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Fred the YouTube Star's Third Act
from #247 - Scream At The Sky (ft. Yannis Pappas) | The Tim Dillon Show · #247
2 min
Tim jokes about whatever happened to viral YouTube character Fred after puberty ended his act, and that he's now content getting by quietly.
- Smart YouTube stars realize they won't be famous forever and start investing to keep stacking money.
- Your fans are 12, and once they grow up and get girlfriends or boyfriends, you're done—just like Vine stars.
- Fred, the YouTube guy with the fast-forwarded chipmunk voice, used to be huge.
- Fred came out of the closet, which was big news.
- Ben saw Fred at the Grove around 2016 or 2017, just getting ice cream, and it wasn't looking good.
- Fred made three films—Fred One, Two, and Three.
- Once Fred developed an Adam's apple and went through puberty, the gig was up.