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Scandal Summary
Ned Fulmer was recently involved in a cheating scandal with an employee. Since the news has come out the Try Guys company has removed Ned from the company and its content from now on. The Try Guys have issued statements on their social media, have made a Youtube video and a TryPod Podcast episode addressing the issue.

Scandal Details
In September 2022, rumors spread around social media about Ned Fulmer from the Try Guys being seen out cheating on his wife, Ariel Fulmer. The rumors started when Try Guys fans saw Ned out at the Niagra in New York kissing a now, former Try Guys employee, Alex Herring, and get a video of the incident. Once the rumors started social media, specifically TikTok took off to find what they could about the situation. People were shocked about the rumor due to Ned being branded as the “my wife” Try Guy. This led to more people revealing video evidence of Ned Fulmer with Alex earlier than in September. One of the most mentioned people is a TikTok named Brie who has a video of Ned Fulmer and Alex Herring at lunch back in May.

After rumors started to spread on social media, the Try Guys Instagram page put out a statement about them ended their partnership with Ned Fulmer after conducting their own internal investigation. The September 27th statement read, “ Ned Fulmer is no longer working with The Try Guys. As a result of a thorough internal review, we do not see a path forward together. We thank you for your support as we navigate this change ”. Since the Try Guys announced this separation, Ned has released his own statement on his Instagram confirming the cheating allegations. Ned stated, “Family should have always been my priority, but I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship. I’m sorry for any pain that my actions may have caused the guys and the fans but most of all to Ariel. The only thing that matters right now is my marriage and my children, and that’s where I am going to focus my attention.”. Since the statements were released, The Try Guys Youtube channel released a “what happened” video on October 3rd. The video addresses the other Try Guys’ (Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang) knowledge of the situation and how they went about dealing with the issue before announcing the partner separation on their social media. In the video, Keith states, “ We just want to let you know that we had no idea this was going on. All of that information was just as shocking to us as all of this has been to you this week”. They also discussed how they were informed about the situation by a fan on Labor Day weekend 2022. Once Ned had confirmed to the Try Guys that the affair rumors were true, they went into the process of removing Ned as an owner of Second Try LLC. This involved talking with their legal team, public relations team, and human resources to make sure they handle the situation correctly. The Try Guys also decided to remove Ned from all released Youtube videos during the time of the investigation. The video also addresses why they waited so long to release the information and split from Ned. Keith said “There are real people who have been affected and, while we consider this a company matter, there is a family at the center of this.” (14) The rest of the five-and-a-half-minute video was about the try guys wanting to emphasize the hurt they were put through with this and it might have caused on the fans.

After releasing the video there was lots of talk about the video on social media. Once the news was out the Try guys released an episode of their podcast called the TryPod. The Episode was titled “okay, let’s talk about it “. They went into more detail about the situation and answered common questions that were circulating on the internet.

Once both of these pieces of media were released from the Try Guys the internet focused on the video and what was said and the body language in the video. On Twitter, “Eugene” was trending about the video that aired. Twitter users were commenting on Eugene’s demeanor in the video and describing it as “absolutely livid”. Due to the attention that the scandal and video were getting on social media, the popular television show Saturday Night Live (SNL) did a skit about the topic. The SNL skit was about a CNN field reporter interrupting normal programming to cover the Try Guys news and have them live on the broadcast. The CNN anchor then commented about how she didn't know why they were relevant or why the topic was a big deal. This skit got lots of backlash on social media due to the fact that the show was missing the main point of the scandal, that it was because he cheated on an employee that was under him, and that the show made fun of the remaining Try Guys and not Ned Fulmer. The reactions to the SNL skit were all in favor of the Try Guys supporting the way that the company handled the issue. Since then there have been no major updates on the scandal.