It’s a little creepy and weird. We love it, gooner degenerate. What the fuck are we talking about? I was homeless for a few years. >> Okay, well, that’s stupid. Get a job. Every single I’m going to sue you. Illegal immigrant couple with $130,000 of debt. Caleb Hammer writes in the caption of a TikTok.
Caleb Hammer makes posts like anime girl can’t find a job. I’m Japanese and American. Explains the anime. That’s Okay. [laughter] Or she wouldn’t date me. Smash or pass? Are we doing based on now or [music] potential right now? >> Yeah. Pass. >> Caleb Hammer has been coined the modern Dave Ramsey. You know, the best dollar the most powerful wealth building tool is your income.
>> Bringing guests onto his show financial audits, sifting through their finances and telling them where they’re going wrong. >> go to entire life up with ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF DEBT. That’s you being an idiot. That has nothing to do with your child. >> But with a few twists. His titles are often shocking, offensive, and some may say downright hateful.
He often shames his guests for their life choices. You’re domineering and yet you’ll probably pretend like you’re a victim so you look like you’ve done No, I don’t. I literally like I don’t I’m not getting scabs. >> your mouth. You look like you could be toothless. We know people like you. You are the worst among our civilization.
>> Bringing in his own opinion on their dating life. She is a broken individual. I don’t know how you’re going to deal with this. Even apparently exposing their legal status. Which brings about a big question. Do we need a modern Dave Ramsey but with YouTube drama slop, shame, bigotry, and hate? >> What do you think? You had to throw the bitch in there? Yeah, I’m sure you did.
Do you feel good about that? Let’s talk about it. And you’ll never be remembered for anything. [music] You have no legacy. You’re pathetic. You’re a slop commentator. You are nothing. Shut the fuck up. You’re no contributor of anything in this entire world. Shut the fuck up. You were gone for a year and no one cared and no one’s life changed.
Shut up. >> [music] [music] >> I’m suing D’Angelo. So says Caleb Hammer in which he delivered [music] the single worst response I have ever received. >> of me thinking little boys are hot. Yeah, those are all real. But But they were just jokes. Like bro, I watch you for financial [music] content.
I don’t watch you to hear you dog on immigrants, bro. >> Calling me slurs. What is wrong with He’s threatening to sue me. If you don’t think I know how to do legal strategy, you have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes. I destroy people. I will destroy you. >> Dumb blonde can’t get her life together, right? Make fun of poor people, right? Make fun of their problems.
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And now let’s get into the video. She came here to fight me, financial audit. I honestly think he just hires actors and they have a loose script. Every show is the same now. Caleb responds, yes, it’s starting. The having a popular show for 3 years classic shifts to hating on it for clicks online. The fallen fan. Let’s go.
>> [music] [music] >> Hammer was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan and briefly studied music composition at Western Michigan University. Why did you drop out of school? [music] I was making more money selling my music compositions than my professors were. Like an extra $20,000 a year.
So I was like, I don’t actually need a degree. It’s based on whether or not I can form consortiums and sell my music. >> Caleb Hammer told Insider he struggled with debt when he was at college, racking up credit card debt, car debt, and a $15,000 private student loan with massive interest. I was so dumb in college, man.
Just starting to go into it, I was going into a major that wasn’t going to make any money. I wanted to go into music. And of course, if you’re going to go into music, you have to have like a $50,000 computer or whatever. It’s some nice beautiful iMac. So maxed out a credit card with that. Got to have an electric piano. You got to be cool, you know, you got to be like the other music majors.
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Maxed out a credit card with that. I got like a $10,000 car loan, but I couldn’t afford the down payment. Of course, I didn’t know anything about money, so I borrowed like $5,000 from the grandparents just to get a down payment on a car. It’s the same stuff we’re seeing on the show. >> Caleb claims that advice from other finance personalities helped him get out of that hole.
He read finance type self-help books like Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Millionaire Next Door. The books that don’t just help you get out of debt and save money responsibly, but teach you how to become the next millionaire. And he binged videos by Dave Ramsey and Graham Stephan. I’ve always been interested in real estate.
I don’t know if it was growing up as an HGTV kid. Delivering Jimmy John’s all throughout college, I actually delivered to a lot of the rental property management companies and I just became really interested in that. Bigger Pockets type material. Bigger Pockets. And I got really into that. Reading the books, audiobooks, whatever.
Personally speaking, I have a lot to say about the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad in particular when it comes to the realm of finance self-help. And I think it’s important to talk about because Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a self-help book that a lot of people have been tricked into thinking is genuinely helpful.
If you were here for the very first YouTube video I ever made, I talked about how the MLM company Amway introduces people into their MLM company by having people read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, or at least that’s how people tried to rope me into the Amway MLM company. Why? Is it because Rich Dad, Poor Dad is such a helpful financial book? A lot of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad advice boils down to, well first off, having major daddy issues and abandoning what you’re currently doing to take big risks and invest your life into real estate in the pursuit of
entrepreneurship. The book was published in 1997 and really took off in the early 2000s. You know, up until 2008, the idea of investing in real estate. So, you do the math on whether or not that was really sound financial advice. And notorious straight-laced businessman Donald Trump did a collaboration with the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, in 2006 called Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message, as well as a second book called Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich and Why Most
Don’t in 2011. According to people who have reported on the fraudulent activities of Robert, Robert’s real bread and butter are his seminars. There’s the free seminar where you’re encouraged to sign up for the $500 weekend, where they teach you to, wait for it, get a credit card to buy more courses.
Go into debt to get a financial education. Then there’s the $30,000 to $45,000 elite programs. When Caleb Hammer says he was inspired by people like Robert and the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book, in my opinion, this is what he means. He was inspired by this financial structure, these sorts of financial influencers, and the many, many similar structures out there like this one that claim to sell you financial advice for a price.
At first, they’ll sell you the most basic information under the guise of entertainment. You’re sucked in by the entertainment value, and this financial influencer seems authoritative in their knowledge, which only further draws you in, especially if you’re in a vulnerable state.
But ultimately, what they’re giving you is just vague information, a lot of fool’s gold. >> Why don’t you look into where it’s going? I honestly don’t ever look at my accounts. I just swipe the card, and then I keep cash with me just in case it gets declined. I think ultimately, that’s because the truth is no one has the secret or the answer that’s going to solve your financial problems, aside from just basic financial literacy, systemic issues that put some people at a disadvantage, and other problems you may have that the financial institutions
profit off of you having. But once these influencers and influential people suck you in, they funnel you down a pipeline of extra memberships and courses. My ultimate question is, is any of this helping, really? Do these guys have the answer? Caleb does something similar, but makes his financial advice into a lifestyle brand, where you can buy memberships, courses, apps, cooking books.
He might not drive around a Ferrari, show off a mansion, but he does claim in his content that he’s extremely wealthy. >> Dude, I don’t even care right now. I know right now I could uh back out of all my uh stocks, my personal residence, and get everything into the cash flowing type properties that I have up in Michigan, and I could generate $10,000-ish a month.
I could do that and do this show for free. Lately, in some of the content I’ve been watching, he says he’s so wealthy that he never has to worry about money. And that is a subtle appeal to authority. You should listen to him. He’s so rich and successful. He knows what he’s talking about. So you want to invest in all of his financial content as much as possible.
His main content being his financial audit show. A Dave Ramsey sort of format in which he often is giving financial advice to people. Yet as opposed to Dave Ramsey who has people call in, he brings guests on in person onto his show and then yells at them and calls them a crazy bitch. Why would you do this, you crazy? >> Yeah.
What the fuck did I even just say? That’s insane. Oh, [screaming] she’s a crazy bitch. But beyond being inspired by self-help books, Caleb Hammer’s biggest inspiration is undoubtedly Dave Ramsey. Caleb Hammer credits Dave Ramsey as one of the reasons he was able to get free from his own debts. He told Insider he has a lot of respect for Ramsey and his method, even giving out Dave Ramsey’s advice and his methods in his own videos like Ramsey’s 50-30-20 rule.
>> I love Dave Ramsey. We’re going to collaborate with them. I’ve been invited on the show like twice. I just travel anxiety. Once Caleb Hammer rose to YouTube fame, Governor Whitmer let Caleb Hammer audit the Michigan state budget on his show Financial Audit. >> Ladies and gentlemen, special episode today with the governor of Michigan.
I’m going to be auditing the state’s finances. Hi, I’m Gretchen Whitmer. I’m the governor of Michigan and this is Financial Audit. >> But Caleb Hammer had his own spin and his own style on the sort of Dave Ramsey system. And that was that Caleb Hammer was known to give tough love and hard truths through his financial audits.
As someone posted in Reddit review, Caleb Hammer is the Dr. Phil of finance. All blustery right-wing sensationalism and disdain for his guests. Bro, I literally just tell people to spend less than they make, pay off bad debt, and talk a little tea. I guess I’m a auntie. If you’re asking why a dude who studied music briefly in college is now qualified to be giving financial advice or yelling financial shame on the internet to people? What? What am I trying to do? You’re saying, “Yeah, I could see you don’t understand.”
Very condescending. You’re yelling at me at the same time. It’s like, how can I try and understand something when you’re yelling at me at the same time? Well, I don’t know. That pile? Do you have ever have people question whether or not you’re qualified to give them advice? I’ve had interviews where people ask that or people get upset.
If you need a specific license to say, “Hey, if you make $100 a month, you shouldn’t spend $120 on fast food.” You know, honestly, fuck off. A Business Insider article describes Caleb Hammer’s approach as he does it all with a heavy dose of tough love, pounding away with his advice to cut overspending, often getting pretty annoyed in the process.
He regularly tells his guests he’s angry at the debt, not at you. In another Business Insider article, they claim his plans are aggressive, mandating that people immediately stop eating out and sell their beloved cars because of the high interest rates. What have you noticed about human nature? Definitely some sense of entitlement.
I hate saying that word cuz a lot of it gets politically charged, but a lot of people think they had a hard day at work, they’re entitled to pick up the meal. Okay, go do it. Yeah, just keep working as hard as possible and stop spending money on frivolous things like food. On top of that, sell your car in a car-dependent country.
All those stupid decisions you’re making like a car and food are your fault. It’s definitely not signs of an exploitative system that’s collapsing. And you’re going to live like no one else. You’re going to live on nothing. Beans and rice, rice and beans, so that later you never have the stress again. Does that sound like a good idea? >> These narratives also create a story of self-blame and punishment over the systemic problems created.
I kept getting very honestly kind upset. It would be rare for me to feel sympathy for them. >> Take this post made in Kiplinger, where someone says, “When I was in college, Dave Ramsey’s voice echoed in my head every time I stood at the checkout line. His words, ‘You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you,’ were often enough to stop me from buying things I didn’t need, like another pair of shoes.
Instead, I ate rice and beans, lived frugally, and focused on one goal: becoming debt-free. For someone just starting, his strict plan gave me the structure I needed at the time. More recently, I discovered Caleb Hammer on YouTube. His financial audit show hooked me with its mix of brutal honesty, tough love, and roast style humor.
As a millennial facing today’s challenges, high inflation, rising home prices, and the reality of planning for retirement, I now find myself blending Ramsey’s discipline with Hammer’s urgency when working on my finances. Capitalism isn’t falling apart. You just need to eat more rice and beans. Or as the Gen Z TikTokers like to do, eat a savory snack plate with canned sardines.
Where my savory girls at? >> Let’s assemble a savory girl snack plate. >> But my question is, those are our people who overspend and make bad financial decisions, is this something you should be shaming private people for on your large platform? Is there a more productive way to do this? To help people? My thoughts are, the real harmful actions are the people that are promoting bad behavior online, promoting the systemic problems, like overconsumption, wealth disparity, and scammy behavior.
When someone’s promoting this behavior because they’re profiting off the system, like a Becca Bloom who’s a billionaire, or a Jaclyn Hill who’s promoting her discount code to her millions of fans, profiting off of them getting poorer, instead, Caleb Hammer brings on private individuals who have no platform and shames them for the personal decisions they’ve made in their life that may have put them in a bad spot.
>> That’s kind of hard as a single mother, but then you spend 40% on bullshit and then I’m all of a sudden like, uh-oh, that seems like selfish mother. That seems like mother that I’m not 100% supporting as the single mother anymore. Why do you Why do you you know take some raw peen? >> I was a teen mom.
I had her at 18, 18, 19. That’s teen mom? I guess it’s teen. When I think teen mom, I think 15, 16. I wouldn’t say teen mom. I wouldn’t necessarily be throwing around teen mom. From a technical point, yeah, I guess you’re right. >> Caleb started the financial audit show in 2022 and within a year had over 360,000 subscribers.
The essential idea of the show is to analyze guest spending habits and while sometimes it can be helpful to have an outside perspective of someone saying, “Hey, maybe 50 Labubu’s was a little bit unnecessary.” The fuck is boo-boos? The fuck is wrong with you? It’s a trend that’s going to die. Do you need to buy four boxes of the School Panda My Little Pony collab in hopes of getting the secret surprise? I don’t know if buying thousands of Pokémon cards is the great investment you think it is.
I know their value has gone up lately, but literally everything has gotten more expensive lately. Doesn’t that just mean you’re paying more for these cards than they once cost? >> Okay, sorry, you’re right. I don’t get it. Instead to have Caleb sit there and say, “You silly poor person who spends money on stupid stuff.
” and then call you slurs feels a little bit like when Fox News anchors said that the reason why millennials will never afford a home is because they spend too much money on coffees. I like food. I love tacos. I love Starbucks. So >> You love Starbucks? Starbucks is bull and a waste of money and you already know that by making your coffee at home and invest in the rest.
So now you need to do that with your energy drink as well. MAKE GAMERSUPPS AT HOME FOR JUST 40 cents a serving. >> And again, stop what you’re doing, get yourself on a written detailed plan, stay out of a restaurant, and get a $1,000 set aside, and then work your way out of your debt. >> People should buy less Costa Coffees and not go out for dinner so often, and then they’ll be able to pay their electricity bill.
>> This guy is a landlord, and this guy’s standing there trying to give advice to people who are struggling to pay their bills, and and the advice that he’s giving them is stop buying Costa Coffee and stop going on holiday. Like, honestly, if it was so easy that all of us could just stop buying a Costa Coffee or a Pret Coffee and be able to afford everything else, I think everyone would make that decision.
>> Like, I think there might be another reason at play, or a few other reasons. In late 2024, Caleb Hammer launched a YouTube membership program with its own website called Hammer Elite. By November of 2025, Caleb Hammer’s channel had accumulated 2 billion views, and it became the biggest membership channel on the platform.
>> The number one YouTube membership won’t stop growing. I’m talking about premium shows every day, Monday through [music] Friday, exclusive and uncensored financial audit episodes. >> Caleb’s channel became the biggest membership channel on the platform, which means people chose to pay Caleb money for him to give them financial advice.
Again, what is the logic here? Caleb also signed with Creative Artists Agency. Now, to be fair, a lot of people seemed to like Caleb Hammer’s early content, where he was giving out basic financial advice in a calm, collected way. >> Well, did you know that you spent uh $218 more last month than you put in to your checking account. Makes sense.
What are you willing to cut back on? Cuz you clearly have to. Eating out? And you ate cooking? Uh don’t be like me. That’s about it. >> He wasn’t being too mean or hateful, and don’t get me wrong, educational financial content is needed online. Most people in the United States [music] lack financial literacy.
So, the more basic financial education that people are exposed to online, probably the better. So, let’s talk about some important statistics of wealth disparity and lack of financial education, particularly in the United States, but how Caleb Hammer’s content might actually contribute to that, especially the shaming aspect. >> [music] >> Since the United States is Caleb Hammer’s primary target demographic, I’m going to focus these statistics to mainly the United States.
My point of this section being that there are systemic problems in the US that leave many Americans vulnerable, struggling, and in need of financial help, and also susceptible to being preyed upon by people telling them they have the answer. Half of US adults lack financial literacy. Does that mean it’s appropriate to laugh at them for making stupid financial decisions? >> Uh, what are you? His wife.
Uh, she’s nuts. >> Poor man. Financial audits most guys. We might get canceled for it, but I think that is the actual title. Put it in the notes. That is the title. It’s official. >> In the US, a family of four earning under $30,000 a year is considered low income. In 2023, over 36 million people lived in poverty, according to the census.
I can’t believe I have to say it, but you shouldn’t laugh at poor people. >> [laughter] >> But doing exactly that has become one of the most popular content genres in personal finance. So, by the way, you shouldn’t buy a Mercedes if you’re a broke person. That’s stupid. Don’t be debt dumb, people. According to feedingamerica.org, poverty is a complex issue with many causes.
Here are some of the most common causes of poverty: low wages and unemployment, lack of affordable housing, racism and discrimination, education and health care. Yet, Caleb often discriminates in his own content, picking apart marginalized people and shaming them for being poor, contributing further to this system, in my opinion.
Wealth inequality has increased exponentially. Wealth gaps by race and ethnicity are large, as well. Caleb Hammer has been accused of bigoted, racist, misogynistic content when he’s supposedly distributing his financial education. She is not willing to literally cook a meal. >> Because I hate cooking. >> She has to maybe [music] like step up a little bit when it comes to household tasks.
>> Be honest with me, do you feel any kind of resentment here? >> Okay, stay-at-home dad. We’re breaking gender stereotypes. Whoa. Every How often do you drop the hard R? The hard R? What is the hard [laughter] R? The N-word. Oh. All the time, like on the daily. He is one. >> [laughter] >> Tell me, what happened? >> Cuz he’s in prison right now, which is why he’s not here filming.
Your black husband is in prison. Of course. >> [laughter] >> These very financial systems in place have disparities between gender, race, class. So, is Caleb Hammer contributing to the disparities within these systems with his content? I guess you can decide. What seems to be the only actual educational resource from Caleb’s content is his financial audit blog with simple blog posts that seem to have the intention of helping people establish basic financial literacy.
So, at least there’s that. But, this blog is attached to, you guessed it, a financial course, which if you’ve seen some of my past videos, we love to cover financial courses here. In my opinion, some of the most scammy and predatory things for vulnerable people to get them to spend money with very little information.
And this financial course has so many red flags, I can’t even begin to explain. So, instead, I’ll just react to it. >> [music] >> All right, so let’s look into Caleb’s course. I can’t wait. I’m sure we’re all going to become millionaires or whatever Caleb is promising through this course. Because apparently, he has thousands of hours of content online, but that’s not enough to know all the financial knowledge that you need to know online.
You also need a course to know more. Berating people for their financial decisions is, surprise surprise, not enough. Not going to give you enough financial information to make the important decisions. Nay, nay. You need to also purchase a very expensive course from Caleb Hammer himself to get the needed knowledge to make the right decisions.
So, the question is, why yell at people on the internet in the first place? I don’t know. Actually, I do. Entertainment value and because it gets views. So, anyways, let’s look at this course. Immediately, I open up this webpage and right away, it looks like every single scammy webpage for a get-rich-quick scheme that I’ve seen before.
Take the 2-minute quiz and get a custom roadmap to un-f your finances. Get your free score and discover my proven roadmap. Should I Should I take the quiz? I don’t know. Results are in. Oh my gosh, my score is 7.67. But do I want to boost my score with ease? Watch this short video below and finally budget my dream life today. What the fuck have you been doing? Seriously, we’ve got some work to do.
But look, you’re in the right place because if your financial house score was a flavor, it’d be shit soup. >> I think I think anything with the number 67 is pretty good. But here’s the good news. You’re not dumb and you’re not lazy. You just never learned how money actually works and now it’s fucking up your life.
No one ever taught you how to budget, how to track spending, or how to avoid overdrafting on dumb stuff like 2:00 a.m. DoorDash orders. >> This preys on vulnerable people who are desperate looking for solutions as Caleb just laid out so beautifully for us. No one has taught people how to manage these things. Unless you grew up with someone who is very financially well-off, who understands these things.
Also, you can’t pay money to someone to stop buying DoorDash orders or to have more discipline in those areas. That’s not going to happen. No one’s going to take your credit card away from you and help you prevent making a last-minute purchasing order. No one’s going to do that.
Paying Caleb Hammer money is not going to help you in any way. AH! [screaming] OH, NO, what happened? If $97 was too much for Wait, wait. Oh, no. Final offer upgrade if $97 was too much. Oh, no, I only have 4 minutes. If $97 was too much, at minimum you need our super simple starter course. I have only 5 minutes for a $17 course. This is definitely not scammy. No, thanks.
I’ll just keep being broke. It has as a thing you can click. What? Are you kidding me? He continues to shame people on his website for being broke. 71% off. >> After reviewing millions in debt, you know what I realized? You’re not broke because you don’t make enough money. You’re broke because you keep doing the same dumb shit with the money that you don’t have.
>> Oh, yeah, if I pay you $17, that’s definitely going to help me stop spending money on DoorDash. Stop doing the same broke shit. What are you going to do, Caleb Hammer? Are you going to break into my home? Are you going to like take away my credit cards personally? Is that $17 automatically going to cancel my Netflix subscription? Is it automatically going to return all of my labooboos? And please don’t actually take me up on that.
I do not want a Caleb Hammer to break into my house at all, ever. And that is why I created Financial Fundamentals for $17. It’s less than you blew on drinks last weekend feeling sorry for yourself. Except, this actually fixes your life instead of giving you a hangover. Click below and get the education you should have gotten for free, but were too busy scrolling on TikTok.
Huh, what? Did he just admit you can get this education for free? >> Get the education you should have gotten for free. Caleb Hammer claims that it’s not your income that makes you broke. Yeah, so Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos didn’t become billionaires from their income. How to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle.
The mindset shift that changes everything. With these sort of get-rich-quick scammy courses, and yes, I will categorize this as a get-rich-quick course because it literally gave me 5 minutes to purchase this. It’s all about the change of the mindset. If this page disappears, the price goes back to $97. Oh, no. No, thanks.
I’ll just keep being broke. Are you fuck kidding me? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. I think my brain just broke. Caleb Hammer, Mr. Get out of debt Caleb Hammer has an offer on his make money finance site. Oh my god. Where you can use Chime, a credit system, to purchase his product. Eliminate debt. Caleb Hammer has a debt system for his finance course.
What? What the What the fuck are you talking about? Does he think that the people that watch his are too stupid to realize that Chime is another way to get more in debt? It’s another version of fucking credit. What the fuck? I haven’t been this upset, this outraged in a minute. So, you don’t want to spend money after I said no to his dumb ass course two times on his website.
So, you don’t want to spend money. Okay. Literally, Caleb Hammer doesn’t know how to take no for an answer. So, you don’t want to spend money. How about I give you $350 instead? Get up to 350 plus start earning 3% APY. Click below to sign up through Chime. This is an affiliate link and I may earn a commission at no cost to you.
So, he earns a commission through fans of his signing up for his course through the credit system in Chime and getting into more debt and then signing up for his course to learn how to be more financially smart. You. Literally, you. No monthly fees. No overdraft. No overdraft fees. Plus free money. He’s selling Chime as if it’s free money.
This is so predatory, in my opinion. Also, how the fuck do I click out of this? And there’s nowhere for me to click out of this. Riley, help [laughter] me. Nowhere, right? It only has the option to sign up for chime. It’s like they locked in. How do I click out to go back to Off the widget here. See, it went to that, then it went to this after I took this that fuck >> [music] >> So, advice, if you’re to go on that website, don’t take that quiz.
>> [laughter] >> So, it seems like from that whole rabbit hole of Caleb trying to get me to sign up for his course, that the price was $97 with a potential huge discount. So, let’s see if we can find the true price of his course on this website. Here’s some more information about the course. Everything you need to master your money and build the life you effing love.
Here’s the master your money community and course membership, which is $49.99 a month subscription. A monthly subscription with seven complete courses, the dollar-wise budgeting tool, community access, downloadable resources, and weekly content to keep you accountable. My question is, wouldn’t you get a lot of this out of just watching YouTube content, like a community and content, and you’re supposed to be getting a financial education? Okay, then here’s some more prices.
Why so many courses? I guess again, it’s for people that are either super financially effed in the A and feel like they need a lot of help, and the only solution they think is they love Caleb Hammer, and so they think maybe taking one of these courses will really help them. Or, someone who’s really wanting to get rich and thinks again, because they love Caleb Hammer, that buying one of these courses will help them in doing so.
Master your budget online course for $197. What category would this course go into for the budget? Would it be categorized as a business expense, personal, miscellaneous? Master your debt online course for $197. That one feels particularly bad to me. You’re charging $200 to people to buy a course to help master their debt, meaning probably, I’m going to guess, people who bought that course are likely in debt.
Master your investing online course $197. Master your real estate online course $197. We we get the picture here. And then master series courses bundle for $394. But it’s it’s 50% off. The original price was $788. So, this is a steal. This is the real financial savings trick here. We’re getting things on sale.
We’re we’re saving money here. So, obviously, the real money saver is to get the the bundle for $400, right? I’m just speechless. Then there’s the personal audit experience for $997. [music] What’s particularly sinister about this one is even though this course is $1,000, it’s originally marked as $6,997. This course was marked as $7,000, but it’s on sale 87% off.
Again, this is a huge steal. So, if you want to be financially smart, I mean, we got to buy this course, right? It it’s on sale for only $1,000. I mean, it would be stupid not to buy this course, right? And this is where it seems Caleb is really capitalizing off of people who are fans of the show and want a similar experience as to what they’re watching on Financial Audit.
Experience the same financial audit transformation you’ve watched on the show with your own private session, personalized budget implementation using the hammer method, lifetime access to the complete master your money course library, and Dollar Wise app, all without sharing your finances on YouTube. If you don’t want to be publicly shamed on YouTube with your face blasted and your finances blasted across the internet for millions to see with you potentially harassed and doxed with words like freak put in the thumbnail, well then all you have to do
is pay me a thousand dollars. Is that not the undertone here in this description? >> [screaming] [laughter] >> That being said, if you don’t have a thousand dollars to spend on this same website, he has an advertisement for you to sign up to be on the financial audit YouTube show. How bad could it be? Are you a financial dumpster fire? Get in the hot seat and fix your money’s.
If you’re afraid to check your bank account, if you’ve got a WTF money story, or if you just need Caleb to slap you across the face. Oh yeah, this sounds great already. Count me in. With some no-nonsense financial tough love, we’re looking for you. Come on the show, spill the tea, and walk away with a game plan that could change your life or at least your credit score.
Should I Should I do it? Should No. You can also join the hammer elite membership for hardcore financial audit fans, where again you have to pay for an extra membership for extra financial content that you somehow need. But that’s not all, folks. There’s another tool that you somehow need to learn more about your finances, the Dollar Wise app, let’s check it out.
Oh, immediately when I clicked on the Dollar Wise section on his website, a pop-up appeared. New member rate, $9.99 a month for your first 3 months. $9.99 for an app feels pretty fucking outrageous. And the reviews are sitting at a whopping 1.7 stars out of 1.5 thousand reviews. It’s looking pretty great. Dollar Wise, money made simple.
All your accounts, all your spending, all in one place. And since Caleb is the creator and main marketer of the Dollar Wise app, all the reviews are from his fans who want to give the app a positive review. And this is what they have to say. Love the financial audit and wanted to get started with the budgeting app.
Also still get in on the cookbook offer. However, I have downloaded and signed up for annual, but it won’t let me log into my banking info. I have tried multiple times and still won’t work. So, the app is just extremely buggy, it seems like. It’s hard when you’re counting pennies to put down $90 for something that is not working.
$90 for this freaking buggy ass app? Please fix ASAP so I can fix my finances. And Caleb has made it seem like this is the way to fix your finances. So, his fans are pouring in money into shit that doesn’t work. It doesn’t work. Because guess what? When you are marketing something that is a buggy app that doesn’t work, you’re kind of scamming your fans.
It’s a sham, a shell of a product. It doesn’t do what it is marketed to do. And the reviews say clearly that it has not been doing that for a long time. Yet you are letting people spend their hard-earned money on this, getting anxious because you can’t fix your problematic app that they aren’t going to be able to fix their finances since you’ve sold them the idea that this is the only solution.
On top of that, Caleb has this budget-friendly cookbook that he’s constantly promoting in videos. I’m so fascinated by this cookbook because what is it? I never see it anywhere. But, he constantly advertises it. Four-week rotating meal plan with shopping list so you stop spending $340 a month on DoorDash out of exhaustion.
Is this why Caleb is constantly shaming you for like going out and buying food? Don’t do that. Just buy my cookbook. Budget-friendly recipes that actually taste good, not rice and beans for 7 years like Dave Ramsey demands. [music] So, since Dave Ramsey and others demand restriction at all costs in order to save, Caleb Hammer thought of a solution.
He could do that and profit from it by saying, “Restrict yourself and still have fun through buying my cookbook.” And most of the time when Caleb Hammer is selling this cookbook, you have to purchase something else. With the launch of Simpler Budget, which is the platform he had before the Wise app, as [music] a little token of my appreciation, everyone with an annual membership, whether you’ve already signed up or you’re about to, will receive a signed copy of my cookbook and the exclusive Simpler Budget Founders Notebook. Dude, tell me that isn’t a
photoshopped photo of the budget-friendly cover. This cover does not look real. Instead of Caleb Hammer, Caleb Scammer. From claiming to have legitimate financial advice to sending people down an endless rabbit hole of telling them they need to sign up for this and sign up for that to master their finances. Some of those comments and reviews on the Dollar Wise app were people being desperate because they legitimately thought that if they didn’t sign up, they wouldn’t have control over their finances. And ultimately, to me, it all
seems to be [music] a farce and you seem to be a charlatan. I don’t want to say that none of Caleb’s content has ever been helpful. I’ve seen a lot of people comment and claim that Caleb has helped them, especially a lot of his early content where he was more calm, composed, and more straightforward with his advice.
But, at what cost? Over time, Caleb’s content also took a complete turn and became, in my opinion, the definition of toxic content that feeds people into horrible ideologies, either subliminally or overtly. I’ve been thinking a lot on how Caleb maybe could have done something positive with his platform and his show. But, instead, he went down the path of shame.
He brings people onto the show and tells them, “You’re making a terrible decision. I can’t believe you’re doing this. You’re so stupid. Your life is terrible.” Is this supposed to be helping people? The only way I could see his platform personally genuinely helping individuals is if he were to show the full life cycle of him helping others on the show, from the shame on you, look at how bad your life is part, to the advice, to the payoff, them turning their finances and their life around. That would lead to less
harassment, less negativity because they made a positive change and have less shame. It’s easier to shame people than it is to legitimately work with them and help them. So, let’s talk about Caleb’s content and the most toxic aspects, which is honestly mostly the freaking titles and the thumbnails, but it can get worse than that.
>> [music] [music] >> This video is called Financial Audit’s Biggest Leeches. He also just flat-out calls them terrible names. >> Plaintiff dumb bitch. And plaintiff minority. Oh, bad driver for clear reasons. I’m a bad driver. >> because she wears glasses. She’s a dumb bitch. It’s just jokes.
It’s just jokes, right? We’re all just having fun here. Aren’t you having fun? This thumbnail entitled “Blue My Mind” cuz what the Why? Would you title something this? I’ve never hated a more vile piece of trash with the thumbnail that says goth freak. What does this have to do with finances? Almost immediately, Caleb talks about the goth person who goes by every pronoun or as Caleb calls them goth freaks body.
Just right out the gate, talks about their body. Okay, well um I okay, I have a couple questions You have no words. First, I just speechless. I want uh consent. Am I able to consent to a roast you and whatnot and stuff before I go into this whole thing? Okay, then why the fuck are your tits pointed to the ceiling? Why this because You never seen a goth person? This goes on forever where Caleb is just questioning this person’s style and choice of makeup. We get it.
Like if you want to rate people on body, appearance, style, level of cuddliness, become a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Don’t do financial audit. But your show is financial audit, so [music] talk about finances. I want to get into this, but I but I just have to ask are there are there is there like Christmas gift bags stuffing in your tits right now? Like they’re lumpy.
This is they’re This is my tits, Caleb. I’m sorry. You got lumpy tits? I have a mean >> gone to the doctor? Not yet, but you know. >> I recommend mental and doctor. We’re working on both of them. They’re in the works. >> Move a little faster, please. Move Yes. I mean Is this the tough love style that Caleb does with his financial approach? How the fuck does that tough love style translate to really helping them with their finances? Commenting on someone’s body and saying that they need both cosmetic surgery and psychological help.
The picture of this person on the thumbnail was so different from what they’re wearing on this podcast. It genuinely confused me. For a while I was like, is this a different person entirely? Like did they use a different person for the thumbnail than the person in the podcast? But there was another moment where Caleb once again, surprise, surprise, critiques their body and they show that they have a corset underneath, which does look like what they’re wearing in the thumbnail.
Maybe I’m over-analyzing it at this point, but my question is did the podcast ask them to take off their clothing for the photo for the thumbnail? What happened there? Just to get a more like explicit juicy thumbnail than what they arrived in for the podcast? Which, if so, gross. >> Basically got it with your stuffed tits, dude. It’s basically the same thing.
>> Caleb Patreon later. Come on now. Like boom. Patreon? You have a titty to Patreon? No, I’m saying take Patreon exclusive. I mean, I’m wearing a corset. Like look, not to flash. It’s just like a bust. It’s like it keeps everything in. Well, I’ll tell you one thing. >> lot to keep in it. I mean, naturally. >> I did not bust.
Another aspect of the podcast is the open relationship this person’s in with their husband. Caleb also calls the husband so he can, I don’t know, ask him about their consenting open relationship, I guess. So, are you okay with your woman looking like this? Um, her body, I mean, you know, it’s once in a while. Told you it was the same.
And what do you think about her going out there and slapping flaps behind your back while you’re not going out there and having any fun? He has full consent. You stop talking for him, you domineering Dude, I’m trying to understand his opinion from his mouth. >> talk to him. So, he understands and he is allowed to go with other women.
He just doesn’t have I know that. Stop talking for him, you I’m talking for myself. >> I’m asking his opinion on it, you tit. My goodness. Another video with a goth woman titled goth freak is a wannabe e-girl, in which this woman describes how the tattooing industry can at times [music] be toxic and how her first apprenticeship was under someone who was really predatory, which prompted Caleb to go on a rant about what is and isn’t [music] power dynamics.
>> When I first started, um I was in a mall and the owner was kind of I would say he’s a predator in my opinion. >> Oh my goodness. Um The diddle diddle? Wouldn’t there be like mountains of employees? >> Oh, yeah. He does have a bad reputation. Like people know of him because of that. Um See this, ladies and gentlemen, in the world of Twittersphere and Reddit, is what is actually an abusive power dynamics.
People throw around the word power dynamics all the time and it’s so fucking stupid. No, the only bad thing about power dynamics is some when someone abuses it. >> like Caleb is trying to say that he appreciates power dynamics and that there are good ones. Like, what are you trying to say here, Caleb? I don’t understand. Either Caleb has an obsession with goth woman or [music] the phrase goth something just performs really well in the algorithm cuz there’s another goth video from Caleb called goth gold digger exploits beta husband. Dude, she’s using
you. Maybe I missed something in this video, but watching this podcast, I’m extremely extremely confused where this title and thumbnail came from. I mean, I’m confused where most titles and thumbnails came from, just Caleb’s sheer audacity. But, in no way does the tone of this podcast seem to indicate that Caleb thinks the woman in this video is a gold digger who’s exploiting her husband.
>> Do you feel he dominated your decision in that? A little, yeah. >> It’s hard when the other person’s like, “Uh, no, no, no.” What are What are we doing this situation? Do you feel like you’re being financially controlled? Uh, I feel like Oh, I guess a little in this context, but I just I don’t do as much work as So, then I’m like, “Well, if he wants to disc- like, control the things, then I’ll just sort of back down and just be sad.
” >> And you’re okay with Well, You just put up with that? Speak up. I I kind of just shut down and don’t speak up, and then that drives him a little more crazy cuz he just really wants everything to be happy all the time. >> Yeah. So, where in that conversation does Caleb get to put in the title and thumbnail goth gold digger exploits beta husband? But, you do not want to go into the comment section of any of these videos because often times they will hold true to the title and thumbnail.
The septum ring theory holds true. Openly admitting tax evasion while in the green card process is a wild choice. How silly of these people that admitted they don’t know much about finances and are going on to this show to have help with finances. Foolish mistake of theirs. Fatal flaw. What a silly stupid woman.
Now, it’ll be recorded and online forever. He has potential. She’s determined to continue her selfish, irresponsible trajectory. This video just gets right to the point titled The Stupidest Woman Ever on Financial Audit. And Caleb talks over and over again in this video about how in order to save money, you don’t have to go to the McDonald’s drive-thru.
Caleb also gives the option of canceling subscriptions to save money. Again, seems to be solid advice, but Caleb himself offers multiple versions of subscriptions, whether his memberships or his course memberships or his app that is a membership over $9 a month. So, what do you mean? If you want people to save money through canceling memberships, I would say the number one place they could start is through your memberships.
If I say, “Hey, don’t spend at McDonald’s.” The action is don’t go to McDonald’s and swipe. Don’t don’t have the subscription anymore. The the action, the how would be cancel the subscription. What more do you need? >> Then, right after that, Caleb spends a good portion of this video pushing or selling his course on his guest.
>> Our thing, the thing we offer that has like the lowest refund rate in the industry, and you know that you get a free refund within a month if you ask for if you don’t find value. That’s how confident we are in it, but even that, all five are at whenever this comes out, six of our educational programs plus the budgeting app is literally 197.
>> Here’s another lovely title and thumbnail. Okay. So, the title being financial audits’ most special guest with a photo of the woman with a triangle hat and rainbows around her and WTF. And right out the gate, Caleb tells the guest that her having trouble with dating has nothing to do with her financial troubles.
Why are you here? >> I’ve been trying to date. Having a lot of debt has been making it really hard to Are you sure that’s why they’re not into you? I mean, come on. I’ve been talking to you for 15 minutes, and no offense, but I wouldn’t even come close. >> Fine, you’re not my type anyway. That’s That’s not the point. >> this show was supposed to be about financial advice.
What does Caleb’s comment like have to do with anything? All of this content feels like the remnants of Gamergate and connected to the alt-right and incel culture, completely funneling people into those systems and content. I mean, I feel like I don’t really have to explain myself with that. You can see it in the titles, the thumbnails, the way the videos and content is framed.
Caleb Hammer refuses to accept girl math is to blame for Florida entrepreneur’s debt, drained life savings, stupid women and stupid girl math. On the show when a man complains about getting banned off of video game for saying a racial slur, Caleb complains that video games are too sensitive nowadays and goes on to repeat that same racial slur out loud.
>> It like blew up, quite literally. The turbo cracked in half. So >> At it again. A lot of Caleb’s popularity came from his TikTok clips, which gained a lot of traction online. I remember even personally seeing some of his hilarious moments from the show clipped and put onto TikTok, where his guests became a meme for some of the ridiculous statements they made.
Again, you have to really think how much of that is actually helping people, giving them legitimate financial advice, or turning his guests into lolcow content, making them internet laughing stocks. Private individuals who were initially probably going on to Caleb’s show because they needed genuine help and financial advice.
Like Caleb’s most popular TikTok [music] clip, where his guest claims that their dog has separation anxiety and they can’t have a job with a direct boss, leading [music] to them needing specific work circumstances. And Caleb says that both of those needs are ridiculous. The content just devolved into shaming, harassment, and bullying, both Caleb saying that and the comment section.
You can’t work a job because of your dog’s separation anxiety. At that point, you are not going to survive in society. And there is no budget I can make. My therapist has recommendation [music] that I not have a direct boss. Girl, you’re not going to survive. Everyone has a boss. Do you? Yes, the audience. Uh-huh. I have a boss, [music] the platform that I’m on.
>> I get what Caleb’s trying to say. I have someone that I have to please, but obviously that’s a little bit different than having a direct [music] boss. Caleb sets his own schedule. He works a very different circumstance than a traditional 9-5, and he’s very privileged for that, and it’s ridiculous to claim that it’s the same thing because it’s just not.
>> In-person is what gets you an income next week. We can get you an in-person job cuz you’re not >> where am I going to put my dog? For an in-person job? And the comments under this video were comments like professional victim, septum piercing theory still undefeated, the faces she pulls angers [music] me.
Caleb, who studied music in college and then dropped out, did a TikTok compilation video titled [music] top five useless degrees. >> What are you studying? I am studying creative writing. >> So you have a degree? Yeah, I have a degree. In? Uh, liberal math. Having the rainbow for the word liberal, I mean, I think we I think we know what’s going on here.
>> Graphic communications. It’s a super basic art degree. >> Okay, so unemployment, got it. We built up $75,000 in student loan debt. Say the degree one more time. I study Shakespeare. Okay. So it really it feels like this content has a political undertone meant to single out these people as liberal weirdos, and also demonstrates anti-intellectualism in my opinion as the comment section clearly demonstrates.
I want to know what liberal math is. What is liberal math? Talking about unemployment as if he’s not doing a podcast. Is liberal math zesty math? If you see a comment that already made the joke you made, maybe you shouldn’t make that comment. Here That That’s an idea. These comments poking fun at these people who are getting a degree that’s supposedly useless while they’re making the same brain dead comment over and over again, maybe you guys should all check yourself.
Blue-haired girl uses girl math to pay rent. >> came in with 1,600. Rent is 12. Girl math. >> That’s your It’s not a joke. >> Math is real math when we’re actually talking about your life and improving your situation. But if real math doesn’t work, then we transition to girl math and we use it to live. >> I think she’s funny.
Also, blue-haired girl, is Caleb colorblind? What are you talking about? If I see one more comment about a septum piercing, I’m losing my I think Caleb clearly targets people with septum piercings to go on a show. That being said, I also kind of understand what she’s saying when she says real math doesn’t work in a sense where I think she’s just saying in the real world while it would be nice to get a lower ratio, that is not what the current state of reality where rent prices are or what jobs are paying.
So, most people have to just live with the reality of the situation and there’s nothing that can be done about it besides maybe make light of it and joke about it and say girl math because what can you do? She can’t lower the rent in her area or demand higher wages and the only thing that Caleb really brings to the table is don’t go out to eat.
Okay, cool. Yeah, let’s do the Dave Ramsey thing and eat beans and rice. Great. Life is awesome. So yeah, that’s just a small taste of some of Caleb Hammer’s content. Really changing the world there with his financial advice. >> [music] [music] >> Business Insider did an article about those who went on Financial Audit titled Caleb Hammer promised to save them from financial ruin.
And it seems to actually be working, but there’s some pretty dark information on this article that I don’t think should be glossed over just because of the title. They interviewed three guests who went on the show. A person named Bell who changed career paths to a more stable job after going on the show with a tighter budget. I went in there fully expecting to just be torn down, he said.
I feel like when it comes to any situation of financially surviving in this harsh world of capitalism, you definitely need the kick in the head. >> How long does it take to break through to people? I start to see it in about 45 minutes. Anything you’re doing in particular or just like you got to like keep like chipping away, chipping away and then 45 minutes and they break down.
>> That that’s that seems to be the philosophy. I learn more things about their family, more things about their personal life and you can start relating things to it and the consequences of their actions. Usually about 45 minutes in, we’re most of the way through the documents and that’s where the numbers really start to stack.
That is just I think it’s just all that becomes a little overwhelming. Someone named Ron who, according to Business Insider, said that after speaking to Hammer, he stopped making excuses for his spending from hard partying and a Mountain Dew habit. [music] >> You have swapped your addiction for another addiction.
Go ahead and hold it up to the camera. He’s obsessed with it. Yep. >> Like every second of your life. Yeah. >> Every time I see like a $5 purchase from a gas station, I’m assuming it’s that. >> Yep. That being said, Ron admitted looking for work with the state of the economy is a different challenge entirely that he was still struggling with at the time of being interviewed.
These two interviews are supposed to be the positive stories of going on Financial Audit. A man who claims that he expected to be torn down, but it helped him change career paths. And another person who stopped partying and drinking Mountain Dew, but still couldn’t find a job because the state of the economy is a more complex issue.
Then the article takes a dark turn. A man named Juan Colmenares told Business Insider that during his interview with Caleb Hammer, Caleb seemed disorganized. I’ll quote the Business Insider article here. “Juan didn’t have a work permit when he came to the US from Venezuela, and he and his wife struggled and racked up debt restarting their life.
Hammer seemed disorganized having not reviewed any of his paperwork beforehand. They started the episode late. A lot was cut, Juan said, because Hammer was trying to find the right documents. And apparently, there were papers all over the floor.” Juan also noticed that his personal information, like his employer and address, were visible as Hammer showed the documents.
“My wife basically got doxed,” Juan said, “with viewers finding her on social media and reaching out.” They were in the middle of their immigration process, too, which brought them some racial abuse from people telling them to go back to where they came from. “Juan said he asked Hammer to blur the parts of the video where his information was visible, but Caleb Hammer wouldn’t do it.
” Eventually, Caleb Hammer addressed one of seven moments that Juan highlighted. And this experience also lines up with another former guest who Insider did not name for privacy reasons. She said that Caleb ignored her request to have her interview taken down from YouTube, and then he blocked her on social media. She told Insider she immediately received hateful and harmful messages after her interview was posted.
It was humiliating, and there was nothing I could do, she said. And Caleb was not really sympathetic to the situation at all. “Juan said he wanted to say something on his own pages about Hammer ignoring his request, but he made me sign a document that basically says I can’t say anything [music] bad about him on social media.
This is my main issue and concern with Caleb’s content. Caleb isn’t calling out public figures for their financial issues and for the ways that they promote financial content or anything close to that. And he isn’t doing the Dave Ramsey method of people calling in where they remain very private. Caleb has private people come on their show and expose so much private information about them and then twist them in the most negative way possible.
Often with their face blasted on his thumbnail with words like freak over their face. It’s abhorrent to me. Then people viewing are so easily able to find out doxing information about them through him talking about [music] their spending habits and jobs and where they’re from. No matter how much Caleb claims he keeps them private.
In mid-2024 because harassment was such an issue, Caleb had to implement a policy where guests who go on the show use fake names because viewers were finding the guests and harassing them online. And we know you like to type. Yes, I do. Especially when I’m getting harassed by your fans. >> You’re the only person that’s ever been on our show that has a special folder.
Oh, good. >> Please never reach out to the guests, especially not their family members. We use [music] fake names for guests now. We’ve been That’s been a policy the last 6 months. It’s not mandatory that people use a fake name, by the way. If this is happening, bottom line, you should know your content is a problem and you should immediately change the content style.
Not just have your guests change their names. Don’t get me wrong, not all content creators are responsible for people who go and harass online, but certain content styles foster a level of unprecedented harassment. And in my opinion, Caleb Hammer is one of them and it should not be something normalized. Caleb made a video titled craziest guests I’ve ever had, where are they now? We’ve recorded a lot of episodes.
I want to see where some of them are. >> $5 into 200 at a blackjack table and then ever since then I’ve just kind of You’re into debt for the gambling? >> I don’t know. You know, I I like playing blackjack. I would not have liked you in high school. And this is okay. I’m a nice person. >> Why would you do that to yourself? Do you want your kids back? Yeah.
Life has gotten significantly worse. I was homeless for a while due to circumstances out of my control. I attempted lost my job because of it and a lot of other things. [music] Absolutely horrible time since the episode. Watching this, I realized why people enjoy watching Caleb’s content. The Schadenfreude effect and the idea of no matter how bad my life is, look at this crazy person who has it so much worse than me and makes so many worse decisions.
But the reality is anyone could easily be a person on Caleb’s podcast with every little decision they’ve made twisted and analyzed to look much worse. Every labubu, every Pokémon card, every coffee order or matcha. Hi baby. Caleb made a long-ass Twitter post defending his method of interviewing guests that said, “Here’s the thing.
I’ve put a lot of care, time, and even money into trying to make the best educational resources that we could and even more to give our guests the best possible experience. What? Okay, sorry. And outcome they could possibly have. So when someone says I don’t care about our guests or treat them poorly or our products are a scam, I get worked up.
Maybe it’s a bit too worked, but you know me at this point. LOL, that’s who I am. I love every guest we’ve ever had. Okay, a couple maybe not so much over four years. So when I’m told I’m sexist, racist, transphobic, or homophobic to them or in general, I take that very personally. I love every single guest that’s come on.
Yes, we make over the top titles and thumbnails that leans into crude humor and I roast the F out of people and say bad words. Um It’s one way of putting it. It’s okay if I’m racist or homophobic towards someone because I love them. So even if the message is harmful, well, I have good intentions and that’s all that matters, right? Not only do we get consent five times before we do, they literally ask for it.
Oh my god, did he just say that they they were asking for it? Excuse. Guests are always fans of the show and half of the time they come in with a list of over the top inappropriate jokes or roast that will be thrown towards them in our stupid little show. Haha. I just really think we need to stop being offended on behalf of people who are not offended themselves.
Of course the obvious thing that’s not being said here is it’s the overall message that’s being said. Just because you have a one-off pick me who’s okay with misogynist jokes being thrown their way doesn’t negate the ill effect and the broader message that’s being spread across the internet with the millions of views of this misogynistic joke.
This is all everything Caleb has done on camera, but there are much worse allegations of things Caleb has done behind the scenes. >> [music] [music] >> I’m a very forward open book person and I try to be transparent about a lot of things, Caleb told Insider. I’m not even close to a perfect person and anyone can back that up throughout me growing up.
We love a gunner degenerate. What the fuck are we talking about? I want to say a big trigger warning for this chapter. There have been many allegations of Caleb doing creepy things behind the scenes, which has resulted in a subreddit titled creepy Caleb Hammer. When your boyfriend comes in and he’s going to feel that I’ve seen your titties.
[music] I could do a solid. Do you consent? Yeah. A few moments later. They’re very nice. Now, of course, this has resulted in backlash over this subreddit being described as a snark page, but I do want to say that Caleb’s own Reddit page has been accused of deleting dissenting opinions or downright valid accusations.
And often times when that happens and people have serious allegations or concerns, they create groups to voice their dissent. With no place to go and often times feel a need to voice this through an anonymous profile because people with power and money use that power and money to silence people when they come forward.
This is especially happening right now and if you cannot see that with your own eyes, I don’t know what to tell you. That is why people use pages like [music] this. And that’s not to say that there are not pages that go way too far to be hateful or to spread misinformation. I don’t agree with that. I disavow that because what good are you doing if you’re just spreading more hate in this world.
Allegations about Caleb Hammer have been coming out for more than 2 years. Since Caleb Hammer was only at 250,000 subscribers, yet very few people have been listening to them and it hasn’t seemed to affect Caleb’s career or his growing fame. Instead, he’s skyrocketed towards success and gone on to spread misogynistic hateful bigoted content.
So, I can’t imagine how frustrated and hurt his alleged victims must feel. I’m saying alleged to try and be very careful navigating this legally, but when looking into this, it is mind-blowing the amount of claims there are and how many all say such similar stories, yet no justice has been done yet. I find that criminal personally.
There’s so so many people Caleb has allegedly done this to. Also, I want to say that some of these allegations are very very serious. They should be taken very seriously. So, let’s discuss some of these claims and allegations. [music] There were leaked group chat messages posted where Caleb is allegedly talking about a teenage boy and says, “Any hole will do.
” Caleb has seemingly, though vaguely, confirmed that the messages in the group chat were his saying they were just jokes. The that they think, they think makes me look like a bad guy, the thing they think bothers me is when when I make jokes, a bunch of jokes with other people making a bunch of rage-baiting jokes in a group chat from like a decade ago, and they think that bothers me in the slightest.
A text group chat where everyone’s making insane crazy jokes, and then they screenshot just mine, you know, and it’s just like, “Oh, Caleb Hammer bad.” It’s just like that has to always be the reality. Caleb commented that he wanted to stick his in a hole of his. Any hole will do. Scott Shafter, a content creator here on YouTube, has done deep dives into Caleb Hammer, so I wanted to shout out Scott here.
And in one of them mentions how there’s a TikToker named Bradley on a budget whose content it seems at times is a little bit rage-baity, but a huge theme of Bradley’s content [music] is how he’s working to get out of $100,000 of debt. You would think that Caleb would love that, right? That’s exactly what everyone should be doing according to Caleb, working towards eliminating debt.
But Bradley has an OF, and Caleb decided instead of praising Bradley’s content or congratulating him for working towards getting out of debt, Caleb was going to be purchasing Bradley’s OF and reacting in real time to the OF for his audience. There’s so many things wrong with that. It also could break [music] terms of service or could be illegal, yet nothing ever happened.
Caleb decided to purchase his only fans and make some of the guys’ adult content live on the air TO HIS AUDIENCE. OH, WHAT IS HE POSTING? I need to know. Oh, oh, here we go. Mind you, this was a live stream, so other people were watching him doing this in the moment. I joined OF 6 years ago because I was desperate. This feels really wrong.
>> Oh, this keeps going. Oh, there’s the There’s Need you to bust my huge nine-day out of my joyous some dirty talk. Mind you, everything’s This is all behind a paywall. No one has access to this. >> Now, it’s one thing to just describe what is in an OnlyFans video, but Caleb took it a step further and multiple times played audio of Bradley C.
and having to his audience live on stream. That’s unbelievable. I would never do this to someone. His response to those comments was, “I have enough money to retire. I’m just working for fun now.” >> Now, that is 100% illegal. It also seems that Caleb has a weird obsession with OF overall.
There was a time he brought on Amaranth onto his show, as shown in the beginning of this video, and said, “She wouldn’t date me.” Smash or pass? Are we doing based on now or potential? Right now? >> Yeah. >> [music] >> Pass, but that’s because I don’t want you to feel comfortable in your own body right now, cuz I know you’re trying to do the gym thing.
So, if Amaranth would go for me, I don’t have to improve anymore. >> [laughter] >> I need to diet. I need to gym. >> There were leaked audio messages where Caleb’s telling an OF creator and guest on the show, Zeke, who I believe is straight, to do gay OF content and trying to get [music] him to link up with someone.
And Zeke was fairly young at the time, only 19, I believe. telling you you’re a cool dude, and I want to like if there’s anything, any connections that I have, which I’ve built a lot of connections in Austin, anything that I’m able to kind of link you to, you know, I definitely want to be helpful. The main reason I haven’t wanted to have this conversation via text is Sorry, I had to burp.
Um one, I’m not used to OnlyFans. Straight up. Uh it’s not really my scene. Uh you know, I’m a personal finance dude. I don’t really know anything about that. Uh two, I’m straight. I’m like 90% straight. I’ve definitely fooled around because I’m open-minded. Um and you know, when you get drunk, whatever.
But, you know, so and this is like a you know, a man-on-man thing. Uh but essentially, I think Well, from the conversation I had with him, the pay will be dependent on what you’re willing to do, and what you’re willing to do is set by you. Whatever you’re willing to do comes with more money. You know, I there’s things that I think I don’t feel comfortable talking about in this kind of situation and I’d be happy to talk over in person.
Um maybe I’m just that kind of person. Um so you just let me know what you think. There’s also a leaked audio of Caleb DMing with an OF creator where he mentioned he’d want to do OF but he’s not hot enough. >> [music] >> And then he tries to steer the conversation slightly towards an inappropriate nature but seems to stop himself.
I don’t know, [music] that’s my interpretation of the interaction but let me know what you think. Well, you’re killing it either way. I’m kind of jealous. That beats my Patreon by far. I honestly um this is so silly. I would never announce this out loud to the world but I considered like what would it be like if I started one um just because I don’t I don’t know if I have the funds to do this kind of thing.
You know, once I was like 100,000 subscribers cuz that would pay for things but I don’t know. One, I’m not hot so I don’t think a lot of people would sign up. Uh and two, I I I think that would financial and then only fans only fans mesh together for you know, one person. But again, you ever have a trial I don’t know.
I don’t have time to drop money on this kind of stuff but if you ever have a trial, let [laughter] me know. Oh my god, so stupid. There’s definitely like 50,000 questions I want to ask right now that I should not ask right now. Well, I mean honestly they’re pretty freaking inappropriate and then I don’t know.
I I feel like the risk probably isn’t worth it because so many people just get like in trouble and I do oh fuck yeah, I don’t want that. I should probably be 100% professional, right? >> [laughter] >> You tell me. Someone who went on the show posted their DMs with Caleb Hammer with a sort of weird power dynamic and threatening undertone as he’s flirting with them.
The whole thing is a little bit uncomfortable and exploitative in my opinion. Yeah, haha and the show cuz you’re hot, you know. Honestly not really. Hey, can I ask you something in the DL? I won’t tell anyone your answer. [music] And sure, what’s up? The people who were sugar daddies, did you really never sleep with anyone? Like, what’s [music] the point if not? Why didn’t you have sex with the Houston guy if you’re sexually open, curious? [music] Also, is it okay to have this convo? I want to have consent from you to have this convo. Oh, yeah, very fair. Do you
have [music] sex often? And yeah, whatever, it’s fine. And no, I don’t. Why don’t you? Just a personal preference, I guess. Not really a reason to it. I have money to make and spend. [music] Can’t make money if I’m out fucking around. That’s very true. Are you actual in nature? [music] If you want to stop this conversation at any time, please let me know.
But also, remember our very clear NDA as well. I will. [music] Are you shy? Oh, haha, maybe. So, are you actual? I can be. What’s your type? Would you have gone on a date with me if you lived in Austin? I just [music] mean, if you were here, would you? I meant like physical attraction to me or not, I guess.
I have to be very careful here, so I’m going to ask a dumb question. [music] Would you like me to ask you out? Haha. This next allegation is so messed up, I don’t feel fully comfortable reading it out loud, but there’s a post from someone who claims they were invited on a date to Austin by [music] Caleb, but had a panic attack when coming to Austin because they had a former abusive relationship there.
They were apparently [music] supposed to stay at a hotel with Caleb, but made it clear to him that nothing would be happening between the two of them. But Caleb kept pushing for a massage and for them to undress and relax, >> [music] >> and was incredibly forceful that things kept escalating into an essay.
Once they left [music] the hotel, Caleb texted them telling them not to go and cancel him. In the comments of this post is the Business Insider reporter I’ve quoted in this video asking for more information. But though this post was made two years ago, they never reported on it. Instead, they went on to make fairly positive articles on Caleb Hammer, interviewed Caleb Hammer even on his inspiration for his content and never asked him about this. I don’t know why.
I don’t know if there’s a reason behind that, a legitimate reason, but it infuriates me. Knowing that a reporter saw this and did nothing with it. Hello, I’ve messaged this sub’s moderator, but I thought I’d post here, too. I’m a reporter at Business Insider and I’m interested to speak with the person behind this post. It can be anonymously and in confidence.
[music] If that’s you and you’re open to speak, let me know either by sending me a message here or my email is and sending [music] that. Apparently, she just decided to stroke him with clout and write several articles summarizing different episodes he’s done, all while knowing this. Great journalism.
Someone made an in-depth post about how they got Caleb banned from virtually all dating apps. I got Caleb banned from Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder and I’m not [music] sorry. Sharing my story because despite what he’s claimed, it was a real person who went on a really horrible date with him and reported him to the apps.
I matched with him and we met up for a date. This was a few weeks ago. Everything seemed fine. He was nice, dorky, and in my opinion, cute. We were supposed to go out to eat where we met, but it was an early time for dinner, [music] so he asked if I wanted to hang out at his place for a little bit before dinner.
I was definitely apprehensive about this as I literally just met him, but he said he lived really close by [music] and wasn’t looking to hook up. Once we started driving, he put his hand on my upper thigh and I quickly pushed it off and said, “I’m not ready for that.” He said, “Oh, sorry, you’re just so attractive, whatever.” I said, [music] “It’s okay.
” A couple minutes later, he put his hand back and I said, “What are you doing?” I had literally just told him no. He said, “Oh, I thought you said it was okay.” So, I had to clarify I meant it was okay that it happened, not I’m okay with it. At that [music] point, I started getting really nervous and realizing I didn’t really know anything about the person I was in the car with.
I suggested we not go to his his and maybe go somewhere more neutral to do a more date-like activity. To which he started saying, “Well, there’s not really anything to do around here.” Mind you, we’re in Austin, like in middle of downtown. He also told me there’s a bit of traffic, so it will be a bit further to [music] get to the house.
Mind you, he had said he lives really close by. It was 30 minutes away. Each [music] one of these things isn’t like the end of the world, but together all these red flags were making me nervous. After we finally got to the house, I was just hoping [music] my anxieties were just me being nervous and everything would be fine.
Oh boy, was I wrong. It only got so much worse. We initially were going to watch TV, but we couldn’t because the couch was covered with a sticky substance. I don’t know what it was, but it was all over the entire couch. Seemed like a sticky oil substance and he blamed the dog walker. But like I said, [music] I have no idea.
After he asked me if I wanted a tour of the house and I said, “Yes, sure, whatever.” I was kind of already trying to stay calm. [music] As we walked through the house, he started bumping into me conveniently to kind of feel me up, basically. Also, I think an important thing to know is there is no normal build-up of romance or even any romantic connection.
[music] He had made zero attempts to kiss me or hold my hand. On the tour, he’d hit one of those buttons that [music] makes all the blinds come down. Again, not a big deal, but it was getting hella ominous. The tour [music] ends in the bathroom where he asked me to take a bath in front of him, like straight up as if that was a normal thing to do.
[music] He asked by telling me he can separate himself from his sexuality. Like, “Um, what does that mean?” At this [music] point, I was full-on effing scared shitless. He then walked up behind me and started massaging my shoulders and was like, “Well, why don’t I give you a massage since you’ve never gotten one before. Yeah, let me grab my oil.
” I started thinking [music] about the couch being all covered in oil and I looked to the side of me and there was a camera pointing towards where we were and the couch. And internally, I was like, “Oh F.” [music] So, I moved away from him and went to the other side of the island. We were in the kitchen at this point and said, “You’re [music] making me really uncomfortable.
” He then was basically berating me, saying like, “Why did you want to come here?” As if I had come up with the idea. “Are you asexual? Are you a sexual person?” He asked those both over and over. He kept [music] saying, “I can’t read you.” At that point, I think he just kind of gave up lol because he said, “You know, we’re not really vibing.
Why don’t you get an Uber home?” I will say though, it is really really messed up to bring a girl 30 minutes away. At that point, I was almost 40 minutes away from where I lived, just to make her Uber home. And then after all that bullshit, this man has the audacity to ask me on a second date. And I was honestly just in shock. Like this whole situation was so insane to me.
I just said, “I don’t know about that.” I did report him to Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder, all with my story. I did interact with real people via email who all were disgusted and shocked by his behavior, saying it did violate terms of service. I did this for two reasons. One, it seemed like this may be a pattern or formula for Caleb. I don’t want another person to end up in the situation I was in.
Two, maybe after being banned, he will take some time and reflect on his actions and possibly get some help. In the comments, the poster provided text messages allegedly from Caleb. Ever since, I’ve been getting videos of you high-pitch yelling at poor people and Hinge. I don’t know. What a queen. It’s okay lol, I get it.
Worst date for me, too. Just a big off day for both of us. It happens. Hopefully, it just allows you to swipe left. Haha. Yelling at poor people feels a bit simplified to me, but I get what you’re saying lol. That’s fair, but I do think you owe me an apology. I’m headed to bed, and I’d prefer the confrontational conversation, but of course, I wish the date went better.
It’s okay that we don’t vibe. It happens, and I apologize for wasting your time. I’m sure you’ll have many successful dates here in Austin. Have a great night. Sleep well. The most concerning aspect of this post is that in the comments, there were so many people corroborating that they had similar experiences with Caleb.
I have a friend that’s also been violated {slash} had their boundaries pushed by Caleb. I’m glad you reported. It’s not a one-off experience. He’s a predator. That sounds so stressful. I’m glad you’re safe and well. Hey OP, I’m really sorry this happened to you, but he did the word-for-word same thing to me. I was a guest on the show and he invited me to hang out as friends like a week later.
Hearing that he has used the same verbage with multiple women is really disturbing and it shows a real pattern of behavior. I was so effing uncomfortable at his house. The unwanted comments, touching, insane weird suggestions. I really thought he was going to R-word assault me. Caleb shared his side of the dating app ban on Reddit, then deleted the posts.
Though you can still find them in archive sites and former screenshots. Hammer Time 1995. See, here we go with the over sensationalism that we can’t seem to get over since 2020. But this is why my creator friends privately recommended I get consent recorded. And we live in a single-party consent recording state.
So after the insanity of last year, guess what? I did. Little does this performative person who is chalking up what was just a bad date. Yeah, I hated being there and literally asked her to leave multiple times. Asked something horrible. Guess what? I voice message recorded our entire conversation that she’s talking about and it exposes her for all her lies.
But eff it, she wants to harm my career, so let’s expose her. Couch was what? Yes, the cleaners just left before we got there. Camera in room? Yes, as a public figure I have a security system. So you’re just confirming everything she said? Touch leg after she said no? Beyond incorrect. I made a move, she looked at me odd. I pulled away and asked if it was okay and she specifically said yes.
So you’re confirming everything she said? So I did it again and she said, “No, I didn’t mean yes like that. I meant it was okay that it happened.” So you’re confirming everything she said was true? Mixed signals used to be, “Okay, let’s move on. But in 2025, this evidently means the R-word in our insane culture.
What? Intentionally bumping into her and touching during house tour. I literally have no idea what she’s talking about. And lucky for me, I have a security system to prove it. Asked to take a bath or massage. I tried to make a move, ladies and gents. A hard thing to do. She rejected and I was okay with it and moved on.
Again, it’s 2025, so it means the R-word, I guess. And no, I did not ask her to take a bath in front of me. WTF lol. Sat down angry when she said no. This is when I started recording because I know exactly how this BS works in today’s cancellation economy. I sat down and was confused because when I suggested anything, including just leaving, she said no.
I was puzzled and started to become concerned. I’m happy the teams on Bumble and Match have dealt with the situation and have unbanned me. We need to end this over sensationalized performance bullshit. Bad dates happen. We all have an awkward experience. That night was one for me. We all survived. Her name is She moved home in her mid-20s with her parents and refuses to get a new job after being fired.
She’s a failure in life. Her last date was 2 years ago and told me she doesn’t trust men. I should have taken all the red flags and ran. Biggest red flag of all being her name. And Caleb Hammer says, “People like her right now hold all the power.” Does he mean the woman that he constantly calls out in his content, that he puts down? Is that his way of getting back at the people that have rejected him, that hold all the power in his mind? They can literally say anything and the commentary community will suck it up like water. And people who dislike me
will believe it without single thoughts. And she’ll face zero consequences if she lies about things, but I’d face them all. We live in a new era. I know how people like her work. I was ahead of it and can literally destroy her in court. Someone rightfully calls out, “Whose move is one to take a bath after you were turned down to touch a clothes leg in the car? What routine house cleaner gets a couch wet? I don’t know, something is weird.
Good thing there are cameras, although doesn’t sound like it’s the whole interaction. I want to see the bath combo.” Caleb continued to say in the thread that he ended up decided he wouldn’t be posting any of the damning recordings he had of her, which he recorded without her consent, until court because he would be suing her.
He decided he needs to hold on to the damning proof that would clear his name all for court. So, Caleb is definitely the good guy in this situation. Caleb Hammer also went on to make a video out of this situation, taking what was a Reddit matter and utilizing his massive platform of million subscribers to disseminate his narrative about the situation, making it harder for this potential victim to be believed.
made an update describing in detail all the harassment she received after being virtually doxxed and exposed by Caleb, then lied about online, which is really disturbing to read through. Caleb Hammer allegedly showed nudes of a woman who is a victim of revenge porn by a guest on his show, further victimizing her and potentially further illegally distributing her nudes online.
I am an OG viewer of Caleb Hammer, like OG viewer. But what I saw today on his post show disgusted me so much that I had to unsubscribe. You need to know that he showed that woman’s nudes on his video. You know, in the in the main show where he was telling that girl, “Oh, that’s revenge.
Why would you Why would you do that? Why would you send those to people? Blah blah blah.” He then proceeds to show them behind the paywall. He crops her face out so it’s better? But he shows that woman’s body. Like, yes, she’s covered, but it’s still her. You can tell that it is private photo. She didn’t consent for her private photos to be shown to everyone in her company by the girl to begin with, let alone let alone the entire world has access to it now.
>> Caleb Hammer has also made weird sexual jokes about children. Children are a protected class, unable to defend themselves, especially now in the past year with Diddy, with Epstein, with so many stories of child trafficking in P- Diddy. Yeah, no. The paedo jokes aren’t funny. They’re just weird. End of story.
>> [music] [music] >> D’Angelo Wallace, iconic commentary channel on YouTube, made a live stream recently, which was then edited down into a YouTube video on Caleb Hammer, mainly talking about Caleb’s misogynistic, racist, bigoted content. >> How come whenever he has a woman on the channel that he’s not rocking with, you get titles like dumb spoiled b-word? I effing hate her.
I didn’t really know you could name a video I effing hate her and the b-word in the thumbnail and get 600,000 views? This dude is making anti-SJW content. SJW does mean woman. SJW means woman, person of color, queer person, any sort of possible minority just gets labeled an SJW for merely existing. But hold on, hold on, hold on.
>> know what I don’t know what SJW is, but you like to talk over women all the time. I talk over everybody, including myself. >> D’Angelo also covered Caleb’s extensive use of the r-slur in content, even calling someone’s autistic child the r-slur. What the actual fuck? So, here he is talking to a woman about her autistic child.
That has like Like So She’s not Well, but you’re getting payments. No, it’s not payments. It’s to help with her. It’s to help her >> Oh, that’s not a bad thing. >> Here we get this weasel behavior that you get with all dudes like this where they can’t actually stand tall in their douche-hood, if you will, and it has to be like, “Oh, I wasn’t being bad.
I wasn’t saying it bad.” >> mean. Well, no, I was meaning I was meaning it in the clinical the clinical sense is mental retardation. >> Autism is not mental retardation. There’s two That’s two We get the point. Also, his stupid excuse that like, “Oh, this is just the clinical term.” He literally comes right out about 6 minutes later and admits why he actually said it.
Bro, you can’t even keep your story straight here. >> I’ll call her trigger some people in the audience. I don’t care. That’s all he-he-ha-ha. >> It is literally just to trigger people. >> D’Angelo also found an amazing older post from Caleb Hammer on Reddit defending his eventual slide into aggressive thumbnails and titles. >> want to get into the negative convers, but I feel I should respond to this.
The platform essentially forces content creators to create these kinds of thumbnails, referring to Graham’s thumbnails. And once you know which thumbnails work, you are forced to use them. Trust me, creators do not enjoy this, but we are forced to play the game. >> Caleb was not yet using aggressively misogynistic bigoted titles and thumbnails at that time.
But it’s like an aspiring millionaire who’s okay with the rich getting tax breaks because they think one day they’ll be rich, too. Caleb wanted the same leniency for when one day he used the same system that others were clearly benefiting from. D’Angelo also had some wonderful commentary about the dangers of misogyny in regards to Caleb Hammer denying the accusations of essay from the person who got him banned off of dating apps.
>> Anybody who is espousing misogyny on main is obviously a problem, but you really This is actually a vendetta against women. How dare this woman come forward after I tried to use the story of what I did to her for TikTok content. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is why people don’t come forward. I am blaming Caleb Hammer as the reason for why people feel so deeply uncomfortable coming forward, feeling uncomfortable calling things SA when it is, but you don’t want to say that because you feel like, “Oh, if I make this claim, people
are going to destroy me.” Then Caleb Hammer threatened to sue D’Angelo in a completely unhinged livestream, and D’Angelo responded. “I’m suing D’Angelo.” So says Caleb Hammer in a livestream that took place on his channel with over 2.8 million subscribers in which he delivered the single worst response I have ever received in the entire time I’ve been on the internet.
>> D’Angelo said Caleb uploads misogynistic titles and thumbnails, refers to women on the show as the B-word, and how does Caleb respond? We tell them how crazy the episode’s going to be and how the thumbnails and titles are going to be, and we ask if they’re okay with it. They consented, you didn’t, you don’t matter.
It doesn’t matter what you think, you fucking weirdo using my name to get views. What is wrong with you, you pathetic fuck who can’t do any research whatsoever? You’re a loser. >> Oh, it’s it’s bad. It’s bad This is a bad response. I sat through this for every single point that I made just to see if he had any sort of criticism.
Ah, the no research rebuttal. Anyways, moving on. This video has discredited all discredited all of your previous work because now we know you don’t research and you just virtue signal about everything, meaning and nothing you say and everything should be questioned that you’ve ever said. This video has confirmed that.
Because this is really bad. This is really bad, man. >> How much research does it take to call a spade a spade? I don’t even really know what to say regarding Caleb’s response as Caleb does not really respond, just kind of yes ands his way through D’Angelo’s points. We actually were we’re fucking researching your pronouns because I thought you were a woman cuz I didn’t hear you speak first.
>> Oh, the dangers of being a beautiful man. >> HATE GAY PEOPLE. WE HAVE SOME WOULD too many gays working at THIS COMPANY. NO, THAT’S [laughter] A JOKE AGAIN. You read a title that is outrageous as selling and you say I’m homophobic? You say I’m sexist? No, you’re fucking retard. Caleb claims that D’Angelo saying Caleb may be putting on more of a show, more of a personality for the camera, is worth suing D’Angelo over.
And this became a point that Caleb hammered into over and over again on his live stream. Sorry. >> Caleb says my assertion that he’s faking a personality for views is worth suing over. >> Literal liar. And actually that’s that’s a lie against our business. I could sue you for that. And maybe I will. I have unlimited money. I could sue you.
And I have the best lawyers in the business. You would be so Listen, I’m not promising I’m suing you, but I’m promising I’m talking to my lawyers about suing you. Buddy, I’m going to sue you. D’Angelo noted that after posting the original Caleb Hammer video and Caleb’s response, D’Angelo received the most hateful, racist, and bigoted comments ever received on their channel.
You You actually do have the most racist audience that I’ve dealt with in my time on YouTube. Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen some of the most heinous stuff. >> D’Angelo also had the amazing point when covering the essay allegations that just because Caleb Hammer claimed he recorded consent actually means nothing.
And this was Caleb Hammer’s response. Caleb Hammer does not seem to understand the concept of consent. Not just talking about oh, we all consented to how people slice together, so it’s okay. I went over an allegation of somebody saying that he touched them and it was unwanted. And Caleb’s response initially was like oh well, I recorded me getting consent.
And I was saying that does not matter at all actually. Recorded consent doesn’t mean somebody was consenting to everything that you’re doing, right? And Caleb says this. >> Getting consent is not enough anymore? >> If somebody gives you consent, they can take it away. They They can take it away. That’s why I get up before and after D’Angelo, you weirdo.
>> It’s really, really, really, really simple, guys. Somebody says I didn’t consent to something, you can burn yourself out, bend over backwards, try to tear the stars from the sky trying to prove that they did. It doesn’t matter. Caleb Hammer’s livestream continued on and on for 4 hours, where he continues to just call DeAngelo names, berate DeAngelo, literally prove DeAngelo’s point by leaning into bigotry even more so, it seems, yet also gaslighting DeAngelo by saying, “No, I’m not bigoted. I’m not misogynistic. I’m not
racist.” In the same breath. And that feels like much of that sort of side of YouTube commentary in 2026, denying much of what you’re currently experiencing before your very eyes. And if you call it out, you’re somehow offensive for doing that. The reason why is it’s being seen as profitable to punch down, to be a bully. The loudest person wins.
We cannot let that be a system that continues on. Think back to the past days of YouTube. Who were your favorite influencers? To me, I think of people like Jenna Marbles, who while she had done some controversial things, was known to have a largely positive influence on the platform. Yet nowadays, how many positive influences do we have left? If we allow the most negative, the most hateful, the biggest bullies, the loudest people in the room to win, they will be the influencers who inspire the people of tomorrow, and slowly, that
will be the content that overtakes the platform. That is why I do not think that sort of content should go unchecked, why frauds and charlatans should not be allowed to go unchecked on these platforms, why we should not allow people to to scammed without speaking up. It’s a cruel world, but our voices matter.
And that’s all for today’s video. Thank you so much if you made it all the way to the end. I know there’s some negative points in this video, but I really do want to say your voice matters. Keep speaking up. Don’t let people bully you into silence. That’s the biggest lesson I’ve been learning recently. If you made it to the end, comment what the most inspiring book to you has been if you want to.
It could be something really silly, something really deep. Lately, I’ve been talking about this everywhere, but I love the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and I recommend it to everyone. And also, I’m always looking for new books to read. And I’ll see you in the next video. Stay well until then. Bye. >> [music]
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