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.
I said I'd try to withhold judgement, but based on the alleged deleted Tweets from Blonde...
This sounds like the woman moment to end all women moments.
I think it's more like Matt having the Tenet media paycut finally catch up with him.
He was clearing something like 144k for a single one-hour livestream a week and two weekly vids. Not to mention the remaining revenue from their ongoing Sunday independent shows.
He decided to try to renegotiate terms, which was within his rights and had a strong case.
But Rebecca was already half checked out and didn't need the money.
By trying to claw another 10%, he may have killed the golden goose.
I do have to wonder if it'll be worth it in the long run for him. I dunno how many people can replace Blonde. She can say some shit that would get 90% of people immediately banned, like "We should kill all these drag-in-school queers"-level shit, somehow get away with it, and reel herself back in before she really goes off. I dunno how she does it, but in almost a decade, I don't think a single issue the show has ever had was related to something she said. It'd be very easy for a new cohost to try to replicate that and fuck it all up.