Colleen Ballinger allegations: Miranda Sings YouTuber denies grooming allegations in lengthy ukulele video

Colleen Ballinger, the YouTube star behind the favored sketch character Miranda Sings, addressed the allegations of grooming she faces in a musical, 10-minute-long video shared Wednesday (28 June).

Public allegations in opposition to Ballinger, 36, date again to April 2020 when 22-year-old Adam McIntyre released a video in which he claimed Ballinger developed an imbalanced, unhealthy friendship with him when he was 13.

This week, a number of former members of the Miranda Sings fan membership spoke to HuffPostUK, alleging that Ballinger “groomed” them.

In a video posted to her Colleen Vlogs YouTube channel, Ballinger known as the allegations “lies” and “poisonous gossip” all whereas enjoying the ukulele.

“Some individuals are saying issues about me that simply aren’t true,” she stated initially of the video.

“Though my crew has strongly suggested me to not say what I’m going to say, I realised they by no means stated I couldn’t sing about what I need to say.”

She continued: “I used to message my followers – however not in a creepy method, like a whole lot of you are attempting to counsel. It was extra of a loser form of method. I used to be simply making an attempt to be besties with everyone.”

Ballinger admitted that “there have been instances in DMs once I would overshare” however stated she “modified my behaviour and took accountability”.

She then went on to sing: “Thought you needed me to take accountability / however that’s not the purpose of your mob mentality / your objective is to spoil the lifetime of the particular person you despise / when you dramatise your lies and monetise their demise.

“… I’m certain you’re disillusioned in my shitty little music / I do know you needed me to say that I used to be 100% in the unsuitable / properly I’m sorry I’m not gonna take that route / of admitting to lies and rumours that you just made up for clout.

“The one factor I’ve ever groomed is my two Persian cats / I’m not a groomer, only a loser / who didn’t perceive I shouldn’t reply to followers / and I’m not a predator even a whole lot of you assume so / as a result of 5 years in the past I made a fart joke.”

Whereas Ballinger admitted to creating “jokes in poor style” and “dumb errors”, she added: “Was it my intention to control? No.”

“For what it’s value, I by no means had any unhealthy intentions,” she stated. “However I do really feel like s***.”

In a tweet addressing the video, McIntyre wrote: “As a lot as colleen discredited & made enjoyable of me, im glad her video did ONE factor, present you all EXACTLY the kind of evil lady she is, that a whole lot of us have skilled over the previous few years behind the scenes, the masks has slipped…everybody meet the REAL colleen ballinger.”

Ballinger beforehand admitted sending McIntyre a bra and underpants in a 2020 apology video. “I don’t know what a part of my mind was lacking on the time,” she stated. “However I’m not a monster, I’m not a groomer, and I shouldn’t kill myself.”

Yow will discover the whole lot we all know concerning the grooming allegations Ballinger faces right here.

She didn’t reply to The Impartial’s request for remark.