Sup, you Beautiful bastards!
Hope you're having a Fantastic Tuesday
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show and let's just jump into it and the first thing we're going to talk about today
By far the most requested story over the past 36 hours
And that is the Gavin Free, Meg Turney situation
Gavin you most likely know from Rooster Teeth a very popular slo-mo guys channel Meg Turney of course former host of
SourceFed rooster, teeth's the know she's big in cosplay
I didn't talk about this story yesterday because I was conflicted
I didn't know if we should cover the story
Or if we did how it's a kind of story that if you cover it the wrong way like some outlets did that it?
Potentially makes the problem worse so the news broke this weekend that meg turney and Gavin free were the victims of a home invasion late
last month reportedly January 26
340 in the morning the couple wakes up to the sound of broken glass and a gunshot and response to this the two of them
Hide in their bedroom closet they call police meanwhile the person who broke into their home who I'm not going to name
I'm not going to show their picture
I'm doing that because I believe this person would have wanted their face plastered all over
They would have wanted the notoriety but back to the main point the guy enters the home
He's searching for meg and Gavin the police say they have this on security footage. He's armed with a handgun
He fires at least one round inside the house
He ends up not being able to find them he leaves the home and that's when police arrived the guy was reportedly backing out of
The driveway at the time they say that he fired at police officers after being told to stop one officer returned fire and the guy
Was shot dead now the reason we know this wasn't a standard
Breaking and entering is because of the details police have now given reportedly this guy drove 11 hours from New Mexico to reach them least
Describing him as single lonely and disturbed according to documents filed in court after they searched this guy's phone
They identified various notations identifying Meg Turney and Gavin free by name, though
Cell phone records poorly showed that he had developed a fondness for Meg and very much disliked Gavin lease writing in the court document that
This guy resented free for his lifestyle and success a cell phone also showed a police called threatening thoughts one recording stated
I want Gavin free to die alone with no children
And that's what we know as of right now the case is still under investigation
We might get more information
Soon for the most part Megan and Gavin have remained silent on this issue at least very publicly that was until yesterday when they both
Tweeted their thing terney tweeter. Thank you all so so much for each and every kind message today and a special
Thank you to the Austin police for their quick response that night and their ongoing support during this difficult time
Aren't you guys so much Gavin tweeting? I just want to say thanks for all the support and concern regarding the recent incident
It's been a rough for Megan myself the last few weeks, but we are doing okay. I want to give a huge
Thanks to Austin police for the amazing response time. Love you all with that said I think one of the reasons
It's important that we cover this story is so that people realize this is this is a real issue
It's a very easy to forget and we've talked about issues in the past where fans have have gone up to people's houses
They're waiting outside some knock on the door some have actually trespassed while live-streaming a hell
I've had issues in the past where people found our studio actually walked into my room while I was filming and since then we've up
security I try not to tweet when I'm traveling because one of the last times that happened someone broke into my home while my
Wife and my son were sleeping luckily she had a weapon called police
They responded very fast then separate from that we can't forget things like Christina Grimmie
ZAPPIN less than two years ago rising star prominent youtuber fantastic person shot and killed at her own
Meet-and-greet by a disturbed fan, so if there's anything we can accomplish with this story
It's to remind people that the people that you are watching online on your phone on your TV
They are just people having their privacy and security breach
Shouldn't just be something that is cast off as something that just comes with the job like I've seen in some
Comment sections these are real people that have reason to fear that they will be the next person in a headline
And that's one of the reasons why yes, it's great that you feel a connection with someone that you're watching
But you also need to understand boundaries
You can't just concede and say this is the new normal obviously prep for the worst
But but we shouldn't... we shouldn't just go "yeah, that's just the way it is now", but that said,
I will pass the question off to you. What are your thoughts around this situation?
and then very briefly, I just want to talk about the situation with Vanessa Trump--Donald Trump Junior's wife yesterday
Vanessa, her daughter, [and] a third individual were rushed to the hospital. It was because they received and opened a letter that had a white substance
Inside of it. Reportedly, it was addressed to Donald Trump Jr. The wife handled it, handed it to the daughter
She opens the letter. There's the white substance
There's a note that reportedly reads "You're an awful person and now you get what you deserve." They're decontaminated there,
They're rushed to the hospital for examination. It was later discovered that the white substance was cornstarch.
While I found online most people be taking the situation as serious as one should, I was also troubled by the number of people that were
Happy that it happened, and this is before they even found out the substance wasn't harmful
I do hope that people realize that people's politics should not play into how you feel about this situation
We're all people and I know there are some people going like "well it just ended up being cornstarch,"
can you imagine the fear not only that she had but her daughter had
It's disgusting and horrible thing for a person to do and it's also a disgusting and horrible thing to root on and be happy about
I mean would you have the same reaction if this happened to one of one of Barack Obama's daughters?
That's where I leave that. It's just a bad situation in general
Not only for what happened
But now there'll be people using this story and people that had what and what I consider outlier responses as a way to
Overwhelmingly label people on the left, but that's where that's where I'm gonna end it from that. I want to share some stuff
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Is that we got a trailer for season two of Atlanta on FX?
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Please also if you haven't seen the first season no better time than now and we got a date announcement for Chris Rock's new stand-up
Special got a new trailer for the movie rampage starring the rock
Which it looks?
Just Ludacris like The Rock looked at what the Fast & Furious franchise is like now and was like that's not over-the-top enough
And we got the honest trailer for the Blade trilogy
The cast of Black Panther touching and doing some weird stuff if you want to see the full versions of everything
I just shared the secret link of the day anything at all
Links as always are in the description down below then and why people angry about today news we had people
Specifically a lot of parents angry at a CGI rabbit
Specifically Peter Rabbit Sony Pictures has been on the receiving end of a lot of outrage over a scene that has now been deemed
controversial in their new film Peter Rabbit
I'm actually watch this movie because my oldest son who's almost four is now at that prime age where you can watch a full movie
In a theater and not be a loud annoying jerk
It's a new fantastic development, but I'll paint the scene for you Peter Rabbit and his bunny family
They are at odds with a character called mr.. McGregor during the course of the film they hear mr.
McGregor say that he is a food allergy that he is allergic to
blackberries upon hearing this Peter Rabbit kind of makes fun like Oh
Everyone's allergic to everything these days and then later on the film when mr. McGregor is trying to kill them
They slingshot a blackberry into his mouth
And he has an allergic reaction after that McGregor turns rat he starts choking he luckily jabs himself in the leg with an EpiPen oh
My god the backlash with allergy advocacy grooves parents of children with food allergies
Saying that this is disgust their mocking an attack that could have been fatal in real life the charity group kids with food allergies
Posting a warning about the scene on Facebook saying the scene may be
Disturbing the young viewers who have a food allergy the character is intentionally attacked with his allergen leading to anaphylaxis and the use of epinephrine
Parents should be aware of this before your children see the movie so you can talk with your children about it AFA believes the food
Allergy jokes are harmful to our community during a reaction patients require the life-saving drug
Epinephrine and must go to the nearest hospital for follow-up treatment the very real fear and anxiety that people experience during an allergic reaction
often referred to as an impending sense of doom is a serious matter making light of this condition hurts our members because it encourages the
public not to take the risk of allergic reaction
Seriously, and this cavalier attitude may make them act in ways that could put an allergic person in danger
We then saw petitions pop up calling for Sony to apologize saying the scene was socially irresponsible
Saw the rise and use of the hashtag boycott Peter Rabbit and following all of this outrage in a statement the filmmakers and Sony Pictures
Apologized writing food allergies are a serious issue our films should not have made light of Peter rabbit's archenemy mr.
McGregor being allergic to
blackberries even in a cartoonish slapstick way
He sincerely regret not being more aware and sensitive to this issue
And we truly apologize and here's what I'll say to this whole issue
Yes, food allergies are a very serious issue according to allergy org up to 15 million Americans have food allergies including 5.9
Million children under the age of 18 suggest in the States it's 1 in 13 children obviously the allergies range in severity
But it's still a decent numbers
We look to the news bullying children with food allergies is a very real thing back in December
We had three teens facing criminal charges for knowingly exposing an allergic
Classmate to pineapple a 14 year old girl was accused of rubbing pineapple on her hand and then
High-fiving a girl that was allergic to the fruit during lunch in July a 13 year old London boy with a dairy allergy died after
Suffering a severe reaction to a piece of cheese allegedly forced onto him during a school break
But on the other end the argument against this movie is either ignorant or knowingly misleading in my opinion having watched the movie
I think there's two points to hit on one when Peter Rabbit kind of makes fun of everyone having allergies
He also is like oh no, but it is a very serious issue
I don't want to get any letters wing and so to me that seemed to be kind of making fun of people that say they're
Allergic to things without actually having gone to a doctor and the doctor going oh, yeah
You're allergic to this MLA specifically
There's a lot of self diagnosed celiac disease, then also acknowledging that yes
People are actually allergic to things and to it the other part of the movie where they were there shooting blackberries at mr.
McGregor and they get one in his mouth the full context of that situation is mr.
McGregor was trying to murder that whole rabbit family during of course the movie
He's been trying to electrocute them blow them up with dynamite cut their heads off with a hoe
So this is one of their only defenses from a probable deaths when I see people like L M
Thomas meeting as a father of a son who has allergies to peanuts milk egg
I refused to watch Peter Rabbit because Sony Pictures is sending a message
It's okay to bully kids with allergy and making it a joke to get a few laughs
Okay, so you didn't see the movie and you're assuming cool hydro
Girl 71 riding as a mother of a toddler allergic to several foods
I am disgusted that Sony would make a joke out of flicking an allergen at a food allergic
Individual doing so is felony aggravated assault
What kind of message does that scene send to kids well I guess one if there was a message there?
It would be if someone's trying to murder you find their weakness and take them out first I guess better question
What kind of message does it send that you're complaining on the internet rather than I don't know maybe having a conversation with your children
And then I could continue going through the tweets, but it's all about bullying and harassing people with food allergies
Which if you actually watch the movie before complaining you would know that's not the situation
But why be informed when you can use your feelings as your facts there? You go. That was a story?
That's my opinion, and I'd love to know your thoughts on them
And then let's talk about updates around the Rob Porter situation we talked about Rob last Friday
He was the White House staff secretary before his ex-wives came out with allegations and separate articles that he was abusive
the women talking about verbal and emotional
Abuse as well as physical one of the wives even sharing a photo of black eyes
She said that she received from Porter and following all of this Porter resigned although
He said that he was innocent one of the biggest parts of this story has been the reaction
From the White House, and how some of the stories really don't seem to add up
There's one version events
We've done from White House officials when talking to reporters White House was asked for comment on a story that was about to come out
The White House press arm then talked to Porter they then brought general Kelly a hold on those a story with horrible
allegations against Porter one that included domestic abuse then see Sara Huckabee Sanders Kelly others
Respond and defend port and on midday Wednesday of reportedly the White House press team said that no one had asked reporters
Resignation in fact there were reports that several senior officials actually told Porter to stay in fight
And then when Porter resigned White House press secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders while standing at the podium said no one asked for him to resign, but he still did
But then we also got a different version of event one where on Tuesday Porter tells Kelly that there
There's a damaging story coming out and says that it's about allegations of verbal and emotional
Abuse according to this account Kelly says there is there any domestic abuse Porter says no and after the story broke on Tuesday Kelly realized
He had been lied to within 40 minutes
Kelly demanded Porter's resignation so as you may have noticed that
Timeline doesn't match up to what we saw publicly if Kelly had realized Porter had lied to him
Why would he have drafted a statement to defend it?
I mean the John Kelly quote literally read Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor and I can't say enough good things
About it, also seemingly not adding up
We had the budget director Mick Mulvaney was on CBS's Face the Nation and he said Porter was actually given the benefit of the doubt
Until those photos came out of the black eye those photos in come out till Wednesday
And also we haven't even touched on once again the fact that with with Porter being in his position he had been the recipient of
a massive FBI background check background check according to deputy press secretary
Raja last week was still ongoing which if it was ongoing could maybe explain why general Kelly had not known this information
But then today in walks an FBI director Christopher R a congressional hearing today
he contradicted with
Rajasah according to Ray the FBI gave the White House a partial background check report on Porter in March they then submitted a completed report
in July and then fully closed the
investigation in January
And we know from the ex-wives that they talk with the FBI and said that he was
Abusive also an important note here because I've seen some people on social media saying you know like Christopher raised this outsider
That's trying to attack Donald in the White House is that I would like to remind you that Christopher Rea was actually hand selected
he wasn't nominated by Trump his Trump appointment and ultimately we have a
Situation where it seems like what we're looking at it's one of two things might have people that are lying or they're stupid
Confused when Raja said there was an ongoing investigation
The only thing that could even be close to that here's me that after the FBI closed the investigation back in Jan
We're FBI director a says the bureau received additional information after the file was closed and they passed that on to the White House
That's not the investigation on Porter continuing as far as the FBI is concerned so you're either stupid
Or you're knowingly
misleading people the rest of the
Responses timeline that doesn't seem to add up new attempt at a timeline where Kelly says you're going to resign
But at the same time was defending him in a public statement doesn't seem to make sense
It's with all of that said I do want to pass a question off to you
What is your takeaway from this story?
It is from last week to this week the story has seemingly evolved from this is a story about domestic abuse
This is the story about a potential cover-up and people in the White House lying to the public and that's where I'm going to end
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