People are doomed to repeat their mistakes, I guess.
Going to California to be "creative". If you are able to take advantage of your parents' providing for you, more power to ya. His content, for me, has become quite boring and Ethan just looks like he does not take showers. Quite interesting, lol! But I wish them both luck. They definitely still have followers.
As someone with middle/ upper middle class parents, I can assure you he's not rich or being bankrolled.
It is pretty normal for people in the middle to upper middle classes to get some help with rent, get tuition paid for, get help with down payments on homes or cars etc. It is just that tho.
If Mark couldn't afford to live his life or if his parents thought he wouldn't be able to, they would not be supporting his career and would be nagging him non stop to get a traditional career.
I agree with the quip about his "creativity" tho. Lets be so fucking real... he's a fucking blogger who records himself walking his dog, interacting with strangers, and making food. Worse even, that's been his content for the last five years. There is
ZERO CREATIVITY in that. Matter a fact, I can name exactly
ONE video Mark has made since he started on YouTube that had an ounce of creativity. Obviously, he has some video editing skills but it doesn't surpass that of any other YouTube influencer who doesn't self-identify as a "filmmaker."
Mark is the equivalent of pyramid scheme MLM lady on facebook with entrepreneur in all of their bios. I need him to stop pretending like he's fucking Benicio Del Toro, and just own the fact that he's famous because the gay community was desperately lacking in masculine representation in 2013.
Don't even get me started on Ethan... With all of his holier than thou "artsy" only fans discourse. Tbh him, Kyle Krieger, and all the other has been YouTubers who are clearly not 100% confident with being sex workers, and have to add an illusionary element of "artistry" to help them feel better about themselves.