Just FYI there's someone outside your
door. He won't leave I had to call 911
You can't do this. You're setting an example of what not to do
Like what?
No one has ever made it by breaking or walking into...I'm not breaking in though
Your in the facility. This is a building with a closed door, and a lock and key
and you snuck in the front door and you came up the stairs
Look I don't know if this guy wanted to hurt me
if he wanted to selfie with me. I've no idea what he wanted
but when he's confronted by three people who clearly know me
he refused to leave
there's an alarmingly increasing trend going on and that's stalking youtubers.
yup you heard that right
There's literally a fan in our backyard
They literally walked in through
that door right there dude
I feel like I should say...wait hold on
I'll come outside and say hi to you guys, but you can't be in our backyard sadly
some cases not quite the literal definition of stalking but still wrong and disrespectful
while other cases have been fatal
the latest story happening to James Charles
HI SISTERS!
a 19 year old youtuber who has garnered over 12 million subscribers, creating makeup focused videos
fans have repeatedly shown up to his home expecting to be welcomed with open arms
not realizing how ill-mannered their behavior actually is
James tweeted please stop showing up at my house
I will not hug you. I will
not take a photo with you and I
absolutely will not sign your palate.
It is extremely disrespectful and makes
me feel very unsafe in my own home.
Respect people's privacy it's really not
that hard. The public majority agree with
James's statement
However quite a few people feel that this is the life they asked for when choosing to be famous
or that that fans are entitled to whatever they want since the fans are who made them famous
one person tweeting back, "they made you who you are else you would be living in a box"
surprisingly not many big youtubers talk about this situation in depth
perhaps they're afraid of seeming ungrateful or they're afraid of copycats
but it's a rising event that has been happening more and more
Welcome to Psych IRL. My name is Donna. Okay so I
know some of you are going to say
Well if youtubers really didn't want people
visiting their homes they shouldn't have
let their address out into the public or they should have been a little bit more careful
well I'm here to tell you that your location is easier to find than you think
look yourself up on Google, if not look up
your parents first and last name up on
Google. Okay
now let's say you don't tell your first
and last name to the public and you don't
even film your surrounding locations.
Unfortunately it's still possible to
find your location. Shia LaBeouf had a
live stream of this flag which had text
printed on it saying he will not divide
us. It was a form of protest/art
installation upon Donald Trump winning
the u.s. presidential election. 4 Chan
(being the chaotic neutral that it is)
made it its goal to troll Shia LaBeouf
at all costs. His live streams prior to
this one were repeatedly infiltrated by
trolls who use the surroundings as clues
to figure out the location of the livestream
so he placed this flag where there weren't any surrounding clues
or so you think...By examining wind patterns, flight patterns, the position of stars,
and even the frog sounds in the
background, the flag was found in about one day
so the point of me telling you that story is that, sure it may be a little hard
but it's not impossible for me to figure out your address without you explicitly telling me it
James Charles isn't the only personality this has happened to
PewDiePie has a dedicated video telling people to not show up to his house
Just because you've found my address doesn't mean you've found an invitation for you to come over
this should be obvious
Joey Graceffa has also shared his story about a fan
who hired a private investigator just to find out where he lives
there are also numerous videos of fans and even haters
trespassing on youtuber Roman at Woods
home
this channel is creepily filming his
home from a distance
The latest happening just a month ago
this has happened so much, Atwood has a police officer posted at his property 24/7
Philip DeFranco had someone walk into his stuido while he was filming
Oh are you looking for uhhh...
Who are you looking for?
Anyone...
Anyone? ok.
I was wondering if I could ask you a quick question
What's that? Wait can you open...
I'm a fan
Nice to meet you. Wait let's open this real quick
Sorry
No. It's cool
Okay. Well that was interesting
Hmmm someone found our office and just walked into my room
and though not illegal since roads are public
but still a bit creepy, you have fans who drive by and film youtubers houses
Shane Dawson's house
Hashtag hanging with Shane!
We didn't like enter in. We weren't trespassing. We literally were just on the street a couple of civilians
just parked their car on a nice curb
Took in the view. And then we left
Though a majority of people think that none of this behavior is okay
there are many who feel that this is perfectly normal
due to the fact youtubers choose to share their lives online
Julian Solomita (Jenna Marbles' boyfriend) posted a video where he asked fans
to stop showing up at their house.
Some in the comments claimed he seemed
like he had a hatred for fans or that he
was overreacting. A grown-as woman drove
up with her son, asking if she knew if
this was the street Jenna Marbles lived on
and so...I said to her. I said you can't
be here. I said this is not okay
and she said, I don't know all these
parents nowadays are taking their kids
to these youtubers houses. It's pretty
crazy
and I said, yeah you drove here. You are
the crazy. Like you were that you are
the problem here. I don't know why you're
trying to act like you're on my team. I said I
think it's best if you leave and she
said, oh well we just parked because we're
just gonna go for a walk and I said, no
you didn't. Like you came to our house so
if you could please leave. That might be
best.
You see that same exact response in the James Charles situation
when James says he won't give a fan a hug if they show up at his house
someone responded imagine feeling unsafe for being asked for hugs
now clearly the examples I've mentioned
are people who don't have a clear understanding of boundaries and privacy
despite being very disrespectful and something they shouldn't have done
thankfully the behavior was harmless
and when I say harmless I mean that in a
literal sense because no one was hurt
there have been incidents when things
have been fatal, so this reaction from
your favorite creators are valid.
Youtubers Gavin free and Megan Turney
had their home broken into by an
obsessed fan. The fan was in his early 20s
lived alone and believed to be infatuated with Turney. Turney is an internet personality
known for her cosplay. She's a former host of SourceFed and the know.
His obsession with her, led him to feel resentment toward Gavin free and the couple's overall relationship
His phone was littered with notes like, I want Gavin Free to dye alone with no children
He drove 11 hours to the couple's home
with the intent to harm. At around 3 in the morning
He fired into the couple's home so that he could enter
Awoken by the gnsht, the couple hid and
called 911, while the fan searched for them in the house
Just as the obsessed fan was about
to leave, he exchanged fire with the
police and was hit. He was pronounced
ded at the scene
Luckily the couple was unharmed and how can we forget about Christina Grimmie's deat
where she was sht and kild at
her own meet-and-greet
this was one of the things that I actually felt affected by
Usually when I hear about a celebrity's deth
I feel a little bit detached. it's not that I don't feel sad
but there is a certain sort of I
feel a little bit removed from them but
with this actually felt a little more
sad and a little bit more scared I can't
figure out exactly why I felt that way
but I did and more importantly I was
left with the I don't get it type
feeling how could something like this
happen to someone who is so
uncontroversial so sweet and still if I
think about it long enough I still don't
understand
this isn't a new development though
traditional celebrities have
faced similar plights
In 1996 a man served a 10-year prison
sentence for stalking and threatening
singer Madonna. After invading her
property several times, he left her notes
that said "will you be my wife for keeps"?
On one occasion he threatened to slic
her throat from ear to ear, if she did
not marry him. Though the condition is rare
and needs more research, many who
exhibit this behavior may be afflicted by erotomania
erotomania is a form of paranoid delusion
often also linked with other psychiatric disorders where the affected person
strongly believes that another person is in love with him or her
Usually the object of desire is of
higher social status than the affected person
They often believe that the person of desire is sending them secret messages of affirmation
Gonna give you all my love boy
the growth of the internet personality has possibly changed the dynamic of this event
instead of secret subliminal messages the affected person has to piece together
social media has it so you actually feel like you're talking one on one with your favorite personality
The youtuber is this new
thing where it's like
You make the audience feel like you're their best friend
and it's people who are a little bit socially awkward
and then when they realized that they're not
your best friend or that you're not in love with them
or you know. All these youtubers, I
love you I love you I love you buy my book I love you
but then like once the viewers
like, do you really love me?
and they find out you don't. They're
gonna snap. And I feel like it's just
gonna keep happening with especially
with how youtubers now are so over
like I've tried to...Yeah they ham it up.
Ham it up so much
Despite fatalities being rare
it is still often the case that fans forget personal boundaries
when it comes to their favorite youtuber.
Since videos are so personal, even I have
come under the illusion that I know this
person more than I actually do
Now imagine a young person who may have a
blurred line between reality and entertainment may feel
So, yes. If you are a personality, this does come with the territory and you have to take precaution as best you can
but this can't be something the general public should just dismiss as part of the job
people deserve to be treated with
respect
all the youtubers that I featured in this video have said that  99% of their fans do respect them
it's just that 1% that really ruins it
for the rest of everyone else
As promised, I did say that I would shout out everyone who retweeted my last video
about article 13. Well I thought that I
would be able to see all the retweets but I can't.
I can only see some of them
so I'm gonna only unfortunately shout out
all the ones that I can see. I'm so sorry.
Please don't kill me. Thank you again for
retweeting that video. I know it's not a
very interesting topic, but it is a very
important one. So thank you a million
times over over again that's the end of
the video I will see you guys next time.
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