Blonde's statement:
https://x.com/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648
https://nitter.poast.org/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648
Matt's (sorta) response:
https://x.com/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091
https://nitter.poast.org/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091
If you don't know, the Matt and Blonde Show was a weekly (briefly twice weekly) show going over a handful of noteworthy news stories for the week. Matt Christiansen hosted it on his channel, and it was co-hosted by Blonde. Matt's more of a borderline-autistic conservative, while Blonde is burn-this-shit-down reactionary, so they had a pretty interesting dynamic. One disassembles and analyzes a story, the other just rips it to shreds.
You may also have heard of Matt from the recent Tenet drama, since he was one of the channels under them. As an independent channel, he was always a very thorough investigator, and meticulous about sourcing his arguments. His work was practically spotless, which made it hard for anyone to smear him until the Tenet thing happened.
We'll have to wait until tomorrow to hear Matt's side apparently. Normally I'd back him immediately, but being involved in a phony federal investigation is the kind of pressure that makes most people crack, especially when they have something to lose.
TL;DR: Blonde says she'd have to pull back on important topics for her (likely race and failing democracy) for somewhat unclear reasons, and chose to leave the show instead, Matt says he'd word it differently. It's all very vague as of yet.
Well, that's out of nowhere.
It still remains to be seen if there are sides. That said, if there are, I'm with you that we'll have to wait and see...but I expect to be with Matt, but who knows.
Honestly, weird move. It was always Matt's show, he's quite pro free speech, so if he was asking her to 'censor' it was basically because he wanted to stay on topic, I assume. While it was the Matt & Blonde show, Matt was totally the driving force. And I think Blonde would admit that herself. I like her, and she's funny, but she'll be the first to admit that she's...uh, not super dedicated. She said as much pretty much every week. This show was a great opportunity for her, since she just had to show up. If she's managing her own stuff instead, I really don't see it being as reliable, not even close.
Also, Blonde is known for being a bit...explosive and impulsive, which is another reason I'm tentatively siding with Matt until more information. If you take his mini-statement at face value, sounds like she jumped the gun bigtime, which is pretty disrespectful, too. But who knows what's going on behind that scenes.
Sad to hear they're breaking up, and it will be interesting to hear Matt's side. Man, dude just can't catch a break, huh? It's a serious meme at this point.