So Dan from Game Grumps (aged 42) is getting cancelled for supposed grooming. I don't want to say he's not a groomer, because theres stuff about other alleged behavior that isnt detailed at all in it.
But like the story presented is that a 17 year old fan started messaging him. He thanks her for her support and wishes her a happy birthday when she turns 18 about a month later. Then nothing is shown until the fans 22 and they exchange some cringey sexts. Then apparently they fuck and he breaks things off. And everyone's calling this grooming, but like, that's not what grooming is? I donno, it just feels like people really have been stretching definitions of things for the last year like with that Alex Morse thing to take advantage of cancel culture. And it seems like it only causes people to ignore victims who are actually groomed.
That's what many people would consider a weird or off-putting age gap, but I dunno, calling it "grooming" specifically when the younger person is still a whole 22 years old is iffy to me. I dunno, I assume by default that e-celeb people are skeevy. I've heard people suggest that it's always unethical for someone to have sex with their fans, but honestly I don't know if I entirely agree with that, since sometimes people just want to have sex with celebrities they like.