Colleen Ballinger\u2019s victims claim \u201ccoercion\u201d was used to \u201cshame\u201d minors YouTube: H3 Podcast HighlightsThree of Colleen Ballinger\u2019s alleged victims have shared their stories on the H3 Podcast, claiming \u201ccoercion\u201d was frequently used to put minors in a position where Ballinger could shame them for their appearance. The wave of backlash against Colleen Ballinger has continued to grow in what is undoubtedly now an internet tsunami of hate, horror, and shock. With multiple allegations of grooming, bullying, and exploitation, Ballinger\u2019s career has seemingly been upended overnight \u2014 especially following her failed apology that came in the form of a musical ukulele number. Now three of Ballinger\u2019s alleged victims have spoken up in a tell-all interview on the H3 Podcast posted to YouTube. At one point the notorious \u201cfart joke\u201d with Becky was discussed, in which Ballinger called the then-minor on stage and spread her legs in front of the audience. While Becky has already shared her story and how the incident affected her, new information revealed Ballinger allegedly \u201ccoerced\u201d multiple minors into dressing \u201cskimpy\u201d so that she could shame them. Johnny, who previously worked for Ballinger, said fans would have conversations with the YouTuber during meet-and-greets in which she encouraged them to dress a particular way for the chance to be called up on stage. \u201cThese girls would just try to dress skimpier and skimpier,\u201d Johnny said. \u201cThe victim blaming and the sl**-shaming of children and the misogyny is beyond.\u201d While Becky clarified that there wasn\u2019t an expectation put on her personally, she did follow up Johnny\u2019s statement by claiming to have known fans who had been pushed into wearing revealing outfits. \u201cWhat I meant by fans being coerced or lured into these situations, it\u2019s because if you dress a certain way you get to have a stage moment with your idol,\u201d Johnny clarified. \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want to have pictures of them on stage with Miranda Sings? Before I worked for her, I used to have my hand in the air waving her down, trying to get called up.\u201d He went on to further explain the power dynamic that was used to allegedly manipulate minor fans into offering their bodies for entertainment purposes. \u201cIt was your goal to get called up on stage. You would do what had to be done to get called up,\u201d Johnny said. \u201cYou would degrade yourself to have your moment with this woman.\u201d While Becky said she has received a lot of support since sharing her story, she also shared that she\u2019s \u201cgotten an insane amount of backlash\u201d with people commenting on her body from the video of her on stage. We wish all three the best of luck moving forward and will be sure to keep you updated as the story progresses. For all the latest entertainment news, be sure to check out our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Colleen Ballinger\u2019s victims claim \u201ccoercion\u201d was used to \u201cshame\u201d minors YouTube: H3 Podcast HighlightsThree of Colleen Ballinger\u2019s alleged victims have shared their stories on the H3 Podcast, claiming \u201ccoercion\u201d was frequently used to put minors in a position where Ballinger could shame them for their appearance. The wave of backlash against Colleen Ballinger has continued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}