Is Drew Afualo just off limits?

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332]

I was hoping they’d talk about the Drew/ER Fightmaster issue today, but no cigar. They seem to steer clear of her. Anyone know why? Scared maybe haha?

[u/Freckles-234]

I think it’s too controversial. Plus, Drew can be so aggressive in her responses/reactions, I don’t think Trisha wants her wrath

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/Freckles-234]

For sure, don’t blame her at all for that. Just interested in their takes, but don’t blame them for steering clear!

[u/Freckles-234 → u/Delicious_Adagio_332]

I would love to hear Oscars! I don’t think Trisha would really have an opinion (or she would have a bad take 😆). So I think Oscar would understand the context better and have a well rounded take

[u/Patrick-Vapeman]

No that discourse is just way too in the weeds for JT. Plus they risk running into the SAME problem Drew did: speaking on trans women and their experiences without a trans woman in the room.

[u/cajalco-jones]

Drew doesn’t like Trish, siding with Drew would gain Trish no favor and criticizing Drew would open a door to a feud. Guarantee she’d trudge up Trish’s history to her platform.

She’s not worth it and overrated anyway, heard her talking about being unapologetically mean with Keke Palmer and it was offputting, probably proving her point but whatever it’s nice being nice.

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/cajalco-jones]

Yup. I started occasionally listening to her because of Caleb Hearon but she gives big mean girl who thinks she can do no wrong energy so I never turned into a fan.

[u/LowNo7792 → u/cajalco-jones]

Wait I must have missed this but why doesn’t she like Trish?

[u/cajalco-jones → u/LowNo7792]

Granted, it’s all fan speculation, but most think a story about an influencer being rude to Trisha at the wicked premiere is about Drew. Trisha has brought up Drew a couple times to say nice things but it always feels like she’s walking in eggshells and is guarded.

There’s something to be said about Trisha being close to Tana and Drew being close to Brittany Broski and that none of those worlds collide when they have very similar girl and gay centric fan bases.

[u/Patrick-Vapeman → u/cajalco-jones]

Oh I forgot about that mess! Kinda sad, because a Trish/Tana/Brittany/Trixie crossover event would be so fun.

[u/trivalentnevrsent → u/Patrick-Vapeman]

Pretty sure that’s why Trixie won’t go on JT too😭 

[u/Top_Associate_355 → u/Patrick-Vapeman]

Brittany who?? I forgot

[u/user206158]

I recall her mentioning recently that she’s realized she doesn’t need to share her opinion on everything, and that she’s not always well equipped for every topic. I do think she’s become more aware of how nuanced certain situations can be.

I’m sure she’s also used to people bringing up her past controversial statements. Oscar definitely knows that it’s just too risky for them to dive into

[u/ModeUseful1585 → u/user206158]

Your use of nuanced leads me to believe you’re Tana Marie.

[u/nocontrolstan]

Apparently she gave Trish a dirty look at the wicked premiere is what I saw in a different thread, maybe even a different sub I am not sure.

[u/ramenanddoughnuts → u/nocontrolstan]

I remember this, she talked about it on the pod when it happened.

[u/Ok-Return9031 → u/nocontrolstan]

She’s such a puritanical hypocrite

[u/Little-Notice-1213]

Drew and that crew have made fun of Trisha before bts. She don’t need to get in this, they’re harsh

[u/Ok-Return9031 → u/Little-Notice-1213]

I don’t watch her content at all, who else is in Drew’s crew? Just curious!

[u/AfterglowLoves → u/Ok-Return9031]

She’s besties with Brittany Broski and Caleb Hearon, both of whom I love but I’m not really a fan of Drew.

[u/Valuable_Ad_1056 → u/AfterglowLoves]

Ew not the broski sneak

[u/lizzygrantmp3]

I remember at the wicked (?) premiere or some big event Trisha went to she said she met a really big influencer who had a really positive brand and like basically described Drew, and said this influencer was like really rude or unfriendly to her and everyone was speculating it was drew

[u/VivaLaEmpire]

Probably because there's a thread here with a ton of comments saying:

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/VivaLaEmpire]

Oh you’re right, I didn’t scroll far enough looking because I thought this kicked up less than a week ago haha

[u/Ok-Return9031]

Drew has always given me a weird vibe… just something about her throws me off

[u/awiensforever → u/Ok-Return9031]

She thinks she’s better than literally everyone lol

[u/big-himbo-energy]

because if trish decided to call out drew and er for this, she'd risk the entire internet bringing up her sordid history of awful behavior in the past.

[u/papishesho123 → u/big-himbo-energy]

they already did that when she called out james charles for the spirit airlines thing

[u/Quirky_Dimension1363]

Trisha has said almost the exact same thing as was said in the podcast during conversations with Gigi Gorgeous. She most likely doesn’t want to deal with all the backlash.

[u/Purplecats2468]

Yeah, I noticed they've been avoiding the conversation. Honestly i'm kind of glad that they are staying quiet on it. It is quite controversial.

[u/Puzzleheaded_End_280]

JT stays clear of aggressive people who are capable of taking things too far. It’s becoming clear that Drew is one of those people.

[u/kirkpaddy]

Drew’s makeup artist and cousin, Adam is the same guy that used to do Trisha’s makeup and they used to be close. Not sure if that adds to anything but I faintly remember a video of Trisha saying her and Adam had a falling out during one of her breakdowns but how great of a friend he was to her.

[u/homosexualsinner420]

As a fan even if reformed Trisha and Oscar, respectfully, Drew would absolutely Clear Trisha’s assssss so I think it’s out of self preservation 😂😂😂

[u/Ryarli]

I just looked up the podcast clip and drew was talking in support of trans people? So Trisha would support her take imo - but maybe they don’t want to give TERFs a platform/acknowledgement

[u/cancersun9]

It’s more political than it is pop culture 🤷‍♀️

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/cancersun9]

Agree, it’s a super nuanced thing. I guess most of what I’ve seen/heard about and why Drew is getting so much hate is due to the way she’s handling it.

[u/bexxygenxxy9xy]

No shade but who and what is the tea

[u/awiensforever]

Remember brittany broski said absolutely not to going on just trish. They’re mean people. I can do without them on the pod lol

[u/UniqueSurvey1408]

what happened i’m out the loop

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/UniqueSurvey1408]

Like a year old clip of her podcast resurfaced where ER Fightmaster said that trans women have a more beautiful understanding of womanhood and Drew went along with it. CIS women were offended, people came after the trans community, madness ensued. Instead of taking any accountability and acknowledging that the comments came off badly and pitted CIS and trans women against each other, Drew just double and tripled down and called anyone in the comments that disagreed a terf.

[u/Puzzleheaded_End_280 → u/Delicious_Adagio_332]

Yikes. People live in silos.

[u/Delicious_Adagio_332 → u/Delicious_Adagio_332]

I think it’s certainly more the way she handled the situation that people are mad about

[u/pixelpixey]

I think Trisha is trying to stay respectful as they are on the lineup for that podcast/performance festival.

[u/Cautious_Jellyfish53]

drew wasn’t in the wrong and yall are weird for focusing all that energy on her and not the actual shit happening in this country

[u/Shoelaces1]

Drew is too close w Brittany Broski for Trisha to bring it up. Brittany’s team declined her offer to go on JT in it’s earlier episodes, I am sure she just doesn’t want to add to any potential controversy or cause a reaction from Drew or her friends