Editing Jared (section)

====Jared's Response====
<blockquote>“What this all came down to was people saying that I was exchanging nudes with fans on Snapchat and Tumblr, and a lot of people wanna know if I did any of that. Yeah I did, and I always made it clear that it was for consenting adults only. This came about when numerous people had asked me about it and wanted to know if it was OK to do. I said yes, that it would be a safe place for people who wish to express themselves in that way and for me to express and for me to express myself in that way. It was an open invitation for those who wanted to do it, and that I wouldn't be offended, or upset, and that nothing would be shared, or saved, without explicit permission. To be clear it was an open invitation to those who wanted to participate, the choice was always up to them. At no point did I ever go through my followers list and single out individuals or screen names and pursue them, I never did that. I always left the choice up to them, let them choose to engage or not, to initiate or have nothing at all. I made a cautious effort to treat everyone with the same respect. always. And I see no shame what goes on between consenting adults. It was never meant to be an abuse of power, I never offered anyone anything in return, like making them a Twitch mod, or early access to a YouTube video or whatever. I also never threatened anyone, any kind of punishment if they didn't, or anything like that. However I wanted to acknowledge now that there was a power in balance. That comes down to who I am, and what I do. Even if there was nothing offered in return, there was still incentive for people to do it, because I am a YouTuber. It doesn't matter how neutral the intent was, just being in this position causes a power imbalance. And a lot of people saw that and were upset at me for that reason, and to those of you who feel that way, I  completely understand how you feel and why, you feel that way. And I'm sorry. I feel that what I was doing was not predatory, but it was unhealthy.”

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBywRBbDUjA ―Jared in his response video]</blockquote>[[File:Jared responding to the allegations against him.png|thumb|Jared responding to the allegations against him|210x210px]]
On August 27, 2019, Jared uploaded the video "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBywRBbDUjA YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO]" to his channel after a long absence from the internet.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBywRBbDUjA</ref> Jared revealed that the reason why he did not provide a further response to the allegations against him at the time was that he was in talks with his lawyers and wanted to wait until he had compiled evidence against all of the claims against him before he made a full response.

In the video, Jared explained that he did indeed exchange nudes with fans on Tumblr and Snapchat, but said that it was for consenting adults only and that he never forced or abused people for nudes directly - in other words it was an open invitation to people who wanted to express themselves in that way with no incentive. Jared did however acknowledge that it was an "unhealthy" thing to do and that he understood why people took issue with this practice.

Jared then provides evidence against the claims that he solicited nudes from minors, showing that both of the allegations were unsubstantiated and could not have taken place, with the one with Chai seemingly not taking place at all, and the other, Charlie, who despite Jared having indeed talked to on Tumblr, never turned sexual. He also states he had no knowledge of the two being under 18 at the time and that they lied about their age to him.

Jared also states that he never cheated on Heidi and that he was already attempting to get a divorce as early as October 2018, before he began his relationship with Holly, as well as that Heidi had refused to agree to it initially. Then Jared displayed screenshots of his messages with his divorce lawyer taken around that time. At the end, Jared criticizes all YouTubers who commented on the situation without fully understanding of the situation or to get his side of the story.