ImJayStation Girlfriend Death Hoax

Overview

ImJayStation Girlfriend Death Hoax refers to YouTuber Jason Ethier better known as ImJayStation announcing that his girlfriend Alexia Marano died in a drunk driving accident in January 2020. The YouTuber proceed to post videos in the next few days in which he tries to connect with her via Ouija board. After fans speculating that Marano was not actually dead and Ethier confessing that it was a hoax Ethier announced that she had left him and sent the Toronto police to arrest him for assault with a weapon. The controversy gained much criticism on Twitter and YouTube.

Background

On January 21st, 2020, ImJayStation uploaded a video in which he told his viewers that his girlfriend had died.^[4] The video has since been deleted but was reuploaded by YouTuber Alex Gonzalez (shown below, left). Within the next fews day, ImJayStation uploaded a video in which he tries to contact her through a Ouija board. The video was deleted but reuploaded by RFC Media a few days later (shown below, right).

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On January 23rd, 2020, before ImJayStation revealed that Marano was not dead, Twitter user @TheNathanNS^[1] tweeted, "ImJayStation is without a doubt the worst, most disrespectful channel I've ever seen on YouTube. Wanker capitalized off the deaths off Mac Miller, XXXTentacion and even faked his own girlfriends death. And monetized the absolute fuck out of all of them" (shown below). The tweet gained over 190 likes in five days.

That day, Several YouTubers posted videos regarding ImJayStation's recent videos Jaystation. YouTuber SomeOrdinaryGamers gained over 555,000 views forthe video "Faked His Dead Girlfriend…" in five days (shown below, left). The next day, YouTuber diesel patches uploaded "ImJayStation FAKED his Girlfriend's Death" which garnered over 157,900 views in four days.

On January 26th, Twitter users continued to discuss the series of videos. Twitter user @jaubreyYT^[2] posted screenshots of the YouTube videos with the caption, "I am having a stroke" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 266,700 likes and 45,500 retweets in two days. Twitter user @RiverdudeCovers^[3] tweeted, "I hope someday someone will make a 'CONTACTING IMJAYSTATION BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!! 3 AM CHALLENGE (NOT CLICKBAIT) 😱😱'when either him or his channel inevitably dies This man is the definition of human trash" (shown below, right).

On January 26th, ImJayStation uploaded the video ALEXIA MARANO THE TRUTH ABOUT HER which gained over 629,400 views, 43,000 dislikes and 30,000 likes in two days. The video features ImJayStation crying and recounting the events of the previous week, saying that Marano helped to make the videos. He also stated that Marano left him with no warning and called the police to arrest him for assault with a weapon.

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