Looks like the Matt and Blonde Show is breaking up

posted 45 days ago by SturmMilfEnthusiast 45 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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– Benevolentdictator 2 points 44 days ago +3 / -1

Matt is streaming his side right now.

Rumble chat & callers are pretty much unanimously pro-Matt.
Matt is on non-speaking terms with Blonde and expects it to be indefinite
Matt plans on continuing Wed & Sat streams on his own, but no idea the format
Matt was upset that Blonde informed him two hours before showtime Wed that she couldn't make it due to a presumed broken foot requiring an urgent care visit. He was resentful because he thought they had a pact to always show up for the stream "unless you're dead". He was pissed he had to do last minute show prep and stream alone. Her foot ended up being sprained, not broken. He thought it wasn't really an emergency and was annoyed when she ended up showing up at 9:10 pm EST asking to join the stream.
Matt was annoyed , but they didn't talk for the next 48 hours because of his birthday and anniversary. She sent him a wall of texts on Saturday. He eventually got her on the phone. They talked about the future of their collaboration. Matt claims it wasn't an ultimatum, but he gave her "future terms" that at some point he wanted her to accept a new 60/40 split, to smile more and to be present for every minute of the show.
Blonde took time & eventually counteroffered with the 55/45 split and more editorial control with choosing half the topics. Matt summarily rejected it, saying he wanted her to do more of her current work and couldn't trust her to do half his show.
Blonde responded back at 10 pm MST, saying she was quitting but wouldn't '"smear him in a public statement". Matt asked her not to go public until the show tomorrow Sunday. Blonde proceeded to post her statement to Twitter.
Matt says Blonde hasn't proposed any new topics/ideas to the show in ages.
Matt says he should've nipped Blonde dipping out from the show early immediately at the time.
Blonde approached Matt to resume the Wed show after the Tenet meltdown. Despite this, Blonde did no work for Wed and Matt prepped 100% of both.
Matt claims never to have rejected a Blonde idea because there were never any proposed.
Apparently a caller sent a wedding invitation to Matt. He didn't attend, but sent money.
Matt feels the Twitter post was a fatal betrayal to their relationship/partnership. He didn't sleep last night.
Matt claims if she'd showed tonight, they'd still be splitting 50/50.
Matt is planning in the next week to reach out to all recurring subscribers to somehow outline a plan to make them whole.
Matt got Dangerous Spaces / Tim in the divorce. He's working the call screener Discord tonight.
Blonde's post-Tenet collapse idea to renew the show was an Internet Bloodsports revival with debates. She proposed it a few weeks ago but did no groundwork. She wanted to announce the new IBS and promote it on the show. Matt wouldn't let her until something was confirmed.
Matt is doing a lot of simping to the audience: "I really appreciate all the years of support, I consider a lot of you callers friends, what Blonde did was disrespectful to you audience, she wouldn't come back to face you, etc"
Matt seems to be claiming to be a new Christian. He claims this new occurrence is a "challenge from God" that he's looking forward to tackling.
I may have missed a joke, but Matt insinuated that his current livestream studio was in his parents' house above their garage. He said his wife was with him there for the first 2 hours offstream as moral support.
Matt says the Blonde experience has made him honestly leery to enter another business relationship with a woman.
Matt showed some receipt texts as to their conversation Saturday that led to their cleavage. There was nothing particularly spicy.
I saw several $100 superchats on Rumble alone, so the revenge stream was lucrative for Matt.
Matt wants to keep Hoax Hate. Movie Reviews are gone. Plans new intro sounder. He had already commissioned several artists to make designs for new show merch that he will pay but can't sell.
One of his sponsors superchatted in with support .

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– SturmMilfEnthusiast [S] 4 points 44 days ago +5 / -1

I'm kinda surprised how many people are 100% with Matt on this. He's completely right about the workload and fairness of their business partnership, but I think he fumbled handling the conflict really badly. I'm not gonna bother writing entire essays on Youtube personality dramas, but I think people are just being taken more with Matt's practical business attitude rather than listening to what's actually being said.

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– Kienan 5 points 44 days ago +6 / -1

I'm on Matt's side but, yeah, he fumbled some things. Big time, on the interpersonal issues. I think Blonde was in the wrong, but Matt set the stage for some of that, and bears some of the blame.

And some people seem to be taking advantage of the drama to try to act like it was Blonde's edgy takes that were the problem, when it was an integral part of the show. I hope he doesn't let these people lead him away from edgy content. Although Matt did all the work, Blonde's presence did add spice, and she was an important (if overpaid) component. I do hope he tries to do something similar, and not just get someone who agrees with him. He needs the pushback.

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– Benevolentdictator 2 points 44 days ago +5 / -3

And some people seem to be taking advantage of the drama to try to act like it was Blonde's edgy takes that were the problem, when it was an integral part of the show. I hope he doesn't let these people lead him away from edgy content.

I've commented a few times in the thread, but I'm definitely redpilled at how much pearlclutching there was over Blonde's racism/white nationalism/Nazism etc in the Twitter threads and the chat tonight.

There was way too much "Yay, the evil bigot lady is finally gone" for what's supposedly a based podcast. I thought the racism was supposed to be not a bug but a feature.

Maybe his audience has morphed into more centrist christcucks while I've been away. There were way too many "Me and my wife love you Matt!" chats, no balance and hardly anyone telling Matt that he fucked up, even a little.

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– dylan 3 points 44 days ago +4 / -1

I think that’s just because those of us who are pro blonde saw this happen, and realized he would swing back harder into his milquetoast takes and so there’s no reason to watch or comment.

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