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Colleen Ballinger Breaks Her Silence In Brand New YouTube Vlog Amid Controversy!

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By Taylor Hodgkins on June 28, 2023 at 5:20 PM EDT

Colleen Ballinger has posted a response to the social media allegations alleging the YouTube star has acted inappropriately with her young fanbase.

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Ballinger, 36, has faced allegations of traumatizing an attendee of her "Miranda Sings" live shows after a concert stunt went wrong, and sharing personal information with young fans via direct messages.

She has been notably silent since the former situation began making headlines earlier this month. Ballinger has not posted any videos on her two YouTubes channels, nor has she been active on Instagram.

The vlogger and entertainer posted a YouTube video simply titled "hi" where she revealed her side of the story by singing an original song.

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Inside Ballinger's New Apology Video

In the 10-minute video, Ballinger addresses the controversies in a song. The "Miranda Sings" star revealed she had been strongly advised by her team not to speak up, but she revealed she had realized singing her story would be different.

A visibly nervous Ballinger opens the video by singing "Hey, it's been a while since you saw my face. I haven't been doing so great, so I did a little break. So, a lot of people are saying some things about me that aren't quite true, doesn't matter if it's true though. Just as long as it's entertaining, too, right? You guys having fun?"

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She then kicks off the song, presumably titled "Toxic Gossip Train."

The lyrics go, "All aboard the toxic gossip train/chuggin' down the tracks of misinformation/the toxic gossip train/ you got a one-way ticket to manipulation station/ toxic gossip train/tie me to the tracks, and harass me for my past/These rumors look like facts if you don't mind the gaps/I won't survive in the crash, but hey/at least you're having fun."

Ballinger Provides Her Perspective Surrounding The Controversies

Colleen Ballinger YouTube apology video
via Instagram|@colleen

At the 1:12 mark, Ballinger begins explaining her perspective.

"Hi, everyone. I've been wanting to come online and talk to you about a few things," she said, continuing to strum her ukelele. "Um, even though my team has STORONGLY advised me to not say what I want to say. I recently realized they never said I couldn't sing," Ballinger continued. "Here I am, and today I only want to talk about the facts. So, I hope you will be willing to listen."

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"Many years ago, I used to message my fans," she continued. "Uh, but not in a creepy way, like a lot of you are trying to suggest. It was more of a loser kind of way. I was just trying to be 'besties' with everybody. It's kinda like when you go to a family gathering, you know, and there's a weird aunt there who keeps going up to you and going 'Hey girl, what's the tea?' and you're like, ehhh. That was me," Ballinger clarified. "But in group chats with my fans. It was weird. I've been sharing my life online for over 15 years, I've poured my heart out to you and because of that, I feel like I'm talking to my friends, but at the beginning of my career, I didn't really understand that maybe there should be some boundaries," she went on to sing.

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"There were times in the DMs where I would overshare details of my life which was really weird of me. I haven't done that for years, you see because I changed my behavior and I took accountability. But that's not very interesting, is it?" she asks, squinting at the camera, before launching into another chorus.

"In all seriousness, I do think it's really important to hold people accountable for mistakes. We should hope that everyone can learn from their mistakes and grow, and change their behavior and be a better person. And this is something I've always tried to do when I make mistakes, and something I will continue to do- what? you don't care? Oh, okay," Ballinger continued.

"I thought you wanted me to take accountability, but that's not the point of your mob mentality, is it?" she sings. "Your goal is to ruin the life of the person you despise while you dramatize your lies and monetize their demise. I feel like I can already hear the comments on this video," she goes on. "She's gaslighting, manipulating, ugh she's a narcissist and a rat, I would never make a mistake like that..."

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"I also want to take a minute to talk about that girl, 'Miranda Sings.' You know the one," Ballinger went on to say. "She's PG-13. It says that on my website and it's always been that way, and that's why you won't find my videos on the YouTube Kids app. I didn't realize it was my responsibility to decide what was appropriate for every kid to see," she sings. "I've always relied on parents to decide if they're comfortable with their families watching my YouTube videos or coming to my live shows..."

You can find the full video via Ballinger's channel here.

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