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Good luck. Yes, hello everybody, and welcome back to YouTube and use the podcast. My name is Benedict Townsend. Back with you as always.

It's wonderful to see you. How are you doing? Is that a new belt? What does it say? Don't mess with Tennessee.

Okay, doesn't rhyme, but I like it. I like it. And is that a pierced toe? Very stylish. Well, it's great that you're here with Tennessee. Okay, doesn't rhyme, but I like it, I like it. And is that a pierced toe?

Very stylish. Well, it's great that you'll hear with me hanging out once again on the

YouTube News podcast or YouTube News the podcast. I don't know what it's called, and I'm the guy who's

freaking on it. And we've got some juicy little stories today. We've got a story about something

that's taking over TikTok. We've got a story about something that's taking over TikTok.

We've got a story about a major YouTuber who seems to be, well, for want of a better word,

massively destroying their own health. Plus, we've got the return of review review and even

a true YouTuber fact. I say that because I wrote one true YouTuber fact and then forgot to write

more. So one true YouTube effect and then say that because I wrote one true YouTube fact and then forgot to write more.

So one true YouTube effect and then we'll proceed from there. But hey, no time like the present. Why don't we crack on with our very first story? And this is about Couch Guy. Now, if you're on TikTok, you may know a little bit about this already. But if not, I'm going to let you know about it because it's kind of one of the biggest memes, kind of one of the biggest viral videos of the year, and if you haven't heard about it yet, you're probably going to hear about it. But even if you don't care about TikTok, even if you don't care about the drama or whatever, it's also just a fascinating story. I think it is the single most interesting, most fascinating viral video of the last

like 10 years. And I'll explain to you for why. But to do that, we'll have to go right back to the

beginning. So it all begins with a young lady who I'm not going to name because for context,

this young lady's getting a bit of a hard time from people on TikTok. And I think that's

unfair. I don't think people should be mean to her. I don't think she's done anything wrong, but people are being a little bit harsh to her, and you'll understand why in a second. But anyway, this young lady flew across the United States to surprise her boyfriend at college. They're doing a long-distance relationship where he's at college, and she's probably at a different college, and they're apart. So she flew over to his college. They're doing a long distance relationship where he's at college and she's probably at a different college and they're apart.

So she flew over to his college to surprise him and she filmed herself surprising him in his college dorm room.

And she posted a video of the surprise to TikTok and the video is very interesting.

So in the video, she is let in to the room by some of his presumably roommates, and

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