YouTuber Colleen Ballinger, aka Miranda Sings, has been within the headlines lately after being alleged of sexually inappropriate behaviour.
The web character, who in 2016 turned the primary YouTuber to get her personal scripted TV present, was accused of “trauma dumping” and sending sexually specific messages to followers.
In a brand new video posted to her Colleen Vlogs YouTube account, she denied the allegations whereas taking part in the ukelele, labelling them “lies and poisonous gossip”.
She mentioned: “Some persons are saying issues about me that simply aren’t true. Although my crew has strongly suggested me to not say what I’m going to say, I realised they by no means mentioned I couldn’t sing about what I need to say.”
Right here’s all the things we all know concerning the YouTube character and the brand new allegations in opposition to her.
Who’s Colleen Ballinger aka Miranda Sings?
Colleen Ballinger is a Los Angeles-based YouTuber who created the sketch character Miranda Sings. Within the function, Ballinger performs a teenage lady with a trademark of badly-applied pink lipstick.
First gaining notoriety with the alter-ego in 2008, Miranda Sings gained thousands and thousands of views with purposefully poor covers of the likes of Adele’s ‘Good day’ and Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Imply?’.
Why is Colleen Ballinger controversial?
The web character, who in 2016 turned the primary YouTuber to get her personal scripted TV present, has been accused of “trauma dumping” and sending sexually specific messages to followers.
The allegations first got here to mild in 2020, when fellow YouTuber Adam MacIntyre posted a video titled “colleen ballinger, cease mendacity” and accused her of creating an unhealthy relationship together with her when he was aged 13.
In a video posted in Could 2020, Ballinger responded to the allegations – which included being accused of sending MacIntyre her underwear – in a video titled “addressing all the things”.
She mentioned: “No, I ought to have by no means despatched a fan underwear, how silly am I? No, I undoubtedly ought to have by no means given him entry to my Twitter account, and no, I shouldn’t have talked to him as typically as I did.”
Now, members of the Miranda Sings fan membership have spoken to HuffPost UK about their alleged experiences together with her.
One, known as Becky, recalled being invited on stage throughout a 2019 “yoga problem” occasion the place Ballinger lifted her legs and unfold them open, with a fart sound being performed over the audio system.
“I appeared as much as her a lot and I simply trusted her a lot that I did it,” Becky mentioned. “I laid down and she or he simply unfold my legs broad open for everyone to see.”
Talking to Rolling Stone concerning the incident, she added: “I used to be mortified in that place. I used to be in shock. However I had so many like buddies by way of [the fandom] that I didn’t need to essentially lose.
“So for a bit bit, I used to be pretending to be like ‘Yeah, that was actually humorous.’ I used to be fearful that I might be known as ungrateful as a result of I received to go up on stage.”
Responding to Ballinger’s new video-based denial of the allegations, MacIntyre tweeted: “As a lot as colleen discredited & made enjoyable of me, im glad her video did ONE factor, present you all EXACTLY the kind of evil lady she is, that numerous us have skilled over the previous few years behind the scenes, the masks has slipped…everybody meet the REAL colleen ballinger.”
In Ballinger’s new YouTube video, she mentioned: “Some persons are saying issues about me that simply aren’t true. Although my crew has strongly suggested me to not say what I’m going to say, I realised they by no means mentioned I couldn’t sing about what I need to say.”
She added: “I used to message my followers – however not in a creepy means, like numerous you are attempting to counsel. It was extra of a loser type of means. I used to be simply attempting to be besties with all people.”
Although admitting “there have been instances in DMs after I would overshare” she added that she “modified my behaviour and took accountability”.
NME has reached out to representatives for Ballinger for remark.
