THE DOWNFALL OF BEACHBODY (BODI): MLM reps devastated by CEO’s bombshell announcement

[@HannahAlonzo]

Use code HANNAHALONZO130 to get $130 off across your first 4 boxes of Good Chop at bit.ly/3yi8m01!

[@NovaST4Rv]

First!!!

[@catmomma1695]

I don't suppose you would be willing to share that ground beef recipe?

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

​@@catmomma1695I was wondering the same thing. I also really want to try their salmon

[@Obihann]

Why does he keep referring to them as 'Partners'? Real partners are consulted on decisions, it's clear he made this decision alone.

[@SquirrellyShenanigans]

I love your earrings! you have a link?

[@chibiktsn3]

"I truly think this is an attack of the devil. He knows how powerful we are." YOU SELL PROTEIN SHAKES!

[@ivonne58270]

they really think they are saving world 😂😂😂

[@joanna0988]

I would argue that MLM's are actually the devil's work 😅

[@Pippa87]

The whiplash, jaw drop, double blink that I experienced at that...

[@bessarland592]

lol and the funniest part is that removing yet another MLM has far more positive impact on lower ranked partners and society in general, than it has a negative impact on the 1% of ppl in the pyramid able to make a living off of it. She only thinks it’s devil’s work because she’s negatively impacted by it. If the government bans MLMs for the sake of all the people who suffer because of it, are they the devil too?

[@elif6908]

Reminded me the video about MLMs and Mormons by Jordan and McKay

[@jennfoley]

MLM Huns: I'm a ✨entrepreneur✨ Also MLM Huns: I've been fired 😭😭😭

[@emily3]

Yesss! like they really used to say “I’m my own boss!” and now theyre saying “Oops I was fired” lmaoooo

[@rebeccamueller8790]

Imagine being fired from your "small business" ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@SerenityNow22]

😂😂😂

[@melaninandaura9713]

Cognitive dissonance is ✨WILD

[@verityv5284]

Exactly

[@leesa154]

The irony of the woman putting her husband through seminary to become a pastor with money she got from taking advantage of other people… 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@riclnun]

well said!

[@beautyandbeyond347]

As a pastors wife myself, I'm mostly bothered by her saying eff... as if that makes it better than saying the real word

[@pegasus2516]

Omg exactly!

[@savyjett]

@@beautyandbeyond347thats what bothers you more? Not lying and taking advantage of vulnerable people?

[@rebekahthompson4526]

@@beautyandbeyond347girl you should be bothered more by her scamming people 😭😂

[@MMHay16]

CEO has the "innovative" realization that the best way to avoid the stigma of being an MLM is to stop being an MLM

[@cenavisch8888]

😂

[@ProcrastinatingWanderer]

Brilliant, isn’t it! 😂

[@maryeckel9682]

🤯🤯🤯

[@soapygirl83]

I think 10 years ago people really did not understand just how dangerous mlms can be and I think we can all be proud. There's been enough information circulating that a lot of people have wised up to business opportunities, often being just an opportunity to lose money and then someone at the top of the pyramid to profit off of that

[@a.r.glad.7]

Exactly!! And if it still sold well he wouldn't care even half of an iota about that stigma. He's a snake oil salesman trying to sell that prioritizing his profit is the morally right thing to do.

[@amyJFH]

I don’t feel bad for them. As a former BB Coach (2015-2017), these people were not leaders; they were abusers. They constantly pushed, berated, insulted, and told us we were lazy. They did not care about us; they cared about themselves and how much money we put in THEIR wallet. I resigned shortly after I let my Shakeology auto-ship lapse. My upline’s upline called me (yup, my uplines UPLINE) to demean me because, apparently, my decision to prioritize paying my bills caused an entire MLM ladder of PREDATORS to lose their diamond and star diamond ranks. I do not feel bad for these people. Not even a little bit. KARMA ❤🎉

[@ChrystalVanDusseldorp]

Thank you for sharing this. People having even a modicum of sympathy for any of them need to know this kind of experience. 🖤🖤🖤

[@sbonelli]

I 1000% remember how DISGUSTING these people were to their downlines. I have zero empathy for these people.

[@bessarland592]

What made me sick about that first woman was her saying that she got the ick from Carl lying to her, saying she felt duped or whatever. Meanwhile she fails to realize she’s been doing the EXACT SAME THING to her downline the whole time. They tell you you’ll get rich off of selling product when it’s a complete lie, then you get trapped in a system where you have to recruit which may not be what you signed up for.

[@alliu6562]

The fact that their entire ‘business’ was such a house of cards that a *single person leaving* warrants this sort of reaction speaks volumes. Glad you got out

[@Stefistat]

I’m so glad you got out and I’m so sorry what you went through. ❤

[@illydem713]

I'm so here for every single one of these companies to go down. I was wrapped into MLM's in my early twenties and for the next few years I wracked up 20k in debt because we "has to travel to every single training, or we wouldn't be successful" (4 trainings a year across the country, so airline tickets, hotels, tickets, etc). My husband and were never successful because we wouldn't be the type of people the successful ones had to be. We refused to guilt and manipulate people in a tough spot to get them to sign up. Thankfully, we woke up, got out, apologized to our friends and family for being annoying lol (they forgave us) and have finally paid off all that debt. I got to be a part of a Time magazine interview against MLM's after and I'm happy to report my previous company went down. I believe it was purchased and rebranded, but the damage was done.

[@PointsofData]

Ooo TIME magazine interview? Do you mind sharing the title of it?

[@yelmite_]

My bodi is ready for a 1.5-hour Hannah video

[@angelica.86]

The guy talked for 1.5 hours alone lolz

[@kartgal]

So ready

[@soggytortillla]

LMAOO

[@StefanTaf]

hshahah

[@Chillduesunflowur]

Lmfaoo

[@TaylorX3]

My tiny violin is around here somewhere but I'm having a hard time finding the motivation to look for it. So until I find it, I can only extend concepts of sorrows and prayers.

[@Pippa87]

Massive queen Charlotte vibes here 😂 “Sorrows. Sorrows.”

[@theBestElliephant]

Love the mix of the two tropes, I'm 100% stealing that ❤

[@lilianmorgenstern2123]

Okay you win the comments section

[@groundingmycrown8291]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@laurapardy8297]

We “pledge” our sorrows

[@mifnp8887]

Katt Williams called it: 2024 is the year of Justice and ACCOUNTABILITY. Amen. ❤

[@SophiesVersion09]

2024 IS the karmic year so....

[@reneeharper84]

YES

[@daphnereal3129]

Hannah petting a cat the whole time BB crumbles like a supervillain is an amazing visual. Keep taking them down, Queen!

[@earlgreyt123]

🤣🤣🤣 I'll always see her that way now!

[@jenn8179]

I want a man that looks at me the way her cat looks at her 😂😂😂❤

[@neffyg35]

Just needs the Dr evil pinky 😂

[@kimberly1904]

😂

[@AdamBlack-h9r]

Grey tabbies are very loving. Way better than people.

[@this_is_chycanthropy]

Now all of a sudden they understand the difference between "affiliate marketing" and "multilevel marketing". 🤔

[@Mama_Bear524]

Now they get they aren’t their own boss. I hope.

[@crossedwires2629]

lol

[@monikatiwari3117]

It's just too funny 😂

[@ryliewilcock6570]

Lol

[@reneeharper84]

LoL gotta love it- they've been screaming "it's just like affiliate marketing!!" for so long...now they really are!

[@terrianderson5758]

YES when u leave a MLM the "Best Friends/Team/Family" you had are GONE! When I gave up my director position because I hated recruiting and just wanted to sell, my Director stopped returning my calls even as I tried to continue selling.

[@happymelodieart]

I think what really rubs me the wrong way with the big income ladies crying like that, is that they were fine with other women in their downline probably crying like this every single day while trying to work this business and not making a dime. They probably never gave them a thought as long as they were making money off of them. So yes, it's hard to feel THAT bad for them honestly.

[@kaerligheden]

That's so true!!

[@KELLY-maybeiCudBeUrGirlfriend]

GOOD POINT!!!

[@emmaleebuzzard1023]

Oh for sure! I used to be a coach so I saw this first hand with how they would “train” us! Basically work your ass off and work your ass off. 🙄

[@happymelodieart]

@@emmaleebuzzard1023 I'm sorry that you've had a first hand experience of that, glad you got out! 👏

[@samanthamichael1490]

Yes I agree, they did the same to so many people and now they're reaping what they sew. They defended the MLM so hard and we're "business owners" people tried to tell them.

[@Saezimmerman]

“Regulatory Threats” - also known as government agencies doing their jobs.

[@emily3]

And I oop-

[@arttificcer2324]

ThEyRe TrYiNg To ReGuLaTe Us

[@delphinedelphinedelphine]

...but for how much longer? :-(

[@justanotherjessica]

I won't be surprised if Bodi changes back to the MLM structure now (with some changes to benefit CEO and higher ups, of course) that the anti-regulation party won the election and have control of all parts of the federal government. It's gonna be a free-for-all for MLMs and all sorts of other scams.

[@Steveve4123]

That cracked me up that he actually said that like they were being wrongly targeted

[@tonyabillings201]

How could a legit financial advisor allow a spouse to support family on an MLM income?

[@CassandraY]

A lot of Financial Advisor's are just as dumb.

[@hannahb.375]

Bc financial advisors suck and are people that couldn’t make in actual investment finance so went to wealth management. That’s why we all make fun of them (we as in people in actual in Investment finance like Investment banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Financing, Private Equity, Etc.)

[@caroll9698]

What if they’re a Primeamerica’s “financial advisor”? 🤭😂

[@bessarland592]

So that one partner’s husband is a financial advisor and thought it would be a good idea for their family of 6 to depend fully on her very variable unstable source of income?? Not a good advisor if you ask me.

[@annea.4173]

Also the fact that she's freaking out about their future finances....like, did you not invest anything these last few years?

[@Diana-qp2rw]

@@annea.4173Right? I thought it was common sense that the very least thing you should do if you can is put enough money aside for a situation like this, better, invest something. I just don’t get it.

[@nattypruett]

Wild

[@ammalyrical5646]

wasn't he also studying to be a pastor? Or was that another partner? You wouldn't think pastor's make that much. I've never seen it. But I'm also not from the US and every church I've been in did not adhere to the prosperity gospel (which is a US American concept anyway, as far as I know. I'd never even heard about it until like 2020, so my mid to late 20s).

[@didralamond8145]

@@annea.4173 they probably didn't! They might have been living above their means especially from what we have heard about MLMs selling more of a dream lifestyle then fantasy. When I watched the documentary on LulaRoe, it was amazing how much those reps had to spend in order to show how good of a company LLR was.

[@djs2182]

Huns all along: it’s no different than affiliate marketing Skip to huns panicking about their income loss when it switches to actual affiliate marketing It’s almost like selling the product is less lucrative than selling the recruiting dream

[@factorygirl2286]

right!

[@pixiegirl131415]

This right here. I’d LOVE to show each of them their previous videos.

[@mariearteaga3056]

That was my thought!

[@gggthsb]

'we are not a pyramid scheme, we have PRODUCT. Wait what do you mean I have to only survive on the product?' 😂

[@djs2182]

@@gggthsband we have to sell that same product in competition with everyone we trained to sell the same way 🙃

[@jennydechamplain1875]

I used to be a Beachbody coach because I adore Shaun T and didn’t realize how bad MLMs were. It was fun for a while but I left because my upline told me to take a post off Facebook and I wasn’t about to have someone tell me what to do. I’m glad to see MLM companies go down because this is proof that every concern us anti-MLMers have raised are legit. I’m with you in struggling between feeling sad for people who are losing their income but also feeling like they’re getting their karma for sucking people into an unfair business model.

[@BookDragon24925]

I’m a Christian and it is taking every ounce of strength in me to not to slam my head on my desk while listening to this girl blame the devil for the change. GIRL NO!!!

[@BrennanCh06]

Same!

[@zuglymonster]

I don't think God would approve of these scummy MLMs. Its ridiculous how many of these reps try to use Christianity to manipulate people. Jesus didn't sign people up for scams, in fact him flipping tables of money changers tells me he'd strongly disapprove of MLMs

[@skyelynnae]

🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@kunya16]

Saaaaame. That's not how the devil works. Every inconvenience isn't an attack from "the enemy".

[@marieanne2680]

I would love to see someone do a sociological study of the intersection between evangelical Christians, MLM huns, and trad wives. It just seems to me (full disclosure, I'm an atheist) that the vast majority of the MLM huns that are featured constantly talk about God's plan and he'll work things out , and the talk that's used by them to describe their MLM teams sounds a lot like the same phrases used when they talk about their religion and their church. When they talk about how sad they are about losing their teams, they sound a lot like people sound when they talk about how sad they are when a church member is kicked out for whatever transgression. And then they talk about their doubts and red flags but they ignored them, which sounds a lot like gaslighting yourself into thinking your pastor is a good guy when multiple women accuse him of abuse. And then when they can't deny it anymore, they jump churches/MLM's because "this one is the real thing". And the trad wife thing comes in where I don't think they really want to be trad wives but this is as close they can get to having an actual job.

[@genalouprince]

She had 20,000 direct customers, and STILL 95% of her income was from her team!? Madness

[@kimberly1904]

Maybe her customers were her “team”? I literally can’t feel bad for her.

[@Unclebrittsstorytime]

She only has 2000 direct customers, that's what I understand at least

[@DrKanuck]

I think when she says “customer base” she means social media followers lol

[@Andy-xx3tt]

One thing that huns from many MLMs have been caught doing is buying stuff from each other to help each other “LeVeL uP” in the scam or keep a rank.

[@sarahb77756]

I interpreted that 20,000 as being all the customers her entire team serves. Even if the customers stayed with their original coach I imagine the vast majority of the 20k were multiple levels (heehee) removed from her.

[@moonbeam0099]

38:23 So, this woman was a full-time scammer paying her husband's way so he could go to school to become a full-time scammer? And she is trying to get sympathy from the Internet for that?? Hilarious! 😂😂😂

[@jollyjohn11]

I cackled at "Girl, THEY DIDN'T DIE, you're just not making money off them anymore!"

[@jrob2430]

- married to a financial advisor - is in a pyramid scheme - wow - WOW. Omg the one lady said "increasing their faith" like it's quantifiable. "Oh man I'm feeling blue lately, I'm only at 3 Faith"

[@vogelchenzwitschert8754]

She should level up to unlock more of the skill tree 😂

[@hollyputnat]

He has to be in one of those financial advising pyramids was my first thought...

[@jrob2430]

@@hollyputnat oh yeah Primerica "interviewed" me in 2012 🙄 my workplace closed for 18 months and we were laid off. Turns out my boss's husband was a Primerica upline. I'm glad he didn't call me back.

[@Diana-qp2rw]

Maybe that’s because he’s trying to become a pastor instead…

[@Cascadeis]

I would not want to hire a financial advisor whose wife is in a MLM, would not trust him at all!

[@adamarie6675]

I kept getting interrupted by my job but 3 days later I'm sitting down to watch the last half of this video. One of the only KZbinrs I'll come back to to finish a long video like this!

[@GabeEvergiven]

Love that it's always a dude in charge of a company whose mission is to make women feel bad about their bodies

[@Mt4evr]

Lol fr

[@justoverit]

Dont worry, beach body makes EVERYONE feel bad about their body ❤😂

[@legumesss]

Yes it's really gross

[@ElizabethRBain]

Go read any interview with him and read about how he deliberately chose the MLM model because it would make him the most money.

[@CadetRedShirt]

FOR REAL THO

[@angelamonson8339]

This man makes me anxious. The moment he launched into his speech, I felt like I was getting laid off. 😂

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

LMAOOOO I'm a nurse I have nothing to do with bodi or anything close to it but I definitely felt like I was getting in trouble for a job I don't work at 😂

[@emily3]

Lmaoooo me too💀

[@maryeckel9682]

He's so reptilian

[@christiesanchez4013]

This dude made a killing by exploiting vulnerable women - first by selling an overpriced, overhyped product, and then by manipulating thousands into doing free marketing.

[@daviddelara7158]

Omg me too

[@Kayraeraeokay_official]

I genuinely love that you’ve stopped apologizing for Zeek, and it makes me smile when he walks infront of you and you keep talking like he’s not there lol! Keep up the good work!

[@jessicasorensen9938]

My best friend still has food trauma and battles and disordered eating after her involvement with Beach Body. No longer being an mlm doesn't magically fix that for her. I will still never recommend or give my money to this company.

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

I've struggled with an eating disorder since I was 9. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I hope your BFF finds healing❤

[@jessicasorensen9938]

@NikkiRN-CLC thank you for your kind words. I wish you the best with your own struggles 🙏

[@gooseberries608]

Very true- unfortunately people can become just as obsessed with being “healthy” as they can with losing or staying at a certain weight. I find Bodi moving towards a mission statement based on health has the same energy as a fatphobic person defending their stance by stating “I’m just worried about fat peoples’ health”

[@lizziex6447]

@@gooseberries608 Yeah, I've noticed that too. Like, I understand why it's generally a good idea. Making lifestyle changes to improve your own health? Recognizing you need a change? Good for you! But when was the last time you were genuinely invested in the health of a stranger's lifestyle? Usually, unsolicited "health" advice is just an excuse for these people to judge someone else's appearance and feel superior for a few seconds before the deep-seated emptiness settles back in.

[@samanthakavanagh7034]

35:51 the only way to make it profitable in my opinion is to drop the price to a compete in the market and put it on shelves. Then people will buy it not really even knowing that it was ever an MLM and if it's as fantastic as they've always claimed they will have recurring customers.

[@Thehubb1]

My mom was a top earner at a MLM company for years and made A LOT of money. At one point upwards of $30k/month. And I will say when they start making that kind of money off of their downlines only, most of them do absolutely jack shit to further their careers or keep grinding. They make insane checks and all they have to do is make a minimum sales amount (which most of them just buy themselves and keep as inventory since they’re making so much money), and keep recruiting people to grow their down lines which consists of a few phone calls a week at best. And when hers changed from the MLM model she had no idea how to go back to sales, she hadn’t done it in like 20 years. It’s ridiculous how lazy they get and think it will never end. I love my mom, but she was as guilty of this as anyone in this video.

[@EspritsFantomes]

So what happened to your mom? Did she find a job in the end?

[@moonbeammuse2767]

Yes, kinda invested in this story now.

[@KELLY-maybeiCudBeUrGirlfriend]

@@moonbeammuse2767 yeah me too!

[@rfsantosc]

And how did your mom recover?

[@ProblemSolvedTutoring]

OP GET BACK HERE AND FINISH THE STORY! 😩😭

[@awakeatlast3894]

I was into MLMs for a bit, not too successful/active but I fully believed in the model until my husband asked me some eye opening questions: do you have a say on what price is set on these products? Are you consulted when it comes to marketing? How much input do you have when it comes to the composition of these products? If your answer is no or none then it’s not YOUR business. That was it for me.

[@Nottallblonde]

Why is it my responsibility to buy products to help this MLM partner keep her house? The crying is what gets me because it’s so manipulative! It’s not my responsibility to buy more products so you can keep your house. Your husband needs to get a job and grow up because the gravy train is over.

[@Caelinus]

I was totally fine with everything until I learned that the people who *actually sell* the product are not getting their customers passed into their own commission for renewals. Screw the upline, could not care less, but there are likely going to be some people who actually treated it like a real job, tried to sell the product, barely made any money, and are now getting screwed harder. I do feel bad for those people. The people who made money off their "team" are not deserving of any sympathy though. I get that this is hard for them, but they were doing this to other people for years, soooo... who cares.

[@stephaniebillman5673]

"boo hoo, I can't make money off of the work of other people that I manipulated into a money-making scheme"

[@Nottallblonde]

@ thank you, brilliant comment

[@SelenaVanHout]

The duper gets duped! 😅😅

[@nikitatavernitilitvynova]

Yep. If I don't shop at any physical businnes or that one specific grocery shop the customer service and cashiers still get paid. If I don't buy the steel my mom sells she still gets paid. Sure if tons of people stopped buying the steel they might have to restructure but at least per the italian law we still get benefits. This should be a wake up call for them but instead they're swimming in the delusion and drowining in it too.

[@elizabethwillis885]

Every time this guy talks about wanting to get people healthy makes me sick. He doesn’t care a bit about health. He cares about money money money.

[@Girlhead]

Bingo!

[@Charbond]

"We want to help people". The people are him and his shareholders.

[@elizabethwillis885]

@@Charbond he wants to help his bank account get healthy 😏

[@a.rae.]

Duh. He's the CEO lol

[@vaidzius]

The health of his wallet😂

[@AquariusQueen212]

Hannah I love how you react to these closures. You are still empathetic while also telling it how it is. I've seen a few of these videos from other creators and you are by far the best

[@mskrezz97]

Here’s the thing, they aren’t taking away your ability to mentor and build a team, you can still do those things! You just don’t want to because you are looking out for your paycheck, not the wellbeing of others.

[@djs2182]

Yes!! All of those videos of reps saying they do this because it’s what they love, not about the paycheck. Let’s see if those daily team calls keep up without the financial incentive

[@djs2182]

It’s almost like building a team of your direct competition doesn’t make sense in any scenario not involving a pyramid scheme

[@feelthejoy]

You could even get a personal training license and get paid to do it in a not sketchy way!

[@helenllama]

You got 3 months notice, If the business you worked for went Bankrupt then you lose your job that day.

[@12mooiyrwwtunf]

So true!

[@SammyLammy1D]

Fair. 3 months is better than what I got when I was fired because of "necessary financial cuts". I got the call on Tuesday night after work, that Wednesday was my last day. Yeah, I didn’t even get to work the rest of the week.

[@rebelbelle1388]

I used to work for a steakhouse in New Jersey. I left in 2006. I kept in touch with the folks who still worked there. One day, they showed up for work in 2008 and there were men in suits there and a sign on the door saying the business was shut down, effective immediately. They were allowed to be escorted into the building to gather their personal belongings but that was it. They didn't even get one day notice.

[@lorijohnson7016]

I didn't get any notice when the salon I worked for went under. Quit your whining, chicklet!

[@breemystic]

Exactly. I've had 5 minutes notice before. They've gotten 3 month's notice.

[@lillimay5]

Honestly BB coaches thinking they are qualified to create a fitness program bc they bought into a mlm was horrifying. The FDA should have shut them all down. Nutrition and a bachelors in health and human performance takes more than buying shakes to resell at a higher price. It’s crap.

[@thatsonyou6093]

Fr

[@djs2182]

It actually gives me goosebumps that he’s admitting to knowing profits were going down and that the business was failing WHILE he was continuing to pompously sell the [failing] opportunity without any hesitation. He’s admitting to knowingly putting you in financial harm and twisting it as an opportunity. Absolutely insane

[@Diana-qp2rw]

And now he’s actually trying to convince people the MLM structure gets ditched because he wants to help them? I’m sorry, but if anyone hears him admit all this and still thinks he wants their best, they probably can’t be helped.

[@djs2182]

@@Diana-qp2rwyeah I think even some of the most stubborn reps will feel betrayed by this. Is so blatant. There’s just no way to twist this into a positive for your down-line. “No you guys, it’s actually a good thing that everything I sold you was a lie. The same water that softens the potato hardens the egg!”

[@djs2182]

@@Diana-qp2rwI lied to you and underpaid you for years for your own good

[@maryeckel9682]

He's evil. Look at that freeze screen! Look at his eyes and fake smile.

[@djs2182]

@@Diana-qp2rw Also the fact that they all spent months building a team of their own direct competition with the new affiliate model

[@ShaCaro]

On a human level, I don't feel sorry for a scammer successful enough to be able to provide comfortably for six people. I feel sorry for the victims they've made in the process, and I can only hope they actually get a proper job instead of jumping to the next scam.

[@bluz1864]

This. I feel sorry for the kids.

[@-c3202]

👆🏻the kids, family, friends, etc

[@moringsdaughter]

I don't feel bad for them losing their customer base. They got that customer base through dishonest means, they shouldn't keep it.

[@juliebonar9583]

As a former BB Coach, I will never support them. They can change their compensation plan but the messaging is still problematic and the supplements and shakes are still subpar.

[@jennfoley]

1:02:47 She went to an MLM that's not super popular because she knows exactly how MLMs work. If she moves to an MLM that most people have never heard of, she can be at the top of the pyramid again. It's hard to feel sorry for her in her video; you can't convince me she doesn't know exactly what she's doing.

[@mamal4385]

Yes I thought the same!!

[@ariaaa_g]

yupppp, exactly what it is

[@Andy-xx3tt]

There comes a point when most of them know exactly what they’re doing. This is why I still side-eye Roberta Blevins and the other former LuLaroe huns that have been the most outspoken. In the Vice doc and the one that Prime did, NOT ONCE did any of them say that they realized they were taking advantage of people and felt bad that they were getting rich while the people below them weren’t making anything. They enjoyed the money while they were at the top and once it all came crashing down, _then_ that’s when they were like, “Oh, I got scammed!” None of them quit because of what they were doing, they all quit because the scam stopped working for them.

[@katherinerinck3722]

I must be too jaded. I do not feel a scrap of sympathy for the top earners. How about all of the tears their downlines have shed, banging their heads against the brick wall of this MLM model for years because these same top earners told them to? What about all of the thousands of people they financially gutted to line their own pockets? What about those reps tears, their stress, their sadness, at playing hard at a game their CEO just admitted was a losing one? They were lied to. They were manipulated and fooled into an unethical, greedy system. The pendulum of this predatory business model is FINALLY swinging in favor of the majority of reps. The future is actually brighter for the vast majority of people who have been donating their time and money to make other people rich to their own detriment. The top earners tears do not move me, and I cry at least once per day for other things, things that actually are sad. They were foolish to lean so heavily on an industry that had such a rotten reputation, all for insane amounts of money. Some of them may have lied to themselves quite well to ignore the bad impact they were having on others. Truth coming to light is not a tragedy; it's justice.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Exactly. Imagine being gaslit about how the MLM model is not sustainable and then told that you're just not working hard enough, and now the damn CEO has pointed out the exact same thing so many others spotted years ago? And while I'm not surprised, I just shake my head at how these people just scurry to another MLM, like, did you learn ANYTHING at all?! What, you thought Bodi was a one-off? No, the reputational damage about MLM's has permeated aaall MLM's! It doesn't matter where you scurry to, this story will be repeating itself. At this point, the two options I would suggest are to start a legitimate, non MLM business or to find a "dreaded" 9 to 5 job, because at least this provides an honest living that is much more stable (yes, even in the face of news about layoffs). This can even be sales still. But running to another MLM to me shows these people have zero care for those they've hurt and zero awareness of why even a CEO has had to admit that MLM's are harmful.

[@Pinkfrosting962]

But God led them to their successful “business”

[@theBestElliephant]

​​@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley But the reality is that even if they tried to pick up a 9-5, there's very little chance they'd be able to get a 9-5 with the skills they have from an MLM that would support 4kids and a SAHP going to seminary full-ish time. The MLM opportunity is extra insidious because even at the higher levels, the boss babes are still getting screwed out of actual job experience and the ability to work anywhere else. Remember they're indoctrinated to abandon any careers they may have been pursuing before the MLM in order to get to the top. Most won't make it, but for the few who do? The 9-5 being better for the rep only really counts if you don't have enough of a team that would follow you to make a bridge contract worth it. The people at the top are making money, more money they would make at a 9-5. It's easy to say from the sidelines that morally and by your standards, a 9-5 would be a better choice even if your income drops significantly, but I think it's a lot harder choice than you're painting it to be. I make good money as an engineer in Silicon Valley, but it's not stable either. You can say I'm stupid for choosing an inherently volatile field, but if the company I worked for went under, I'm allowed to be upset and there's zero chance you'd convince me to take a massive paycut for a more traditional 9-5 desk job. The biggest difference is my experience would allow me more opportunities to get similar jobs, whereas with an MLM your options are severely limited and dependent on your team going with you. I'm not saying you have to be on their side, but I think the situation they find themselves in is sympathetic, if morally and ethically predatory.

[@Diana-qp2rw]

100%. I don’t feel sorry at all for these top earners. They all know how MLMs work, they aren’t victims anymore. I only hope they learn from it and stop scamming people and making a living of others’ hard work.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@theBestElliephant Oh, I'm aware that job recruiters and managers frown upon the "experience" of an MLM on a resume, so essentially it cannot count as work experience. But if it hasn't connected with them yet that their large amounts of money are dependent on the work efforts of others instead of themselves, then I have no sympathy for them when they turn to another MLM to continue hurting people. Guess the husband is going to need to start working and they'll become a two-worker household like many others.

[@keepmarchingalexis]

I mean, this is like a three-month layoff notice. Plenty of time for all those high-earners to find a job.

[@lisakeys539]

If the product was good enough they would not have needed to be an MLM

[@kellifontenot3764]

Exactly!!! Every product I've ever gotten from any mlm has been crap! THRIVE comes to mind!

[@heatburg]

"Retired their husbands" evokes "put out to pasture" mental images. Every time one of them says that I wonder if they've put out a hit or something.

[@ashx284]

this is so funny 😭

[@unreadaethel6878]

"I realized that Steve just wasn't aligning with my vision of my best self anymore. I'm super excited to tell you guys all about the new spouse I've been partnering with, Evan. He's much better aligned with me, and his compensation package is exactly what I've been looking for."

[@gasparinha]

​@@unreadaethel6878 I see what you did there. 🤣🤣🤣

[@neffyg35]

All I can think is them taking them out back like old yeller lol

[@Viteaification]

time to send Ted out back

[@JollyCelery]

Carl effectively stole everyone's customers after using them to build the business. He is eliminating a huge overhead expense because I'm sure he expects a lot of partners to quit. Now he has all their customers and doesn't have to pay out huge commissions, all is well in Carl-land. He screwed his employees over they way they've been screwing customers over for years.

[@No_True_Scotsman]

That's how mlms work. It's exactly what happened to my sister. We all told her she'd get ripped off and she still acted surprised when it happened.

[@LJTsMum]

Yesterday Monat sent an email to all their top reps (ED and SEDs), calling them to an emergency leadership meeting in Miami. They gave reps 3 days notice. Is this it? Is the canary singing in the Monat coalmine? If it is, I called it first 🤣

[@Niamhbeaky]

Monat is 100% on this track. It’s a matter of time…

[@LJTsMum]

@Niamhbeaky rumour is that they are declaring bankruptcy, and phoenixing into a new company. The emergency meeting is to get the SEDs prepared for the rollover. It will make the current lawsuits disappear. Can anyone say swamp?

[@sarawinterling9907]

We'll see....

[@afraaomar4682]

Now I'm really nosy

[@kellicoffman8440]

Sure sounds like it. Bet it is the same we are closing the mlm

[@jillkthomas]

While i feel very sorry for any human losing their job and how scary that is, I get annoyed when these women say they lost their "Business" I have a business. I am the only one who can fire myself when things go badly, and believe me I have considered it. But if you can be fired by anyone other than yourself, you have a job not a business.

[@jadlad9666]

I really have no sympathy for these people. They got where they are by stepping on and exploiting others, and now they're facing the consequences. People at the bottom got talked into and coerced into this. People at the top made choice after choice after choice to stay there.

[@Zeiko501]

OK, so, this is weird because I'm a researcher and I just used BODI as a case study for a certain project in my company and now they're going down right in front of my eyes while I'm still working on that project! It's crazy. Side note: This year alone, I've seen so many MLMs going under and can't be happier lmao

[@mariyamkhandwani]

I honestly believe it’s due to hard work of anti mlm community and their constant videos and posts .

[@1violalass]

Hope it hasn't hurt your research (genuinely).

[@Zeiko501]

@@1violalass Thanks! It doesn't hurt my research, but definitely has forced me to study its business model and learn the insights of what happened more thoroughly. I enjoy the process though, so no losses there.

[@theonewiththeflowericon]

with you mentioning how mlms have been around since the 30s, I'd find a dive into the history of mlms very interesting especially coming from you. I collect old women's magazines (usually 50s and 60s) to use in art and there are SO many ads in them saying "sell christmas cards and dresses to your neighborhood and make easy money!!!" I have no idea what those companies are but it's wild that it's been going on so long

[@Vegas_Mel]

Omg YES! I remember my mother hawking Jafra, and some toy party company, and Tupperware!

[@charlesharmon4926]

Nutrilite which are the vitamins sold by Amway was founded in the 1930s. The 2 men that started Amway in Michigan during the 1950s started as Nutrilite representatives and took their sales hierarchy to start Amway. They then later bought out Nutrilite.

[@fijardim7]

Up

[@nuranar]

I think those Christmas card selling deals are more like this "single level affiliate" program. There's no recruitment. It's not necessarily a good deal, though! If I recall correctly, to sign up you would send a nominal fee, the company would ship you merchandise, and it was on you to sell it. You would be billed for the whole shipment later, whether you sold or not. There's a pretty funny old radio episode from the series "My Favorite Husband" that centers around everyone trying to sell cards from the "Kris Kringle Christmas Card Company." (The show stars Lucille Ball, and many of the scripts were re-used for "I Love Lucy.") There are a couple episodes from early TV that show kids getting suckered in by those magazine ads. The son in "Father Knows Best" signed up to sell a big box of... I think it was orange plastic teapots! I think one of the boys in "Leave it to Beaver" may have gotten stuck with something as well.

[@ZimVader-0017]

​@charlesharmon4926 Dang, imagine two of your own recruits buying you out

[@TheBeanHome]

I remember when beachbody was not mlm. You bought a program in DVD form and it was yours. You could also pick and choose what extras you wanted like workout equipment. And also recall shakeology was grocery store affordable and you just bought more when you wanted, there wasn’t a monthly sign up. They should go back to that.

[@AnnDwyerFreelance]

Yeah, this is news to me. I really liked P90x. It was easy to scale it to what you could do. It's a bummer. But now I also know why a friend of mine isn't doing Rodan & Fields anymore. She's onto a new one.

[@LucyintheSkywithDementia]

Lets be real----A MAJORITY of the reps will just join another, or start their own, MLM.

[@DebHageman]

Hi Lucy!! I agree with you.

[@MedicalCannaAnna]

Hey Lucy!!

[@cindycindy735]

Lucy!

[@linseylinsey]

Danielle Natoni got poached by Monat, which will fall apart like all the rest

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Go watch some OnPassive videos... They all move from one mlm to the next.

[@mizmooz52]

When a normal company struggles, one of the first things they do is lay-off or fire middle management. These MLM ladies believed they were part of a "family" that cared for them and never expected to be "let go" when the company flounders. When my son lost his job as manager of a Borders Books, a company that eventually folded, he went looking for a new job, he didn't ask all the store's customers to support him and his family during this "difficult time." These women actually believed they were running their own businesses when actually they were working for a MLM that could fire them at any time.

[@heatherframpton9693]

I was so sorry to hear about Borders Books closures, as I LOVED that store. (...& still have several books with price tags.) I hope that your son was able to find a good job he enjoys afterwards. 😊

[@mizmooz52]

@ Thank you! He was able to find a good job.

[@magzclifford8383]

Totally agree. A complete lack of respect and dignity for themselves to go into social media crying and begging for handouts before looking for work.

[@sansmuch]

What a amazing deep dive Hannah. I have said this before, and I'll say it again, your clarity is second to none, and your empathy is admirable. And your sense of humour is chef's kiss!

[@MToThe3rdPower]

This just proves that these companies customers are their reps. Everyone’s freaking out because they don’t actually sell this to anyone. They just recruit people. So happy this predatory business model is going down.

[@thelonleyUchiha1]

The women also kinda admit they don’t know how to sell shit cause now if they decide to stay that’s all they’d be doing and their freaking out despite trying to pretend before that’s all they’d do and their freaking downlines arnt the money makers lol

[@J.MacInnes]

My Dad was a Hun-Bro (male version of Hun-Bot) back the day 70's and 80's, I was watching your videos - how much of the "quality time" I spent with my father was actually him working his business- I was a prop to help him sell snake-oil.

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

Ugh that's so sad.

[@yogadork_namaste]

Sorry to hear that We also call them bro-bots

[@J.MacInnes]

@@NikkiRN-CLC I feel worse for all the people he convinced to buy what he was selling.

[@Aiisshhaaa]

For the religious aspect: those people aren’t truly believers of Christ because a true believer would understand that God doesn’t give all good things and Satan do all bad things. I hate that because people then blame Christianity for everything because people don’t have a real understanding of faith. God gives everyone wisdom and discernment it’s up to us to use it wisely though. Not everything is satans fault because we ultimately have the power to make mistakes and have to answer to our consequences. I do love your channel and appreciate you staying clear of attacking people who claim to be “Christian” and do that and judge us or lump us all together in the same group.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

They think being a Christian makes them better than everyone else and incapable of doing wrong. When in reality it’s the opposite, you admit that you aren’t perfect and that you can and have and will continue to make mistakes and you need faith to make it through.

[@hannahb.375]

Keep in mind too that a large majority of these people who are saying they are “Christian” are actually Mormon and this type of thinking where this stuff is an “attack from the devil” is actually very inline with Mormon religious dogma and structure.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

@@hannahb.375 Wait, really? Christianity is Christ based and Mormons thought Jesus was just another dude.

[@WolfoftheDM]

Guys we gotta do something, THE DEVIL is targeting Bodi and only our wallets can stop him!

[@Aerodil]

😂 omg I love this.

[@Elwynas]

Gasp!

[@lorijohnson7016]

😂😂😂

[@SemraBerovic]

The most underrated comment here !!!😂

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

No!! Gasp!! Not the devil, up to his old tricks!! We all need to buy Bodi from these women immediately!!

[@raikajiporo]

I am not American and I recently discovered your channel. You’re the first KZbinr EVER I don’t need subtitles on to understand the accent! You even speak very fast at some point but I can totally understand. I don’t know what’s in your voice that’s so clear for non-native speaker like me!

[@maryeckel9682]

She's a teacher, so she speaks very clearly and expressively

[@disasterbi8610]

I wonder where youre from? not in a weird way, just curious... your english writing is excellent, you sound like a native!

[@lexiright5609]

@@disasterbi8610 Their channel says they're from the Philippines

[@darkydoom]

It's almost accentless, like how English is meant to be pronounce. I don't often notice an accent listening to her. I say this as an Australian born and raised in Perth. Perth apparently is also the most similar Aussie accent to proper English 🤷‍♀️

[@lexiright5609]

@@darkydoom Really? I would have said that it was the south Australian accent that was closest proper English because of the way we pronounce certain words and we weren't colonised by convicts.

[@mazzyg6186]

It is awesome how quickly your influencer series got off the ground! I found you from those videos then retroactively binged all of your mlm videos… I’m not surprised though your content is so thorough and well paced! Thank you for all your hard work and effort it does not go unnoticed!

[@CrazyFandoms018]

I'm 1000% sure my doctor and therapist are wayyyy more qualified to work with me and my health and weight goals then anyone who works for BODi, and that includes the CEO

[@MsFunlovingcriminal]

Exactly, the huns don't even have any qualifications

[@patpeifer7871]

Agree. I follow some pretty qualified doctors and nutritional experts (for example, Dr. Berg on KZbin) and I don't think any of them think protein shakes are a good idea.

[@tammiebrown8317]

Just an fyi…MDs get anywhere between 2-24 hours of nutrition education in med school, depending on where they went to school.

[@unreadaethel6878]

@@tammiebrown8317 yeah, but they can order bloodwork to check your cholesterol and thyroid levels, which puts them way ahead of any Bodi coach/partner.

[@Anna-dd4rh]

@@tammiebrown8317 still more medical and nutritional training than randos in an MLM!

[@annakout]

I am FB friends with a former BB coach and she was with BB for 13 years and around May/June she all of a sudden quit Bodi because she “needed to move on from Bodi to a better opportunity”. She took her entire team to Green Compass. This leader brought in 10-14K a month for YEARS and suddenly jumped ship? She obviously knew something was going on with Bodi before most of the other leaders did.

[@lovelornacid]

I knew two girls from beach body who i noticed were slowly walking away at the end of last year and starting other ventures and have suddenly both completely walked away this fall. One of the gals now teaches others how to create e-courses similar to that of Tim Robbins and the other has latched on to the master resell rights scam.

[@lovelornacid]

*Tony Robbins

[@HairByReneeLLC]

@@lovelornacidughhhh master resell rights is STILL going?? I let my original FB totally get deleted several months ago due to wanting to completely leave anything related to my old mlm life behind (had tons of old reels left still etc) so mlm has been out of my peripheral until I came to this video today. MRR still being active is so sad.

[@livwake]

@@lovelornacid Master resell rights?

[@lovelornacid]

​@@livwakethere's online courses out there that have master resell rights. If you buy the course you can resell it as your own. Many MLM huns started utilizing it and selling it to their downline. Anyway, Hannah did a great video on that topic about a year ago.

[@Raising_Arrowsx5]

If youre doing that well, why dont they have a savings to fall back on. Sounds like a lot of people living at the top of their income.

[@LilyGazou]

Why haven’t they used the money to start other businesses or buy rentals for income?

[@KL-91]

Hanna, KZbin needs more influencers like you! So beautiful, well-spoken, composed, emotionally balanced, very intelligent, good sense of humor, healthy self-esteem, the list goes on and on!

[@dekong1]

Amen!!

[@kendrahwhyte9960]

It’s hard to decide: who’s more beautiful, she or Cooper!

[@thatsonyou6093]

Insane glaze

[@lavendersunshine9648]

Cut to: One year from now when he makes a new video announcing the closing of the company entirely lol

[@alexthai5223]

Oh, i want to be a fly on the wall for that... I'll break out the bozo meme and champagne

[@ericaobrien78]

I gotta say though - as a person who went through a corporate company selling off it's retail division after you have been employed 8 years.... They were given a lot of notice. Corporate gave us less than two weeks. We had weekly manager telecom's with our district manager. That was a hard call- and then I had to tell my employees.

[@angelac2870]

As a Christian, it infuriates me to see other Christians partake in MLMs or using their faith to sell products. It seems like such a scummy thing that I don’t think Jesus would agree with.

[@oliviarudenko5333]

Hannah, I truly appreciate how you work so hard to expose the dishonesty of these practices and YET you’re still giving empathy and kindness towards those who have been victimized and participated in the system. You’re not waiting around to mock them or say “I told you so” and I really respect that. You’re a class act, thank you for what you do.

[@elie.bb15]

1:09:36 she's not joking. she's mormon and this is literally their entire MO. please look up mormons and MLMs, it's a whole thing!

[@paytonnicole331]

I lost a lot of weight in 2019 and had beach body girls in my DMs constantly trying to recruit me as a partner. To promote my weight loss - that I did not use beachbody to achieve lol. I will not be buying anything from them anytime soon.

[@guyanomaly]

My friend had a very similar experience… after losing a ton of weight following a gastric bypass. Like…?

[@BeckGho]

Yep they recruited people that way. Snake oil!

[@a697ag]

I was bombarded with mlm huns who were "friend of a friend of a friend" to me when I got super sick in 2022 and lost 35lbs in 3 months. I was bedbound and felt/looked awful but these girlies thought I should use my drastic (and very unhealthy) weight loss to schill their crap. So gross and predatory.

[@Anna-dd4rh]

@@a697agso sorry you experienced that!! Shows that they don’t give a shit abt “health,” only about the treasured before and after pictures 🙄 I hope you are doing better these days and have reached a(n actual) healthy equilibrium!

[@LauraTheBargainHunter]

@@guyanomalysame here!

[@psw1623]

MLM huns trying to convince us that the product is great, then freaking out when they are stuck with only being able to sell the product. 😅

[@aleciamv4489]

Watching this made me think about an old childhood friend of mine who lost EVERYTHING after something similar happened to her when the leggings MLM bombed. I just remember seeing the daily non-stop lives on FB she was doing to try and sell the $30k worth of leggings she had in the townhome she ended up foreclosing on shortly after. It was awful :(

[@katiegarcia8255]

“44% of our partners aren’t comfortable sharing our business opportunity…” That’s because they try to recruit ANYONE and EVERYONE no matter their experience or expertise instead of telling the truth that the only people who (temporarily) do well in these companies are those who are good at (1) marketing and (2) recruiting, because that’s basically what you are.

[@alexisk8888]

I’m being induced and need something to watch to get me thru and this is perfect! Cannot wait to watch ❤

[@TanyaElisabeth]

good luck!!! and early congratulations !

[@lollybowser]

Good luck almost momma!!!

[@alexisk8888]

@@TanyaElisabeth thank you (:

[@alexisk8888]

@@lollybowser thank you! (:

[@joanna0988]

Wishing you a safe and healthy labour & delivery ❤🎉

[@kathleenmarie1743]

When the company gets rid of the MLM business model, do you finally understand that you’ve never been a business owner? You’ve always been a 1099 contracted employee

[@shellsmith3609]

I have a friend that is one of their top people or whatever they call them. She goes on all the trips and every post is about her diet and workouts. I didn’t know what it was so I asked how she lost the weight…..it took me over a year to get her to stop trying to get me to buy like $200 worth of supplements just to get started! It was crazy expensive and she lives and breathes this shit! I was so clueless and my husband had just passed so I was a little lost and almost got on board thankfully I trusted not only my gut but she was way too eager for me to “join” her. She messaged me so much it actually scared me away! Thank goodness! She is always posting her vacations they send her on and the home she just built. I love your MLM videos/warnings!

[@justinetillman4851]

Im saying this as someone who's had to watch people struggle with this time and time again, not with the intent to question you or your friend, so please don't take it that way. But the people you spend the most time with aren't your friends by default. They can be, but it's not an immediate indicator. Your friends want the best for you, and if they can't always do that, they'll let you know or do better. I'm not saying don't converse with others or be kind, extend it if you'd like. But please be careful with who you pull into your inner circle

[@_ktbelle_draws_3223]

@@justinetillman4851wise words!

[@SoCalJellybean]

I love that we can now tell the top earners what they’ve been telling the people at the bottom of the pyramid for years: “You’re not making enough money? You can’t recruit enough people? Well, you’re just not working hard enough!” 🤣

[@heikesiegl2640]

True!

[@emmaleebuzzard1023]

Oh gosh YES 😂

[@mariyamkhandwani]

Yes🎉

[@gracesabandar4253]

My thought when I saw this. The company is doing what they are supposed to be doing, reevaluating, reinventing and planning to grow in more suitable ways. The partners, however, just need to accept this! They are still giving them chances to WORK together - like this is how NORMAL people actually WORK in this world.

[@maddief775]

Anyone else weirded out by the last hun who was completely ignoring her son until he started crying? Like, you guys claim to have all this time freedom to spend with your family but you ignore your kid when he’s clearly BEGGING you for attention?

[@MagicalPoof]

Seriously, was she too lazy to do another take that didn't have her child whining through her whole talk? Did she even bother watching it back before posting? Or is she so used to tuning him out that she doesn't even notice? Absolutely crazy that such an unprofessional video of her ignoring her child in the background is something that entices them to join her "business opportunity."

[@bear8046]

Ignoring kids can be a good thing. Like if you're in the middle of a conversation and they just want to show you a bug... who cares. Let them know they need to wait their turn. They'll be better adults for it.

[@mariyamkhandwani]

@@bear8046true

[@sunnyandthechlo]

@@bear8046 Yes but she’s not talking to another person, she’s talking to a camera that has no feelings about being interrupted or cut off. Her kid should always feel like a priority over something that meaningless.

[@anneliesehanson5256]

True. Kids need to learn that everyone around them have their own priorities. And sometimes, say you're on an important phone call with the bank or something... The kids wellbeing might rely on the parent being able to carry out a quiet conversation. So it's good to teach them the appropriate time to seek attention. ​@@bear8046

[@djs2182]

Carl: the business model was outdated and flawed Also Carl: people weren’t “leveraging” this failed system properly It’s always the reps fault no matter what. The enraging thing is he always knew it would fail. He was warned for decades. He just lied for as long as he could while he was making money. Now that he’s not, he’s doing a 180 as if it’s based on new and surprising information

[@rebekahjollie5053]

Love how the CEO admitted that the company is a pyramid scheme. People have to sell the “business opportunity” in order to make money? Only the top few profit? That’s a pyramid scheme.

[@VisionOfFreedom]

Two reasons I will continue to stay far away from BODi: 1.) their track record of toxic business practices does not stop at the MLM. They have been ruining people’s relationship with food for decades. 2.) I would never trust a personal trainer that was willing to work with an MLM business structure. I’d much rather seek out training and programs from people with good moral compasses.

[@SuperMel81-j5l]

And there are plenty of other workout programs and trainers that are good. The Get Ripped workouts by Jari Love are really good.

[@cdg8148]

Autumn is the worst!

[@TristanSpohnAKASpiderman]

I’ve never joined an MLM. Never almost joined an MLM. But you communicate and organize your ideas in such an engaging way I always watch your videos anyway.

[@missfredmusiced]

I’m actually so happy to hear this. I love beach body workouts and have been doing them since like, 2005 with Slim & Six and I loved that I could change up my workouts and love the feeling of finishing a whole program. We did P90x and Insanity in college. When I learned they were an MLM I cancelled my membership because I do not support MLMs. I’m excited to see how this unfolds over the next few months or years to see if I could potentially return to them. I don’t that I can do it any time soon, but I do think if someone sees err in their ways and changes their plan then it could be possible. In the meantime I’ll check out Heather Robinson- thanks for the rec!

[@buckygal]

Yeah, I'm torn after finding out about this. I love their workouts and use them regularly, but have never gone beyond that with shakeology, coaching, and whatnot. My subscription just renewed, but if I can find similar streaming programs I'll move elsewhere when it's up.

[@Sarah-sj6lj]

I know a Bodi hun that has been with them since they started and is at the top. She wasn't upset. She said it was an "opportunity for more growth" and then promptly announced she would start selling wellness masterclasses, which I feel like you said is pretty common 😂 so I chuckled.

[@ChrystalVanDusseldorp]

Scammers gonna scam. 😄

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

COOPER!! 😭He has the ultimate beach bod ❤

[@maryeckel9682]

He's a glossy lil hunk boi

[@kerriann04]

Regarding the first lady's reaction to losing her income... A man with a wife and 4 kids and a house, to suddenly decide to jump ship from working and go to seminary full time? What a cop out! Someone just didn't want to work anymore. And how do protestant churches work anyway? They earn their income directly from their congregations, whether those members can afford the tithing they're giving or not. Seems like the whole family has a knack for expecting their income to come 100% from people worse off than themselves.

[@calinac1671]

i have a unique relationship with beach body. my mom was apart of it. my mom is deaf and deaf people has a strong sense of community. her "coach" preyed on that with her basic asl skills and took advantage of my mom who just went through an intense health scare. and my mom got roped into it sadly. she left it sometime ago thank goodness

[@vrunda9398]

I am so sorry that you mom was sucked into this toxic things i hope that person has learnt their lessons now 🤞❤️

[@larissabrglum3856]

That's another level of awful

[@Viteaification]

"we're losing money even though there's millions of fatties to milk cash from... its gotta be our reps who have the problem"

[@Mt4evr]

😂😂

[@juliashearer7842]

😂

[@Illusionentochter]

He gets even more money now that the money doesn't go to the reps anymore 🤣

[@coriumetsu2912]

Have been binging your videos over the holidays - especially these types of videos as a reminder about all the people and companies trying to capitalize on new year's insecurities. I turned 40 last year and I'm wanting to take better care of my body - plus I'm getting married this year and am feeling the pressure. I went over to Heather's channel and tried a video of hers and I can see why you fangirl. What an incredibly positive and supportive person! Thanks so much for discussing the stories you do while also providing excellent (and free) alternatives! Much love ❤️

[@HannaMcVeigh]

My dad has an actual business that he owns. My parents both worked there when I was a baby and my parents said they had a heart to heart with each other that they can’t both work their full time because what if it doesn’t work. So my mom got a corporate job. Thank God. In 2008 there was a horrible flood, 6ish feet of water in the building, and we are in a 500 year flood plane. My dad didn’t have an income for 6-7 months. I can’t imagine if it was both my parent’s income.

[@jenachopson]

They are ALL jumping to other MLMs. Even the ones that haven’t been doing anything with Bodi in years. It is actually insane (and disgusting) how quickly they have all moved on to the next grift. Most of them were enrolled in a new MLM within a WEEK. It is laughable. My inbox was flooded with people trying to recruit me too. NO THANKS.

[@argy27]

do you know any of the "influencers"-bodi partners instagrams? I would like to see what they are doing

[@SME28]

I don’t know who you are. Never heard of you. But, that’s not saying much because I’m not really on social media a lot! I have to say you seem very authentic and seem to have a lot of integrity. I also saw the little notice announcing you were being compensated for an ad. I appreciate that. I don’t mind people making money if they are honest. This was my first exposure to you and I am quite impressed. This was very well done. I’m going to check out your other material. Thank you for sharing this piece of information. Also, your cat is beautiful. Extra points for being a cat person!☺️🐱

[@molliemarissa6189]

Everything you said is completely accurate! Hannah is the best.

[@same5952]

Yup, me too. Every word - including the cat.

[@thatsonyou6093]

The glaze goes heavy

[@missqueenwendy]

Thank you for doing this post. I was a beachbody “coach” and “mentor” in 2011. I had just gotten into fitness and signed up. My “coach” that was assigned to me pushed me to get others involved. I just wanted a group of girls to have fun with and get them to feel the way I did. I signed a few people up but only bc they wanted to support me. I left after 5 months bc it felt wrong and I was naive. And shakeology made me bloated 🤮!

[@_ktbelle_draws_3223]

Shakeology is definitely a trash protein!

[@lesleydiaz2115]

Love this! Look up Lindsay Matway.. assuming the last one here was referring to her. She raked in the millions and was #1 at one point. Now that BB has "transitioned to an affiliate model" (her words) she's "launching her 5th business with MAKE Wellness" and of course has invited all her fb followers to jump in with her -- to yet another MLM!! Where she'll probably make another million because she has such a large following and as we all know, the money comes from all the people you recruit under you. So annoying and I wish there was a way to tell all those women that not only was BB an MLM, but so it this new company!

[@ChrystalVanDusseldorp]

Scammers gonna scam, unfortunately 😖

[@sarathomas7873]

it really hard to feel sorry for someone who supports their large family very comfortably off of other peoples work, where neither parent has a real job... seriously? and then to ask them to keep buying because she doesnt want to get a real job yet.

[@SamiMichelle]

I have zero respect for Bodi at all but can say that allowing the ranks to freeze as is was the most considerate thing we’ve seen one of these companies do when they take away the downlines

[@Alyse_bell]

So for years these reps have been saying that being a bodi rep is exactly like an affiliate program and when it changes to an actual affiliate program they freak out. Carl pretending he actually gives a shit about any of them is laughable. All he cares about is the money flowing into his pockets. Also if they truely made all their money from sales like they claimed they wouldn’t be so upset about the change, so clearly they are just admitting that the majority of their money comes from the recruiting and the people under them.

[@tiffany1705]

Love that her financial advisor husband was definitely aware that they weren't making enough to support their large family and the MLM was a bad idea, but his ~call to god~ let her be the sole income provider and homemaker. I know you might not feel comfortable talking about the common religious ties with MLMs, but someone has to be talking about it.