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.
If Tim was paid anything more than exposure, Matt wildly overpaid.
It wouldn't be out of character for Matt to wildly overpay someone.
I've sent money to their show a few times -- I think he does good work and I'd rather give strong support to one guy than a bunch of smaller contributions to multiple channels.
I send it via check so that Youtube doesn't take a cut. He sends handwritten thank-you notes in return.
I agree- Matt strikes me as someone with more heart than business sense. Him burning this stuff to the ground seems like it’s owing to financial issues he has because tenet exploded in his face.
The handwritten thank you notes is a nice touch.
I do still respect Matt's consistency & hustle.
Though like all YTubers who complain about having "No Time" despite only a few public facing hours a week, I do wonder what they specifically do all week behind the scenes compared to your average wage slave job.