me if I condone that because you're my friend? What would MY partner think of that? So, yeah, I don't entertain that ish. You cheat, I send receipts to your partner and you probably lose your partner and your friend. Don't be a shit heel, maybe?
And you now know for a fact that they're willing to betray their closest people to get what they want. You KNOW you can't trust them.
@@selinesbeau exactly. If they'll betray someone they agreed to a committed, intimate relationship and (if they were married) agreed to financially, socially, and familiarly be a joint deal and they betrayed THAT person... yeah where exactly do you factor in the "how likely would you betray me" scale? Because if they're willing to betray an intimate partner like that, they'd more than likely do it to you, their best friend if they believed they could personally gain something from it.
If they make it once and feel very bad about it and regret not because they get caught, but because it sucks, I will be supportive for any decision their partner make, but still their friend. If they don't regret and try to make it like we all too dramatic... Hell no.
Aw The “kornfield” mispronunciation makes me so sad. He hates that so much :( this must have taken so much research, and that would’ve been an easy fix. Also he didn’t cheat with “a coworker” she was an employee
I know it’s gonna be spicy when Swoop’s got the evil eye necklace out 😂
Hahahahahaha
I wanna know where I can get that necklace!! lol
During the podcast, when Keith said that "this helped" I took it that Ned being gone helps them grow and change their company not the affair.
Yes exactly
"I think being a dad, slowing down maybe I am a Hufflepuff."
*me a Hufflepuff:* I'm I'm sorry what are our main traits? Dedication, LOYALTY, and Patience.
Pretty sure Ned doesn't have any of these things cause you need these things to make a marriage work. So he can't sit with us.
As a Slytherin, I agree. Hufflepuff don't behave like that
As a Hufflepuff I concur
As a Hufflepuff i agree with you
As a Slytherin i also sign off on this
Hufflepuff here too: we do NOT claim him!!
Seeing Ned walking down the street smiling a week after all
This shit came out made me SO mad. He will keep his family and his wealth and Alex will lose everything and it’s fucked up.
Darling, don't forget that she too, cheated. She is just as guilty as Ned so, her loosing everything doesn't sound so bad. But I don't think Ned's work is gonna be the same, at least I hope he gets affected at least alittle for what he did to his poor wife.
I can’t be friends with a cheater; especially not one who engages in whole relationships outside of their main one… hard to trust someone who breaks hearts on purpose 🤷🏽♀️
I think analyzing body language one should take bodily comfort into account. I don't believe Eugene is closing off himself from the other two guys, I think that's intended to be towards the camera, not towards them. I think he used his left leg there because if he used his right leg, then the sole of his boot would touch the guy sitting next to him, and he has no space on the couch to maneuver around that.
exactly my read!!! also i think even if he was able to get space, his whole boot would be in the corner of the frame, which may come off more aggressively or domineering seeming on camera than the situation called for.
People who comment on body analysis are never experts
I think they had to do a podcast episode addressing it because they have contractual obligations with the podcast sponsors. I think it might have been weirder to not talk about it all. Their podcast is usually pretty casual and more personal than their produced videos.
Thank you for somewhat holding Alex responsible. While Ned being one of the owners, boss, and the head of HR, I do think he is more in the wrong. it takes two to tango and I know that there was a power dynamic, but I do believe she could have gone to anyone of the guys and told them what was going on if she needed to. I certainly hope that Ned did not coerce Alex nor threatened her job.
Edit: Also I believe Alex is no longer working there. And according to the internet sleuths their affair has been going on for almost a year.
I think I've seen her have producer credits in recent videos. They probably can't fire her and of course no one else would hire her so she's gonna stay there hiding from the public.
ned and john mullaney being exposed as cheating pieces of shit really proved how disingenuous the whole "wife guy" schtick is and i'm honestly surprised i kind of fell for it?? like, they were both pretty beloved because of it (despite how saccharine it all appears in hindsight) so finding out about their awful actions was genuinely shocking and left me super disillusioned.
“I’m sorry for the pain this MAY have caused” sounds exactly like “I’m sorry that YOU are upset by what I did.”
🙄😒
I think when Keith said it "helped with the shift of their content" he was more or so speaking about Ned's control over their content. I think (I might be wrong tho) Ned had a lot more control over what content they posted and they might feel more freedom now that he is gone. I also think they might have been frustrated about people calling them "snakes" and "fake". And I think when people get frustrated with being misrepresented (especially when it the situation isn't even your fault) they talk a little too much. I do wish them all (minus Ned) nothing but the best.
But I do think Eugene is over it too tho. And I do feel bad for the wife, kids, and ex-fiance. It's crazy and disgusting.
Oh 100% I can’t remember where they said it, but they said without Ned they now have creative liberty, as with him he’d immediately shoot down ideas. Which is why since Ned’s absence there’s been a shift in videos. I believe Ned had the biggest share of the company which is why he had more ‘control’ over what was put out, but I can’t confirm that.
In the podcast they released just after their initial statement video, Keith and Zach kinda go into the fact that Zach hasn't really processed this yet emotionally and Keith found a way to work through it on his own. In their first video talking abt this, their specific body language seems to express this too.
Eugene’s anger, imo, is because he’s from a ‘broken’ family. Cheating hits him on a personal level. No doubt he doesn’t want to be there but it likely hits on deeper childhood pain.
One day I walked out of a party after finding out I was cheated on, saw his best friend, and he knew immediately that he had cheated. If my ex wasnt already rolling around moaning on the floor Im sure he wouldve had some words as well… He never spoke to him after that day, we got food and he took me home. Thank you Mike, Ill never forget what you did for me.
Tbh, I don't think it's weird that they talked about the situation on the podcast so soon after their official announcement- Because they mentioned how people were coming up to everyone who has any sort of relationship to them to ask questions. If they hadn't covered this, then people would have been certain there was more, and there would be even less room for those involved to make things right for themselves. I also don't think Eugene is about to leave the try guys- Despite his separation and how busy he is, he still made the effort to make sure he was there to represent the try guys. I think they will be a different channel, and will have more focus on showcasing interacting with others, but I don't think this is the beginning of the end. I think it's more likely that this will give them the room to change and grow like they've been trying to for quite a while- Because through it all, the only person who never strayed from the original content style was Ned- and now I kind of wonder if maybe he was a driving force in trying to keep their channel the same. But they've been trying to incorporate new things since they left buzzfeed, and that decision was all about being able to balance both their new try family, and the other things they wanted to do- Eugene going to do his solo projects was always in the plan. The only one whose content hasn't changed since Buzzfeed is Ned- Who on buzzfeed did content with the try guys and about relationships. And after buzzfeed did content with the try guys and about relationships.
And they did cover how even though this was a popularity boost for their channel, they wanted none of it. Which is why I don't mind that Keith slipped and said it helped- because they tried to keep it quiet and just edge ned out without using the situation for their gain.
I honestly don't think Eugine will be leaving, the company gives him a LOT of chances and abilities to create, that he wouldn't get if he stood on his own feet
But as soon as they made the company, in 2018, he said out right, that this would mean he could work on the projects he wanted :P he's not been super active, since 2019 XD and like, Slay queen
What I got from the podcast is that a certain someone no longer in the group may have been hesitant to change content format. And that’s what they meant by trying to go forth in different directions
"This is Ned's fault and no one else's."
NO. Ned and Alex. It stupid she is not questioned. Ridiculous. 🤦🏾♀
Probably because Ned was her boss. And I think head of HR? Like yeah, they both fucked up, but in this situation? Ned especially should've known better, so he's getting the blame
It's not likely (it's probably not true at all) but due to the nature of their work relationship (but not *_that_* work relationship), Alex could sit here and say that Ned (co owner of the company that signs her checks) coerced her into a relationship and she was too scared of him retaliating to find a way out. And it would be completely *_plausible_*. Like, she could say that as a bold faced lie and they'd have to follow through with that accusation because it's a very likely occurrence.
@@elektraeriserosit’s still a matter of integrity if he was hitting on her or making advances she wasn’t comfortable with she could and should have brought it to the attention of those who could help her navigate the situation.
Hi Swoop, I debated writing this but as someone who constantly empashises not discounting people's emotions and life experiences I was honestly so disappointed that you discounted the try guys' experiences of trauma just because there were other people, namely Ariel, who suffered more trauma then they did. That level of violation of trust, experiencing the possibility of your entire career going up in flames because of someone else's mistakes, is not a small thing and just because one person might be able to walk of a life altering event such as this doesn't mean everyone can. One person's regular Tuesday could be another person's living hell and I was honestly so disappointed to hear you discount their experiences like that.