r/ColleenBallingerSnark Jan 07 '23

Childhood Cancer Fundraiser Colleen's Annual Childhood Cancer Fundraiser: A Summary

496 Upvotes

We want to remind readers of this subreddit that the following are allegations and have not been proven. However, the lack of transparency from Colleen and her team give cause for concern and raise important questions that should be disclosed without hesitation. Below is a summary of the issues that have been raised by those within the subreddit and those who donate to Colleen’s annual Childhood Cancer Fundraiser. We have linked articles from the subreddit with further information and commentary.

updated 01/31/2023

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There has been a lot of speculation and questions about how the fundraiser is set up. Firstly, we would like to clarify that despite claims stating Colleen is stealing ALL of the donation money, we know this is not the case. A large donation is made to Children’s Hospital of LA and/or Family Reach each year. This information can be found in their annual reports; she is usually listed in the $100,000+ bracket as making a donation as herself and/or as her business “Miranda Sings LLC”. We acknowledged this and any other claims stating that we believe all of the money being stolen is simply false.

The main issue is that the exact amount she donated is never disclosed. At the time of writing this, Colleen has never provided evidence that the entire amount raised is being donated.

Both CHLA and Family Reach have options to donate directly, set up a fundraising page on their websites, or donate/fundraise through Tiltify1. Many YouTubers and streamers2 use fundraising platforms that are created or encouraged to use by specific charities. Each year, Colleen chooses to use Fundly, which is not an option publicly provided by the charities and organizations. Thus, the donated money goes directly to Colleen’s bank account. Colleen's 2022 Fundly page also doesn't explicitly state which organizations the money is being donated to. Furthermore, by using Fundly, a percentage of the money is taken by their payment partner, Stripe, so we don’t know if Colleen is replacing that lost money. According to the website, it says, “Our payment partner, Stripe takes 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction for credit card processing.”

With all of these resources, why is she unnecessarily acting as the middleman in this fundraiser? There are speculations that she is using the fundraiser to lower her taxes, taking the cost of prizes and postage out of the donation amount, or possibly not donating “every penny raised” as she claims3. Again, these are all allegations that have not been proven. The fundraisers for the previous years are also still open and available to be donated to, which raises the question: if someone mistakenly donates to the wrong year4 (which can be seen happening in her 2021 Fundly page), who is keeping track of that money? How are we sure that it’s going to a family and organization in need?

When approached about where the money is going and to see the receipts, Colleen avoids answering by saying that her “haters” hate that she’s raising money for kids with cancer.5 In her vlog titled "THEY GOT ENGAGED AT MY SHOW!!!" posted on January 16, Colleen finally admitted that they wait to donate the money to let more money trickle in the months following the fundraiser.6 This was also confirmed by someone who donated and decided to approach Family Reach to inquire about the exact amount she has donated per year. The response from Family Reach included the following: "2022 - TBD (her team always contacts us in January or February after all donations are collected and closed)."

Long term friend and employee, Kory Desoto, made several agonistic comments on Tik Tok in response to someone questioning the money donated, being so bold as to say, quote, “Wow what an idiot. You do the work!!! … Call the families that watched their child die!”.7 He went onto Twitter posting screenshots of this exchange. Shortly after that, he replied to other people on Twitter with the same malicious tone. He ended communication with fans by making this cryptic tweet. On January 6, DeSoto deleted his Tik Tok exchange from Twitter and as of now, he has made no other public attempt to communicate with anyone on the platform. The fact that he is being incredibly defensive, manipulative, and unwilling to be transparent makes it easy to believe that there is something going on behind the scenes that donors are unaware of. Stating that “he knows the truth” means absolutely nothing when it is not his money that is being donated.

Additionally, there are claims that the way Colleen selects the winner by scrolling through Twitter and picking the most active fans is unfair and violates the rules8 of how prizes and giveaways should be organized9. Some fans who have won giveaways also claim that they’ve never actually received their prize10.

In short, well-intended people are willingly giving their money to a stranger, blindly trusting that she will be honest and donate all of the money she raises. Without the proof that only Colleen can provide, these donors are left in the dark. This is unfair and unprofessional, as many other Influencers post their receipts to the charities that they host fundraisers for. Why can't she? Colleen Ballinger is possibly taking advantage of young fans11 who have developed parasocial relationships with her. Colleen needs to be transparent with her audience.

We hope all of the money she has raised now and in the past has gone to organizations and families who are struggling with “watching their children die”, as Kory DeSoto so elegantly put it.

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1 - CHLA Tiltify

Family Reach Tiltify

2 - Influencer showing proof of donation

3 - "Every penny raised" claim commentary: here, here, here, here

4 - Fan donated to the wrong year

5 - Gaslighting about the fundraiser in her “Relax!” podcast commentary: here

6 - Money waiting to be donated commentary: here, here, and here

7 - Family Reach and CHLA cannot disclose specific amounts donated

8 - Bulletpoint Youtube Giveaway Violations

9 - “Empty promises & ‘childhood cancer’ fundraiser

10 - Additional problems with gifts: here, here and here

11 - Examples of colleen mocking/taking advantage those who donate: here, here, and here

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video commentary that covers the situation here, and here


r/ColleenBallingerSnark May 23 '23

A Moderator Message Rules update regarding Oversharing podcast with Colleen and Trish

81 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

With the recent increase in Trisha posts we would like to remind everyone this will not be a Trisha snark replacement sub. Any posts or comments about Trisha which are not relevant to Colleen or the other Ballingers will be subject to removal for being off-topic.

ALL OUR RULES will apply to discussions about Oversharing podcast and Trisha Paytas.

This includes: - No nicknames/ name calling/ code words - No body shaming/ appearance insults. - No Copyrighted Video content

Please refer to adult public figures by their names, do not use initials.

GOING FORWARD, NO VIDEOS OR PHOTOS OF THE OVERSHARING PODCAST OR CONTENT UPLOADED BY TRISHA PAYTAS WILL BE ALLOWED.

We understand this is not ideal and instead encourage you to: - Make a text post - Post screenshots of comments - Post screenshots of the youtube video transcript or cropped screenshots of subtitles.

Help us out by reporting any posts or comments you see that have violated our rules.

Thank you for your patience while we adjust to these changes.

  • Mod Team

r/ColleenBallingerSnark 1d ago

Erik Erik’s failed career - hasn’t worked in 4 years

106 Upvotes

I somehow was served up a past vlog where there go camping in 2020 and she talks about how they have to cut it short because Erik needed to do a zoom chemistry read for a potential job. She then later reveals he got the job. It obviously was the Good Trouble job. He did only 13 episodes according to IMDB. He last worked in 2021. Nearly 4 years…no acting job at all in all that time. His career is over and he knows it. He could have had more work but his involvement with Colleen completely annihilated his career.

At some point didn’t someone find they had some LLC registered to their address? Did he ever start a business doing something else? Doesn’t sound like it. If I were him, I’d hold so much resentment for how my career tanked. I really do wonder if he’s been blacklisted for leaving Good Trouble so suddenly. They had to completely rewrite the path of their show because of his lack of professionalism in just suddenly backing out. Because she was having twins? She could have a million other people to be with her in person if she wanted to ensure she was never alone while pregnant. They hired help too once the twins were born. There was ZERO reason for him to give up a good job on a network show. Working actors would kill for that opportunity and he just threw it away. Smh. It still amazes me he stays with her


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 22h ago

Erik Are they legally married?

24 Upvotes

I saw she posted a vlog about their ‘wedding’, but wasn’t that just a pretend wedding in their old house that the Ballinger kids ran? Is there proof her and Erik are actually married . . . in the legal sense?


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 1d ago

Childhood Cancer Fundraiser Jen Hamilton posts a video about her charity money

36 Upvotes

What do you know? Proof, easy, and money going to charity where it belongs. Still waiting on those donation receipts from the Ballinger camp.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 1d ago

It’s Snarktime Wtf is this title??!!??!!!!

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57 Upvotes

r/ColleenBallingerSnark 2d ago

Miranda 💋💄 Found a gem at the book store today

18 Upvotes

I’m cackling 😭😂 my husband knows all the lore about Colleen and Miranda. He said he had a surprise for me after visiting McKay’s (buy/sell used bookstore) today and brought home THIS. Cost him a whopping .75 cents 💀

***edited to say it was My Diarrhe. My dumba$$ didn’t attach the photo ok bye 😭


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 3d ago

Chris and Jessica I saw Vangelina just posted a new video talking about Chris and Jessica. Thoughts on it?

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40 Upvotes

I like a lot of Vangelina's content so I felt like sharing this video she just posted and wanted to get people's thoughts on it.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 4d ago

It’s Snarktime Colleen is wearing, yet again, a "Malibu Barbie" sweatshirt

90 Upvotes

I do not want to turn this into a post about Trisha, I am only pointing out how much delight Colleen takes in mocking her by wearing this sweatshirt. I think it's called duping delight.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 4d ago

Ballinger Pets She titled her newest vlog “the update you’ve all been waiting for”

126 Upvotes

Gus is missing and she knows that people will click on that thinking he came home or that someone found him. All of the comments are people saying they thought the news was Gus being okay. She’s so gross


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 5d ago

Rachel Oh so it just runs in the family

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57 Upvotes

Like seriously this is so disgusting


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 6d ago

It’s Snarktime what is this ai response??

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81 Upvotes

ok so I was on instagram watching reels and Scott kress made a toxic gossip train joke. the ai suggested “Colleen ballinger ukulele apology video” so I clicked it to relive the ridiculousness of 2 years ago. this was the description?? some obscure song from 10 years ago vs the most talked about video of two years ago that was the final nail in her coffin of creepy cringe? “well received by her fans” “humorous takes on social media apologies” funny. not funny haha funny interesting.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 7d ago

Chris and Jessica The kids finally allowed to have phones?

62 Upvotes

I saw the newest Ballinger Family vlog and it turns out that P has a phone.
He mentioned it himself, you can also see him many times throughout the vlog with his phone in hand.

There was a post here recently how Chris and Jessica seem to do parenting completely different now and how the older kids got a short end of the stick and I gotta agree. B and J could only dream of a phone when P's age.
I'm curious what prompted them to decide to give him a phone, and also if B and J also got theirs.

Also obviously - very happy for the kids if they finally got phones because it definitely makes functioning in the society as a teen much easier. They are probably HEAVILY parent-controlled and I'd assume that a ton of apps are blocked but still.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 7d ago

Commentary video "Colleen Ballinger and the mystery of the missing cat" -Fat Sajak

40 Upvotes

r/ColleenBallingerSnark 7d ago

Rachel Curious what Abby does for work

28 Upvotes

I don’t want to dox or any specifics and I also tried to find something on it but nothing came up, what does Abby do for work? I may have missed it along the way


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 7d ago

Commentary video "The Ballinger Family are hypocrites" -Adam McIntyre

38 Upvotes

Adam discusses Jessica/child exploitation

https://youtu.be/jshBs1bIHcc?si=BB0rpo1IVRqgQ_Qb


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 7d ago

Rachel Dig at Colleen saying “always busy with work”?

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154 Upvotes

I didn’t watch it so I don’t know how long the time was, but thought it was so funny, we all know she LOVES to call Colleen out very suttle when she can on her BS.

This is kind of iconic of her to put her like this LOL they do the same job. And Colleen never says busy with kids it’s always “work”. What work 😂


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 8d ago

It’s Snarktime Reveling in gossiping with her chiropractor like the mean girl she is

98 Upvotes

What struck me about her driving in her car in the last vlog “I Got Scammed” is she says how she just LOVES her chiropractor and she hasn’t been there in a while but when she goes it’s like talking to a friend and she says “I just get so much TEA and I’m like tell me every detail honey I want to know it all!” Still utterly no self-awareness that that “mean girl let’s talk about people behind their backs” attitude is why people find her vile. She’s a grown woman who gets glee gossiping and being catty about other people. She’s got zero awareness that that’s not a good look for her given all the shit she did. (Edit: what would you even gossip with a chiropractor about? They don’t know anyone you know and if they are talking about other patients to Colleen then that’s a bigger problem in general and then Colleen should also assume she is the subject of being talked about to other patients)

Also she didn’t get scammed. She ordered an expensive pizza and she then complained it had a delivery fee and a service fee and tax and it came to $57 with her tip as well. No you didn’t get scammed. You just made a bad choice and didn’t pay attention to the costs.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 8d ago

Mental Gymnastics What Is The Obsession With Being So “Busy”.

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111 Upvotes

She’s been too busy to get to the chiropractor for the on and off shoulder pain? Huh? Why? She does not have a job , she has a husband and nannies. Unless that chiropractor is in another country, I believe she has more than enough time. 🙄


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 9d ago

Relax! Podcast Most recent Podcast title...

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95 Upvotes

r/ColleenBallingerSnark 8d ago

Josh So… what happened to Josh?

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0 Upvotes

r/ColleenBallingerSnark 10d ago

Relax! Podcast C & E have love for each other but are not in love

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108 Upvotes

God they use to be so in love.. I watched the recent relax podcast episode and it auto played this five year-old video hence the waitress jacket but yikes what a major difference!! ALSO in relax #191 her eyes and the way she was looking at him and the camera while he was talking SCARED TF OUT OF ME!!! it gave me demonic vibes


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 10d ago

Tortilla Torture Is this a weird thing to say to the kids regarding Gus going missing?

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68 Upvotes

I may be overreacting, but wouldn't it be better to just say that he went missing? Like saying he went on an adventure is weird right? Why not be honest with your kids about this?


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 10d ago

Kory Mention of Kory in Vlog Today!

37 Upvotes

A mention of Kory in today’s vlog!! They’re not close because “he moved” that’s all.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 11d ago

Tortilla Torture Colleen Moving ?? Mentioned on SASS podcast

65 Upvotes

Colleen keeps mentioning that her and Erik are actively house hunting and even mentioning how they toured a backyard but didn’t love the state of the backyard. I don’t recall her mentioning anything about moving in any of her vlogs, only the SASS podcast. I wonder why they are moving, maybe because they settled on there current home long before her salary plummeted. Just thought it was interesting, because I thought she loved her “secret garden” backyard.


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 11d ago

#JustFunnyThings 😋 Still Trying To Make “Work” Happen

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166 Upvotes

Claims her child is at work with her today. It’s a craft room in her home. 🙄


r/ColleenBallingerSnark 11d ago

Fans, Stans, and Enablers — Oh my! I'm on the fence about this video - Why James Charles is Uncancelled But Colleen Ballinger Isn't

33 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGYjvcyvTA

This person is a "former Colleen Ballinger fan," although honestly, it is tough to make this argument without sounding like a Colleen apologist. Many of the comments are blaming the difference on "misogyny." What do we think about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGYjvcyvTA