I am practicing the art of no longer canceling people because I canceled Taylor Swift just because my Internet friends and the media were. I didn't think about how she felt and now I recant every bad thing I said about her. Jake Paul, on the other hand, I never canceled because I simply do not care about him.
Never have and never will.
Jake Paul is always involved in controversy in some way, shape, or form. His latest tweet said "anxiety is created by you." It has since been deleted, but you KNOW the internet is around to provide screenshots. He tried to backpedal and say that he was spreading awareness and said that he didn't know he had anxiety until he was 18, but dealt with the effects his entire life.
Given that yes, people suffer from anxiety and will never know unless they go to a doctor, remember that this is the same person who allegedly bullied his "friends" and employees to the point where their mental health actually started to deteriorate. This isn't the case for just one or two people — there are at least 10 people who have spoken up about Jake's abuse or tried to hide their true feelings to avoid any backlash from Jake.
The Martinez Twins talked about the serious hate and disrespect they got from Jake while being apart of Jake's Team 10 crew. Chance Sutton left and revealed in a video (that has since been deleted) why he left Team 10. Others created videos, like Tessa Brooks and Tristan Tales. This circle of bullying started with Alissa Violet's string of Snapchat videos where she said Jake kicked her out of his house and then other Team 10 members began to also bully Alissa. It's a whole mess, I'm sure there are Drama Alert videos somewhere about it.
Anytime a video came out about Jake, how mentally draining he was, or how damaging the environment he promoted was, people would attack the victim instead of Jake. That's why I never bothered to give him a single view, like, or comment. Yes, I judged him before I watched his videos, but then Shane Dawson did his documentary with Jake, which was absolutely amazing, but it didn't change how I looked at Jake because even in his videos that I went back and watched so I could see where people were coming from, you could tell that behind his jokes and giggles, there was some truth to any and everything he said.
I can play devil's advocate for a second, he also has been on the receiving end of hate from parents. At his old house, parents would bring their kids to see him and the other Team 10 members and if any of them refused, the parents would say things like, "These kids made you famous. Be appreciative of them." This could have most definitely played a role in how Jake acts and treats people, but that does not give him the right to hop on the Internet and claim to be a self-care and mental health guru.
Why are we so shocked about Jake's tweet-and-delete when we should be used to him speaking out of hypocrisy and ignorance? He's clearly no mental health advocate.