The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 3.23 What David Dobrik's New Apology Exposed, We Need To Talk About Colorado, & More News

Episode Date: March 23, 2021

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As someone that covers, consolidates, just generally talks about the news for the last 15 years as my job, I am an appreciator of headlines. And I consider it an art. It's a way to drive interest to evoke an emotional reaction, which is exactly what I had when someone linked me to a Reason article titled,

"'Most Americans Have Not Put On Pandemic Weight Actually.'" Which Elizabeth Nolan Brown, I don't know why you woke up and chose violence today, but okay. But also once you get past that headline, you actually look into the research that it's talking about. It's a very interesting multi-tiered story that goes beyond just trying to shame people like myself

for gaining 30 to 40 pounds. All right, so the survey at the center of this is from the APA, the American Psychological Association. And they found that slightly more than six in 10 US adults report undesired weight change since the start of the pandemic. Right, like your girlfriend in college goes both ways, though more one way than the other.

Finding that 42% of US adults reported undesired weight gain, 18% undesired weight loss, with the average gain and loss being 29 and 26 pounds. Also breaking down the results in different categories, age, race, gender. Also highlighting loss and gain if you're a parent or an essential worker. Though I do want to know it in places like the New York Times

and separate articles have said this, kind of understanding the scope of this problem has been a challenge. There have actually been a number of surveys out there and the issue is that surveys that simply ask people about their weight, they're notoriously unreliable. Right, self-reporting not always accurate.

I think anyone that's ever talked to a guy about their size, whether height or otherwise beforehand, and then they met, doesn't always match up. And you know, here's the thing. There are other aspects of this story to talk about where they noticed trends, like in the beginning of the pandemic, people were eating healthier,

but slowly became more sedentary. But for me personally, I think the goal of sharing this story is no matter who you are right now, know that what you're struggling with, especially if it has to do with your health and your weight, you are not alone. Please know this, and I said this from the beginning of the pandemic, and I'll say it again.

In the beginning, it was mainly because people were like, we're locked down in a contra hustle. This has been a global traumatic event. You in no way have needed to thrive over the past year. If you have, props to you, but really as long as you survived, you have done good enough. This is a moment in time

that I don't think I'm alone in saying this. I cannot wait for us to put behind us. It's a thing that we just discuss and talk about. Like it just, it's something that happened, okay? So stop being hard on yourself, you idiot. A better tomorrow can start today. You are not alone in this and you are not less than. You are just, you're experiencing it.

Okay, I'm glad we had this chat. But that said, let's talk about the continued fallout and the updates around David Dober. We've been talking about different aspects of this story for about a week now. One of the biggest, of course, was Insider publishing a huge report where you had a girl accusing a creator

by the name of Dirty Dom of raping her while she was too drunk to consent back in 2018 when she was filming a video with the Vlog Squad. And if you're unfamiliar with the story, the lead up, a lot of the details, I'm gonna link to our previous coverage down below. But where we last left things, we were talking about how David Dobrik was losing sponsors.

We're also seeing even more today. The likes of General Mills, HBO Max, Facebook, Audible, Bumble, Frank's Red Hot and Honey, all confirming to Insider that they have no plans to work with Dobrik in the future. We also saw what many consider David's biggest partnership, SeatGeek, following as well. Reportedly saying to TubeFilter,

they are not currently working with David Dobrik or the Vlog Squad, nor do we have any future planned campaigns. And then easily the biggest update to this story is that late last night, David Dobrik uploaded a second apology video. I'm gonna link to it in the description down below so you can watch it yourself.

But some of the highlights here, one, I mean, he acknowledged that his initial video fell short. He also emphasized that in making this video, he did not want to discredit what the accuser said, nor what people like Trisha Paytas and the reporter who broke the story have been saying. Also in this video, talking about how the video

that was filmed the night that the alleged rape happened should have never been shared and that the situation should have never happened. I fully believe the woman who came out against Dom and said she was by him. As it was reported, the next day, I got consent to post the video. Even though I got the consent to post that video,

I should have never posted it. And what I understand now, and I didn't understand before, is that she sent that text because she felt like she had to, not because she wanted to. And that's up. And I'm sorry, I wanna apologize to her and her friends for ever putting them in an environment that I enabled that made them feel like their safety and values were compromised.

Also saying that he didn't know what was happening at the time, but that he should have and that it should have been his responsibility to make sure that everyone was okay, but he did not do that. Also going on to say that he didn't understand that there was an uneven power dynamic and structure when people came to hang out with the vlog squad

to make videos. People felt like they had to be silent for the sake of my video, and that's not right, and it's f***ed up, and I'm sorry. He then addressed the previous sexual harassment allegations that Dom had faced in the past. This including from YouTuber, Ali Hardesty, who said that he groped her and forcibly kissed her

back in 2017. This in part because when Dom made a video addressing his poor behavior with women, David supported him with a comment saying, "'Proud of you, Dom. Being an idiot is easy. Owning up to it is tough. Glad you made this.'"

With David apologizing for believing Dom over the women in these situations. I couldn't wrap my head around a childhood friend of mine doing this to people and actually hurting people and I'm sorry for that. Not only did I discredit you, Abby, but I platformed Dom. And not only did I platform Dom, but I platformed the subject of sex

in a negative way where I made jokes about it. With Dobrik again reiterating that he stopped making content with and started distancing himself from Dom in 2019 when he started to become aware of these unfair power dynamics. So there it should be noted

that some people have disputed that timeline. Also saying that what Dobrik is saying here might be misleading. This is due to the fact that it looks like they appeared in the same content together on Dom's channel as recently as March, 2020. But if you actually search for that video now, it's been deleted.

Some people saying that it happened in the last 24 hours, which would make the timing suspicious. Though it wasn't technically on David's vlog, so people can come to their own conclusions there. But back to Dobrik's apology video, he added that he essentially fucked up at that time because even though he was coming to realize all this in 2019 and he was changing,

he still didn't apologize to the women, which he says he is sorry for. Also, Yadoburg just kind of addressing his past content in general. Before my content shifted to be more responsible and positive, I said and did things that were really offensive and I called them bad jokes and I can't even call them bad jokes.

And it was cowardly of me to say in my last apology that I missed the mark because it's gross and I'm sorry. And adding that while some people that he talked to said that he needs to fight back, push back against cancel culture, he said instead he really thinks he needs to take the time to learn and grow from his mistakes as well as take a break from social media.

And adding that when he comes back, he wants things to be different. And I wanna be able to have a place of checks and balances. I wanna have HR and I wanna be able to have people communicate discomfort checks and balances. I wanna have HR and I wanna be able to have people communicate discomfort in a way that's comfortable to them. And then closing by again, apologizing by saying that he wants to be available to anyone he may have hurt

in the past, also noting that he's gonna be reaching out to some. So that is the video and as far as my opinion, it kind of doesn't matter. The apology is not for me. It's not on me to forgive or not forgive Dobrik. My opinion here really has no weight. One thing I would say though,

is I think that this is the video that he should have put out initially. Like we've talked about in the past, I understand why celebrities don't react to backlash or certain things in the media, but this was at a completely different level and it needed to be treated thus. But as far as the reaction to this video in general,

I mean, depending on where you saw it or where people were talking about it, it was really different. As far as the video on YouTube, it has been received very, very well. About 11 hours after uploading it, it has about 397,000 likes, only around 17,000 dislikes. In general, it appears that the people

that are liking this video, supporting David through this, are happy he put it out, saying that it shows that he actually does take this situation seriously. Saying he's not making excuses, he's owning up to it, now people can actually focus on dumb. But, also scattered in those comments, but also heavily on social media, you have a lot of people saying it is too little too late.

Some saying it only appears that he's taking it seriously now because it's hurting his money. Right, as we've discussed, he's losing sponsors, he's losing investors. Some reactions also going viral like, David Dobrik said he couldn't wrap his head around the fact that his childhood friend was an assaulter and that's literally the problem.

Men will ignore and discredit women, but won't hold their besties accountable. But ultimately that is where we are with this story right now. Obviously we're gonna keep our eyes on this to see what happens next. But the big thing here is I wanna pass the question off to you.

What are your thoughts here? Do you personally feel like the apology was genuine? He did the right thing here. It's good to see him say this. Or are you in the camp of it's too little too late? This is David Dover just trying to protect his future and his money. What do you think? And why do you think that?

I'd love to know in those comments down below. Then easily one of my favorite political stories of the day. Let's talk about Sidney Powell. And for those that don't recall, because you've tried to push that ugliness out of your brain. She of course is the pro-Trump lawyer who spent months pushing false claims about the election. Funny enough, she's in the news now regarding those claims

because she is arguing in court that quote, "'No reasonable person would conclude "'that the statements were truly statements of fact.'" Right, and more specifically here, you had Powell's lawyers making this argument in a motion to dismiss a defamation case against her brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which is the election equipment manufacturer

that she claimed helped steal the election. Arguing that she was merely sharing her opinion and that the public could reach quote their own conclusions about whether the votes were changed by election machine. But I would argue the counter to that is apparently there's a lot of unreasonable people because a lot of people ate up the conspiracy theory she was spouting.

Also, I will say because it's been a while and given enough time, you start forgetting things, how ridiculous they are. I went back to look at what her quotes were and I forgot there are some fun ones like, "'The Dominion voting systems, "'the Smartmatic technology software, "'and the software that goes in

"'other computerized voting systems here as well, "'not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela "'at the direction of Hugo Chavez "'to make sure he never lost an election "'after one constitutional referendum referendum came out the way he did not want it to come out. To me, that appears that she's making a statement as if it's a fact.

Also, by the way, no. As AP Fact Check notes, Dominion does not have any ties to Venezuela, nor does it have a partnership with Smartmatic. At most, Smartmatic is an international company incorporated in Florida by Venezuelan founders. Powell also saying, "'One of the software's most characteristic features

is its ability to flip votes. It can set and run an algorithm that probably ran all over the country to take a certain percentage of votes from President Trump and flip them to President Biden.'" That did not happen, and as AP Fact Check notes, there's no evidence that any of Dominion's systems switched votes from Trump to count as votes for Biden.

And adding, a statement released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a federal agency that oversees US election security, says there's no truth to claims that votes cast for Trump were switched to count for Biden or deleted. Yeah, ultimately that is where we are with this story. Now it's gonna be interesting to see what happens

with this case and if Sidney Powell has more luck here than she did with the whole situation that got her into this defamation case in the first place. And then the last thing that we're gonna talk about today is the heavy and horrible news that 10 people yesterday were killed at the King Super grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, after a shooter opened fire on customers

and responding officers, with an officer being among the 10 that died. During a press conference this morning, authorities released the names of the victims as well, as a suspect who has already been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and is expected to be moved to jail later today from the hospital where he's currently being treated

for a gunshot wound in the leg. And while of course on my show, I don't show the names or the faces of these mass murderers. According to the police, he is a 21 year old man who lived in Arvada, a suburb of Denver that's about 65 miles away from Boulder. And he has lived most of his life in the United States. The police in Arvada also now saying

that they had two encounters in 2018 with the shooter. One on a report of third degree assaults and one of criminal mischief. With it now being reported that he was convicted of misdemeanor assault against another student in a classroom regarding that first encounter. Additionally, according to reports, FBI officials already knew the suspect's identity

because he was linked to another person under investigation by the Bureau. With federal law enforcement officials also separately confirming that the shooter used an AR-15 type of assault rifle. And that is actually a very significant part of this story because this attack comes just 10 days after a judge blocked the city's ban on assault style weapons

and large capacity magazines. Notably, while it is right now hard to say either way, what kind of immediate impact that ruling might've had here, it was actually implemented following the Parkland shooting in order to prevent shootings exactly like this. And according to a police affidavit made today, the suspect purchased a semi-automatic pistol

less than a week before the attack. Though it is unclear at this time if he used the gun in the shooting because the affidavit also said that he had that pistol and the AR rifle, which is why among the numerous reactions we saw a lot of people calling for gun reform. This including prominent politicians like Senator Chris Murphy, who has lobbied extensively

for common sense gun control since the Sandy Hook shooting, writing on Twitter, this is the moment to make our stand now. Today, our movement is stronger than the gun lobby. They are weak, we are potent. Finally, a president and a Congress that supports gun reform. No more Newtowns, no more Parklands, no more Boulders. Now we make our stand.

With him also noting that the Senate Judiciary Committee is having a pre-scheduled hearing on gun violence that is quote, the predicate to bring a comprehensive background checks bill to the floor. And tweeting, the two most significant drops in rates of American gun violence in the last 100 years came immediately following the two most significant gun law reforms passed by Congress.

That's not a coincidence. But on the other side of this, you also have people like Senator Ted Cruz responding to similar remarks made by another Senator by saying. And every time there's a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together

and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders. What happens in this committee after every mass shooting is Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens because that's their political objective. Though Cruz and other politicians like representative Lauren Boebert also received a lot

of backlash for their comments or rather their weak statements. Boebert for example, was criticized for not issuing a public comment after the shooting in her state. And she actually got slammed even more when she finally released a statement because her response was,

while some elected officials have already started using the shooting to advance a political agenda, I refuse to do so. Which I will say maybe five, 10 years ago when I was acting like an enlightened centrist, maybe it would have been a similar argument I would have had. My response now is as far as reactions,

if not now, when? Right, like for example, obviously a different situation, but if you had all these intersections where you live, where there are no stop signs or stoplights or anything like that, and just a ton of people were dying. People are crashing into each other, T-boning each other. Maybe, I don't know, there's a visibility issue, right?

Tons of blind spots going into it. I would say that it is a smarter move to sooner rather than later go, maybe we install stop signs. My reaction is not gonna be, why are you politicizing this tragedy? I'd be like, oh, you're trying to find a solution to what appears to be a continuing problem. And so I just kind of wanted to say that

cause that's my kind of issue of like, it's too soon to try appears to be a continuing problem. And so I just kind of wanted to say that cause that's my kind of issue of like, it's too soon to try to do something about the problem. I've grown to just really hate that sentiment. And I will say it is interesting in the situation that we're in that, you know, we keep talking about like, oh my gosh, I can't wait till we get back to normal. But I had forgotten that we were talking about shootings seemingly constantly before the pandemic,

which is actually something that former President Obama hit on in his statement saying, "'A once in a century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. We shouldn't have to choose between one type of tragedy and another.'" Also adding, "'We are grateful for the courage of Officer Eric Talley,

who ran into danger to protect others, and we hope his memory and the memory of all those we've lost will not be in vain.'" And saying, "'We can make it harder for those with hate in their hearts to buy weapons of war, we can overcome opposition by cowardly politicians and the pressure of a gun lobby that opposes any limit

on the ability of anyone to assemble an arsenal, we can and we must, and closing, because this is a normal we can no longer afford. And that is actually something we saw President Biden himself echoing. The United States Senate, I hope some are listening, should immediately pass the two House pass bills that close loopholes in the background check system.

This is not, it should not be a partisan issue. This is an American issue. It will save lives, American lives, and we have to act. We should also ban assault weapons in the process. Now, notably here, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did say today that he would bring the background check bill before the Senate, though he did not say when. And there is a question of what would actually happen

in the Senate, right? Because while yes, you do have a 50-50 split in the Senate, you also have moderate Democrats like Joe Manchin already saying they oppose it. So it's unclear what's gonna happen next, if we'll see any tangible legislation anytime soon. And ultimately with this story, or really anything that stood out to you today,

I'd love to know what you're thinking in those comments down below, because this is the end of the show. As always, thank you for hitting that subscribe button, joining the family, hitting the like button, all the good stuff. If you're looking for more news to watch, I got you covered right here on the top links down below.

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