YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Calls Her Ukulele Video 'Embarrassing'
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Ballinger addressed the allegations that she "groomed" her underage fans.
Nearly 2 1/2 years after Colleen Ballinger was accused of “grooming” her fans, the YouTuber said her reaction to the allegations was “embarrassing,” specifically her 10-minute long non-apology musical video that was widely ridiculed.
“I obviously didn’t handle the situation the way that I should have, and it’s really embarrassing,” Ballinger, who is known for her off-beat, tone-deaf character Miranda Sings, said on Thursday’s episode of the podcast “Tea Time with Raven and Miranda. “I wish I could have handled it a lot differently than I did.”
Ballinger continued: “I’m talking about a musical instrument that I should have not picked up.”
Four days after HuffPost ran a story featuring Ballinger’s former fans accusing her of having inappropriate relationships with them, Ballinger uploaded a video on her YouTuber account, where she sang and played a ukulele and denied the allegations. Many people called it her apology video, but in the video, she only says “sorry” once, when she sings, “I know you want me to say that I was 100% in the wrong, well, I’m sorry, I’m not gonna take that route.” The video is still up and has more than 20 million views. It was mocked during the 2023 Streamy awards, and most recently, actor Rachel Bloom said she thinks about it “once a week.”
During the podcast, Ballinger apologized for any wrongdoing with her fans. She said when she began uploading on YouTuber about 20 years ago, knowing how to navigate being a YouTuber was unprecedented, specifically on whether she should communicate with her fans or not.
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