First let me say that I am embarrassed and ashamed for the things I said in my private conversation with leafy. Even though what I said was never meant to be public, they represent the worst side of me, it's embarrassing honestly and I'm sorry you guys had to see that.

Now that Leafy and friends have gone as far as they possibly could to defame me, I'd like to say just a few points in my defense.

(1.) Me and Leafy were Friends (He even put me in his subbox!)

This seems to be the central point in many people's argument against me. The private conversation that he released represents my ENTIRE relationship with him, every word we have ever spoken to each other. In fact, I didn't even know his name. I did say we were friends in the video, but obviously there are different levels of friendship, we were friendly acquaintances. So what would I have accomplished by telling him we were going to make a video about him? Nothing. If anything it could have stirred even more drama, so I considered the gesture to be pointless.

He then goes on to make a big show of saying how he put me in his subbox as proof of our friendship, but in our private conversation he says this:

https://gyazo.com/93c99bace7b5d480902001b0d2d915fb

How generous of him to add me out of his pure good heart and then use it against me when it fits his narrative.

(2.) "Don't give Pyro a platform to defend himself"

He repeats this many times to build it up into a huge dramatic point, but honestly we both know I was simply talking about them going on Drama Alert. I meant do not give him the attention of going on there together. How could I ever deny him a platform to defend himself on when he has his own huge YouTube channel??

(3.) "Pyrocynical is the cancer of YouTube"

What does this prove besides the fact that I said mean things about someone I do not like in a private conversation? It's easy to frame a narrative when you are selective with an entire conversation, for example, here are a few examples of things Leafy said about Pyro:

https://gyazo.com/b2f00f47e621a162666e5ce1721dfbc3

I could easily take Leafy's comments out of context and make him look like a "serial killer", as he referred to me, but ultimately we were just two dudes venting to each other about someone we didn't like. Any implication more than that is just dishonest.

(4.) Ethan is two faced and doesn't care about anything but getting views

When we decided to make the Leafy Rant we knew he had that entire conversation, and there was a chance that he would use it against us. We hoped that he wouldn't stoop that low, but we knew it was possible. If I was only concerned with my reputation, with looking good, making money, being the saint of YouTube, or whatever he has accused me of, why would I make the video knowing he had that entire conversation as ammo against me?? Because it was the RIGHT THING TO DO. We spoke from our heart on something that concerned us, and we acted in a way that we thought was right for the community, even if it meant our head on the chopping block. I felt like a hypocrite and a coward not speaking out on what I saw as possibly the most hateful community on YouTube, just to preserve my own ass.

(5.) Ethan deleted his tweet calling Pyro a liar, he is obviously hiding something

I erased that tweet because me and Pyro worked it out in DM. Oh yeah, and he ASKED me to: https://gyazo.com/50409fff9da5b84ac48332ddf6144c91 He then immediately uses my apology against me and uses this tweet as evidence that I'm hiding something. How much more manipulative can you get than that?

(6.) Ethan made fun of TimmyB so he's a hypocrite

So let me get this straight-- He had to look back AN ENTIRE YEAR in our video catalog to find me making ONE comment about a kid's hair, and that is his proof that we are just as bad as him. Keep grasping at straws.

Extra Details:

(1.) Proof that Leafy was the one talking to other YouTubers about Pyro, not me, apparently I was only one of ten people: https://gyazo.com/3a2e0739ac158061c0d4da26e5e9a4d2 https://gyazo.com/48357fe92ae8187c25391e3271428e84

(2.) Proof that leafy was going to make a video about him and asked me what to say: https://gyazo.com/b15d2315529fe85500b4d795f931703e

(3.) Proof that Leafy has no integrity: https://gyazo.com/898967e8e186dd179d286273d4a099bb

(4.) Proof that I backed out of the pyro roast: http://i.imgur.com/kPXN3q9.png

We never made a video response to pyro, and we will not make a video response to Leafy. If we made those videos we would get millions of views, but that's not what we're about and that's not what our channel is about. We only ever called Leafy out on what he did publically -- we wanted to opened a dialogue that was on a lot of people's minds. We took the risk of being slandered by them because we thought it was the right thing to do. We never leaked DMs or betray anyone's trust, we only ever talked about the actual issue. Leafy and friends fought as dirty as they possibly could against me -- They showed my private messages, my apologies, they colluded against me.. And what was their conclusion? That I'm an asshole? That I said mean things about someone I didn't like in a private conversation? So what?

As I said in the Pyro Response, those of you who know us best know what we are about. We love YouTube and we love our community. I did what I felt was right, I stand by our Leafy video, and I don't regret making it, even after they took it further than I ever feared they would. We are not two faced, what you see in our videos is who we are, I believe our actions and our content speak for itself. We love you. We appreciate ya. Papa bless.

Now back to the goofs spoofs lafs gaffs riots AND romps.