My Response to Simon's side of the story - Simon and Martina break up situation

Today, I would like to address Simon's

response video that he recently uploaded

to the Simon and Martina channel. Up until

now, I've remained neutral about the

situation, but I just feel like there's a

few things I would really like to say.

First of all, the Simon and Martina

channel, also known as Eat Your Kimchi,

was actually one of the first channels I

had ever subscribed to on YouTube back in

2008. They gave me the courage to go to

Korea back in 2012, which was a country

that I really wanted to visit. Their

videos also helped me plan a solo trip to

Japan in 2016, which was amazing. I feel

like I've grown up alongside Simon and

Martina, and I was completely devastated

and blindsided by their recent videos

about their breakup and divorce problems.

I think the majority of the YouTube

audience had no idea what was happening

behind the scenes on Instagram, and I'm

sure Simon's new video will bring even

more unnecessary attention to this whole

messy, messy story. Messy divorce

situation. Just think it's really sad when

a couple decides to air their dirty

laundry on the internet for all to see

whilst making money off it. It's just not

very classy, and I ended up losing a lot

of respect. When you've got a personal

relationship, especially something as

important and personal and private and

intimate as a marriage, sometimes things

should really be just kept private and

shouldn't be shared with your audience. I

mean, the channel is supposed to be about

food and travel and Korea and Japan and

Asia, and now it's kind of turned into

this weird drama-based divorce,

marriage, relationship, he said, she said

kind of. I don't know, it's like they're

trying to get the audience on their side

to back them up against the other person.

It's just, it's kind of childish, I guess,

in a way. Okay, secondly, let's just get

the elephant out of the room. No offense,

but who hollowed out Simon and replaced

him with this talking head? He used to

sound so bubbly and full of life. Now it's

like listening to the Google Translate

automated robot voice. It's just a bit sad

and creepy. I don't know how he turned

into this person. He's just completely

unrecognizable compared to a few years

ago. I understand he's all spiritual now

and he's had some kind of personal

awakening and he went to India and does

all this namaste stuff, and that's great

and everything, but it's just, it's just

really weird how much, how drastically

he's changed as a person. He's like a

completely different person now. So I have

a few things to say to Simon, and this is

all coming from a place of love in my

heart. You have convinced yourself of

false truths about yourself. There's a lot

that you're saying and not showing, and

you cannot blame us for pointing that out.

Your actions do not align with those of a

truly empathetic person. Many of us are

frustrated with you completely outside of

Martina's claims. And I'll be honest, the

tone of your voice makes you sound

extremely disingenuous. It requires extra

emotional processing on our part as the

audience, because you yourself are

withholding emotional inflictions in your

tone, making it seem as though you're

trying to come off as holier-than-thou.

Even though if that's not the case,

again, you cannot blame us for the way you

portray yourself. Please do not speak to

us, the audience, as though we can't form

our own opinions. It may have been a while

since you've interacted with us in person,

but most of us are grown adults with our

own life experiences. And as a grown

adult, I just really did not appreciate

the condescending tones. And even if you

didn't intend it to sound that way,

that's just how it came across. And

honestly, as someone who is accustomed to

being around manipulative people who tend

to gaslight, I'm honestly getting those

kind of vibes from you. Thanks for

acknowledging that you may end up hurting

the audience, but what you say doesn't

really align with your body language and

the intention I'm sensing from within you

And yes, this is very subjective and

opinionated and biased towards my own

perspective. As someone who does yoga and

aims for that enlightenment, I hope you

eventually find yours, but I'd recommend

stepping away from all this mess and

starting anew. So I'm sorry if that

sounded harsh, but those were just my

honest feelings. Okay, next I have a few

suggestions for Simon and Martina.

Firstly, number 1, Eat Your Kimchi should

just be archived at this point. No further

videos about divorce and drama and who's

wrong and who's right. Just split the

revenue down 50% and share the revenue

from past videos going forward. It's

really sad to see this channel that used

to be full of fun, wholesome food and

travel vlogs turn into this kind of

divorce drama reality show. Simon, please

use a new YouTube channel if you want to

make new content about meditation and that

spiritual stuff, because the Eat Your

Kimchi audience Although some of us might

find that interesting, it's not really

what we're here for. I mean, this is why

you mostly look wrong in this situation,

and this is mostly why your videos have so

many dislikes. I mean, I think this video

has 5 or 6,000 dislikes, which is a pretty

clear indicator that we, the audience,

are not really buying what you're saying.

Especially when you're monetizing these

videos and trying to make money off it,

it just comes across as as a little bit

scummy. I think the channel should keep

the old videos just so the audience can

look back at it and remember the good

times, but I think it's important that

both you and Martina make new content on

new channels, like Martina's doing with

her new channel. It's weird because things

aren't the same like they used to be, so

you can't act like they are the same.

Leave the channel as a time capsule and

move on for everyone's sake and to

preserve the good times. Okay, next I want

to talk about Meemers, your cat, which

seems to be a very big part of the

problem. Okay, so his apparent recurrent

cystitis shows that he is in fact

sensitive to stress despite diet and water

changes over the years. You should

seriously decide on a permanent home for

him to stay at to reduce the stress from

traveling. And just because something was

done in the past, like travel and frequent

change, doesn't mean he should continue to

be subjected to it, especially as pets

age. They can become further sensitive,

and at this age and going forward, his

body might not be able to take what it

used to be able to. That's just aging,

and unfortunately he's just going to be

more vulnerable to these kind of

situations now. In regards to his age, I

think many hospitals consider any animal

over 7 or 9 years as senior. Whilst

generally felines age slower and 10 or 11

is accepted as senior, it does vary based

on the breed, size, and various factors.

So Many vets will start doing senior blood

panels on pets of 7 or 9 years older. And

as someone who really, really loves cats,

it warms my heart to see that he's so

loved by both you and Martina. I think

that's great. But you really need to come

up with a solution quickly that has Mima's

best interests at heart. His well-being

needs to be a priority, and given his

condition, he would really be best suited

as the only pet in a home with no other

pets and no travel. This way, him and his

litter box habits can be more closely

monitored and reduced stress. Also, being

raised with a dog versus introducing new

dogs are very different things. So my

final thoughts are, well, I used to really

enjoy Simon and Martina's food-focused

vlogs about great places to eat in Japan,

and I have followed them for about 5 years

now, and it's just so sad to hear when

people fall out of love with each other.

I wish them both the best. I think they've

evolved and they have tried to hang on to

their channel because of all the hard work

and years they have put in. And it

probably still makes a decent amount of

money, but sadly what we all originally

loved is no longer there and this channel

is confusing and disjointed now. Sure, we

can't change the past, but it is also okay

to move on. It really makes me sad to see

this is what the Eat Your Kimchi channel

has come to. Your videos are what got me

through a lot of my darkest times and I

will always be so incredibly grateful to

you and Martina for them. But I just

cannot bear to witness all this negativity

and drama and ex-bashing coming from both

sides. It hurts me too much to see a

couple I loved so much to end up in a

situation like this. Unfortunately, it's

time for me to unsubscribe because the

recent content, especially the

monetization of all this divorce and

separation drama, just doesn't seem to

align with what I want to watch, nor with

the Eat Your Kimchi vision that you've

both worked so hard to curate over the

years. I can only hope that Eat Your

Kimchi is archived and peacefully put to

rest, as only the outer shell of this

channel remains now. I can't imagine how

stressful the past 2 years have been for

both of you, and I truly wish you both the

best. Thanks for everything, and I'm

looking forward to supporting both of you

on your separate channels in the future.