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u/Silvers1339 17d ago edited 8d ago
We’ll never know for sure, but honestly I’ve had the feeling since she started gaining popularity so rapidly that this might happen: she probably realized she could make more money/have more creative freedom over her show if she was independent.
This kinda thing happens all the time with Fox News (like Tucker, Bongino, etc.), and I think it’s the same thing here: The Daily Wire is essentially the next generation’s Fox News in terms of cultural relevance so they'll naturally raise up new budding talent who may or may not move onto other things over time for a variety of reasons.
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u/thedawntreader85 17d ago
She got a good start from DW and now she's very popular and can probably do better on her own. My guess is they couldn't pay what she was asking.
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u/Jesuscan23 16d ago
Yes and iirc someone at daily wire said they pay the younger less experienced personas less money because they get so much exposure that they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.
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u/TJkroz81 14d ago
She was on YT and growing very well way before DW.
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u/etherspin 11d ago
How was she ? I haven't heard about that at all.
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u/TJkroz81 10d ago
My mistake. I was watching her videos for a long time before I noticed the Daily Wire even existed. I should have done my research, even though i thought I remembered her announcing her joining the Daily Wire late last year.
Maybe I'm from a different timeline? Y'all still spell it Berenstein Bears, right?
Oh well, I'm going to go watch Shazam! Sinbad always makes me smile.
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u/narcabusesurvivor18 17d ago
I don’t get where everyone is getting this “hard feelings” idea from.
Every video when Brett has talked about the company or Ben has been extremely positive with not even a hint of negativity ever. She herself seems to have been the initiative for videos with Ben, for example. Even saying often how she watches his show/respects him.
This was not the case for Candace at all, because she was/is insane and antisemitic. The vibes were almost constantly negative (especially after Kayne) and even slightly so.
What’s more likely happening with Brett is that she’s married, busy with plenty of other things, probably wants a new challenge and to branch out on her own. Smart and successful people tend to do that. She probably felt like she reached the ceiling of what she could accomplish with the Daily Wire.
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u/MyopicMirrors 17d ago
Sometimes you have to listen to what isn't being said, the "hard feelings" idea comes from Brett deleting every picture on her instagram of her producer and replacement, Reagan Rohrbach. Reagan was her maid of honor and still has Brett's pictures on her instagram last I checked, but she probably has to give the appearance that there is no ill will since she is going to be the new host.
Maybe contract negotiations fell through and Brett was given the choice between sticking with a contract she wasn't happy with or terminating her contract and she chose the latter. The fact that she had already created her own channel just shows that she isn't ready to retire to farm and family life and may have wanted to grow beyond what the Daily Wire would have allowed her to do. If there was an NDA signed, we'll really never know for certain.
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u/etherspin 11d ago
If you watch her "bestie" Amir Odom talking about it he sounds like a massive enabler and very envious that he personally hasn't been invited to feature on dailyWire as a gay conservative YouTuber Her Mom also going round liking stuff that bags Reagan could point to Brett being around people telling her that SHE is the show when it's very much a team effort where she gets the massive benefit of fame from being the face 👀
Reagan has been there since before Brett was decided on as host and if Brett was wanting to be paid like a Walsh or Knowles i.e. as if she herself is a commentator and media personality and not just a mouthpiece then Reagan could very well be keen to take over in Brett's place especially as she was in the running to host originally as well and has the journalism and social media based background where Brett has been an actor.
EDIT oh and Reagan also moved a big distance to work for the Comments section 3 years ago where Brett recently moved further away making a commute necessary
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u/MyopicMirrors 10d ago
I believe Amir's overall point was that in their attempt to reach a wider audience, the Daily Wire may want to seek out talent that isn't just white men between the ages of 35-70. Is there a huge difference between Michael Knowles, a thirty-something Catholic. husband, and father as opposed to Matt Walsh, a thirty-something Catholic, husband, and father? If you're someone that engages with the Daily Wire frequently, absolutely, but a non-subscriber or casual listener may not be able to tell the difference. Now, you can argue that diversity shouldn't matter, but the Comments Section was specifically designed and created to target a younger audience that was not being reached by their other hosts. There's a reason the original Comment's Section set looked like a young person's bedroom and it grew 4 millions subscribers in 3 years, something that none of the hosts at the DW besides Ben have been able to do in twice as many years. If Brett believed she was worth more than she was getting paid, she had good reason to.
Reagan being there before Brett isn't really an argument for anything since they obviously found what they were looking for when they cast Brett or they would have had Reagan from day 1. I've heard every host praise the virtues of meritocracy, but when it comes to their own talent, suddenly everyone is replaceable. Oh and for what it's worth, Chrissy Clark claims she was cast as the original host of the Comments Section back in 2021. So if anything, Reagan was passed over not once, but twice in favor of someone else. I don't blame anyone for trying to make a better life for themselves, but when it looks like you stabbed someone else in the back to make it happen, people will draw their own conclusions.
Only time will tell whether or not Daily Wire made the right decision letting Brett go, I think she was aging out of the Comment Section format, myself. She certainly could have grown into something else with the DW's backing, now she gets to try it on her own terms.
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u/Advanced_Oven4996 16d ago
She didn’t say no hard feelings. She said it’s her choice to leave. I agree her personal life makes sense for a change, but this doesn’t feel amicable. If it was I think we’d see her be a guest host at the very least, not a shaky scripted video with a creepy pop in from Jeremy
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u/Jesuscan23 16d ago
Yes and she already created another YouTube channel (I subscribed) so that tells me she’s not ready to give up being a public commentator but idk. Also maybe I’m reading too much into her farewell message but she genuinely sounded hurt and betrayed giving her farewell message. Like of course it’s bittersweet giving a farewell message to all of your loyal followers on a platform you worked hard to build but it genuinely looked like there was so much she wanted to say but couldn’t in her farewell speech.
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u/etherspin 11d ago
I wondered if she was already expecting a kid perhaps and eyeing a transition to Mommy-blogger given how loud she is about seed oils,home schooling, trad wife style stuff, just moved into a new place further away from DailyWire studios etc
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u/Oberbrunner 16d ago
As someone who has followed the Steven Crowder/Not Gay Jared situation pretty closely, I can say that you can’t really go by what they say on their last episode or whatever on the platform. Not Gay Jared had a really nice send off and at the time I didn’t see any problem… but after a few months there was signs something wasn’t right. For example: Jared saying he wouldn’t be a stranger yet never returned, Jared announcing he was producing a comedy special for The Blaze that never happened, seeming Steven going out of his way to not even mention Jared, etc.
I’ve never really watched Brett. I have no insight one way or the other… I’m just saying I wouldn’t interpret what she says on DW while leaving as being 100% what she actually feels like.
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u/Jesuscan23 16d ago
Yea I think part of it is the fact that we will never know exactly what went on and why exactly Brett left or if she did leave fully voluntarily so that leads to speculations of course lol. And even if there was bad blood or Brett did get pushed out, we would never know because of the NDA she signed.
We’ll never actually know 100% though. What makes me pause is how Brett deleted every single picture on her insta with Regan. Also her farewell speech did sound very scripted especially the “god King” part lol so that leads to even more speculation that she’s being “forced” to say her goodbyes in a certain way.
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u/Ok-Studio1621 17d ago
candace isnt antisemetic lol, ben shapiro is just oversensitive
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u/Far-Adagio4032 16d ago
She literally just apologized for ever taking Jewish money and promised to donate it.
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u/narcabusesurvivor18 17d ago
She absolutely is, if you’ve heard literally anything she’s said over the past while.
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u/etherspin 11d ago
She might not be but that's if she is just naturally dense E.g. confusing "Quarter" as city regions in Israel to mean police enforced imprisonment into apartheid like "Quarters" and other weird assumptions about Israel and being best friends with Andrew Tate
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u/TheGreatSickNasty 17d ago
People are saying the videos aren’t genuine. I watched them and they do seem a bit short and lacking of warmth. I doubt we will ever find out though.
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u/NoImporta24 17d ago
She said that she was leaving because it was her decision. But no one believes her and everyone points to the DailyWire because of what happened to Candace
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u/FinishProper5631 17d ago
To be fair, Candace was acting insane by the end of her time at DW. I feel like Brett didn’t have the same drama.
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u/NoImporta24 17d ago
What did she do? I started following Brett AT THE SAME TIME Candace left. So what happened?
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u/Bubba_Phet 17d ago
Candace went full Batshit Crazy by the end. Every conspiracy theory around. She then engaged in a very public dispute with Ben over Israel. It was sad and seriously hurting the DW brand. I was glad to see that one go.
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u/MoisterOyster19 17d ago
She was always crazy. She was a hard-core liberal before. Then she went conservative for the money and daily wire. Now she made money and married rich so she is letting her true self shine thru. Before she was just a grifter.
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u/etherspin 11d ago
She seems to be one of those contrarian people who triples down on their views until such time as a super loud but super charismatic person corners them with a counter view and they totally about turn in rapid time.
But yeah at the tail end of her DW time you can find more conspiracy theories out of her than I'd seen attributed to her in the previous 2 to 3 years
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u/-deteled- 17d ago
Candace was hanging out with Kanye a lot and went extremely anti Semitic, like Jews kidnap babies and drink their blood kind of shit.
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u/Aggressive-Cry7940 17d ago
When did Candace say Jews kidnap babies and drink their blood?
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u/systematicTheology 17d ago
I don't know about that, but she was trying to defend Andrew Tate against some pretty serious sex trafficking charges.
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u/-deteled- 17d ago
The first one mentions the blood thing, it’s not as bad as I thought, but still pretty damning. I just remember following her on twitter and her tweeting and liking the most off the wall shit. Both articles quote a bunch of the psycho junk she was spewing though.
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u/TopAd1369 17d ago
Jeremy gave her a very nice goodbye video with her announcement. Maybe for optics. But it was very complimentary
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u/Puzzleheaded_Dark760 15d ago
Worth noting that The Comments Section was created before Brett joined. It was an idea for a show the Daily Wire had and they went and found a person to host it. Brett wasn't their first choice even. She obviously has led to it being as popular as it is and deserves much (most?) of the credit for it, but that does make it seem more understandable that she is leaving and the producer is taking her place.
Source (Chrissy Clark, who herself was almost the original host of the Comments Section): https://youtu.be/gSjf2AXK-pg?si=I0e4pc4_RLZnwXGy
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u/theory317 17d ago
Who cares. Matt and Ben make the DW all that it is.
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u/Bubba_Phet 17d ago edited 17d ago
Agreed. Matt Walsh for the dry biting sarcasm. Ben to come in and destroy with facts and logic. It's a perfect combo. Everyone else is just filler.
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u/theory317 17d ago
I like Knowels as sort of a background character with his cigars and religious arguments.
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u/Bubba_Phet 17d ago
Knowles is smart and knowledgeable. I agree he is an asset to the team. But one look at that silly dance intro he has now sums up why I am a Walsh guy.
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u/Bubba_Phet 17d ago
Also, nothing beats those satire intros that Klavan has. If you haven't checked them out, do so.
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u/theory317 17d ago
Yeah they're all good. But Matt and Ben are money.
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u/Bubba_Phet 17d ago
I don't know who is down voting you but we have some lurking Knowles haters out there.
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u/dart-witch 15d ago
I legit turned off the only video of his I’ve ever clicked on when I saw him start dancing lol. No hate to him I think he’s a smart guy, I just can’t take his show seriously
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u/Arjun_SagarMarchanda 17d ago
The comment section became less about comment sections and more about politics. It's better it ended this way. I hope she succeeds in her next project
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u/Elaisse2 17d ago
I think she has a good brand and wants to go out on her own. DW is pretty restrictive if you listened to what the crowder contract was.
Either way good for her. I'm not a fan but she has a good brand and I wish her all the best.
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u/Drivenby 17d ago
It is likely that her contract with DW wasn’t very favorable as she was not a nobody but close to when she started the show . She has made a name for herself and earned a good reputation . She wants to make more money , going solo is the way to go. You don’t need an entity like the DW to make money on YT.
I think it is very reasonable .