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YouTuber Jenna Mourey, a.k.a.
Jenna Marbles, announced on Thursday shes stepping away from her main YouTube channel, potentially forever.
For scale, it has been viewed 69,000,000 times and counting.
Its hard to talk about the rise of the YouTube creator without talking about Mourey.
The ex-Barstoolwriter turned viral video powerhouse has been among the platforms top creators for nearly a decade.
(Mourey has other YouTube channels, including one for gaming and one for a podcast.
Both are co-run with her partner, fellow creator Julien Solomita.)
But Mourey has also, as she addresses in this video, invited her fair share of controversy.
In the farewell video, Mourey plays clips from both of those videos, which were filmed in 2011.
The first shows her doing an impression of Nicki Minaj which she calls cringey and embarrassing.
This isnt okay, and it hasnt existed on the internet, because it isnt okay.
I wish it wasnt part of my past, Mourey says.
She apologizes repeatedly for both videos.
Again, Mourey apologizes and talks about being embarrassed and ashamed.
I shouldnt have said that.
She addresses a third video, which she does not show, apologizing for slut shaming.
She also mentions how many of her videos trafficked in gender-binary stereotypes.
I dont think making jokes about your gender is funny.
I know theres a lot of people that struggle with their identity or have varying, fluid identities.
I think Im just gonna move on from this channel for now …
I want to check that the things I put out into the world are not hurting anyone.
The video, which she says she might delete, will be the last new material on the channel.
