We Gotta Talk About BAD VEGAN on Netflix

Girl what even is this story? 😅 LMK If you guys are into this true crime/documentary review combo, I had fun. PS My thyroid is low so I apologize if I seem sluggy.
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[@sarahakin]

The shocking true story of a woman who would have been better off with Alec Baldwin.

[@maryanderson3542]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ericabassi7728]

That idea is scary, indeed.

[@catherinehughes8048]

Word. I was thinking the whole time while I watched it. However, I'm sure he's glad that he didn't wind up with her!

[@Tuxedoz]

Shoulda been the video title. Lol

[@WankiTank]

but isn't Alec Baldwin married?

[@m.haynes]

Pro tip: If he says he works for the Black Ops or is in witness protection, he’s definitely lying. That stuff is not uncovered on the first date 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jjgems5909]

I had a coworker who was a habitual liar like this. One day he told us this big story of how the CIA was following him on his skateboard one day, another time he was working for NASA, another time he told us he was training to become a navy seal. We had a post it under the front desk with a list of all the “professions” and job “experiences” he had. Mind you we worked at a retail store at the mall selling speakers 😂 we added to that list frequently. It was just so bizarre. I’ve never met anyone like that.

[@timelesstalesbeauty5394]

@@jjgems5909 lmao is his name Irving bc I know a guy that has made these exact claims, not surprisingly he’s a drug addict now

[@charmander466]

Yeeeerrrppp. I've been told pointing stuff like this out is blaming victims lately, which is getting annoying. How do we call stuff out of people are starting to label calling out red flags defending abuse?

[@MsLemon42]

@@timelesstalesbeauty5394 I was going to ask if his name was “Aaron” because he sounds like a former coworker of mine, too!

[@deathvvitch]

@@MsLemon42 lmaooo it also sounds like this girl I went to school with 🤣 but the jobs were the jobs her family had

[@cptjmd5812]

Imagine how it would have all worked out if she handled Shanthony like she did Alec Baldwin and every time he said he needed her to wire him 10k, she just sent him links to loan companies...

[@agniesiag]

🤣

[@auroradeuel39]

Oh my gosh she definitely should’ve done that

[@fangal12]

If only 😂

[@shdynareed3278]

The way she was so nonchalant while sitting down for this interview was unbelievable. Her lack of empathy she had towards her employees and friends that gave her money was disturbing.

[@seralenaghan6585]

Cannot agree with this more 👏🏼

[@bungawowzers]

I mean it's probably been a long time she's not going ti sit there and cry

[@Shuurinakisame]

A lot of "successful" people like this are sociopathic and narcissistic. :(

[@mariah6395]

Yes, agreed

[@grayk3803]

She seemed medicated to me. At my most depressed/medicated, I’ve been known to act in a similar way. Whether you believe everything she says or not, she’s been through a lot. She got into a weird abusive relationship, she had a successful business that she sabotaged, she went to jail. I think she’s just a woman who was clinically depressed for a long time and still appears to be for obvious reasons. I’m not excusing her actions, I’m mainly just saying labeling her as “sociopathic,” “narcissistic,” etc. like some people have been doing is probably a bit much.

[@whitwillie4052]

I would rather hear you talk about this Netflix documentary for 2 hours than watch the actual documentary 😅😭

[@hollybrooke322]

Agreed!!!

[@nunpho]

Samesies. Netflix documentaries seem to skip the juicy bits yet they are so long and drawn out. There was one in particular where the filler footage was literally in slow motion.

[@vanityplates3125]

Big same

[@bmet102]

@@nunpho and the same footage of her walking around new york with pigtails was just spliced through it. It was bizarre! So poorly made.

[@amyjoyce6635]

Yesss this was far more entertaining 😆

[@brennicolas3093]

Can you blame the employees for not seeing her as a victim?? She was in Rome and Paris for Christ’s sake while they weren’t getting paid!

[@fralanasko2900]

She strikes me as criminally stupid.... sorry but ffs

[@tara4575]

Exactly 💯 she knew what she was doing

[@melindaroop1346]

Because she wasn't a victim. She is an adult who had a business to run.

[@carlycrays2831]

@@melindaroop1346 I mean, she was a victim, but she also screwed over her employees and deserved to be punished for that.

[@sfletch3042]

She knew exactly what she was doing! This was all very calculated in her part and the fact that she acts as if it isn't her fault sickens me. She doesn't care at all that she defrauded all of these people who were so loyal to her. She is 100% out for Sarma..no one else.

[@carsonheschle642]

Idk why because it's kind of sad, but your line, "Turns out he wasn't clairvoyant he was just...reading her emails," made me HOWL. Thank you for what you do, Jamie 😂❤

[@Sillyjennyjenn]

OMG. ME TOO! Of course it was 5:30 am when I watched this. I woke the entire house up. Haha

[@yelloweyeball]

When you finding out will wasn't real and they just fade him away like that, it was pretty hilarious knowing Netflix pranked us.

[@chanuri6504]

I was so shook lol

[@GrainneMhaol]

When fake guy showed up with an Irish accent, I had to Google him and the jig was up.

[@lexivivid8073]

That was honestly iconic lol

[@denioops2903]

My husband and I watched this documentary. We came to conclusion that she fell for this nonsense because she always thought she was "different" from everyone else. This just played into her own belief of herself.

[@CarolinaFlorezCoaching]

I couldn’t get through the while thing, but thank you, that does make a lot of sense. 👏

[@kaneykane3449]

She did not come out of this well at all.

[@BlurryNova]

I usually try not to judge people who've been manipulated like this, but this doc kinda shows she had far more opportunities to be pulled out of the delusions he was feeding her but she chose not to look deeper into it. Like its one thing for someone take advantage of, say a nobody who doesn't have a support system, possibly struggling with life and no one to turn to. Those types of people are usually prime targets for this type of stuff because they don't have anyone on the outside to keep them grounded, but this woman had plenty of people around her warning her of the guy. She had employees, friends, coworkers, all these people that he wasn't really trying to block out of her life, who we see knew something was up and attempted to save her. At some point, this does fall on her because she still chose to follow him and his wacked out story even after people tried to pull her out of it. So I do believe she has to have had a "Not Like Other People" persona that was being fed by this dude. She might have been a victim in the beginning, but by the end, not so much.

[@ezra4320]

Yeah at a certain point it was just entitlement and a sense of superiority steering her through fall of this. But an interesting look into a manipulative narcissistic relationship, I was surprised to see the similarities between her husband and someone I knew to be like him. If anything the show was a very good psychoanalysis

[@taylorgayhart9497]

That’s a pretty common manipulation tactic. It’s also why parents shouldn’t foster ideas in their kids about being “special” or smarter than others, because it is usually followed by a hard fall to reality.

[@fuzzycatbutts]

I wouldn't call her paying her employees the money she owed them "good" ...I'd call it the bare minimum.

[@lomoliving5528]

And it was also restitution, iirc. Not her choice lol

[@jaimefrenchofficial]

🤷🏼‍♀️

[@MarieJohanna760]

Yes. Thats true. Good is something else.

[@SoulShiner1115]

I’m curious if the employees have confirmed that they actually received the money

[@fuzzycatbutts]

@@SoulShiner1115 Good point. I find it hard to believe a single word that comes out of Sarma's mouth.

[@lifesokay]

Ok, I owned her cookbook when I went through my own raw vegan experimental phase (spoiler, it was an eating disorderrrrr) AND whenever I had moments of weakness (uh.. my body literally starving) I would always order pizza and wings too. So maybe raw veganism is just a gateway drug for pizza and wings.

[@bendergirlfriend]

here mfs go calling veganism an eating disorder have fun condoning rape and murder and congrats on getting heart disease too

[@kwiggy5091]

Hope you're doing better now! ED suck and diet and wellness culture is wildly unhelpful in the ways they encourage ED behaviour and thought patterns.

[@single_use_planet_]

Raw veggies and fruits just deprive us of all the good stuff we grew up with, grease, crispy deep fried stuff and cheese on bread That's why I'm a fat vegan that still eats deep fried stuff and pizza lol

[@suneater_zeef050]

hope you're doing better!!! i also fell down the "wellness" trap when bulimia was at peak for me. i'm definetelu much stronger now that i don't think that way anymore!

[@writersloane]

Eating raw vegan cured me of a decade of chronic illness in four months! It's not an eating disorder. Many, many people have been healed of terminal illness by eating pure, live, food. People get so hungry in the beginning because it metabolizes quickly. Your body doesn't have to work hard to digest it, the way it does with dead, factory made food. If you're hungry, just eat more! You'll still have more energy than eating a doughy pizza and needing a nap after.

[@cassieloser2907]

You mentioned not wanting your video to be an hour long, but trust me I would gladly watch you talk about wild stuff like this for hours lol

[@hollycrawford3166]

My guess is she knew she was complicit after awhile, but was in too deep and was too ashamed to get herself out. Also, I think it's okay to judge Shanthony. Dude a grifter and deserves to wear that label.

[@thefreshmaker001]

Ego

[@nicolemenard2147]

Maybe but her reactions and some things that happened definitely scream mental abuse. Like it's crazy not the situation but the things she went through and feels mirror what I went through so closely. Obviously she could be lying but I don't know. I'm at least inclined to believe she was mentally abused hard which makes it easier to believe all of it in my opinion.

[@hollycrawford3166]

@@nicolemenard2147 oh, there's definitely evidence for mental abuse....at least in this documentary. That went along with my 'over her head' remark. She got in deep monetarily AND ideologically. I do think she realized that she was in a lot of trouble and ran from it, and in ways that makes her complicit. It goes to show how mixed up stuff like this is, and how it can change someone. Who would willingly give up an empire for what he was selling unless you were all mixed up?!

[@kivzzzz]

My thoughts exactly. Good thing she's trying to repay her employees.

[@LMason-qd7sq]

The one that got me is the officer in his professionalism, "There appeared to be no indication that she ate the chicken wings."

[@miriamhavard7621]

😂 I know. It was chef's kiss!!!!

[@ggadguy]

I guess it was important since she’s vegan.

[@bronminett4042]

I know because that’s the most important part right 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@sfletch3042]

🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣. That was funny. It is beyond irrelevant to the situation but still funny. If she had eaten meat it would've been the least of the things I judged her for. 🤣

[@whatever96]

I totally understand her employees as a former restaurant employee myself. We work hard for low wages and our fate is left to the hands of incompetent owners.

[@MaxOakland]

And restaurant employees are underworked and overpaid! I hope they unionize

[@kenbrb6261]

I work hard for low wages too. But it is my choice...I took the job. It's also my choice to leave if I want.

[@jhatch1869]

You have provided a public service. You have saved 3 hours and 29 minutes of my life and I can't thank you enough. 🥰

[@lindseyshupe2405]

As someone who works in finance, knowing she had a background in investment banking.. there is no way she wouldn't know the repercussions of blowing off her investors. The SEC requires certain licenses and certifications to be in the industry... they make you take exam after exam that outlines all of the consequences of doing shady stuff like this. She is no victim.. in my opinion. Thank you for the commentary! I love your videos.

[@rojamillerover]

She knew, she is no victim

[@cozycasasmr4510]

I think so too, I commented a similar thing on another video and i got ratioed, even if she maybe made the mistake once id understand but she literally did it a second time

[@bmet102]

I feel like there's two sides. She was manipulated by him, but she was also greedy. She married him because she thought he would pay off the 2 million dollar debt she took on in her divorce for the restaurant.

[@cailin5309]

This whole thing happened bit by bit & what happens in these manipulative relationships is you start out being faced with 1 red flag, ignore it enough & it becomes normal.. then the 2nd (even more rediculous) red flag & THAT becomes normal, & so on. Until eventually you find yourself in a new reality where this is all normal to you & you don’t see it so glaringly rediculous anymore. It’s why people in abusive relationships last so long. Your mind adapts to survive

[@MommaBear87]

@@cailin5309 well said!

[@bmet102]

Sarma had a 2 million dollar debt on that restaurant. She thought he was going to give her the money to pay that off. That's why she married him. She says as much. She also actively tried to swindle people into donating more money, making the investor fly around to meet some guy she knew didn't exist for her own gain. She was manipulated by Shanthony but was a con woman in her own right. No sympathy from me.

[@carlycrays2831]

The thing is, the business was making money. Had she just kept the guy out of it, the debt likely would have been paid off. But she was so focused on that debt.

[@melanietempleton2605]

Ohhh!

[@zua77]

That was my exact sentiment when watching it. If she didn’t try and swindle him, he would not have been able to swindle her. She did not want a relationship with that man, she wanted him to pay off her debt.

[@mvalenzuela6739]

Agreed!

[@happy80thgertrude25]

No abuse is warranted. This is a strange opinion.

[@user-ot7ue2yb2e]

the tweets between alex baldwin and “shane fox” don’t seem weird to me as someone who was on twitter in like 2011. celebrities were WEIRD on there and plenty of people had a bunch of followers who weren’t famous at all, kinda had ‘online friends’ and would tweet funny things at each other, etc. it wasn’t uncommon for a rando to gain a bunch of followers bc they made a celebrity laugh & engage w them enough times to make them seem relevant

[@lifeiscomplikated]

Watching the "Tinder Swindler" left me heartbroken for the victims, even if they weren't being very careful. I did not feel even a LITTLE but bad for this woman. I feel bad for her family, friends, and employees because she absolutely screwed them.

[@asarishepard8171]

Same here the tindler swindler girls seemed like fine people, just lonely that made them susceptible. This woman at least partly signed up. I feel bad for her employees not her.

[@paige2567]

The lying to investors and selfies in Rome while her employees aren’t getting paid convinced me that Sarma is not a victim.

[@ENTERTAINMENT-tc3uq]

I never saw her smile in any of the selfies, quite sad but at some point girl was being complicit and she did not even take responsibiltu for her part esprcially how things started to go bad at her restaurant. Like how bad dis she want her dog to be mortal 😩

[@rojamillerover]

Don't forget the hotel in Vegas

[@Hiiiiiiiiieeee]

Mhhhmm, he wasn't holding her ransom or forcing her. She let herself be led down that stupid road. Can't blame him 100%, this is definitely a 50%/50% situation

[@shawnalynn5198]

@@Hiiiiiiiiieeee I don't think I would go as far as to say 50/50 but she does have some % of responsibility. I know from first hand experience that abusive relationships can warp your reality, but....this is taking that really far. At some point you do have to use your own brain and say "hmm maybe the things he is telling me are not truthful." Also the restaurant workers seem to think she sucks so that colors my opinion a bit as well.

[@Hiiiiiiiiieeee]

@@shawnalynn5198 I mean, he wasn’t abusing her either. I didn’t hear one thing about physical or mental abuse. He was manipulative, but that is not abuse. There is a big difference. And the average human brain can tell when it’s being manipulated, and it appears this woman was pretty smart. So I’m just saying, it really seems more like she’s trying to play the victim and not make yourself look guilty when she is.

[@pigpjs]

There's a legal point where a victim also becomes a perpetrator. I think she crossed that point when she knew her employees weren't going to be paid. Between this and the Tinder Swindler I am flabbergasted these con men are able to get so much money out of people. If my sister asked me for $100 I would need an itemized list of everything she wanted to use that money for.

[@carlycrays2831]

I guess I feel bad for her because I have seen this in action. My mom met a guy who did the whole "I'm a badass secret super soldier" thing and, let me tell you, they are really convincing. He took so much money from her, got her to do all this stuff. It took a while for her to dump him.

[@Raz.C]

I'd like to borrow $100,000- Here's my itemised list: 1) Heroin. That's all.

[@Raz.C]

@@carlycrays2831 Letting him take all of YOUR money is forgivable. Letting him take all the money set aside as wages for your employees is a different bucket of rancid jizz!!!

[@missbraindamage]

Itemized list? Come on lmao

[@loverrlee]

I guess I’m a sucker cuz I’ve given my sister thousands of dollars without asking her what she’s using it for because I know she doesn’t make a lot of money and needs to pay her bills

[@meaganramsey5494]

lol, the manager's reaction to hearing about the meat suit was one of my favorite parts 😂...she was so scared to find out what it was 😅

[@KhanaHatake]

If she was actually "brainwashed" it was only because she was so lacking in nutrients that she couldn't think straight. Eat more than just raw vegetables, people.

[@vadinandez]

^This^ 😂

[@mysticstarseed444]

🤣

[@stephaniegibson765]

So far, this feels like Gwyneth Paltrow fanfiction.

[@nunpho]

Needs more candles and vag steaming

[@malibukaty11]

☠️☠️ omg 😂

[@chelscara]

This killed me 😂😂 too accurate

[@xosoxo391]

😂

[@flayful]

🙈😂🙈😂🙈

[@melissamarie7598]

Lmao I almost spit my drink out when you said “my power, my wealth, it’s all yours… hey by the way can I borrow 6 bucks?” Pretty much it.

[@lpr5269]

You and the dog are going to live forever. I guarantee it. By the way, can you spot me 50 grand so I can go play blackjack? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kenbrb6261]

That triggered me. Lol. Like online dating. Guys: I've got a great job and I'm a baller. Also Guys: Buy your own Starbucks.

[@redlemur9074]

I was thinking Sarna herself must have gotten addicted to gambling too, since after a point he wasn't hiding it. But then you showed that clip of her scratching her gambling scratch off tickets the way an addict scratches when they're all tweaked out. That cinched it, mystery explained.

[@nox6687]

An interesting thing to note, in Florida arrest records aren't automatically sealed like in other states. It's one of the many reasons why Florida Man will never die. But if the scammer guy's record of his first known crime were locked, then that means someone had to request for them to be.

[@HeyShayShay]

He was literally like "I'm not human" and she was like "okay, take all my money". Literally.

[@rojamillerover]

She was the biggest fool

[@melissahadjis1235]

Ikr? How?! I don’t get it?! 😱😱😱🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@LoveK1]

And people beating around the bush and NOT calling her a fool is not helping anyone. Critical thinking is CRUCIAL to survival and way too many people don’t have it anymore.

[@moramorandobianchi7093]

I mean, if someone tells me they can make my pet inmortal then I’ll be giving them all my money too js

[@HeyShayShay]

Hey @@moramorandobianchi7093 I can totally make your pet live forever.. plz sent the money and Dominoes pizza asap

[@HeavymetalHylian]

"I can't find healthy food" Goes to Chipotle regularly enough to befriend and drink 6-packs with one of the employees lmao

[@lolakaz]

I mean if that's her only option, it's probably the best she can get. I'm pretty sure you can eat vegan if ordering from chipotle and it's probably among the healthiest of fast food chains.

[@kristinachaney7391]

I love how she didn't pay her employees and cost investors hundreds of thousands of dollars and while she's a fugative on the run she's complaining about the lack of health food options for her in middle of nowhere Tennesee. haha

[@cuurlybangs]

Right? Like Tennessee has grocery stores.

[@nadirimyers6643]

I feel like with Sarma two things can be true at once. She can be a victim and also do things that have you like wtf. I feel like with her it was like “In for a penny in for a pound” and I feel like because it wasn’t her money specifically it may have been easier to justify maybe. Idk.

[@busturwindows95]

Jamie, I wanted to tell you how much your movie reviews mean to me. I deal with bipolar and depression each day is an absolute nightmare. But I seem to find my calm and peace when I watch your videos. You truly are an amazing content creator. I love everything you do. Please keep this up. You’re amazing! Evan. Indiana state.

[@Monbrax]

Imma be real. I played the movie for 2 mins, stopped it and said: “Aint nobody got time for that!” I’m glad you covered it, cause I certainly wasn’t gonna watch it ahahhaha

[@ashdash4475]

Same! I couldn't finish it

[@skylerpresley8223]

It was frying my brain I skipped out after the second episode!

[@rojamillerover]

I couldn't believe half of the stuff l read but l had invested time so l wasted more of my time. Felt infuriated watching

[@bmet102]

It was pretty shit I watched the whole thing but I don't know why. I didn't feel much empathy for any of them

[@katyjordan6455]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this comment, cause I was boutta go subject myself to it before watching her commentary. Now I know I don't need to do that lmao

[@kmac7302]

I can understand that people can be manipulated into believing the most outlandish things, but she knew she was not paying her employees. Ripping off faceless investors is one thing ( not defending it, it's still wrong) but ripping off people that you personally see every day and knowing that they rely on the pay check that they have worked for to survive while you are living it up on holidays or day dreaming about immortal dogs is another level. I've been in that position before and it's infuriating to see your boss posting on social media about their latest manicure while they are three weeks behind on your wages and you can't pay your bills.

[@KimixKicks]

I think shanthony isolated her enough and instilled fear enough that there were no other options but to get money. Bizarre and so wild, but it happens in scams all the time and people follow "authority" even to harm others -just like the Milgram experiment..

[@cozycasasmr4510]

Yes!!

[@yaileenmaldonadomendez6382]

Well remember, it was like he manipulated her into thinking she was living a simulation so he was more important than anything and the rest of the people didn't matter b/c they weren't even real like that.

[@nomdeplume2213]

@@yaileenmaldonadomendez6382 i cant believe anyone would believe she actually believed that... 😔 i think uve been brainwashed lop

[@yaileenmaldonadomendez6382]

@@nomdeplume2213 You'd be surprised at how manipulative some people can be.

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

19:03 -- ugh, that makes my blood boil. I worked for a spin-off restaurant by the other co-founder of Pure Food and Wine, and eventually worked in the raw vegan Academy attached to it (virtually) for a couple years. I had to fight for EVERY paycheck to be sent to me, literally calling and emailing daily until I finally got it, and they insisted on mailing checks, which delayed them all by (at least) a week (though they were often sent a week later than they should have been -- meaning it would take an average of 2-4 weeks before I got the paycheck that could have easily been a wire transfer/direct deposit on pay day). What's worse, the checks bounced on several occasions, and it was (again) an uphill battle just to be paid. I was a salaried position at that time (after working my way up to a team lead in the Admissions department from a server in the restaurant for over a year), meaning I worked unpaid overtime (as if they pay a salary, instead of hourly, they can expect more than 40 hours of work a week). I more than earned my pay, but it was Hell trying to get it every time. Her flippant dismissal of employees rightfully being concerned about their hard-earned pay in her comment is indescribably frustrating.

[@skylight016]

The most infuriating part of this documentary is how she refuses to take accountability for her actions. Spoilers but her mom got scanned by the this guy when they were on the run. The way she talks about it is so blasé she says she feels a little responsible when it is 100% her fault. She brought that guy into her and her family’s life.

[@blistertooth]

The thing that made me angriest about this is that if she would’ve just went for Alec Baldwin we all could have been spared from Hilaria Baldwin’s bad Spanish accent. Also, I know the weird Arby’s guy is a comedian but I refuse to accept that.

[@tweetyuno]

Alec might not steal from her but mistreat her like he does it with everybody else.

[@LittleRedWhine]

Wow, it occurs to me Alec really had a type- a con woman type

[@savvyroca]

Sad that Bad Vegan lady is far less annoying than “Hilaria”

[@moon_shoes]

I honestly was so irritated with her by the end of the docuseries. She just refused to take any accountability for all the horrible things she did to her employees and business partners and then just blamed it all on him and pretended to have been totally blindsided by everything. When they asked her if she felt bad for any of the people she fired or put in horrible situations and her reply was basically "Why would I?" From that moment on I no longer felt bad for her at all.

[@Liz-in8lu]

I totally agree thank you for saying this. I was very shocked at the lack of remorse and lack of empathy for her employees who really seem to support her.

[@tweetyuno]

Same here

[@w0345776]

Your straight hair and bangs…. IS. ABSOLUTELY. EVERYTHING!!!!! You’re gorgeous and obviously hilariously!!! Love you girlie!!!

[@thatonegirlie-lz]

I watched this documentary and I must say I have never been more confused like the story had so many things brought up but never spoke about😭

[@twiggystardust9573]

Jaime: "I, too, had a gambling problem when I was 12." 12 year old Jaime: "GAMBLIN'!!!!!!" This made my Sprite go down the wrong pipe and exit through both my mouth AND nose, which is the EXACT same thing that happened when Jaime did the "slumminit with bruthar's slobby seggonds" bit from Kissing Booth. Lesson learned. Jaime and Sprite don't mix.

[@JessicaDarling2]

…are you okay? 😅🫂

[@courtneyr214]

😂😂

[@AmandaPanda83]

Omgoodness I honestly think Jaime’s take on the slumminit quote is possibly the funniest thing I’ve watched her say. It isn’t just how it sounds, it was watching her mouth have to contort to get it out the way he said it. Too funny. P.S. I’m s fellow sprite lover and note taken to not consume while watching. P.S.S. Jaime may need a disclaimer at the beginning of her videos to not consume beverages unless you are okay with the unexpected potential of spitting it out

[@lesliemendez8393]

Same!!!! But with water. It was so unexpected 😂😂😂

[@amydaskilewicz9076]

I'm glad I saw this comment 'cuz if I saw that clip without any warning, I would've choked on air from laughing so hard

[@staceyrigby3064]

One thing I’ve learned is when Netflix wants to do a documentary on you… just say no because you will end up looking like an idiot

[@sandoz667]

😂😂😂

[@funmilayotijani3119]

I watched the whole thing and I kept wondering why they were portraying her as a victim. Yes the Shane guy was the major driver of the fraud but she cannot be completely absolved either.

[@marissabulso6439]

Well that’s one of the strangest stories I’ve heard in a long while. And her behavior is maybe the strangest part of all. It feels like she lost her grip on reality, especially money matters (including the impact her choices made on her employees, investors, and friends.) Trauma can do weird things to your brain and since Anthony put a ton of emphasis on “detach yourself from your money, trust it will all work out,” it’s certainly possible she can’t even manage money effectively right now. I mean, at the end she was pouring money into a man with a gambling problem. That’s abuse victim behavior, straight up. Untangling all of that will take a lot of time. Even understanding the impact of her own actions and her own accountability will take time. If she remains nonchalant and apparently not empathetic, then maybe it is a case of psychopathy (narcissism, sociopathy, etc.). But it kind of seems like she just isn’t really present in her own body right now. She seems totally detached and numb. It’s all very, very strange.

[@charlie.patton]

Ok… my husband is basically the “pit boss” at our local casino. He is the person counting your cards, watching your movements and interactions, he’s counting the exchange of money to make sure it’s correct, and he’s also the first person to alert security downstairs of anything improper that he sees. But do you know what he calls security the most for?… people pooping and peeing themselves. Yep, he calls down because these people are so addicted that they will literally sh*t and piss themselves over “risking” getting up to go to the bathroom. I used to be addicted to cigarettes and got to a point where I was smoking a pack a day. But I never got to the point where I’d sh*t myself in public just to keep smoking my cigarettes. I’m not surprised he came up with this outlandish story, in fact I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he was the type to also poop and piss himself either.

[@shae9364]

When I tell you my jaw dropped reading that...

[@reinadelaluz1573]

@@shae9364 right hahaha 🤣😂🤣

[@kristenlawrence4657]

Omg 🤭😭

[@melissamoonchild9216]

that took a weird turn

[@mirrormirror444]

wow I’m even more grossed out by casinos now.

[@heeree9630]

My friend Bonnie is in the doc, so that's why I watched it. (She's the one who said Shanthony looked like the Hamburglar.) Man, what a wild ride. She was the manager of Pure Food and Wine for several years before Shanthony showed up, and left before everything totally went sideways.

[@miriamhavard7621]

She seems like a lovely person. 🌺

[@heeree9630]

@@miriamhavard7621 She really is one of the best people I know.

[@dowth3]

I remember her from there seating me many times. She's quite tall, yes?

[@heeree9630]

@@dowth3 Yes, she's at least six feet tall.

[@dowth3]

@@heeree9630 Yes, I remember her being gracious and poised. I'm sorry for her troubles. I'm one of the people who "loaned" Sarma a little bit of money.

[@WickedRedheadWitch]

I'm pretty late to this, but I laughed all the time because of the story and the fact she is vegan and named after a balkan dish with meat and cabbage 😂

[@beatrizcuriel2609]

Sadly she ruined not only her employees, also her suppliers, heck even her own mother was scammed by the guy (no less than 60k according to the documentary) It amazed me how easy she could get people to give her lots of money without any guarantee.

[@vadinandez]

Pretty privilege.

[@claritybadb]

Her disconnection sounds like cognitive dissonance to me. Like, she got it but couldn't consciously face it because it was far too difficult to admit she'd gotten in to such a situation.

[@melissahadjis1235]

That’s what I think!

[@carlycrays2831]

People are too focused on the money aspect of this. This was never just about money. It seems like she really wanted to believe the story she was being told because she couldn't cope with the problems in her own life. And now that that is over, she doesn't understand how to process it.

[@OzmaOfOzz]

Cognitive shmognitive. She was an entitled jerk, period 🤦‍♀️

[@WinWinWoo]

Ye I hate how everyone says it shows she doesn’t care or whatever. People process things differently, and deal with things differently. She doesn’t need to be balling her eyes out to be remorseful for what she did

[@509wildflower]

Anthony’s dad corroborating his lies is wild. Also a scammer and manipulative liar? Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

[@rojamillerover]

He also needs to do time

[@marahmoonflower7926]

They are also born into those secret society families, and do all those things WYKYK

[@specializedchemicals6669]

@@marahmoonflower7926 suuuuure

[@kristenbartholomew4209]

Not that wild. Abuse isn’t a crazy instinct, it’s a learned behavior. Of course a dad that spent a lifetime abusing his partners is going to normalize and support his son in abusing their partners.

[@katiea.244]

@@kristenbartholomew4209 100%

[@stacybrenda157]

i couldn't even finish this documentary it literally took so much time to get to the point with the way Netflix decided to present it and i am really glad Jamie decided to break it down

[@WinWinWoo]

That’s a Netflix documentary for you. Milking an hour story to 6 or 7

[@madelinegallaty7724]

I usually don't leave youtube comments but here I am. Please do more documentary reviews. I love when you do bad/just okay movie reviews but this video (as well as your review of Long Shot when you referred back to the Boy Band Con documentary throughout) was super entertaining. Love your channel.

[@ashleymameme]

I could've thought she was a victim until she helped him with his "Michael" persona to defraud her friend.

[@randomlyswatching9481]

Yess

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

Maybe she's both a victim and an asshole

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Because victims of abuse are never pressured into helping their abuser.

[@ashleymameme]

@@Jane-oz7pp totally forgot victims of abuse are absolved of responsibility for the harm they cause others, Thanks Jane! 🥰🥰🥰 And I guess I should clarify I thought she was SOLELY a victim but instead she was both a victim and perpetrator...hope this helps! 🥰

[@racheldeschaine]

There were so many things they just offhandedly referenced and then NEVER talked about again it was so frustrating 😂😂

[@carlycrays2831]

I actually sort of liked that part. Like, there was just so much going on.

[@seaurchin4522]

Like the mystery blood! Who's blood??? Why blood??? Never mentioned again! I was afraid it was the dog's

[@FuzzImp]

I made it up to the point where I found out he was a high level gambling addict and his dad was too, and it all made sense. I had struggles with gambling and psychotic behavior like this is super easily explained. What I think they REALLY glossed over is that Sarma definitely was hanging out in all the casinos and also participated a lot more than she let on and basically got off the hook painting herself in a better light. I was also annoyed about the fixation on the pizza and wings since it had so little to do with what was wrong and I watched the whole documentary and got real mad by the end. I liked this video though. This video would pair well with any dominos offerings and leave you in a better place than watching the Netflix “documentary”

[@Liz-in8lu]

By the end, I was really frustrated with her. She was confused why the interviewing was asking questions about why they drove to Montreal. And she took no accountability. You can’t be that stupid.

[@loriloo1039]

This guy takes gaslighting to a whole other level.

[@spikesecho724]

Sarma comes off.....as SUCH a clueless person throughout this story, on so many levels, and it peeved me so much how she somehow climbed to such success in her life.

[@meaganmccabe5856]

THANK YOU!

[@kelseyrenee91]

I'm definitely wondering the same thing; how did she become so successful and I can't even get a job lmao maybe being clueless pays?

[@leyanash3585]

@@kelseyrenee91 Ill tell you how, Sarma was a gorgeous blonde. Lol (edit: Also I don't believe Sarma is as clueless as the documentary tried to paint her as. )

[@caseyw.6550]

Pretty privilege is for real.

[@caseyw.6550]

@@leyanash3585 took the words right out of my mouth. Lol

[@heatherlynn4652]

He's not taking about vegans in general he means raw vegans. And he's absolutely correct. There's some weird sht in that community. Also the focus on his weight prly has to do with the fact that ed's are very prevalent among raw vegans. A lot of people come to that community from an ed because people like freelee the banana girl told them they're too fat, and raw veganism will allow them to binge without ever gaining weight

[@silentfriend369]

Exactly...

[@bdenise4164]

I tried watching this.. and i couldn’t get through it. It’s ridiculous. She’s pathetic to make a documentary to point the finger at someone else.

[@A_Girl_named_nick]

I have watched this like 5 times. I just have you on in the background while I am working so I come in and out of paying attention. Your videos CRACK ME UP! And I love how you can help make the day fly by!

[@Lynsey17]

There's SO many things insane about the story, but I feel like it starts with Shane/Anthony's job being black ops or something similarly secretive while also having a ton of Twitter followers and Tweeting Alec Baldwin.

[@carriefingsolomon]

Totally…red flags

[@daniellethomas3745]

FYI: Sarma is very very intelligent and super business savvy. She owned multiple businesses and even had a line of snacks at Whole Foods. She went to Ivy League Wharton School of Business… so it’s a little hard to believe she didn’t know she was defrauding investors and using that dirty money to take lavish trips to Europe. And she seems a bit too smart to be manipulated by a guy who eats… gasp…domino’s pizza!

[@sailorarwen6101]

It sounds like you’re saying smart people can’t eat Dominoes 🤨

[@nicolemenard2147]

So you're saying smart people can't be mentally abused and manipulated? Ummm...ok then.

[@daniellethomas3745]

@@nicolemenard2147 no I’m saying it makes it harder to believe that someone can be completely manipulated into stealing hundreds of thousands in investments, neglect employees, and become a fugitive. I feel like this documentary was so one sided(because it literally was), that it feels contrived.

[@daniellethomas3745]

@@sailorarwen6101 I guess the joke went over your head

[@blalala5837]

@@nicolemenard2147 i think its that either way, in the end even after she realized she was stealing from employees.... she kept stealing. From employees. Even so that she was calling herself another name. Im not saying she wasnt manipulated, but she said she never knew it was wrong. Pretty sure she knew at some point.

[@meganmccaffrey5066]

I refuse to believe that she thought he was in special ops or could make her dog immortal… there is no way in hell. I do believe he was emotionally abusive and she got in too deep, but part of it was a schtick on her part.

[@brittanycuzzo7343]

The whole doc was trying to show how nice and great she is before she met the guy… and that didn’t sit right with me. She through the whole thing, had no remorse and accountability to what she did. She has taken the victim role and sticking by it when I honestly do think that was 100% the case.

[@ginger_nspice]

Here's why Sarma is not a victim. All of her fantastical motivations for lying and "borrowing" money were SELFISH. So that SHE could obtain gifts of wealth and immortality (not out of fear for her safety or anything). She wasn't abused, she wasn't defrauded (never was her own money), she wasn't in danger.

[@KimixKicks]

She believed that was the only way to live based on shanthony (but I definitely agree that his logic to his whole money and immortality is very selfish). I don't think it's so black and white though - It reminds me how he keeps telling her over and over how the restaurant opened again after the first time it closed and he convinced her everything would work out for everyone if she just did was needed to do (money-wise) to gain immortality/etc..

[@jeanettemullins]

Yes, I think it's convenient for her to play the victim to try to rebuild her reputation but it doesn't add up.

[@taryn3611]

Can we talk about how the whole doc seemed to be on Sarma's side and then at the last second implied she was complicit all along? It was just a creepy twist it seemed like.

[@ananse77]

Netflix did that deliberately to mislead the viewer. They played a clip from earlier in their relationship.

[@mackenziegomez2159]

Idk how you don't have Bailey Sarian level views and subs! You are my favorite channel. The rebrand I think was soooo good. But I'm one lil goober.

[@MelRackley]

LOVE these videos because I DO NOT want to watch some of these but you do FOR ME and make it entertaining :) MORE PLEASE! :)

[@taylorludwig32]

This documentary is WILD!!! That guy is an absolute PSYCO!!! The recorded calls are crazy and what he says is disgusting and violent!! It blows my mind how this woman fell for the complete insanity that Anthony was spewing. She's just as insane as he is. Just my opinion on it.

[@carlycrays2831]

I think part of what makes it scary is that it is so normal. This is what abuse often looks like. It drives both people nuts.

[@MeghanH6280]

I have an extremely hard time viewing her as a "victim". First, if she believed half of what he was telling her off the bat with no proof, then she is not brain washed, she is extremely gullible. Who in their right mind would believe that someone can make them and their dog immortal?? Secondly, she doesn't come off as remorseful at all..she is asked questions and just very casually answers them with no emotions, no guilt, no embarrassment that as a grown woman she allowed all of this to go on as long as it did, especially after finding out he took her mom for money as well. And thirdly, when it ended with her having a recent phone call with him and laughing like they were just reminiscing about memories, it came off to me that she was the biggest con artist in the situation bc she got all these people to believe her. She acts more like a 15 year old girl who just saw Twilight for the first time and wants to believe her vampire heartthrob is coming to take her away to a better life, all while her employees are worrying about how they are going to pay their bills. I hated every second of it and wish I didn't waste my time. I can't believe she was paid to sit there and nonchalantly give half-assed answers.

[@brittanycuzzo7343]

My thoughts exactly. I feel like if I was truly brainwashed/manipulated and then finally was “broken” from that “spell”.. I would feel remorse and would want to show that to others to tell them how sorry I was. I got angry when they asked her a question along the lines of thinking one way.. she got super defensive and annoyed. From watching victims from mental abuse or cults.. you usually see a sense of remorse or confusion reflecting based on that time. When you look at the call she had with the guy in the very beginning about doing the documentary it only felt like a way to clear her name

[@ananse77]

The ending was misleading. Netflix played a recording from earlier in their relationship. Sama tweeted about it. Don't mind if she's paid if it means that her employees and investors get at least some of their money back.

[@sadeeb7664]

Exactly! I feel the exact same way.

[@jda58tex]

Yes, yes, and yes!

[@auroraborelia9504]

I've just watched this and I think she's a liability! Gullible to say the least! The part that got me was after all of this, at the end of the documentary. She calls him and they laugh and joke- he tells her she's beautiful and he loves her and she flirts back! Gross 🤢 Love the homeless man that sits and smokes with the leather jacket! The star of this show!

[@kristinlucernoni6961]

I’m so glad you reviewed this documentary! I binge watched it in a day. The ridiculousness was so addicting!!

[@thebitchwhisperer]

Your editing work never ceases to impress me! So good

[@ursulabarwise4136]

When my husband and I watched this on Netflix we were just shocked, like we’ve both been in situations when someone tried to scam us, and we both like “nope” it’s just wild how she didn’t give Alec Baldwin the time of day, but this random stranger she’s happy to connect with? The whole thing is just bizarre… having said that, in my country people are being scammed with the whole “if you give us money now you will get more later” scam.

[@suedefringe]

Cause Alec isn't in charge of his own money probably lol

[@acherontiaXstyx]

Btw, Sarma is a funny name for a vegan, because over here in the Balkans sarma is a dish - it's pickled cabbage rolls filled with minced meat and rice :D

[@danyeldoyle9685]

She didn’t name herself. That the name her parents gave her when she was born. It’s ironic that she became a vegan later in life.

[@BebbaDubbs]

@@danyeldoyle9685 yeah, it's still a funny name since she's now vegan.

[@danyeldoyle9685]

@@BebbaDubbs I agree you just worded it weird in my opinion. It would be funnier if it translated to 💩. 😂

[@Kimbaface]

Love it.

[@sintijapriede5630]

She has Latvian origins, she was born in Riga, Latvia and her name Sarma in Latvian means Frost. Ironic thing is that her surname means Black Rooster. I am a Latvian myself and this documentary was indeed widely discussed in media.

[@jenniferbaker5167]

Thank goodness you posted this. You just saved me hours of my life! Thanks again for quality content and looking out for us Jaime!

[@jif635]

I remember I put this on during some light exercise & I just got so lost, like I kept wondering when the vegan restaurant theme would come back & I think I gave up 3/4ths of the way through but retained nothing 😀 So thanks tbh for a much more entertaining recap 😂

[@kylabella05]

“Meat Suit” is meant to be human skin, we are “wearing meat suits” was my interpretation of that phrase. Anthony obviously wakes up and puts his meat suit on over his non human form….. c’mon guys 🙄🤣

[@marahmoonflower7926]

Thank you, looking to see how many more people are awake...

[@lepracybabe]

😂😂😂

[@starsINSPACE]

Yeah meat suit is a pretty common phrase in sci fi; often its about someone getting rid of their "meat suit" ie their mortal body to become an artificial intelligence.

[@kylabella05]

@@starsINSPACE makes sense!!!

[@kylabella05]

@@marahmoonflower7926 eyes wide open! Sometimes I think I’m “too awake” 🤣

[@hope-cat4894]

I guess sending pics of dogs you can adopt to someone who keeps messaging you and says they are "feeling lonely" is probably the nicest way to reject someone's advances on Twitter. 🤔

[@BadPrincessLili]

I loved that you pointed out the questions that were in my head. I thought it was just me wondering about that.

[@thepartyofone9329]

Jaime, your editing…it’s just….sooo good

[@nbcali3390]

I fell asleep while watching this and missed a whole episode and a half. I was very very confused but also so disinterested already that I just kept watching without knowing what happened. This recap is 1000% more interesting.

[@mandyjuelz]

Same thing happened to me, I missed some parts on the first time around but I love Jaime’s recap. 😆

[@cozycasasmr4510]

Lmao same and the next day I went back and rewatched it and I felt like I had missed nothing coz it was so convoluted

[@Melaniemarsman59]

I can just listen to Jaime for hours talking about anything cause she sounds like a friend.

[@ElsaLoui]

Great video! Thank you so much for doing such a great job covering this ❤️

[@mirrormirror444]

I couldn’t sleep one night so I thought I’d watch this and it was so bizarre I couldn’t stop watching I stayed up all night watching the entire series. Sarma was definitely manipulated and abused by Shanthony but she seemed to give up at one point and let it happen.

[@KRSims-tr7zj]

As someone who just ordered Domino's for dinner, I could not have picked a better video to watch

[@mandyjuelz]

Literally the same with me too! 😆

[@melissuhhx3]

I also ordered dominoes last night when I watched it 😂

[@AbbyL0VE]

I’m definitely craving some domino’s now. 😂

[@amcgill3378]

So many things left unsaid with this doc. I watched it on a whim and I was sucked in so quick. I find it incredibly disturbing that someone can cause that much monetary damage and only serve one year!!! What gives????

[@rojamillerover]

Yea he should have served more time. The worst part he had a lot money in his prison account meaning he was still swindling people from behind bars

[@GataMiau44]

Right?!?

[@mistyarcher802]

Note to self, if you're doing crime don't order pizza LMAO

[@carlykienow3861]

Fekkin kilt this, Jamie And Nick!!!!!! I have been a video producer/storyteller for 13 years. Great breakdown PLUSSSSSS the extra info from or rather left out by Netflix!!!!!!! SO good. This is what my lonesome needs MORE of! Seriously, your extra research to tell this story was fire. Where else we gonna find this but you and Nick!!??? Again, incredible breakdown and you weren't shitty which I know is NOT your thing, but so many others are that way. I appreciate your way of storytelling with not being shitty when it was an easy target. Keep it up. I am here for this even though sometimes I miss you reminding me to be better at blending. I'll figure that part out, lol. Great vid!!!! Also, you know we all want good dogs to be immortal, lol but also let's pay people in NYC their rent money. WOOF AND NOT THE IMMORTAL KIND!

[@shaz2868]

That 'fat bastard' comment had me burst out laughing, how rude 😂😂😂. I watched the trailer and thought it was a restaurant owner wasn't really a vegan and pretending that her dishes was vegan. Using regular butter and hidden eggs in her cakes 😂

[@daniellewashington1932]

Riiiggghhhttt!!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@eloisethekitkat5223]

i heard abt this story on a true crime podcast and thought she was selling human flesh on her menu-

[@laurenp1078]

I miss the old days of Twitter when it was hyped as a way you could actually talk to celebrities like they were real people. Except the celebrities were just Ashton Kutcher, Katy Perry, Ellen and Alec Baldwin.

[@shannonceleste5557]

Congrats on hitting 500k!!😍

[@papertiger5999]

I need to find more of your documentary videos. Crazy times and I love how you explain them. I think its fun to watch and then see what you have to say hehe

[@shaynalightfoot1414]

Off topic, but you mentioned it- Abducted in Plain Sight made me livid, enraged, incensed, furious… words fail me. I consume a TON of True Crime, but that made me have to pause and leave the room for a bit.

[@zua77]

The parents were trash!

[@sinistersaint]

SHANTHONY. Damn I needed that name to keep up with this creep during the documentary. It was way too difficult keeping tabs on who the hell they were talking about sometimes.... You know, at the Straunt.

[@autumnrose6373]

I would rather watch you tell me about a movie/series rather than watch it myself ... thank you! I've just recently found this channel and I'm LOVING the content!! Currently binging

[@lani1353]

Love that you're doing documentaries/docu-series 😊 I do wish Netflix included that last fact; "good is good"

[@maddicarlson4267]

I think she was a bit of both a victim and not a victim. She definitely started off as one and I bet she felt like she couldn't get out by the time she realized what was going on. She then just kept doing it and was no longer the victim. She definitely got taken advantage of.

[@rissafarrar332]

Sarma doesn’t seem to be a helpless victim. She seems to be just as horrible as ShAnthony.

[@arikalamari19]

wonderful how everyone feels entitled for a comment

[@kimbooley90]

@@arikalamari19 wonderful how everyone feels entitled for a comment

[@adhoc7035]

Thank you for what you do. Thank you for this interview, and the incredible look into this. This is impactful and important for everyone. My utmost respect and gratitude.

[@SodiumFilledPondue]

I have such a hard time wrapping my head around this story.