After reaching 18.8 million subscribers on YouTube and debuting his new $ 9.5 million home, some may say that David Dobrik is at the peak of his career. But what happens when you reach the top? Well, there is only one way back down. Since joining the platform in 2015, David Dobrik’s charm and sassy personality has quickly led him to YouTube stardom. The 24-year-old social media mogul is known for his weekly four-minute, 20-second vlogs, which show him and his friends, also known as Vlog Squad, running around Los Angeles playing tricks, wreaking havoc, and finally looking like they’re having more fun than anyone else. Vlog Squad has had a rotating cast since its inception; the current group includes David Dobrik, Jason Nash, Toddy Smith, Heath Hussar, Scotty Sire, Josh Peck, Corinna Kopf, Nick Antonyan aka “Jonah”, Jeff Wittek, Matt King, Carly Incontro, Erin Gilfoyand and Zane Hijazi . None of these members is a direct employee of Dobrik, but they definitely reap the benefits of his followers. He does, however, have three employees, who function as pseudo-members: Natalie Mariduena, Taylor Hudson and Ella-Priya D’Souza. Dobrik is quick to release the “next door boy” energy while soberly driving around his messy group of friends, while receiving the Kids Choice Awards and doing TikToks with Charli D’Amelio.
Although he gained fame on YouTube, he quickly switched to podcasting during the pandemic. He debuted his new podcast studio on his album “I Buy A NEW HOUSE !! (2021) ”video on February 8, saying,“ I can’t shoot the videos I normally would, like vlogs. But here we have a controlled space and a controlled environment. ”The hiatus from Dobrik’s regular videos ended up leaving room for former members of Vlog Squad to speak out against the good YouTube favorite boy.
Over the past year, several former Dobrik friends and colleagues have made allegations of sexual misconduct and intimidation against him and his group of young content creators. On March 1, Dobrik launched his new photo sharing app, “Dispo”, and the reviews proved to be the perfect platform for disappointed fans to voice their complaints and demand responsibility from him. Famous for ignoring controversies, Dobrik remained silent on these issues – that is, until last night, when he released a two-minute, 30-second video on his podcast channel “VIEWS”, launched last month, entitled “Let’s talk. “We’ve compiled a timeline of Dobrik’s confused past and even more confused present so you can decide for yourself whether the King of YouTube is over or not forever.
June 2017
Dobrik launches the already excluded “HE THOUGHT HE WAS KISSING HER !! (SUPER CRINGEY) ”vlog. In this video, Dobrik tricked former Vlog Squad member Seth Francois into kissing Jason Nash, the 47-year-old comedian linked to the group. François was informed that he would be kissing Corinna Kopf, an original member of Vlog Qquad and an Instagram model known as “pouting girl”. It was not revealed to François blindfolded that he was kissing Nash until the act had already taken place.
November 2018
In another deleted vlog, entitled “SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED WITH FIRE !!”, Dobrik is going out with a group of friends, including former member of the Vlog Squad Dom Zeglaitis, nicknamed Durte Dom. In this video, Dom jokes who invited a group of girls to a five-year party with them. The girls are briefly included in the video, while Dom makes sexual jokes and comments on them.
September 2020
A five-part series from TikTok about a young man named Karim who offers his “app” to be the designer of Dobrik’s new app goes viral. In the videos, Karim suggests the name Dispo, which leads Dobrik to comment on his TikTok, saying he loved the name and would get in touch. Karim later reveals that Dobrik decided not to hire him.
June 2, 2020
Seth François launches a video on YouTube entitled “Responsibility to all creators” that describes all the negative and racist situations he experienced while being part of the Vlog Squad. The video includes clips of Dobrik and friends joking about taking Seth to the police station, making Blackface, offering him watermelon and labeling him “their only black friend”.
June 30, 2020
Dobrik uploads his weekly podcast episode, entitled “Auditioning for SNL,” in which he uses the first two minutes of a 39-minute episode to apologize for his past behavior. Dobrik receives a reaction for what many considered to be the superficiality of this apology, since he does not directly address Francois or any of the specific racist situations.
February 5, 2021
Former Vlog Squad member Nick Keswani appears on an H3H3 podcast known for reacting to the YouTube drama, specifically the Vlog Squad controversies. This particular episode is presented by the husband and wife duo Ethan Edward Klein and Hila Klein. Ethan Edward Klein also hosts another podcast, entitled “Frenmies”, with former Vlog Squad member (and Jason Nash’s ex-girlfriend) Trisha Paytas. While on the podcast, Keswani tells how his time on Vlog Squad has damaged his mental health. Keswani suffers from a rare form of dwarfism that also left him blind in his left eye. During his time on Vlog Squad, Keswani was continually ridiculed for his height and disability. In the podcast, Keswani says: “I felt useless to be in these videos. I was like, Dude, why am I really like this here? What is the point of my existence? Because I was treated like a punching bag. “
February 12, 2021
Seth François makes a special appearance in the same H3H3 podcast in which he spoke about the 2017 kiss prank incident. François says: “I was touched by someone I didn’t agree with”.
February 16, 2021
Paytas takes to his H3H3 podcast, Frenemies, to reveal more disturbing allegations against Dobrik. She claims that Dobrik hid while she was having sex with her boyfriend, Jason Nash, and filmed her naked without his consent. Nash was aware of the catch; however, says Paytas, “there was no consent given. Because I was dating Jason, because I was a vlogger – is that my consent? She also asked Dobrik not to post the video entitled “I DELIVERED IN THE ROOM AT THEIR HOTEL (SURPRISE)”; the video is still live and currently has over 14 million views.
February 26, 2021
Klein accuses Dobrik to cover up his attack on François by excluding problematic clips from previous vlogs and podcast episodes. Klein specifically mentions a section of a podcast episode in which Dobrik and Nash are talking and laughing about the 2017 prank they preached on François.
March 1, 2021
David Dobrik launches his app, Dispo: the name suggested by Karim in the TikTok series. Although it is not illegal for Dobrik to use this name, many viewers are unhappy with Karim’s lack of recognition. In addition, the review section on Dispo in the app store is inundated with comments asking Dobrik to take responsibility for his actions and recognize those who speak out against him.
March 4, 2021
Musician, current Vlog Squad member and longtime friend of Dobrik Scotty Sire uploads a video in defense of Dobrik entitled “Hi”. The video has been removed; however, it included messages between Dobrik and François that seemed to show François offering consent to the incident that occurred in 2017.
March 4, 2021
Vulture publishes a profile of Trisha Paytas in which she states: “I have more PTSD from David and Jason than hooking up on Santa Monica Boulevard.” She also blames Dobrik for the fall of her relationship with Nash, saying that she was no longer considered useful to vlogs. “Jason was like, ‘I have to break up with you because of David,’ explains Paytas. “That’s when I started to spiral.”
March 8, 2021
After removing your previous video, Sire posts a note on your Twitter in which he apologizes to “anyone who feels that I have disrespected or invalidated his story.”
March 16, 2021
Business Insider publishes an article entitled “A woman featured on YouTube star David Dobrik’s channel says she was raped by a member of the Vlog Squad in 2018 the night they filmed a group sex video”. The article includes a comment from a young woman who appeared in the 2018 video “SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED WITH FIRE !!” in which she claims she was raped by Dom Zeglaitis. The article also includes quotes from Paytas alleging that Dobrik asked Nash to buy alcohol for women, as they were under 21 and could not buy for themselves.
March 16, 2021
Dobrik posts a two-minute, 30-second video titled “Let’s Talk” on his podcast page on YouTube. In this video, Dobrik states that consent is at the heart of its content. He claims to disagree with some of his previous videos and apologizes directly to Seth François. “I just want to make videos where everyone, whether you are participating or watching, is having fun,” says Dobriks. “I missed the target with that one.” He goes on to address former members of the Vlog Squad, including Dom Zeglaitis, and says he distanced himself from them because he does not align with his actions and does not advocate misconduct. He ends the video with a promise: “I’m sorry if I let you down. Such things will not happen again. I learned from my mistakes and I also believe that actions speak much louder than words. You can take my word that I will change, but I will also show and prove that the mistakes I made before will not happen again. ”Dobrik does not respond to the claims of Paytas or Keswani.
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