[CW:POINTLESS PARASOCIAL THEORISING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PODCAST HOSTS] As you may remember, the Chapo guys were pretty heavily invested in Bernie 2020: The Squeakquel and didn't take his loss too well; Matt retreated into :grillman: livestreams from his backyard and Virgil just fucking disappeared. From some of the hosts' comments when asked about Virgil's whereabouts during this period you could sense that they didn't really know what was going on with him either and that they were somewhat annoyed. Eventually, Virgil returned after several months but [THE FOLLOWING IS JUST MY OWN OPINION] the chemistry between him and the rest of the hosts seemed a bit off.
As early 2021 went on, he showed up less and less on Chapo and started Bad Faith with BJG, which was completely ignored by the Chapos (contrast this with how they've treated ex-producer Brendan and his Blowback pod). After Bad Faith started, he stopped appearing on Chapo altogether and after a couple of months, Chapo Trap House and Virgil publicly announced their amicable separation. On the Chapos' part, this was relegated to a text post on their Patreon with no mention of Virgil on air.
My pointless speculation is that Virgil's first disappearing act kinda damaged the relationship between the hosts and it never recovered
Yeah, when he didn't appear on the episode, and his absence wasn't addressed, nor was he even mentioned once, I knew it was a matter of time before we'd find out he wasn't part of the show anymore
On the Chapos’ part, this was relegated to a text post on their Patreon with no mention of Virgil on air.
That part isn't true, one of the chapo episodes opened with them saying Virgil is gone on good terms and stuff. Obviously I don't know anything about what happened behind the scenes, but they did mention him leaving and they did say it was, as you put it, amicable separation.
[CW:POINTLESS PARASOCIAL THEORISING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PODCAST HOSTS] As you may remember, the Chapo guys were pretty heavily invested in Bernie 2020: The Squeakquel and didn't take his loss too well; Matt retreated into :grillman: livestreams from his backyard and Virgil just fucking disappeared. From some of the hosts' comments when asked about Virgil's whereabouts during this period you could sense that they didn't really know what was going on with him either and that they were somewhat annoyed. Eventually, Virgil returned after several months but [THE FOLLOWING IS JUST MY OWN OPINION] the chemistry between him and the rest of the hosts seemed a bit off.
As early 2021 went on, he showed up less and less on Chapo and started Bad Faith with BJG, which was completely ignored by the Chapos (contrast this with how they've treated ex-producer Brendan and his Blowback pod). After Bad Faith started, he stopped appearing on Chapo altogether and after a couple of months, Chapo Trap House and Virgil publicly announced their amicable separation.
On the Chapos' part, this was relegated to a text post on their Patreon with no mention of Virgil on air.My pointless speculation is that Virgil's first disappearing act kinda damaged the relationship between the hosts and it never recovereddeleted by creator
Yeah, when he didn't appear on the episode, and his absence wasn't addressed, nor was he even mentioned once, I knew it was a matter of time before we'd find out he wasn't part of the show anymore
That part isn't true, one of the chapo episodes opened with them saying Virgil is gone on good terms and stuff. Obviously I don't know anything about what happened behind the scenes, but they did mention him leaving and they did say it was, as you put it, amicable separation.