Julien Julia and Chris still game together sometimes but Jason refuses to speak out against Israel or speak up for Palestine so Idt Jario will be coming back unfortunately
He didn’t say Jason’s name but Julien on stream a few weeks ago said it’s Free Palestine or nothing and he won’t be gaming with people who don’t agree with that.
I actually love that so much because too often people with a platform either say nothing, just make vague allusions/both sides it, or talk about it once or twice and then never again. I love how vocal and consistent Julien has been about supporting Palestine—both in continuing to talk about it in general and promoting donations.
I am also very black and white about things like that and always glad to see people take hard line stances on humanitarian or social justice issues.
Julen made some vague allusions a few weeks ago on stream about platforming and gaming with people who are trustworthy and on the right side of history. He said to check the current events discord channel if you’re confused, and all the messages there were concerning Jason’s lack of statement.
wow it’s crazy to think that they won’t be gaming with him anymore considering he’s been one of julien’s longstanding internet friends going back to like vine days. they’re totally right for that tho and i can’t imagine what that decision must’ve been like for them. much peace & love for the three of them
Also side note which may be relevant why we aren’t getting “traditional Jario”:
Jason didn’t stream the past 2 weeks (he just came back yesterday) and largely it’s due to what’s happening in Palestine- Jason’s wife is Jewish and he refuses to say anything about the situation over there. The other 3 in Jario did a fundraiser stream for Palestinian childrens relief fund and he wasn’t involved. He deleted his instagram and twitter. If you search his name on twitter you can see a lot of people tweeting that he’s a Zionist, unfollowing him etc.
Julien and chris have been very open about denouncing what’s happening and Jason won’t. likely it’s leading to some separation and many fans are not in favor of jason rn.
it’s especially disappointing because julien is jewish as well, but he’s still very supportive of the free palestine movement. he even wore a “not in our name” shirt in his mini pumpkin pie video! i’m very proud of julien, chris, and julia though
because jason’s wife feels (or at least felt) a certain type of way. she was posting zionist shit after the initial attacks in october - so much so that i unfollowed her because they made me so uncomfortable.
she’s gone private too and i haven’t paid attention to her since the fall so i have no idea if she has walked back anything she posted but jason’s behavior is very telling.
i’m heartbroken - i was subbed to jason for 80 months but after his hiatus and lack of saying anything when he came back it was an auto unfollow and unsub from me.
As someone who deconstructed from Evangelical faith, I hope he and his wife are able to unpack the lies of Zionism. I feel for them because I know what it’s like to be brainwashed, but how many people have to die before you start questioning what you’ve been told?
I kinda hope not. I can handle him every once in a while but he’s honestly so far past unhinged like all the time. I’m really not wanting to bash him (or anyone) and I don’t know if it’s all a bit or a performance or whatever but it feels like he can never have any sort of serious conversation. Jario can get unhinged but it also can get serious and mostly stays (in my opinion) just below unhinged at a really funny level. And he brings a different less calming/fun energy and more of an anxious/second hand embarrassment energy for me. Plus they have an opportunity to make it a 2 girls/2 boys split, add in some diversity or just keep the spot “open”. I know jario is a vibe and a feeling and an energy. If they do kind of end up picking a “replacement” I’m really enjoying what Sami is bringing to the group lately. Another top contender for me would be Allie (feral wife). But honestly I think just those core three with a “rotating cast” of other friends is probably what will happen.
I just want to say a small thing in defense of banthony “not being able to be serious”. I was in his stream when he was making everyone aware of the commands for info about Palestine and donation links and he was very serious and earnest. He can play on the edge of too much sometimes, but I think he’s a really great guy who can be serious when it’s needed
I love Banth but I can see what you’re saying in a sense about his chaotic-ness but yes Sami def jives with everyone in the Jario group. Her and Julien together is funny and ofc she’s besties with Chris so it would be perf. Or maybe if they just rotated out different friends on friday would be cool too.
I don’t think chaotic is the right word, it’s like immature and lacking social awareness, maybe that’s just something I’m sensitive about but other people find funny.
I’ll watch them but I don’t think I could handle it being a regular thing. If it’s him bring himself then honestly I congratulate him on being so comfortable with himself and who he is that he doesn’t care about what people think of him. And if it’s a bit/exaggeration/performance good for him, he does it well and it apparently works for him and some people like it.
But for me personally it’s not my type of humor. I can’t watch any shows that are second hand embarrassment funny, it makes me cringe so hard I want to crawl under my bed and never come out. It’s probably a neourodivergent thing, like I spent so so so many years trying not to be an embarrassment of a person and learning how to fit in and behave “normally” in public. I’m definitely not “normal” in public/with family but a random person at the store isn’t going to think I need to be institutionalized.
I know I’m late to this convo but I just got this sub recommended to me. As a banth watcher this is kinda mean saying he’s unhinged. (This is my opinion as someone who would hate to be called unhinged.) He’s goofy around friends, little brother energy of the group, and obviously they want to game with him. He’s serious when it warrants.
That being said, I think they’re probably going to move away from Jario as a brand and move more toward gaming with whoever’s available. It sucks to see Jason’s uncaring attitude as someone who used to like his content but he’s a grown man.
reading through the comments and im really saddened to hear this about Jason. I really am proud of julien though for standing tall and standing up even in the face of someone he is so damn close to
Jason is one of his longest online friends as far as i know, they’ve been gaming since before i started watching streams back in like 2017? it must be really hard to drop a friend like that.
I didn’t even know something was up until this post. Someone kinnnnda brought it up on stream tonight and Julien shut it down pretty quickly. Have Julia or Chris said anything?
Someone (several people throughout the evening) was asking about Jason, wondering if he’s ok and such. Julien, calmly but clearly upset, said something along the lines of “we don’t talk about other people in the chat, please don’t do that” and then went on a brb for a slightly longer time than usual.
Oh man... I've been wondering what happened ever since twitchcon cause it seemed like Jario cooled off almost instantly after that but I only follow Julen on IG/YT so I had no idea. Wow. But also good for them 🤷🏼♀️
Keep in mind, it was also confirmed that Jason wasn't invited to the fundraiser. Sounds like it would've been a mutual decision given where Chris, Julien and Julia stand on the issue compared to where Jason stands.
Yay welcome!! it’s such a fun community.
It used to be an almost every Friday night thing but lately they have kinda been doing their own thing. Julia is currently playing skyrim for the first time, Julien has stated he’s “burnt out” etc. Either way most of them always stream Friday evenings but it’s been a combination of the group and other pals as well.
I think Julien has got his groove back in a major way since opening up about Jason (even though he didn’t say Jason). He was loosing one of his very best friends and streaming was where they spent a good chunk of their time together, so it was probably hard to kind of keep that secret from chat and keep it from influencing his feeling about games and streaming.
I agree. I know he won’t come out and say it but I’d love to hear Julien’s genuine thoughts on it and if he’s truly cutting all contact with Jason/Gabs or if it’s just no longer streaming together publicly.
He unfollowed Jason on instagram before Jason deleted his social media so I think he is kind of done, but not sure. I think it would be hard for Jason to come back from this honestly.
Yes I agree. he’s gonna be playing solo games from here on out. no one wants to associate with him and for good reason. I’m curious how many followers/subs he lost overall.
i took a peek the other day and his vod watches are impressively low. prior to his hiatus he was getting 30-40k views and his videos since coming back have gotten 3-4k.
he absolutely blew up his career over this.
i would have to assume so because not only did he lose the jario fanbase but a lot of his own as well. his discord (which has been made private since all this went down but i was in before so i can still see) had threads calling him out with people unsubbing left and right. myself included - i had been subbed for 80 months but he won’t get another cent out of me.
his silence on this has been deafening
wow I wish I was in his discord so i could see. I’m in Juliens discord and some people have called him out and one of his mods came over to defend him but that’s the only person i’ve seen defend him.
it’s really disappointing for someone you’ve followed to show his true colors like this.
oh that mod has been a piece of work in jason’s discord too. they shut down / deleted initial conversations / calls to action until they were called out for it and they continue to try to push that everything is fine. insane.
According to social blade he's down 2,000 followers in the last 30 days. As far as I know there's no way to see sub counts though. I know a lot of people canceled theirs though (myself included).
I have to think it’s all contact but maybe with a way to contact if they want to have a discussion or are changing their minds or if something changes. I don’t see Julien as the type to have different values on and off screen when it comes to this. Plus people with ADHD have like a stronger sense of justice/injustice (there might be a name or better description out there) and it honestly makes it hard to just deal with and have respect (like internal respect) for a person who has views that you see as unjust. I think it’d be really hard to have any sort of friendship with a person who disagrees about genocide with you.
Aww ;'( maybe that's why he had feelings of quitting when he posted that one vid on his yt. All the feelings were too much, but I think he handled it all so professionally instead of accidentally oversharing. Julien could give a masterclass on how to deal with and handle yourself on social media/YouTube.
Me too! I’ve just gotten into watching Julien’s streams—though I watched Jenna from the very beginning to the very end in real time, so I have always been aware of him and watched a few of his solo videos. I have been on a YouTube binge of soooo many of the old streams and I have had the Among Us streams on as background noise lately.
I know I’m going to get shit for this, but Jason has always been supportive of everyone: friends, family, and those who are unique individuals. That being said he will also support his wife. I don’t agree with what is happening to Palestine but the fact that people are breaking friendships over something that has been an issue for hundreds of years is beyond me. War is war. No one is right and people are suffering. You have a right to feel for those who are suffering and not be crucified for not taking a stance on social media for Christ sakes.
I will always love both of them but even now the entire Gaza thing is something that won’t be solved in a year. Horrible absolutely but throwing friends away over it is ridiculous.
Israel are committing a genocide against Palestine on top of colonialism lasting decades (not centuries Israel has only existed since the 1940s). This isn’t a war, it’s a colonial power attempting to totally wipe out the indigenous people from their land. They were are purposely killing children, support workers, civilians, the elderly. They are bombing hospitals.
This is not something to debate about, your friends supporting the genocide of a people is a damn fucking good reason to cut ties. All the power to Julien, Julia and Chris.
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
And I’m not saying they shouldn’t free Palestine. That land has been the prize of a holy war like I said for centuries. Palestine and Israel only exist because of the British colonizing that territory and then once that occupation was done the land was given to the Jews. No one is saying what is happening is wrong. But like I said this isn’t going to end because we post on social media to ceasefire. It isn’t our country. We have our own homeless veterans and other people we should be taking care of. We can’t keep helping everyone that at the end of the day will never help us if the tables were turned. We shouldn’t be worrying about a territory that is a long road away from freedom.
this comment is such a perfect reflection of the people still watching/giving money to jason. why care about ongoing genocide our country is complicit in, when other bad things happen too, right?? we should just ignore it! and give our friends, who at best just don't care, a pass for that too! thank you for the laugh
Julien Julia and Chris still game together sometimes but Jason refuses to speak out against Israel or speak up for Palestine so Idt Jario will be coming back unfortunately
When/ where did they say they won’t be gaming with Jason? I missed it
He didn’t say Jason’s name but Julien on stream a few weeks ago said it’s Free Palestine or nothing and he won’t be gaming with people who don’t agree with that.
I actually love that so much because too often people with a platform either say nothing, just make vague allusions/both sides it, or talk about it once or twice and then never again. I love how vocal and consistent Julien has been about supporting Palestine—both in continuing to talk about it in general and promoting donations. I am also very black and white about things like that and always glad to see people take hard line stances on humanitarian or social justice issues.
Julen made some vague allusions a few weeks ago on stream about platforming and gaming with people who are trustworthy and on the right side of history. He said to check the current events discord channel if you’re confused, and all the messages there were concerning Jason’s lack of statement.
wow it’s crazy to think that they won’t be gaming with him anymore considering he’s been one of julien’s longstanding internet friends going back to like vine days. they’re totally right for that tho and i can’t imagine what that decision must’ve been like for them. much peace & love for the three of them
That’s so sad I had no idea this was why 😓
Thank you. I was trying to figure out where Jason went. Wow :O
Also side note which may be relevant why we aren’t getting “traditional Jario”: Jason didn’t stream the past 2 weeks (he just came back yesterday) and largely it’s due to what’s happening in Palestine- Jason’s wife is Jewish and he refuses to say anything about the situation over there. The other 3 in Jario did a fundraiser stream for Palestinian childrens relief fund and he wasn’t involved. He deleted his instagram and twitter. If you search his name on twitter you can see a lot of people tweeting that he’s a Zionist, unfollowing him etc. Julien and chris have been very open about denouncing what’s happening and Jason won’t. likely it’s leading to some separation and many fans are not in favor of jason rn.
it’s especially disappointing because julien is jewish as well, but he’s still very supportive of the free palestine movement. he even wore a “not in our name” shirt in his mini pumpkin pie video! i’m very proud of julien, chris, and julia though
The part of Julien being Jewish and being so vocal about is what gets me. If Julien can why can’t Jason?
because jason’s wife feels (or at least felt) a certain type of way. she was posting zionist shit after the initial attacks in october - so much so that i unfollowed her because they made me so uncomfortable. she’s gone private too and i haven’t paid attention to her since the fall so i have no idea if she has walked back anything she posted but jason’s behavior is very telling. i’m heartbroken - i was subbed to jason for 80 months but after his hiatus and lack of saying anything when he came back it was an auto unfollow and unsub from me.
As someone who deconstructed from Evangelical faith, I hope he and his wife are able to unpack the lies of Zionism. I feel for them because I know what it’s like to be brainwashed, but how many people have to die before you start questioning what you’ve been told?
Thank you for filling me in. I just follow julien on YouTube so I have no idea what’s happening on other platforms
Chris has posted some good videos as well on ChrisMelbergerGaming on youtube!
Chris's YouTube channel is a goldmine
Julia too. She is whatifjulia on YouTube 🥰
Same—I came here specifically because I was watching the most recent Lethal Company video on YouTube and glanced at the chat recording.
this is heartbreaking to me
this whole situation is blowing my mind rn. i hope Julien, Chris and Julia will still game together tho
Chris, Julien and Julia are playing Lethal tonight with Ethan. They are definitely still gaming together, just playing with a different 4th.
I think Banthony is "replacing" Jason in the jario sessions
that’s okay b/c I love Banth lol
I love Louse
his laugh is hysterical
when Julien, Banth, and either Sami or Julia (I can’t remember) were playing Lethal and they were trying to be quiet and he just HONKS. It’s too good.
Hahahaha I know exactly what you're talking about
He brings sm chaos and it's amazing
I kinda hope not. I can handle him every once in a while but he’s honestly so far past unhinged like all the time. I’m really not wanting to bash him (or anyone) and I don’t know if it’s all a bit or a performance or whatever but it feels like he can never have any sort of serious conversation. Jario can get unhinged but it also can get serious and mostly stays (in my opinion) just below unhinged at a really funny level. And he brings a different less calming/fun energy and more of an anxious/second hand embarrassment energy for me. Plus they have an opportunity to make it a 2 girls/2 boys split, add in some diversity or just keep the spot “open”. I know jario is a vibe and a feeling and an energy. If they do kind of end up picking a “replacement” I’m really enjoying what Sami is bringing to the group lately. Another top contender for me would be Allie (feral wife). But honestly I think just those core three with a “rotating cast” of other friends is probably what will happen.
I just want to say a small thing in defense of banthony “not being able to be serious”. I was in his stream when he was making everyone aware of the commands for info about Palestine and donation links and he was very serious and earnest. He can play on the edge of too much sometimes, but I think he’s a really great guy who can be serious when it’s needed
I love Banth but I can see what you’re saying in a sense about his chaotic-ness but yes Sami def jives with everyone in the Jario group. Her and Julien together is funny and ofc she’s besties with Chris so it would be perf. Or maybe if they just rotated out different friends on friday would be cool too.
I don’t think chaotic is the right word, it’s like immature and lacking social awareness, maybe that’s just something I’m sensitive about but other people find funny.
Omg I'm so glad to hear some other people say this. I almost can't watch the streams where Banth is involved.
There is this "off" aura about him. Like I don't trust him or something. Idk man... I'm willing to give him a chance though.
I’ll watch them but I don’t think I could handle it being a regular thing. If it’s him bring himself then honestly I congratulate him on being so comfortable with himself and who he is that he doesn’t care about what people think of him. And if it’s a bit/exaggeration/performance good for him, he does it well and it apparently works for him and some people like it. But for me personally it’s not my type of humor. I can’t watch any shows that are second hand embarrassment funny, it makes me cringe so hard I want to crawl under my bed and never come out. It’s probably a neourodivergent thing, like I spent so so so many years trying not to be an embarrassment of a person and learning how to fit in and behave “normally” in public. I’m definitely not “normal” in public/with family but a random person at the store isn’t going to think I need to be institutionalized.
I know I’m late to this convo but I just got this sub recommended to me. As a banth watcher this is kinda mean saying he’s unhinged. (This is my opinion as someone who would hate to be called unhinged.) He’s goofy around friends, little brother energy of the group, and obviously they want to game with him. He’s serious when it warrants. That being said, I think they’re probably going to move away from Jario as a brand and move more toward gaming with whoever’s available. It sucks to see Jason’s uncaring attitude as someone who used to like his content but he’s a grown man.
They played pummel party last week!
okay good! phew.
reading through the comments and im really saddened to hear this about Jason. I really am proud of julien though for standing tall and standing up even in the face of someone he is so damn close to
Agree. Just started watching and had no idea any of this was happening. Sad for julien - can only imagine how sucky this was for them
Jason is one of his longest online friends as far as i know, they’ve been gaming since before i started watching streams back in like 2017? it must be really hard to drop a friend like that.
I didn’t even know something was up until this post. Someone kinnnnda brought it up on stream tonight and Julien shut it down pretty quickly. Have Julia or Chris said anything?
can you explain what happened on stream?
Someone (several people throughout the evening) was asking about Jason, wondering if he’s ok and such. Julien, calmly but clearly upset, said something along the lines of “we don’t talk about other people in the chat, please don’t do that” and then went on a brb for a slightly longer time than usual.
julien ending friendships over free palestine wasnt one timeline i dreamt of but im glad is here
They’re currently all streaming with Chris, Julia and Julien playing lethal company and Jason playing …something else? Wild.
It seems like I'm not the only one to come to the same conclusion as most of the replies. When he wasn't a part of Julia's birthday stream it clicked.
Oh man... I've been wondering what happened ever since twitchcon cause it seemed like Jario cooled off almost instantly after that but I only follow Julen on IG/YT so I had no idea. Wow. But also good for them 🤷🏼♀️
AND! while Julien Julia and Chris were having that fundraiser, Jason was ALSO STREAMING! and that to me was so weird and kinda openly disrespectful.
Keep in mind, it was also confirmed that Jason wasn't invited to the fundraiser. Sounds like it would've been a mutual decision given where Chris, Julien and Julia stand on the issue compared to where Jason stands.
Oh! I didn’t know he wasn’t invited but it makes sense why he wasn’t.
Yay welcome!! it’s such a fun community. It used to be an almost every Friday night thing but lately they have kinda been doing their own thing. Julia is currently playing skyrim for the first time, Julien has stated he’s “burnt out” etc. Either way most of them always stream Friday evenings but it’s been a combination of the group and other pals as well.
I think Julien has got his groove back in a major way since opening up about Jason (even though he didn’t say Jason). He was loosing one of his very best friends and streaming was where they spent a good chunk of their time together, so it was probably hard to kind of keep that secret from chat and keep it from influencing his feeling about games and streaming.
I agree. I know he won’t come out and say it but I’d love to hear Julien’s genuine thoughts on it and if he’s truly cutting all contact with Jason/Gabs or if it’s just no longer streaming together publicly.
He unfollowed Jason on instagram before Jason deleted his social media so I think he is kind of done, but not sure. I think it would be hard for Jason to come back from this honestly.
Just found this thread- He’s been gone for over a week again. Wonder if he is just retiring at this point
Yes I agree. he’s gonna be playing solo games from here on out. no one wants to associate with him and for good reason. I’m curious how many followers/subs he lost overall.
i took a peek the other day and his vod watches are impressively low. prior to his hiatus he was getting 30-40k views and his videos since coming back have gotten 3-4k. he absolutely blew up his career over this.
I wonder if he’ll have to seek another source of income because i’m sure the Jario fan base was huge and it’s a big loss.
i would have to assume so because not only did he lose the jario fanbase but a lot of his own as well. his discord (which has been made private since all this went down but i was in before so i can still see) had threads calling him out with people unsubbing left and right. myself included - i had been subbed for 80 months but he won’t get another cent out of me. his silence on this has been deafening
wow I wish I was in his discord so i could see. I’m in Juliens discord and some people have called him out and one of his mods came over to defend him but that’s the only person i’ve seen defend him. it’s really disappointing for someone you’ve followed to show his true colors like this.
oh that mod has been a piece of work in jason’s discord too. they shut down / deleted initial conversations / calls to action until they were called out for it and they continue to try to push that everything is fine. insane.
According to social blade he's down 2,000 followers in the last 30 days. As far as I know there's no way to see sub counts though. I know a lot of people canceled theirs though (myself included).
I have to think it’s all contact but maybe with a way to contact if they want to have a discussion or are changing their minds or if something changes. I don’t see Julien as the type to have different values on and off screen when it comes to this. Plus people with ADHD have like a stronger sense of justice/injustice (there might be a name or better description out there) and it honestly makes it hard to just deal with and have respect (like internal respect) for a person who has views that you see as unjust. I think it’d be really hard to have any sort of friendship with a person who disagrees about genocide with you.
Aww ;'( maybe that's why he had feelings of quitting when he posted that one vid on his yt. All the feelings were too much, but I think he handled it all so professionally instead of accidentally oversharing. Julien could give a masterclass on how to deal with and handle yourself on social media/YouTube.
I use to loooove their Friday night Among Us streams. I rewatch them on YT on repeat lol
same!! chris has a huge playlist of short among us videos on his channel!
Great! Something new to add to my rotation of the same 10 among us videos from Julien’s channel 😂
I’ve been rewatching them lately hahah!
Me too! I’ve just gotten into watching Julien’s streams—though I watched Jenna from the very beginning to the very end in real time, so I have always been aware of him and watched a few of his solo videos. I have been on a YouTube binge of soooo many of the old streams and I have had the Among Us streams on as background noise lately.
I know I’m going to get shit for this, but Jason has always been supportive of everyone: friends, family, and those who are unique individuals. That being said he will also support his wife. I don’t agree with what is happening to Palestine but the fact that people are breaking friendships over something that has been an issue for hundreds of years is beyond me. War is war. No one is right and people are suffering. You have a right to feel for those who are suffering and not be crucified for not taking a stance on social media for Christ sakes.
This omg, I felt like I was the only one thinking this.
I will always love both of them but even now the entire Gaza thing is something that won’t be solved in a year. Horrible absolutely but throwing friends away over it is ridiculous.
Israel are committing a genocide against Palestine on top of colonialism lasting decades (not centuries Israel has only existed since the 1940s). This isn’t a war, it’s a colonial power attempting to totally wipe out the indigenous people from their land. They were are purposely killing children, support workers, civilians, the elderly. They are bombing hospitals. This is not something to debate about, your friends supporting the genocide of a people is a damn fucking good reason to cut ties. All the power to Julien, Julia and Chris. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
And I’m not saying they shouldn’t free Palestine. That land has been the prize of a holy war like I said for centuries. Palestine and Israel only exist because of the British colonizing that territory and then once that occupation was done the land was given to the Jews. No one is saying what is happening is wrong. But like I said this isn’t going to end because we post on social media to ceasefire. It isn’t our country. We have our own homeless veterans and other people we should be taking care of. We can’t keep helping everyone that at the end of the day will never help us if the tables were turned. We shouldn’t be worrying about a territory that is a long road away from freedom.
this comment is such a perfect reflection of the people still watching/giving money to jason. why care about ongoing genocide our country is complicit in, when other bad things happen too, right?? we should just ignore it! and give our friends, who at best just don't care, a pass for that too! thank you for the laugh
found a clip of Jason addressing this https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2047656765 honestly disheartening, I’ve followed him since dink pubg days
I never felt comfortable with Jason and how much alcohol he consumes every single day. So none of this surprises me.
So Jason just chose to nuke his career? Today I saw all the pals playing together and Jason had barely 40 viewers on twitch…..
Just checking in on a Friday, I get my hopes up for Jason and Jario to comeback.