Cody Ko Slept With 17-Year-Old Tana Mongeau Allegations

Overview

Cody Ko Slept With 17-Year-Old Tana Mongeau Allegations refers to accusations that YouTuber Cody Ko had sex with influencer Tana Mongeau when she was 17 years old and he was 25. Mongeau first made the allegation during a 2021 episode of her podcast CANCELLED when she said she was "17 or 18 at the time." In 2024, she reiterated the accusations during a live show, confirming that she was 17 during the incident. The allegations divided some of Cody Ko's fanbase, with some defending him and some asking for him to address them.

Background

On December 9th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] and influencer Tana Mongeau posted an episode of her podcast CANCELLED that garnered over 950,000 views in three years (shown below). Around the 1:12:00 mark, she talks about how she started cheating on a past boyfriend when she was "around 17 or 18" with several content creators, expressing how it was wrong to do. She then shouts out Cody Ko specifically. The episode was uploaded to audio platforms a day earlier on December 8th.

The allegations gained some spread online following the episode, including through YouTube^[2] video essays and a post to the subreddit /r/YouTubeDrama,^[3] although it had no major or noticeable impact on Cody Ko's content. Cody Ko and Mongeau have notably collaborated several times in the past.^[5]

Developments

2024 CANCELLED Live Show

In early June 2024, a clip from the live tour of the CANCELLED podcast went viral on social media, including TikTok,^[4] in which Mongeau is asked who has the smallest penis she's ever slept with. She answers "Cody Ko" and says she was "17 at the time" (shown below). At the time Mongeau was 17 and Ko would have been 25.

As of July 2nd, 2024, Cody Ko has not responded to the allegations.

Online Reactions

2024 Reactions

Following Mongeau's statement that she was 17 at the time she slept with Cody Ko, the allegations gained viral spread, inspiring media outlets and content creators to react to the story. For example, on June 5th, 2024, the H3 Podcast covered the allegations in a YouTube^[6] episode that garnered over 940,000 views in a month (shown below, left).

On June 20th, Mongeaudiscussed the situation with Trisha Paytas on her podcast on YouTube,^[7] garnering over 1.2 million views in two weeks (shown below, right). On June 24th, Rolling Stone^[8] then published an article on the allegations.

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