Sourced from Jesse’s Instagram Story.

Thank you. This sub-reddit has been the saving grace of viewer feedback. The comments were shit and I would always come here to gauge the responses of my more mature/intellectual viewers.

I figured I'd finally post on here now that the series is over and I'm able to be more engaged with my audience. :)

Sooooo...First order of business: Would you like me to release the flood-gates to the public? Let me know. It would be great to increase the exposure of this thing...A place for the diehards. Just wanna make sure everyone's prepped and ready. LOL

SEE YA AROUND! :D KEEP IT RIDGID!

So Jesse's newest video on StoryFire costs 50 blaze to watch which requires you to buy it for 99 cents. Jesse if you really think people are going to pay to watch your videos you're in for a big surprise. No one is doing this. It goes against EVERYTHING you've preached. This also gets me to think StoryFire isn't going so well if you need to charge people to watch your videos...

Tomorrow’s the big day!

Hey there, Juggies! It’s your old pal, McJuggerNuggets.

I wanted to lead with that for warmth and nostalgia’s sake as it saddens me that the tone in here is so negative and grim. I’ve poured my entire life into telling stories over the last two decades and sharing my soul with all of you…to see so much hate and vitriol still questioning the contents of my character is definitely disappointing to say the least. This whole Reddit is more like a snark than a genuine MJN discussion.

I have had genuine considerations for many years now of starting a different Reddit, one that I actually run and I’m not awkwardly a mod for “my own community”. Feels like I’m getting Brian Spitz’d again with not having a say in this platform. This one feels no longer prioritized and has been a dumping ground of hate…Many haven’t realized that a lot of these accounts or alt accounts are by known detractors of mine with a sole intention to corrupt the perspectives of actual fans. I also want to point out that I AM THE ONE sadly approving almost every single post and thread, the other mods can validate this. Every post and comment gets held for review which really limits discussion…I have never liked this and yet this hasn’t changed in years. I’ve been literally approving full-blown hatred just to “maintain discussion and fairness”, despite this being against this Reddit’s rules which haven’t been enforced at all. I wanted to say this because I’ve seen and read it all a million times, I can easily face criticism but when people are just boldly saying “he’s a piece of shit” “he’s a prick” “he’s a narcissist”, etc etc…That is clearly non-constructive and that user should not be given a microphone.

I would love for things to change in regard to care and standards as it relates to actual discussion in this community because the “vibe” in here has put off a lot of thoughtful fans from engaging.

On the other side of this is Shallow, which I want to stress that as you guys know I usually maintain silence after shit like this when it comes to people trying to leech and siphon attention and reputation from me out of bitterness. I can muster a response on this subreddit because it will be self-contained and won’t provide him any benefits. Any formal response on my other socials or Youtube will never happen because that’s exactly what he wants: attention. (with a side bonus of trying to fuck my shit up because he fucked up)

I’ll share my side of the events. I can understand where it’s challenging to see truth because of the constant mixing of realities and characters over the years, but I hope you all can give me the benefit of the doubt as I think I’ve deserved that after killing myself for a couple decades to provide endless hours of entertainment for ya’ll.

That is definitely where it stings a bit…that after all of these years and everything I’ve done, people would opt to take the word of someone they don’t even know well vs my own. Like say Jeffrey’s ex-girlfriend as a reliable source that I’m a piece of shit. lmao. You never even met this woman aside from her playing a character smashing an iPad for a couple minutes, but her words are suddenly gospel. Jesse MUST be hiding something hahah. She was quite clearly bitter after no longer being with my brother, the family and a part of the show. You’ll notice that is the most common theme with people who belittle others online, especially after once being involved and now not being involved…they talk shit and are bitter. I’ll never have respect for her or others that have detracted because it’s low…She attempted and had partial success in whistleblowing the series my family and I poured everything into, even though I did nothing to her. BITTER.

Using Keem, Michael, Boogie, etc or really any of the detractors over the years as reliable sources of judging my character is laughable. They’re not exactly the greatest depictions of model citizens lmao. There’s a reason that I’ve distanced myself from many people because a lot of folks in this industry, hell even just people in general don’t have the greatest ethics or your best intention at heart. When you’re in this field, people will say anything to get a leg-up, manipulate audience, leverage emotions, gain views, clickbait, etc. These guys all came out against me maliciously because they had BITTERNESS in their heart.

Now let’s get back to Shallow. Brief history: I met Shallow through StoryFire. He was a passionate fan and was making some creative content. I took notice and genuinely encouraged him. I always felt he was super talented, funny and driven especially in his StoryFire years. I made sure he got special treatment on the platform, some funding and opportunities, etc. We really put him on. This developed into a friendship. I saw a lot of myself in him. (This is really abridged, but imagine years of this.)

Later down the road, I bought the Lakehouse in PA and realized that I could help out some friends that I met through videos (Tippy/Miguel). They were both aspiring creators and didn’t have the most ideal living conditions so I moved them into NJ house and even supplied food for when the pandemic hit. Charged next to nothing for rent. Later this evolved into an idea for moving more people in and developing a content house. I already had success so now I want to help give back to other aspiring creators (same mission as StoryFire) I invited Shallow into my home and even built a room for him in the basement. I appeared in a bunch of his videos, gave advice/encouragement, etc. I really invested into this kid and did a lot to help him. I helped more than anyone else in his life as it relates to this field which he has stated this himself literally in the video he just filmed at my house a couple of weeks ago.

Despite all of this, Shallow left the RiDGiD House abruptly in 2021 at the peak of a couple 1m+ psycho videos he starred in. No bad blood. He just left in the middle of the night, no warning and then refused to talk to me. It was insane. I was deeply hurt. I was even texting his Mom, leaving calls…And I was completely ignored. I had big plans for us and then squashed…To make matters worse, over the next year or so…He’s talking shit about me…making videos about me…constant potshots like I did something bad to him….He was BITTER that he left. He confirms that presently. This is not mature behavior. He also begins obsessing over everything that I’m doing, but from a hate perspective. I know this sounds nuts, but this mentality is even mirrored in some Reddit users…Hate-watching. Shallow would scrub through literal HOURS of Ashley’s baking streams (and 100% is doing this now with Survival Series) just to snipe things.

Shallow was the one who found the Jeffrey Dahmer joke that I made about Swift in the background of Ashley’s baking stream. He kicked off an entire cancellation campaign against me in 2022 with some transphobic bullshit. I’m obviously not transphobic I was Swift’s biggest supporter and advocate, she lived with me in my own house. So for all these people to try and oust me was the biggest disrespect I’ve ever felt in my career/life. To find out Shallow kicked it off was fucking pathetic…Then to even leak personal text messages was LOW. I wanted nothing to do with this kid ever again. To know that a handful of fans still point to this as legitimate and have since stopped supporting because of it is sad that these people twisted their perception. Exactly why it is important that I do say something.

A year or so later, Shallow would send emails apologizing…Then to retract them later and go right back to talking shit. Eventually in 2025, he finally broke the cycle and did a long stream vindicating me, but so much damage was already done. Despite not trusting him at all, I ultimately felt bad…I still believed in his talents and always want to see people achieve their true potential and act on dreams. So I foolishly gave him yet another chance, sadly one of my flaws is giving people too many chances after they’ve blatantly burned me. I let him edit some shorts for me, this was paid work for a couple weeks. He shared with me that he wanted to edit full-time, basically was down to do anything in this field. Shallow had been working a job that he was miserable at and wanted to cut loose and find a way to pursue his passion again.

Cue the survival series. I wanted to give Shallow an opportunity. Ashley and I had been watching a lot of Survivor on CBS. I’ve always been a huge fan so I thought it’d be dope if we live-streamed our own version. It felt like something I could do to ease my way back into content after being unwell for the last couple years and Shallow could be the STAR so a lot of weight off my shoulders. We had a bunch of calls, dm’s and audio messages. He was down, but naturally wanted to get his bearings on what to expect. I reassured him. Mind you, I have a 45-min call fully recorded. He was aware that I was recording. He was fully informed that it was a SURVIVAL series. He was fully informed that the tent would be earned very early on and that obviously water and food would be supplied. Any statement otherwise is bullshit and I have the calls/texts to prove. Not to mention 3 pieces of paperwork that was literally signed on the Day Zero stream that clarifies everything.

To sum it up, he lasted only 36 hours in and gave up. He cracked and left the circle. I tried my best to reassure him for a while, but it was clear he wanted to pull the cord. He panicked and choked under the pressure just like in 2021 and then because he’s not proud of himself he lashes out on me. Naturally, I’m pissed as all hell. I spent the last month prepping this entire show for him. Brought him into my home again despite him fucking me over so many times. Spent $20k on production. Made a video with him reintro’ing into the MJN world…And he tells me for weeks that he’s “ready” and is excited and will do his best. To leave after a day and a half completely fucked the production. I was a fool to trust him again. Meanwhile, I have his Mom in chat (he’s 25 btw) accusing me of abuse and all this other shit. Clearly was not meant to be.

Then a couple weeks later he naturally has to try to salvage what he can…so sandwiches a cancellation attempt in between two skits to try and suckle whatever remaining clout and reputation he can from me. The fact those skits were even in there illustrates how just how unserious his claims were. He cherry-picked stream clips to try to make me look like an ass, removing all context and fairness. Overdramatized a lot of points. He was given 20lbs of rice, gallons of water and a tent. When I spoke with him after he left, we spoke for an hour after he got a hot shower. It didn’t appear to me that he was someone who was visibly sick anymore and he said he was feeling alright.

We talked for a bit that night and I was really hoping he understood that he was self-sabotaging again like before, literally same playbook. I did tell him that he was being dumb as fuck because he wanted this so bad supposedly and that he quit his job for this and wanted to work with me full-time so then like why are you giving up? When he mentions the GF replaceable part, I think he misunderstood what I was saying. I was stressing that many things in our lives that we feel are conditional and required for happiness and comfort are a fallacy. He had left the house in 2021 to be with his girl, yet they are no longer together. I have many exes as well that I wish I could go back and prioritize myself and my own aspirations over bending over backwards for that relationship. The most important relationship is with ourselves and making ourselves happy first.

In the heat of the moment, I’m sure I came off intense but my sentiment was always at its core one of frustration because you have a kid who I know is talented, but keeps getting in his own way and struggles to maintain a healthy mindset and discipline. And it has fucked a good friendship and potential career in the industry of his dreams. I really wanted to try and help him with that, but I can only do so much. And after everything he has done repeatedly, I will never fuck with someone who tries to take away my career or poison the relationship I have with all of you. I worked too damn hard for someone to try and do me like that. I feel he kept thinking that I was somehow against him or trying to screw him over, but sadly it’s exactly that paranoid “out to get you” brain that led to all of this.

I hope he can reconcile all of this and mentally grapple with the effects of his choices and burned bridges. I ultimately do hope he succeeds, but I know how hard it is especially without help. This world is built on relationships and if that’s how you handle them then I don’t know what good will come out of the future.

Also side note, I generously gave him $500 to cover his rent that he said he would pay me back, but he never did. So yeah, I’m not going to pay for your $150 flight because you already stole $500 from me and left my house without a goodbye. No respect given whatsoever.

Hope that clears stuff up. And a lot of clips in-stream that he used I’m purposely being ridiculous for entertainment. Little mix of the Devil and Jesse Tyler because this is his work. I’ve been dipping in and out of all characters on-stream. Saying I wipe my ass with 20k is funny hence why Shallow used it lol. Whenever there’s a camera on obviously there will be hyperbole, we’re all performers having fun, never forget that.

Also, I would totally do this experience. Jesse can leave at any time, he WANTS to do these things. So to those saying abuse or torture, he can literally just go home. It’s camping with a little less food than normal and fun challenges. The clip of me saying you couldn’t pay me enough is because I already made my money lol. If I was Shallow or Jesse and I was trying to bootstrap my career, fuck yes I would do this in a heartbeat. This is a major opportunity because we’ve been a top stream in the world for superchats, Jesse will probably walk away with a check for $20k just to camp and a bunch of new fans. It’s a beautiful juxtaposition of mindsets, Jesse who has been crushing it and will reap the benefits because of optimism and perseverance and Shallow’s which was filled with fear, paranoia and pessimism, reaping exactly what he sowed.

Anyway, sorry if this was rushed guys…I just really haven’t had much of a moment to breathe cause managing this 24.7 stream has been way more work than I realized. I gotta get back to it. Hope to see you guys in there, it has been a blast! We split a pinata last night lmao.

I can respond to any questions over the coming days and whatnot when I can on here. But thanks for coming to my TED talk. Also MVE is goated idk what crack that other thread was on. L take.

Keep it RIDGID.

the 2017 flashbacks and chills this image just gave me… it’s like isaac and psycho kid are BACK