Tana Mongeau
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Podcast Appearances
And it was just very funny to me because the MTV show to me was like rainbows and butterflies in comparison to what my actual childhood was like.
I think I detailed maybe negative 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.1% of what my childhood was actually like on that show.
So for them to be suing me for slander for that, I'm like the gall, the wherewithal, like, you know, and then they had a pro bono lawyer, which meant they had no money, which meant that the lawyer, you know what I mean?
Only got paid if they won the case.
So they're, they're fighting this huge case and it was the most hands down traumatizing period of my life.
It was, but it, it did.
Because I think that from the moment I got my first AdSense check, that's all I was to them.
And that money.
And that's why my 18th birthday was the greatest day of my life.
Because from 15 to 18, it was just tumultuous fighting for what I had earned.
And they didn't believe in me.
They were narcissists to the core.
So they didn't believe in me at all.
And we're telling you, don't make this YouTube channel like you're embarrassing.
Why are you doing this?
Whatever.
And I'm like, I'm trying to get out.
I believe in me, you know.
And then the second I make money, it's like she's a star because she's just like us.
And I'm like, no, it's I'm trying to be everything that that's.