The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video cannot be memeable, or it’ll never be taken seriously.
Colleen Ballinger’s apology saga, however, will be one of the most memorable in YouTube history because it just keeps getting worse.
Representatives for Ballinger, who built a devoted following of young viewers as the satirical and often offensive character Miranda Sings, are now denying claims that she filed copyright infringement claims on videos reacting to her ukelele apology song.
The song, in which Ballinger addresses allegations of fostering inappropriate and exploitative relationships with her teenage fans, ...
