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Episode #266 - The 'Brad Pitt' Scam is Insane

Sun, 23 Feb 2025

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Chapter 1: What episode number is discussed?

13.203 - 52.037 Kurtis Conner

hey guys welcome back to the podcast what episode are we on dude i don't even i dude i never know i never know okay what episode are we on to 266 i believe right two, three, four. Yeah. Two. Okay. Two 66. Thank you so much, everybody. Um, I am in a hotel room right now. I'm in a, I'm in a hotel room in, um, the fuck am I? Sydney, Sydney, Australia right now. Um, just woke up not too long ago.

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53.117 - 85.729 Kurtis Conner

And, uh, yeah, man, I'm, I'm fucking chilling. I'm sorry for the lack of uploads on this. Um, on this channel, it's been a couple weeks, but, you know, I've been touring, man, I've been doing shows, we, uh, started, man, I've been in, it's been, like, fucking three weeks now, two and a half weeks, um, My left eye has been twitching all the time. I don't know if that's me.

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86.77 - 116.116 Kurtis Conner

And it's cool because I don't know if my eye twitching. I don't know if it's because I'm not getting enough sleep or I'm having too much coffee. So I don't know. And that's pretty cool. It's a cool part of being alive. But yeah. Yeah, the show's been great. Thank you so much to all the Australians and New Zealanders. That's been coming out to the shows. Auckland was sick. Wellington was awesome.

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116.336 - 146.175 Kurtis Conner

Christchurch was great. Melbourne was a blast. Brisbane was sick. Sydney was awesome. Dude, all the shows have been so much fun, man. We got two more. going to Adelaide after this, and then we're going to Perth. And then I get to go home, which I'm excited for. Obviously, I've been having a blast here with the shows and everything, but, you know, I fucking miss my house, man. I miss my wife.

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146.195 - 167.633 Kurtis Conner

I miss my dog. And, yeah, I miss... And I also miss my stuff, man. I mean, I have a lot of stuff here, but, you know, living out of a suitcase, it gets pretty annoying, too. Especially on this tour, we don't have a bus, so we've just been, like, hotel to hotel. So it's like, get to a hotel, unpack stuff. My shit is everywhere.

Chapter 2: What happened during the tour?

167.653 - 191.89 Kurtis Conner

My bag explodes for about, like, six days, it feels like, or however fucking long I'm in a place. And then... Pack again, go to the airport. You know, it's just like, it's a lot, but it's a blast, man. You know, the show's been a lot of fun. So again, thank you everybody for the support. If you've been to the, you've come to a show. Yeah, man, we got a lot of fun stuff to talk about.

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191.91 - 217.029 Kurtis Conner

I'm trying to think what else has been, anything crazy happened on this? I mean, not, I mean, someone got fucking dragged out of my show, physically dragged out of my show. So that was pretty fun. And I doubt this person even fucking remembers it. So I don't feel too bad talking about it. Yeah, I think it was in... It was in Melbourne.

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217.129 - 240.617 Kurtis Conner

Yeah, Melbourne because that was the only time where we had two shows in the same day. So early show, Melbourne, rock and roll. So fun, right? Turn the venue over real quick for the late show. And then... I guess, according... This is what I heard, because I didn't hear any of this, which is crazy, but the first show...

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these people were at the first show and then they got tickets for the late show, which is like, you know what? That's badass. Thank you for people who do that because it's, spoiler alert, it's the same show every time. Like I don't change my material. I can't write a whole new hour every show I do, right? So I'm like, yeah, sure. You can hear the same jokes if you want to, right?

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262.909 - 281.077 Kurtis Conner

So, but I guess between the, during, and then during the first show and between the first and second show, I guess these people were, yeah, they were boozing. They were getting into the, they were getting into the liquor. Okay. They were, they were, they were, they were drinking quite a bit, I guess, which is fine. Right. You're out.

281.537 - 300.825 Kurtis Conner

It's a, it was like a Saturday night fucking get lit as far as I'm concerned. Right. Um, but I guess these two people were just yelling the whole time and then like disrupting, um, like the people around them were starting to yell at them to be like, yo, shut up. We're trying to hear Jacob and Curtis. Like, this is what we, we paid money for. Like, um,

301.545 - 319.556 Kurtis Conner

Like, we didn't pay money to, like, listen to you guys scream and stuff. So they got a couple warnings from the venue, kept yelling. And then, yeah, dude, I guess one of the security members was like, you got to go. And then the one person was like, I'm not fucking leaving. Like Jordan Belfort in Wolf of Wall Street.

319.596 - 321.838 Jacob

I'm not fucking leaving. I'm not fucking leaving.

322.802 - 346.269 Kurtis Conner

So, yeah, they, like, had to physically drag her out of the theater. She went, like, dead weight and stuff, and it was pretty crazy. Dude, and I didn't hear a thing. I didn't hear any of it. I was so locked in, man. I didn't hear or see any of that, which is wild. Makes sense, though, because, you know, I can't... It was a rowdy crowd.

Chapter 3: What is the 'Brad Pitt' scam about?

2433.866 - 2446.51 Jacob

incentivizing more to subscribe and fall for this in hopes to win. The whole premise of you luring your largely underage fan base to a website containing corner graphic photos of you in the hopes of them winning your illegal lottery gambling scheme is so twisted and weird.

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2447.23 - 2448.01 Kurtis Conner

Yeah, true, I guess it is illegal.

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2448.05 - 2467.78 Jacob

If you charge an entry fee in order for somebody to win something, it's classed by law as a lottery in Australia. Anna is not licensed to hold lotteries. It's unethical, illegal, and against OF and Instagram's TNCs. And on top of that, it's exploitation, particularly for her young audience. You only need to ID check to be a creator on the platform, not a spender.

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2468.621 - 2477.706 Jacob

I've been on the platform for six years. I know it well, and we also conducted a test on this, which means these youths really are subscribing and tipping just like they told me that they have.

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2478.524 - 2489.454 Kurtis Conner

Oh, yeah, I guess I didn't really think about that, too. It's like a lot. You're doing an illegal lottery. Allegedly. It's like an illegal lottery, dude. That's fucking gnarly.

Chapter 4: How did the scammer convince the victim?

2495.632 - 2513.618 Jacob

People may start pointing at me because I'm on the platform too. While I understand, I also testify. Only 3.4% of my following on Instagram where this is displayed is under the age of 18. Anna's statistics would paint much different story. I also never incentivize people to subscribe in the hopes or chances that I'd see them.

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2513.638 - 2517.7 Kurtis Conner

I want to go to the part. I'm sorry. I already talked. I want to hear the part where he talks about pretending to be poor.

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2518.422 - 2533.346 Jacob

I broke up with him. It was my choice to never read. I was well and truly over him months before. He abused me multiple times when I tried. He would take large percentages, such as 50% of my income, to manage me. But in reality, there was no managing. Okay, well, I just get the crazy part. Anna statistics would paint a much different story.

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2533.967 - 2551.621 Jacob

I also never incentivized people to subscribe in the hopes or chances that I'd see their message of despair and send them a lump sum of money. Like Anna, targeting her young female audience, such as young mothers and high school girls. Another attack that Anna fans will use on me to defend her bad behavior is that I'm obsessed with her family and that I'm not over Addis.

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2552.262 - 2572.194 Jacob

They spread all sorts of rumors about what they think happened. This rumor really bothers me. And is not true in the slightest. Constantly being tied to such a horrible person and have lies told constantly about how you feel about them is horrible. You have only seen what I've allowed you to see. Anything after my first initial few videos I made, the rest were jokes for views and engagement.

2572.654 - 2588.585 Jacob

I broke up with him. It was my choice to never reconnect again. There was no contact from me to him during that entire time, despite his countless attempts to reach out to me. As I just said, it was exaggerated on my end for views because I know the content performed well. And it did. Wow.

2605.748 - 2623.638 Jacob

He would take large percentages such as 50% of my income to manage me, but in reality, there was no managing and I personally think it was financial abuse. After we broke up, he took jewelry from my room, hacked into my bets accounts, withdrew money, and then deleted the accounts, thinking I wouldn't notice. When I caught him, he sent it back and played a fool.

2624.078 - 2640.41 Jacob

Then crypto went missing from my accounts, which he set up for me. I accused him but had no proof as crypto was anonymous, so I legally had to backtrack while also being manipulated by him and Anna over the phone. I have sent him just about a million dollars for numerous work or investments he's... Man, fuck, this happens every time, man.

2640.511 - 2648.38 Kurtis Conner

People fucking suck, bro. It happens every time I get a story, I'll be like, okay, this is kind of funny, someone pretending to be poor, right? And then it's like...

Chapter 7: What are some personal experiences with online scams?

3116.195 - 3129.746 Kurtis Conner

Like what the fuck are you talking about? She then referenced the fact that people have started to resurface photos that apparently highlight her wealth growing up, including her first car. That's not my first car, she said. Not my childhood car. I didn't even have social media when I was like seven. Those photos wouldn't even be on the internet.

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Anna did not address any of Michaela's other claims and instead called out social media users for how she has been treated amid the drama. Me aside, the bullying that has festered and grown from this because it's a trend is dangerous and not okay. Bullying like this kills people. Okay, whoa. Breakdown is here as Anna added that she was fortunate enough to have a very strong support system.

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3149.717 - 3165.983 Kurtis Conner

Speaking to the critics directly, she said, lock your phone and go outside. I promise you'll have a nicer day. Okay. But Anna's video did not land as she may have anticipated with one of the top comments on the TikTok reading. I don't know girl, maybe you should have hired the PR team. Some called Anna for not actually addressing any more pressing allegations.

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3166.593 - 3167.073 Kurtis Conner

Yeah.

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3168.655 - 3186.29 Kurtis Conner

Yeah, there's some other like gnarly allegations, you know, that was some like real stuff that were talked about in the other video that she just like didn't talk about. Being broke and feeling broke is definitely not the same. Okay, yeah, that's what I said, right? Like, that's not the same at all. So my parents run off $500,000 a year, but they said, oh man, we can't buy you that horse.

3186.33 - 3201.084 Kurtis Conner

I feel broke. Anna's comments at the end of the video also rattled viewers with one person asking, wait, how did this get turned around on us? Yeah. Neither Anna nor Makayla have commented further, but we'll let you know if they do. In the meantime, you can watch Anna's full video below. I don't, I've been talking for a while, dude.

3201.104 - 3202.966 Unknown

I clicked the thing to watch on TikTok.

3214.321 - 3236.877 Kurtis Conner

And what does it bring up? Okay, this is a sign to not watch the fucking video, I guess. It brings up a video of a grandma with a butt plug ice molds. Thank you, TikTok. Great website you guys got. Maybe it should have been banned. What the fuck, man? I'm not trying to fucking see that shit. What the hell? All right. Well, I mean, we already went through pretty much what she said in the video.

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But folks, thanks for tuning in, guys. We got some other stuff to talk about on the bonus episode. So if you guys want to hear some more very, really good, head on over to patreon.com slash very, really good or check the video. Check the description in the video description. Click the link in the description of the video. I'm rusty, man. Thank you so much for tuning in, though.

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