A video resurfaced in which Ballinger and her sister, then in their teens, impersonated Latina women using blatant racial stereotypes. In addition to not paying McIntyre for the work he did for her, Ballinger and her friend Kory Desoto sent him a lingerie set in the mail when he was 14 years old.Īt the time that McIntyre’s video came out, Ballinger was already under fire for allegations of racism and fatphobia. However, Ballinger allegedly blamed McIntyre for the backlash she received after he posted a coming-out joke that she approved. McIntyre went on to claim that Ballinger made him her unofficial social media “intern” and allowed him to post to her Miranda Sings Twitter account and create content for her. Things got even stranger when she began confiding in McIntyre about her divorce from then-husband Josh Evans and directing him to probe gossip sites and report information to her. This was problematic from the onset, considering that Ballinger was 30 years old and was privately messaging with a 13-year-old fan. Ballinger started reaching out and talking to McIntyre after they met during a live stream. McIntyre was a fan of Ballinger and ran several fan pages dedicated to her. McIntyre, who was 17 years old when he made the video, revealed that he’d begun interacting with Ballinger on a “personal level” when he was only 13. While the allegations are finally starting to receive wider coverage, they were first brought to light three years ago.Īs mentioned above, the first allegations against Ballinger arose in 2020 with McIntyre’s video. However, her stardom is finally starting to show cracks as numerous disturbing allegations have arisen about her inappropriate behavior toward fans.
Considered one of the “OG” YouTubers, Ballinger boasts almost 11 million subscribers on her Miranda Sings channel and another 3.35 million on her personal channel, Colleen Vlogs.
Her YouTube career later gave way to a book deal, a one-woman comedy act, and even a Netflix series. Still, Ballinger managed to make a breakthrough in the YouTube realm. However, some have criticized Ballinger’s Miranda Sings personality for being a caricature of a neurodivergent individual. The character is meant to be satirical a way of poking fun at people who are overly confident in their ability to get famous through YouTube. She gained popularity for portraying internet character Miranda Sings, an eccentric and narcissistic woman with a bad lipstick job who dreams of stardom despite having no talents. Colleen Ballinger was one of the first individuals to attain widespread fame on YouTube.
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