YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Denies Allegations She ‘Groomed’ Fans in ‘Toxic Gossip Train’ Song

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Colleen Ballinger has denied allegations she “groomed”   and formed inappropriate relationships with underage fans.

The YouTuber, 36, who initially found fame with her alter ego Miranda Sings, recently took to social media to refute the claims through a song titled “Toxic Gossip Train.” In a YouTube video posted on Wednesday, June 28, Ballinger played the ukulele and claimed viewers were on a “one-way ticket to manipulation station” while the internet “ties me to the tracks and harass me for my past.”  Ballinger began her video by alleging that “some people are saying things about me that just aren’t true” and that “even though my team has strongly advised me not to say what I’m going to say, I realized they never said I couldn’t sing about what I want to say.” The content creator then jumped into her tune, explaining that she used to message her fans “to be besties with everybody” but “didn’t understand that maybe there should be some boundaries there.” She added that had no plans to “take the route” of saying she is “100 percent in the wrong” and to do so would be “admitting to lies and rumors that you made up for clout.” The Haters Back Off star also claimed that while were “times in the DMs when I would overshare details of my life which was really weird of me” she hasn’t “done that in years” and has already taken “accountability” for her mistakes.   “The only thing I’ve ever groomed is my two Persian cats / I’m not a groomer, just a loser / who didn’t understand I shouldn’t respond to fans / and I’m not a predator even though a lot of you think so / because five years ago I made a fart joke,” she sang into the camera.