1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,720 Hi everyone, welcome to Mini Scroll, the daily Internet 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,760 culture podcast bringing you the biggest stories from social 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,240 media, the creator economy and the digital space every Monday 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,440 through Thursday. I'm your host, Lauren Meisner, 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,600 the founder of the youth digital media brand Centennial World. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,680 Welcome back to Mini Scroll, everyone. 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,520 OK can I just say so my best friend is like really into 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,080 electronic music and she listens to my podcast every day and she 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,200 was dying. She sent me like 100 voice notes 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,560 yesterday after I said I didn't know who John Summit was and no 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,200 one else has been shocked by that. 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,040 But I feel like I said something like blasphemous to her. 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,400 She was like, how are we best friends? 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,040 And you don't know who this person is? 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,320 So I apologize for that. I feel like it was a little bit 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,000 like brain rot chronically online of me to know only who he 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,120 is through Alex Earl's sister. But honestly, that's just like 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,080 who I am. That's just who I am at my core. 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,360 Anyways, let's just get straight into the stories today. 20 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,680 So as I mentioned yesterday, I had to spend a little bit of 21 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,440 time diving into to two of these stories. 22 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,120 And then I also have quite a big story, I think for you guys 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,560 coming tomorrow. But again, I need a little bit 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,720 more time. The first story that I have 25 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,200 though is somebody asked me to talk about the Tara yummy drama 26 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,440 and Annabelle. She helped me with this episode. 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,000 She normally just does the deep dive stuff with me, like 28 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,440 research and help script it, but I was like, I really need your 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,880 help diving into mini scroll for tomorrow. 30 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,440 So she looked into Tara Yummy for me and this is what we 31 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,200 found. It was actually hard because no 32 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,840 one has written an article on it. 33 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,840 There's like some commentary videos, like one or two, like 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,680 legitimately. And then I think this morning I 35 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,840 saw Trisha Paytas, like just Trish, her podcast talked 36 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,800 something about like Tara Yummy. So possibly they talked about 37 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,880 this. But here are like the two dramas 38 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,120 going on with her right now. Hopefully this is what you guys 39 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,040 meant. OK, so the first drama going on 40 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,720 with Tara is that it's between her and her ex-boyfriend Jake 41 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,120 Weber. So for context, Tara and Jake 42 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,720 were in a relationship for five years before breaking up last 43 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,400 September. The breakup was very public, 44 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,760 with both creators sharing videos explaining their 45 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,280 decision. Despite no bad blood, they felt 46 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,880 it was best for both of them, having met at such at a young 47 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,880 age to break up. Tara was 18 and Jake was 20 when 48 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,160 they started dating. Tara, by the way, if you guys 49 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,640 don't know, is a Tik toker. I don't know. 50 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,160 I didn't say that Normally I like intro who people are. 51 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,880 Tara is a Tik Toker and she's like having her moment. 52 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,080 I think she really started to gain some mainstream attention 53 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,960 last year and now it's like constantly people are talking 54 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,720 about her. Since the breakup, there has 55 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,600 been some ongoing discourse about their friendship, with 56 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,640 users labeling Tara as a quote UN quote pick me who hasn't 57 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:47,440 moved on from Jake. And then over the weekend, a 58 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,440 photo surfaced of Jake kissing TikTok star Kenzie Luby at a 4th 59 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,800 of July party, confirming rumors about their alleged 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,720 relationship. And then it gets even more 61 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,520 complicated because rumors had previously suggested that Kenzie 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,920 had cheated on Jake with Jayden Hosler. 63 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:08,480 Now, this rumor did come from T Talk Talk on Instagram, so who 64 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,280 really knows if this is true or not, but the recent photo 65 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,560 clearly shows that Jake and Kenzie are still involved with 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,480 one another in some way. Tara at the same party was 67 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,120 photographed with Jordan Huxold, sparking speculation about their 68 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,600 alleged relationship. Previously, there were also 69 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,400 rumors that Tara was seeing Vinny Hacker after the two 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,240 filmed together earlier this year. 71 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,880 Whether Tara has a boyfriend or not, there's been a lot of 72 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,320 conversation about how Tara and Jake treat each other online as 73 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,240 they have remained close friends despite being exes. 74 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,560 Some people criticized Tara for continuing to flirt with Jake, 75 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,040 assuming that she knows that he has seen Kenzie. 76 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,320 A Reddit user on the Tara Yummy Snark subreddit, theorize that 77 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,280 Tara and Jake play up their ex status and flirting to gain 78 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,120 money and views online because they know it will be a big topic 79 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,720 of discussion. OK, the second drama going on 80 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,320 with her. Tara recently shared that she is 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,520 leaving the Dropouts podcast. Yesterday, Tara uploaded a video 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,880 titled I Left Dropouts to her YouTube channel explaining her 83 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,360 departure from the podcast. The dropouts podcast was hosted 84 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,880 by Zach Justice, Tara Yummy, and Jared Bailey. 85 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,399 It featured conversational segments, various topics, and 86 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,920 guest appearances. Zach is fairly controversial. 87 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,440 He has faced criticism for his humor, with many claiming that 88 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,440 he makes inappropriate jokes, many of which are about topics 89 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,320 like race, sex, and pedophilia. And to make matters even more 90 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,800 concerning, Zach was previously in an age gap relationship with 91 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,920 Indiana Massar. So for context, he is 7 years 92 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,600 older than her. They were allegedly together 93 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,800 when she was freshly 18, and according to reports, they also 94 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,520 met when Indiana was 14. So Zach was allegedly hired by 95 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,560 Indiana's mom to help her with her social media when she was 14 96 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,960 and he moved into their house allegedly. 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,000 And then when she was freshly 18, they started dating. 98 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,600 OK, questionable. Nevertheless, Tara has also been 99 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,320 shipped with Zach since hosting the podcast together. 100 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Given that Tara has continued to associate herself with Zach even 101 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,520 though he is very controversial, this has contributed to these 102 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,160 like pick me allegations and all the hate that she has been 103 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,440 receiving Recently. In her video, Tara shared that 104 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,440 the podcast environment pushed her to be vulnerable in a way 105 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,520 that she was uncomfortable with. Quote, I want you guys to feel 106 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,480 like Facetiming with me. And I feel like being on a 107 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,000 podcast didn't really feel like that unless it was my own 108 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,920 podcast and I kind of controlled the narrative. 109 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,960 That's something I may do in the future, she said in the video. 110 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,280 So social media reactions have been mixed to this. 111 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:44,440 Some view Tara's decision to leave the podcast as positive 112 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,040 given Zach's history, while others wished that she had been 113 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,200 more critical of Zach when she was involved in the podcast. 114 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,840 So I think that's like a pretty good summary of everything going 115 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:55,880 on with Tara. Yummy. 116 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,040 If there's a drama that I missed let me know in the YouTube 117 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,960 comments and I will cover it. But that seems to be like what 118 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,840 she is facing at the moment. OK the next story that I have 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,480 concerns about Tik Tok's Aussie Bro squad mount as influencers 120 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:20,200 start calling out the account. So for context, I was introduced 121 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,640 to Aussie Bro Squad months ago. I would say it's probably about 122 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,640 six months ago from Sean, my husband. 123 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,320 He, I don't know, he ended up on like Aussie Bro Squad talk 124 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,560 where, you know, he would get the account, but then he would 125 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,240 also get the commentary around the account. 126 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,240 And he was like, you need to cover these guys like they're 127 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,720 kind of niche, but like you need to cover it because it felt kind 128 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,160 of like, I mean, people are comparing it to like a Run 129 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,360 Eleanor situation. And at the time I was like, 130 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,600 yeah, yeah, OK. Well, like, I'll look into it 131 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,000 later. And then of course now over the 132 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,160 last few weeks, Christian Hall, who's a big TikTok or a comedian 133 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,640 here in Australia, he started talking about them a lot on his 134 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,640 TikTok. And then I mean, people had been 135 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,440 talking about them for sure. But he's he like amplified the 136 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,560 conversation essentially. And now other influencers have 137 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,400 got involved. So here is everything that I 138 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,720 have found and there's like one, I think big like deep dive 139 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,240 commentary video. If you guys wanted a deep dive 140 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,360 on Aussie Bro Squad, I can definitely try and bring you 141 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,480 one. So just let me know. 142 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,280 But this is like, you know, high level what's going on. 143 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,400 So Aussie Bro Squad gained popularity at the end of last 144 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,880 year with their dancing videos. The group consists of 15 year 145 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,080 old Jackson, 17 year old Tyler and 18 year old twins Braden and 146 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,480 Rawson. They have multiple accounts, one 147 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,280 for each member, a communal account with just under 150,000 148 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,160 followers and their mother also has an account. 149 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,280 Concerns have arisen about the amount of work that the creators 150 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,440 are doing as they are almost always on live, so there are 151 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,040 worries that they may be coerced into creating content due to the 152 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,400 lack of monetization options on Australian TikTok except for 153 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,120 receiving gifts during live streams. 154 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,400 Basically, we don't have the creator fund fun fact for our 155 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,120 American viewers. So they're basically this like 156 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,560 dance squad, like these siblings that do dances and for the most 157 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,600 part, like they don't speak. And what was like really 158 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,760 concerning to Sean, at least when he was first telling me 159 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,640 about it, is he was like, you can like hear their mom in the 160 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,400 background, like coaching them and like she'll answer the 161 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,840 questions on live and stuff, but they'll just be like dancing. 162 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,800 And it's giving like uncanny valley. 163 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,560 They're like smiling and dancing and like, you know, whatever. 164 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,280 But they're never stopping. Their mom will literally be 165 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,000 like, OK, like, you know, so and so is just coming home from 166 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,240 school. And then they're going to be on 167 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:42,080 live from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM for like hours and hours a day on 168 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,440 TikTok live. And their mom is the one, like, 169 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,800 who seems to be controlling this, like controlling their 170 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,360 live streams, controlling what's going on on social media. 171 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,400 So Christian Hall and other creators have questioned the 172 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,520 situation, especially whether the boys are being coerced into 173 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,600 creating this kind of content. The concerns have specifically 174 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,040 been leveled towards their mother, Beverly, given that she 175 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,560 is sort of like the momager. Like I said of the group, on top 176 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:10,000 of this, their profile, those weird things like they block 177 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,960 literally everyone and they go on and off private constantly. 178 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,160 Brittany Saunders, a long time Aussie creator and business 179 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,720 owner, highlighted the issue of serial blocking and how it feels 180 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,600 like they may be trying to hide something. 181 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,240 She said that AQ and a session to address audience concerns 182 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:31,040 would be easy to do and it would just put kind of all of the 183 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,720 speculation, the rumors, the questions to bed. 184 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,240 As for how people are interpreting the account, one 185 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,120 Reddit user wrote quote. It's a cult like situation. 186 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,400 The boys always have fake smiles and are clearly very controlled 187 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,480 by that strange woman. She even makes them dance in her 188 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,400 shop. It's all very very odd. 189 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,080 The boys don't seem to have any life outside of dancing, another 190 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:52,400 redditor wrote. Quote. 191 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,760 I don't even know how they are supposed to live their lives 192 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,640 when mom is live streaming every moment of the day, even when 193 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,680 they are having dinner. So that's kind of the gist of 194 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:03,600 the story. Like I said, if you want like a 195 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,000 full deep dive, I can absolutely try and bring you guys that. 196 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,960 But that's like at a high level, the concerns, what's going on 197 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,880 with the account, it's starting to gain a lot more traction. 198 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,280 Absolutely. So I'm interested to see kind of 199 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,640 where this goes. I think Christian and Britney 200 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,440 and some other influencers who are chiming in like that is 201 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,200 going to help amplify the situation. 202 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,600 But there is definitely something sinister it feels 203 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,960 going on there. OK. 204 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,480 And the last story that I have for you guys is that Julia Fox 205 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,200 has come out as a lesbian on TikTok. 206 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,240 So after letting the world know that she's been celibate for the 207 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,000 last 2 1/2 years, Julia Fox has come out as gay in a TikTok 208 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,160 stitch She stitched comedian at M Grace dogs video who said 209 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,000 quote, I love when I see a lesbian with their boyfriend. 210 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,040 It's like, oh, you hate that man. 211 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,640 You literally hate him. So Julia stitched it and she 212 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,080 said, hey, that was me. I was that lesbian. 213 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,000 So sorry boys won't happen again. 214 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,600 People are mostly happy or excited about the fact that she 215 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,400 came out so casually. Like it just, it felt really 216 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:09,000 authentic and I think it's a great example for young 217 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,840 audiences. Obviously she has a big TikTok 218 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,160 audience and I'm sure a lot of them are very young. 219 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:18,280 To see another example of coming out in such a casual way. 220 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,040 I thought it was cool. I know there's a lot of mixed 221 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,240 opinions about her, but I don't know. 222 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,760 I just love her, you know? I know you could fault her for 223 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,120 some things for sure, but I don't know, I like her and I 224 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,480 think she's doing cool things on TikTok and I think she's doing 225 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,880 cool things for like Hollywood and breaking down the mystique 226 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:42,080 around fame and money and notoriety and power. 227 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,480 And she is also Centennial World's like #1 fan. 228 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:52,720 We she doesn't follow us, but she likes so many of our videos 229 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,840 on TikTok. And I'm like girl, please hit 230 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,400 that follow button. Anyways guys, that is it for 231 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,280 today. Like I said, I have another big 232 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,960 story coming tomorrow so stay tuned for that. 233 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,720 But I love you guys so much. Please remember to rate, review 234 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,280 and subscribe. It helps me so much. 235 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,520 It helps me grow. And I will talk to you guys 236 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:13,600 tomorrow. Bye.