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.
For posterity, Blonde tweeted today archive that her 50/50 split from the show was just over 40k for '22 an '23.
This is interesting context considering Matt was making 144k/yr for the time he was with Tenet media, which would be 3.5x more.
The Matt & Blonde show only grossing 80k annually (after YT's cut) is lower than I would've expected.
I can't imagine that Matt's solo YT vids with a few tens of thousands of views make much either.
It's pretty hard to live off 40k a year for 8-9 years with a wife, two kids and a mortgage without another side hustle.
I recall a few years back when Matt made an on-air veiled threat that he would "go get a real job to support my family" if listener support didn't improve.