MLM TOP FAILS #54 | Does Taylor Swift run a pyramid scheme?

[@katieadams7708]

I’m a nurse practitioner, the lady with the tube fed baby should be charged with child abuse. Her doctor completely dropped the ball by not using his mandated reporter status to report her to child services. There is no way on earth this was safe for this medically fragile child. I’m literally so furious I AM SCREAMING AT HER.

[@nikitatavernitilitvynova]

Also correct me if I'm wrong but isn't what she said a total lie? I was fed through my nose as a baby for a long while. I had a congenital hiatal hernia so I wasn't able to eat properly without immediately getting severe reflux. It was actually pretty life threatening as the reflux would often times end up choking me. My mom told me it was the cue that let my condition be known. I'd caugh because the reflux was going back down to my lungs whixh could've killed me over time. And after surgery I grew up fine. I have hunger cues. My hiatal hernia was found when I was 2 months old. So I hadn't been fed all that much to develop a routine is what I'm trying to say. I do have issues with food and displaying my feelings about food. But that's an entirely different can of worms. As I have autism, adhd and chronic gastritis on top of all the things I already described. So I tend to hide my feelings on food to either not disappoint others or because I express them differently than other people like my brother. I might be hungry but I don't always make that known to others type of expression. I think that lady added quite a bit of colour to the story to make it seem more beliavable to sell more.

[@LudmilaT.]

​@@nikitatavernitilitvynovait is very individual, it is true that a lot of tube baies don't display hunger cues and/or have oral aversion and don't want anything anywhere near their mouth. I have a tube baby and we are super lucky that our girl loves food but i am in many tubie spaces (facebook groups and such) and it really is very common. We were also warned about it when she was little and had to stimulate her mouth and stuff in order to try to prevent it. I think what happened is she gave the baby less milk (replaced by ketones) and the baby was starving and thus forced into eating. Not the way to get baby off of tube. Abusive and harmful and horrible.

[@LudmilaT.]

​@@jeccalou9894she's dumb AF to do that to her baby

[@Puddleduck1]

​@@LudmilaT.Can I ask.... surely the feed volume increases as they grow as in you wouldn't be giving the same feed volume to a 1mo as you would a 12mo? Maybe as his stomach slowly stretched with feed volume increases over time, it made him more hungry? Could that be the case because I'm convinced that's what happened but could be way off 😅 (ps if no one told you recently, you're a wonderful mum and your child/ren are lucky to have you, bestie) ❤ I have a child with a disability and it's so hard some days x

[@annwilliams6438]

@@nikitatavernitilitvynovaIt is not an about nose tube feeding. It is about what was sent down the tube.

[@madelinebow4393]

I’d just like to say I am a pediatric feeding therapist that regularly works with G-tube fed babies. Sometimes babies seem to develop an interest in food over night and other times it’s is slow progress. I have also seen parents put things in feeds that are not recommended by doctors/dietitians that cause harm to the children. It is not at all recommended to change anything about G-tube feedings with out professional approval. If one of my parents told me they did this I would instantly call their pediatrician. Okay rant over. I am ver passionate about helping tube fed babies eat.

[@lux.illuminaughty]

That is not a rant my dear, that is just common sense and something everybody should know. And we all should be more involved and aware of the things going on in the lives of our neighbors, coworkers, etc., and say something when people are doing this kind of crap. We gotta stop holding back out of fear and being uncomfortable and get right up close and personal with reality. Everyone should care about what the family next door is feeding their kid, literally & figuratively.

[@jackdawjohnson7436]

I was a baby with a feeding tube. My parents have both talked about how nervous they were at the time that they’d do something wrong and accidentally kill me somehow. The idea of parents NOT being hyper vigilant about feeding tube instructions and just doing whatever is absolutely BIZARRE to us.

[@dianameredith8037]

I have two tube fed kids (one is 10 and the other 12) and I 💯 agree with you. My son used to eat by mouth but won't any more. There are so many factors in why kids do or don't eat and why they may outgrow the need for a feeding tube. It's very likely her child would have followed the same timeline without the ketones. She never mentioned whether he was in feeding therapy, or any other therapies, that could have contributed to that as well.

[@kc_lee_ann]

I love that they say “I can take time off whenever” while I’m watching this using one of my paid sick days not thinking about work what so ever

[@DowntownTasty]

Same. It’s so funny how once they join they’ll flip the script. Like if they don’t give you PTO you can’t take off whenever. And if you’re not a franchise owner it’s not “your business.” I’d call them salesmen, but honestly they’re more like glorified customers lmao.

[@DowntownTasty]

I feel bad for anyone sucked into these tho. There was a couple times I got sucked into a MLM job interview. I was walking out of an office area. And I saw my friend walking in. We said hi. Then I’m like “where you going?” He goes “job interview” I say good luck. And then these 2 guys behind him tell me to come with. I’m like what? Are you sure that will be ok? They had me come up. It was a pyramid scheme. I exposed them to everyone and told them I was gonna tell the realtor what they were doing. They make a deposit saying they’re gonna use an office space and then use it for a couple days doing group interviews to look legit. Then say “oh never mind I found somewhere else” and get their deposit back

[@floraflowers]

I like how it's always the ones at the top, unattainable ranks who say that "you decide how much money you want to make!!" but then when it's flipped around and shown that people in the lower ranks barely make anything, their comeback is always that, "well, some people don't want to make more than just some pocket money and that's okay!!"

[@SjofnBM1989]

"I can take time off whenever." "I can work from a cruise ship!" ......mam that's not time off then lmao also like even minimum wage jobs offer paid vacation days

[@akusiaka]

@@SjofnBM1989 this! Or in the hospital after giving birth 🤯😳

[@ginnygin7141]

The irony of them saying employee like it's a slur are some derogatory term not even realizing that they're not the boss of anything

[@hannah22766]

I was yelling at the ketone lady in the car. Maybe the baby was doing so much better two and a half months later BECAUSE IT WAS TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER!!!

[@pugsondrugs5480]

Reminds me of the parents in the old Wakefield study (defunct vaccines cause autism study) who first noticed autism symptoms around the same time as their kid received a lot of vaccines … ignoring the fact that those symptoms generally become most noticeable at the same time kids receive a lot of shots.

[@chloeanderson1334]

@@pugsondrugs5480 I still hear parents of autistic children saying this 🙆‍♂

[@kazoozles5286]

It's even "funnier" because Leah Remini has spoken out against MLMs and even had Roberta Blevins on her podcast.

[@genc5436]

Maybe she is cautiously trying to reach her sister.

[@ivoryhenson1285]

I was thinking the same thing. I don't follow Leah remini, but im wondering if she's said anything publicly about this. Like I know it's family, but also, most of her current public image/career is tied anti cult stuff and this could potentially be a huge issue if other people/higher ups in the company started saying that she approved of them

[@slavbarbie]

I just came to this video from a Scientology binge. Ex-Scientologists are interesting people. Would be disappointing to see Leah Remini connected to an MLM.

[@ivoryhenson1285]

@@slavbarbie now im wondering which ones she's spoken out against. It would be horrible if she was one of those "all those other mlms are bad but not this one" people

[@carolsummers8734]

Cult members can be found in many MLMs. Mormons are one big group in MLMs.

[@lionfish2201]

I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THE KETONES WOMAN. I used to know her. Her doctor told her her son needs carbs and she proudly told him no. I had to unfollow, I was so upset that she would ignore doctors advice on her sick baby for an MLM

[@HannahAlonzo]

YIKESSSSS. I will look for it!

[@rachel3620]

This is absolutely insane. A ketogenic diet is only appropriate for a very small percentage of children, and exogenous ketones do absolutely nothing. I am not a medical professional but I would imagine that a premie that is barely getting enough calories should not be "burning extra fat".. Absolutely awful. I'd call CPS.

[@lionfish2201]

@@HannahAlonzo ahaha sorry for the yelling. I was just all the overwhelmed seeing her on your video.

[@Annap137]

Yikes!!!!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@rachel3620 Yes, someone else who's following my line of thinking, lol. She's possibly starving her child. Seeing now that she's refusing carbs for him, OF COURSE he's going to be showing hunger cues, because he's not eating enough! 🤦🏾‍♀️. I agree that maybe CPS needs to be called. I get not giving your child sugars, fine, whatever. But weightloss drinks should not be given to children.

[@maddieduke8850]

My sister has had a g-tube for over 20 years. This Pruvit rep makes me FURIOUS. Depending on the reason for a g-tube, some families may be able to have prescription formula sent to them, as is the case with my sister. If an insurance company does not approve the formula, families have to buy, prepare, and blend all of the food their loved one will consume. It can be incredibly expensive and is extremely time consuming. That's not even considering the fact that g-tubes require a lot of additional medical care and can create a lot of scary situations should ANYTHING go wrong. This rep insinuating that her product is the reason her child got off their g-tube is disgusting. These families are vulnerable- she has no right to take advantage of them.

[@WhatTheFriedRice]

Yeah this is really messed up. There is no evidence that orally ingesting this powder means that the chemical compound goes through the mothers entire gastrointestinal tract and all the chemical breakdowns and liver metabolism in order to them be stored in breast fat tissue in order for that in turn to be broken down into breast milk. That’s basic biology. Additionally things made for oral ingestion are not necessarily made for direct injection into the stomach. This is so incredibly irresponsible

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Not just that, but the thing she's feeding her son is for weightloss. In my eyes, he's showing hunger cues because he's at a caloric deficient, so good job on her for halfway starving her child 😒

[@HayleighPaige]

Best case scenario - the little genuinely got into a place where he didn’t need a g-tube, would’ve gotten there regardless of the ketone drink, and the fact that he’s had no adverse effects from taking in this drink is a sign that the product is useless garbage that does nothing but is sweet enough to appeal to a child… My brother is 27 and has a G-tube because of his genetic disorder. He had it put in place because he COULD NOT PHYSICALLY consume enough food and was so malnourished there were concerns that he could suffer refeeding syndrome. He was IV fed for a month through a picc line and couldn’t take in any food through the stomach while he healed. But sure - let’s put him on some mystery drink that’s designed to supposedly get your body burning off the food energy he worked so hard to be able to take in so he can “get off his g-tube” and starve faster. Sure.

[@noahdemetrio7666]

Tbh I don't think she knows she's taking advantage of people. I think she is deep into the brainwashing bc she was vulnerable when her kid was in the NICU and attributed the good outcome to the ketone drink and genuinely thinks her child wouldn't have survived without it. I have some family members who developed really bad habits and beliefs (not mlm related but similar fake health stuff) as a response to trauma and, at least in their case, they genuinely believe in the stuff and probably won't ever stop believing

[@void-vl7jy]

As a type 1 diabetic, whenever I hear the words 'ketones' and 'ketosis' I flinch and my war flashbacks kick in and I instinctively reach for my insulin (I know that ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis are different but it still makes me flinch)

[@ms.annthropic6341]

Saaaame, even people being on the Keto diet and recommending it for weight loss freaks me out, makes me think of being fucked up, sick, covered in sweat and weight just melting off me. Nah, I’m good, thanks 😳

[@void-vl7jy]

@@ms.annthropic6341 Same, it just reminds me of the time it sent me into acute kidney failure, severe dehydration and acidic blood poisoning and a week in a hopsital bed

[@ms.annthropic6341]

@@void-vl7jy Yuuup 😬👎

[@TheDrunkenNUNsh]

yeahhhh i can't juuust caaan't my boyfriend had two diabetic ketoacidosis and everytime I hear "keto..." I just panic and want to run to the nearest hospital :c *big hug*

[@dazzlingextremes389]

Right!!!

[@carlic.7555]

If reaching was an Olympic sport, that Instagram account comparing Taylor Swift to an MLM would win the gold🥇

[@purrmanum]

she should switch to teaching yoga, all she does is reach

[@yelmite_]

Hannah is the Queen of the Anti-MLMpire 👑👸🏼

[@HannahAlonzo]

You’re my husband, you have to say that 🤣❤️

[@yelmite_]

@@HannahAlonzo my Queen! 🫡

[@NayelliQ]

@@HannahAlonzo He is definitely sweet. Lucky girl, well you are awesome too, so I guess you are both in good fortune.

[@BloominFleury29]

@@yelmite_ are you Hannah’s hushand

[@yelmite_]

@@BloominFleury29 probably not, to be honest. She paid off the officiant to pretend it was a real marriage.

[@kateemma22]

If Taylor Swift were running a pyramid scheme it would be about adopting cats. You adopt 2 cats, then get your two friends to adopt two cats each, then everyone gets two cats and the animal shelters are empty. Actually... Taylor, make this happen! I'm in!

[@Dreaming5]

Pahaha yessss ❤

[@trialsemail2]

I already have one, she was a stray but she adopted us 😂, but shit I will take another one or two!!!! 😂❤

[@TheElf_Online]

Despite how expensive pets can be to properly take care of, still probably cheeper than an actual mlm

[@rafaelamb]

True (I did adopted one)

[@lizfranklin127]

Now THIS is a pyramid scheme I could actually get behind

[@InevitableSecrets]

My son was eight weeks early and spent 29 days in the NICU. I would NEVER just randomly add something like this to his diet without a ton of medical advice.

[@themysteriousone]

OMG!!!! I'm a grown adult with a feeding tube into my bowel, and I would NEVER NEVER EVER put anything in my tube other than approved formulas. I even have a hard time putting my liquid vitamins into it( doctor recommended, btw)..... giving it to a baby is absolutely ludicrous.

[@Tubecute88]

Another Adult Tubie here, literally nothing goes in my J-tube other than meds and my formula. I cannot imagine adding some untested/pseudoscience product to my feeds. Dunno how that kiddo’s doctors didn’t freak out on the Mom

[@screamingnspace]

OMG! That rep with the baby ketones story was insane AND she just wouldn’t stop with the crinkle crinkle of the bag!! Infuriating!

[@iratakeuchi3031]

If her baby’s doctors knew about this, they are mandated reporters and she’d get reported to CPS so fast if she disclosed this to any of them.

[@elizabethwillis885]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who wanted to grab that crinkly bag out of her hand! 😅

[@screamingnspace]

Right?! Hopefully it saved at least some people from getting sucked into her pitch though!

[@marianamalato3461]

I actually think that is not unexpected to see someone who was raised in a cult become a MLM rep, because they may be inclined to feel a familiar match with the MLM environment without realizing why they connect so much to this reality. They were taught to feel that this kind of environment is their comfort zone, even if subconsciusly. Anyway, that's just my take on Nicole Remini 😅

[@DowntownTasty]

There’s a reason why these are very prominent among Jehovahs witnesses and Mormons. Same with smaller cults. They’re primed for thinking and blind following like this. Sometimes people who leave cults find another cult like structure to fill the void with.

[@pri2x0x]

The idea of trusting in something you cannot see and believe in blindly is the commonality for sure!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I was thinking the same thing. It's no surprise her sister wouldn't see the parallels between Scientology and MLM's, because it's likely what they're most familiar with.

[@tokiobabe99]

I agree with you. I think it's also why I've heard horror stories of people from Russia and they say that mlms are super common there; when the soviet union fell, the people were used to a high control environment, and they often got sucked into mlms and pyramid schemes.

[@juanitamartins]

I keep up with some ex scientology channels on youtube, and especially Chris Shelton says that scientologists are into MLMs and conspiracy theories.

[@rebekahmay1815]

happy taylor swift "consultant" here. people who didn't get tickets just didn't do enough personal development, if they just worked a little harder they probably would've gotten them...

[@Rowancat11]

😂😂😂😂

[@BrandyGray]

Your joking right?😅😂

[@kseniavanderhoff4850]

Thanks for making this content. I’m a bridal group moderator and before finding your content I didn’t even know that some “vendors “ in our group were actually MLM recruiters. Some using photos of people who were speaking against MLM’s and I wouldn’t know it without your channel. We now ban everyone who is trying to pitch MLM products.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

Hell yeah!

[@dahliacheung6020]

Yes so many brides have made tons of reddit posts about being preyed on by Mary Kay and Pampered Chef reps after going to bridal events and joining bridal groups. It's awesome that you ban those people because brides-to-be have enough going on trying to plan a wedding without being harassed by scammers

[@lane13]

I’m a Swiftie. I have her merch, signed cds, physical copies, etc. I even have floor tickets to her concert. I have never received a check for talking about her. Though, I do recommend that MLM consultants listen to “it’s time to go” a few times. 😊

[@karibee4968]

Imagine if we got compensated for our time as Swifties. I’d be rich!

[@kadeehuffman3743]

this x10000!!!

[@jeanettewishall6362]

I'll tell you something; I have NEVER had a crummy interaction online with a Swiftie. Y'all are friendly and cool af

[@GoldenSparrow31]

@Jeanette Wishall when those tickets went on sale there was a toxic one spouting off about "if you haven't been listening to her since (insert album) or you only listen to her hits you don't deserve tickets! This is only for the real fans who have been loyal since day one." It was nice to see other swifties completely disagree with her.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

I do not understand peoples' infatuation with her. What makes her worth so much of your money and time?

[@sporkle1290]

When that first lady said 'It's different if you lose your passion' why did I get the weird feeling she was almost putting that in there as a sort of get-out clause for if she ever fancied jumping ship in the future without looking like a giant hypocrite 🤔🤣

[@DowntownTasty]

Us being able to be on the outside looking in and being able to “translate” their language is so interesting. Right off the bat she goes “yes I can get down on myself if I’m in a slow season, but I NEVER question that I’m in the right place” *translation* - “even tho you’re not making money. Don’t leave. Don’t question anything. Let us brainwash you more.”

[@cozycasasmr4510]

This !!

[@5taceydaisy]

As a small business owner, one of the best advice my grandfather gave me was to know when to quit. If you stick with something no matter what, even when it’s massively failing and tanking you, your business is not going to survive. To clarify, this is completely different than pushing through the the slow times. Especially at the beginning, when for 90% of business startups take money before they make money. And on the different side of the coin, bouncing from “new business!” to “new business!” every few months will alienate your customer base and push people away. Hence: know when to quit!

[@karibee4968]

Colleen… wtf. Imagine looking at the T-Swift Ticketmaster debacle, including the fact that the literal FBI is now investigating Ticketmaster as a monopoly, and going “wow! Genius! She must be a brilliant network marketer!” FYI, the only benefit I get from convincing my friends to listen to her music is that I can share music I love with people I love. No money needed!

[@kadeelacayo4806]

Wait what

[@caitlinhanson8631]

Imagine if you had to convince 5 friends to buy her music before you were allowed to listen to it...

[@motherlessgoat72]

I don't think the FBI is investigating them, but the DOJ has a very, VERY close eye in Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation, and that would make any corporate entity sweat. I hope they're found guilty because they absolutely are a monopoly and monopolies stifle economies. Leave room for competition for other players.

[@purplhaze5464]

It’s like, Colleen, tell me you don’t know anything about economics without telling me you don’t know anything about economics

[@DowntownTasty]

I love how they always say they’re “impacting” or “changing lives.” I guess that’s true. For the worse.

[@Littlexlittle.]

As a mom of a tube fed child, giving a fat loss product to a child with a G tube is ABUSE 😡😡 They are already struggling to eat.

[@dahliacheung6020]

I will say, as a small business owner restarting my business after completely shutting it down due to chronic illness flare up, the advice from the first girl was exactly what I needed to hear. But none of those words are applicable to her pyramid scheme. Seriously, these 20-somethings saying, "im a lifer," in their mlm... I can't handle it😂

[@Ieditededit]

Using the Taylor Swift logic, I'm in an Anti-MLM MLM. Because I'm a fan of your videos and talk about them with my friends

[@linzonn]

Re top fail #4, I'm in a local FB group that helps parents who need it. One mom kept posting asking if anyone had spare supplements from some health and wellness MLM because she could no longer afford to buy them and was worried her health would suffer if she stopped taking them. It's so gross how the companies prey on people like this.

[@catboymikey]

That is so sad that she's been brainwashed to think without those supplements she'd suffer health wise.

[@Shudderetal]

The funny thing is, if she wanted to compare Swifties to a cult, she'd have a much stronger case

[@Meg_Sprite]

Came here to say this lol

[@issa_pyramid_scheme4372]

Oh we’re a whole ass cult 😹😹

[@kaceytalbot5660]

What’s crazy is I’m a STEM researcher in a very much not MLM job and I still personally move from opportunity to opportunity for 1) more pay and 2) a different environment/learning new skills. This take of stick it out even if it’s not serving you!! attitude is so odd to me, no thanks 😂

[@TheImprovised]

In any science or tech job that's usually the only way to get promoted/raise, so agreed. It is weird. What's worse is they are not just moving on, they are moving to the same shit with a different toilet. Lol

[@Younce_Davies]

Same here, but my focus is medical research. This causes me to get really emotional when these huns promote pseudoscience that kills people.

[@beez3077]

Oh boy…. She used the super sacred pinky promise !!! :(. Also the Leah R is DEFINITELY one to watch. That show is pure gold!

[@arielshultz6179]

The only "product" I take daily that helps me to be a better person, a better partner, and helps me to live again is my anti-depressants which help regulate my mood and are prescribed by a medical doctor.

[@jennfoley]

One of the things that triggers me the most about MLM huns is when they call themselves an Entrepreneur. You did not create a product. You did not write a business plan. You do not manufacture the product. You do not do order fulfillment or shipping. You did not make a prototype and seek funding from venture capitalists to bring it to market. Your customers don't even pay you. They pay the company, and the company pays you. You may have your own corporation on paper for tax purposes, but you are NOT an entrepreneur. Calling yourself one is a HUGE insult to people who actually did start a company from the ground up. 😡

[@josiehighness]

You are spot on when you said the first girl is just frustrated people are leaving her team just to pursue other, better opportunities!

[@thetrueroman]

Your facial expressions sometimes are so collectively correct at how we are all reacting to this fantasy content

[@marcelinethevampirequeen8543]

That woman with her ketones in breast milk set me on edge! As a nurse I can’t even start with all the things she said she did … sad and mind blowing

[@DS-qw1tp]

No offense, but as a nurse you likely have zero clue on what’s best for babies. You work in sick care - keeping people from dying. Y’all don’t know shit about actual health. Thus why you push formula and push mothers into have too many interventions while giving birth and push dangerous shots (with black box labels) that babies do not need. I have no idea about ketones but you being a nurse gives you zero pull. Most of the things nurses do to new babies is sickening and mind blowing. Before you say it, I’m very anti-mlm but I’m also very anti-“healthcare” workers sticking their noses where they don’t belong.

[@marcelinethevampirequeen8543]

@@DS-qw1tp lmao can’t wait till you need a health care provider…. Please show them your commitment 1st SMH 🤦🏼‍♀️ I work with mental health and addiction. You could use my services. Rule number one do no harm. So lucky for you most healthcare professionals feel the same as I do… your ignorance doesn’t not exclude you from excellence care. Bless your heart ❤️

[@labachaterairlandesa]

Am I remembering correctly that when you’re pregnant, they check your urine for ketones, among other things? I want to say they checked it for sugar, protein, and ketones. I can’t imagine they want pregnant women in ketosis.

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

Im also a nurse and a lactation consultant and I was literally shaking watching that.

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

​@@labachaterairlandesawe absolutely do not want nursing and pregnant women in ketosis

[@absynthefaerie]

If someone who buys a ticket for a concert is now considered a consultant I am one for Weird Al Yankovic and Motley Crue.

[@jaeydnheeren]

both artists are awesome!!! love weird al and MC is one of my favourite rock bands ever. The Dirt is what got me into them funnily enough!

[@rayshelhorton9306]

I watched Leah's documentary series years ago and loved it! When I started watching Anti-MLM content, I was like, omg Scientology is literally and MLM! So funny that her sister is in one and they haven't made the connection.

[@angieemm]

The funny thing is that people switch companies at an average of 3.8 years now. So in that first bit where she asked, "Yeah, but what about in 3 years?" Well, people switch jobs. It's normal.

[@tuschi8039]

So true. Was actually talking about this with a relative these days. They've been working for the same company for 15 years and was surprised that this surprises others 😂 told her just the same. Similar to the Rep she asked "but what If my new boss is a dunce?" Well ..then you get yourself a new Job, duh 🤭

[@cruelaz]

I already had the video on 1,75 speed and the spacing between those words in the Instagram reel you red out loud where so long. I had to put it on normal and rewatch lord 😂

[@kerryconklin9828]

Between the Girl Scout comparison and now Taylor Swift, I think someone needs to check on Colleen. I don't think she's okay. I gave such a look when you were talking about that one even my hubby asked what was up. Lol That one is just nuts!! Great video, as always!

[@lar-in-a-crisis]

A Hannah-upload-day is a good day. Automatically. Thank you for all of the effort you put into these videos!

[@rapdactyl]

For #5 that look of horror on your face matched mine exactly! 😨The idea of mixing these sketchy products in with breast milk for a baby is just..wow

[@brittany.anne9352]

I love how the exact same argument they use to convince people to join the MLM is the same argument that works against them when people leave

[@craft_yplanning1012]

Ok the mom feeding ketone to her baby has me freaked out. I wouldn't take something like that myself without consulting my doctors much less giving it to my kid 🙄

[@piperjaycie]

It’s weird that she actually says “talk to your doctor”. Definitely just to cover herself because on some very deep down level she knows it’s BS. But I doubt she has actually talked to her own doctor or if she did she didn’t listen bc no sane doctor would recommend mlm products especially health ones.

[@katiecall9112]

There’s another commenter who says they knew her, and that her doctor was told to give Hunter (the child) carbs and she said no.

[@heatherrussell6271]

I love Hannah’s videos. They’re so chock full of good facts and logical explanations. Plus, ***BONUS*** she doesn’t use foul language in her videos! I can safely watch them in front of my kids knowing she won’t spew foul words unexpectedly. It’s so hard to not send these to the people I know in an MLM. Most people in MLMs that I know would never watch an anti MLM video but it makes it even harder to show them the truth when the anti MLM-er is constantly cursing. So thank you Hannah!

[@SharkFreak79]

G-tube lady needs to lose (forever) custody of any and all children. That is straight up horrid parenting, which is never going to get better. If she was lied to that sucks, but it's still unforgivable to do this to your child without talking to a *real* health professional.

[@miaomiaochan]

She probably fell into this MLM in the first place because she doesn't trust medical professionals, and it reinforced and validated her existing distrust. I'm afraid something terrible is going to have to happen before she finally realizes how wrong she was, but that may not even be enough.

[@olingecko]

Okay, but the line about greener grass actually being turf is hilarious. Accept by that logic, every MLM is turf. And not the good kind. The icky scratchy kind that got painted green.

[@loofchan2481]

The older I get, the more I see cognitive dissonance is real. It is ASTONISHING what complete contradictory bs people can hold simultaneously without imploding. The Nicole Remini anti cult thing is mind blowing, but I’ve seen that level of hypocrisy in my personal life. People be cray.

[@torithompson2883]

What's crazy is that Nicole Remini actually lives in my hometown and my old boss was her friend. She got my boss wrapped up in a couple different MLMs. She also reportedly has QUITE the attitude. Coming into places and expecting to be treated like a celebrity. This is just what my boss told me so it is all alleged and unconfirmed.

[@morganholman1274]

I HATE the ketone baby story. UGH! No! There is so much wrong there! Your baby was just growing and developing! Also, I’m pregnant, and I’ve been told not to increase my ketones because it’s not good for baby. I’ve also been told it’s not a good idea to do while breastfeeding because your body uses glucose to produce milk, not ketones! So if anything it won’t help your milk production or quality to be in ketosis while breastfeeding.

[@dahliacheung6020]

That could explain why her son started showing more hunger cues, if her milk became less nutritious. Maybe? Idk I have little to no medical knowledge

[@katie4929]

Ugh, I find that whole Keytone support just awful. My cousin has done the Keto diet for 3 years and that DID help her with her health journey, but it took great effort and time to reach keytosis-I can’t stand that an MLM is pitching an easy way-gross! Hope you’re feeling well Hannah ❤️

[@kadeelacayo4806]

Leah’s sister uses the fact that she is LEAHS sister to get to the top. I guarantee you she’ll never hurt for money , she doesn’t need to do this

[@lucianavaliente5020]

Also, if you go to her concert, her meets and greets are free and her team chooses random fans in there to meet her, so every fan in a concert have (kinda) the same chance to meet her! I can't say the same about reaching the top of an mlm...

[@Pippa87]

Now that is cool.

[@klm5672]

My only real MLM experience was with an MLM called ‘juices plus’. My mum had a friend who sold it and got roped in to buying a bunch of the products. I’m not sure if she ever became a rep but when I had my daughter she had severe eczema (constant infections that could be deadly, she was a miserable baby, unable to move, wrapped in wet bandages 24/7, she was on medication intended for people that have had organ transplants to try and calm it down!) and my mum and this woman tried to convince me to take my daughter off all her medications as ‘juice plus’ was going to save her and cure her severe eczema. Thankfully I know better, but it was so sad to see someone try prey on me and my daughter in such a hard, vulnerable time especially since those medications could of been life saving. It made me feel so disgusted that one day they might prey on someone who doesn’t know any better and just wants a miracle and it ends up in tragic..

[@ZipperedBelle]

I'm only assuming how the conversation went with the RD or MD managing the G-tube feeds when she told them she was adding Pruvit ketones to the feeds... MDs need to tell patients/parents worse case scenarios of diagnoses which would be that a prematurely born child might not recognize hunger cues or have dysphagia due to neurological delays or a variety of other diagnostically based reasons. In my job I work with parents of premature babies utilizing G-tubes often. If there aren't other certain diagnoses they often start eating orally as they progress and "catch up" developmentally. So frustrating to see this health claim and preying on parents of tube fed children...

[@iratakeuchi3031]

I’m in the NICU a lot for my job and while I’m not a nurse or doctor or PA, I can positively say that it is fairly common for babies who have low birth weight or are born early to be tube fed but go on to have normal feeding within a few months of returning home unless they have other health issues or genetic disorders. This mother spreading misinformation about her baby being so sick and not being able to show hunger cues EVER is a blatant lie. Her baby not having the “brain body connection” because he’s been tube fed since he was born is NOT a reason. A baby may have other disorders which could cause that, but an NG tube is not it. I’m going to guess the doctor said that there will be an adjustment period for the baby to learn how to ask for food because of the ng tube, but I highly doubt that was a lifelong thing. Also if the doctors know about the ketones being given to a premie, I’m pretty sure they’re mandated to report her to CPS. So for her sake, I hope that baby doesn’t have to go to the ED at any point.

[@marissa3910]

I love getting a guaranteed check every two weeks, having sick days, having 80 hours of vacation, AND having my company PAY for my medical Healthcare.

[@jjuIiana]

the way they always say “your checks will be [low amount] a month at first and there will be ‘slow seasons’, dont give up this is part of success and this company” it reminds of when cults says “give us EVERYTHING you have, you will be poor but this community is worth more than any of your possessions” 😭

[@jessicabillhardt8776]

It is so sad that the mom with the NICU baby just assumes it was the ketones instead of the care of the NICU staff and normal development. I have to assume that her upline convinced her of this and not the doctors and nurses.

[@erinmeadows14]

Wow... to credit ketones with her son's medical progress is so dangerous. I'm also sure that she is leaving out feeding therapy (and potentially other therapies too). It is highly likely her son is/was in feeding therapy as most tube feed kids are for a significant amount of time to try to get them off of tube feeds. That medical team support absolutely had nothing to do with her son's progress.

[@jessicamolina745]

I read “UnCULTured,” her experience was heartbreaking. One of her most interesting lines, when she got off of the bus for bootcamp joining the army, “Did I just join another cult?”

[@namebrandkids2558]

That first girl is going to be sooooo embarrassed someday when she finally wakes up to mlm truth haha 🤦‍♀️

[@tiffanyx8577]

“It is business” but then mad when someone leaves your “team?” No, sis, it 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 business👏🏻

[@cc1526]

Okay let’s just play her little game here and say sure, Taylor Swift is an MLM and I am a Swiftie consultant- *It’d still be a SCAM cause Taylor hasn’t given me a dime for a second of my promotion!* 😂😂😂 (Except that it’s not because Taylor never promised me payment for selling her music or recruiting more fans the way the actual MLMs do, but you get the point 😆)

[@abigaelmacritchie1365]

I'm glad you mentioned that MLM reps are basically sales people, I've been thinking that for ages. My husband's brother has a financial advice business, and he told us 95% of sales people in that field don't manage to make a decent living out of it. It's a case of training loads of guys and losing most of them, but the small percentage that do make it bring all of the revenues of the business. The others, he gently invites to leave as he doesn't like for them to be miserable in their job. And that's a legitimate business. Not an MLM where everything is stacked against you and you can't make it unless you're ruthless and got in early enough.

[@CorasAtHerCorner]

As a mom who had a baby with a g-tube who was born at 27 weeks, this Pruvit rep infuriates me! Not only giving your child something that isn't meant for them in the first place, you can just tell she is using that situation to try to bring people in to get into the product and that makes me sick! And my son got off the g-tube without this crap. She is disgusting!

[@nikit0r]

The ketones thing makes me soooo frustrated because they take those pee tests to “prove” its working. Not realising that they’re drinking ketones..not producing ketones.. Your body can produce ketones when it goes into ketosis, and you can pee test to see those ketones. Or you can drink them and they filter right through your body and show on the test.. Your body didn’t enter a state of ketosis to produce those ketones, you just mixed them into your water and they went through you like anything else. Sooooo frustrating! haha

[@lexwithbub]

Yeah, ketones are the SIDE EFFECT of ketosis, right? They're not the cause. They've got the cause and effect all back to front 😂

[@miaomiaochan]

Paying $6.50 a serving to pee the ketone out. IF there are actual ketone in the powders. The placebo effect is a powerful thing.

[@curlysammm6387]

If ketones are for weight loss why on earth would you try to feed them to an infant?!?!?!?!? Sounds like the worst possible kind of experiment.

[@katyr2382]

Exactly. She said they gave him hunger which is surely the opposite of what they'd want re them helping weight loss

[@yolandaponkers1581]

No. When stuff gets harder, you shouldn’t automatically double down. You should step back and assess the situation. Determine if the juice is worth the squeeze or if there are better options. However, they don’t want anyone questioning anything. If you start doubting, they stand to lose your money. Like your merch says, Hannah, “Consider the source!”

[@carolsummers8734]

Also the product may no longer be wanted by the buying public.

[@MaeMaeWorld]

Wow these cats add so much to the video. I don’t think I’d watch if there were no cats in it. I love that the cats are anti-mlm. What a good cat. Haven’t watched yet so I don’t really know if there’s any cats but y’a know 😂

[@purrmanum]

🤣🤣🤣

[@susannahc]

Whew, glad this popped up! I was about to start cooking and desperately needed something to listen to and my audio book wasn't cutting it!

[@Poppythedog463]

Oh man, I feel for Nicole. I think it's also difficult to lose your social/friend/work groups, as toxic as they are, so it can be understandable why someone who is leaving a cult would want to find people who can fill those voids. It makes sense to me that an MLM could feel like the solution to that.

[@sabirahnova]

The top fails are always my favorite videos-so happy this popped up this morning

[@rosemarykinder72]

The sister of Leah Remini and the person who called Taylor Swift the best network marketing company of all time😣😅 I just can't!! I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone, lol. Really enjoyed this mlm-fails Hannah!!

[@chikinkaka328]

The keytone baby mama is a sad story. The tone in her voice, says it all. She is nervous because she knows she is lying and that didn’t change her life. 4 years and no results? That girl needs to stop this now.

[@PhantomRolePlayer]

This video just gets wilder and wilder. I put this on in the background while I did some dailies in a video game, but once the first clip said "If you're looking for a regular check with the same amount, find an employer" I immediately stopped playing my game and started actively watching.

[@Lailer10]

I am about to start the video, but I have to say the thumbnail got me here. My daughter used to have a Gtube and it seems like any young child with a feeding tube is heavily monitored by their medical team on exactly what and when they are taking their feeds. Preying on parents who have children with complex medical needs seems to become more rampant. I'm grateful to be armed with knowledge. I try to steer MLM huns away from vulnerable moms in the Facebook groups I'm in, but it's heartbreaking to know that I can't save everyone (and not everyone wants to be saved). Ok, now that I'm already steaming.... on to the video!

[@Lailer10]

Made it to video one before having more to say. I hate this whole "tough love boss babe" personality. I truly can't stand it. Cringe.

[@novakien2714]

You know its gonna be a good video if just reading the video title makes you sigh out loud

[@jardinosaur]

I gasped. 😮 Not my Tswizzle

[@brookolson2194]

Hell hath no fury like me when I found out that someone in my mentally/chronically ill grandparents' church tried selling them supplements that would "make their backs, joints, and minds" feel better. They're on a fixed income that is very limited. How depraved do you have to be to pray on two people who are dealing with mental illness (they've been struggling with that their whole lives), Alzheimer's, AND normal health issues that come with aging, all to line your own pockets??? If the family member with power of attorney hadn't been watching the bank accounts, they would have spent every dollar on fancy vitamins.

[@orphanblackops4608]

41:15 The lady doth protest too much, methinks. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

[@jamiemiesler322]

This is off topic of MLM scams but since you brought up the Taylor Swift ridiculous ticket sales issue ~ These artists are so proud of themselves that they are now selling tickets to see them from $100s to $1,000s of dollars. I’m sure the fact that most people no longer buy their albums but listen to them via websites has a lot to do with it but it’s getting out of control. Can we please go back to the 1980s? 😂 We went to so many concerts. Tickets were ONE price. Get there early, get a great seat or stand in front of the stage. $25 to see the FIVE biggest rock bands in 1988!! Best time ever!

[@skyelynnae]

Totally agree!

[@nothingtoseeherebye74]

I subscribed after watching your channel for some time. I plan on sending you my own horror story about the three BODi (known as Beachbody at the time) huns who sent me the exact same "hey girl" message and wouldn't leave me alone, which lead to me deleting my Instagram account. I think they originally wanted to recruit me because I had photos and videos of me running because I was on my school's cross country and track teams. The worse part about it is that two of them read posts I made about my life as a young autistic woman and tried to make me join and use it to attempt to recruit other autistic people.

[@lsmmoore1]

Ew. And definitely a misfire. Autistic people are disproportionately allergic to BS (and if it doesn't look like that all the time it's because NTs work so damn hard to manipulate us into believing that we're basically less than human, which amounts to heavy-duty gaslighting). So unless you search the alt-right or Aspie supremacist sites, you're not going to find a particularly large supply of autistic BS-pushers (and note that a lot of those autistic BS groups are disproportionately cis white men, and thus there are more illusory Band-Aids that society can sell to them than they do to women - so if you want to rope autistic people into a scam, your best bet is to become a crypto bro).

[@katiescollection6707]

Posting anything regarding physical activity makes you a magnet for Beachbody huns! I posted about running my first half marathon years ago and shortly thereafter got a 'hey girl' from a high school friend asking me if I wanted to join her bootcamp. Why would I join your program when you have no credentials, when I have access to training plans created by professional running coaches? It's so predatory and unethical (extra yikes about exploiting your autism to try to recruit you, ew).

[@ginanaphone]

There is definitely a beverage that literally gives me life. Water. Because it's actually requisite for life.

[@corinnespiration]

Re: inventory loading of ketones (I haven't seen anyone say this in the comments, but it might be here) the reps are encouraged to put together packs to sell to people to try. So they inventory load in order (theoretically or actually) to then sell on to potential or 'retail' clients. I don't know if they charge more, but obviously they often need to ship. I saw one rep who did large mail outs daily because she had such a following on Instagram. And so if you follow your upline, the inventory loading is part of the grift, because *of course* you'll sell them. Right? ....Right?

[@Tacos-and-IceCream]

I don't even remember how I stumbled across your videos over a year ago, but I really appreciate you posting these and even my husband has been getting interested in the anti MLM community 😂

[@miaomiaochan]

What we need more of in this country is teaching of critical thinking skills at every education level and better science education in general. (And a better healthcare system, of course.)

[@wondervol7351]

Gotta love how they say such promising and inviting things when they are recruiting but once THEY after failing, it's all about ups and downs, try harder ...etc. Insane.

[@rachelegilkeson2840]

Sounds like the first girl is throwing shade at the girls who jumped ship for Q

[@bethjensen2396]

When that lady said she used mlm products in her breast milk to feed her TUBE FEED child I audibly gasped so loud my husband, child, and dog looked over at me and my sons saying "what's wrong Mommy?". Ugh, that poor baby 🥺

[@DetsCrissy]

I recently found the channel Dine in Psychology, she talks alot about the psychological impact of religion and scams like mlms. When it comes Leah Remini' sister, Scientology and essential oils I'm not surprised how it's a full circle! Perhaps essential oils were always a cult, but I got into it around 2018-19 and got out as soon as the pandemic hit because it got even worse!

[@iterateology]

If you're in an MLM, you're not an entrepreneur. You're a sales rep they don't have to provide benefits or a base salary for. You're an employee without the benefits being an actual employee.

[@lezliesmith3354]

A funny story about having a ridiculous amount of something. Both my mom and I have ADHD - I'm diagnosed, she's not (but my behaviours come from her). We have had 3 year supplies of something a few times. Vinegar, BBQ sauce, and noodles are the ones I remember off the top of my head. You may be thinking - how in the world?? Well, my mom would forget we already had a large jug of vinegar, or a bottle of BBQ sauce, or noodles already. So, while grocery shopping, she'd see one of those things and buy another jug/bottle/bag of whatever it was. She'd come home, we'd go to put groceries away, and be faced with 2/3/4/5 of those items already. It never happened all at once, it was always one specific item at a time for a few months that her brain would be stuck on. Luckily, it was all items with an indefinite or very long shelf life, so we did manage to either use up all of it (eventually) or gave some away to family and friends. This is something my mom passed to me - my current thing? Spaghetti sauce. I keep forgetting how much we have and we now have 10 jars. Luckily, we eat spaghetti/things with spaghetti sauce often so it won't go to waste.

[@fuentes_fantasy7906]

Oh, I do this with spaghetti sauce and pasta too, as well as toothpaste and shampoo.

[@alwaysanonymous295]

37:42 - the expression on your face says it all. The concern, upset, frustration 😢

[@TenderKiss86]

I'm a Hanson consultant. I mean street team member for Hanson. MMMBOP! LOL I love your videos so much!!

[@maryeckel9682]

How much do your make for each MMMBOP?

[@jennysmith4888]

As a mom of a NICU baby who had a G-Tube the pruvit nut makes me furious. The fact that she is okay to prey on desperate parents and potentially endanger vulnerable babies with her claims is disgusting.

[@luckyneko1]

I loved Leah's series. My 92 year old mom would ask me if Leah had made any more shows. :)

[@binarythinker94]

Fail 4 made me chuckle a bit. "Prove it" is a cult telling people to take a drink powder to solve all their problems. I've seen this movie before and it does not end well.

[@hermioneamnerisviolet]

Does Colleen even realize what she's actually saying? Taylor Swift fans promote her on social media and don't get paid, just like MLMers who promote their MLM on social media and don't get paid! If MLMers actually got paid for their work, there would be no connection to make. And that mom who gave weight loss supplements to her baby, he's showing hunger cues because he's not getting enough nutrition. She is starving him. I thought she was going to say it helped him grow or develop or something. Nope, it just made him act hungry! What a nightmare.

[@maryinsanfrancisco]

No Shame Sales Game needs to keep Taylor Swift's name out of her mouth.