playwt.link/joontheking - Download War Thunder for FREE and get your bonus! Corrections: #1 The breaking bad Completionist episode was an April fools joke #2 The Completionist media review format can work in extremely long running shows #3 At 47:26 there is a spelling mistake, it is Mutahar not "Murahar" #4 At 49:00 there is a spelling mistake, it is donor not "Doner" #5 At 1:00:47 It is Degeneration not degradation
No, BOOGIE AND DIDDLER DAX, step brother serial killer & helped terorist, I was abducted he was a predator killer, brother still free my adult tormented murderer. I lost SSI got with cancers not all spent immediately on drugs like rest after labored life in third works work, stolen inheritance, gotta get over it research I hate these phones. I’m trying me Mr me, no thanks not watching sad. He’s ASPD, greaseball loads of them.
The irony about Jirard always trying to please his Dad is that now his Dad probably couldn't be more furious at his "idiot son who plays video games all day" for exposing his charity racket
@@Sammo212 I disagree. If you watch it and finish it you finished the show, no need to rewatch it or anything like that. Rewatching it weakens the overall experience any way, since you know everything that will happen so it's better to let them live as good memories than water them down with rewatches.
@@Vaquix000 I disagree that rewatches always weakens the overall experience as a show can still be entertaining, enjoyable and comforting despite that. It's the same reason we replay games & songs, reread books or revisit places like amusement parks. Not only that but you can sometimes catch certain clues and hints to future developments on rewatches that you might have missed or misremembered the first time. Shows like Gravity Falls for example encourage rewatches not only for the ciphers (some of which are only on screen for a second & are easily missed if you're not looking for them) and certain background elements but also some scenes get recontexualized thanks to information revealed later on. There's also the chance that your first watch was hindered or clouded by bias, and a rewatch could present the opportunity to approach it with a fresh perspective and as unbiased as possible. Maybe in some specific cases it can make the experience worse but as a whole I disagree that rewatches inherently make the experience worse. You can still have those memories of the first watch but now with the opportunity to make new ones as well.
@@Vaquix000 good stories tend to get even better with repeated consumption actually. So if you ever feel that something isn’t as good as the first time, whatever you’re watching probably isn’t that good.
I get where you're coming from, but also the origins of the phrase are so good. Apparently, the phrase dates back to 15th century Scotland, and was used to describe catching a murderer who hadn't been able to wash his hands of the blood of his victim yet
I remember watching indieland live when he said that and...like I'm bad at telling when people lie and take people at face value way too often, but that moment just rang WRONG to me and I stopped watching them as religiously as i had been
I noticed that too. Unlike Jirard, ProJared was actually exonerated, yet Jirard continues to act like his connection to ProJared is a stain on his reputation.
He should had known better, after all Jirard was not above throwing under the bus Jon and Greg who were not only his actual (longtime) friends but also helped him to make it on RUclips.
@TheZeroNeonix Jared _did_ cheat on his hot wife and her hot boyfriend with a Bird Keeper, he just didn't cheat on her with minors and thus end up in prison.
@@autobotstarscream765 That so called hot wife was a messed up lying control freak lol. Besides that was a situation that should have been kept private between them and not spread to the internet. All in all Jared is more of a victim of circumstances and an abuser who used the internet to her advantage. Ofc Jared should do better to not jump the gun himself in these kind of situations but eh nobodys perfect and he apologised for jumping the gun.
@@autobotstarscream765sure, but the real source for the outrage was the claims of predator-behaviour. Cheating is immoral, but it doesn't make someone dangerous or a criminal.
@@deejrdee1they're not harassing them, they're just stating facts. It's not like we're in the Completionists comment section, even if we were, it's deserved for lying about charity. No better than a scammer deceiving older people out of their money.
"I'm not asking if you guys want money to not run with this, but..." I've watched enough lawyer shows to know that is totally legal speak for offering a bribe.
To play devil's advocate, he might have thought they might miscpnstrue him asking them not to reveal this as an indirect bribe offer. But that seems to give him took much benefit of the doubt.
It’s beyond f-ked up to defraud a Charity in the first place but to defraud a Charity that specifically works to treat/cure the exact same disease that your own mother succumbed to is just a whole new depth of depravity that I didn’t think was possible.
while constantly using your dead mother as a reason for said donations, while also getting most facts wrong about said disease that his mother was suffering from. like he said that most people with that disease only lasts 7 months, and then he said "my mom said "screw that! i'll live 15 years!" meanwhile from some research (can't remember the exacts) but it was around 10-20 years iirc, correct me if i'm wrong, he can't even get the actual symptons and life span of those individuals correct.
Seeing comments describing this as "internet drama" really irks me. We're talking about real life money that thousands of people donated, all under a pretense for charity, awareness, and prevention that turned into taking advantage of the kindness of others while misinforming them of how their own money was being handled. This wasn't some unnecessary back and forth on Twitter or stupid flame wars between a group of creators, this involved thousands of innocent and unknowing victims thanks to Jirard's lack of transparency and wholly negligence on so many fronts.
I don’t know what it is about RUclips and social media in general but it seems to have desensitised crime and criminals. It’s staggering how many prison-worthy criminal offences have been committed or discovered on this platform yet the suspects hide behind their channels and the ‘drama’ tag. Has this Jirad fraud situation been discovered in an offline capacity, he’d probably be looking at felony embezzlement and fraud conspiracy charges already.
Yeah, publicly communicating a public figure's status as a thieving scammer should not be labeled as "starting drama"...when it's true. It's definitely not okay if it's not true, but if it is true then it's actually imperative future targets are warned. We deserve to know if someone is a danger, especially if it involves our fundamental needs: resources & safe shelter...which all require money. (If not, then where do we draw the line?)
While I did not realize Jirard was constantly sprinkling in little lies everywhere, I was starting to get sick of all the update videos complaining about views dropping, etc.
@@mercenarygundam1487 You can dislike Bethesda or Todd Howard but comparing him to someone that's stolen hundreds of thousands through blatant lies is a bit... silly. Todd is a marketer first and foremost and he's damn good at it, whether he stretches the truth or not at least he isn't lying about his mother's illness to get free money from those hoping to help others via charity.
Hold up. I had NO IDEA that he had that kind of relationship with his dad. So he took the fall and lost his career to cover up his dad's mishandling of the funds? He lied and accused people just to protect a man who never gave him the time of day. Jesus.
His family life is honestly rather messed up since he was a teenager. If he would just admit his wrongs here he would have probably been fine. It's rather sad
We're all familiar with the line "Blood is thicker than water", but what most people don't know is the second half of that phrase. "The Blood of the Covenant is thicker than the Water of the Womb." Family is important, but it shouldn't be THIS important.
As someone who has a fair few middle eastern friends, I've seen this same sentiment with all of them, that their fathers are these monoliths of stoniness that only have shown affection with money, if at all and yet they all feel this huge obligation to them.
That rambling of how he was just going to call it quits was a HEAVY guilt trip that you see from kids when they don't get their way, as if he was somehow the victim.
To anyone who says "at least he finally donated", sorry, not quite. This isn't over yet. Jirard still owes the remaining $55k from 2022 plus whatever he earned from 2023. Let's also not forget that the inconsistencies in the filings also hint at other undeclared amounts. The point is he still owes a lot more than some people realize. He donated an amount large enough to impress anyone who wasn't paying attention while still holding onto the rest. He shouldn't be able to get away with that.
There's also the inflation part being ignored. Jirard actually owns close to 60k to charity due to inflation, so the money he donated is less than he should.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino I think the inflation angle is stupid it would've lost value no matter where the money was. Its not like charities operate with 0$ in their accounts, 600k would've lost their account too. Inflation is universal.
@@adude8673 Sure, that charity wouldn't operate with $0, but most reputable charities do spend close to 100% of their yearly income. Even if only a portion of what had been received annually was spent on the cause it would still have had the buying power from then. Regardless it would've been more effective to give in smaller annual increments vs waiting to give a lump sum.
I don't understand how someone so focused on having such a squeaky clean image, just didn't have the hindsight to think, "maybe not donating the money and letting it sit in a bank account with no interest, is a bad idea.". Like if you're going to plaster yourself all over something why would you not check in and make sure atleast the money was donated in a timely fashion. Not when you're found with your hand in the damn cookie jar
That really wasn't the problem. The problem was that he never said that was what was happening. No, he was actively saying the exact opposite - that they had already donated it and were directly working with those groups. And then by his own admission, even if he wasn't aware originally, he knew for almost two years that it wasn't true, yet continued to say these same things anyway which makes every instance after an intentional lie. Even if he simply didn't understand the lump sum payment thing, once it was explained to him that they hadn't actually donated and why, it was his job to do that for the audience, not just lie to them. If he had just corrected himself immediately, then it's pretty likely none of this would have went down. Once it's found out, it's too late. Especially when you see that he's been lying to you by his own admission for almost two years, there's no reason to believe him after the fact. The rest of what he's done and said regarding it are suspicious, but no one would have been looking into him to find those if not for his donation lies.
@RunicSigils You basically said what they said. He should've done something as soon as he found out. Not doing so risked and ultimately cost him his reputation.
The way Greg said "that family" in his final statement washing his hands really struck different, like he knew not only Jirard but they all were rotten somehow...goddamn
their obsession with "legacy" is so weird and cringe, that's what freaks me out. like, just live your life dude you were already building a "legacy" naturally by just existing and doing what you love professionally. you don't need to be your dad's dad's dad wtf
Dude. In the video where it was announced Greg was leaving, that's my drawing on the right shelf. I still have my hand written letter from Greg and my signed stickers. I remember when it was announced that Greg was leaving, I was so mad because it was taken down by the next video. Seeing that again feels like a kick to the face now Update posted in comments
@@mormonjesus9581 He was funny to some, but of course, humor is subjective. But I mean, gotta admit that more people in a vid = more energy and fun commentary to bounce around, right?
I think the question was "what's been donated?" his answer was "my mom's corpse" Which seems to have been the only thing that had been donated by the open hand up till that point.
Even if he really was just ignorant/negligent and had donated the money the DAY he talked to Muta and Karl, just mentioning the possibility of bribing them tells me he's an Actual Bad Guy. Not to mention all the guilt-tripping, like that whole call was so fucking scummy.
The guilt tripping in retrospect was a big red flag. He did it in his videos pre-scandal. ‘Look how hard I work for you, look at all this time and effort I’m spending on content for you’ I’m not saying every RUclipsr who does that is a scumbag but all the ones who’ve turned out to be really scummy have done this
he pulled that "I'm making a joke, but if you say yes I'm definitely down for it" move. you know, the one where a guy will tell a girl he's into but won't just ask out "oh, you should date me, haha just kidding that'd be so funny if we went out."
Yep. Part of me feels pity hearing him start to breakdown over the realization that his career and reputation are over, especially his how he was so approval seeking from his Dad. Another part of me just finds him pathetic with how he handled that call and how he tried to act big with a lawsuit threat despite having no leverage.
ok full stop as a psychologist the "I have 5 therapists" line is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever and it reeks of "please pity me" energy so bad
In hospital maybe? When I was admitted to hospital for my mood disorder I had a psychiatrist for medications, a psychologist for talk therapy, a therapist for CBT/group therapy , and a social worker for financial type things. There was also art and music therapy stuff and exercise therapy, but those were more elective.
But I was impatient and while there was outpatients I don’t remember any of them being around long enough to have that many people working on your care
well, to give at least some benefit of the doubt, its safe to assume the "any reason" part most likely means miniscule aggressions like showing up late or what have you. he doesnt 100 percent mean EVERY and ANY reason
He said, many years after "parting ways" with Greg. Like, dude... did you just forget Greg existed? How can he say he never fired anyone? Maybe it wasn't _"technically"_ a firing so he could -lie to himself- believe he had never fired anyone, but come on...
A lot of people try to defend him by saying “Oh well at least he DID donate the money in the end” as if that makes it all better. It doesn’t matter if he eventually donated it or not, people donated to him as an act of good will and he LIED about where it was. I might be bitter because dementia hits really close to home for my family, but I really don’t give a shit. Fuck this dude for using his late mother and her illness as a selling point for his ‘charity’.
it also takes away years of research. That money put to a good use five or more years ago could have helped move the research forward, maybe a step, maybe two, maybe ten. BUt we'll never know because the money was never given.
He also didn't donate it... not entirely, at least. There was $655k in the "bank account" at the end of 2022. He donated $600k. There is still $55k, plus whatever he received from the 2023 indieland. Not to mention, all the unaccounted money received from the golf tournaments.
I think the thing that sucks about this, outside of just how popular and "squeaky clean" jirard used to be is that indieland is something that was an AMAZING idea. A huge charity event that also exposes a bunch of new indie games, giving those games new audiences? Yes! Please! But of course Jirard had to screw it up!
And that one genuinely bites because Indieland genuinely got games good word of mouth that might have otherwise gotten lost in the shuffle. Screw Jirard.
Can’t really feel bad for this guy. Had the whole gaming world in his hand and total respect from the general community. Blew it all for cash. Same old story unfortunately.
Not even for that much cash! That blows my mind. He was living a somewhat successful content creator and streamer life. He could have had that without the charity fraud probably.
@@lasagnahog7695and dumb with the handling of what cash he had. $600k in non interest accruing accounts for a decade, no investments. That crap would be MILLIONS if he had even bought a bond, let alone put it on an index fund. Crap has doubled since covid began. Let alone it's lost like 20% value through covid. 2% per year before that. Just insane
Jirad is so sanctimonious that it makes him look dumb. “I promised myself that I would never fire an employee for any reason” - congrats dude, you’re the kind of manager that everyone hates, because you let issues like bullying and people refusing to do their jobs continue unchecked. Like seriously, that’s just bad business, not to mention dangerously close to the old “we’re like a family here” nonsense.
it's also how the other 2 on that clip go "well, you let them go, not fired them" that's the same fucking thing. it's the same with where i'm working, good employee's, outstanding stats, fun to work with etc, don't get their contracts renewed, but they aren't "fired" they're "let go" that's literally the same thing, just said in a way that makes the company (or person) seem less bad.
First they're sweet: "I-I'm not tryin' to be like, 'Do you guys want money to help me hide this?!'" Then they're sour: "These allegations are slanderous! And, we believe, were done with selfish intent!"
It's so funny how Projared tried to lie and pretend Karl and Muta never talked to Jirard. And then you go to the discord call and see Jirard throwing Projared right under the bus.😂😂😂
@MentalLiberation It was a dumb af tweet to begin with. This showcases that when push comes to shove, Jirard will use his supposed "friends" as shields against criticism.
My mother has dementia and my father had brain surgery. They're not the same people. It's like I already lost my parents, but I'm talking to their shell.
I’m so sorry. My grandma is currently suffering from dementia, too. Imo it’s the most horrible disease out there because, like you said, it basically erases the person you knew but they’re still breathing.
You know the IRS is probably breathing down all their necks as well. (Which is WELL Deserving) Wants to always please his father….well he sure definitely didn’t do it here.
@@Chrizinator Yeah, I think that part of the interview came out after the "response" video. But I'm on the mend now thanks, looking forward to making videos again :)
To plays Devils Advocate, Jontron was basing his statements on things that at the time people thought were legit stats which turned out to be horrifically wrong and when he was called out on that, he fully apologised, admitted he was being a bigot, cut ties with a bunch of the right wing people he talked to at the time and didnt try and continue the narrative again.
@OberonFox no, nobody believed "at the time" that jews were increasing immigration to wipe out white people. Only crackpots believed that at any point in time. Also, he hasn't stopped being a bigot, he just hides it better now. He still regularly dogwhistles to those types of people.
As someone who lost one of the most important people in my life to early onset dementia, watching that condition progress on them slowly, it disgusts me that this guy did what he did. Especially after knowing he went through it too. What a horrible person
Seriously. I've lost several people close to me to dementia and listening to him talk about his mom and how he's doing everything in honor of his mom, knowing it's all a big lie taking advantage of people who've been through similar experiences genuinely hurts, especially as someone who used to like his videos
I never watched the completionist but now I realize why every markiplier charity stream he always makes a big deal explaining how he never sees any money, and always provides receipts publicly for his audience when the donations are made. open hand indeed
Just remember. He could have saved many lives during all the times they did these events. Yet all those years, non of that money moved until he was caught. Scum.. never forget
all while name dropping his mom.. so sick. some people have no conscience. it sucks that so many of these people have the easiest lives and so much generational wealth.
@@JunnyJai yes the autopsy. that he personally performed. such a difficult task it was. oh wait, he just signed an extra piece of paper.. still it was a hard decision! I mean, do you want to help other people by letting ur moms affected organ be studied? HMMMMMMMM. that's a tough one. and these are always the kind of people that have basically no relationship with their parents too. probably only seeing them on holidays or when they ask them for money or something...
1:11:49 - I can't stop laughing, this is PERFECT. "Sorry for drowning all those puppies in the well.... PREGNANT PAUSE..... some say the 2012 Ninja Turtles reboot was a cynical cash grab, but I say....."
Dude providing the autopsy report of his mom is just despicable, man. Using a dead person to cover up your lies and trying to get pity is messed up. Absolutely spits on the memory of that person.
51:18 - "I want to build something that's gonna be a legacy. I want to build something that... will always *remind* people of _The Completionist,_ but won't necessarily *be* that." [Task Failed Successfully]
Kinda ironic because the reason why I remembered him was because of that title and his presence, despite not following his content. He really shot himself in the foot with his "plan" or "idea" for himself.
Feels vindicating. Got the same vibe about Iiluminaughtii the first time YT recommended her channel to me. Overly preach and sanctimonious people trying to paint themselves in a good light are a red flag.
Humans are actually really really good at reading tiny cues in tone, facial expression and body language of other humans. If your gut is telling you something is wrong about someone, your gut is probably right
@@supersardonic1179I felt the same way about her and anyone else who spends too much time being holier than thou and finger wagging whoever did the bad thing. It comes off very suspicious and it usually is for good reason.
I exactly know the feeling. I never liked him and I always wondered why he put me off so much, I thought it was just that I disagreed with him deleting a bunch of old videos but it was more. And then this whole scandal vindicated me in having a bad vibe from him.
its ridiculous how well he was able to spin "im the heir to a super rich and successful man" into "I have this terrible responsibility to make this person proud", and make people feel sorry for him. dude is a professional victim that's for sure. like most narcissists.
Projared not taking his time to look at evidence is FUCKING WILD considering what he went through. You'd think he'd learn a lesson from his own situation
He’s learned nothing whatsoever. He’s still begging for attention/engagement from his female fans. He’s just wised up to using Instagram stories so nothing can be archived if it’s not screenshotted.
What's kinda sad about ProJared is that Jirard abandoned him during Jared's controversy and even name dropped him as part of the call with Karl and Muta... but Jared instantly jumped in to defend Jirard. Bro, that bro you thought was your bro was not your bro, and you looked like a clown trying to defend him while he was secretly knifing you in the back.
@@Theaterfreak Jeez. I haven't caught any of his recent works, but I know he's fallen off significantly, even after proving his innocence. I wonder how much of that attention seeking is genuine versus trying to just remain relevant.
There's one video that people seem to gloss over from jirard that in an early interview he did he admitted that jontron was the one who came up with the idea for the completionist. In later interviews especially after jontrons issues, he retconned it to say that he alone came up with the idea for the completionist, basically cutting out jontron to just someone he knew at the time.
It's just how psychopathic habitual liars are, unfortunately. I haven't met a psychopathic one, but I had a friend who somehow became someone who had to lie like every 5th sentence or so. Constant. Had to drop that friendship at that point..hate liars in general, and if it's chronic then it can really become a burden. Best to distance as far as possible from these types, they'll just end up being a big net negative on your life overall.
@@Hojson I develpoed a habit of lying due to addiction to alcohol, almost harder to get of rid of the lying than of the addiction again, tho I only ever really lied about consuming and trying to keep up appearences to the outside world, family and partners, still lying is shitty and you should be careful to see the beginning of it becoming a problem.
If I had a nickle for every member of Normal Boots who got their cameo in a videogame removed due to a controversy they were involved in, I'd have two nickles, which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice
@@guilhermehank4938 So Jontron blaming the resurgence of intolerable groups due to black single mothers and him not wanting salvadorans to dilute the gene pool is a nothing burger?
What JonTron said on that podcast was NOT a nothing burger. It had a ton of dog whistles and incredibly racist and xenophobic rhetoric.@@guilhermehank4938
He’s most likely lying about having 6 therapists, most therapists will tell you that you can’t see other therapists due to conflicts in treatment. Couples therapy maybe, since technically it’s not you being treated but the relationship, but the idea of having SIX therapists and one that talks to the other 5 is absolutely absurd
Oh yeah maybe 3 at most, a shrink, a psychiatrist, and one for misc purposes. Been running that Gambit when I was a lad, and the only time you really get a team of 6 would be if you're in a nuthouse tryna off yourself with a screw you pulled out of a wall
That's the strangest lie in here. Lying about RUclips views, or lies that inflate himself in some way, have a discernible objective. But why would you lie about seeing half a dozen therapists?
@@jonathanlgill Not entirely sure, but I'd guess in his mind it would indicate just how bad off he is. Kinda like if someone said, "I have to take 16 meds just to get out of bed in the morning!" I'm guessing we're supposed to think, "Oh man--it's taking that many therapists to help him? He must be really bad off. Poor guy. He's struggling through so much!" --Regardless of whether its true or not, I don't think it's going to generate any sympathy--though I can only assume that was the goal.
I lost my great uncle from dementia 2 years ago this Christmas. He was a part of my life from the beginning and I loved him dearly. the fact that he was negligent about the donations about a charity that helps with this subject makes me so upset
Jirard's charity scandal was so large that while I was listening to traffic radio in the car a few months ago, one of the anchors started talking about it and then the others made typical middle-aged "Wow, you can make money on RUclips?" statements. He 100%ed his career and escaped the digi-world.
I do somewhat feel bad for him but like also.... dude's got 5 therapists, allegedly, and yet hasn't done ANY work towards his relationship with his father? Like, my dude, if your father's really that terrible, and you seek so much approval... maybe you should work towards fixing that???? cut contact and work on your trauma.
As someone that’s had my fair share of therapists, just having one isn’t the hardest part (tho I learned recently from getting one for the first time as an adult, it’s hard enough to get one in the US that takes your insurance to begin with), the hard part is being honest with yourself and being vulnerable. I’m still working on that. I think he hasn’t realized that he’s only done a portion of the work it takes. Tho I would commend him for even taking that step, as it’s even harder for men in our society to step up and admit they need a therapist. It’s scary being vulnerable and telling someone what is bothering you, even when you know they’re trained and have heard far worse than most of the things you could possibly tell them.
Well to be fair the modern day therapist use the "affirming" model rather than really working on someones core issues, that will probably be difficult and painful to fix.
The beard gets visibly grey REALLY fast…speaking from experience. The grey hairs have a totally different texture and shape, so they jump out of the mop
Jirard comes off as a classic "nice guy". The kind of person who acts polite and pleasant in public, but he's a backstabbing liar behind the scenes. Then when his lies get exposed, he desperately tries to get sympathy.
13:48 Putting the controversy aside for one second, this has to be one of the most heart breaking and poetic ways i've ever heard of describing having to witness someone you love go through the decay of his/her mental faculties.
It really is very impressive. I haven’t had a huge amount of experience with dementia but more of my family are starting to develop it and it’s scary. As a child I remember seeing my great grandmother with it, at first it wasn’t too serious and I struggled to understand why she kept forgetting things, but I remember by the time I saw her for the last time I’d started to understand, and it’s really heartbreaking to remember. She kept forgetting who I was, and when she did remember she kept talking about how tall I’d got, since in her mind I was still 4 years younger than I was. There’s a bit of video of it somewhere and it’s haunting to watch, it’s terrifying what conditions like this can do to people.
God, the part where Jirard begs for Karl and Muta not to expose him is so uncomfortable. He cared more about how this would ruin his image rather than the damage that withholding the funds for years could cause. He was caught like a rat and he knew it.
He didn't care about the people he was hurting by withholding the funds for years. There's no way he was going to show remorse towards them after getting caught, it was always going to be about his own image.
@@Darius27381Did people already expect the funds? Were they in debt or something? Genuinely trying to know who it hurt, it's not as if funding stopped. It didn't even go through so were they already counting on it? EDIT: Disregard what I said, I completely forgot the fact that they're donations. So it's money that donors could've better used. I'm listening to this while doing something else so my brain isn't fully into this. So you're right
Dude needs to lock in and instead of worrying about his image, start working on his character. 5 therapists and they still can't get him to stop instinctually lying? Damn bro
He was likely lying to the therapists anyway, there's not a lot they can do if they can't get an honest word out of him. Even him having five seems more like a way for him to show off the idea that he is doing work to improve rather than to actually seek out real help
A lot of people that talk about going to therapy treat it like a gym membership that they never use. They pay for it but don't take it seriously. They don't put in effort but think that paying for something shows you're changing for the better even if you aren't putting in the effort
It’s so ridiculous how he posted his mother’s autopsy report in his response video instead of any receipts relating to the claims against him. “Look guys I didn’t lie about my mom’s condition! Yes, I ‘’mislead” you with other things, but not this! Did you guys know my mom died? You should feel bad for me.”
"As a boss, I never wanted to fire anyone." I've never been in any management position in my life and that statement is not only naive but also impossible to ever do.
@taipaulsen4347 Holy shit that guy found his way here. lmao, for context, this guy is a massive Jared d rider that kept getting into fights in the comment section under karl and muta's videos.
November 2023, was the time I lost my own mother to dementia/alzhemers... I had just seen The completionist and Caddicarus in London during the legacy show... his response video made my blood boil and my eyes tear up and I had to pause several times. Noone deserves to go through dementia/alzhemers, but to think he held back the money that could have possibly helped someone, if not my own mum... i dont think I need to say more than that.
Honestly, if personal family drama has taught me anything, it's this: You're not going to make everyone happy, so fuck them, focus on what makes YOU happy. If making your family happy comes at the sacrifice of doing what's morally/legally right, then it's not worth it. Apparently, Jirard never learned this, and imo that's the heart of his downfall.
I find it incredibly ironic that all he had to do was NOT lie after that discord call and change his statements moving forward in order to not look so guilty, and yet he couldn't resist boosting his own image and ego for 12 seconds
Even now Jirard has some die-hard fans defending his actions- saying he did nothing wrong and that because he wasn't prosecuted, no crimes were ever committed. The parasocial bonds they've created over the years are so strong they even keep donating money to him after everything. There's even some of them that don't know what happened at all.
One of those people is what got me to watch this video. They responded to a comment I’d made where I didn’t even name the guy because I couldn’t remember his name, but they said he was “just holding the money in his account” and that I shouldn’t believe people who say anything negative about him because they make money off talking about him
The stupidest part of that argument is that just because he hasn't been prosecuted doesn't mean he WON'T EVER be. That's gotta be one of the stupidest things I've heard in awhile. People get away with high profile crimes all the time, sometimes for YEARS, only to inevitably wind up being prosecuted for them. I mean, the Golden State Killer thought he got off scot-free for decades. Its not exactly as if Jirard is in the clear, here.
@@gamefan6219 it's amazing how some even defended him INSTANTLY, even Jared who was already thrown under the bus by Jirard when he had his drama going on. why would you defend someone who literally distanced themselves from you the moment some allegations came out against you. Jared gets called a pedo, Jirard INSTANTLY distanced himself and donated to some charities, yet Jared then turns around and is like "YOU GUYS ARE JUST JEALOUS AND CLICK BAITING!"
@@DarkDyllon True. But ProtonJon however, threw Jirard under the bus for GOOD reason, JUST before colosseum this year. I mean, he cut ties with Jirard after Jirard was exposed for charity fraud. And what's sad about it is that Jirard donated Jon a TMNT pinball table a few years before Jirard was exposed.. he even had Jon over as a guest on Indieland a few times. Same goes for Arin who had Jirard as guest grump, and was friends with him. since the whole thing involving Jirard surfaced, pretty much almost every content creator, friend and indie game developers cut ties with Jirard. How the mighty have fallen. Isn't that just sad that almost everyone Jirard knew cut ties with him?
@@gamefan6219 it's sad for sure, but at the end of the day, these people aren't his "friends" they're "associates" nothing more nothing less, they mutually benefit from bundling together. You can see it the moment Jared's allegations came to light, Jirard instantly distanced himself in fear of being associated with Jared, even though Jared later on wasn't guilty of the accusations. Jirard gets exposed and Jared actually blindly backs him up, get bit in the ass instantly, everyone else is as you said, distancing themselves from Jirard, like when he got a cameo in Sea of Stars, which later on got removed, I don't know, when Greg suddenly left without a word and then also requested to get EVERYTHING removed of him from the channel, I had a hunch something was up, also I lost interest in the completionist series since Greg brought the humour that Jirard sorely lacks. he became a liability and everyone distances themselves from him, why risk being associated with someone who literally committed charity fraud in a space where public reception is massive. it's not like with my best friends, where if i'm at my lowest they'll just distance themselves, they'll be there for me, but all my 100-200 "friends" on my facebook account are definitely not my actual friends. (as an example)
@@DarkDyllonYeah something that still doesn’t sit with me right is the fact that AntDude (and by extent his GF Fushi) we’re two of Jirard’s biggest defenders on Twitter back when Mutahar came out with proof for the fraud, yet mere months later when the Chuggaa controversy happened, both of them were extremely quick to throw Emile under the bus for what seems to be a misunderstanding, at least according to what Tim had to say.
What this guy did was one of the most despicable things I have ever seen. He lied persistently about donating the money and even named recipients that didn’t exist or were no longer with such charities so it couldn’t be easily checked. It was a calculated fraud and the end goal was to always take the proceeds for himself as there is no other explanation. How RUclips allowed him to continue on their platform is utterly insane. Something like this should never be forgiven or forgotten.
Frankly looking at this guy... and his family and especially his brother and father, my guess is that he never took interest in the workings of the charity and the family used it as a personal slush fund. Willful ignorance. His ahole of a brother probably told him, yah, yah, we did donate etc. and he believed it or turned a blind eye
finally a documentary about this scammer. this really hit me hard bc The Completionist was in the top 5 of my all time favorite RUclips channels, but he turned out to be a real piece of donkey doo.
@@deejrdee1 you should look up the definition of harassment and he’s far from innocent. I know what it feels like to find out someone you thought was super cool turned out to be a super not cool person in real life.
Yeah this one hurt. I wasn’t a mega fan of Jirard or anything like that, but I watched his videos on occasion and a bunch of RUclipsrs I watched were friends with him, and had (at the time at least) nothing but nice things to say to him. I gave him the benefit of the doubt when things first came to light, but as more and more came out, I had to accept the truth
It really is a sad situation to me. Someone who just seemed like a good guy on the surface. Just goes to show you can’t really trust any online personality you don’t know in person
I felt the same way. I loved watching Jirard, and he helped me get into a lot of games that I would've probably ignored like Catherine and Oracle of Season/Ages. So when the OpenHand scandal came out back in November, I prayed that it would just amount to a misunderstanding or just negligence on Jirard's part, but after more and more came out about his actions, it just broke my heart to see what a scumbag Jirard is.
The fact that this dude continues to post videos like nothing ever happened, comments and likes enabled, show just how profoundly he believes people should just let this all go and that he doesn't deserve what happened. Also that hes only sorry he got caught. The level of ego and entitlement on display is fucking catastrophic.
It's egotistical and entitled to continue *doing your job?* Controversy or not, bills have gotta be paid and employees have gotta be compensated. Having the entire company implode and leaving a whole team unemployed because of one dude's screw-up isn't very reasonable.
At some point, you got to go on making new things, especially if it’s your job. Though I’m not sure what a good transition back to the norm is supposed to look like. Not saying his was good, but it seems like there’s no good way to transition back to normal after a controversy.
@@thedapperdolphin1590 Ok tbh I can understand the grind, but ya really can't go back to the norm after something like this. Honestly it'd be best to quit and get a new job, but aeeing his face is pretty much everywhere, thats gonna be hard
I forgot about Frosk. The fact that Olivia and Morgan were "more bangable" was certainly a factor in the hate she received, but they also had fun and engaging personalities and knew how to let minor annoyances go. Airing out grievances live and telling people to stop watching is exactly what someone shouldn't do in that situation.
I mean, aside from the activist shit Frosk was saying, she also straight up said that the whole show was a lie. That the hosts were just reading off scripts other people wrote for them. She showed how the sausage was being made. And, really, who cares? As long as the sausage is good, who cares how it's made. But you still don't show the consumer HOW it's made. As for the whole "not bangable" thing, I'm not so sure. Frosk looked bangable. hell, no word of a lie, the first time i saw her, i thought i recognized her from a porn video. No. What she didn't look like was respectable. And that really didn't come from how she looked. It was how she acted. She was so filled with hate and juvenile defiance. Morgan had a fun, bouncy energy. Olivia had a sultry, lighthearted energy. Frosk never had anything but "fuck you and fuck me" energy.
I discovered Jirard in 2020, shortly before COVID lockdowns hit. I loved his videos. His enthusiasm for video games was palpable - it felt like a celebration of gaming. I recommended him to countless people, and his reviews became a regular part of RUclips for me. I even recommended his channel to friends with young kids considering how family friendly the content was. I went into Karl and Mutahar's videos with an open mind back when those bombs dropped, since I hadn't seen much of their content at the time but I also recognized these weren't just random troll or drama accounts making these accusations. I had a really unpleasant, sinking feeling when they laid out their ironclad evidence, and things went from bad to worse with Jirard's *awful* response, where he made claims that I factually know are untrue given my experience with nonprofits. In subsequent videos where Karl unearthed a lot of Jirard's bizarre behavior like the lies about how he quit his job at Best Buy, all I've wondered is, who the fuck is this guy I considered a gold standard for gaming content? Did he really just keep a Nice Guy (TM) mask on for this long? It's one of the wildest and quickest falls from grace I think I've ever seen.
I once said when more and more people i liked got revealed as terrible people "God, i can't even imagine how the internet woupd react to a good guy like Markiplier or The Completionist to be awful people." As you can see, i ate crow woth the latter. Let's hope the prior remains clean...
Trust me he didn't keep the nice guy mask on all the time there has been previous drama he just buried that shit well. Like what happened with the previous co host of that show yes co host he didn't use to solo host the show. This is going back more than a few years now but lets just say that it didnt end well and the whole thing got silenced with lawsuits.
@@dychostarr Jirard, Boogie, Illuminaughty (Or however she spells it). I've said it before, I'll say it again. This is the age of fake YT Nice guys/good guys having their mask ripped off and exposed for who they really are. I'm just watching to see who's gonna be next at this point.
Surprised that Joon didn't include that Jirard had very expensive and front row seats throughout Wrestlemania 39 weekend while knowing full well that the money hadn't been donated yet
Him using his deceased mother as a shield against criticism and lying about the details of her illness to garner sympathy for himself is probably one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard. What a scumbag.
I used to watch the Completionist with my dad. He's gone now (not dead, out of the house bc of drugs) and turns out that Jirard is a complete waste of air, why does this always happen.
Am I the only one who has always thought Jirard felt soooo fake even before the Open Hand controversy? Just the way he fake smiles when he let his best friend go, his non-apologies for Open Hand. He also is a pathological liar, stating his mother is the “longest lasting” FTD survivor. Umm no Jirard. Just no.
Completely agree, first time I saw the guy was on the Skill up podcast, always rubbed me the wrong way. Like he was always presenting himself as goody two shoes, but he did it so often that felt like overcompensating for something.
I never cared for his content to begin with. For a guy called the Completionist, whose gimmick is 100% games, he never really talked about that. Instead, his videos are more like watching someone perform oral sex on a product. Every sentence he utters is the most flowery-filled praise for the game and the developers. I've read paid reviews that were more negative and informative than whatever prose-filled garbage Jirard was sputtering each episode.
I liked the show back in the day, but fell out of it when Greg left. Greg's humor always made the episodes feel like hanging out with your goofy childhood friend. With him gone, the show felt soulless. I saw the Reddit post showing he's a dad now. Glad to know he's doing well.
Yeah, after Greg left it felt like Jirard had only one joke: ranting on one minor point for an uncofortable length of time fbefore the scene transition.
I'm still confused about something: this family runs a scam golf charity, and one of their sons independently decides to run a scam indie game charity?
Eh probably Jirard did his best and then sent all the money from his indy game charity to the family and they told him... sure buddy... we'll donate it. Jirard has a pretty weak and soft personality. I bet he never questioned his brother or father.
@@Aedeus kind of hard to believe after all this that Jirard has a weak and soft personality when he's been caught lying in more than one occasion and was the primary cause for Greg leaving the channel due to not wanting to pay him royalties lmao. Dude's for sure more of a grifter than you give him credit for.
Ironically, since Jirard’s entire family was complicit (or in the case of his father’s golf tournament, actively involved), his “mistakes” prevented the fraud from continuing, and got the money donated before the family found a chance to use it themselves. He completed the inevitable exposure. So you could say Jirard did the best thing; let one little anonymous tip ruin an entire scheme. He could have ignored the discord call, let his family know that they were getting found out…but he accidentally exposed everything and tried to handle it himself.
What is wrong with ProJared? When Jirard got into a controversy he defended him, even though the second Jared himself got into controversy Jirard abandoned him IMMEDIATELY and even donated to 3 charities which is hilarious considering it took him 10 years and getting caught to donate to his.
Well, ProJared had an adult Snapchat that anyone could get into as long as you said "I'm an adult". Pair that with the fact that he appeared on Nickelodeon and the tons of children in his fanbase, there's a 95%+ chance that children were exposed to his nudes whether he "intended it" or not. I saw his Sailor Moon picture without ever searching for or knowing it existed. All the relationship crap was just dumb drama showing all parties were pretty immature. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to prove no child saw Jared's nudes, and there's not a lot of reasonable doubt there, especially in the court of public opinion.
His father sounds like a very emotionless and buisness focused man. Someone who is likely very good at making and saving money. Someone who is probably a master of tax loopholes. He (his father) doesn't sound like an emotional and charitable guy who would want to run anything thar wasn't "pro-profit", but yet he ran a non-profit. It most likely was a tax saving play from the beginning. His dad probably coached him through setting it up. Imagine how furious he is now that his Son has managed to blow that whole scheme right out of the water.
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Corrections:
#1 The breaking bad Completionist episode was an April fools joke
#2 The Completionist media review format can work in extremely long running shows
#3 At 47:26 there is a spelling mistake, it is Mutahar not "Murahar"
#4 At 49:00 there is a spelling mistake, it is donor not "Doner"
#5 At 1:00:47 It is Degeneration not degradation
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bro u got a typo in your desc "Jirard the Completionist is liar"
No, BOOGIE AND DIDDLER DAX, step brother serial killer & helped terorist, I was abducted he was a predator killer, brother still free my adult tormented murderer. I lost SSI got with cancers not all spent immediately on drugs like rest after labored life in third works work, stolen inheritance, gotta get over it research I hate these phones. I’m trying me Mr me, no thanks not watching sad. He’s ASPD, greaseball loads of them.
@@pepeepupoo Play Team Fortress 2.
The irony about Jirard always trying to please his Dad is that now his Dad probably couldn't be more furious at his "idiot son who plays video games all day" for exposing his charity racket
that is probably the most truest outcome of this whole debacle
@nolife6013are you his dad?
@@loduca16no, we’re the ones who give him the ad rev through views 🤡😂😂
@@loduca16 alot of people react to Jirard that way, so it should be understandable why those people are mad at him.
@nolife6013why didn't your raise Jirade to not be a snake oil salesman 🐍
The Internet: Show us receipts
Jirard: Best I can do is proof documenting what they did to my mothers corpse
*The hub theme playing*
@@malcolmwilliams7615
Or Groose’s theme, either one.
That's the most distasteful part about this. The way his family used his mother's illness and death as a cash cow.
@@deeta000Or both?
counts as a donation
He should've completed the donation
heh heh heh
lol the one quest too difficult to complete, letting go of money from an Open Hand
He did only after he was caught.
i give this charity a completionist rating of Donate It
But bit but.... his muuuuuum
Jirard: "I'm broke."
also Jirard: "I have 5 therapists."
I was thinking exactly that.
new money gone money rich people hobbies for the lucky
To think that he casually slapped _Somecallmejohnny's_ shoulder years ago in John's _Sonic Advance review..._
He is so unbelievably privleged from a super rich family.
So glad someone said this. I was like DAMN he got money somewhere
Bro had to beat Persona 5 villains so many times, he became one.
Damn, even down to how mediocre they were as villians
@FF18Cloud nah bro. Jirards writing is booty cheeks compared to them.
Which villains do you beef with and why?
@@WhatUpLub Akechi was kinda cringe, but the rest of the villain cast was top tier.
@@fabiof.8152Akechi was saved by Royale tbh
@@filipsz.8309 I kinda disagree. His writing wasn't exactly better, there was just more cringe on screen.
“Being a completionist of a show, just means you’re a regular reviewer”, made me laugh way harder than it should’ve.
lol same
I don’t know, these days it feels like being a “normal viewer” means not finishing a show :D
@@Sammo212 I disagree. If you watch it and finish it you finished the show, no need to rewatch it or anything like that. Rewatching it weakens the overall experience any way, since you know everything that will happen so it's better to let them live as good memories than water them down with rewatches.
@@Vaquix000 I disagree that rewatches always weakens the overall experience as a show can still be entertaining, enjoyable and comforting despite that. It's the same reason we replay games & songs, reread books or revisit places like amusement parks. Not only that but you can sometimes catch certain clues and hints to future developments on rewatches that you might have missed or misremembered the first time. Shows like Gravity Falls for example encourage rewatches not only for the ciphers (some of which are only on screen for a second & are easily missed if you're not looking for them) and certain background elements but also some scenes get recontexualized thanks to information revealed later on. There's also the chance that your first watch was hindered or clouded by bias, and a rewatch could present the opportunity to approach it with a fresh perspective and as unbiased as possible.
Maybe in some specific cases it can make the experience worse but as a whole I disagree that rewatches inherently make the experience worse. You can still have those memories of the first watch but now with the opportunity to make new ones as well.
@@Vaquix000 good stories tend to get even better with repeated consumption actually. So if you ever feel that something isn’t as good as the first time, whatever you’re watching probably isn’t that good.
Instead the phrase being “getting caught red handed” the new phrase should be “getting caught open handed”
Hah!
Lol naw I dig it
@@deejrdee1OK Jirard, you can leave now.
I get where you're coming from, but also the origins of the phrase are so good. Apparently, the phrase dates back to 15th century Scotland, and was used to describe catching a murderer who hadn't been able to wash his hands of the blood of his victim yet
I was about to comment this like, exact thing when I noticed this one lmao
The idea that The Completionist was anywhere near large enough to be the main benefactor for a major University’s charitable program is laughable.
All of those bits and subs add up lol
Fr though it's too bad those weren't donated
I remember watching indieland live when he said that and...like I'm bad at telling when people lie and take people at face value way too often, but that moment just rang WRONG to me and I stopped watching them as religiously as i had been
Big oil, big pharma, big tech, big completion. All well-known mega industries bankrolling charities.
What’s funny is that ProJared went to bat for Jerard But the second Jerard gets a chance to talk he throws ProJared under the bus, what a great friend
I noticed that too. Unlike Jirard, ProJared was actually exonerated, yet Jirard continues to act like his connection to ProJared is a stain on his reputation.
He should had known better, after all Jirard was not above throwing under the bus Jon and Greg who were not only his actual (longtime) friends but also helped him to make it on RUclips.
@TheZeroNeonix Jared _did_ cheat on his hot wife and her hot boyfriend with a Bird Keeper, he just didn't cheat on her with minors and thus end up in prison.
@@autobotstarscream765 That so called hot wife was a messed up lying control freak lol. Besides that was a situation that should have been kept private between them and not spread to the internet.
All in all Jared is more of a victim of circumstances and an abuser who used the internet to her advantage.
Ofc Jared should do better to not jump the gun himself in these kind of situations but eh nobodys perfect and he apologised for jumping the gun.
@@autobotstarscream765sure, but the real source for the outrage was the claims of predator-behaviour. Cheating is immoral, but it doesn't make someone dangerous or a criminal.
He completed the journey to become a villain. What a massive fall from grace.
He Completed the cycle of being a Hero
@@deejrdee1 haha, nice try bot
@@deejrdee1they're not harassing them, they're just stating facts. It's not like we're in the Completionists comment section, even if we were, it's deserved for lying about charity. No better than a scammer deceiving older people out of their money.
I still think he could be a good and entertaining game reviewer.
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 i do not
"I'm not asking if you guys want money to not run with this, but..."
I've watched enough lawyer shows to know that is totally legal speak for offering a bribe.
To play devil's advocate, he might have thought they might miscpnstrue him asking them not to reveal this as an indirect bribe offer. But that seems to give him took much benefit of the doubt.
Imagine building up a brand for 10 years, only to throw it away for charity frauds.
It’s beyond f-ked up to defraud a Charity in the first place but to defraud a Charity that specifically works to treat/cure the exact same disease that your own mother succumbed to is just a whole new depth of depravity that I didn’t think was possible.
while constantly using your dead mother as a reason for said donations, while also getting most facts wrong about said disease that his mother was suffering from.
like he said that most people with that disease only lasts 7 months, and then he said "my mom said "screw that! i'll live 15 years!"
meanwhile from some research (can't remember the exacts) but it was around 10-20 years iirc, correct me if i'm wrong, he can't even get the actual symptons and life span of those individuals correct.
Biblically accuarate sinful behaviour, utterly disohonoring his mother, not a regret in sight.
@@massgunner4152 Yeah it's basically a guaranteed spot in hellfire at this point
@@DarkDyllon He has actually changed the number of years she lived with FTD almost every time he brought it up.
Seeing comments describing this as "internet drama" really irks me. We're talking about real life money that thousands of people donated, all under a pretense for charity, awareness, and prevention that turned into taking advantage of the kindness of others while misinforming them of how their own money was being handled.
This wasn't some unnecessary back and forth on Twitter or stupid flame wars between a group of creators, this involved thousands of innocent and unknowing victims thanks to Jirard's lack of transparency and wholly negligence on so many fronts.
Not to mention all the given away indy games merch as well as peoples time
Thank you.
I don’t know what it is about RUclips and social media in general but it seems to have desensitised crime and criminals. It’s staggering how many prison-worthy criminal offences have been committed or discovered on this platform yet the suspects hide behind their channels and the ‘drama’ tag. Has this Jirad fraud situation been discovered in an offline capacity, he’d probably be looking at felony embezzlement and fraud conspiracy charges already.
Me when I commit heinous crimes (It's just a bit of internet drama guys dont get upset)
Yeah, publicly communicating a public figure's status as a thieving scammer should not be labeled as "starting drama"...when it's true. It's definitely not okay if it's not true, but if it is true then it's actually imperative future targets are warned.
We deserve to know if someone is a danger, especially if it involves our fundamental needs: resources & safe shelter...which all require money.
(If not, then where do we draw the line?)
While I did not realize Jirard was constantly sprinkling in little lies everywhere, I was starting to get sick of all the update videos complaining about views dropping, etc.
That’s how manipulation works
Seriously looking pack he’s just a pathological liar
Just like Bethesda's Todd Howard
@@mercenarygundam1487 You can dislike Bethesda or Todd Howard but comparing him to someone that's stolen hundreds of thousands through blatant lies is a bit... silly. Todd is a marketer first and foremost and he's damn good at it, whether he stretches the truth or not at least he isn't lying about his mother's illness to get free money from those hoping to help others via charity.
@@TrippyTheShroom Okay... That joke sounded better in my head. Because Sweet Litttle Lies. Ugh...
Hold up. I had NO IDEA that he had that kind of relationship with his dad. So he took the fall and lost his career to cover up his dad's mishandling of the funds? He lied and accused people just to protect a man who never gave him the time of day. Jesus.
His family life is honestly rather messed up since he was a teenager. If he would just admit his wrongs here he would have probably been fine. It's rather sad
That is what happens when you grow up in a family of criminals.
We're all familiar with the line "Blood is thicker than water", but what most people don't know is the second half of that phrase. "The Blood of the Covenant is thicker than the Water of the Womb."
Family is important, but it shouldn't be THIS important.
As someone who has a fair few middle eastern friends, I've seen this same sentiment with all of them, that their fathers are these monoliths of stoniness that only have shown affection with money, if at all and yet they all feel this huge obligation to them.
Dude doesn't have a spine.
That rambling of how he was just going to call it quits was a HEAVY guilt trip that you see from kids when they don't get their way, as if he was somehow the victim.
He even lied about that too. He's still making videos
@@Devo_gxwas about to say this lol. Fortunately most of the comments won't let him forget this
Plus, the stream where he's holding a dog in his lap and sounds sad should be the picture used in the dictionary for "guilt trip".
i only know it from adults weird
@@Devo_gx The longer the beard grows, the bigger and more numerous the lies grow
"Thank god you're paying me for this."
"Uuhm... hate to break it to you, but we're not paying you for this."
Stupendous foreshadowing~
Reminds me of a Mexican quote
"Entre broma y broma la verdad se asoma" (Between jokes and more jokes the truth appears)
@@crazycoot647We truly live in a society...
@@crazycoot647 I love that, thanks for sharing it
There is always some truth to jokes.
@@crazycoot647was this a Como Dice el Dicho episode?
To anyone who says "at least he finally donated", sorry, not quite.
This isn't over yet. Jirard still owes the remaining $55k from 2022 plus whatever he earned from 2023. Let's also not forget that the inconsistencies in the filings also hint at other undeclared amounts. The point is he still owes a lot more than some people realize.
He donated an amount large enough to impress anyone who wasn't paying attention while still holding onto the rest. He shouldn't be able to get away with that.
Anyone can report him to the sec for charity fraud.
There's also the inflation part being ignored. Jirard actually owns close to 60k to charity due to inflation, so the money he donated is less than he should.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino Yes, thank you. I should've included that to.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino I think the inflation angle is stupid it would've lost value no matter where the money was. Its not like charities operate with 0$ in their accounts, 600k would've lost their account too. Inflation is universal.
@@adude8673 Sure, that charity wouldn't operate with $0, but most reputable charities do spend close to 100% of their yearly income. Even if only a portion of what had been received annually was spent on the cause it would still have had the buying power from then. Regardless it would've been more effective to give in smaller annual increments vs waiting to give a lump sum.
I don't understand how someone so focused on having such a squeaky clean image, just didn't have the hindsight to think, "maybe not donating the money and letting it sit in a bank account with no interest, is a bad idea.". Like if you're going to plaster yourself all over something why would you not check in and make sure atleast the money was donated in a timely fashion. Not when you're found with your hand in the damn cookie jar
Classic way to get caught though. As Deep Throat said, “Follow the money.”
That really wasn't the problem. The problem was that he never said that was what was happening.
No, he was actively saying the exact opposite - that they had already donated it and were directly working with those groups.
And then by his own admission, even if he wasn't aware originally, he knew for almost two years that it wasn't true, yet continued to say these same things anyway which makes every instance after an intentional lie.
Even if he simply didn't understand the lump sum payment thing, once it was explained to him that they hadn't actually donated and why, it was his job to do that for the audience, not just lie to them.
If he had just corrected himself immediately, then it's pretty likely none of this would have went down.
Once it's found out, it's too late. Especially when you see that he's been lying to you by his own admission for almost two years, there's no reason to believe him after the fact.
The rest of what he's done and said regarding it are suspicious, but no one would have been looking into him to find those if not for his donation lies.
I can assure it wasn't an accident, it wasn't a slip up, it was intentional...
@RunicSigils You basically said what they said. He should've done something as soon as he found out. Not doing so risked and ultimately cost him his reputation.
Narcissist sociopathic people don't posses that ability. They are snakes. They present one thing - while being something else entirely
The way Greg said "that family" in his final statement washing his hands really struck different, like he knew not only Jirard but they all were rotten somehow...goddamn
I picked up on that too
their obsession with "legacy" is so weird and cringe, that's what freaks me out. like, just live your life dude you were already building a "legacy" naturally by just existing and doing what you love professionally. you don't need to be your dad's dad's dad wtf
Dude. In the video where it was announced Greg was leaving, that's my drawing on the right shelf.
I still have my hand written letter from Greg and my signed stickers. I remember when it was announced that Greg was leaving, I was so mad because it was taken down by the next video.
Seeing that again feels like a kick to the face now
Update posted in comments
Where is it? I don't see it
@@awsomkid3735 ruclips.net/user/shortsEEnBknmYvpY?si=F7JYrqA0f1K246lD
Glad he left, he wasn't funny
@@mormonjesus9581 yeah but at least he would have donated to charity.
@@mormonjesus9581 He was funny to some, but of course, humor is subjective. But I mean, gotta admit that more people in a vid = more energy and fun commentary to bounce around, right?
Us: wheres the money?
Him: heres my moms autopsy report
That's cold, but true.
Its not his fault, Jirard thought he was playing Ace Attorney, thats all
I think the question was "what's been donated?"
his answer was "my mom's corpse"
Which seems to have been the only thing that had been donated by the open hand up till that point.
@@diegoortiz2404OBJECTION!!!
@@diegoortiz2404OBJECTION!!!
Even if he really was just ignorant/negligent and had donated the money the DAY he talked to Muta and Karl, just mentioning the possibility of bribing them tells me he's an Actual Bad Guy. Not to mention all the guilt-tripping, like that whole call was so fucking scummy.
The guilt tripping in retrospect was a big red flag. He did it in his videos pre-scandal. ‘Look how hard I work for you, look at all this time and effort I’m spending on content for you’
I’m not saying every RUclipsr who does that is a scumbag but all the ones who’ve turned out to be really scummy have done this
He makes Karl and Muta out to be the bad guys, even though hoarding money from a charity for a supposedly noble cause is just plain evil.
he pulled that "I'm making a joke, but if you say yes I'm definitely down for it" move.
you know, the one where a guy will tell a girl he's into but won't just ask out "oh, you should date me, haha just kidding that'd be so funny if we went out."
He literally thought he could manipulate his way into not donating the money. Insane.
Yep. Part of me feels pity hearing him start to breakdown over the realization that his career and reputation are over, especially his how he was so approval seeking from his Dad. Another part of me just finds him pathetic with how he handled that call and how he tried to act big with a lawsuit threat despite having no leverage.
ok full stop as a psychologist the "I have 5 therapists" line is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever and it reeks of "please pity me" energy so bad
In hospital maybe? When I was admitted to hospital for my mood disorder I had a psychiatrist for medications, a psychologist for talk therapy, a therapist for CBT/group therapy , and a social worker for financial type things. There was also art and music therapy stuff and exercise therapy, but those were more elective.
But I was impatient and while there was outpatients I don’t remember any of them being around long enough to have that many people working on your care
The amount of time he brings up the sad boi stuff annoyed me more that made me feel bad for him tbh
If you were a real psychologist, you wouldn't say "pity me please energy."
@@FETUSSTATUS bro thinks you have to be professional at all times
"I would never fired someone for any reason" has to be the WORST policy lmao
That’s what happens when he tries to play a wholesome Mr Rogers character. Instead he “let him go”, that’s totally different lmao
As if there aren’t hundreds of incredibly ethical and moral reasons to fire a person
well, to give at least some benefit of the doubt, its safe to assume the "any reason" part most likely means miniscule aggressions like showing up late or what have you. he doesnt 100 percent mean EVERY and ANY reason
He said, many years after "parting ways" with Greg.
Like, dude... did you just forget Greg existed? How can he say he never fired anyone? Maybe it wasn't _"technically"_ a firing so he could -lie to himself- believe he had never fired anyone, but come on...
@@elgatofato3555 sure but it's still a stupid thing to say, and in retrospect was yet another try hard attempt at preserving his wholesome image.
A lot of people try to defend him by saying “Oh well at least he DID donate the money in the end” as if that makes it all better. It doesn’t matter if he eventually donated it or not, people donated to him as an act of good will and he LIED about where it was. I might be bitter because dementia hits really close to home for my family, but I really don’t give a shit. Fuck this dude for using his late mother and her illness as a selling point for his ‘charity’.
it also takes away years of research. That money put to a good use five or more years ago could have helped move the research forward, maybe a step, maybe two, maybe ten. BUt we'll never know because the money was never given.
Not to mention he only donated the money AFTER his ass got caught red handed!
Exactly! It’s like saying a bank robber did a good thing by not robbing banks after he was arrested but not before robbing banks across the country
He also didn't donate it... not entirely, at least. There was $655k in the "bank account" at the end of 2022. He donated $600k. There is still $55k, plus whatever he received from the 2023 indieland. Not to mention, all the unaccounted money received from the golf tournaments.
He donated only after being called out, so if he didt the money will probably still be in the account collecting dust.
Man, that old Completionist intro brings me back to middle school. What a shame the channel turned out like it did.
It came out well
@@mormonjesus9581If you think he did well why are you watching this video?
Did you literally just admit to intentionally seeking out echo chambers?
Wild, what a blight on humanity you are. @@liammcnicholas918
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One of his coworkers at G4 said he was sleeping half the time and didn’t really help with videos they did together
Not surprising.
I think the thing that sucks about this, outside of just how popular and "squeaky clean" jirard used to be is that indieland is something that was an AMAZING idea. A huge charity event that also exposes a bunch of new indie games, giving those games new audiences? Yes! Please! But of course Jirard had to screw it up!
I know :/
I hope that someone would start up a spiritual successor to Indieland minus the fraud someday
Ehh I think him falling out with Greg is the first red flag, the seconded one is him being part of the G4 revival.
"WE HAD A GOOD THING GOIN JIRARD!"
And that one genuinely bites because Indieland genuinely got games good word of mouth that might have otherwise gotten lost in the shuffle. Screw Jirard.
it's actually huge that Mutahar and Karl caught it. Imagine how much more he could have gotten away with
that guy with the anonymous tip is the real MVP
now I wonder whom the caller is, a very interesting question
@@rapalotes Did you just call your _own question_ very interesting?
jesus christ.
@@dillis2188I mean… it’s an interesting question. What’s also interesting is how offended you are about it
@@rapalotes probably an employee of the fondation
Can’t really feel bad for this guy. Had the whole gaming world in his hand and total respect from the general community. Blew it all for cash. Same old story unfortunately.
Not even for that much cash! That blows my mind. He was living a somewhat successful content creator and streamer life. He could have had that without the charity fraud probably.
@@lasagnahog7695and dumb with the handling of what cash he had. $600k in non interest accruing accounts for a decade, no investments. That crap would be MILLIONS if he had even bought a bond, let alone put it on an index fund. Crap has doubled since covid began. Let alone it's lost like 20% value through covid. 2% per year before that. Just insane
@@lasagnahog7695 greed works in super weird ways man
Jirad is so sanctimonious that it makes him look dumb. “I promised myself that I would never fire an employee for any reason” - congrats dude, you’re the kind of manager that everyone hates, because you let issues like bullying and people refusing to do their jobs continue unchecked. Like seriously, that’s just bad business, not to mention dangerously close to the old “we’re like a family here” nonsense.
it's also how the other 2 on that clip go "well, you let them go, not fired them" that's the same fucking thing.
it's the same with where i'm working, good employee's, outstanding stats, fun to work with etc, don't get their contracts renewed, but they aren't "fired" they're "let go" that's literally the same thing, just said in a way that makes the company (or person) seem less bad.
Old school Completionist fans know Greg was the good guy all along. Of course the guy who screws over his best friend is also a scammer.
This really puts in question the actual reasons why Greg and he parted ways.
Greg is also a dad now so good for him
@@oz_jones1:12:28
@@oz_jones he talks about it at the very end of the video
I didn't follow the drama or the channel much till after that, but from what has been out of there, that definitely seems like that case.
Jirard: I HAVE THE RECEIPTS!
*refuses to show said receipts*
*refuses to elaborate any further*
*leaves while giving us the bird*
But he does have his mother’s autopsy report!
He lacked Jared's stand ability: [The Receipts]
Waiter: So how do you want to pay?
Jirard: Do you take my mother's autopsy report?
First they're sweet:
"I-I'm not tryin' to be like, 'Do you guys want money to help me hide this?!'"
Then they're sour:
"These allegations are slanderous! And, we believe, were done with selfish intent!"
"These people exposed me for not donating to charity. I agreed that not donating to charity is bad.
I'm gonna sue them"
He's a sour patch kid
@@borb7085 Sour Patch Man
It's so funny how Projared tried to lie and pretend Karl and Muta never talked to Jirard. And then you go to the discord call and see Jirard throwing Projared right under the bus.😂😂😂
Disregarded one of his most blindly loyal defenders like it was nothing. Fake friend since the start.
Not only did he throw Jared under the bus he threw Jon under the bus. And he attended Jon’s wedding.
It’s kinda fitting this was the last thing of relavence that happened to the Normal Boots crew given their website is offically defunct now
Shortly thereafter, Jared removed his tweet, yea?
@MentalLiberation It was a dumb af tweet to begin with. This showcases that when push comes to shove, Jirard will use his supposed "friends" as shields against criticism.
My mother has dementia and my father had brain surgery.
They're not the same people. It's like I already lost my parents, but I'm talking to their shell.
Damn. I'm sorry to hear about that.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this, I hope you can find some peace with time.
at the very least, you’re dealing with it better than Jirard
I’m so sorry. My grandma is currently suffering from dementia, too. Imo it’s the most horrible disease out there because, like you said, it basically erases the person you knew but they’re still breathing.
NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE
Very sorry to hear that... 😟
He literally tried the Father Ted excuse for the charity money.
You're so right 😭 Jirard literally went "The money was just... resting in my account!" and prayed everybody would just believe him
Down with this sort of thing!
Careful now.
Goat comedy
Haha never realised he pulled the old Crilly excuse 😂.
DRRINK! GURRLS!
You know his Dad is pissed off that his son exposed the family secret.
You know the IRS is probably breathing down all their necks as well. (Which is WELL Deserving)
Wants to always please his father….well he sure definitely didn’t do it here.
Oh Yeah!
The irony of ProJared defending Jirard in a video that he clearly didn't watch, as it also contained Jirard throwing ProJared under the bus in it!
To be fair I’m pretty sure the interview came out after Jared defended Jirard.
BTW how are you doing Larry?
@@Chrizinator Yeah, I think that part of the interview came out after the "response" video.
But I'm on the mend now thanks, looking forward to making videos again :)
@@TheZerocrossings Thanks bud, I'll be back soon. Getting frustrated myself I've not done anything in ages >:(
@@LarryI love you guru Larry. I love your video about putting things on your bum
@@gishigoshi My fave was the Simpsons on DVD!
“Me being friends with JonTron when he was a racist,” is such a wildly funny way to put that.
“Was” like he’s not still racist. Incredible.
To plays Devils Advocate, Jontron was basing his statements on things that at the time people thought were legit stats which turned out to be horrifically wrong and when he was called out on that, he fully apologised, admitted he was being a bigot, cut ties with a bunch of the right wing people he talked to at the time and didnt try and continue the narrative again.
@@Lucifersfursona he really isnt one
yeah that got a chuckle out of me
@OberonFox no, nobody believed "at the time" that jews were increasing immigration to wipe out white people.
Only crackpots believed that at any point in time.
Also, he hasn't stopped being a bigot, he just hides it better now. He still regularly dogwhistles to those types of people.
As someone who lost one of the most important people in my life to early onset dementia, watching that condition progress on them slowly, it disgusts me that this guy did what he did. Especially after knowing he went through it too. What a horrible person
Seriously. I've lost several people close to me to dementia and listening to him talk about his mom and how he's doing everything in honor of his mom, knowing it's all a big lie taking advantage of people who've been through similar experiences genuinely hurts, especially as someone who used to like his videos
I never watched the completionist but now I realize why every markiplier charity stream he always makes a big deal explaining how he never sees any money, and always provides receipts publicly for his audience when the donations are made. open hand indeed
God, Markiplier is another one I really, really hope is as decent as he seems to be.
Just remember. He could have saved many lives during all the times they did these events. Yet all those years, non of that money moved until he was caught. Scum.. never forget
@@deejrdee1 k
all while name dropping his mom.. so sick. some people have no conscience. it sucks that so many of these people have the easiest lives and so much generational wealth.
@@humanbean3
Everyone: Where's the money Jirard ?!
Jirard: I counter with my mom's autopsy
@@JunnyJai yes the autopsy. that he personally performed. such a difficult task it was.
oh wait, he just signed an extra piece of paper.. still it was a hard decision! I mean, do you want to help other people by letting ur moms affected organ be studied?
HMMMMMMMM. that's a tough one.
and these are always the kind of people that have basically no relationship with their parents too. probably only seeing them on holidays or when they ask them for money or something...
Jirard is a POS, but as of now, there's no saving the people with the conditions they claimed to be helping. :(
"I've never defrauded anyone.... Here's an autopsy report for my dead Mother"
We really got The Bad Ending huh
He got the bad ending
Nah, this is the true ending
im only kinda surprised that John from jontron was the guy who made it the best out of the normal boots/ game grumps crowd
Pretty sure peanut butter guy hasn't had any bad dirt yet
This is like the third time I’ve found you in the comments lmao, the first time I found you “do what I want” got added to half my playlists
1:11:49 - I can't stop laughing, this is PERFECT.
"Sorry for drowning all those puppies in the well.... PREGNANT PAUSE..... some say the 2012 Ninja Turtles reboot was a cynical cash grab, but I say....."
"I will come back tomorrow with another clothing haul" vibes LMAO
Dude providing the autopsy report of his mom is just despicable, man. Using a dead person to cover up your lies and trying to get pity is messed up. Absolutely spits on the memory of that person.
51:18 - "I want to build something that's gonna be a legacy. I want to build something that... will always *remind* people of _The Completionist,_ but won't necessarily *be* that."
[Task Failed Successfully]
Kinda ironic because the reason why I remembered him was because of that title and his presence, despite not following his content. He really shot himself in the foot with his "plan" or "idea" for himself.
Bro has so many therapists he had to hire a therapist to send his therapists to group therapy....
Blud is absolutely cooked. Imagine how much of a snowflake you have to be to need 5 therapists
Today I learned you can be a Therapy Therapist.
I am definitely in the wrong career...
“Yo, dawg. We heard you like therapies.”
It's such a weird feeling when you get a bad vibe from someone and then later find out that they were a scumbag all along.
Feels vindicating. Got the same vibe about Iiluminaughtii the first time YT recommended her channel to me. Overly preach and sanctimonious people trying to paint themselves in a good light are a red flag.
Humans are actually really really good at reading tiny cues in tone, facial expression and body language of other humans. If your gut is telling you something is wrong about someone, your gut is probably right
@@supersardonic1179I felt the same way about her and anyone else who spends too much time being holier than thou and finger wagging whoever did the bad thing. It comes off very suspicious and it usually is for good reason.
Iluminaughtii reminded me of my ex so I disliked her from the beginning.
I exactly know the feeling. I never liked him and I always wondered why he put me off so much, I thought it was just that I disagreed with him deleting a bunch of old videos but it was more. And then this whole scandal vindicated me in having a bad vibe from him.
its ridiculous how well he was able to spin "im the heir to a super rich and successful man" into "I have this terrible responsibility to make this person proud", and make people feel sorry for him. dude is a professional victim that's for sure. like most narcissists.
Like most leftists you mean
political tiktoks might be rotting your brain my friend
@@humanbean3 don't use tiktok. Nice try bud
@@technobladeleakedclips1827are you having a stroke? What are you talking about?
@@technobladeleakedclips1827🥱 bad b8
Projared not taking his time to look at evidence is FUCKING WILD considering what he went through. You'd think he'd learn a lesson from his own situation
he seems a little... slow😊
He’s learned nothing whatsoever. He’s still begging for attention/engagement from his female fans. He’s just wised up to using Instagram stories so nothing can be archived if it’s not screenshotted.
What's kinda sad about ProJared is that Jirard abandoned him during Jared's controversy and even name dropped him as part of the call with Karl and Muta... but Jared instantly jumped in to defend Jirard.
Bro, that bro you thought was your bro was not your bro, and you looked like a clown trying to defend him while he was secretly knifing you in the back.
Yea, from what I've heard from a former friend of his that he's always been an ass and rather shitty towards women.
@@Theaterfreak Jeez. I haven't caught any of his recent works, but I know he's fallen off significantly, even after proving his innocence. I wonder how much of that attention seeking is genuine versus trying to just remain relevant.
There's one video that people seem to gloss over from jirard that in an early interview he did he admitted that jontron was the one who came up with the idea for the completionist. In later interviews especially after jontrons issues, he retconned it to say that he alone came up with the idea for the completionist, basically cutting out jontron to just someone he knew at the time.
I think in his FFX video he mentioned both Jon and Arin encouraged led to him creating the Completionist.
It's just how psychopathic habitual liars are, unfortunately. I haven't met a psychopathic one, but I had a friend who somehow became someone who had to lie like every 5th sentence or so. Constant. Had to drop that friendship at that point..hate liars in general, and if it's chronic then it can really become a burden. Best to distance as far as possible from these types, they'll just end up being a big net negative on your life overall.
@@Hojson I develpoed a habit of lying due to addiction to alcohol, almost harder to get of rid of the lying than of the addiction again, tho I only ever really lied about consuming and trying to keep up appearences to the outside world, family and partners, still lying is shitty and you should be careful to see the beginning of it becoming a problem.
@@MindinvasionAs a drinker myself, I can relate.
@@Hojson Not every compulsive liar is a bad person. He certainly is though.
18:40 “I don’t want to be completing games my entire life…” congrats Jirard. You got what you want sooner than expected
If I had a nickle for every member of Normal Boots who got their cameo in a videogame removed due to a controversy they were involved in, I'd have two nickles, which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice
isn't it like 4 nickels now?
@@NobleAbsinthe idk I just know of Jontron being removed from Yooka-Laylee and Jirard from Sea of Stars
Except its still crazy that Jontron's was removed for a nothing burger.
@@guilhermehank4938 So Jontron blaming the resurgence of intolerable groups due to black single mothers and him not wanting salvadorans to dilute the gene pool is a nothing burger?
What JonTron said on that podcast was NOT a nothing burger. It had a ton of dog whistles and incredibly racist and xenophobic rhetoric.@@guilhermehank4938
He’s most likely lying about having 6 therapists, most therapists will tell you that you can’t see other therapists due to conflicts in treatment. Couples therapy maybe, since technically it’s not you being treated but the relationship, but the idea of having SIX therapists and one that talks to the other 5 is absolutely absurd
Oh yeah maybe 3 at most, a shrink, a psychiatrist, and one for misc purposes.
Been running that Gambit when I was a lad, and the only time you really get a team of 6 would be if you're in a nuthouse tryna off yourself with a screw you pulled out of a wall
3 is the most you can have: One a psychologist, one a psychiatrist you see for meds, and a third for couple's therapy.
That's the strangest lie in here. Lying about RUclips views, or lies that inflate himself in some way, have a discernible objective. But why would you lie about seeing half a dozen therapists?
@@jonathanlgill Not entirely sure, but I'd guess in his mind it would indicate just how bad off he is. Kinda like if someone said, "I have to take 16 meds just to get out of bed in the morning!" I'm guessing we're supposed to think, "Oh man--it's taking that many therapists to help him? He must be really bad off. Poor guy. He's struggling through so much!" --Regardless of whether its true or not, I don't think it's going to generate any sympathy--though I can only assume that was the goal.
@@schwaaard That sounds plausible. Some combination of sympathy or showing all the hard work he's putting in for self-improvement. Still very odd.
I forgot how mad he seemed in that pajama shirt
This caught me out of guard 🤣
I lost my great uncle from dementia 2 years ago this Christmas. He was a part of my life from the beginning and I loved him dearly. the fact that he was negligent about the donations about a charity that helps with this subject makes me so upset
Jirard's charity scandal was so large that while I was listening to traffic radio in the car a few months ago, one of the anchors started talking about it and then the others made typical middle-aged "Wow, you can make money on RUclips?" statements. He 100%ed his career and escaped the digi-world.
i knew nothng about thata or his life at all, i've only seen some of his videos and found them nice
I do somewhat feel bad for him but like also.... dude's got 5 therapists, allegedly, and yet hasn't done ANY work towards his relationship with his father? Like, my dude, if your father's really that terrible, and you seek so much approval... maybe you should work towards fixing that???? cut contact and work on your trauma.
All Jared did was prove his father's harsh words kinda right in hindsight which is wild.
As someone that’s had my fair share of therapists, just having one isn’t the hardest part (tho I learned recently from getting one for the first time as an adult, it’s hard enough to get one in the US that takes your insurance to begin with), the hard part is being honest with yourself and being vulnerable. I’m still working on that. I think he hasn’t realized that he’s only done a portion of the work it takes. Tho I would commend him for even taking that step, as it’s even harder for men in our society to step up and admit they need a therapist. It’s scary being vulnerable and telling someone what is bothering you, even when you know they’re trained and have heard far worse than most of the things you could possibly tell them.
He wanted to get a "Dad" Therapist but to add another one he had to upgrade his equipment slots and he forgot to grind for the upgrade materials
@@Homodemon He had to work on his skill tree to afford the master therapist that tracks all the progress
Well to be fair the modern day therapist use the "affirming" model rather than really working on someones core issues, that will probably be difficult and painful to fix.
The man looks like he's aged 10-20 years in the clip of him streaming toward the end of the video
Yeah I noticed that too, his beard is getting greyer than Gandalfs lol
he normally dyes his hair. hes had greys for a long time.
Looks like stress induced graying.
The beard gets visibly grey REALLY fast…speaking from experience. The grey hairs have a totally different texture and shape, so they jump out of the mop
@@Deminese2 No such thing as stress induced greying. Just lack of a trip to Ulta for another layer of color.
Jirard comes off as a classic "nice guy". The kind of person who acts polite and pleasant in public, but he's a backstabbing liar behind the scenes. Then when his lies get exposed, he desperately tries to get sympathy.
13:48
Putting the controversy aside for one second, this has to be one of the most heart breaking and poetic ways i've ever heard of describing having to witness someone you love go through the decay of his/her mental faculties.
It really is very impressive. I haven’t had a huge amount of experience with dementia but more of my family are starting to develop it and it’s scary.
As a child I remember seeing my great grandmother with it, at first it wasn’t too serious and I struggled to understand why she kept forgetting things, but I remember by the time I saw her for the last time I’d started to understand, and it’s really heartbreaking to remember.
She kept forgetting who I was, and when she did remember she kept talking about how tall I’d got, since in her mind I was still 4 years younger than I was. There’s a bit of video of it somewhere and it’s haunting to watch, it’s terrifying what conditions like this can do to people.
God, the part where Jirard begs for Karl and Muta not to expose him is so uncomfortable. He cared more about how this would ruin his image rather than the damage that withholding the funds for years could cause. He was caught like a rat and he knew it.
Would you not be terrified if your life and livlihood was about to be blown up?
He didn't care about the people he was hurting by withholding the funds for years. There's no way he was going to show remorse towards them after getting caught, it was always going to be about his own image.
That’s an insult to rats. They’re intelligent, social, empathetic and affectionate animals. He’s dishonest, has no morals and no shame or remorse.
@@RightsForZombies then u only ever heard of his from the drama
@@Darius27381Did people already expect the funds? Were they in debt or something? Genuinely trying to know who it hurt, it's not as if funding stopped. It didn't even go through so were they already counting on it?
EDIT: Disregard what I said, I completely forgot the fact that they're donations. So it's money that donors could've better used. I'm listening to this while doing something else so my brain isn't fully into this. So you're right
Dude needs to lock in and instead of worrying about his image, start working on his character. 5 therapists and they still can't get him to stop instinctually lying? Damn bro
He was likely lying to the therapists anyway, there's not a lot they can do if they can't get an honest word out of him. Even him having five seems more like a way for him to show off the idea that he is doing work to improve rather than to actually seek out real help
A lot of people that talk about going to therapy treat it like a gym membership that they never use. They pay for it but don't take it seriously. They don't put in effort but think that paying for something shows you're changing for the better even if you aren't putting in the effort
How do we know he isn't just lying about the therapists? 5 therapists? Really?
He was probably lying about that too
therapy is bullshit anyway
It’s so ridiculous how he posted his mother’s autopsy report in his response video instead of any receipts relating to the claims against him.
“Look guys I didn’t lie about my mom’s condition! Yes, I ‘’mislead” you with other things, but not this! Did you guys know my mom died? You should feel bad for me.”
"As a boss, I never wanted to fire anyone." I've never been in any management position in my life and that statement is not only naive but also impossible to ever do.
he's so bad at the only thing he's tried to do in his life, its impressive
I mean he said he didn't want to fire anyone. I'm sure any normal boss wouldn't LIKE firing people but at the same time understand it's necessary.
Damn his dad’s description aged like fine wine
Kinda feel bad for him. His dad sounds like an asshole and his insecurities trying to constantly please him led to his downfall.
@@AlexEich yeah true, would hate to have a dad like that, can never be proud of their kids
@@deejrdee1 hah good one
@taipaulsen4347 Holy shit that guy found his way here. lmao, for context, this guy is a massive Jared d rider that kept getting into fights in the comment section under karl and muta's videos.
Send his bum to the IRS
Imagine using your dead mother as an excuse to steal money from charity. What an absolute waste of life
More like a sociopath, typical narcissit behaviour. Especially when using "friends" for personal gains and throwing them under the bus instantly.
No evidence he stole
@@TheSMR1969 No evidence he DIDN'T steal.
@@woldemunster9244 that's not how it works
@@TheSMR1969 Good reply, i changed my mind.
November 2023, was the time I lost my own mother to dementia/alzhemers...
I had just seen The completionist and Caddicarus in London during the legacy show... his response video made my blood boil and my eyes tear up and I had to pause several times. Noone deserves to go through dementia/alzhemers, but to think he held back the money that could have possibly helped someone, if not my own mum... i dont think I need to say more than that.
Honestly, if personal family drama has taught me anything, it's this:
You're not going to make everyone happy, so fuck them, focus on what makes YOU happy. If making your family happy comes at the sacrifice of doing what's morally/legally right, then it's not worth it.
Apparently, Jirard never learned this, and imo that's the heart of his downfall.
Yeah. There is a point; logically depending on the family, but there is a point where you'll go "Fuck this; *this* blood is NOT thicker than water."
He has the biggest daddy issues I've seen
Man, this is just depressing. Jirard just gets pulled down into the mud with the family.
He had 5 therapists and none of them told him that.
One question with that theory: what about cases when focusing on what make you yourself happy entails sacrifices morally/legally?
The downfall of the completionist was quite sad for me. I watched him on and off for many years. He always seemed to upkeep a squeaky clean image.
Right?
It was a really, really sad shock.
Wait until you find out he rarely ever actually completed games.
@@coltonwilkie241 You trolls have been lying about this for years. He literally streamed himself completing them, what are you on?
@@MicaiahBaron indeed, what an odd thing to lie about. Like he turned out to be a massive manipulator, but he definitely did complete his games.
@@coltonwilkie241 Sources on this claim?
I find it incredibly ironic that all he had to do was NOT lie after that discord call and change his statements moving forward in order to not look so guilty, and yet he couldn't resist boosting his own image and ego for 12 seconds
Right? He had a chance to get it right and salvage his career and completely blew it.
@@mostlyrobotic not that he deserved a career tbh
Even now Jirard has some die-hard fans defending his actions- saying he did nothing wrong and that because he wasn't prosecuted, no crimes were ever committed.
The parasocial bonds they've created over the years are so strong they even keep donating money to him after everything. There's even some of them that don't know what happened at all.
One of those people is what got me to watch this video. They responded to a comment I’d made where I didn’t even name the guy because I couldn’t remember his name, but they said he was “just holding the money in his account” and that I shouldn’t believe people who say anything negative about him because they make money off talking about him
The stupidest part of that argument is that just because he hasn't been prosecuted doesn't mean he WON'T EVER be. That's gotta be one of the stupidest things I've heard in awhile. People get away with high profile crimes all the time, sometimes for YEARS, only to inevitably wind up being prosecuted for them. I mean, the Golden State Killer thought he got off scot-free for decades. Its not exactly as if Jirard is in the clear, here.
and im sure jirad would throw them under the bus too if he could
@@BottomBunkArtthe ironic thing about their argument is that Jirard makes money off of THEM his “supporters”.
A long ass video about internet drama to listen to while I work? Hell yes.
LAVAIDLWIWHY
Same lol
I'm a farmer and videos like these keep me entertained 😅
same
Im a janitor those types of videos make my shift go faster
>Creates band named Big Bad Bosses
>Is a big bad boss
Big Fat Boss
34:39 "I'mma sleep fine tonight" He does not look or sound like he is going to sleep fine that night.
The completitonist managed to be despised by his audience just as much as his family despises him. Total Chad
Not just his audience... but his friends and fellow content creators as well.
ProtonJon, FamilyJules, Jontron and Greg, etc.
@@gamefan6219 it's amazing how some even defended him INSTANTLY, even Jared who was already thrown under the bus by Jirard when he had his drama going on.
why would you defend someone who literally distanced themselves from you the moment some allegations came out against you.
Jared gets called a pedo, Jirard INSTANTLY distanced himself and donated to some charities, yet Jared then turns around and is like "YOU GUYS ARE JUST JEALOUS AND CLICK BAITING!"
@@DarkDyllon True. But ProtonJon however, threw Jirard under the bus for GOOD reason, JUST before colosseum this year. I mean, he cut ties with Jirard after Jirard was exposed for charity fraud. And what's sad about it is that Jirard donated Jon a TMNT pinball table a few years before Jirard was exposed.. he even had Jon over as a guest on Indieland a few times. Same goes for Arin who had Jirard as guest grump, and was friends with him.
since the whole thing involving Jirard surfaced, pretty much almost every content creator, friend and indie game developers cut ties with Jirard.
How the mighty have fallen.
Isn't that just sad that almost everyone Jirard knew cut ties with him?
@@gamefan6219 it's sad for sure, but at the end of the day, these people aren't his "friends" they're "associates" nothing more nothing less, they mutually benefit from bundling together.
You can see it the moment Jared's allegations came to light, Jirard instantly distanced himself in fear of being associated with Jared, even though Jared later on wasn't guilty of the accusations.
Jirard gets exposed and Jared actually blindly backs him up, get bit in the ass instantly, everyone else is as you said, distancing themselves from Jirard, like when he got a cameo in Sea of Stars, which later on got removed, I don't know, when Greg suddenly left without a word and then also requested to get EVERYTHING removed of him from the channel, I had a hunch something was up, also I lost interest in the completionist series since Greg brought the humour that Jirard sorely lacks.
he became a liability and everyone distances themselves from him, why risk being associated with someone who literally committed charity fraud in a space where public reception is massive.
it's not like with my best friends, where if i'm at my lowest they'll just distance themselves, they'll be there for me, but all my 100-200 "friends" on my facebook account are definitely not my actual friends. (as an example)
@@DarkDyllonYeah something that still doesn’t sit with me right is the fact that AntDude (and by extent his GF Fushi) we’re two of Jirard’s biggest defenders on Twitter back when Mutahar came out with proof for the fraud, yet mere months later when the Chuggaa controversy happened, both of them were extremely quick to throw Emile under the bus for what seems to be a misunderstanding, at least according to what Tim had to say.
37:36 "I would never fire anyone for any reason." That, LMAO, that is some naive business sense there. :-P
That's a terrible statement. You wouldn't even fire someone for sexual harassment or other workplace misconduct?
He is trying so hard to be a "nice guy"
And a blatant lie since he fired Greg.
@@guilhermehank4938 Just one more lie. :-/
@@vidyastuff3509 I think it's more likely Greg left on his own. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't being paid for being a part of the show.
What this guy did was one of the most despicable things I have ever seen. He lied persistently about donating the money and even named recipients that didn’t exist or were no longer with such charities so it couldn’t be easily checked. It was a calculated fraud and the end goal was to always take the proceeds for himself as there is no other explanation. How RUclips allowed him to continue on their platform is utterly insane. Something like this should never be forgiven or forgotten.
Frankly looking at this guy... and his family and especially his brother and father, my guess is that he never took interest in the workings of the charity and the family used it as a personal slush fund. Willful ignorance. His ahole of a brother probably told him, yah, yah, we did donate etc. and he believed it or turned a blind eye
finally a documentary about this scammer. this really hit me hard bc The Completionist was in the top 5 of my all time favorite RUclips channels, but he turned out to be a real piece of donkey doo.
@@deejrdee1 you should look up the definition of harassment and he’s far from innocent. I know what it feels like to find out someone you thought was super cool turned out to be a super not cool person in real life.
Yeah this one hurt. I wasn’t a mega fan of Jirard or anything like that, but I watched his videos on occasion and a bunch of RUclipsrs I watched were friends with him, and had (at the time at least) nothing but nice things to say to him. I gave him the benefit of the doubt when things first came to light, but as more and more came out, I had to accept the truth
It really is a sad situation to me. Someone who just seemed like a good guy on the surface. Just goes to show you can’t really trust any online personality you don’t know in person
I felt the same way. I loved watching Jirard, and he helped me get into a lot of games that I would've probably ignored like Catherine and Oracle of Season/Ages. So when the OpenHand scandal came out back in November, I prayed that it would just amount to a misunderstanding or just negligence on Jirard's part, but after more and more came out about his actions, it just broke my heart to see what a scumbag Jirard is.
It's surprising anyone would subscribe to him, even during the AVGN drought.
I left when Greg left.
I couldn't shake the feeling that Girard was doing some shady stuff behind the scenes.
The fact that this dude continues to post videos like nothing ever happened, comments and likes enabled, show just how profoundly he believes people should just let this all go and that he doesn't deserve what happened. Also that hes only sorry he got caught. The level of ego and entitlement on display is fucking catastrophic.
He’s even shadow banning comments that mention the scandal in any capacity.
It's egotistical and entitled to continue *doing your job?* Controversy or not, bills have gotta be paid and employees have gotta be compensated. Having the entire company implode and leaving a whole team unemployed because of one dude's screw-up isn't very reasonable.
Bit of a dumb take ngl
At some point, you got to go on making new things, especially if it’s your job. Though I’m not sure what a good transition back to the norm is supposed to look like. Not saying his was good, but it seems like there’s no good way to transition back to normal after a controversy.
@@thedapperdolphin1590 Ok tbh I can understand the grind, but ya really can't go back to the norm after something like this. Honestly it'd be best to quit and get a new job, but aeeing his face is pretty much everywhere, thats gonna be hard
I forgot about Frosk. The fact that Olivia and Morgan were "more bangable" was certainly a factor in the hate she received, but they also had fun and engaging personalities and knew how to let minor annoyances go. Airing out grievances live and telling people to stop watching is exactly what someone shouldn't do in that situation.
Dear God, Frosk.
Frosk was intentionally saying that in an attempt to draw attention to a floundering G4 revival, and honestly it kinda worked everyone fell for it
@@spankypants2793 I don’t think it worked out.
You know what they say, snitches get stitches
I mean, aside from the activist shit Frosk was saying, she also straight up said that the whole show was a lie. That the hosts were just reading off scripts other people wrote for them. She showed how the sausage was being made. And, really, who cares? As long as the sausage is good, who cares how it's made. But you still don't show the consumer HOW it's made.
As for the whole "not bangable" thing, I'm not so sure. Frosk looked bangable. hell, no word of a lie, the first time i saw her, i thought i recognized her from a porn video. No. What she didn't look like was respectable. And that really didn't come from how she looked. It was how she acted. She was so filled with hate and juvenile defiance. Morgan had a fun, bouncy energy. Olivia had a sultry, lighthearted energy. Frosk never had anything but "fuck you and fuck me" energy.
I discovered Jirard in 2020, shortly before COVID lockdowns hit. I loved his videos. His enthusiasm for video games was palpable - it felt like a celebration of gaming. I recommended him to countless people, and his reviews became a regular part of RUclips for me. I even recommended his channel to friends with young kids considering how family friendly the content was.
I went into Karl and Mutahar's videos with an open mind back when those bombs dropped, since I hadn't seen much of their content at the time but I also recognized these weren't just random troll or drama accounts making these accusations. I had a really unpleasant, sinking feeling when they laid out their ironclad evidence, and things went from bad to worse with Jirard's *awful* response, where he made claims that I factually know are untrue given my experience with nonprofits.
In subsequent videos where Karl unearthed a lot of Jirard's bizarre behavior like the lies about how he quit his job at Best Buy, all I've wondered is, who the fuck is this guy I considered a gold standard for gaming content? Did he really just keep a Nice Guy (TM) mask on for this long? It's one of the wildest and quickest falls from grace I think I've ever seen.
I once said when more and more people i liked got revealed as terrible people "God, i can't even imagine how the internet woupd react to a good guy like Markiplier or The Completionist to be awful people."
As you can see, i ate crow woth the latter. Let's hope the prior remains clean...
Trust me he didn't keep the nice guy mask on all the time there has been previous drama he just buried that shit well. Like what happened with the previous co host of that show yes co host he didn't use to solo host the show. This is going back more than a few years now but lets just say that it didnt end well and the whole thing got silenced with lawsuits.
god shut up its not that serious
@@dychostarr Jirard, Boogie, Illuminaughty (Or however she spells it). I've said it before, I'll say it again. This is the age of fake YT Nice guys/good guys having their mask ripped off and exposed for who they really are. I'm just watching to see who's gonna be next at this point.
Surprised that Joon didn't include that Jirard had very expensive and front row seats throughout Wrestlemania 39 weekend while knowing full well that the money hadn't been donated yet
Aren’t those seats like $15000? I could be way off, but I saw a rapper buy front row tickets once and showed the receipt and it was around 15K
that's crazy holy fuck
@johnlocke4715 yeah especially for two nights 😮
Him using his deceased mother as a shield against criticism and lying about the details of her illness to garner sympathy for himself is probably one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard.
What a scumbag.
Exactly. That and for Pity Donations. What a piece of crap.
literal human shield
I used to watch the Completionist with my dad. He's gone now (not dead, out of the house bc of drugs) and turns out that Jirard is a complete waste of air, why does this always happen.
Sorry to hear what you've gone through, I hope your situation gets better.
What that guy said ☝️
@@SomeBsMovie ty!
As the guys above said, I hope your situation improved dude. 🫂
@@mr.j3rs3y ty
Am I the only one who has always thought Jirard felt soooo fake even before the Open Hand controversy? Just the way he fake smiles when he let his best friend go, his non-apologies for Open Hand. He also is a pathological liar, stating his mother is the “longest lasting” FTD survivor. Umm no Jirard. Just no.
I stopped watching him the moment he let Greg go. Scumbag move that showed me his character ahead of the charity fraud.
Completely agree, first time I saw the guy was on the Skill up podcast, always rubbed me the wrong way. Like he was always presenting himself as goody two shoes, but he did it so often that felt like overcompensating for something.
I never cared for his content to begin with. For a guy called the Completionist, whose gimmick is 100% games, he never really talked about that. Instead, his videos are more like watching someone perform oral sex on a product. Every sentence he utters is the most flowery-filled praise for the game and the developers. I've read paid reviews that were more negative and informative than whatever prose-filled garbage Jirard was sputtering each episode.
I cashed out as soon as he released that "Metal" song......that's metal? Fuck you buddy, I'm out
@@BokoaChocoboDude. I never heard of the The Completionist until SkillUps FPS talks. He was a very weird addition and he rubbed me the wrong way too!!
For someone who calls themselves "The Completionist", he really failed to complete his research on what he was raising money for.
I liked the show back in the day, but fell out of it when Greg left. Greg's humor always made the episodes feel like hanging out with your goofy childhood friend. With him gone, the show felt soulless. I saw the Reddit post showing he's a dad now. Glad to know he's doing well.
Yeah, after Greg left it felt like Jirard had only one joke: ranting on one minor point for an uncofortable length of time fbefore the scene transition.
I'm still confused about something: this family runs a scam golf charity, and one of their sons independently decides to run a scam indie game charity?
The family is an IRS hotspot
Ultimate "apple doesn't fall far from the tree" moment
Eh probably Jirard did his best and then sent all the money from his indy game charity to the family and they told him... sure buddy... we'll donate it. Jirard has a pretty weak and soft personality. I bet he never questioned his brother or father.
@@Aedeus kind of hard to believe after all this that Jirard has a weak and soft personality when he's been caught lying in more than one occasion and was the primary cause for Greg leaving the channel due to not wanting to pay him royalties lmao. Dude's for sure more of a grifter than you give him credit for.
How many times does it have to be stated that Jirard is looking for his father's approval?
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Oh hey Shady. Uhhh, here's hoping you don't wind up with a video like this for some reason.
@@NEEDbacon It's okay. No one will ever find out that I like the DIC dub of Sailor Moon.
Oh hey shady I really like your vids keep up the good work.
Yea but turns out he was always the villain, that charity just exposed it lol
@@ShadyDoorags making a twitlonger already
Ironically, since Jirard’s entire family was complicit (or in the case of his father’s golf tournament, actively involved), his “mistakes” prevented the fraud from continuing, and got the money donated before the family found a chance to use it themselves. He completed the inevitable exposure. So you could say Jirard did the best thing; let one little anonymous tip ruin an entire scheme. He could have ignored the discord call, let his family know that they were getting found out…but he accidentally exposed everything and tried to handle it himself.
His family can't do a crap for him outside the Internet, where he makes his money, so yeah, It was better to donate a part of the fraud
What is wrong with ProJared? When Jirard got into a controversy he defended him, even though the second Jared himself got into controversy Jirard abandoned him IMMEDIATELY and even donated to 3 charities which is hilarious considering it took him 10 years and getting caught to donate to his.
ProJared was accused of pedophilia, which isn't something anyone wants to be associated with.
@@MicaiahBarontrue but you can be neutral
I think projared is just dumb
@@cherrycola1144 probably true
Well, ProJared had an adult Snapchat that anyone could get into as long as you said "I'm an adult".
Pair that with the fact that he appeared on Nickelodeon and the tons of children in his fanbase, there's a 95%+ chance that children were exposed to his nudes whether he "intended it" or not.
I saw his Sailor Moon picture without ever searching for or knowing it existed.
All the relationship crap was just dumb drama showing all parties were pretty immature.
Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to prove no child saw Jared's nudes, and there's not a lot of reasonable doubt there, especially in the court of public opinion.
His father sounds like a very emotionless and buisness focused man. Someone who is likely very good at making and saving money. Someone who is probably a master of tax loopholes. He (his father) doesn't sound like an emotional and charitable guy who would want to run anything thar wasn't "pro-profit", but yet he ran a non-profit. It most likely was a tax saving play from the beginning. His dad probably coached him through setting it up. Imagine how furious he is now that his Son has managed to blow that whole scheme right out of the water.
for keeping 1 employee has to be cheaper than 5 individual therapists
40:00 Seriously, WTF is that arrangement?!