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Post by jonathanmuddlemore on May 26, 2019 15:09:17 GMT -5
Anyone else kind of weirded out by the dynamic between Billy & Amelia? I think they're doing an exaggerated podcast shtick where she pretends that she hates him but some of the stuff she says and does to him kind of crosses the line from comedically putting him down to being legitimately abusive. There are episodes where she "jokingly" threatens to hit him and at least one where she actually does or they pretend she did. He seems genuinely afraid of disagreeing and always backtracks his arguments. I want to like the podcast but the whole thing makes me feel icky and the fact that no one else seems bothered by it makes me worry i'm being overly sensitive. They've been together for a long time and Billy seems to genuinely love her so I don't think it's actually abusive in real life but it still makes me uncomfortable and I want to know if anyone else who listens feels the same way. I'll admit I've only listened to a couple episodes, though I guess it didn't weird me out too much. Are they dating in real life though, or just friends? They're a couple in real life and I think they've been together since 2008. If they've been together that long, I guess nothing that dark is happening in real life otherwise they wouldn't still be together. |
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Post by russm on May 28, 2019 5:30:03 GMT -5
Anyone else kind of weirded out by the dynamic between Billy & Amelia? I think they're doing an exaggerated podcast shtick where she pretends that she hates him but some of the stuff she says and does to him kind of crosses the line from comedically putting him down to being legitimately abusive. There are episodes where she "jokingly" threatens to hit him and at least one where she actually does or they pretend she did. He seems genuinely afraid of disagreeing and always backtracks his arguments. I want to like the podcast but the whole thing makes me feel icky and the fact that no one else seems bothered by it makes me worry i'm being overly sensitive. They've been together for a long time and Billy seems to genuinely love her so I don't think it's actually abusive in real life but it still makes me uncomfortable and I want to know if anyone else who listens feels the same way. None of that sounds normal, or healthy. |
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Post by jonathanmuddlemore on May 28, 2019 19:48:34 GMT -5
Anyone else kind of weirded out by the dynamic between Billy & Amelia? I think they're doing an exaggerated podcast shtick where she pretends that she hates him but some of the stuff she says and does to him kind of crosses the line from comedically putting him down to being legitimately abusive. There are episodes where she "jokingly" threatens to hit him and at least one where she actually does or they pretend she did. He seems genuinely afraid of disagreeing and always backtracks his arguments. I want to like the podcast but the whole thing makes me feel icky and the fact that no one else seems bothered by it makes me worry i'm being overly sensitive. They've been together for a long time and Billy seems to genuinely love her so I don't think it's actually abusive in real life but it still makes me uncomfortable and I want to know if anyone else who listens feels the same way. None of that sounds normal, or healthy. Billy seems the type who's smart enough to know if he's in an abusive relationship but the way she treats him on the podcast is so blatantly over the line. Like, if it was just the berating I could brush it off, but I can't imagine a good context where you threaten to hit your partner even as a joke. |
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Post by thebillyseguire on Jun 24, 2019 18:40:52 GMT -5
Hi. Billy here. Just wanted to pop into this conversation since I happened to see it while browsing the forum and feel I have a bit of a stake in the topic.
First off, I want to assure you that the arguments we have on the podcast are very much a schtick. Amelia and I have been a couple since 2008, lived together since 2010, and spend most of our free time hanging out together outside of the show. The biggest arguments we have are about Scooby-Doo.
Obviously, anytime you record yourself and release it you're putting something out there, and it's a risk of how it's interpreted. Sometimes it does get tense, but never in a way that effects our relationship outside of the show. I will say that after those tense episodes, we talk and hash it out off-mic if either of us feels we went too far. That's what makes us work in my opinion and why we've felt comfortable releasing episodes as they are.
Sometimes we're just grumpy, and we're human, but I can promise you no physical or emotional abuse in our home.
TLDR: We're all good.
That being said, thank you for the concern. I hope we haven't made you genuinely uncomfortable, and I don't think anyone who's questioned it when listening is being overly sensitive. Abuse is serious and I'd rather people pay attention to red flags and ask questions than not. Happy to have a conversation about it here or elsewhere, and I think it's something we'll think about in terms of what we put out in our episodes in the future. Hope me commenting here helps.
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Post by jonathanmuddlemore on Jun 24, 2019 18:50:33 GMT -5
Hi. Billy here. Just wanted to pop into this conversation since I happened to see it while browsing the forum and feel I have a bit of a stake in the topic. First off, I want to assure you that the arguments we have on the podcast are very much a schtick. Amelia and I have been a couple since 2008, lived together since 2010, and spend most of our free time hanging out together outside of the show. The biggest arguments we have are about Scooby-Doo. Obviously, anytime you record yourself and release it you're putting something out there, and it's a risk of how it's interpreted. Sometimes it does get tense, but never in a way that effects our relationship outside of the show. I will say that after those tense episodes, we talk and hash it out off-mic if either of us feels we went too far. That's what makes us work in my opinion and why we've felt comfortable releasing episodes as they are. Sometimes we're just grumpy, and we're human, but I can promise you no physical or emotional abuse in our home. TLDR: We're all good. That being said, thank you for the concern. I hope we haven't made you genuinely uncomfortable, and I don't think anyone who's questioned it when listening is being overly sensitive. Abuse is serious and I'd rather people pay attention to red flags and ask questions than not. Happy to have a conversation about it here or elsewhere, and I think it's something we'll think about in terms of what we put out in our episodes in the future. Hope me commenting here helps. I'm really sorry. I never expected either of you to see this. |
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Post by thebillyseguire on Jun 24, 2019 19:07:53 GMT -5
No need to be sorry at all. I probably shouldn't have responded, but if it's a serious concern I wanted to address it honestly for what it's worth.
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Post by ScoobyAddict on Jul 10, 2019 13:21:07 GMT -5
Billy, it was nice of you to let everyone know you are all good and we're happy to hear that. Thanks for taking the time to comment here.  |
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