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Colleen Ballinger’s “Toxic Gossip Train” is still chugging along. Weeks after multiple fans came forward alleging that the YouTuber and others in her circle formed toxic, emotionally exploitative relationships with them as teens, NBC News reports that her upcoming live shows have been canceled.
Ballinger had been on tour as her alter-ego, Miranda Sings, since April, and had been scheduled to play about a dozen shows in the U.S. this summer, including dates in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and St. Louis. Now, most of her tour dates contain a “Cancelled” tag on Ticketmaster. The stops listed through partner sites also seem to link out to broken or “Cancelled” pages. Tour links on Ballinger’s website also come up canceled, broken, or with no dates listed.
At the same time, Ballinger appears to be monetizing her not-so-apologetic apology song, “Toxic Gossip Train,” which has popped up on streaming platforms including Apple Music and Tidal. Ethan Klein, whose H3 Podcast recently ran an episode about Ballinger, has alleged on Twitter that Ballinger has uploaded the song to music distributor CD Baby and is “claiming” the show to profit from its use.