Holy smokes The Mind of Jake Paul is over and boyyy I'm a mess.
I'll start with Part 7. I didn't review it yet because I had to prepare for Paper 1 on Wednesday (still watched it though lmao). It was interesting to hear Alissa's side of things. There were a lot of people in the comments section that were like 'Oh it looks like she's lying etc' but personally, I think it takes a lot of guts to admit you were also at fault, especially in a toxic relationship. I'm glad she admitted that she screwed up when she went behind Jake and hooked up with Logan. I do understand why she got frustrated. I think she was trying to make it official with Jake for a really long time but she was confused with their relationship because they were in an 'on and off' relationship. On top of that, she would get pissed whenever Jake would leave her out of the business stuff or pranks. I am a bit confused with the word 'abuse.' Before the interview, based on the snippets, Faze Banks and Alissa kept saying that Jake physically abused Alissa. Now, she said that he didn't physically abuse her but it was more of emotional abuse. I'm a bit unsure with why the story slightly changed.
Anyway, I think Alissa also revealed the a lot on Logan as well. I know Shane didn't want the series to be about Logan because he's not there to defend himself (in the wise words of Shane Dawson) but it kinda reinforced my belief that Logan is a lot more... over the top than Jake. Like, I'm shocked he didn't consider it to be strange to sleep with Alissa (even though you could see that they were in an on and off relationship). Logan also rubbed me the wrong way when Alissa talked about being in Logan's music video and how he didn't really do much when Greg Paul called Alissa a whore or when she was worried about being in Logan's music video. When Alissa said that Logan said it was too late to back out and he already got confirmation from her that she was excited to be in the video, that's... hmm. No clue what to say. I don't know the full details of the contract when Alissa got signed with Maverick Media (although she said Logan let her off), I'm not sure if 'her being excited to be in the video' on camera is considered a legitimate contract. My personal opinion on this is if there was an actual contract for the music video, then yeah Alissa couldn't do much because it's a legally binding agreement. But if it was a verbal contract, it's easier to argue against it because conversations can be easily misconstrued and there aren't any terms and conditions involved.
Another thing I was a bit iffy with was the contract. She mentioned how the contract she signed was to go for 5 years. That's a pretty long time. I think 5 years is waayyy too long. I know Kpop groups whose contracts last for 3 years. And these are Kpop groups who sign with a legitimate company with a board of officials, and PR and all that legal stuff- in summary, they sign with a company that has enough money to provide them makeovers and promotions and brand deals and Kpop groups resign every 3 years (this isn't for all entertainment companies. I know JYP entertainment has their artists resigning every 3 years). Maybe it's because Korea has slightly different laws but again, 5 years is too much for a rookie company.
Anyway, apart from a lot of heavy stuff that Alissa and Shane talked about, I found Shane's reaction to the clout house amusing. The house actually looks the same house as the place where they interviewed Nick Crompton. Personally, although the house looks nice but only to explore, not really live in. It's very overwhelming to look at and I have no clue how the clout gang lives there.
I also think Keemstar made a really good point on the new generation of Youtube creators. We're at a point now that we reward people who flaunt their wealth and act dumb in public. The fact that a lot of Youtube content is like this (e.g. Jake/Logan Paul, RiceGum, Lil Tay) is kinda depressing actually.
So, the final part has arrived today. And boy it was so long. There was so much that they talked about that it's very overwhelming.
One thing I do wanna say is that it seems like the Alissa situation has really messed up everything- Jake's relations with his brother, the rest of the family. And I like how Shane was able to sit there and go through a list of things he wanted to talk about, including things like the Alissa situation and other things I didn't know about like child manipulation and Jake's music video about teachers. I'm glad Shane wasn't afraid to criticise Jake in the face and say "In my opinion, you look like _____." To me, it seems like Jake's childhood really screwed him up. Not just because of the divorce but because of Greg Paul and how he kinda split up the brothers in the beginning. Like, Greg would always try and talk about competition and everything and that became a toxic household because you can see how Logan and Jake are always trying to one-up each other. And I am glad Shane brought up Greg's role in Team 10 because I don't think it's wise for him to work with a dad who's told him all his life to be competitive.
Back to the Alissa situation, to be honest, I have no idea what to say about it. I might have to watch it again because I couldn't process what actually happened. There was so many things going on. I need someone to draw me a timeline because I'm lost with the chronology of the events. What I was surprised about was when Jake said that he gave Alissa 30 days to leave because he couldn't stand living with her but she didn't leave. I found it interesting because when I initially saw Alissa's video about being kicked out by Jake, I thought that he was being harsh. But hearing Jake's side of the story really cleared up a lot. I would like to see Alissa and Jake talk it out with Shane being the mediator (kinda like with the Tanacon series where Tana and Michael sat there and talked/yelled to each other about all the beef they had about each other) but I don't think Alissa would be able to handle it well considering how she kinda retreated for a bit after Jake claimed that Alissa cheated on him (which btw, I don't think it's fair for either one of them to claim one was cheating on the other because they never made the relationship official). I kinda wished Shane asked Jake about the whole abuse thing (i.e. Alissa being dragged down the stairs), but Jake did admit that he was seeing other girls while being 'in a relationship' with Alissa.
I am also glad that Shane brought up the Martinez twins situation. When Nick said that he was confused about their video about Team 10, I wanted to hear Jake's or the Martinez twins' perspective- at least one of them. I do want to see what the Martinez twins have to say about what Jake said about them because he and Nick completely debunked what they said. The racist terms Jake cleared up, but the other things like the pranks they both said was fake. To be honest, when Jake talked about meeting the Martinez twins and helping them get brand deals, it kinda shows that not only is Jake pressured by his family to try and one-up Logan but he's also being depended on by other people.
I think those were the main points I learnt from this whole series. I still do wanna know why Jake's mum uses her sons for clickbait in her videos but at this point I'm so exhausted by all the drama I only vaguely remember what they said about the drama because there's so much to cover. To me it looks like Jake is probably starting a new chapter because the Team 10 Instagram deleted all the previous posts and hinted a new team- no clue what that means. There may still be stones unturned but I am glad a lot of the drama is out there. Shane and Andrew better be getting some sleep and a vacation after this because Shane looked like a mess in his snap after editing for 30 hours. I want Shane to go back to his conspiracy videos and vacation videos with the squad.
Side note: is it just me or does anyone cringe when they hear Shane or anything other Youtubers pronounce mukbang as 'mook- bang' or 'mook-bahng' instead of the proper way of saying it: 'meok- bahng.' Just a random thought.
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