How Fyre Festival Almost Ruined My Life, Twice
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Maryann Rolle lost $50k of her savings catering for the disastrous luxury Fyre Festival before the infamous event ended in chaos, leaving her and the rest of the island unpaid.
People witnessed her plight on a documentary about Fyre, and she suddenly made a fortune on GoFundMe. VICE went to the Bahamas to discover what she’s going to do with the money and how she almost got scammed again.
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She made the right decision to return back all of the Go Fund Me cash to senders. Instead of giving up half to the greedy low life so called friend. This is evident that she has pure heart. Greed do consume the worst out of people.
Agreed....it seems the friend saw an unethical financial opportunity and tried to get her to go along with it.
Shes such a lovely lady im impressed. May God bless her.
Brandon Lester you’re all heart, Brandon.
Yes, I loved that she was willing to stand on principles and refuse the money.
She has a sweet heart, wish she was my mom
I just want to give this woman a hug
Christina Reynolds what about people with certain disabilities
I’m just glad she got some money back. Knowing me I’d just want to go hide and be depressed. So I’m happy she spoke out and was on camera and told what happened. these are the people trying to live in the aftermath of that festival.
Me too
She's my neighbor
RIGHT....she is a amazing woman! woow....id love to see her at the restaurant for my bucket list
I live in a tropical island like this and the fact tourist don't respect the people and the delicate environment boils my blood
Don't act like the locals of tourist hotspots don't prey on the tourists. Vendors, criminals and police themselves all make the most of it.
@@carnut666 👍
@Hector Rodriguez exactly. These people are weak.
@@carnut666 why not prey on those who invade your land and destroy your resources just for a good time? Where you live...lets hang out 😂
@Hector Rodriguez if the locals take advantage of the tourists, why would the tourists respect the locals
Kinda frustrating to think that a lot of the high profile models etc that they hired were paid but the everyday working people were left hanging
exactly. them models say sorry n kept the money
asteroides wasn’t the models fault. They where paid for promotional shoots and where promised VIP. The con artist Billy McFarland had them tricked.
@@LCERRP except when talking about it, they aren't sorry and even mock people for thinking they should be sorry
They were smart enough to get paid before doing it. Aint no way I'm spending t0k of my own money to feed someone else's festival. You pay me and then I cater the food.
This woman is nothing short of amazing, she is so resilient and strong after everything that happened. And she keeps paying that kindness forward, I wish her well!
I want to see her receipts before I cast my opinion !!
@@cbing4036 agreed. Numbers don't add up. And she keeps complaining despite making over 4x profit
JACpotatos vice love a virtue signalling story like this one. Like I said I will cast my opinion once I’ve seen her profit and loss spreadsheet !
@@cbing4036 I mean just because they failed to include any of that, on top of the other issues, I'm gonna have to doubt this lady
JACpotatos something smells of bullshit about this story.
This a real Bahamian. Very mannerly and humble. I can bet anyone who's been to the Bahamas will tell u Bahamians are really nice ppl.
they're really nice people. definitely a place of comeback mostly because of the bahamians.
I want to gooo
@@M.I.A105 if close or live in Florida u can take a boat named Baleària to Grand Bahama it's pretty cheap
Also the island I live on
she reminds me exactly of my grandmother who is bahamian. so beautiful & nice.
@@Island_Bag I pulled up the info they have so many bad reviews ☹️
“A little is much, if you give it from the heart” she is so pure and sweet!!! I love her and her soul. Bless this woman 💖
she gives me hope in humanity
That was the quote of the decade IMHO!
a story where a company actually did the right thing, good on gofundme for giving back her money after hearing the whole story
i hate when people try to get over on people with a good heart!
Pisses me off. Get over on the assholes of the world, leave us nice ppl alone 🙄
@@StellaCharm yes leave us alone. Wish there was a way to identify a nice person immediately, could use a couple of good friends lol
I know exactly how it feels, smh... I have been used. Still trying to press charges because I have lost everything!
TBVISION FILMS the audacity of those people 😑
It happens. People are awful
Bruh who is this woman? She'd rather send the money back to the donors than to take half? After all shes been through she can still look $125K in the face and say send it back? Bless her, her spirit is so pure and joyful that she will always be alright.
You’re just small minded
Such a sweet woman. Glad she got her money back
Hey Karl!
This lady is awesome, her attitude is great, that's how island people live with respect of everything and hard work, wish I lived there
So true !
@General YeahYeah He'd be a tour guide, chef, surf instructor, bartender... offshore investment banker...
@General YeahYeah man ur a bummer
@General YeahYeah woahhhhh, slow down there a second. If you get the right personality and don't mind, you can be an apprentice... You don't need culinary arts certification to whip up good food.
@General YeahYeah what qualifications do you need to be a tour guide??
This lady is proof that there is still GOOD in this World
I'm so happy that crowdfunding has become easier these days.
It gives honest victims like this lady a second chance when they have been screwed without reward.
"You don't want to say in this world, trust nobody, but God who do you trust?" This hit me hard. It's so true, I hope this woman is living peacefully now. I completely forgot about fyre festival, I watched the documentary a few months back. Crazy stuff
"There's still love in this world"
I'm gonna take that as my inspiration for the day.
FalseGodzzz Right! You can’t help but to smile hoping it’s true!
I almost cried when she said that
Pro tip: Don't trust ANYONE with your business or name, or someone saying they're doing something for you if you don't understand it.
Lady, you're a celebrity because you are the sort of person this world needs more of. Bless your amazing soul.
EXACTLY! She is a role model!
This lady is gold. Please protect her.
ps the beaches there remind me of some of the beaches at Sabah, Malaysia.
I'm Malaysian and I see what you mean! It's always to see the beaches when it's cared for.
Or terengganu's beach guys
Lived in Kota Kinabalu for 7 years where my mother still lives. You are absolutely right! Also reminds me of Mantanani Island
Except beaches in the Pacific are a million times better
@@downwiththemaster I wouldn't call myself a connoiseur but I've been to many different beaches around.
I've been to beaches in Australia, if that counts as being in the Pacific (it's South Pacific to be specific). Which beaches have you been to in Sabah, Malaysia?
She seems like such a sweet woman! God bless a giving heart!
Kendall jenner could have paid this woman back with what she makes for 1 Instagram post
Katya Kostyuk Schmidt Kendall Jenner didn’t screw this woman over and Kendall wasn’t responsible for what happened to her. Kendall was paid for a photo shoot, that’s it. If Macy’s CEO steals money from someone, do you blame the models in the Macy’s catalogs? No.
Billy McFarland is the one responsible. He promised to pay her and didn’t. Putting the blame on Kendall takes away the responsibility from Billy. He is the main focus and the reason for everything that happened
@@Feliciatanktop : I don't think OP was trying to make it look like she was responsible lol She was suggesting that she does some charity, no need to get mad...
@@Feliciatanktop Woosh. I don't think Kendall needs you to defend her buddy lmao
Catherine Vaz I’m not mad but everyone’s pointing fingers instead of actually putting the blame on the person responsible. Everyone brings up the kardashians in every scenario, in every conversation, making them more and more famous. Comments like this are taking away from the crisis that actually happened. We won’t know whether she donated money or not, so it’s pointless to talk about. What should be talked about is what we can do right now and in the future to prevent this from happening again. This isn’t Kendall’s story, this is *Maryann’s* story. Start saying her name more. Give Maryann Rolle as much attention as y’all give the kardashians. I’m sick of hearing about the kardashians in issues that don’t involve them. And then people wonder why that family is so famous. Y’all keep bringing up her name in everything
And?
"A little is a lot when God is in it."
oh MAN
💞🌎
I love how it would be ME clicking on donate with MY money, but it's all God. Please stop. It's the kindness of other people, not some fictional character.
Just think if everyone had her heart. Just listen to the JEWELS she dropped in this small interview. "A LOT is in a little"
She literally made my heart fill with joy. May God bless her beyond measure. She deserves it
I love her spirit. It's so beautiful.
This woman's story made me so sad while watching the Fyre festival doc. The workers were screwed over the most during this whole fraud thing.
The world needs more people like her. Such a sweet soul. She deserves the best.
The definition of a strong, black, independent woman
Why do people like you bring race into everything? Smh just appreciate people for what they are rather than on the basis of their skin colour.
@Brian Salomon *Strong independant black woman
@@eswarravi5918 Shut up
It is just an expresion, chill out. Goddaamn
All I see is a strong person. Gender and race got nothing to do with it. Keep your agenda to yourself
im starting a gofundme so all 417,000 people who viewed this video can afford to fly to exuma and give this woman a group hug.
Mary Gack I’m in
Count me in😁
We can dream haha
Count me in
We're 569k now! Count me in, btw!!
Nah we need to bless this lady round 2! She needs a Go Fund Me in her own name and we gotta redo 😭✨
Christasia Arieanna set it up! Lets get it
Yes
WHEN I SAW MARYANN I CLICKED SO FAST I HOPE SHES OKAY AND DOING WELL,
I JUST STARTED THE VIDEO ILL CONTINUE NOW
Ok, Erinvv
“A lot is in a little when God is in it... a little is much if you give it from the heart.” WELL SAID, everyone should learn from this woman!
This lady is more than I could ever be. At this point, I'd be so spiteful after something like this happened.
She's truly Bahamian.
And that's how you lose the future blessings. Had she been bitter and rude she would have never received more than she lost.
This lady is wonderful. I hope she gets her money back 10 folds.
...
Her outlook on life is amazing. Never send the pain you get back to the universe
4:45 “This is my husband, Elvis. The best thing that ever happened to me”. She’s so humble even through everything, this melted my heart :’)
She is like that aunt that supports and loves everyone no matter what, I love her already
Why are there subtitles? She’s speaking perfect English 😂
Do you just have your CC on?
Collin that was my point. They’re automatically turned on every time you click on the video...
@@mattcoster hmm, mine aren't 🤔
Collin I turned them off last time I clicked on it. Clicked the video again and they’re back on 🤷♂️
@@mattcoster I don't have cc... and its probably becausr of the accent.
Never trust a promoter. I been burned many times.
Kendall Jenner was paid $275,000 to promote the Frye Festival. She was later sued along with other artists and influencers associated with the festival, alleging that payments to influencers were part of the scheme to defraud investors. Jenner settled for $90,000. So She netted $185,000. She should donate that $185K to the good people of Exuma, The Bahamas.
she has to do a session at TED Talk. RUclips, show your magic~
I want this woman's strength, heart and resilience. Just amazing to witness. What a role model!
She seems like a wholesome person. It's nice to get a dose of positivity once in a while
"A lot is in a little when God is in it" Yesss words to live by!
This woman is amazing, to be able to sit down and talk about not only Fyre Festival and how they screwed her over, but also talk about how her friend tried to rip her off just because of money :( all the best to her, and i hope she and her business keeps getting more and more successful :)
I remember seeing her in the Fyre documentary, I felt so sad for her
She needs some love 💙
YES ... I JUST WENT BACK TO THE VIDEO AND IT SURELY DOES HAVE THE CC BACK ON. VERY STRANGE! I CAN UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE WORD SHE SAID. LOL SHE IS VERY WELL SPOKEN. SHE DOES NOT HAVE A "THICK" BAHAMIAN ACCENT. SHE IS A BIG HEART WHO THOUGHT OF MONEY AS A TOOL FOR BRINGING PPL TOGETHER. GIVING BACK THAT AMT OF MONEY IS VERY NOBLE! TOTALLY PROUD AND HAPPY FOR HER BCZ THE NEGATIVE WAS TURNED INTO A WORLD CLASS POSITIVE!!!
TRUE HUMAN BEING WITH KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE!💜🌺🌴
I love her statement... A lot is a little if you give it from the heart. ❤️
Its the other way around lol
"A lot is in a little when God is in it" took my breath away. It's amazing that after being screwed over twice by people she trusted she still has hope and still makes the choice to see the love in this world instead of the hate. I find her so inspiring 💜
Omg thank you for this update voice 😭😭😭 I was so sad for her!! Glad to see it's all working out
When you stop and think about it ... its a sad realisation. when somebody cant be nice and honest just because people are waiting to scr*w over somebody like that ...
This world is going to sh*t .... fast !
I will never place money above honesty
Sad to say but this is just human nature for some people and has been happening for thousands of years. Even in the bible there are stories that warn of swindlers and material-driven people.
Its good to know that there are others that keep their morals though. Thank you.
A normal person sees a begger on the street and thinks to himself : how can i help this man?
A greedy person sees a begger on the street and think to himself : how can i profit off this man?
Dont belive the world of the media,
The media is owned by greedy people, not normal people.
@meg sinzoa "the media" is the reason why you even know about this
@@Zwegtube what are you talking about? This was reported on by the media.
You really expect people to give a rats ass about some rich trust fund kids getting scammed?
The only scandal here is that the locals belived the rich man.
Lessons never come free, good ones usually costs alot.
I'm speechless on how humble/ grateful she is, that's awesome, bless her heart!
it warms my heart after all this she still tries to help others n work hard
In the netflix doc i cried when this lady broke down. On the other hand the final scene with the contractor just bro-ing it out with billy made me sick. Like dude, this man stiffed you and your crew and ur gonna smile and laugh abt it ??? Honestly most if not all the ppl they interviewed on the netflix doc were despicable. From the employees to the guest they interviewed. They all had these momments where they showed their true colors and mistakes that contributed to the failure.
Wow! We need to vacation here and help these people’s economy! ♥️♥️
Try to find a family owned B&B. Don’t give your money to a hotel company so you can be sure locals benefit.
Lol help us out 🇧🇸
Robustus have to be cautious though , and that’s anywhere . Always safer to stay in a hotel.
What a beautiful heart this woman has. So completely good natured and kind. In the aftermath of all of this garbage, she still manages to speak about it calmly. What a woman
Amazing woman. She deserves all the generosity going for what happened. Scandalous
So this is what honesty looks like.
We need more people like her. It's just so weird how such a horrible person making a scam of an event would bring out true goodness to shine.
"A little is a lot if you give it from the heart"
As much as I don't want to buzzkill this great line I couldn't get over the fact that as nice as it sounds giving it from the heart won't make a little into a lot.
"A little is a lot if we all give a little" drives home the sad reality we'd rather ignore. There's people who can afford to help a substantial number of people, there's people who can't afford to help others but don't need help themselves to live an acceptable life, there's people who need help.
Then of course you have a very small group of people who are busy playing a game of who's the richest man in the world! Unfortunately for us they need to use money as a bar amongst eachother to see who's managed to capture a larger percentage of the world's currency.
God forbid they stopped their game and thousands of people's lifetimes worth of money saw the light of day.
Massive bummer out.
this woman is living life working hard and sticking to principles god bless her and her family i wish them the best
This lady has a good heart and you can see it. I’m so glad everyone came together on gofundme she deserves every bit of it
I dont understand why people were so excited to go to Frye festival. The lineup was very lackluster. I guess people just wanted to go to the beaches of the bahamas.
The fear of missing out since many influencers and super models on Instagram were hyping it...
Word. But I’m GenX and I’d only pay that much if the Stones were headlining. The bands were lame.
What a warm hearted individual god bless her
Exuma’s beach looks so beautiful. That water was so blue 🌊 😍
"A little is much if you give it from the heart" that's lovely.
This lady is an angel and I am happy to hear she got some help but, did we forget about the other 200 or so local workers that never got paid from Fyre Fest? I am sure there is more...
Beautiful captured story about some of the people affected. Love her gratitude to life, so worth the help!
“A lot is in a little when God is in it” you better say that sis 👸🏾
I’m so glad ya’ll went and found her so she can share some updates! God bless her. Such a pure hearted, amazing woman! She deserves so much more!
If I were one of the models that were promoting it and actually got paid, I would’ve given that money to the people on the island that worked hard and got messed over in the end. Personally I wouldn’t have felt great cashing that check knowing people who did hard labor didn’t receive any compensation.
I’m glad I was able to donate to her. While I don’t know if I was one of those refunded, I’m glad she did get some support. She has a resilient character and I’ll be happy to keep trying to keep her business alive!
Ohhhhhh man bless her heart!! Poor woman her spirit was probably so broken.
I loved this story follow up! Incredible piece 👌
What a wonderful woman, and a wonderful story.
May God bless her.
I went to her beach side resort for lunch 1 year before fyre festival. Also I can’t believe I got on a sailboat at emerald bay resort right nearby where the “fema tents went up” to deliver the boat up the east coast to Maine. I remember the boat owner stored his boat there on the marina and his outboard motor was gone so we reported it stolen to the authorities but nothing came of that
That lady it's just lovely! I hope she gets all the success she deserves. 🤗
2:26 the horizon on her shirt lines up perfectly with the actual horizon and it delights me
Nice that you noticed. The DoP chose their angle carefully to make sure you got that.
Dam, vice came all the way to the Bahamas for this interview 🇧🇸
So kind of everyone to help her out, she seems like a real nice lady
when she said she gave 10% to the church I knew her heart was good.
"Its not a lot of money but a little is much if you give it from the heart" I respect her for standing her ground and and set boundaries to those that had ask money from her.
OMG quality Vice content!!! Could it be, could Vice be saved!?!? To bad it's only 5 minutes!!!!
She exudes her happiness through the screen and into my heart. I guess this is what the Bahamas do to people, they make you happy!!.. despite all the shortcomings you will face in life.
Glad to hear she is giving 10% to the church. That is awesome! God bless this lady.
Mulerider lol 😂🤔
Mulerider It sucks because he churches are the biggest scammers in the world.
I love God but I would have given the 10% to homeless ppl before the church and I go to church weekly. Tired of churches getting donations and NOT helping the less fortunate.
@@thenoicemango1827 some are. Not all
@@FaithandNova so do you give to a minstry that feeds the homeless or do you give the homeless money they can't manage.
A little is a lot of it’s coming from the HEART!
Bless this Lady and her amazing attitude and outlook on her complicated situations! We need more people in this world like you sweetheart!!
Wow the lady is too trusting
after watching the Netflix doc the only thing that stuck to me was this woman’s story, she has a heart of gold. I wish the absolute best for her
This is who the fyre documentary should've been about the whole time. Everyone who actually lives on that island got screwed
This poor island, I cannot believe how badly the organizers screw this island over. Ms Maryann you’re an amazing soul and I’m so sorry that you we’re not just screwed by Fyre Festival but someone you trusted as well. I’m so glad GoFundMe stepped up and helped you out. You are such a humble example of a real world angel. I love your message and positivity even after such a horrible set of circumstances. I wish you a wonderful and blessed life! I hope to visit sometime!
You can generally trust people, just don't trust them with massive amounts of money.
LIES most ppl are wicked even when there's no money involved.
I was just re-watching the Fyre festival documentary on Netflix and was wondering how Maryann was doing. I'm glad she is still smiling. Sweet woman.
What an amazing accent
dude this woman is linebacking life with purity of heart
When you got to fyre festival and find out there's no festival
I bet she gives the best grandma hugs
that's cool. I'd like to see how she renovates her business
I was afraid this would happen to her when I saw the GoFundMe. What a pure and faithful heart she has to stand her ground to say, give it back to the people, because you aren't going to take advantage of me or them. Support her if you visit the Bahamas.
I heard the food was the best part of the Fyre Festival!
Not the stories? I would love to be able to go to a festival that turns into such a failure. It would be great to be there with a camera and document it from the ground.
The fact that more than 20 people was able to afford a destination festival blows my mind. When you mostly see people financially struggling or just getting by, you forget that a few thousand people out there who aren’t. In any case, I hope we all grow to have a heart as good as this woman. Her eloquence and class is rare for any economic class.
How fyre docs. Ruinined my life!!🤣
A heart of gold, Maryann and her husband look quite happy, all the best to them!