Looks like the Matt and Blonde Show is breaking up

posted 62 days ago by SturmMilfEnthusiast 62 days ago by SturmMilfEnthusiast +60 / -1

Blonde's statement:

https://x.com/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648

https://nitter.poast.org/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648

https://archive.is/Ayw3e

Matt's (sorta) response:

https://x.com/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091

https://nitter.poast.org/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091

https://archive.is/QIZeJ

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.

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– ChillBinging 6 points 62 days ago +6 / -0

I never really followed them much, I watched a few of Matt's videos a few years ago and then stopped because I didn't have much interest, ironically in part because of what the chick said here: News reaction channels are a dime a dozen, and while Matt was the best of the bunch in terms of reasonableness, it gets hard to give a fuck after seeing the same bullshit over and over again in slightly different contexts.

This seems like some weird, very minor drama to me, dunno why she framed her tweet in such a way. It started out amicable and then acted like Matt almost forced her to keep doing the same thing they were already doing for 8 years to this point. No need for such grandstanding if its just you getting tired of doing something. I guess that's women for ya, even the "based" ones often have some kind of issues. Doesn't help that she seems like a blowhard. I also fail to see how continuing as she already was would "compromise her principles", but whatever.

Edit: Apparently there's been an update from the chick's side. Suddenly it makes more sense why this parting was not as amicable as it should have been, apparently it was over a pay/work dispute between them.

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– Kienan 8 points 62 days ago +9 / -1

I guess that's women for ya, even the "based" ones often have some kind of issues.

Yup, my thoughts exactly. It's hilarious, she's massively based on some things...and pretty much a feminist on others, and gets in bitchfits from time to time. Not on the show thankfully, but she's a lunatic on Twitter. Which is hilarious, but still troubling.

Edit: Apparently there's been an update from the chick's side. Suddenly it makes more sense why this parting was not as amicable as it should have been, apparently it was over a pay/work dispute between them.

Where do you see that? I'm not seeing it on Twitter.

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– ChillBinging 13 points 62 days ago +13 / -0

Where do you see that? I'm not seeing it on Twitter.

Lol, apparently it looks like she deleted it before I could archive it.

Here's the copy-pasted text I still have on my nitter page:

Rebecca @Blondes_tweets 12m

I’d also like to offer some transparency because this will be discussed on Matt’s solo show tomorrow; this is pretty much all I want to say about it, though.

After a spat resulting from my tardiness when I tore a ligament in my foot on Wednesday, Matt called me today and flatly issued me three terms:

In order to continue to appear with me in the future, I would have to take a pay cut from 50/50 to 60/40, to stay for the duration of reading superchats instead of putting my children to bed, and to increase my work and effort level on the show.

I have done considerably less work on the show than Matt. This has always been the case, as he retains the majority of creative control. However, the last few years, I have become bored with the news cycle and I think it has been obvious to the audience.

I suggested that I pick and populate half of the topics, split the proceeds 55/45 in his favor and we continue to work together. I was rejected and was told that his family’s livelihood cannot be gambled on me.

His ultimatum was completely fair. I do less work. But I resented being given an ultimatum and list of terms, as well as my offer being denied.

I am very sorry about this. So, I suppose, it is true that I quit, but not without impetus. It is also true that I did not want to do a final stream where we squabbled over the details of our parting.

Please understand that this was not because I don’t love the audience or think that I don’t owe you an explanation. I merely found the idea so uncomfortable that I didn’t want to do it.

No matter what is said about me on tomorrow’s stream, I am not going to respond so as not to drag this out further. I’ve also been asked to not speak in the chat again.

Once again, thank you for your years of support and I hope this has shed some light on what happened.

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– SturmMilfEnthusiast [S] 9 points 62 days ago +9 / -0

Cood catch. Man, it's a real shame if it fell apart over business matters, not that there's really a good way for it to happen.

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