YouTuber & singer Gabbie Hanna speaks about internet fame, meme culture & authenticity online

Gabbie Hanna answers questions from the Oxford Union audience
Ms Hanna has released two studio albums and written both plays and books. She took a break from social media in 2022 after she posted over 100 TikTok videos in one day - which she later attributed to a manic episode brought on by bipolar.
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[@MaddieJane]

she's really still mad about rachel oates huh

[@broskination]

Literally! 💀 Rachel is rent free up there. “What are your qualifications to judging my art?” Girl you put out 2 “poetry” books to the public. The public isn’t allowed to critique it?? That high horse is *high*.

[@girlbrains163]

@@broskinationGabbie sent Rachel a copy specifically to review too. Gabbie then absolutely terrorized her in response to an intelligent, honest, constructive critique. Ridiculous twisting of history by Gabbie.

[@Paul__Allen]

She is unhinged

[@stigolumpy]

Massively unhinged. The narcissism is off the charts and she cannot see that people have a right to criticise. She brags so much as well, to the extent that I was already exhausted five minutes into this. Oh and authenticity is fine but please have some insight that you were having a mental health crisis Gabbie..

[@mrhat50]

​@@stigolumpy Megalomaniac

[@RoxanneLavender]

If this is what you people think is unhinged, then you live in a bubble and are never around people.

[@mrhat50]

The Oxford Union has lost a few standards.

[@koolmaaan]

ALL standards…. And it’s been this bad for a long time now 😢

[@mrhat50]

I remember when the Oxford Union hosted guest speakers from Richard Dawkins to Christopher Hitchens now this???

[@lalailm]

So you basically saying you want a debate group to only bring people YOU agree with or that you like? Just wondering, you do know that the very premise behind debating is having access to as many points of view as possible, including the ones you dont necessarily like/agree with, right?

[@mrhat50]

@@lalailm No, I am to constructing that argument. What I am trying to explain here is that the Oxford Union in terms of the past was known to host guest speakers that were actually members of academic excellence with the expectation of successful entrepreneurs and Nobel prize winning journalists! A KZbinr is hardly what I would call a guest of honour or a guest academic excellence.

[@lalailm]

@@mrhat50 this is the exact type of thought that fosters academic elitism. Valuable knowledge is not restricted to academic titles and accolades.

[@rp7773]

This is an all-time low for the Oxford Union. Perfectly justifiable to invite a social media influencer to talk but *this woman*? Really scraping the barrel

[@Thomassteven00]

You clearly know nothing about this page if you think Gabbie is an all time low when they have literally had Kevin McCarthy, Sebastian Gorka, & Katie Hopkins speak honestly they could have gotten way worse influencers like Trisha Paytas, Colleen Ballinger, Shane Dawson, Jeffree Star, or Shane Dawson to speak i would rather they Gabbie or over any of those people any day of the week.

[@broskination]

Her narcissism is almost impressive.

[@LHS427]

Do not virtually diagnose someone if you are not a clinician. NPD is a serious medical condition that should not be prescribed casually.

[@broskination]

@@LHS427haha you do you you can have traits and not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of NPD, anyone can have traits of narcissism. if you've seen her behavior for the last decade on the internet, you would know that that is not far off at ALL.

[@LHS427]

@@broskination diagnosing over the internet is egregious and inappropriate. It’s not about me doing me, it’s about upholding clinical appropriateness.

[@bitchinthematrix]

⁠​⁠@@LHS427clinical appropriateness LMAO go take a nap, you sound like a belligerent toddler in these comments. FYI a mental illness *literally* cannot be “prescribed casually” doc 😂

[@fathima1639]

@@LHS427 since you seem to be enjoying lecturing everyone here and kissing a talentless unintelligent influencer’s bum, let me educate you about the fact that narcissism is not a diagnosis, it is a trait that lies on a spectrum. For example people like you and Gabbie lie far ahead on the spectrum judging by how you talk a lot on topics which you have no credentials or nuance for while Jesus or Buddha might be on the lower end of the spectrum. NPD on the other hand is a disorder which I am pretty sure she does have too lolol. Get a life

[@aleesiauh]

She dont do any of the philanthropy she claims. If she did, we would all have known

[@girlbrains163]

She sold her badly written poetry for money, anyone can give criticism.

[@sacgv9477]

You are unhinged. How many comments do you need to leave on the internet about Gabbie Hanna?

[@pianoman1258]

My goodness…… really….. ? whining you tube self publicist that I and probably most sane people have never heard of…..! Oxford union please raise your standards….. saying that there’s not exactly a full house….….

[@NamanKumarSharma]

Who's next entertainer and daredevil Vitaly 😂😂😂 I mean the halls of Oxford has lost its value with these guest

[@TheeCommentSection]

Oxford union??? What a joke

[@mrhat50]

Oxford are scraping the barrel to say the least.

[@lornatw]

I'm so glad there are people who can see through the easy judgements and see just how incredible, honest and a light Gabbie and her story and art is much love always 💗

[@hmq9052]

Who?

[@lalailm]

This comment section is such a perfect example of what COGNITIVE DISSONANCE is i keep coming back to read it bc it’s fascinating to see the levels of coping that cancel culture supporters are having to do here just bc they don’t accept that there are people out there who care about what Gabbie Hanna has to say.

[@momowawa447]

People calm down, look at how many are listening to her 😂

[@dauntae24]

This women was acting inappropriately with children. I’m astonished she was a guest.

[@LHS427]

I think you're confusing her for someone else.

[@girlbrains163]

@@LHS427she scammed children

[@LHS427]

@@girlbrains163how?

[@Thomassteven00]

@@girlbrains163If you’re talking about the makeup brushes last I checked she didn’t run the company and she recommended it because her experience with the company was personally positive… Also are you one to be outraged about someone “scamming” children when you’re publicly subscribed to Trisha Paytas who has actually sexualized and been inappropriate with minors and defended her predator ex-BFF (Shane Dawson) and only stopped her friendship when she was personally effected by him?!

[@girlbrains163]

@@Thomassteven00 imagine defending this talentless idiot so hard 😂 for the record, she said the brushes were worth $80. That’s a scam.

[@deathrays]

where are your standards? what is she wearing? this is messy.

[@123gillam]

UNSUBSCRIBED

[@heyhorinshi]

Anyone else, grab ant freshman from the corridors and it would be better

[@Mithilanchalwala]

Bihar ! India !

[@catcat9582]

Are you joking?

[@zcorpalpha2462]

What we need is the INTERNET 🛜 to be GONE ‼️🥃🔥

[@gouravmisra2317]

Good afternoon ma'am 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ThatFont]

Seeing defenders of Gabbie’s actions attacking people for having an opinion based on her online history is just becoming terrifying at this point. Do you think acting like her is going to get you far? I used to defend her myself when it was about a MH crisis, but she literally grifted religion and hasn’t apologized for attacking others *personally* over little to nothing, especially Jessie Smiles; Gabbie tried to manipulate that situation so hard. She has no remorse, and is virtue signalling through Christ. I’ve never been a part of a more toxic fan base than hers, I urge you frequent commenters to consider all of the facts and realize who you’re supporting, especially fellow Christians.

[@CliveTheFrog]

OI BIG NOSE 👃 😂

[@darbie2600]

Have a bad day

[@teamboy19]

Who ?