about 30 minutes after I finished up this video, Karl and Mutahar released the full Discord call on Twitter, and I can confirm the preceding conversation and overall surrounding context to this segment of the call does not make it look any better lol
All he had to do, to not look like clown was. - Say he didn't know - Apologize for incompetency - Donate the money - Thank Muta and Karl But no he had to dance around the subject, digging himself further. The final nail was begging to them like a bitch
You make a strong assumption that he had the money when the video dropped. Considering that it took him a month to actually donate, it's obvious that he had to liquidate some assets before he had the funds. Since he's already a clown and a criminal to anybody who knows how to use a calendar, coming out swinging was the last resort he had. His career is over anyway, but he hoped he can scare/cry/"open hand" slapp away a criminal charge.
You'd be surprised how many people out there are just like Jirard. My former brother-in-law was the exact same. All he had to do was admit his wrong doing and make amends. But no, he kept going like the world was wrong and only he was right. Now, my sister divorced him and kicked him out (he was the lazier of the two) and doesn't know where to go now, still not admitting his fault and changing himself.
My uncle is currently in a memory care home for dementia. The way Jirard lied about donating to various dementia charities for nearly a decade infuriates me. That he's now trying to paint himself as a victim disgusts me. The guy is a pathetic waste of skin.
My cousin's are nurses in a nursing home for dementia and Alzheimer's patients.She loves her patients so much.I can't believe this dude really did this.He needs to be locked up
I'm sorry to hear about that, I wish you and your uncle the best of health, but yeah, What Jirard did to exploit and embezzle his viewers for sympathy for his on selfish gain, not only that he even points and proudly states that he used his mom corpse for research and science, really abhorrent.
@Pomni_SMG4 it’s good that you have so much confidence in your self but also you have to think many other people think there content is better than yours
Disappointed you didn't touch on how manipulative he was. Especially when he said he has "20 mouths to feed". Im a team manager at a store, I never refer to my employees like that. It is very specifically said like that to trick them into sympathy.
@@extralevel8253 Lol fr tho. "Won't somebody please think of the children?!" If he really cared about his employees he wouldn't have let this go on as long as he did.
Trying to handle their disasters publicly. It's mandatory so they at least fly under the radar. At best, they can be forgiven and considered trustworthy
The “righteous fury” the completionist is trying to convey despite his negligence and the literal fraud he has committed makes me cringe to the very depths of my soul
@@garretdrake2347I don’t think they will, nothing they said was slander. And they went out of their way to not claim that he outright stole the money because that wasn’t provable given the information they had at the time.
Jirard is always hiding behind his mother, mentioning her death from dementia in every video. It's so shameless how he promotes the death of his mother to gather money for charity and yet never donated a single cent for the noble cause until he got called out for it.
Many, many things are left unaccounted for - 600K is not all the money he raised over the years. He was directly lying every year saying funds were going to numerous charities. In the end only ONE of them got SOME of the money after TEN years. He also lied and said all bits and donations to his channel go to the fundraising, then recently claimed that all went to him directly. There is also the fact that the money today is not the same value as it was 10 years ago due to inflation, and the loss of opportunity of 10 years of research that could have been building towards something. I think they had it in the market building interest for them to pocket, and maybe try to pocket it all if enough time passed unnoticed. Its why it took weeks for him to eventually get the money out and pay 600K. Some real shitty stuff going on. The saddest part is some of his fans immediately taking his side when its very obvious they were doing some shady shit. He needs to be in jail, charity fraud is so messed up.
Jirard just keeps looking worse and worse. The only thing he cares about is his career even throwing ProJared under the bus when he was proven innocent AND was one of the first to his defense. What a great friend.
I mean Jared was still being extremely irresponsible exchanging nudes with fans when there was a blatant power imbalance at play but yeah, he was innocent of alot of the more heinous stuff people accused him of and its kinda unfair he's still maligned by a large percentage for something he literally didn't do. As far as Jirard throwing him under the bus goes I'd imagine anyone who would use their mother's death as a sob story to scam people out of hard earned money would also be a toxic friend and miserable human being to be around. No wonder Greg didn't stick around
@xxrocketshark216xx4 dude have you ever seen the video where Jirard announced that Greg made him take down the first 120 episodes and he says "I could fight this but I won't" Makes you wonder what really happened there...
It really is just narcissism. They thrive off of the opinions of others, preying on sympathy (using his mother and other situations to seem like a victim or he's having a hard time) to use and manipulate people. It's how they get away with it. No one believes the "nice guy" or fluffy wholesome gamer boi with the characterized beard would ever do something like that.
Jirard bringing up Jontron and Projared just to prop himself up really rubbed me the wrong way. Has to throw them under the bus to make himself look good
What did Jontron even do? I always see him mentioned in these things but I never fully understood why. Not defending him or anything, I just don't know.
@@andrewmetzenroth5631 Destiny invited him to a politically debate which didn't go to well for him as he was ill prepare and in turn lead to him being made a pariah by the internet for a time as a result.
@@andrewmetzenroth5631 To answer your question more directly, Jirards specific "johntron when he was a racist" comment is referring to an old clip during an interview with the streamer destiny where he says black people are more likely to commit crimes in america than white people. While the entire debate didn't make him look great, Im pretty sure I remember that being the thing he got the most hate for.
Another thing I find really hilarious about this, is the fact that ProJared was so quick to defend Jirad on Twitter, writing a very emotionally driven response to defend him, while Jirad on the other hand just casually throws him under the bus in the Discord interview, to make himself look unfortunate for knowing the guy lmao
The fact that he cares way more about his reputation than the victims of dementia that he has withheld donations from and the people he's scammed says a lot about his character
The amount of times Jirard tries to invoke his mother as a deflection/defense against the criticisms is just gross and obvious. I really have to wonder what his main demo is if he (and/or his team) thinks constantly and obviously evoking his mother like this isn't completely transparent and obvious.
It’s such a shame. I liked the completionist a lot before all this came down. I was hoping it was sheer ignorance on Jirards part but it seems more and more that he had intent in what he did. Now watching his old vids are gonna feel so tainted now
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Really sucks. The whole "I'm gonna %100 every game I can" shtick was a fresh new take on gaming, that I'm really surprised to see(specifically the summarized descriptive version he does, so I'm not just watching some sweaty ass gamer mash a controller for 20 straight hours on a livestream) was new for the gaming corner of youtube. Prediction: Next we're gonna be hearing all about how he didn't even play the games, probably didn't pay his friend who DID, and some company has more control over his online personal than even he does(not that any of this excuses his actions, as far as I gather this charity was all his creation) That just seems to be the series of events for "influencers" these days. Edit: Moral or the story: DON'T DONATE TO CHARITY EVENTS!!!!! If you see a charity you wanna donate to, just send the money directly to the organization, and cut out the useless middlemen. All of his angry fans could just as easily have donated to the Alzheimers foundation(or whichever one he was "promoting") and at least they wouldn't have wasted money to stress over, just another youtuber running a scam that they were lucky to avoid.
I know. It hurts so much! Sorry for the rant, but I gotta say it. As someone who has a relative with dementia, this hurts. This was someone I never expected to be this…Greedy, selfish, self-centered, soulless, cruel, pathetic, guilt-tripping being who I thought was making a difference in the world. Not a person at this point. Not a man. “A man keeps his word,” as the saying goes. He promised and promoted his “charity” under the guise of helping dementia patients and families, when really, he kept all that money in an account, untouched for a decade. A decade that could have at least made a breakthrough in dementia research, more treatment options, or maybe even a cure for this painful, cruel, horrible disease that causes countless deaths and suffering. I truly despise people like him. A wolf in sheep’s clothing, a two-faced, lying, arrogant, backstabbing bastard.
Yeah, this call solves it just by his reaction alone. I might imagine maybe Karl and Mutahar maybe held back this to spare him some backlash. Maybe they wanted to wait and see what he would do. Or maybe they wanted to get legal counsel first. Either way, it’s amazing that Jirad would act all high and mighty and accuse Karl and Mutahar when he knows full well what he said in this meeting. It’s disgusting.
Whilst I do not side with Jirard and I find what he did abhorrant, my only concern is that one cannot accuse another of fraud without a proper trial and conviction. Such an accusation constitutes slander and Jirard must have consulted legal counsel on this matter. I am not familiar with the legal system of Karl’s country, so I cannot comment on his case. However, I know that in the US, libel and slander laws are very strict, as a close relative of mine recently won a lawsuit against someone who falsely claimed that he was engaging in disability fraud. Despite the apparent evidence against him, my relative proved that the accuser was negligent or malicious in making the false statement. Therefore, the accuser was held liable for libel and had to pay damages. Without a conviction of fraud, the statement that he committed fraud is not factual. It is akin to providing financial or legal advice without the requisite credentials or license.
@@DigitalViscosity In the US slander refers to false accusations that are lies with intent. The accusations were not false here based on the sheer amount of proof coming out straight from Jirard's own mouth. You don't need a completed audit to see that Jirard is a really bad dude here because anyone who understands the English language knows that he clearly claimed to have sent money to charities when he sent them nothingv. The only way this backlash should end is if there's a 3rd part indepth audit and everything related to the inconsistencies in accounting and also the statements he made gets explained how they are legally "ok" - but we all know that it won't be ok for him or his foundation. At this point if the IRS doesn't audit him then that's a failure of the US govt.
@@DigitalViscosityI think your mixing up a lot of different info here to get your conclusion. That close relative won their case because the person slandering them had no evidence to back up their claims. Not because there wasn't a proper trial. In this case, there is more then enough publicly available evidence to make the conclusion that there was charity fraud. Jarard directly said to donators that he was working with charities and that he was even the number one donator to the UCSF. While knowing nothing was being donated. Don't need a full trial, to say that was charity fraud...when his actions are the legal definition of charity fraud.
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The Completionist is the Lebanese Taxi driver of charity fundraisers. He tells you it will cost $3 to get you in the cab, during the journey he tells you it will cost $5, and when you reach the destination he tells you its $20, and if you dont pay up he will call the local police. I have travelled a lot in Arabic and Muslim countries and its all the same grift: Its not technically stealing if you appropriate money by conning people, persuasion, or pressuring them. Jirard is an absolute grifter who somehow thought what he was doing was ok because he was not "technically" stealing..... until he "actually" started stealing. Mark my words, when this all gets investigated it will turn out that he raised $4-5 million.
@@klkl3775 I don't think the point is that Jirard is Muslim. I think the op was just using an analogy for what Jirard's doing to anyone who's donated to his "cause".
Literally every RUclipsr when something bad happens surrounding them: "iM sORrY, now to destroy the reputation of the person who got me in trouble" (aka SSniperWolf)
The fact that Karl has by accident stumbled into being the biggest investigative journalist in gaming by accident is telling about the state of this industry.
I think it was Muta if I'm not mistaken or maybe Karl himself that mentioned that Karl was actually tipped off by an anonymous source, so not necessarily 'accidentally stumbled into' per se. He still did fantastic work on following up and reporting on it though.
It's just kinda sad to know all this evidence has been publicly available for years, jarard has gotten away with scamming his fans all because we were all complacent and trusted him to do the right thing...that no one actually thought to check and see if he was. Just shows everyone needs to be more active with where the money goes when donating to a charity of any size or reputation.
he didnt say that he found what happened with this guy as an accident..he said that Karl didnt want to be an investigative channel from the beginning. He had videos about speedrunning, then he got involved with silly b1tchell..and now this.
That feel when Projared blindly defended him, not knowing Jirard already threw him under the bus in the same call in the video. Jared is actually entertaining to watch again, and has been for a while with his randomizer runs and stuff on RUclips or streams. Throwing JonTron under the bus too isn't exactly wise because he actually has connections to do a lot of what Jirard said he wanted to transition into. He's also equating Jon and Jared's incidents with his nonstop lies and fraud. Jared's life imploded, and Jon pissed off people. Jirard and his family's shady decisions to hoard cash lead to losing a metric ton of value that could have helped so many people just living with the disease, even if it didn't "go straight to research only."
jontron came no where close to breaking a law. he had an unpopular opinion. projared did something unethical, but he cleared himself of the serious allegations. jirard committed a federal crime.
"I'm so angry that these funds were donated to where they were supposed to be going! That's why I'm going to sue the people who called me out! 😠😠😡" - Jirfraud
Bringing up Jontron and projared as if to not make it about is amazing because those two people have nothing to do with this case. It's just blistering nonsense.
Even so I don't see how that's relevant to Jirard committing charity fraud, the only reason he even brought that up is to make himself to be the victim of a woe is me story so he can use in court towards his arguments, its a literal nothing burger.@@safi6749
The passive aggressive manipulation is next level! I don’t put anything past this guy! He 100% committed charity fraud by its very definition and him inviting an audit is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen a person do online!
No-one is going to go after this for fraud charges. The case is week as and made not even get a fraud conviction if they tried. E.g. $325,000 was made raised in the last 3 years. IRS know they are wasting their time auditing him, what they going to do say, you should have given the money away, oh wait you did. What they going to do, fine the charity for taking to long to give the money way? This is going no where and he will never be convicted of fraud.
@@ExValeFor Reality check for you. $600,000 worth of fraud where the person purchased themselves a sport car and hookers, worth IRS time. $600,000 worth of taking a long time to donate, not worth IRS time. IRS are not going to go after crap, they have limited resources and staff. Do you understand reality yet?
@@SchnookieC Nope, just someone who wishes people would go after real fraud cases. A person who just took to look to donate the money, is this the best you got? Internet needs to get a life.
Damn, listening to him during the call mentioning how this will ruin him is not nice, the whole time he is thinking of himself, but what is infuriating is how he threw JonTron and ProJared under the bus, admitting he jumped ship with both of them as soon as possible and now fears that will happen to him with those who are associated with him.
That’s kind of what friends do no? They know the person for their best traits so it’s natural to push back against accusations like this. As far as they know their friend isn’t that guy
@@sammalone7881 @meta4knight That applies when there's very little evidence. There's a ton or evidence against Jirard. You can't defend from objective facts. The most they can do is deflect and claim it's drama for clicks. I find it especially funny that ProJared defended him without looking into the facts or even hearing our Muta or Karl. That's some Omega level irony on his end.
I'd love to see if Projared has anything to say after he put his neck out trying to defend Jirard and got lambasted only to find out Jirard threw his ass under the bus as a "controversial friend"
To be fair ProJared is someone who received fake accusations that almost ruined his career. I think him having a gut reaction and defending Jirard isn't that bad with that context. Though if he doesn't take it back soon then yeah it's fair to call him out for it.
yeah, I’m irritated people are assuming Jared is a bad person because he had a knee jerk reaction. he probably remembered what happened to himself years ago and assumed it was just drama. granted he should have watched the videos.
Jirard’s inability to take the L and instead pursuing legal action is the most egregious thing here. Guy literally cares more for his career and reputation than the thousands of people he wronged with.
His response was more damming then Karl and Sog's videos. I don't think I've ever lost trust so fast then hearing such transparently manipulative phrases as "I'm sorry if I potentially implied". Before the repsonce I had held hope that just maybe he wasn't a shifty person and was just negligent or something but guess not
4:15 Personally to me it sounded more like Jirard was trying to trap them. I doubt he had any intention of paying anything. But what he could do is yell "Extortion! See these guys are extortionists." I'm sure Karl and Mutahar gave that a thought too.
Every time I see a situation like this all I think of is The Simpsons where Homer and a few towns folk are stuck in a hole they have dug and Homer yells out "dig up you fools!". Karl Jobs has his shit together he doesn't just say random stuff, this dude is digging a deep hole, what a tool!
Muta is kind of a low key hero. Also his grift was basically the equivalent of that mobster that asked for 2.5 kilos of shirts and how white the shirts were on a recorded call.
Wants out of content creation to do bigger and greater things as if starting a foundation and potentially raising and donating over a million dollars wouldn't have been great enough. Or did he mean lending a open hand to a bigger and greater scam to exit when completed?
I get that sentiment in spirit. Yeah sure you made all your money creating content, but after so many years and so many connections and so many new experiences, you start to feel like you could be doing more for the world with your influence and cash. Like, if I started my RUclips career pointing out the injustices done towards the physically disabled and my channel blows up and I've got a bunch of views and sponsors and cash, I might be motivated to put ramps on everything and give people wheelchairs and wooden legs and stuff. Unfortunately the only thing this dude pivoted towards is scamming the mentally ill. Arabs are sneaky bastards.
Eh. That's probably the least out of pocket and batshit insane thing he said. It's not bad to try and get out of a career that is unreliable or one that you just don't want to do any more and explore other avenues. In that regard SPECIFICALLY, he doesn't owe his viewers anything.
@@theflashfan3234 It isn't *just* that, it's the fact that up until this he had always come off as genuinely thanking his fans for supporting him but now he decides to throw them under the bus to support "larger business ambitions." (i.e: marketing his stupid cartoon persona onto cheap merch + collaborating with shit no one's possibly heard of). The only other bearded RUclipsr I've ever seen that fumbled the bag this hard was Mr. Enter, who realized what a shitty mistake his burnout era was, fired his editor, and then actually apologized.
My gran had stage 2 dimentia during her last few years alive (she didn't die to that but her smoking habit until she was 50). Knowing someone who went through that has been exploited like this really makes my piss boil. I wish Muta abd Karl all the best for bringing him down
Greg did request all the videos he was in get removed (as far as I'm aware). Maybe this is why. On a different note, it'd be extremely ironic if Greg was the anonymous source that tipped Karl and Muta off.
A friendly reminder that Jirard has always been sketchy. It has been noticed by some people that he has had suspicious clear times on some of his games, likely suggesting he may have cheated and betrayed his viewers. Along with a certain breakup with a comedic partner having monetary undertones. He is not one to be trusted.
Hope he can maintain that record, He's the only one I've never seen come out looking bad from a situation AFAIK. Defended Jared the time he was innocent while everyone else threw him under the bus, and hasn't defended Jirad AFAIK. Really seems like the one member with nothing contraversial AFAIK. He certianly wins the NormalBoots Hunger Games aa the last standing person with no stains on his reputation, Lets hope nothing serious ever happens in the future regarding him.
this is like the most classic bribe attempt - that part makes no sense other than to put that idea on the table. "I'm not trying to be like - do you guys want money to hide it?" What was that suppose to relate to in conversation, they wouldn't, nobody would arrive to that conclusion from what he said to this point, but this is exactly how you would fish to see if someone might want a bribe.
Meh, there’s enough bad without having to decide if he was offering a bribe. The funny thing is, you are right that people want to forgive people. Had he just said “we screwed up, we are going to make it right. Thanks to Karl for the wake up call and pushing us to donate the money,” people would have accepted it. Not everyone, but a lot of people. Im dying to know what was going on behind the scene of his “response.” Who came up with the phrase “potentially misleading”? Who thought it was a good idea to attack those who had exposed him?
Just so everyone knows, in California, the maximum for misleading doners about the scope and destination of their funds is a 5k fine and/or 1 year in prison. He went on the offensive to save himself a less than 5k fine and community service. Oh, and that pesky bit about the doners being able to sue for the return of their donations as they were solicited dishonestly.
Sad part is they weren't being hostile or went in with the intent to ruin Jirard's reputation. Jirard ruined it for himself for not taking the high road by saying he messed up for not donating it sooner but will do the right thing by donating it instead of threatening Muta & Karl with legal action. He could have saved some face but choose to not save any face at all. No sympathy or respect from me.
Yeah, my nanny did too before she died a few days ago. She's been fighting it for eight years. This shit just makes my blood boil all the more because she didn't deserve that, and the money could have potentially made things less difficult.
Never underestimate the power of a lie or people's willingness to swallow the lie or be an apologist for the liar. There are people serving life in jail for serial murder where the evidence is overwhelming and there are people on the outside arguing their innocence and these are people who never heard of these killers before they were caught and convicted. There is a good proportion of society who are driven by defending the most heinous behaviour of others. Jirad already had a large base of fans before and a decent number of them will continue to support him and claim he's not really guilty even if he outright admitted guilt.
@augusttheduck thank you for these updates. Ive also seen Karl and Muta's videos too. What really sickens me, is I used to look up to him as inspiration for many things. And now to me he just seems to be this monster who uses excuses to try and condone what he did. I hope he can turn his path around but it seems some people use their fame to garner their self needs. It's tragic
@@theflyingninja1He's actually pretty transparant about this one thing lmao. He does actually have a team of people that help with completing the games.
This RUclipsr wasn't fully aware of the repercussions of his own actions. Seems like he had complteley forgotten the rules and regulations that come with being a content creator.
You'd think RUclipsrs would learn from the mistakes of other RUclipsrs. People actually spelled out his best possible courses of action and he decided to bite back instead.
I grew up watching the completionist, and i admit, it hurts seeing him do this now, I’ve never personally known anyone with dementia, but I know it is very serious, it’s pathetic how Jirard is handling this situation, especially since the whole “charity” was made for personal gain rather than helping people with dementia
When even the fake wholesome group of friends per second, basically fires you, and gives you the saving grace of saying you chose to step down to save what little credibility you have left, shows how quickly his wholesome credentials lasts amongst that crowd, not even trying to defend their friend they "love so much" , nope just yeet out with the bathwater, in such a dismissive 5 seconds later and theyve forgotten your name, shows how deeply sus "wholesome" creators are in general and a reminder to never fall for their BS
He talks about jontron and projared as if he was better than them. To me , stealing donations is way worse than having dumd racist opinions or being a pervert
1 John 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (If someone truly is a racist, they hate their fellow human being who was created in the image of God, and is a murderer in the sight of God.) 1 John 3:27-28 27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. James 2:10-13 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Racism (I'm talking actual racism, not the "one size fits all" accusations of racism by activists who use the term to demonize their enemies) and perversion are just as immoral as fraud/stealing. JonTron, ProJared, Jirard, you and I are all guilty before God and are no better than one another.
@8:00 - I think ATD is right, this is ~80% of Jirard's backlash right now is from they way he choose to respond to the videos. Based on how Muta & Karl released the videos, I think there is a good chance that if Jirard would have come out immediately, and (1) confirmed that what Muta & Karl reported was correct, (2) take full responsibility for willfully misleading the public,(3) commit to making the donation before Christmas, and (4) promise improved internal controls and commit to complete transparency going forward, then Muta & Karl might have backed off to see if Jirard kept his promises, and saved the videos about the golf-tournament analysis for a different day. I'm not claiming this is what actually happened, it's just my theory based on the timing of Muta & Karl's second wave of videos which were released roughly a week after their initial videos. To me it seems possible they were waiting to see how Jirard responded. I think Muta and Karl were pissed after a week of baseless attacks from Jirard's fans, all while he remained silent, so Muta & Karl released their second wave of videos (covering the golf fundraisers) to really drive home the idea that not everything is adding up on Open Hands' tax returns.
Probably one of the funniest things out of this situation is that Sabotage Studio replaced a character based on Jirard in their game Sea of Stars (a game Jirard considered one of his favorites of the year) with a generic bearded guy named Bob.
We now have The Completionist in its natural habitat. Known for scamming others and insulting people who rightfully called him out, the species The Completionist is about to be in prison.
I had felt that he wanted to earn enough donation money to put a down payment on a house. No proof. Just an inkling. Oh. Oh that call makes him look even worse. YEESH. He says he doesn't want to ruin his career, yet that's exactly what he's doing by not coming clean, apologizing point blank, and finally donating the money. He at least did that last part since bribes weren't working to cover it up.
This is actually a response to a bunch of comments that have said similar things. Earlier today - in a completely different context - I heard a bit of advice given to the speaker by a veteran broadcaster: "When you screw up, 'fess up and dress up." That is, when you get caught messing up, the best thing you can go to salvage what you can out of the situation is to come clean and be careful what you say and do going forward. It seems like Jirard just kept digging his hole; not sure why he thought it would be a good idea to try to manipulate Karl and Muta.
It’s not like: “You guys want money to help me hide this.” That’s not it at all. Wow that has to be the most obvious bribe I’ve ever heard. You say that so verbally obvious to put that thought into someone’s head and say it in a way to not be able to prove he was intentionally trying to bribe them is crazy.
I was so sad when I heard this. I really liked him, but what he did was beyond "I'm sorry". I mean if it was one year of donations and when it was called to his attention, he immediately got to work on fixing it. I would have been disappointed, but I would have given him a second chance but wasn't it like 10 years of donations
I used to watch Jirard for years, but eventually got bored with his content and forgot I was subbed, but I have always had the deepest respect for Mutahar and everything he does to call people out on their BS.
i miss those early youtube days where youtubers made videos for fun and genuine about it. these days with a plethora of content creators, there's just so many dramas going on with youtubers lying about charity, doxing someone's address to the public, youtubers beefing with each other, youtubers begging for donations, youtubers revealing their bodies on purpose to gain views, youtubers making oscar worthy and 'genuine' apology videos, youtubers getting suspicious with minors, etc.
That response video, and his behaviour seems to me his fear is of a lot more stuff being uncovered. That $600k has found a home very quick. Since he has been boasting about making $600-700k to all sorts of charities yearly, and his golf tournament money is still unaccounted for. There is probably a lot more to uncover and that’s what has him running scared. Jirard also seems to be just the public face, the real brains behind this operation is his Dad. So if anyone goes to jail, it’s most likely him.
I used to be a fan of Jirard, so it just hurts seeing him dif his own grave like this because all he cares about now is his reputation and nothing else
I usually feel pretty bad about my situation with my life thinking im making life harder for others ... then i see stuff like this and think ... you know what im really not that bad of a person This situation is ridiculous
Understandable if he has a grudge against people who basically burned his career and livelihood to the ground; he's basically in denial because he worked so hard for years to build that. But yeah, being vengeful is not a good trait for a guy considered 'a good guy,' especially when holding a charity
@@D-Nova Just to be clear, I'm not defending Jirard; I'm just explaining why he acts that way because he is in denial after losing everything. What he did was shitty and wrong, of course, no doubt about that.
about 30 minutes after I finished up this video, Karl and Mutahar released the full Discord call on Twitter, and I can confirm the preceding conversation and overall surrounding context to this segment of the call does not make it look any better lol
It sure didn’t.
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
Welp. The completionist has completed his speed run to get cancelled.
@@TheRealJoshie at this point he’s going faster than sonic when it comes to getting canceled lol
Thought you were finally covering lolcow Brian Fritz!!!!! Aw man...
All he had to do, to not look like clown was.
- Say he didn't know
- Apologize for incompetency
- Donate the money
- Thank Muta and Karl
But no he had to dance around the subject, digging himself further.
The final nail was begging to them like a bitch
Donate the money? Oh no no no no no no that will make too much sense and isn't convient for him 🙄
Bro became a Shovel Knight fan so hard that he started to dig himself further.
Kind of wild how unprofessional and immature he handled the whole situation
You make a strong assumption that he had the money when the video dropped.
Considering that it took him a month to actually donate, it's obvious that he had to liquidate some assets before he had the funds. Since he's already a clown and a criminal to anybody who knows how to use a calendar, coming out swinging was the last resort he had. His career is over anyway, but he hoped he can scare/cry/"open hand" slapp away a criminal charge.
You'd be surprised how many people out there are just like Jirard. My former brother-in-law was the exact same. All he had to do was admit his wrong doing and make amends. But no, he kept going like the world was wrong and only he was right. Now, my sister divorced him and kicked him out (he was the lazier of the two) and doesn't know where to go now, still not admitting his fault and changing himself.
My uncle is currently in a memory care home for dementia. The way Jirard lied about donating to various dementia charities for nearly a decade infuriates me. That he's now trying to paint himself as a victim disgusts me. The guy is a pathetic waste of skin.
dude he's just trying to protect the memory of his mother which he exploited for fraudulent financial gain, what's wrong with that?
Waste of skin? Try waste of fat. Sleep Apnea will take care of him soon.
My cousin's are nurses in a nursing home for dementia and Alzheimer's patients.She loves her patients so much.I can't believe this dude really did this.He needs to be locked up
That’s a lot of skin too
I'm sorry to hear about that, I wish you and your uncle the best of health, but yeah, What Jirard did to exploit and embezzle his viewers for sympathy for his on selfish gain, not only that he even points and proudly states that he used his mom corpse for research and science, really abhorrent.
Ah yes. Because calling someone out for scamming, according to The Completionist, is being a selfish bi-. Real classy there, The Completionist.
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
@@SussyGabrielOFFICIALgood for you for having so much confidence in your self
He's working the angle that Karl and Muta only did this to drive traffic and subs to their own channels to enrich themselves.
@Pomni_SMG4 it’s good that you have so much confidence in your self but also you have to think many other people think there content is better than yours
@@tsdobbi Better than using your dead mother to make over 600k and sitting on it.
Disappointed you didn't touch on how manipulative he was. Especially when he said he has "20 mouths to feed". Im a team manager at a store, I never refer to my employees like that. It is very specifically said like that to trick them into sympathy.
Exactly, oh you have staff to take care of, maybe you shouldn't be doing things then that could jeopardize their employment Jirard
Give me my attention
@@extralevel8253 Lol fr tho. "Won't somebody please think of the children?!" If he really cared about his employees he wouldn't have let this go on as long as he did.
On top of $600k in a account that pays 5% over annually and 9yrs this guy made at least 270$K off that money but only donated the $600k
@John-Doe-Yohe was probably giving bonuses with the interest on that money
Why does every bad person make a soulless apology video everytime they do something purposefully wrong?
Trying to handle their disasters publicly. It's mandatory so they at least fly under the radar. At best, they can be forgiven and considered trustworthy
At least get a ukulele and write a catchy song, lol.
It's called damage control
@@vdochev or do an interpretive dance!
Jirard is on the "Toxic Gossip Train"
The “righteous fury” the completionist is trying to convey despite his negligence and the literal fraud he has committed makes me cringe to the very depths of my soul
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
I first read that as “righteous furry” and was super confused lmao
no one that fat can do true charity, he eats for 5 men
I hope Karl and Muta lose it all in court
@@garretdrake2347I don’t think they will, nothing they said was slander. And they went out of their way to not claim that he outright stole the money because that wasn’t provable given the information they had at the time.
Jirard is always hiding behind his mother, mentioning her death from dementia in every video. It's so shameless how he promotes the death of his mother to gather money for charity and yet never donated a single cent for the noble cause until he got called out for it.
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These bots are getting out of openhand...
@@willwh9228 I wish August could IP ban them.
He promoted her death for multiple Completionist videos too :)
He just can't let her rest in peace bruh
Many, many things are left unaccounted for - 600K is not all the money he raised over the years. He was directly lying every year saying funds were going to numerous charities. In the end only ONE of them got SOME of the money after TEN years. He also lied and said all bits and donations to his channel go to the fundraising, then recently claimed that all went to him directly. There is also the fact that the money today is not the same value as it was 10 years ago due to inflation, and the loss of opportunity of 10 years of research that could have been building towards something. I think they had it in the market building interest for them to pocket, and maybe try to pocket it all if enough time passed unnoticed. Its why it took weeks for him to eventually get the money out and pay 600K. Some real shitty stuff going on. The saddest part is some of his fans immediately taking his side when its very obvious they were doing some shady shit. He needs to be in jail, charity fraud is so messed up.
Jirard just keeps looking worse and worse. The only thing he cares about is his career even throwing ProJared under the bus when he was proven innocent AND was one of the first to his defense. What a great friend.
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
He is truly the friend everyone needed..
*yeah no*
I mean Jared was still being extremely irresponsible exchanging nudes with fans when there was a blatant power imbalance at play but yeah, he was innocent of alot of the more heinous stuff people accused him of and its kinda unfair he's still maligned by a large percentage for something he literally didn't do.
As far as Jirard throwing him under the bus goes I'd imagine anyone who would use their mother's death as a sob story to scam people out of hard earned money would also be a toxic friend and miserable human being to be around. No wonder Greg didn't stick around
@xxrocketshark216xx4 dude have you ever seen the video where Jirard announced that Greg made him take down the first 120 episodes and he says "I could fight this but I won't"
Makes you wonder what really happened there...
Was he pro Jared too? Like the subway guy????!!!! 😮
Be very, very careful with guys like Jirard who are addicted to self-pity. They're always psychos when you strip away the bullshit.
Would thequartering fall into this category as well?
It really is just narcissism. They thrive off of the opinions of others, preying on sympathy (using his mother and other situations to seem like a victim or he's having a hard time) to use and manipulate people. It's how they get away with it. No one believes the "nice guy" or fluffy wholesome gamer boi with the characterized beard would ever do something like that.
200% @@chrischickering1959
@@chrischickering1959not sure but boogie2988 definitely would
I can't believe Mutahar and Karl made Jirard commit all that fraud! Somebody needs to lock these guys up!
UGH STOP SURPASSING MY MOTHER F--KING COMMENTS ALREADY I H8 U
That wasn't said, why ate you making things up
@@moxiemaxie3543Sarcasm genius
@@moxiemaxie3543 Are you autistic?
@@GabrielPiardii don't think moxie is a sarcasm genius... İf anything they don't get sarcasm at all!
Jirard bringing up Jontron and Projared just to prop himself up really rubbed me the wrong way. Has to throw them under the bus to make himself look good
What did Jontron even do? I always see him mentioned in these things but I never fully understood why. Not defending him or anything, I just don't know.
@@andrewmetzenroth5631Jon tron has very right leaning political views which he showed in a debate and no one likes him now.
@@andrewmetzenroth5631 Destiny invited him to a politically debate which didn't go to well for him as he was ill prepare and in turn lead to him being made a pariah by the internet for a time as a result.
Jontron is a n a z i
@@andrewmetzenroth5631 To answer your question more directly, Jirards specific "johntron when he was a racist" comment is referring to an old clip during an interview with the streamer destiny where he says black people are more likely to commit crimes in america than white people. While the entire debate didn't make him look great, Im pretty sure I remember that being the thing he got the most hate for.
Another thing I find really hilarious about this, is the fact that ProJared was so quick to defend Jirad on Twitter, writing a very emotionally driven response to defend him, while Jirad on the other hand just casually throws him under the bus in the Discord interview, to make himself look unfortunate for knowing the guy lmao
Jared has no spine
The fact that he cares way more about his reputation than the victims of dementia that he has withheld donations from and the people he's scammed says a lot about his character
Karl went hard with his response. Billy Mitchell has made him a hardened vet when it comes to empty threats
karl is also well aware of what he can and can't say.
@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 I'm just glad he called Jirard a "pathetic bitch"
jirard really thought the threat of a lawsuit was going to work on the guy who’s currently being sued 3 times by one person
The amount of times Jirard tries to invoke his mother as a deflection/defense against the criticisms is just gross and obvious. I really have to wonder what his main demo is if he (and/or his team) thinks constantly and obviously evoking his mother like this isn't completely transparent and obvious.
Lmao You don't go years doing a "charity" event and NOT check up on the money. 💀💀
Bro knew that he was smoked
It’s such a shame. I liked the completionist a lot before all this came down. I was hoping it was sheer ignorance on Jirards part but it seems more and more that he had intent in what he did. Now watching his old vids are gonna feel so tainted now
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Really sucks.
The whole "I'm gonna %100 every game I can" shtick was a fresh new take on gaming, that I'm really surprised to see(specifically the summarized descriptive version he does, so I'm not just watching some sweaty ass gamer mash a controller for 20 straight hours on a livestream) was new for the gaming corner of youtube.
Prediction: Next we're gonna be hearing all about how he didn't even play the games, probably didn't pay his friend who DID, and some company has more control over his online personal than even he does(not that any of this excuses his actions, as far as I gather this charity was all his creation)
That just seems to be the series of events for "influencers" these days.
Edit: Moral or the story:
DON'T
DONATE
TO
CHARITY EVENTS!!!!!
If you see a charity you wanna donate to, just send the money directly to the organization, and cut out the useless middlemen.
All of his angry fans could just as easily have donated to the Alzheimers foundation(or whichever one he was "promoting") and at least they wouldn't have wasted money to stress over, just another youtuber running a scam that they were lucky to avoid.
I know. It hurts so much! Sorry for the rant, but I gotta say it. As someone who has a relative with dementia, this hurts.
This was someone I never expected to be this…Greedy, selfish, self-centered, soulless, cruel, pathetic, guilt-tripping being who I thought was making a difference in the world. Not a person at this point. Not a man. “A man keeps his word,” as the saying goes.
He promised and promoted his “charity” under the guise of helping dementia patients and families, when really, he kept all that money in an account, untouched for a decade. A decade that could have at least made a breakthrough in dementia research, more treatment options, or maybe even a cure for this painful, cruel, horrible disease that causes countless deaths and suffering.
I truly despise people like him. A wolf in sheep’s clothing, a two-faced, lying, arrogant, backstabbing bastard.
@@FlareJollyDragoness Thank you for liking my comment brother
@@mrdavisdance You’re welcome. I had typed a whole rant, but RUclips didn’t like it.
Yeah, this call solves it just by his reaction alone. I might imagine maybe Karl and Mutahar maybe held back this to spare him some backlash. Maybe they wanted to wait and see what he would do. Or maybe they wanted to get legal counsel first.
Either way, it’s amazing that Jirad would act all high and mighty and accuse Karl and Mutahar when he knows full well what he said in this meeting. It’s disgusting.
They held back to give him a chance to right his wrong the right way, but he didn't.
Whilst I do not side with Jirard and I find what he did abhorrant, my only concern is that one cannot accuse another of fraud without a proper trial and conviction. Such an accusation constitutes slander and Jirard must have consulted legal counsel on this matter. I am not familiar with the legal system of Karl’s country, so I cannot comment on his case. However, I know that in the US, libel and slander laws are very strict, as a close relative of mine recently won a lawsuit against someone who falsely claimed that he was engaging in disability fraud. Despite the apparent evidence against him, my relative proved that the accuser was negligent or malicious in making the false statement. Therefore, the accuser was held liable for libel and had to pay damages. Without a conviction of fraud, the statement that he committed fraud is not factual. It is akin to providing financial or legal advice without the requisite credentials or license.
@@DigitalViscosity In the US slander refers to false accusations that are lies with intent. The accusations were not false here based on the sheer amount of proof coming out straight from Jirard's own mouth. You don't need a completed audit to see that Jirard is a really bad dude here because anyone who understands the English language knows that he clearly claimed to have sent money to charities when he sent them nothingv. The only way this backlash should end is if there's a 3rd part indepth audit and everything related to the inconsistencies in accounting and also the statements he made gets explained how they are legally "ok" - but we all know that it won't be ok for him or his foundation. At this point if the IRS doesn't audit him then that's a failure of the US govt.
@@DigitalViscosityI think your mixing up a lot of different info here to get your conclusion. That close relative won their case because the person slandering them had no evidence to back up their claims. Not because there wasn't a proper trial. In this case, there is more then enough publicly available evidence to make the conclusion that there was charity fraud. Jarard directly said to donators that he was working with charities and that he was even the number one donator to the UCSF. While knowing nothing was being donated. Don't need a full trial, to say that was charity fraud...when his actions are the legal definition of charity fraud.
anyway here’s the recipe for brownies:
1/2cup butter
2eggs
1cup sugar
1/3cup cocoa powder
2teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2cup flour
That’s the ingredients, not a recipe.
@@ItsMeeJonit's baking you can usually assume 350F and just cook till the skewer comes out clean
@@ItsMeeJon Learn how bake though JON (worst spelling of that name btw)
1: turn oven on and set at 350F then whisk dry ingredients in bowl
2: mix wet ingredients in separate bowl (sugar, vanilla, butter)
3: mix both bowls together in the bigger bowl until smooth and chunkless
4: grease baking dish, then cover dish with wax paper for best results of removal before pouring in mixture then bake (10-15 mins) until you can stick in a toothpick without any mixture attaching to said toothpick in middle of brownies
Go make some fricken brownies JON.
Gaughh! Just so ya know this is basics of most baking things (cookies, cakes, brownies, haystacks, ect) 🙄🙄🎉
The Completionist has officially *completed* his career
He truly did. Also hello Heisenburg!
Next run he may go for the good ending
I'd say it's more like an Any% speedrun.
Underrated comment lmao
@@NumerikuThis comment is the top comment on every single video on this topic. Always by other people
The Completionist is the Lebanese Taxi driver of charity fundraisers.
He tells you it will cost $3 to get you in the cab, during the journey he tells you it will cost $5, and when you reach the destination he tells you its $20, and if you dont pay up he will call the local police. I have travelled a lot in Arabic and Muslim countries and its all the same grift: Its not technically stealing if you appropriate money by conning people, persuasion, or pressuring them.
Jirard is an absolute grifter who somehow thought what he was doing was ok because he was not "technically" stealing..... until he "actually" started stealing.
Mark my words, when this all gets investigated it will turn out that he raised $4-5 million.
@@klkl3775 I don't think the point is that Jirard is Muslim. I think the op was just using an analogy for what Jirard's doing to anyone who's donated to his "cause".
Literally every RUclipsr when something bad happens surrounding them: "iM sORrY, now to destroy the reputation of the person who got me in trouble" (aka SSniperWolf)
The fact that Karl has by accident stumbled into being the biggest investigative journalist in gaming by accident is telling about the state of this industry.
I think it was Muta if I'm not mistaken or maybe Karl himself that mentioned that Karl was actually tipped off by an anonymous source, so not necessarily 'accidentally stumbled into' per se. He still did fantastic work on following up and reporting on it though.
@@7786777777777777 It's more the fact that its become a patters, this isn't his first expose, nor will it likely be the last.
@@7786777777777777 I think the OP was also referring to the Billy Mitchell stuff as well as others
It's just kinda sad to know all this evidence has been publicly available for years, jarard has gotten away with scamming his fans all because we were all complacent and trusted him to do the right thing...that no one actually thought to check and see if he was. Just shows everyone needs to be more active with where the money goes when donating to a charity of any size or reputation.
he didnt say that he found what happened with this guy as an accident..he said that Karl didnt want to be an investigative channel from the beginning. He had videos about speedrunning, then he got involved with silly b1tchell..and now this.
That feel when Projared blindly defended him, not knowing Jirard already threw him under the bus in the same call in the video. Jared is actually entertaining to watch again, and has been for a while with his randomizer runs and stuff on RUclips or streams. Throwing JonTron under the bus too isn't exactly wise because he actually has connections to do a lot of what Jirard said he wanted to transition into.
He's also equating Jon and Jared's incidents with his nonstop lies and fraud. Jared's life imploded, and Jon pissed off people. Jirard and his family's shady decisions to hoard cash lead to losing a metric ton of value that could have helped so many people just living with the disease, even if it didn't "go straight to research only."
jontron came no where close to breaking a law. he had an unpopular opinion. projared did something unethical, but he cleared himself of the serious allegations. jirard committed a federal crime.
"I'm so angry that these funds were donated to where they were supposed to be going! That's why I'm going to sue the people who called me out! 😠😠😡" - Jirfraud
Bringing up Jontron and projared as if to not make it about is amazing because those two people have nothing to do with this case. It's just blistering nonsense.
Projared tried to support him from Muta and Carl.He backstabbed projared
Even so I don't see how that's relevant to Jirard committing charity fraud, the only reason he even brought that up is to make himself to be the victim of a woe is me story so he can use in court towards his arguments, its a literal nothing burger.@@safi6749
him throwing Jared under the bus was the last straw as far as I’m concerned.
Fr Jon hasn't done shit since his stupid scandal. Dudes been minding his business at he should.
I give Jon credit in that he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut.
The passive aggressive manipulation is next level! I don’t put anything past this guy! He 100% committed charity fraud by its very definition and him inviting an audit is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen a person do online!
No-one is going to go after this for fraud charges. The case is week as and made not even get a fraud conviction if they tried. E.g. $325,000 was made raised in the last 3 years. IRS know they are wasting their time auditing him, what they going to do say, you should have given the money away, oh wait you did. What they going to do, fine the charity for taking to long to give the money way? This is going no where and he will never be convicted of fraud.
@@sydtopia1 youve managed to write not a single sentence that was anywhere close to reality
@@ExValeFor Reality check for you.
$600,000 worth of fraud where the person purchased themselves a sport car and hookers, worth IRS time.
$600,000 worth of taking a long time to donate, not worth IRS time.
IRS are not going to go after crap, they have limited resources and staff. Do you understand reality yet?
@@sydtopia1Completionist alt account moment
@@SchnookieC Nope, just someone who wishes people would go after real fraud cases. A person who just took to look to donate the money, is this the best you got? Internet needs to get a life.
The "What a pathetic bi-" caught me off guard.
It did to me as well
Same
Lol
Damn, listening to him during the call mentioning how this will ruin him is not nice, the whole time he is thinking of himself, but what is infuriating is how he threw JonTron and ProJared under the bus, admitting he jumped ship with both of them as soon as possible and now fears that will happen to him with those who are associated with him.
I thought he was gonna say it in a coded way but bro flat out said he's offering a bribe. This is disgusting
Watching Jirard's friends defend him is pretty pathetic.
I even spotted some paid bots.
His PR-team is pretty sloppy and stingy. Maybe they are scamming him, lol.
That’s kind of what friends do no? They know the person for their best traits so it’s natural to push back against accusations like this. As far as they know their friend isn’t that guy
Yes how dare friends defend friends?
@Pomni_SMG4 DIDN'T ASK
@@sammalone7881 @meta4knight
That applies when there's very little evidence. There's a ton or evidence against Jirard. You can't defend from objective facts. The most they can do is deflect and claim it's drama for clicks.
I find it especially funny that ProJared defended him without looking into the facts or even hearing our Muta or Karl. That's some Omega level irony on his end.
I'd love to see if Projared has anything to say after he put his neck out trying to defend Jirard and got lambasted only to find out Jirard threw his ass under the bus as a "controversial friend"
Suprised Jared even defended him at all considering how Jirad threw him under the bus prior the moment Jared recieved false accusations.
To be fair ProJared is someone who received fake accusations that almost ruined his career. I think him having a gut reaction and defending Jirard isn't that bad with that context. Though if he doesn't take it back soon then yeah it's fair to call him out for it.
@@polocatfan he deleted it almost immediately I think
makes sense considering he most likely thought the same thing was happening to jirard@@polocatfan
yeah, I’m irritated people are assuming Jared is a bad person because he had a knee jerk reaction. he probably remembered what happened to himself years ago and assumed it was just drama. granted he should have watched the videos.
The Completionist: *Makes an apology video.*
Moistcritikal, AugustTheDuck & every other reaction RUclipsr: Ah shit. Here we go again.
The Completionist: *breathes*
Everyone: 🫠
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
you're just a rage baiter, really trying to get a boost of fury from Djlovesturbo fanbase? @@SussyGabrielOFFICIAL
It's a bot, they're located everywhere@@horseman-jack
@@horseman-jack I think it's just a bot.
Jirard’s inability to take the L and instead pursuing legal action is the most egregious thing here.
Guy literally cares more for his career and reputation than the thousands of people he wronged with.
Remember, he's not sorry he did it, he's sorry he got caught.
The pathetic tears and self pity of bad people who get caught doing bad things and realise there are indeed going to be consequences is...*chefs kiss*
His response was more damming then Karl and Sog's videos. I don't think I've ever lost trust so fast then hearing such transparently manipulative phrases as "I'm sorry if I potentially implied". Before the repsonce I had held hope that just maybe he wasn't a shifty person and was just negligent or something but guess not
4:15 Personally to me it sounded more like Jirard was trying to trap them. I doubt he had any intention of paying anything. But what he could do is yell "Extortion! See these guys are extortionists." I'm sure Karl and Mutahar gave that a thought too.
You could very well be onto something there. He does seem the type!.
Every time I see a situation like this all I think of is The Simpsons where Homer and a few towns folk are stuck in a hole they have dug and Homer yells out "dig up you fools!". Karl Jobs has his shit together he doesn't just say random stuff, this dude is digging a deep hole, what a tool!
That was Chief Wiggum and the other people ding were his officers.
"No no! Dig UP stupid!"
I love that clip 😂
Muta is kind of a low key hero. Also his grift was basically the equivalent of that mobster that asked for 2.5 kilos of shirts and how white the shirts were on a recorded call.
And he would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling RUclipsrs and their dog.
Here we go again..
WELCOME TO THE UNDER GROUND-
@@WorkinYThow was the fall?
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
@@WorkinYThow are your balllls?
@@SussyGabrielOFFICIALwe hate you🗣️
"Now, what I'm NOT doing is asking you to keep quiet for hush money, okay? I am NOT going to do that."
I just realized this was his way out of content creation. And he would have gotten it away with it too if it weren't for these dastardly reporters.
And their dog too.
Wants out of content creation to do bigger and greater things as if starting a foundation and potentially raising and donating over a million dollars wouldn't have been great enough. Or did he mean lending a open hand to a bigger and greater scam to exit when completed?
Exit scam...Allegedly! @@followthelight6220
"I'm just trying to get out of content creation" really rubs me the wrong way. All his success is due to content creation.
I get that sentiment in spirit. Yeah sure you made all your money creating content, but after so many years and so many connections and so many new experiences, you start to feel like you could be doing more for the world with your influence and cash.
Like, if I started my RUclips career pointing out the injustices done towards the physically disabled and my channel blows up and I've got a bunch of views and sponsors and cash, I might be motivated to put ramps on everything and give people wheelchairs and wooden legs and stuff.
Unfortunately the only thing this dude pivoted towards is scamming the mentally ill. Arabs are sneaky bastards.
He could've phrased as venturing off towards more Buisness ventures
Well, this whole thing might end up helping him get out of content creation...
Eh. That's probably the least out of pocket and batshit insane thing he said. It's not bad to try and get out of a career that is unreliable or one that you just don't want to do any more and explore other avenues.
In that regard SPECIFICALLY, he doesn't owe his viewers anything.
@@theflashfan3234 It isn't *just* that, it's the fact that up until this he had always come off as genuinely thanking his fans for supporting him but now he decides to throw them under the bus to support "larger business ambitions." (i.e: marketing his stupid cartoon persona onto cheap merch + collaborating with shit no one's possibly heard of). The only other bearded RUclipsr I've ever seen that fumbled the bag this hard was Mr. Enter, who realized what a shitty mistake his burnout era was, fired his editor, and then actually apologized.
My gran had stage 2 dimentia during her last few years alive (she didn't die to that but her smoking habit until she was 50). Knowing someone who went through that has been exploited like this really makes my piss boil. I wish Muta abd Karl all the best for bringing him down
For all the old ex-completionist fans, remember Greg? His ex-friend that he completely wiped from his videos. Maybe he knew too.
Greg did request all the videos he was in get removed (as far as I'm aware). Maybe this is why.
On a different note, it'd be extremely ironic if Greg was the anonymous source that tipped Karl and Muta off.
If he knew, he'd be responsible for not reporting it to the authorities, but maybe he did and they ignored him.
A friendly reminder that Jirard has always been sketchy.
It has been noticed by some people that he has had suspicious clear times on some of his games, likely suggesting he may have cheated and betrayed his viewers. Along with a certain breakup with a comedic partner having monetary undertones.
He is not one to be trusted.
Big shout outs to PBG who seems to be the only NormalBoots member who hasn't undergone any controversy at this point.
didn’t he rob a five below
Did he because I heard nothing about it
At this point. A t t h i s p o i n t .
Did you know gaming? Committed something?
Hope he can maintain that record,
He's the only one I've never seen come out looking bad from a situation AFAIK.
Defended Jared the time he was innocent while everyone else threw him under the bus, and hasn't defended Jirad AFAIK.
Really seems like the one member with nothing contraversial AFAIK.
He certianly wins the NormalBoots Hunger Games aa the last standing person with no stains on his reputation,
Lets hope nothing serious ever happens in the future regarding him.
this is like the most classic bribe attempt - that part makes no sense other than to put that idea on the table. "I'm not trying to be like - do you guys want money to hide it?" What was that suppose to relate to in conversation, they wouldn't, nobody would arrive to that conclusion from what he said to this point, but this is exactly how you would fish to see if someone might want a bribe.
Meh, there’s enough bad without having to decide if he was offering a bribe. The funny thing is, you are right that people want to forgive people. Had he just said “we screwed up, we are going to make it right. Thanks to Karl for the wake up call and pushing us to donate the money,” people would have accepted it. Not everyone, but a lot of people. Im dying to know what was going on behind the scene of his “response.” Who came up with the phrase “potentially misleading”? Who thought it was a good idea to attack those who had exposed him?
In general you shouldn't donate you money to charities that donate to things, you should just donate to the things directly.
It’s amazing how much selfish people say “I” and don’t even realize it
Jirard just keeps looking worse and worse.
Just so everyone knows, in California, the maximum for misleading doners about the scope and destination of their funds is a 5k fine and/or 1 year in prison. He went on the offensive to save himself a less than 5k fine and community service.
Oh, and that pesky bit about the doners being able to sue for the return of their donations as they were solicited dishonestly.
This isn't just that one offense. The data so far is pointing to a lot of tax and reporting violations. Their financials are super incomplete.
Sad part is they weren't being hostile or went in with the intent to ruin Jirard's reputation. Jirard ruined it for himself for not taking the high road by saying he messed up for not donating it sooner but will do the right thing by donating it instead of threatening Muta & Karl with legal action. He could have saved some face but choose to not save any face at all. No sympathy or respect from me.
Stop giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Jirard: *Misappropriates nearly 1 million dollars in donated funds*
Also Jirard: "You're the bad guys for exposing me!"
Every time I hear Girard bring up his mom as a shield I get infuriated. It's so messed up.
This guy really makes me sick. Especially, since my Mama has dementia! 😡
Yeah! Mine does, too!
His mom did too. Thats what makes Jirard’s actions even more disgusting.
@@TheLegoMaster261 Ikr
Yeah, my nanny did too before she died a few days ago. She's been fighting it for eight years. This shit just makes my blood boil all the more because she didn't deserve that, and the money could have potentially made things less difficult.
@@MangoMagica I'm so sorry for your loss.
Faster you admit, pivot and do right, the faster you get back.
That's why they held back a lot of the audio. They gave him a chance and well, it's too late now
I especially love how people like beatemups stayed silent then spoke on this response video in an effort to save himself.
Never underestimate the power of a lie or people's willingness to swallow the lie or be an apologist for the liar.
There are people serving life in jail for serial murder where the evidence is overwhelming and there are people on the outside arguing their innocence and these are people who never heard of these killers before they were caught and convicted.
There is a good proportion of society who are driven by defending the most heinous behaviour of others.
Jirad already had a large base of fans before and a decent number of them will continue to support him and claim he's not really guilty even if he outright admitted guilt.
hear hear..
2023 has been year where creators spiral and spiral down because their inability to take accountability.
@augusttheduck thank you for these updates. Ive also seen Karl and Muta's videos too. What really sickens me, is I used to look up to him as inspiration for many things. And now to me he just seems to be this monster who uses excuses to try and condone what he did. I hope he can turn his path around but it seems some people use their fame to garner their self needs. It's tragic
I'm calling BS that the completionist actually completed all those games he claimed he did.
I would say he had help, but i would also say I would not expect him to finish all those games 100%. it would drive anyone crazy.
Perhaps in Jirard-speak, completing a game and planning to complete a game someday mean the same thing.
@@theflyingninja1He's actually pretty transparant about this one thing lmao. He does actually have a team of people that help with completing the games.
This RUclipsr wasn't fully aware of the repercussions of his own actions. Seems like he had complteley forgotten the rules and regulations that come with being a content creator.
I’m better than AugustTheDuck
You'd think with all the youtubers that got exposed that there wouldn't be more, but I get proved wrong almost every day.
One correction this isn't a YT situation or drama it's a real life problem exposed on YT they aren't exactly the same thing.
"Complete" a shot everytime Jirard mentions his Mom in that call.
You'd think RUclipsrs would learn from the mistakes of other RUclipsrs. People actually spelled out his best possible courses of action and he decided to bite back instead.
Jirard has always come off like a giant tool and after this it turned out he was a giant TOOL.
I always had an off feeling about him despite liking his content back then. Trust your gut!
Dude coulda dropped the heat by just donating the money immediately and being open. Instead he fucked up so badly, and only got looked into further.
I grew up watching the completionist, and i admit, it hurts seeing him do this now, I’ve never personally known anyone with dementia, but I know it is very serious, it’s pathetic how Jirard is handling this situation, especially since the whole “charity” was made for personal gain rather than helping people with dementia
Jirard named specific charities that they already donated to. Meaning he was 100% lying, knew he was lying.
When even the fake wholesome group of friends per second, basically fires you, and gives you the saving grace of saying you chose to step down to save what little credibility you have left, shows how quickly his wholesome credentials lasts amongst that crowd, not even trying to defend their friend they "love so much" , nope just yeet out with the bathwater, in such a dismissive 5 seconds later and theyve forgotten your name, shows how deeply sus "wholesome" creators are in general and a reminder to never fall for their BS
oh yeah...social media friendships/partnerships among narcissists! oh yeah!!!! :D
He talks about jontron and projared as if he was better than them. To me , stealing donations is way worse than having dumd racist opinions or being a pervert
1 John 3:15
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
(If someone truly is a racist, they hate their fellow human being who was created in the image of God, and is a murderer in the sight of God.)
1 John 3:27-28
27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
James 2:10-13
10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Racism (I'm talking actual racism, not the "one size fits all" accusations of racism by activists who use the term to demonize their enemies) and perversion are just as immoral as fraud/stealing.
JonTron, ProJared, Jirard, you and I are all guilty before God and are no better than one another.
how ironic they beg for money for a dementia charity and then forget to donate the actual money
@8:00 - I think ATD is right, this is ~80% of Jirard's backlash right now is from they way he choose to respond to the videos. Based on how Muta & Karl released the videos, I think there is a good chance that if Jirard would have come out immediately, and (1) confirmed that what Muta & Karl reported was correct, (2) take full responsibility for willfully misleading the public,(3) commit to making the donation before Christmas, and (4) promise improved internal controls and commit to complete transparency going forward, then Muta & Karl might have backed off to see if Jirard kept his promises, and saved the videos about the golf-tournament analysis for a different day.
I'm not claiming this is what actually happened, it's just my theory based on the timing of Muta & Karl's second wave of videos which were released roughly a week after their initial videos. To me it seems possible they were waiting to see how Jirard responded. I think Muta and Karl were pissed after a week of baseless attacks from Jirard's fans, all while he remained silent, so Muta & Karl released their second wave of videos (covering the golf fundraisers) to really drive home the idea that not everything is adding up on Open Hands' tax returns.
Probably one of the funniest things out of this situation is that Sabotage Studio replaced a character based on Jirard in their game Sea of Stars (a game Jirard considered one of his favorites of the year) with a generic bearded guy named Bob.
This is why I always assume that every charity is a scam.
This is becoming more common. This is what happens when an entire generation grows up without any consequences.
We now have The Completionist in its natural habitat. Known for scamming others and insulting people who rightfully called him out, the species The Completionist is about to be in prison.
I had felt that he wanted to earn enough donation money to put a down payment on a house. No proof. Just an inkling.
Oh. Oh that call makes him look even worse. YEESH.
He says he doesn't want to ruin his career, yet that's exactly what he's doing by not coming clean, apologizing point blank, and finally donating the money. He at least did that last part since bribes weren't working to cover it up.
He sounds like he’s about to cry. He’s caught.
This is actually a response to a bunch of comments that have said similar things. Earlier today - in a completely different context - I heard a bit of advice given to the speaker by a veteran broadcaster: "When you screw up, 'fess up and dress up." That is, when you get caught messing up, the best thing you can go to salvage what you can out of the situation is to come clean and be careful what you say and do going forward. It seems like Jirard just kept digging his hole; not sure why he thought it would be a good idea to try to manipulate Karl and Muta.
It’s not like: “You guys want money to help me hide this.” That’s not it at all.
Wow that has to be the most obvious bribe I’ve ever heard.
You say that so verbally obvious to put that thought into someone’s head and say it in a way to not be able to prove he was intentionally trying to bribe them is crazy.
The amount he and his father embezzled is more than the amount that was sitting in that account.
I think the dude is scared he's going to have to change his name to Don'tDropTheSoaptionist
I was so sad when I heard this. I really liked him, but what he did was beyond "I'm sorry". I mean if it was one year of donations and when it was called to his attention, he immediately got to work on fixing it. I would have been disappointed, but I would have given him a second chance but wasn't it like 10 years of donations
I used to watch Jirard for years, but eventually got bored with his content and forgot I was subbed, but I have always had the deepest respect for Mutahar and everything he does to call people out on their BS.
Trust me, you’d be shocked on how many RUclipsrs commit charity fraud. It’s way more than you can imagine
I love how August keeps us up-to-date in a sane manner, but I really miss the cooking videos.
i miss those early youtube days where youtubers made videos for fun and genuine about it. these days with a plethora of content creators, there's just so many dramas going on with youtubers lying about charity, doxing someone's address to the public, youtubers beefing with each other, youtubers begging for donations, youtubers revealing their bodies on purpose to gain views, youtubers making oscar worthy and 'genuine' apology videos, youtubers getting suspicious with minors, etc.
This is hilarious. Thank you for keeping us entertained.🎉
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My farts are better than August's farts
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I can confirm, I’ve smelled them
That response video, and his behaviour seems to me his fear is of a lot more stuff being uncovered. That $600k has found a home very quick. Since he has been boasting about making $600-700k to all sorts of charities yearly, and his golf tournament money is still unaccounted for. There is probably a lot more to uncover and that’s what has him running scared.
Jirard also seems to be just the public face, the real brains behind this operation is his Dad. So if anyone goes to jail, it’s most likely him.
I used to be a fan of Jirard, so it just hurts seeing him dif his own grave like this because all he cares about now is his reputation and nothing else
I usually feel pretty bad about my situation with my life thinking im making life harder for others ... then i see stuff like this and think ... you know what im really not that bad of a person
This situation is ridiculous
Understandable if he has a grudge against people who basically burned his career and livelihood to the ground; he's basically in denial because he worked so hard for years to build that. But yeah, being vengeful is not a good trait for a guy considered 'a good guy,' especially when holding a charity
Here's what you don't seem to understand: HE burned his career by committing charity fraud (allegedly). He himself ruined his livelihood.
@@D-Nova Just to be clear, I'm not defending Jirard; I'm just explaining why he acts that way because he is in denial after losing everything. What he did was shitty and wrong, of course, no doubt about that.
I actually appreciate this condensed video on how things went down