August 29th Meltdown
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Overview
On August 29, 2023, Daniel Larson had a complete meltdown on his YouTube community page. This was caused by a fake Grace VanderWaal making threats as well as a night on the streets (complete with breaking an establishment's windows).
This is one of the most violent and mentally debilitating meltdowns/incidents of Daniel's in 2023. Most of it occurred on the community tab; but Daniel went live and it showed just how bad condition he was in at the time. This live can be found linked below.
Components of this meltdown
Daniel reacted as follows:
- Broke the window to an establishment
- Destroyed his $100 headphones (or at least claims to have)
- Is called a cuck, responds 6 times with "stop"
- Threatens to kill Beyoncé
- Threatens to commit suicide
- Is told and subsequently believes that Tyrone will butt-fuck him until he dies
- Believes Grace threatened to kill him
- Threatens to bomb the White House
- Also threatens the US government, all police stations, and Columbia Records
- Calls his manager Warren the n-word
- Attempts to doxx Grace
- Threatens to bomb Bob's house
- Claims Russia dropped bombs on Grace's house
- Threatens to kill Grace and attempts to contact Tina VanderWaal
- Mentions he wants his nudes off the internet
- Texts 911 a screenshot of his conversation
Many, many more things happened which do not seem to have been documented; hundreds of posts were made in just hours.
Build-Up/ Causes
Due to a lack of donations or Cameo funds, Daniel was forced to spend the night of the 28th/the early hours of the 29th on the streets of Denver. Daniel was evidently in a harsh mental state all night long- he was certainly frustrated enough to not only smash a window of a random establishment he was passing, but also to break a $100 pair of headphones- or at least so he claimed. Photos of the damage to the establishment would appear on Daniel's hacked Instagram.
The day started for Daniel with extreme harassment by a fake Grace to his phone number. This Grace would threaten death to Daniel, call him a pedophile, imply sexual relations with Bob Proctor, call him a cuckold for Jacob Sartorius, and more.
At one point, Daniel would even send a screenshot to 911 of one of the conversations he was having with this fake Grace. Unfortunately for Daniel, (or fortunately, as it is a crime to waste 911's time), the text didn't go through to them, because Daniel sent an image instead of just text.
Short
Prior to a live stream, Daniel would upload and then immediately delete a YouTube short, stating it was a message for Grace VanderWaal. In the video, Daniel calls her the n-word, a hater, and states he will now always hate her for what she did.
He also states he will be bombing the White House, and every single police station in the entire US.
Daniel ends the video by stating that Grace told him to make it.
Live
Later in the afternoon, the meltdown continued on a YouTube live stream.
Even more interestingly, Daniel named the live stream "Proof for n***er Grace VanderWaal I am hitting myself until i bleed". The video contains Daniel crying hysterically, aggressively hitting himself and slamming his head against a wall for almost the entire video.
At one point, he would even begin slamming his head onto the sidewalk. Daniel would continue to flip off the camera, moan that he wants Grace "fucking dead", and whimpering in a fit of rage. The full video could be found on Daniel's YouTube before being taken down by YouTube.
Aftermath
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After the streams, community tab meltdown, and the shorts. Daniel posts an obviously faked screen recording of a phone call in which a manager discusses an assassination plot on Daniel. Daniel mentions in the caption that it came from his manager's phone number.