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Hey everyone, Dave here. Um, I've been trying to figure out how to make this update.
Dave from Mighty Mike Plays shares a personal update about losing his job, financial struggles, and the overwhelming support from fans.
Key Takeaways
- Personal transparency can be difficult but important for community connection.
- Support from fans can be overwhelming and deeply appreciated.
- Media attention may not always align with personal healing or change.
- Beware of scams and unauthorized fundraisers claiming association.
- Facing financial hardship requires difficult decisions and resilience.
What the video covers
- Dave opens up about being in a difficult mental state and feeling the need to update his audience despite discomfort.
- He expresses gratitude for the overwhelming support from fans, including advice, financial offers, and messages.
- Mentions media interest but hesitates about interviews, questioning their impact on his ongoing reality.
- Clarifies that there are fake fundraising campaigns and cryptocurrency scams falsely associated with him.
- Officially announces he lost his job and must repay over $118,000 within 30 days, a daunting financial challenge.
- Discusses the possibility of having to sell his family home due to financial pressure.
- Highlights the kindness of many people despite the internet's negativity.
- Explains why he and his family decided not to start a GoFundMe or similar fundraiser.
- Introduces an alternative way for supporters to help through a website where supporters receive something in return.
- Ends with a message encouraging kindness and caution against scams.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and mental state update
- 01:02Talking about personal life and nervousness
- 02:08Media interest and interviews
- 03:25Impact of media stories on personal life
- 04:36Gratitude for support from community
- 05:55Warning about scams and fake fundraisers
- 07:13Job loss announcement and financial burden
- 08:22Financial challenges and possible home sale
- 10:47Legal concerns and mental toll
- 14:50Why no GoFundMe and alternative support options
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Uh, I know I said that I would probably do it on Sunday, but I don't know. I feel like I just can't wait anymore. Um, I'm not going to lie to you guys. I've been in a pretty bad slump.
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Uh, I made that post saying that things had taken a turn for the worse and that if I could get myself into a better headspace, I tried to explain what happened. So, here I am. Um, I'm still
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not really in that good headspace, but I also feel like I owe you guys an update, especially after the amount of support you guys have shown us, dude.
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Unbelievable. So, just bear with me here. This is definitely not my comfort zone.
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I don't normally talk to thousands of people about my personal life. Apparently, I'm not very good at it either because I apparently sound like Kermit the Frog. Um, well, look, joke's on you, whoever said that, because I love Kermit the Frog, dude.
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Like, that's a compliment as far as I'm concerned. So, look, you know, I'm making light of the situation because honestly, I'm nervous. It's probably some coping mechanism or something. But before I get into what happened because
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a lot has happened, I really want to say something to everybody who's been supporting us. The comments, the messages, the emails.
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People have offered advice. People have offered jobs. People have offered to help financially. People have offered all kinds of things, told me, shared with me their own personal struggles they've gone through. And I've seen a lot. I've heard a lot. Um,
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I haven't been able to read everything. There's just way too much out there now.
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And this whole thing has gotten way bigger than I ever thought it would. You know, we've even had news outlets reach out. Some really big channels have reached out wanting to interview me and my family to talk about what happened. And
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honestly, I don't know about that. Like, I don't know how I feel about that. Um, I'm not saying I won't do any of it, but I genuinely just don't know how I feel because part of me keeps thinking
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like, okay, what does that actually change? So, I felt like if I sit down with Fox or CNN or whatever and I tell them my story, what has that changed? Like, I'm
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still living in this reality and I still have to sort of dig myself out of this hole. And I don't know if I have the mental bandwidth to sit there and talk to some reporter, but I might.
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Anyway, look, I don't want this to sound ungrateful, but for a news outlet or some big channel, this is just a story to them. It's like a crazy headline. It's a clip. People will watch it. They'll talk about it.
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You know, the channel will get their views and then tomorrow there's another story. Look, I understand that. That's what they do. I'm not even criticizing them for it. It's just for me, there isn't another story tomorrow.
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Like, I wake up and I'm still in this one. This is my actual life. This is my family's actual life. When the views stop and everybody moves on to whatever the next crazy thing on the internet is, I'm still here dealing with the
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consequences of this one, you know? Um, so I've been hesitant about all that. Maybe I'll feel differently later, but right now I just don't know, you know. But I also want to make a distinction here because there have been
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YouTubers and creators who have talked about what happened and brought a lot of attention to this story and some of them have been incredibly kind to us. You know, you can tell when someone is genuinely saying, "Hey, this family
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is going through something, maybe bringing some attention to it can actually help." And to those people, thank you. Seriously, from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate you guys. Some of you didn't have to talk
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about us. You didn't have to send people our way. You didn't have to reach out privately or offer advice or try to help.
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And I don't want the craziness surrounding this story to overshadow the people who have genuinely used their platform to try to do something positive for us. I sincerely appreciate that.
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And honestly, that's probably been one of the strangest parts of this experience. Like the internet can be a horrible place. We all know that. But the overwhelming majority of people, dude, like I've encountered through this experience and through just
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life in general, good people, man. Like genuinely, people are amazing. And that's been pretty amazing to see, you know. Yeah, there's some crazies, but most people are really good. Um, you know, some guy, well, off to the
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crazy people for this one. Like some guy emailed me saying basically, "Hey, so I kind of launched a memecoin about you guys. I hope that's cool." Um, no, bro. Like that's not cool. Um, guys, please, please hear, you know, listen to
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me carefully. We do not have a cryptocurrency. We do not have a Mighty Mike coin. We don't have a 67 coin. We don't have any coins. No cryptos. We don't have a GoFundMe.
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We don't even have, uh, we have no fundraising set up. Okay, here I, I'm going to open my text here real quick because I even just saw one a minute ago. If this is on a giveendgo.com,
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which I had never heard of, there's an actual campaign set up. Guys, please report those comments. I mean, report those fundraisers. It's not us. Um, if you see a GoFundMe claiming to be me, for me, for my wife, for Michael, for our family, for the money that was wasted, it's not us. Don't send them any money. Uh, we're not planning on starting one either. And I'll explain why a little later because I know a lot of people have been asking
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about that. Um, that's the overwhelming most common comment about, "Hey, start a GoFundMe. This is the time. Now is the time. Do it now." It's like, um, I look, I appreciate you guys. You guys are all amazing for trying to help, but
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we've decided not to do that. But before I get into why and stuff, let me tell you what happened, what this update is about. Excuse me. So, I finally got the answer that I was waiting for
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and, um, you know, unfortunately, it's not the answer I was hoping for. Um, so, I no longer have a job. That's official now. I'm not going to get into the details of the conversation that happened. There are certain things I
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can't discuss because I had to sign something and I'm, you know, I'm going to respect that.
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So, I got to be careful here. But the end result pretty much is I'm no longer with this company and no, maybe this sounds weird, but losing the job itself isn't even the worst part. Jobs come and go. I've
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worked my whole life. I'll find another job. I'll do something. I'm an all-star. So, I don't know. I got two hands. I'm healthy. I'm capable of working. So, if losing my job was the worst thing that came out of this, I'd honestly
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probably be okay. But that's not the worst part. I'm also responsible for the money. Um, the final amount's a little over 118,000.
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Um, and I've been given 30 days. 30 days. So when I get like, I don't, I can't even collect my thoughts right now.
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Look, I know some people are probably listening to this thinking, how the hell are you going to come up with that amount of money in 30 days? Great question.
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When I figure that one out, I'll let you know because yeah, I don't have $118,000 sitting in a checking account. I wish I did. Obviously, my wife and I have been talking about what we're going to do.
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We've gone through the, we've gone through basically every scenario and, um, I keep zoning off into my thoughts, so I'm kind of losing my words here, but yeah, one of those scenarios is our house.
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Uh, that's a very real possibility that we're going to have to sell our home.
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And that one is, yeah, that's hard because it'
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And that one is Yeah, that's hard because it's not just a house. That's where our family live. That's, you know, that's where the kids live. That's where our memories are. And that's, you know, you know, when something like that
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happens suddenly, it's just like, I don't know. Um, it changes the way you look at everything. That's kind of what I'm trying to say. You know, week ago, you're worried about work, bills, what you're doing this weekend, normal stuff.
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And then suddenly you're having conversations with your wife about whether you need to put your house up for sale. That's been a lot to process.
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I think I need some water. What's the um Mikey? Can you bring my water pallets over there?
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Thanks, pal. 67. 67, buddy. 67. Mike, do you even know what 67 means? To say the least, I do not know what it means, but I think it doesn't mean anything. It's just something that makes people laugh and smile.
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Yeah. Yeah, I would have to agree with that Mike. Um, actually, I know what 67 means, Mike. That's That's how old you're going to be when you finally have to stop mowing lawns.
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That's That's retirement age, bro. That's retirement age for the general public, but not for your old man. Um, after this situation, apparently, I'm I'm going to be working until I'm like 94.
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Anyway, where was I? Um, so yeah, this is this is like so it actually gets worse. Like this is where it gets like a little more serious because again like losing the job and having to repay the money aren't
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actually the only things I've been worried about. And this next thing probably is the biggest reason I'm having such a hard time, you know, bringing myself into this update or whatever. And I need to like be careful how I say it.
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Okay. So, like I was told directly by people above me that there is like a strong possibility that this could become a legal issue or something like if the money isn't like repaid on time and that I may need to get like an
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attorney. That's, you know, that's completely different level um that I never imagined I'd be dealing with. I'm not, look, I'm not saying it's going to happen. I haven't been served with anything. I'm not telling you guys that there's like a
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lawsuit filed against me. There there isn't, as far as I know right now. I'm just telling you what I was told.
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there's a strong possibility that if this isn't resolved it could turn into like a litigation and that's probably you know you know that's that's kind of where we are because um that's where like the house conversation kind of comes into play because I think
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you know I it's just more about paying the money back now I potentially have to like think about an attorney I have to think about what happens if this turns into something bigger and I have to make decisions now based on things that may
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or may not happen several weeks from now. That's probably been like the hardest part mentally, not knowing.
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So, so my wife and I like we talked it over and we've made, you know, like the only logical decision cuz yeah, the house might have to go up and or we could flee the country and uh and leave Mighty Mike behind here.
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I'm kidding. Obviously, I'm kidding. Um, but seriously, we're going to deal with it. Whatever happens happens. Um trying really hard not to drive myself insane worrying about something that hasn't happened yet. I have enough problems you know um I don't need to start living
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through like imaginary ones too. Like normally I tell you guys I'll give you an update when I know more. But the truth is I don't I don't know if I'll be able to depending on what happens from here. There may be things I'm legally
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not allowed to like discuss. So if they're you know I don't know. But again, back to I want to get back into like the the GoFundMe comments. Uh I want to address that because a lot of you said, you know, go, you
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know, start a GoFundMe. Uh where can we donate? Let us help. I've had people literally offer to send me money directly. And look, first of all, seriously, thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. Like, if I could
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give you a big hug, I would. Seriously. But like like the fact that complete strangers would even consider taking money that they've worked for, they've worked hard for and giving it to me and my family. I don't even really
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know how to respond to that. But after, you know, talking to my wife, we we have decided not to do a GoFundMe.
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And I'll explain why. This is just sort of like what we came to this sort of like space like I guess and um look what I'm trying to say is like like society has kind of like normalized this concept
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of like asking everybody else to bail them out whenever something goes wrong. And look, before somebody takes that the wrong way, I'm not talking about I'm not talking about people who experience horrible random tragedies through absolutely like no
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fault of their own. You know, someone gets sick, someone loses a loved one, someone's house burns down. There are situations where people genuinely need help.
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That's different. But like I still have my two hands. I can work. I can I can sweat. I can figure something out. And and for me, taking a single dollar out of that collective like pot of human generosity and human just goodness
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where I'm still capable of like getting up every morning and fighting my way out of this. It just doesn't sit right with me.
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Um, like as the saying goes, like, I've made my bed, now I got to lay in it.
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I know a lot of people are still going to say like, "Dave, just let us help." And I look, I've thought about that a lot. Um, because when somebody generally wants to help you, constantly saying like no, almost starts to feel
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disrespectful in its own way. So after like thinking it over, um I I basically thought of something else, something where like if somebody still genuinely wants to like support us through this, at least you're getting something in return from us. And that's
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that's why uh after like talking to to Mighty Mike here, um we decided to like build a little t-shirt website Um, there's like Mighty Mike shirts on there.
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You know, some of the stuff you guys have been saying, the jokes, the cooked, the 67, all the ridiculous things that kind of became part of our lives now.
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You know, we've turned it into like shirts. By by we, I mean like I have friends who can build websites and stuff. A good friend of mine uh put together like a a Shopify website. Uh, and look, I want to be very clear, guys.
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Nobody needs to buy anything. Please. Like, I'm not making this update to guilt anybody into buying a t-shirt. If the money is tight, take care of your own family. Seriously, you know, listening to these updates, leaving comments, subscribing, sending us the
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encouragement, that's enough, you know. But for all the people who've been asking, how can we help? That's the way I'm comfortable doing it. You get something, we earn something. It's an exchange I can live with. Um, the website is called u mightymikeplays.com.
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I'll put the description like in the website. Um, I'm still figuring this YouTube thing out, guys. Like, apparently my 9-year-old here is like the the genius who knows how to do all this stuff.
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He's the he's the he's the actual marketing department. So, so yeah, that's where we're at. I lost my job. I have about 30 days to figure out how I'm going to pay back the $118,000.
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There's a possibility this becomes a legal situation. We may have to sell our home. And I genuinely have no idea what our lives are going to look like a month from now. That's literally terrifying to say out loud.
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But we're still here. We're still a family. We're still standing. So, we're going to figure it out one way or another.
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And if there's one thing I want anybody listening right now to like take away from this whole ridiculous thing.
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Like, go hug your people, man. Seriously, when this is over, put the phone down for a minute. Go hug your kid. Go hug your parents. Tell your wife you love her. Tell your husband you love him. Call the friend you've been meaning
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to call. Because your entire life can change unbelievably fast. Mine did. And when everything else like gets stripped away, the job, the money, the house, all the stuff we spend our whole lives stressing about, you start realizing what your actual wealth is.
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It's time. It's your family. It's the people around you. Look, I'm going to tackle my mess. I don't know exactly how yet, but I'm I'm going to tackle it. And just knowing that this like this many people out
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there care about my family, you know, that I've never met, that's already more than enough. So, look, thank you guys. Seriously, thank you. Thank you. Please remember, no GoFundMe, no crypto, no coin. Uh if you see somebody asking for donations,
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pertain to be us. Don't send them anything. All right, guys. I'll talk to you when I can and uh we'll see we'll see what happens. Let's take care of each other.
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Um Mike, do you want to do you want to say anything again to your people? Buy buy my merch. It really helps with the over $118,000.
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You don't have to, but impress your friends at school at like show them you got the drip.
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Also, subscribe if you want to. You don't have to, but it would really help us with the money also.
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