It's Grace (formerly DailyGrace) - Grace Helbig Part 3

[ParisianDoll]

Yep, he confirms he’s dating “someone” on the Valleycast, officially the day Weezer’s Teal album came out. “You’ll never find out who on social media” - I’m fairly sure that was sarcasm.

In other news, I had no idea he had cheated, ugh, I actually found him via his wife at the time, oddly enough - she had a book club channel, where they talked about a book I wanted to know about before I read it. That sort of changes my outlook on things a little.

[peeeepins]

Lol I don’t want to come in here and look like I’m defending cheating, because as a concept it’s generally inexcusable, but I’m going to say some things that may appear to veer into it haha. So when Lee and Elliott still had their podcast together (Shooting Stars), they did an entire episode (since deleted) about Elliott’s divorce and somewhat mess of a life at the time, and that’s what brought me around to him as a person more than as an entertainer (since I’d loved his work on SourceFed but never thought or knew much about him personally). He talked about putting on a facade of being a perfect husband and employee and just putting all this work into appearing like a perfectly functional adult with his shit together, when really he was miserable and dying inside. (Still doesn’t excuse cheating, and for the record he’s never tried to excuse or diminish it).

It was emotional cheating (yes, still bad, but I mean, if there are degrees..), which he confessed to and they ended up getting divorced. He got married when he was 20 and still basically religiously brainwashed by his upbringing. Anyway he talked openly about some of it more recently on the Sh*t They Don’t Tell You podcast (Nikki Limo and Steve Greene’s) if you’d like to form your own opinions.

I’m always curious how public ‘forgiveness’ works when it involves personal matters that have nothing to do with anybody other than the very few people involved. To think less of somebody for a mistake they’ve made (and been frank about, and apologetic/ashamed about, and suffered the consequences of, and put in the work afterward to better themselves) is something I struggle with: how long do I let that colour my judgement or opinion of a complete stranger? Is casting judgement just a performative public action so I can feel or appear to be morally superior to the judgee or others who maybe don’t care as much? Sometimes I don’t know. But I’m cool with Elliott. I’m not cool with cheating. But I do understand the horrible feeling of being stuck in a situation (or uhh life) and not knowing what the hell to do to get out of it. I respect people who are open about their fuck-ups and wrong turns taken on their paths to living authentic and meaningful lives (while actively trying to be better and also not dismissing any harm they’ve caused along the way) way more than I respect people with their shit entirely together and seemingly doing everything “right” (which is how I used to see Elliott in the early SourceFed days) because that’s just not something I can relate to or really understand.

Anyway tl;dr he emotionally cheated on his wife. He took full responsibility for it and has fully acknowledged it was and is a terrible thing to do. He’s not a shitty person (though of course that will remain subjective).

Oh and watch this video maybe:

[Acciolatte]

Lol I don’t want to come in here and look like I’m defending cheating, because as a concept it’s generally inexcusable, but I’m going to say some things that may appear to veer into it haha. So when Lee and Elliott still had their podcast together (Shooting Stars), they did an entire episode (since deleted) about Elliott’s divorce and somewhat mess of a life at the time, and that’s what brought me around to him as a person more than as an entertainer (since I’d loved his work on SourceFed but never thought or knew much about him personally). He talked about putting on a facade of being a perfect husband and employee and just putting all this work into appearing like a perfectly functional adult with his shit together, when really he was miserable and dying inside. (Still doesn’t excuse cheating, and for the record he’s never tried to excuse or diminish it).

It was emotional cheating (yes, still bad, but I mean, if there are degrees..), which he confessed to and they ended up getting divorced. He got married when he was 20 and still basically religiously brainwashed by his upbringing. Anyway he talked openly about some of it more recently on the Sh*t They Don’t Tell You podcast (Nikki Limo and Steve Greene’s) if you’d like to form your own opinions.

I’m always curious how public ‘forgiveness’ works when it involves personal matters that have nothing to do with anybody other than the very few people involved. To think less of somebody for a mistake they’ve made (and been frank about, and apologetic/ashamed about, and suffered the consequences of, and put in the work afterward to better themselves) is something I struggle with: how long do I let that colour my judgement or opinion of a complete stranger? Is casting judgement just a performative public action so I can feel or appear to be morally superior to the judgee or others who maybe don’t care as much? Sometimes I don’t know. But I’m cool with Elliott. I’m not cool with cheating. But I do understand the horrible feeling of being stuck in a situation (or uhh life) and not knowing what the hell to do to get out of it. I respect people who are open about their fuck-ups and wrong turns taken on their paths to living authentic and meaningful lives (while actively trying to be better and also not dismissing any harm they’ve caused along the way) way more than I respect people with their shit entirely together and seemingly doing everything “right” (which is how I used to see Elliott in the early SourceFed days) because that’s just not something I can relate to or really understand.

Anyway tl;dr he emotionally cheated on his wife. He took full responsibility for it and has fully acknowledged it was and is a terrible thing to do. He’s not a shitty person (though of course that will remain subjective).

Oh and watch this video maybe:

Honestly I was a big shooting stars fan and remain a big fan of him in general but also his shtick is also drinking a lot. Enjoying drinking a lot and for a while last year he believed he had a drinking problem and quit for a while. He deleted the video about it but that honestly makes me worry for both of them dating. They're funny together and cute together but I wonder if this wont become an enabling thing.

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[Acciolatte]

On the newest Valleyfolk, Elliott said he had a conversation about dating someone on Wednesday and now they are dating.
So that plus the Instagram things makes it pretty confirmed.

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[peeeepins]

Yeahh the amount they both (seem to) drink crossed my mind as a possible red flag for them, but as a non-drinker I don’t really have much of a concept of what’s too much or like, cause for concern. I think Elliott recognizing he may have an issue and taking steps to cut back bodes well though? iirc in that video he was more concerned that his drinking “could” become a problem, so he cut it back like preemptively?

Idk I’m mostly just looking forward to Grace maybe popping up on the Valleyfolk at some point (either in a sketch or on the podcast), they’ve all spoken very highly of her over the years, it’s just nice? I just have good feelings about this entire group of people so I’m staying optimistic haha.

[Acciolatte]

Yeahh the amount they both (seem to) drink crossed my mind as a possible red flag for them, but as a non-drinker I don’t really have much of a concept of what’s too much or like, cause for concern. I think Elliott recognizing he may have an issue and taking steps to cut back bodes well though? iirc in that video he was more concerned that his drinking “could” become a problem, so he cut it back like preemptively?

Idk I’m mostly just looking forward to Grace maybe popping up on the Valleyfolk at some point (either in a sketch or on the podcast), they’ve all spoken very highly of her over the years, it’s just nice? I just have good feelings about this entire group of people so I’m staying optimistic haha.

Oh dont get me wrong- I love that entire group and grace. I'm just so worried it will be bad for everyone if and when this blows up.
He has had a few incidents of this concern popping up. He also wrote a medium article about how he kind of fell into drinking a lot during and after sourcefed days.
I dont know for both of them it feels like more than a persona.

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[Acciolatte]

This is what's left of the video and it being posted.

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[Hannah7]

I had no clue he cheated. TBH I didn't know he was divorced until he showed up in Grace's life. I used to watch Sourcefed and after he left I wasn't following him much.

[horatio]

I actually found Eliot through Grace, they did a couple of videos together years ago. Be interesting to watch now. I liked him because he seemed smart and witty and didn’t take himself too seriously, though I never followed him that closely. For those reasons I like them together too but I do also see the enabling side. Grace just got out of a relationship and Eliot seems pretty troubled in various ways and they both don’t even hide that they use alcohol as crutch. And they seem at least moderately wasted in most of their stories together. I’m not usually one to criticise her for drinking or any of that, but I can see the potential for something unhealthy - might be wrong though.

[tchock92]

I really like Elliott and Grace together. For some reason I always forget he is like 6 feet tall because he seems really short to me anyway. I don’t think they need to drink so much with each other but I guess that’s how they have fun together? I’ve always had a crush on Joe Bereta, haha but he’s married. Even though Elliott was married as well.

[horatio]

I agree they are one of those couples that just look good together, they just sort of suit each other you know? More so than any of her exes I think. I do think she has rushed into it - especially as just before Christmas time she wasclearly a bit cut up about her break up. So I am sceptical that it has long term potential but I do wish them all the best because I like him and they both seem to be making each other quite happy. Drunk (or high) , but happy ...And I know I keep saying it but I am just so relieved Brooks is out of the picture it’s win win.

One question: What’s with all casino trips?

[Acciolatte]

I agree they are one of those couples that just look good together, they just sort of suit each other you know? More so than any of her exes I think. I do think she has rushed into it - especially as just before Christmas time she wasclearly a bit cut up about her break up. So I am sceptical that it has long term potential but I do wish them all the best because I like him and they both seem to be making each other quite happy. Drunk (or high) , but happy ...And I know I keep saying it but I am just so relieved Brooks is out of the picture it’s win win.

One question: What’s with all casino trips?

Vegas is Elliotts favorite place to go and Grace is basically always down for a party so it makes sense

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[Cyllene]

...Eliot seems pretty troubled in various ways and they both don’t even hide that they use alcohol as a crutch.

Plus she uses pharmaceutical pills and smokes weed in addition to the alcohol abuse. Also, she tends to not eat anything until she is starving, then grabs whatever food is closest. This leads to very unhealthy meal choices and is responsible for the malnourished appearance that she has now. It can even exaggerate mental issues like disorientation and lack of focus.

I've only listened to a couple of the TMG podcasts, but does anyone else get annoyed by how many times they mention "Palm Springs"?
It's like this form of name-dropping that they can't stop doing throughout every story.

[Frenchlurker]

...Eliot seems pretty troubled in various ways and they both don’t even hide that they use alcohol as a crutch.

Plus she uses pharmaceutical pills and smokes weed in addition to the alcohol abuse. Also, she tends to not eat anything until she is starving, then grabs whatever food is closest. This leads to very unhealthy meal choices and is responsible for the malnourished appearance that she has now. It can even exaggerate mental issues like disorientation and lack of focus.

I've only listened to a couple of the TMG podcasts, but does anyone else get annoyed by how many times they mention "Palm Springs"?
It's like this form of name-dropping that they can't stop doing throughout every story.

well they bought a house together in Palm springs...so i can see why most of their common stories happen there...

[space_cadet]

I don't like Elliott at all. There's something super annoying about his personality and he's a bit weird looking. I hope she's NOT dating him. She totally had great chemistry with Jeff Dye on the podcast today and he's CUTE.

One thing that is weird about both Chester and Elliott is they both seem to be (or used to be) "sober friends" with Shay Butler—especially around the time Shay supposedly went to rehab in 2017. Shay was hanging out with Chester a lot after he sort of got sober and Elliott even went to visit Shay all the way in Nowhereville, Idaho, when he seemed to be struggling with drinking/divorce.

I don't know...Grace might be better off dating someone who's not on-camera talent or a stand-up. So many of those people are seriously messed up in the head. Grace has her own issues as well, but maybe she'd fair better with a somewhat stable person in her life.

[_no_idea_]

I don't know...Grace might be better off dating someone who's not on-camera talent or a stand-up.

Yup, maybe, but if she's as much of a shut-in as she portrays herself to be, she'll hardly have any opportunity to meet people outside of that world. Even while using dating apps...she mentioned somewhere that when she found Brooks through an app she saw they had a lot of friends in common, so maybe she just prefers not to meet up or connect with total randos that aren't in that world.


On the drinking subject everybody's been talking about: I doubt she'll ever second guess her drinking habits. Her dad's side of the family seems to looooove to drink (she has drunk stories with her dad + stepmom, brothers, cousins), and she seems to hang mainly (or maybe exclusively) with heavy drinkers, both boyfriends and friends...even Lily Marston, whose dad died from alcoholism, seems to drink quite a lot (according to my standards, but that's my point, some standards allow for a lot more drinking). So I can't imagine her ever looking at it as nothing other than normal, fun and definitely not problematic; in her world nobody seems to picture fun or hanging out without it involving drinking.

[_no_idea_]

Oh god, today's podcast episode! The car segment was just one first world problem after the other

[mg95]

the thing about grace is she always seems to morph into the person she’s dating. it’s weird to me she’s so open so quickly about the elliot relationship. maybe since they were friends first? i’m a little curious how they transitioned into dating and so soon post-brooks, especially with her hanging out with chester and going on dating app dates at the same time. also, it’s kind of unnecessary for her to add photocredit to all her instagrams just to tag her guys and that’s something that started with brooks that always seemed off brand for her considering how she was with her bfs in her earlier YT days.

also- off topic but anyone feel like the holy trinity has morphed into a duo? seems like grace and mamrie have gotten much closer with owning the house together and the podcast and hannah is sort of off doing her own thing. maybe it’s due to hannah moving into that next stage of life with the engagement and her own projects but it is kind of sad to see.

[blacksprinkles]

I really think Grace and Elliott had a “thing”/fling pre-Brooks, and perhaps now the timing is working out for them.

As for with Hannah... I really think their lifestyles don’t combine much anymore. Hannah seems to always be “out there” with an activism, campaign, message, etc. and she’s engaged. Grace and Mamrie just seem content to be chill and speak up rarely.

[ohhotdamnthisismyjam]

Are her podcasts worth the listen? I don't want to pay for the mamrie one (which is the one I'd prefer to listen to). It sucks cause not counting the podcasts, she only put out 4 real videos this year so far.

Idk if she just straight up doesn't want to continue with yt or feels defeated because she's not as popular anymore.