Have you heard the latest on Logan Paul? The YouTube giant is fuming over a promise gone sour. Here’s the scoop: Graham Bensinger, a 37 year old, seasoned journalist who won an Emmy for an interview he did with Mike Tyson, promised Logan a spot on Apple TV. Sounds big, right? But after months of filming, the promised Apple debut morphed into a YouTube release.
Not what Logan signed up for! Feeling duped, Logan opened up about his frustrations on his podcast “IMPAULSIVE.” He called Bensinger a “snake” for not keeping his word. What do you think—did Logan have the right to go ballistic?
Logan Paul wasted five months of his privacy?
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Logan Paul laid bare his grievances in vivid detail on his popular podcast, ‘IMPAULSIVE.’ The heart of his complaint? A broken promise that shifted the release platform of his much-anticipated documentary. “Graham Bensinger is a f***ing snake. So for those of you who don’t understand what we’re talking about, this seemingly super genuine endearing guy/journalist, I would say, had been asking to interview me for years,” Paul declared.
Logan Paul calls Graham Bensinger a “fucking snake” for documentary outrage 😳 pic.twitter.com/TetlCt1JJt
— IMPAULSIVE (@impaulsive) April 16, 2024
He recounted how Bensinger initially approached him with an appealing offer: “Hey, my show is moving to Apple TV. Would you want to be the debut episode? It’s got to be you.” Intrigued by the prospect of reaching Apple TV’s vast audience, Logan agreed, expecting a major boost for his digital persona.
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Moreover, Logan committed deeply to the project, allowing Bensinger unprecedented access to his personal and professional life. “And after some time, we finally decided to do it. I don’t do profiles often, especially not like in-depth ones. And so I’m going to give this guy my all,” he explained. For five months, Bensinger and his crew were a constant presence, capturing intimate, often private moments—a level of access rarely granted to outsiders. Yet things got worse very soon.
The bait and switch
The excitement soured when, after a lengthy production period, the project didn’t launch on Apple TV as promised. Instead, it appeared on Bensinger’s personal YouTube channel. Logan Paul felt blindsided: “Some time passes by like a year and a half, this guy finally throws together this documentary, and it comes out on his personal YouTube channel.”
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When confronted with this shift, Logan’s frustration was palpable. “When he first told us that he was going to do that, like four or five months ago, because it didn’t get picked up by Apple, I was like, ‘Yo, that’s not my f***ing problem. I didn’t sign up to go on your YouTube channel.'”
Logan’s sense of deception stems not just from the change in the platform but from the initial trust he placed in Bensinger, believing the journalist had his best interests at heart. This incident has not only soured their relationship, but also left Logan questioning the integrity of commitments within professional collaborations. Is Logan justified in calling Bensinger a ‘snake’? What are your thoughts?