ICYMI: BuzzFeed Set the Try Guys Up to Fail

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🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The internet has been abuzz with news that the Try Guys have ended their relationship with Ned Fulmer after it was revealed earlier this week that he cheated on his wife with a work colleague. On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Devin Lytle, a director, producer, and former BuzzFeed colleague of the Try Guys who appeared in BuzzFeed’s Ladylike series. She and Rachelle discuss the heyday of BuzzFeed’s video department, the ways the Try Guys and Ladylike were treated differently, and how BuzzFeed created and trapped these performers in their online personalities. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at slate.com/icymiplus Thanks Avast.com! Learn more about Avast One at Avast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now. Only on Prime Video.
0:34.2	My wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife, my wife.
0:42.8	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Devin Lytle, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:48.2	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:51.9	And yes, as y'all can tell, we have a brand new guest host today.
0:56.0	And I'm excited for all of our guest hosts. That's not a lie, but I'm especially excited for this
1:01.1	today because I'm joined by Devin Lytle. Devin, hello! Oh my, you're excited. I'm excited. I listen to
1:09.6	this podcast every week, every Wednesday and Saturday. I listen to it when I work out. I listen to it with my coffee. I've been such a fan girl. Y'all got me through the pandemic. Like full stock. It's true. It's true. I'm not even joking. So this is a dream come true for me. So, wow. So glad to be here.
1:32.5	We're a mutual fan girl. So I personally love this. Devin is a producer and director and also an absolute internet legend who I could go through your resume, but we are a 30 to 35 minute podcast.
1:46.1	So for the sake of kind of getting at what today's episode is going to be about, I'm going to
1:50.9	highlight a specific period of your career, which took place. And none other than the red
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