The Entire Jenna Marbles Drama Explained | What Happened to... | YouTuber News

On this special episode of KZbinr News, we return to our series 'What Happened To...?', which looks at once-prominent KZbinrs who have stepped back from the limelight for a variety of reasons. This episode, we look at what happened to Jenna Marbles. Why did Jenna leave KZbin? Why was she so beloved? Did she die? (Spoiler: no!) And most importantly, why did she leave and where did she go? All will be revealed.
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[@scrolldeep]

Should Jenna come back? Or stay what we assume is living her best life offline??

[@tillytiger5041]

living her best lil lifee

[@0MissElizabeth0]

On the 10th Anniversary of her leaving, if KZbin is still around.

[@LilySDavis]

Both😂😭😭 I literally have had Jenna in my life since I was 11 years old making me feel better on my days and months when I felt like trash and was trying to be a better person I would always try to model myself after her and try to be better and now that she's not around my days and months where I feel depressed and s***** anymore it's harder and I just have to watch old videos and I feel bad that we made her feel that bad that she had to run away from us or make an excuse to leave the internet instead of just telling us that she was tired of doing this for odd close to 15 years

[@saleatseggs]

i would love to have jenna back on her channel and making videos with julien but i dont know if thats what she wants. i just want her, julien, and the pets to be happy!! but i hope eventually we'll get a small video or message from her. shes loved by so many

[@BotanyDegreePilkerton]

She got her money and split, she was never having a break, she split, it's been 2 years, she can't come back now if she wanted to which she doesn't. Let it go, move on, she has. She is a multi millionaire, she's retired forever. She no longer needs her fans. She has never once tried to contact the folks who paid for her mansion. She never cared about her supporters. She ghosted them. Took 4 dogs away too, heartbreaking. She was under the impression SHE was unproblematic.... Then she took a stand millions of white supremes did NOT approve of so, she stood up for BLM, pale folks exposing all her Problematic videos. She split. She took the loot and ran.

[@agirlnamedbrad15]

The one KZbinr no one wanted to leave, but she like, actually left.

[@Skenjin]

When your a true person and not just doing it for the money, that is a potential outcome. She decided it wasn't working for her so rather than deal with the wrongly directed hate, she left.

[@saucenuggets]

Forgot the most notorious One, Filthyfrank

[@Aerogrow]

agreed... Anyone that has been targeted by the social marxist pushing identify politics knows its usually easier to just "exit stage left". The hate filled evil of humans and culture is more scarring then anything. Intent and meaning lose all context and it comes down to "illegal words" or "illegal actions" in a constantly changing see of social contracts. Those social contracts change day by day; month by month; then they apply them to history and use the new rules against you (that they just made up last week). I keep hoping more people standup to these bullies; but it looks like that is not going happen anytime soon.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@saucenuggets I never liked his humor. I only experienced it through Idubbbz, who thankfully didn't dress up like a green or pink elf 80% of the time. What's sad is Idubbbz is even less watchable than the old Frank.

[@jessvvest]

but we can’t get the ones that NEED to leave to stay gone. sadj.

[@0MissElizabeth0]

I'd love to know she's out there somewhere *USING HER MASTERS DEGREE* .

[@heathercontreras1586]

Straight up.

[@christine0382]

what is her degree in?

[@0MissElizabeth0]

@@christine0382 Sports Psychology

[@evanprince3875]

Jenna deserves the best, she was one of the first KZbinrs I ever watched and her content always made me smile. I'm glad she's taking the time for herself, and even if she never returns she has a lot of love here

[@syd7180]

I hate that she’s still attached to “blackface.” Others on this platform are more than guilty of it, but that video originally referenced was a bad tan. She literally worked at a tanning salon when it was filmed and it’s clear her whole body was the same color in videos before and after the one accused. Either way, she owned her past mistakes and she was one of the only genuine KZbinrs left. She grew with us and showed clear understanding, responsibility, and humanity for her mistakes. I miss her terribly, but I hope she’s living her best life!

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

It wasn’t even a mistake. That’s why she left. She had nothing to own up to and she wasn’t going to play by herself he rules this toxic work culture has established, but she also had no interest in opposing it because it’s a pointless fight and won’t make you happy. So she took her ball and went home, and now she’s happy. Badass.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@daveyjoneslocker4703 That's what really infuriates me. It was just absolutely nothing. There was no reason for any rational person to hate her for that video. I hope there was some other reason for her disappearance, maybe stalking, maybe burnout. She definitely didn't deserve any hate for that video.

[@tardis9436]

Don’t think the Wyans brothers were cancelled for white face in White Chicks.

[@msmaryceline]

Jenna is busy preparing for her basketball game tomorrow.

[@DivShadow]

Never apologize to the mob. Ignore them, and keep making your content.

[@mortenrl1946]

This story is a perfect example of why we can't have nice things. She didn't even do anything wrong, people just threw a fit over a nothingburger and made her think she was evil.

[@cwhoff290]

Exactly! You nailed it

[@JumpingTuna]

I don't think it was even that. She saw other content creators losing everything for doing racist jokes. She remembered she did a bunch of racist jokes. She knew what she did was wrong. She publicly held herself accountable before she was in the spotlight, and got out while she was ahead. Also, once she was out, she stayed out. Her private life is probably better for it to be honest.

[@Aerogrow]

@@JumpingTuna and a great example on why we can't have nice things. Maybe spend less time cancelling people; comedy and satire is about finding the edge. If you get offended; turn it off. Luckily we have people like chappele and others pushing against talentless marxists forcing everyone to comply to their version of "ok". Going guess you railed against tropic thunder also... Disgusting; go ahead and point out in history where the censors were on the right side. Be a bit mindful/thoughtful on what you are supporting.

[@Damarallay]

um it was wrong lol but she took accountability so i don't think anyone should hate her. i think she should be able to come back.

[@encycl07pedia-]

​@@JumpingTuna Anyone with a functioning cerebrum knows she did nothing wrong.

[@jenna_bean0_137]

I love her so much and I’d love to see her on the internet again BUT I also love that she is able to live her best life, completely offline. I have to imagine it is so liberating and I love her just as much as before

[@provyprov]

Least deserving person to ever be cancelled. I hope she realizes that and is doing well mentally

[@albeerd4436]

She was truly, TRULY funny and she seemed like a really nice person. She deserved better. I'm glad she has moved on and is now probably happier.

[@heathercontreras1586]

She is such a genuine spirit

[@horrorxmama94]

I like to think one day she will come back for 1 video to update what’s been happening or something, but I don’t think she will ever fully return to KZbin unless she will occasionally start appearing in her fiancé videos like Shane did. It’s a shame I really miss her

[@BotanyDegreePilkerton]

she ghosted her entire base, it's been 2 years, she quit 2 years ago, move on, she hates you all

[@chelseafrisbie4863]

I really feel that Jenna started to become disillusioned with being a “celebrity” for a while before she left. if you go back and watch her videos or the podcast she did with Julien, you can see that in the months leading up to her departure, she seemed less into it and it seemed less enjoyable for her. obviously this is just from someone who has been following her for quite literally a decade, and a parasocial analysis, but I wasn’t super shocked when she made the announcement. I remember thinking months before during one of the podcast episodes that it didn’t seem like she was having fun anymore :( maybe it all just came to a head and she decided at that point, in which her apology was certainly owed for some of the “jokes” in her older videos, as the way to “get out” so to speak, or time to move on. The internet is not at all what it was in 2010 when she started, maybe she felt it was time to move on. again, certainly just one person‘s opinion, and it really doesn’t matter because she’s gone now (and hopefully happy!). And sheeeeeesh do I miss her lol

[@LilySDavis]

Dude I'm in the same boat as you and I think you're honestly right everybody with that canceled b******* definitely gave her an easy out to be like all right you guys don't want me here so I'm done 😭🥺

[@singinghotdog]

I totally agree. When she did the dip dyed crocs and the racetrack hair videos I sensed that she felt over it. The vibe was off.

[@emmy_platinum]

@@singinghotdog The racetrack hair video was definitely one of those nails in the coffin. She was exhausted and still felt this need to post for the fans, and that was kind of when I knew she would eventually be leaving, whether it was for a vacation or a permanent career change

[@JaymeeSplude]

@@emmy_platinum I agree - that particular video she seemed so over everything.

[@Skenjin]

Can't blame her when the entire internet was attacking her for something she didn't even really do.

[@MommaCatDog]

It makes me so sad bc I watched her videos as soon as she posted them. But I understand leaving and not coming back, especially if it has treated her better. Just wish there were more KZbinrs out there like her, not striving for the money, just striving for her fans happiness and her own.😮‍💨

[@um2913]

The reason she was canceled in the first place was because people got upset that she took down the racist video she made in the past instead of acknowledging them. In her video, she talks about how she knew what she did was wrong in those videos and decided to take them down so that they could no longer influence other people and do harm. But the reason people canceled her was because she did this instead of openly making a big deal about it and making a public apology that way. That’s why she left because she did the right thing by taking them down but the Internet still wasn’t happy because they wanted her to make a public announcement about it. Even though the reason she didn’t was because she felt like that would bring more attention to those past negative videos.

[@kreneesimo]

Watching this because I just saw Juliens new video collabing with Holotaco. I went on a Jenna Marbles binge, and found myself sobbing. I miss her so much.

[@urbanchynadoll]

I just need one video back from her. The "Nice guys DO NOT finish last." I need her to re-upload that video.

[@melissao7260]

miss her so much 🥺

[@mynameisnothere9465]

"She seems pretty content not making content." You missed that, and I am ashamed.

[@sashadewitt7297]

Most of her videos are marked private now and its depressing. Her videos helped me through some rough patches and now they are gone.

[@ghostek7792]

this is honestly so absurd it actually almost feels like satire. The sad thing is seeing people even having to describe in detail what should be blatantly common sense. this isn't the result of people thinking and reasoning, it's the result of a whole bunch actual useless human beings coming together to collectively attack someone, so that the person can beg for their forgiveness. This is what those people get out of it, it satifies them because they have control over another person, and they get to sit behind their phones and computers watching it unfold, it's control

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@MPerfect92 Yeah, the conservatives don't let their victims have a voice, either by making it harder to vote or just outright gvnning them down while "standing their ground."

[@TroboTicTac]

​@matthewpurkerson8393 far right conservatives too lol

[@jessvvest]

don’t forget all the amazing work Jenna and Julien do with GreySave! Many happy puppers have come through their home and found their forever families thanks to their participation in foster programs!

[@Vbabeszzz]

Honestly if you watched any of her content or did at the time of uploading, there was never any I’ll intent and it was not an ongoing thing with the content she shared. I’m so sad that there’s no more new Jenna snippets. But I am Happy that she’s living her life not under a microscope just being happy Jenna.

[@amberpateman3758]

i genuinely love this series

[@scrolldeep]

owh thanks amber

[@TheParisFashionista]

If Jenna appeared in Julien’s vlog and said hello it would be nice!

[@HarryAshfield]

Great video. Concise, informative, and funny. Nice one!

[@fizameeraj5468]

I love this guys awkward humour.

[@madimakes]

this was a dang funny and informative 4 minute video -- i'm incredibly impressed

[@daylight1992]

This is one of those cases that are slowly making "black face" irrelevant. If someone is being pressured to leave the internet because of a bad tan while doing an impression of a popular celebrity that's the part that's not ok. Refusing to acknowledge the context of time time the video was made (having a really dark tan was in style), is not ok. Glaslighting someone into believing they did something racist when they didn't, is not ok. People need to grow up, let the past go, and realize that at some point a choice is made to be offended over nothing and that is the real problem here.

[@Skenjin]

Except if they did that cancel culture wouldn't exist, and these haters just can't have that can they?

[@daylight1992]

@@Skenjin oh it would still exist, their are definitely cases of people who do things with the core intent of spreading hate and/or harmful misinformation and those people deserve to be canceled. But this isn't one of those cases. In the early 2000's having the darkest tan possible was apart of the "popular" look, especially in California. Frankly if Jenna is being canceled for this why has no one gone after girls in Japan who follow the Gyaru trends? Which yes, is heavily based off of the fashion trends in California in the early 2000's, the style trends that Jenna herself followed at that time.

[@MaddieAndRosannaGachaLife]

Never watched her so I don’t miss her since I never watched her videos but I hope she’s doing ok she seems like a kind an genuine person

[@Wutzibutzi100]

Still don’t get it what she did wrong and why she had to apologize.

[@samfisher2923]

I hope she is happy but she really never deserved all the hate she got considering other KZbinrs have done way worse and are still allowed to have all their platforms. Forever hoping she is happy and living her best life.🥺❤️

[@rae222rae]

As a biracial (black&white) person. I don’t see why people get upset WHEN the person who did said thing apologizes and realizes it wasn’t okay and that they grew from it… don’t think she’s racist and/or a problem

[@shawnerz98]

@3:25 Jenna's back. Not all of the former content is back though. :(

[@ChucklesMcChuckleson]

Jenna had a long and successful youtube career. She made a fortune. She clearly got tired of the nonsense and the pressure of making a weekly video. She doesn't need to come back. She's a cautionary tale: be decent to people, especially creators you like. They might just take you up on your suggestion that they disappear.

[@jaimeerobertswarz]

She wasn’t cancelled. As a psychology major over her comedic personality she chose to take down videos like the nicki minaj, lady gaga, & many others that people started watching that they found “offensive”. She took the high road and even apologized also she never did black face. Its the new generation who cant handle jokes or sarcasm and she did not want to deal with it. The comments were out of control from new idealist people who just would not stop. I don’t blame her for leaving the platform. The harassment was to much. She was a youtber that was actually funny, and had original content. Now people just repost peoples content for content. Hopefully she will come one day!

[@trishexploring1508]

I hope she is living her BEST life!!

[@thecatattheend2250]

I watch "What Are This?" to this day.

[@screaming_in_lowercase]

I really would love if she came back. I was sad when she left, so uncalled for.

[@katarinabecic1866]

i am really glad someone made this piece of content. otherwise i would be in the dark still.

[@nephilavoieri]

Love Jenna. Hope she is doing well 🥺

[@riveraharper8166]

Seeing the usual recent twitch streamers and tiktokers I miss her so much...

[@Buddyboyfocus]

People know that…. People do change right?! Lol

[@mikethecornking]

People also like to backpedal rather than acknowledge change like the SJW's that got to Jenna's head.

[@ancillaindigna1273]

Totally ridiculous. She suffered a break in at her home from a crazed stalker. That is when she left YT.

[@tashachristy09]

Still not sure who she is or how shes been applied to the CB situation but i like your style 👍 ill check some more of your content

[@penelopedick7156]

Ben is to KZbinr news as R Pattinson is to the twilight series- scornful of his media yet trapped by association with it

[@scrolldeep]

hahahahahahhaha

[@amylee5237]

i miss her so much !!!

[@onlyonecaca]

Loved jenna then & love her now. Want her to just be happy and I think she is ❤

[@BMathiesen]

I def miss Jenna she was awesome

[@Danielle-xq1jf]

I miss her 😞

[@drofessor100]

Here from Snapchat because I can't get enough of Ben

[@TashaaDiamond123]

Jenna marbles was my childhood 😢

[@onlinealias6070]

soft launching a comeback as you read this.

[@curbantula]

the one white girl no one actually hated

[@Antarctide]

2012 Jenna Marbles was the real Jenna Marbles. She steadily adopted a different discourse since then like how many celebrities do once they start to get big.

[@eronoochi]

She just wants to be a normal "33 year old ladyyyyy"

[@ItsMirandaRedmond]

i miss her!!!

[@tinanickerson1006]

Question: the one person that is giggling in this vid is she real or just some sort of laugh track?

[@callmeoniep01]

I adored her!!

[@andrewarchuleta3875]

Host that knows hardly anything about what he’s reporting on

[@JesusLovesYou423]

She has a basketball game tomorrow, leave her be! 😂

[@thelemonpolice]

Yee haw

[@9hk38f]

Her humor wasn't even really like that. I'll admit, I haven't seen every video. But I have no recollection of anything of that nature.

[@davewhite16]

Miss her very much! Loved her humor. Maybe she has been stuck at that bassetball game all this time

[@sashamaz]

Indefinite does not mean forever.

[@stevel121]

Everyone whose been cancelled just needs to wait a week and all the no lifers on twitter will move onto attacking a new person. Since their lives are so pathetic they only live online.

[@emmastorey2290]

3:34 I'm berrrrredict townsend

[@tubofbologna]

Come back jenna!!

[@twottj]

she never should have apologized in the first place

[@mariusscutaru9007]

"...she should be allowed to come back..." This is exactly what's wrong with the internet today. Everyone's an expert on human rights and has a mandate from a high authority to hunt, judge and punish anyone who's not walking the thin, majestic line of political correctness. Jenna, you've given us parts of your soul and we've stayed true to our real nature and abused, bullied and mistreated you. Great work, internet experts! Great work...

[@bobsyouryouknowthething6751]

"She should be allowed to come back" "...ALLOWED TO..."?!

[@maximgomez5889]

This video told me everything I already knew. Which is nothing about what she did to warrent her internet exile. Self imposed or not.

[@Char-Williams]

She'll never come back and who can blame her?

[@boldbileg]

I wonder what she does for work now or if she was just so rich she retired.

[@BrynHarding]

Her 'Interupting Adele' skits we're absolutely godly and still hold up today, shame she deleted then. I'll forever be a landshark, thank you Jenna!

[@glurp1er]

I still don't understand how someone's career can be ruined only because they painted their face black at some point...

[@jxlol1]

yee haw

[@xalnikova]

She wasn't even the one in the wrong lol. Serves y'all twitter bullies right

[@lesliethesomm]

The reason y she left was so weird bc her blackface was on no level as the other KZbinrs of her era. She did like one and it actually was funny. No one was trying to cancel her. She just canceled herself essentially. It’s a shame she’s gone but so long as she’s happy

[@yezakhar]

That laugh track is sad

[@aidanbristol-reitz9541]

Wait was I first?

[@tsgumi]

It would appear so

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

Gen X Gen Y Gen Nabarbles

[@michaelcgray1949]

Yo I was born in 1985 and I have no fucken clue who any of these people are and I use the internet nearly every day.

[@Liusila]

She just made a heck ton of money and retired, who wouldn’t.

[@primemover1416]

@2:56, I'm sorry, "should be ALLOWED to come back"?

[@DiegoHasYT]

What is a gen alpha? You look close to our in your 40s tho

[@syrenamilani3115]

You're still fun. N. 😂👏🙏🤣❗

[@FatherOfOurs]

Miss her humor… A LOT!

[@enobnala90]

3:20 you are basically nobody. … how?

[@RobertJankowski-zq3di]

Cancel culture still works.

[@Cinque27]

Don't you need 5 kills for a care package...?

[@1701basil]

She doesn't need to come back. At one point she made a s**t ton of money and if masters degree hopefully taught her anything it was to save some of her earnings

[@ewa4eva]

I clicked on the video to give it a thumbs down for being so late on the subject. But I ended up liking it cause the host is charismatic enough and he said some really funny and real stuff about “ShAN DoOsoN” and the drama/cancel culture situation in general. Just watch out guys cause the laughter in the background is a bit too similar to what Shane’s cameramen do to make him seem funny. You don’t have to do it, you’re actually funny :)

[@furtrapper11]

She cancelled herself

[@rickrichter9445]

Well, I was a fan of hers for years, BUT you could tell her content was going downhill towards the end. So she retired and that’s the way the world works! There are tons of great bands, TV shows, etc. that all came to an end.

[@LordOfSweden]

"wahhh someone said something offensive i didn't like, I must cancel them .. waahhhh" - Every liberal ever.

[@littlemoth4956]

Every liberal ever? No... no, not really.

[@LordOfSweden]

@@littlemoth4956 Yes. Liberal cannot stand views that are offensive in their eyes. They cannot allow anyone with a difference of opinion and most of all, they never have any arguments for their sake.

[@LordOfSweden]

@@tayisinevitable No it doesn't. Only people who have opinions against liberals get banned off YOutube, twit and all other places. Only liberals stand and scream and try to cancel people for their opinions

[@LordOfSweden]

@@tayisinevitable Nope, it's liberals kid and we can clearly see it, if you don't know it, it's because you aren't knowledgeable about the subject. It would be pretty clear from the evidence otherwise. Liberals donät get banned from KZbin for saying their opinions. Opponents of liberals do.

[@turokokokoko9714]

See nah just ppl with to much time on there hands but liberals on average are wayyy worse

[@riveraharper8166]

Another victim of 2020...

[@BotanyDegreePilkerton]

she ghosted you ya tool lol

[@turokokokoko9714]

Fr this mindset is curropting so much ppl literally are incapable of just minding there business and focusing on self improvement its so dumb

[@roseburke9693]

I’ve definitely heard a lot of people saying they want her back, but I don’t know that I’ve heard any black people saying they want her back, and I think a lot of forget it’s not our apology to accept as nonblack folk

[@turokokokoko9714]

Omg this makes my brain hurt like yess obviously dont try to speak for black ppl but its also perfectly oue place to say that her doing blackface 10 years ago doesnt matter at all! Like even if it was legit blackface that is ten years ago, no one should have the spare time to root theough her past to cancel her thats cancerous

[@hannahgardella1736]

…she didn’t even do blackface tho it was just a bad tan? people need to realize and accept that

[@suicidalvinyl]

As a Black Man. We need her back. Her content was something positive and happy that it's needed in such dire times

[@miketallica6173]

You ever seen the movie "White Chicks"?

[@skylerwhiteyo28964]

I'm a darkskin blk girl and I think she should come back

[@diamondconstruction2451]

She should have never gave into the woke liberals.