 One of my mentors always reminds me that on a long enough timeline, everyone is a hypocrite. And in this video, that's what we're gonna be talking about when it comes to Monaco Real being the worst part about these Funimation leaks. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, what I try to do is take different topics going on in the YouTube community or pop culture and try to see what lessons we can learn from them. And believe me, when it comes to these Funimation audio leaks, we're gonna be talking about a very important subject, so don't just sit back and watch this, please for the love of God learn from it. But anyways, if you're into learning from all of these stories that go on in pop culture and stuff, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And for those of you who don't know me, hi, my name's Chris, something I am really against is cancel culture, internet, hate mobs, and just all that kind of mob mentality stuff. But anyways, it is August 31st. Today is the last day to get a free copy of my brand new book, Canceled Inside YouTube Cancel Culture. All right, so there's an audio book available, there's an e-book available, but I've been giving the e-book away for free this entire month and today is the last day. So check out the description, check out the pinned comment down below. All right, so yeah, let's talk about this Funimation Audio League story. I legit just spent, I don't know, most of my morning trying to get caught up on this. So full disclosure, like, I would not call myself a Dragon Ball Z or anime fan, but for any of you who are around my age, I'm 34, you remember that store Miller's Outpost, I think they got bought out by Paxson. Well anyways, Miller's Outpost used to sell a bunch of Dragon Ball Z shirts and when I was growing up and like in middle school, I got like so many Dragon Ball Z shirts, but I only watched the show a little bit. So I'm sure the real Dragon Ball Z fans out there watching this, like, you think I'm some kind of poser? And I kinda am, but anyways, there was just a bunch of Funimation Audio Leagues and Funimation, they, you know, they're the organization that I believe does like the American dubbing for Dragon Ball Z and a bunch of these actors, there were the audio leaks of them like talking in the voice of the characters, saying, you know, like just saying a bunch of like sexually explicit things, talking, you know, saying things that could offend, you know, people of the LGBTQ community and all sorts of stuff. I'll give you my thoughts on that at the end of this video, but here's why it's such a big problem. So a guy by the name, and I apologize if I mispronounce it, Vince Mignoya, all right? He was also a voice actor and earlier this year, like I don't have enough time to go into that story. Like I just spent a lot of time trying to catch myself up to speed. Anyways, he was a voice actor and a bunch of allegations came out and accusations. And if you want me to, let me know down in the comment section down below. Let me know if you want me to make some more videos about the Vince situation, because no matter where you look at cancel culture and outrage culture and hate mobs, you see the same patterns. So when all these accusations came up about Vic, which most were not true, like a lot of the same things happen that happen to many other people, right? People making up even worse false stories. There were other things like people being harassed and people from the fan groups going back and forth and it just becomes a hot mess. But anyways, if you're not caught up to speed on this, go do a little quick YouTube search. That's what I did, all right? But where Monica Rial comes into play is her and Vince were, I don't know, he considered they were friends, right? And something that I'm always iffy about is work relationships and friendships, right? Like it's this weird, weird line to cross. And this is an example of that. And we all gotta be somewhat worried about that, right? I had a rule for a very long time where like I didn't even add my coworkers on to Facebook, like, you don't need to know about my personal life, right? But as you get to know your coworkers and you hang out with them outside of work, then it's like, then those lines start to get blurred. But anyways, what happened was, and to my knowledge, this is how the story went, something happened where Vic like ate a jelly bean and he said, I just ate Monica, right? And by the way, there's like full depositions out there on YouTube that you can watch. He said, I just ate Monica, right? With this kind of sexual innuendo. She states that he like even grabbed her face and stuff like that. But anyway, she was very vocal on Twitter talking about harassment, all these other things and just kick Vic was like this trending hashtag to get rid of him. And then her colleagues, the other voice actors were defending her and saying, yeah, this is outrageous and everything. And we see this happening like if any of you have been following like the pro Jared story or the Andy Signore story and everything like that. And don't get me wrong. Like there are predators out there. There are harassers out there and none of that is okay. But here's what we're gonna be talking about when it comes to Monica Rial. And why she's just the worst type of person. And please don't ever be this type of person. So one of the worst type of people out there is somebody who you feel you have a joking relationship with and then out of nowhere, they take that and then they try to use that as a weapon against you. That is just the worst, all right? So that's why these audio leaks really bother me because clearly, if you listen to those leaks, like behind closed doors, these guys joke around. They joke around in their voices saying sexually explicit things and they just have a good time and they laugh and joke about it, right? So that is perfectly clear now. But a lot of Monica's accusations of Vic came from one sexual innuendo joke that he made. Like, is it possible that Vic being in that environment and seeing all these voice actors make these sexually explicit jokes in the voice of characters? Like, he was part of that. And then all of a sudden, Monica as part of whatever agenda she might have had started calling him out on that. But like, even the guys who backed her up, like, that is just brutal. Like, clearly the work environment was playful and things like that. And my question is like, how much haven't we heard? You know what I mean? How many times was Vic around when they were making these types of jokes? So he thought saying like, oh, I just ate Monica, right? Like, he didn't think it was that big of a deal. But anyways, this is something that we've seen happen many a time. So if any of you watched what happened with James Charles when cancel culture came after him, so Tati Westbrook made this accusation against James Charles where it sounded like he was, you know, using this kind of power imbalance to, you know, pray on straight men. And what he would say was, oh, I'm famous. I could do whatever I want. I'm famous. And Tati was like, how dare he say that? I can't believe that he tries to use his fame to manipulate people. Then when James came out with his side of the story, he's like, this is something we joke around about all the time. And he showed text messages. He showed the screenshots about how they joke. Like it's an inside joke with their friends. Like, oh, I can do what I want. I'm famous. Ha, ha, ha. Like they joke about it. So again, like when you look at this, what Monica Real did, what Tati Westbrook did, it is just the worst. Like taking something that has been an inside joke or something joking and then trying to weaponize it is absolutely brutal. And one of the reasons I'm tackling this angle of the story is because I see it happen all the time and I have zero patience for it. It happened to me, it just happened to me on Twitter like two days ago. There's a kid out there. I won't name his name. But anyways, like this kid is constantly just messing with me, right? And I like to joke around. I joke around with my son all the time. I joke around with my girlfriend. I joke around with everybody, right? So like he is always making fun of me and I make fun of him because he's young. He's not super young. He's like 22 years old, right? And then out of nowhere, well it wasn't even out of nowhere, he instigated by retweeting me with a little dig, I replied and just joked back at him and he got all offended. And I'm just like, nope, I'm blocking this dude. Like you are just the worst. Like don't be that person for the love of God. Don't be that person, all right? So the last thing that I wanna talk about is this. Is if you participate in cancel culture, like this is a prime example of how it can come after you at any moment. Like I just, I cannot teach this less than enough. Like there is not enough time. I don't have the ability to convey that to you. Like I just want you to know everybody loves participating in the online hate mobs and trying to take out other people and call out other people. But the second someone gets in your stuff, like you guys, we're all flawed, we all do stupid stuff. You know what I mean? And that's why when you go to my website and you see my book canceled, it says, are you next? Like my book about cancel culture isn't just me telling my story. Like it is a cautionary tale. Like this can happen to anybody at any time. All it takes is just for one thing to leak. Like what we're seeing with the Funimation Audio Leagues. All right, so my final thoughts, my final thoughts on the Funimation Audio Leagues, had it not been for them going after Vic and what happened to Vic, this in my opinion would have been hilarious. All right, like just a bunch of voice actors saying like a bunch of crude and over-the-top ridiculous stuff and joking around. That is so funny. I can't remember where it was, but there was a guy who does like a great impression of Winnie the Pooh and he was on, he was on some podcast with comedians like, I think the podcast, the comedian is big, is a big John, I don't know. Anyways, he's like talking in Winnie the Pooh's voice and just saying this awful and crude things. Things that Winnie the Pooh would never say. I have a sick and twisted sense of humor, so maybe that's why I find it funny, but that was hilarious, all right? So like I said, like with these Funimation Audio Leagues, like if this was just an isolated story and none of that stuff happened to Vic and this came out and people were losing their minds over it, I would literally be making a video defending everybody involved. All right, I'd be like, yeah, they joke around behind the scenes somebody leaked this and outraged cultures coming after them, but the only reason, in my opinion, why it's bad is because of what this cast of characters did to that dude, Vic, all right? But anyways, don't be that person, don't be that person who has inside jokes or a certain type of friendly relationship and then try to weaponize it against people like, don't do that, all right? But anyways, like I said, today is the final day, so make sure you check out the description, down in the pinned comment below, get yourself a free copy of my brand new book, canceled inside YouTube canceled culture and the audio books available as well. And on my website, if you're interested in other books, I have books about anxiety and anger management and addiction and all that kind of stuff. So feel free to browse around while you're there. All right, but anyways, that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And a huge, huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon. You are all amazing and a huge thank you as well to everybody who supports the channel in other ways by buying my books, buying merch and all that other kind of cool stuff. All right, thanks again for watching. I'll see you next time.