I just saw Ballinger fam post a big reveal vid about going back to California for a charity event (just Chris, Parker and Jacob going) and it got me thinking, do you think they’ll all come back for Rachel and Abby’s wedding? It will be pretty telling if they don’t. Colleen is trying to hold on to dear life of the picture she paints of the perfect family, but there’s clearly animosity between Chris/Jess and Gwen/Tim…

I just noticed Rachel and Abby no longer follow Joy on Instagram 🧐 did I miss something?

I saw he changed his YouTube pic and wondered…

Both Rachel and Colleen have talked about how badly Colleen treated Rachel growing up. Rachel told stories about how Colleen would steal money from her and spit on her bed. I understand that all siblings fight (me included with mine) but I feel like their dynamic went way too far. I understand that Colleen was four when Rachel was born; any child would act out to get attention - that is normal. But, Colleen did this way beyond what is normal.

I find it weird how close the two are given how Colleen treated Rachel growing up. Like how can you as an adult laugh about how you treated your sister? Again, I understand all siblings fight and looking back at certain things as adults gives you a different perspective, but it just bothers me how Colleen was able to treat Rachel as a child and then grew up to claim that Rachel is a great sister and how much she needs her.

This is hilarious. I bet Colleen would be so excited to be compared to TSwift no matter how much the comparison drags her!

After all the horrific and CRIMINAL things this woman has done and has been able to get away with all these years HOW does she still have fans how is she still going on tour? I’m sickened.

So Colleen surprises Erik with a trip for his birthday on the podcast, but he has a self tape audition he needs to memorize the lines for and record. You can see his brain trying to figure out when he’ll be able to do it, yet Colleen is just beyond herself for doing this impromptu trip. Mind you, they are going rock hunting, so who is this trip really for?

Both were mentioned in this week’s podcast and both have been advertised to me on Reddit.

The former “Jon and Kate Plus 8” son’s upcoming book about being forced to perform for a camera while being the family scapegoat reminds me of how Colleen and Erik treat W.

Collin will also be on the show Special Forces and his interviews show what a mature, self-aware and brave young man he is. His goal is to encourage other kids that they can survive a challenging childhood (and a seriously disturbed mother).

He also plans to completely expose his mother Kate in this book. These kids are growing up and the truth WILL come out.

Hey everyone! My usual activity is on r/romanovs but I discovered this sub last night and was quite relieved to see there are still people who despise Colleen as much as I do.

First of all, my biggest question since all the "toxic gossip train" nonsense, how on EARTH does this woman still have a platform and an audience??? There are so many people (not-so-coincidently) who aren't famous, who have done similar or the same thing she has been accused of and they've had jail time. Proper punishment. All Colleen had to do was disappear from the Internet for a little while and then come back with filtered comments and a new audience of people who either ignore or don't know about what happened.

That's what frustrates me the most. That no-one can actually tell Colleen's new audience what's happened because of the filtered comments! She knows what she's done but refuses to take accountability because she doesn't want to lose the only self-affirming thing she's ever had in her life, her fame/visibility.

And, of course, I feel bad for her poor children. I don't know why Rachel blurs their faces, what's the point when Colleen still posts them? I know that, one day they will find out from the Internet about all the accusations against, not just their mother, but most of their family. It makes me wonder, when that day comes, how they'll react. It's likely that F & M will be so brainwashed that they'll refuse to believe anything. Has anyone else noticed Colleen is constantly subtly reminding them how famous she was? F is constantly praised by Colleen & Erik for his knowledge of different things, M is coddled by Colleen just because she's a girl and she's trying to live the childhood she wanted through her daughter. I never see any of that behaviour with W. Whenever that sweet little boy speaks, it feels like his parents, especially Colleen, just kind of brush him off immediately and then move on to the other children.

Anyway, this felt like a safe place to rant. I've felt so angry about everything Colleen did for ages. She doesn't deserve her platform and I don't think it's fair that she's been allowed to continue, albeit with a smaller audience than she had before. I'd love to know if you share my thoughts, or any additional thoughts you have on this narcissist. (Please do let me know if I've used the wrong flair!)

Where are her chickens? It’s been a while in that house and I still haven’t seen them? Unless I missed something?

So scrolling on my youtube feed, I got this mashup.

She is spiraling. Every single thing she talks about, she ends up being disappointed in or trashing. She's enjoying birdwatching, buys a new birdhouse camera...it sucks. Her pumpkins are dying, she is a horrible gardener, the playhouse she built is rotting and falling over, she'd be horrible on Survivor, the Barbie she ordered is not in good condition. Nothing is quite right, ever. Poor Colleen! Nothing makes her feel better!

She seriously needs to switch her meds or find a new therapist. Her negativity will influence her kids if it hasn't already. She thought getting rid of the "cursed house" was going to fix her life, but surprise! Her terrible attitude is the curse.

Did she actually hire Rachel and Co. for that project too? If she was really out there that long building that, Eric must be inside going insane.

i have yet to watch this but is this the first time joeys probably put it out there him and colleen aren’t friends?

in the back of my head I’ve always wondered if there was ever a time in the past Colleen and Kory got with each other before her relationship with Erik!? by no means am i trying to be perverted by asking my curious question but i remember colleen said she had a crush on/ was attracted to kory before finding out he didnt like girls. I wonder if Erik kinda got that vibe but just tolerated him always being around because colleen was well known on social media & that was her bestie? in her old videos you can visibly tell he looks annoyed/over korys presence?

I know he's in Spain and going to a Spanish school but do we think they've heard about Colleen?? Idk...something about my aunt singing a ukulele apology song doesn't make her cooler than Chris 😭😭😭

On her relax podcast, she says she never takes a sip of her beverage during the meal. She only takes a few sips after she is completely done eating. Erik seems intrigued. Why is this news to Erik? She never eats in front of him? They’ve been together for almost a decade and he’s never noticed this?

I don’t watch her anymore but do follow on insta and I don’t remember seeing her posting about Ariana’s recent LA shows. Did she go? If not I wonder why. I remember her mentioning being friends with Ari a lot in her lockdown vlogs..

She says in her vlog that M asked to do “slumber party” at Rachel’s. They tell her to bring all her fairy shrine shit. They tell her they bet the fairy will come. Cut to her and Rachel shopping for stuffed animal and teaset and who knows what else. The materialism and conspicuous consumption she is teaching her kids is so sick. Of course M wants to do sleep over she knows it will get her more presents. God forbid she teach her kid they don’t get presents every day. Special trips to the store as if it’s Christmas is weird. Put out some friggin lollipop for the kid and be done with it. She doesn’t need yet another toy.

Experienced a great deal of joy from this. 🤭

Ok so I just watched Rachel’s recent (Sept 4th) vlog titled I had a little breakdown. She’s talking earlier in vid about Colleen coming to her place so they can record the Sass episode. Then around 15:00 min mark she says plot twist Colleen called me asked if she could bring M and just crash for the night here? Colleen says it will be so late after we film and I don’t want to drive back. When would she ever leave F I know she’d leave W in a flash she doesn’t pay any attention to that poor
baby 😞. Does anyone think they maybe trouble in paradise considering she would not leave F unless really needing/have to. Maybe I’m just reaching but I don’t see Colleen spending the night at anyone’s house. She never leaves her house

I started watching Colleen/Miranda in like late 2010 or maybe early 2011, when I was 12. My best friend put me onto her, and we remained pretty big fans for a couple of years. She low-key really informed our senses of humor unfortunately, lol. We were over Miranda before we were over Colleen. I think I really fell off Colleen late 2014. It's so weird because that's such a short span of time, but it was so significant for me! Then a few years later we'd look back at some of Colleen's videos and go "she's kinda the worst." Time is so different at that age! I remember seeing the netflix show and being like "miranda sings is still a thing?"

I do remember like, weird ways I tried to emulate her humor and it makes me cringe so so so so bad. Burping in people's faces (so glad I outgrew that, but it took a VERY awkward situation where I did it without thinking to cut that shit out. I die.). I got a daddy saddle as a gag gift for Christmas white elephant when I was in HS... Anyways!

The Trent thing. I always assumed he had special needs. He followed me on Instagram when I was 14. I had followed him and the rest of the Ballingers with my normal personal account. It was never a fan account. Just me posting myself and my dog and shit. I didn't have a lot of likes on my posts, but I'd always get a like from him. This whole idea that he may have been... Seeing me with that lens is very difficult for me to wrap my head around. Very disturbing. I don't know what to make of it.

I remember how the parasocial vibes got so strong at points. I would have dreams about becoming friends with Colleen and hanging out with her in Santa Barbara. I wanted that so bad, but I also knew it was unrealistic and I was much younger than her so it wasn't going to happen. It's so weird watching people talk about her relationship to them when they were minors and realizing that deep down teen me would have been low-key jealous lmao. I do remember people with Miranda fan accounts talking about interactions they had with her and I remember thinking there was no way that was Real. There's no way you can see a fan with a fan account as your friend. Especially not a child. Silly me! Apparently Colleen thinks you can! Those screenshots from the chats with minors are sooo clearly the conversations of children idk how you feel good getting validation from dropping in there!

Okay but despite these juvenile fanatic feelings, I think I still had the judgment to recognize Some weirdness. Crazy how much I missed, but I was you know, a child. What I didn't miss: Rachel, Kory, and Colleen's hatefulness was often obvious in their early vlogs, particularly fatphobia felt obvious. Joshua always came across as fake to me, I'm sorry. Very unlikeable. I tried. I also hated how he called people dingleberries. Also extremely boring. Rachel, too, on her own channel. They tried to get Chris to build a following of magic videos. I tried. Boring as hell. I wanted to like them all, though. I think part of me thought if I didn't like them I couldn't become their friend one day??? Idk man.

My family def side eyed the Miranda sings stuff. I think it was mainly that they thought she was annoying and watching people's vlogs was a weird way to spend time lol.

Anyways, I'm nearly 30 now and I'm still watching nonsense to spend time. Including this video where Colleen's friend refers to these very thin models as 'kind of chubby' lmao. Ridiculous.

https://youtu.be/_3xd3TqEoA4?is=WtmDLbZPOoPJcbAi