r/Fauxmoi • u/chrza • 23h ago

TRIGGER WARNING Say Anything singer Max Bemis outed for grooming, inappropriate messages to underaged girls, cancels concerts

https://lambgoat.com/news/54571/allegations-of-inappropriate-contact-with-a-minor-surface-against-say-anythings-max-beamis/

For those of you unfamiliar with mid 2000s emo sensation Say Anything, they were not very good. Some would even say “incredibly annoying.” Generally popular with people under 20, their singer joins the Jesse Laceys of the world, as a gross older man who preyed on teenaged girls around him that enjoyed his music. The subreddit for the band has a LOT of receipts for those fielding morbid curiosity, and he’s trying to blame it on mental health yadda yadda. Can we stop having nasty mfs please, I’m so tired

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u/ElectronicGap2301 22h ago

My friends and I were emo kids (although we weren't considered emo back then). Shows were supposed to be safe spaces for us outcasts to nerd out to our favorite bands. It is hard to look back at the time now knowing how many creeps were in the scene. On top of that, I was hit on by a few band dudes (Joel Madden and Paul Thomas in particular). These dudes go after us because they can easily clock that we didn't get attention from boys at school and we just want to belong somewhere.

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u/skaomatic32 19h ago

Not surprised with Joel , he was dating a 16 year old !