The cutthroat fight between YouTuber Logan Paul and Minecraft sensation TommyInnit is about to be turned up a notch after Logan leaked private messages he exchanged with the latter.
It started with British content creator TommyInnit-all famous for his humor and gaming videos-and being lamented with the public criticism leveled against Logan Paul over his promoting Prime drink when he sat down to share a serious talk about the Gaza conflict with Donald Trump. The controversy poured out with fans pointing out how awkward it all seemed; Tommy and Logan tweeted back and forth to show their side of the story..
This was the case with Tommy’s post, which went viral in no time, since a majority of people agreed that Logan’s timing was off. However, instead of responding to the criticism-in a very unexpected manner Logan revealed a string of year-old DMs between him and Tommy, showing there had been a previous exchange in which Tommy seemed supportive towards him.
The DMs Logan shared included phrases from Tommy like:
“Terrible. I was going to ask if you wanted to get coffee.”
“New video was fucking awesome congrats Big Guy.”
“Next time boss.”
Thx boss sry been mad busy
The whole thing Logan probably envisioned coming across with was the other side of the relationship, where Tommy was friendly and supportive. That didn’t quite fly though, as fans were quick to point out leaking private conversations, but particularly out of context, felt like an attempt to get out of the real issue at hand: Tommy’s criticism of Logan’s actions today.
He didn’t need more time to respond. In response, an entertaining tweet from Tommy called Logan out for his behavior, saying,
“Why do you keep posting private messages of me being nice to you. Are you stupid?”
His fans responded enthusiastically to Tommy’s light-hearted yet cutting reply. Like Logan, they were annoyed by his apparent attempt to shift the attention elsewhere. They chimed in to express their irritation with his strategies of deflection. To summarize, most decided his move was off-target and made things worse since he creates unnecessary drama.
He wasn’t done. Logan continued fanning the flames of their feud, tweeting that Tommy was “lashing out” because he’d been “neglecting him” and not hanging out with him. He even added a sarcastic “Sorry I didn’t chill with you buddy,”because you beg me for attention offline and then run to Twitter when I don’t acknowledge you, another fake internet kid,” to add grease to the fire.
This has only added fuel to the fire, as fans debated whether he was hurt or just blowing things out of proportion for attention. How can one paint such a bad light on his name by referring to him as “beard” while saying Tommy “is begging for attention offline.” The fans saw this as some other way to divert from what it was originally intended critics against the Gaza discussion.
Both fanbases have reacted rather mixed but mostly critical against Logan. A few of his followers defended him by naming his arguments with Tommy as “petty.” However, most of them were with Tommy when he said that it made no sense to invade his trust by leaking private messages. “He’s just making it worse,” a user posted. “Tommy called you out on something serious, and this is how you deal with it? Well, for the fans and subscribers of Tommy, the above reasons were just a plus to go all out in maintaining loyalty and support. With him known to be playful and humorous, the situation could never be taken seriously with his mocking tweets and the rest.
This feud raises an important issue about how celebrities handle disagreements in the age of social media. One thing that has always been viewed as bad faith is leaking private messages, and it does seem it worked against Logan Paul this time. Any fan would feel that private conversations need to remain private, and using them to score points in their public feud makes it messier.
