revisiting Gabbie Hanna's 'Confessions of a WashedUp YouTube HasBeen (Preface)'

[@emily.d.leonard]

As someone with ADHD i find it really upsetting that Gabbie CONSTATNLY puts it down our throats that she has ADHD. Yes ADHD and neurodivergency of any kind can make you act outside of the "norm" but it does NOT excuse awful behaviour and I feel like Gabbie is weaponizing her ADHD as an excuse for being an awful person

[@dnd555]

this like yes girl we know we tweak out sometimes she makes it seem like we have a personal disorder instead with how much she falls back on it. 😭😭

[@natyc19]

Yeah, adhd makes life harder but it doesn't make you a shitty person at all.

[@MartellaNutella]

Same here!!

[@hhoges9895]

Right! As someone who was diagnosed with adhd around the time of all her shenanigans, I was really off put by her. Like ADHD isn’t an excuse to behave badly.

[@maxyeee]

okay I hear you, I also have ADHD. But consider this, ADHD is the only thing she KNOWS she has. I also have a cluster B disorder, and seeing the way she acts how emotional she is, how quick to extremes she is, how much she overshares, these signal to another underlying disorder Not ADHD. so I agree that she shouldn't say its her ADHD but lets be so for real, she acts this way because she is mentally ill. She shouldn't try and use her mental illness as an excuse, but it is deffo an explanation for her unacceptable behavior (and if you look at her channel today, you can see she's done a lot of work on herself)

[@NikkiJenx25]

If I remember correctly.. she didn’t even finish posting the series because she got so much backlash when she went after Jesi and that phone call that was recorded. And how vile she truly was with that phone call.

[@emeeeeyy]

I recently re-listened to that call again recently and it's still just as if not even more horrid and disgusting 🤢

[@luisabolado]

yupppp she didnt… that situation was wilddd those days

[@treedragonfarm]

Pretty sure my youtube history for the past month is mostly adam videos 😂

[@Gravedigger6796]

Same here!!!😂 (also I LOVE your username!)

[@mrmister2794]

Same 😁 I'm loving rewatching all of this drama unfold

[@seelebelle]

Mine too! 😂

[@madisongutierrez1923]

Same!!!

[@annetadayon6797]

me too!! we r being FED

[@_angd.oodles_4186]

I'm sorry but I just cannot forgive her for the Jessi smiles situation that was crazy, watching that in real time was so bad

[@RachelTheVlogger]

Yeah it’s so messed up. The one reason I don’t like her.

[@lizzymitchell7303]

What happened??

[@Ratboyhasgerms]

​@jabberwocky3688 this is literally not true ?

[@bagqins]

​@@jabberwocky3688lies

[@lilkitty2396]

​@@jabberwocky3688 thats..... not what happened...

[@xBratPrincex]

She is so in love with the 'tortured artist' persona she has crafted her whole personality around it's embarrassing.

[@FabiolaRVela]

Yeah it’s very cringey, she reminds me of those self absorbed “I’m better than everyone else” art school kids I came across in art school 😂. The ones who were probably into theatre and didn’t really have groundbreaking talent but thought they did because their mom had been telling them that all their lives 😅

[@auwumnnn]

i'm literally loving these revisits, it's insane remembering just how much drama there really was every year 😭

[@weinerherz0g]

this is truly healing the part of me that had no friends who watched KZbin at the time. seeing this happen without being able to yap about it was so tragic.

[@breenabee]

Trying to explain to my friends what was going on made me sound crazy 😭😭

[@mblabezza]

So relatable! Even when I had a boyfriend, explaining the lore behind KZbinr drama was too much so I wasn’t bothered lol!

[@zoeclara6933]

As someone with ADHD and a degree in psychology, I need Gabbie to not talk about ADHD online. Like yes, it causes very real problems beyond "omg can't sit still and talk really fast", and we should be talking about those problems more, but when she uses those symptoms to excuse her shitty behaviour, it makes me so mad because 1) Her description of the symptoms is not always accurate, and there's enough misinformation about mental health online without her, and 2) a lot of us already have trouble getting people to take our disability seriously, so when someone with as large a platform as her is going around bullying people who review her poetry book and using her ADHD to say "well you just don't get it because you're not neurodivergent", it gives people who don't want to acknowledge that ADHD is a real disability a person to point at and say "no, you guys are just using it as an excuse like she is". I am someone who generally believes that having a disorder like ADHD does give you some credibility when talking about it, because lived experience is a very important perspective that often isn't covered in things like the DSM-5, but having ADHD does not make you an expert, does not mean your experience is universal and does not mean you can use your ADHD to explain away you being a bad person.

[@Lynsey17]

Yeah, many ADHD sufferers were very pissed when she used this as her diagnosed de jour in this series. I remember so many responses about that aspect in particular. As a woman around Gabbie's age who had only recently been diagnosed & was just starting to learn which aspects of my personality were ADHD related when she released these, I found her VERY insulting.

[@lacaralupana3814]

DSM5? The Des Moines Iowa Amazon building in Bondurant ?😂

[@MartellaNutella]

Alternative title: Adam focusing on gabbies white wine for 34 minutes 😂

[@vanilla_labelle]

I literally bought myself a lovely sparkling white wine this morning because it sounds so good now 😭😆

[@Elleby0805]

I agree, Adam. This video was really bizarre. I think the weed and wine were not doing Gabbie's mental health any favors during this time. She threw a grenade into the internet void.

[@DefyReality-ll2cg]

I agree

[@Mataaina]

Yess, especially weed can send you into really weird, paranoid and even psychotic thoughts if you consume it during tough/unstable times and have underlying trauma (talking about first hand experience unfortunetaly).

[@strawberryskygirl44]

this is where Gabbie really started to lose it mentally and the ugly narcissism that had been slowly building up really started to come out more

[@haleybit]

Shes manic, usually that comes with grandiosity

[@kiaunacody]

@@haleybit She was definitely suffering with her mental health but Gabbie was a bad person wayy before her mental health started to decline

[@NikkiJenx25]

@@kiaunacodyexactly!!

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@kiaunacodywe have no idea when it actually started to decline. Just because we saw it happening on social media in 2021 doesn’t mean she wasn’t dealing it before then.

[@chaerie.faerie]

@@isitoveryet9525no matter what, she’s still a bad person

[@sibaibaiba]

The editing on that video was so crazy why can’t we just have a causal sit down conversation girl

[@Gummy-pd2qo]

Cause she has ADHD 🙈😂😂

[@lindamcmanus3057]

“She says it’s for healing but I think it’s for spite.” ~ Adam McIntyre, truth teller 🤣

[@erinbee123]

“Do you know she has adhd?!” 💀💀💀💀 Adam shady asf and I’m obsessed

[@JunkieSama]

You mean to tell me she seriously didn't do an episode about her HORRIBLE treatment from David Dobrik and the Vlog Squad??? That's the ONE thing I would be fully on her side about!! But, no. Instead she dedicated most of this series to petty drama with Trisha OR the extremely serious and disgusting situation with Jessie Smiles that she still has yet to atone for 😑

[@ThatFont]

I think she had a crush on David and didn’t want to burn that bridge tbh

[@Gummy-pd2qo]

Literally never noticed that.. good point

[@marissariley7319]

And she still has never confronted that. It’s so odd. She doesn’t even collab or mention any of the vlogsquad anymore. And yet she still won’t talk about them. So do they have something on her? Is she that scared to speak out?

[@beanybabyrabie]

@@marissariley7319no, she just knows she avoided crashing and burning with them and doesn’t want to remind people she was a happy participant in the dynamic. She only talked about it to play victim and avoid accountability from being a part of it.

[@zeynepkrcuval7805]

“ a 13 y/o unpaid- oh that’s Collen Ballinger…” 😂😂😂😂

[@Mrprez2416]

I nEEDEDEEEEEEEEEDDDD Adam to bring back him revisiting Frenemies he stopped at the worst episode and I need moreeeeee

[@kendall9683]

i would loooove that to be next

[@rachelthomas8013]

I don’t know why that “YIPEE” after her sip of wine sent me 💀

[@actinopterygiis]

her copyright striking your music review bc you made some drama videos is INSANE 😭

[@graciereed41]

the large glass of wine sends me

[@pinkyhc4130]

Therapy with an audience is a new fear unlocked.

[@shanel4294]

I also got a little twang in my chest at the thought. No thank youuuu

[@CarmCoffey_11]

"...or what my life looks like." It looks like a mental breakdown. That is what your life looks like.

[@SamRenee22]

I think the videos were probably very healing for Gabbie('s deep desire for attention)

[@ThunderFx00]

I love that I'm way more invested in all this now than I was when it was actually happening lmao. It's nice to sit back and watch your commentary on everything, especially because I always learn something new. At some point or another I watched all these people yet somehow completely missed more than half the drama. I guess I was too busy watching people play Minecraft and The Sims.😭

[@shanel4294]

Same with the sims and Minecraft, Adam adds context and the foreknowledge I definitely don’t have so I also love these

[@deliacordero110]

i definitely think she was super confident about her series, that it would be kind of a redemption for her, that's why she went on a whole rant about how she was portrayed a certain way, but it clearly backfired

[@MimosaMia]

I remember when adam was in his randomly singing "so what if I'm a MONSTAAAA" era😭

[@consiqeration]

EVENTUALLY U SHOULD REVISIT the gabby / joey / daniel / escape the night shit if u haven’t already cause that was acc so eventful

[@ThatFont]

What’s crazier is that she had these diet restrictions that had to be accommodated yet didn’t bring an emergency snack pack. Do you know how nasty veggie trays and whatnot get when you’re filming? Literally attracts bugs. There wasn’t enough context about this tbh and she didn’t bother to elaborate.

[@Lola-AreaCode212]

I can listen to anyone- including myself- say the f word often, but the way she sprinkles it unnecessarily in every silly sentence is so overkill and it sounds unnatural. Cringe.

[@ANOCAINE]

I promise I'm not saying this in a shady way: it's because she uses it with the same cadence of a rebellious 11~13yo kid who just found out they can curse whenever their overprotective parents aren't watching but is still nervous about it, yk? 🤔

[@PGOuma]

Honestly... she sounds like me when I curse when my parents aren't around 💀

[@cartoongrl0706]

Im glad im not the only one who noticed 😭 like we get it girl you’re edgy

[@ThatFont]

Same with “dude”

[@witchassbitch3]

It could be a vocal tick or sorts. I know that both my father and I (both diagnosed adhd) have specific “filler” words we use when speaking because our brains move so much faster than our mouths that we stumble or lose our train of thought, and that happens often. And growing up people will tell you it’s rude to say “um” a lot so you kinda have to find other words that can serve the same purpose as saying “um” but sound like more of a conscious response than stammering 😅 Not trying to defend gabby. I just wanted to offer another explanation for why she may do that. I’ve been made fun of in a very similar way to the filler words I used when speaking as a kid (mostly “like”). Just something to think about.

[@janedoee4830]

This era was really like drama in a pressure cooker and baby we let that shit COOK

[@confusedfey9192]

I have never really had specific opinions on gabbie hannah past the fact that I felt being on the internet only hurt her. She was around people that only put her down when she was starting out and I think it didn't help her out at all mentally

[@SamFokker]

This is how I feel, she always seems to be doing better when she's offline then she comes back and the decline starts all over again

[@AndreaHernandez-js1lq]

Really happy you are revisiting Gabbie Hanna, happily to be a new subscriber 🫶🏽

[@isabellapayne7441]

Welcome !!!

[@karleeeveee]

girlie pressing every button on the sound board 26:30 😭

[@nicolaliquorish8567]

Oh we are eating good these days excited for HERstory

[@amourtabb7859]

What's so funny about the ginormous glass of wine is that she put a normal amount in there. Like she doesn't need the huge glass😂

[@Thesoggymeatball]

its cuz she keeps swinging it around 😭 cant let it slosh out

[@allysonjovarela5245]

Just got my son to sleep after his first birthday party.... Now I get to sit with a snack and a new Adam video... Today has been great

[@osaieu]

happy birthday to him ❤ hope you both had an amazing time mama 🥳

[@allysonjovarela5245]

Thank you so much🩵 ​@@osaieu

[@AdamMcIntyre]

happy birthday to him and sending you so much love ❤️

[@andreainbody7003]

I can't describe why but the way Gabbie talks gives me so much anxiety, like she just makes me so uncomfortable

[@beanybabyrabie]

Yep. It’s visceral 😂

[@charlieiris28]

Adam, it was my 23rd birthday yesterday. I'm so excited to continue my journey as a mucker for another year ❤ thanks for feeding us with amazing content, always

[@AdamMcIntyre]

hope you had the best birthday ever!!!!!!!❤️

[@syntheticgrl]

I’m so happy ur covering this Gabbie stuff 😭🫶🏽 luv u Adam

[@kendalarley2277]

please keep uploading tons!! It’s all watch and true crime on KZbin when I’m done all your videos

[@KaseyWithers]

Tbh i think she posted these because it felt good to feel like she was proving her point. She probably thought this would sway the public in her favor. I think she deleted them because she felt the audience was still "misunderstanding" her after all the work she put into these. These vids are like the talks with your friends showing your entire side + narrative where it feels good to get off your chest. She was relying on her fans to feel moved, and when they weren't it was a bit of an ego smasher. Like if your friend doesnt agree with you on something youre venting about, im not surprised she deleted them lol

[@danacapodarco1363]

I saw your Spotify, Adam, and Kylie Minogue being there made me happy. I like her pop music.

[@-_-6774]

adam always talks like he’s taken public speaking classes because he can follow a train of thought and interject at any point without skipping a beat

[@sarahbear7551]

Maybe she did it as a self destruct button of sorts so she was forced to leave the internet? Bc it was the only why she’d actually take a full social media break.

[@janedoee4830]

That lala land ending is one of the most poignant and honestly REAL life scenes

[@knitwitchpgh]

Its sooo beautiful. Because there are people who have helped you grow and improve, but were never meant to be permanent. That movie makes me cry

[@janedoee4830]

@@knitwitchpgh yesss and it's just so realistic ya know? I get sick of the happily ever after movies that are unrelatable

[@lornatw]

The reason why Gabbie has removed the videos still, at least one reason she’s mentioned is that she thought posting them would give her peace and control about her side and responses but she actually didn’t find peace in releasing her voice and during her actual healing era after the weed emotional purge one she started valuing finding peace outside of KZbin, an audience and people ❤ thanks for doing these revisits with a balanced perspective it’s refreshing

[@lornatw]

She didn’t realise that her healing came from releasing things out loud not the posting part. She’s already felt at peace by just organising her thoughts and story privately and I think she didn’t realise how impactful that already was because she already had been set in actually releasing it all and don’t realise that she’s then have to reprocess again publically. I don’t think it was with bad intention she just didn’t realise her peace when she had it- that little time before releasing everything.

[@Nobody-s824]

I love when Adam can just give a look to the camera and speak more about his opinion than words could!!

[@nuunyabizzness]

Oh no, as someone who was on mental health drugs, drinking, and smoking weed, you may think it's therapeutic at the time, in the moment, but it's not. You don't remember processing it and it comes back like you're finding out for the first time. There are so many chunks missing in my memory. I had to relive finding out a favorite teacher had self-deleted, a friend had self-deleted, and my uncle had passed. You're not supposed to mix *any* mental health drugs with alcohol or weed, but doing both at the same time will *really* mess with your memory.

[@noonoolink6822]

I agree to an extent, Gabbie needed actually help and not weed. Not to mention if you are bipolar you shouldn't be smoking weed period same with schizophrenia and various other mental health. I love weed always have, but it isn't for some people and I think gabbies public breakdown was only made worse by weed.

[@GallifrAngel]

This is reopening memories of the Gabbie x HelloLeesh drama 😫

[@PGOuma]

3:42 How does it feel being one of the reasons why she made her poetry book, Adam?! 😭😭😭

[@kaylaballinger495]

"She says this is for healing, but I think it's for spite" needs to be a t-shirt. 😂😂

[@Chelskyyy]

Yay! I was just looking for something to watch, perfect timing as always 🫶🏻

[@frankie7608]

You are the perfect person to do these retrospectives, Adam!! Such a good balance of compassion and holding people accountable.

[@kayladangelo2306]

Just moved into a new place and christening it with this video, love you sm! Thank you sm for revisiting all thissss, 110% something I wish I could do with a friend as an adult

[@AdamMcIntyre]

congratulations on the new place❤️

[@kayladangelo2306]

@@AdamMcIntyre ahhh omg thank you sm😭💜

[@MsBHavnNerd]

I absolutely hate this mentality that influence and KZbinrs have where they think people hate them because it’s trendy and popular and not because they did something horrible on a large platform with so many eyes on them and that a lot of people just genuinely don’t like what you did

[@cloudsncats]

Constantly playing the victim is her main talent

[@RawTimee]

Adam you’re my comfort KZbinr, the drama will never end even in sadness.🤞🏼😍

[@mica9159]

It’s so insane to me how personal the internet has gotten, like why would I subscribe to a stranger’s Patreon so I can get insight on their mental health issues. Why do ppl need to know you like this??

[@sophiejdixon1040]

I’ve always loved your videos but the ones from the past month are by far your best yet

[@seelebelle]

Gabbie: Blah Blah Blah... Adam: When's she going to drink that wine! 😂

[@DemureDelight8055]

“He made me realize I needed to follow my heart in to rock music” Adam:👀👀👀

[@WebbZeppelin]

As someone raised by a narc: she has always given off big narcissist energy

[@die_Katze98]

13:05 you're so right for this! White wine in the summer on a hot day, my beloved... I'm generally a red wine enjoyer, but there's just such a good vibe to white wine in summertime

[@rebelraani]

I'm sorry but I LOVE the camera moving and your reaction EACH TIME!!!

[@pupp_maxx]

I love how Adam brought ur up his video about reacting to Gabbie’s song. I was watching that video earlier and SCREAMING the lyrics😭😭

[@Xiorzx]

Adam please I’m so fed , amazing content

[@Lilzster]

I’ve been praying for a gabbie hannah reaction from you and you are SERVING literally on my birthday week so thank you so much

[@marcelinegarcia4330]

28:43 not here basically reciting Cassie from Euphoria here 😭

[@leannerose9988]

The upload I needed!❤

[@lilacocean4137]

i had a healthy breakup once, it was so great. we only dated for a few months and i definitely think that's what makes it easier. we just mutually agreed it wasn't what we wanted anymore, during one quick and painless conversation, and we stayed friends for a while after. it can happen, don't lose hope! ❤

[@_xosierrahox_]

I really appreciate you SO SO MUCH! When I’m bored , eating or just can’t sleep at 4 am you are always putting out content!! You are amazing ! Thank you !! 💕💕

[@ginanicole]

Mother mucker, I just got my card 🥺 I didn't know you would actually write something on the back & that meant a lot to me. Thank you so much Adam ❤ You're so different then any other youtuber & so genuine. love love love you! Also if you ever visit Philly again, pls try a cheesesteak with wizz (i promise its good)

[@sadcowboii]

lol i had her blocked during this era it was obvious she was going through some kind of episode and i didn't fuck with that

[@singridpol3002]

Forgot she really was a drama queen And also what she was going through is a mental breakdown She was the worst Narcissist

[@ashleyh.6342]

You appeared exactly when I need u

[@LaveyndarSchroeder]

I’m so excited to rewatch these again but with Adam this time

[@Ray-zp3zp]

I am so glad Gabbie and Trisha r both doing so much better now

[@liesbeneathoureyes]

Gabbie’s on the pseudospiritual conspiracy theorist grifter vibe now which idk if that’s “better”

[@brynleighhill4830]

i think something that society gets really wrong sometimes is that weed can be really harmful for certain people. smoking too much can literally cause psychosis and maybe that’s what was happening here

[@WhatsHerNamex3]

I was literally just thinking he should react to this series! Love when Adam gives us the content we want before we even ask 👏

[@ninajeanspears]

you: filming this at 6 am with no sleep me: watching this at 6 am with no sleep 😭😭

[@GemmaG18]

I need you to cover her and Angelika their saga is so up and down 😅

[@averymerta9304]

Such a throwback, shits wild, always falling out of the coconut tree

[@h4rp666]

you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you😋

[@caitlinpowell9010]

Glad she left the Internet for the most part. She put herself and everyone else through turmoil

[@notkeylimeeli]

Her saying she cant make friends irl makes so much sense

[@pagenforchange]

ADAM IM EATING THIS SHIT UP!! I literally know none of this drama so I’m like “yes sir 🫡” with all of your takes lmaoo

[@nicholelawson990]

Thank you for feeding me, mother mucker I was dieing for content

[@krypticplumeria6180]

When i was going thru a rough patch, I thought I was helping other ppl (delusion obvi) by sharing my thoughts/what I was doing and like nu-agey things. Let’s just say that now I understand why it’s important to keep some of the work to myself. It’s more than just perception of others/ embarrassment. It’s more about that many things have to be self-made choices. It’s part of building strength and self-understanding.

[@Hannah-ts7du]

Can’t wait for the Alex James VS Gabbie Hanna

[@thegrimlooper]

I see Adam, I click 🖤🌻✨

[@Yepelinda]

Her unhinged TikTok era was so fun

[@zandrasilver]

Please cover her TikTok meltdown down, it was so upsetting to see at the time I was emotionally invested

[@gnarpyjuni]

everytime someone says dramageddon my mind immediately goes to aespa 😭 drama and armageddon 😭😭 love ur vids adam!

[@astarriknight]

Ahhh another mæ! i never think about the yt drama when i hear dramageddon i think of the æspa!

[@NiamhPossumproductions]

Good god thanks for making this series I’d never have the strength to watch it without ur jokes omfg it’s so TENSE

[@NiamhPossumproductions]

Fuck me also the adhd bullshit she talks stresses me out cause as someone who did have a moment of realisation about my own adhd, her bs is the most annoying shit like… she’s what I fear I could have become if my way of dealing with rejection sensitivity is to like,,,,, lash out more and defend with adhd excuse as if that makes you not a bad person

[@02lxynyx27]

i’m LIVING for this lil blast to the past ass series lmaoo

[@esme_melody]

help that wine monologue was relatable

[@ScoobyDoobyD0nt]

Trying to keep up with Gabbie burns through too many of my brains cells- I forgot how stressful she is omg

[@jy6944]

Watching Adam stress about the white wine is sending me 😭😭

[@whambamrabbitman6770]

The funniest thing about Gabbie trying to monetise every single part of her personality is that her fans are unemployed af. Also not her taking covid as a personal attack lmao

[@knitwitchpgh]

ROSE IS THE BESSSTTTTTT i love a good Riesling its sooo crisp and delicious with frozen berries. DRINK RESPONSIBLY YALL. and take a headache med before you go to bed with a bottle of water!

[@kafrink]

If it were healing she would have just walked away. She just played the mental health card so she would look like the victim and be more sympathetic.

[@gingerbread-girl]

living for this series