Wetmovie job situation

[Mhjoh...@yahoo.com]

Does anybody know if Brenden is still looking for a job or has the pandemic made jobs hard to get out there?

[ColossalAvenger]

I'm not sure, tbh

[123456]

I would assume he’s still looking and quite a lot of people have lost their job due to coronavirus, so people are scrambling for work. Here in the UK, I saw an article saying how 15,000 people applied for one job at a bar, but obviously I can’t say how many people are unemployed in his area.

[Robert]

Someone ask Brendan if he still looking for a job and Brendan says that, he's going to look for a another job after the virus is over and also Brendan says that he's not in a rush because Brendan has been getting alot of unemployment checks in the mail. Someone also ask Brendan about where he's getting the money from buying stuff online and Vegas and Brendan says from his unemployment checks.

[Mhjoh...@yahoo.com]

Well he’s about to be in for a major reality check. The extra $600 a week he has been getting is about to end. I’m sure he has no clue because he’s too lazy to be informed about things. I’m a fairly liberal person, and I believe in unemployment for people that need it, but people like Brendan are the reason I’m glad it’s ending. There is no reason he can’t go work at a grocery store or restaurant or Amazon or UPS. They are all places that really need workers. I can’t believe his family enables him. I guarantee his brother in law is going to work every day to support them.

[Crazybeats]

How is it $600 a week? How does it work over there?

[El Duce]

It's because of COVID. Anyone on unemployment was getting at the least $600 a week.

[Crazybeats]

We get less than that for an entire month here in the UK lol. He's getting plenty of money and that's not counting his Youtube money and how many of these Youtubers report that money? How much of that is kept off the books and never reported?

[Chauncey's Paper Plate Playhouse]

Are we sure it's $600 a week? I was under the impression he's getting around $400 a week, and that only goes for a maximum of 6 months?

He really should hold off on any purchases, especially given he typically buys things that are readily available at all times.

Him and Shawn really should organize their spending, and plan out their purchases. Keep track of it, use a spreadsheet or app. Sadly neither are tech savvy so I think they're just calculating their spending in their head, and forgetting about purchases once they've bought them. Especially Shawn - he could really save money given he doesn't have to pay for essentials...But instead he wastes money on paper plates and the DVD's that he doesn't get sent for free.

[btshady]

Brendan doesn't deserve the extra $600/week. That supplement was meant for people who lost their jobs because of COVID-19. He lost his job last year, and tbh, I don't completely buy the #MeToo story. The incident may have actually happened, but I think him getting fired was mostly due to a history of slacking off on the job. I mean, he was on the phone while this incident supposedly happened. If he's indeed getting the $600/week, it's probably because he's claiming his YouTube "business" was impacted. I've heard of a few Twitch streamers qualifying for unemployment and they're still making money. 1099/gig workers are getting it despite never paying into unemployment insurance. That's kind of a slap in the face to essential workers.

Him and Shawn really should organize their spending, and plan out their purchases. Keep track of it, use a spreadsheet or app. Sadly neither are tech savvy so I think they're just calculating their spending in their head, and forgetting about purchases once they've bought them. Especially Shawn - he could really save money given he doesn't have to pay for essentials...But instead he wastes money on paper plates and the DVD's that he doesn't get sent for free.

Shawn will be alright. I wouldn't be surprised if his parents set up a Roth IRA for him and have been making contributions on his behalf for years. They're rich and know how the game is played. Brendan, on the other hand, could actually end up homeless one day. I hope it doesn't happen to him, but he's really bad with his money and doesn't have any financial safety net.

[El Duce]

The $600+ a week has pissed a lot of people off and has created a ton of problems. My understanding is that EVERYONE who applies for unemployment right now is getting it because there's just such a massive flood of people that they can't filter through them all. For a lot of people $600 a week is more than they were making in the first place so they don't want to go back to work. I THINK that you get that $600 a week ON TOP of what you would draw from unemployment regularly, so in reality it's like $800 a week or more.

This has also pissed off the essential workers because they're getting nothing while putting themselves at risk. It's also created a problem of causing massive shortages on things. Apparently a lot of people are doing like Brendan and going on spending sprees right now. Thankfully it isn't food or essential items that are gone though, it's shit like televisions and video games.

[Chauncey's Academy Award Cummerbund]

I'm assuming Chauncey isn't on unemployment currently? I doubt he was on it before because he wasn't actively looking for regular work, and wouldn't want the stress involved in looking like he's looking for work.  I assume there is a duration limit? Any chance Shawn would want to capitalize for the time being while the job search requirements aren't as strict? Even if Shawn doesn't want to - you would have to think Herb wouldn't mind the financial relief from paying for Shawn (and Ethan's) living costs. Who knows how poor Herb's doing during covid?

[El Duce]

I don't know but I would imagine that you can't get unemployment if you've been unemployed for over a decade.

[Crazybeats]

I have a feeling they would have to tell them what their financial status is, Shawn might have enough money in the bank that he wouldn't get it anyway.

[123456]

I’m still skeptical about how Brendan lost his job in the first place. He definitely has an habit of painting himself as the “good guy” no matter the situation and I don’t quite buy his story.

He’s not even getting interviews so it makes me think that he’s not even applying for many jobs. He almost had a job in a cinema but that’s when he was having issues with his ID.

[Crazybeats]

I've said this before, I think he is an idiot. I could see him being on a job and just not having a clue what he's doing and locking someone in a fridge like he said, I could see him doing that. No doubt when the money stops there will be lots of live streams again and super chats will be encouraged but I don't know if that's enough to live on. He doesn't do anything to help himself when he's at an age where he should be living on his own supporting himself. I've noticed that with quite a few in the movie community now,  a lot of them tend to be overweight, living with parents, they're like overgrown children and yet I'm fascinated by them. There is no life to speak of, no girlfriends, no social interactions, it's all very much living in a box, it's a life wasted really and to be honest.....they wouldn't want it any other way. Deep down Brendan wouldn't want a girlfriend or a place of his own, he's happy enough living with next to nothing and some people are like that. They're happy with the rut they are in. They don't have any intentions or aspirations to be anything. They go to bed at night, they wake up in the morning, they have a little money to get them through the week, they have their DVDs and they're happy.

[btshady]

I've said this before, I think he is an idiot. I could see him being on a job and just not having a clue what he's doing and locking someone in a fridge like he said, I could see him doing that.

These types of things always seem to happen to him, don't they? I remember when his nephew, Ethan, ended up in the hospital because of his carelessness. It appears that his family doesn't trust him to babysit the kids anymore, and for good reason.

No doubt when the money stops there will be lots of live streams again and super chats will be encouraged but I don't know if that's enough to live on.

It's amazing how fast he went from complaining about living paycheck to paycheck to going on a spending spree. When the unemployment and $600 extra a week ends, he's certainly going back to his virtual panhandling routine. A responsible person would bolster their savings for the inevitable rough times ahead.

[123456]

It’s a shame - he had made such an effort to unhoard his DVD collection, only to buy twice as much stuff back in. He knows he has limited space but still continues to buy stuff he really doesn’t need.

I still think back to that time he pretended to take “fake shots” just for money and then the following week, bought those signed WWE merchandise. He needs to stop playing the pity card and start saving. Didn’t he just get a $1,000 check from the government as well? His financial situation isn’t as bad as he makes out.

[btshady]

Didn’t he just get a $1,000 check from the government as well?

Yeah, every adult making under $75k/year received a $1200 check. That combined with unemployment and $600/week would have given him a decent financial cushion going forward. At least until he's able to find another job. But he's probably wasted most of it on a bunch of junk. Sad.

I really hope that people call him out on this in his future live streams. It's not just his family that enables him, but also the fans who throw these superchat donations at him. The same thing goes for Shawn.

[ColossalAvenger]

Sad thing is, even if anyone did, no doubt they'd just be labeled as "haters". Just like the "shot" fiasco where some people did call him out on that. Brendan and others called them haters.

[Hat Black Like Midnight on a Moonless Night]

Chauncey was mad that Brendan was selling the promo copies of his blu rays for profit - imagine how pissed he is that Brendan is temporarily getting paid better than he is. He's probably going to call some hotline.

Damn it Brendan - each week he's getting paid what his rent costs in a month - he should have tried to live off $100 a week so he's not in stress city once the payments end. I'm guessing his brother-in-law and sister don't enforce his rent all that hard.

[Mhjoh...@yahoo.com]

I’m sure they don’t enforce nor expect it.There is no way that his sis and brother in law figured into him paying the rent at all. They probably thought if they got any money at all it would be a bonus.

Brenden likes to pretend to viewers that he is an adult. He talks about “making rent” as if any of his viewers thinks he will be kicked out or even owe the money at a future time. His bro in law has the patience of a saint.

And now the government is debating on an extension of federal unemployment benefits on top of the state ones, but alas all things come to end at some point. Brenden will get a few more months of living like a stress free high schooler so he better stock up on useless crap now.

[El Duce]

Sure, he isn't REALLY looking for a job, but there has also been times when Brendan was the only person in that house with a job. So yeah, they can't really say anything to him. Back in the day the only thing that kept them from having their electricity shut off was that $10,000 contest that Brendan won.

[Mhjoh...@yahoo.com]

Just saw his eBay page. Holy crap he is selling a ton of stuff. Even those Kung fu kids vhs tapes he talks about in every interview. He’s asking almost $400 for those. He’s always been so proud of those, he must REALLY not want to get a job. I was hooked on his channel because he really did have an awesome collection. It’s kind of sad now because you know he doesn’t really want to sell them. He’s pretending like he feels it’s time to grow up, but I bet it’s pressure from his family to get rid of stuff since he refuses to get a job.

[El Duce]

If he didn't really want to get rid of them, he'd just get a job. I think he just doesn't have room for all of this shit anymore so he's finally letting it go.

[Out and About Vegas 3 - Ziplines & Zipties]

Another factor is he can't find a job and is demoralized. He's competing with a record number of unemployment, so it's hard to imagine Brendan being the best candidate. He might only be employable for part time jobs right now - that means he risks catching covid (his Mom would be in trouble if she got covid), and probably gets paid less than unemployment due to low hours.

Yes, people are leeching off unemployment. But also - employers are looking at cutting costs at all times, even more so during the pandemic. Brendan is in the minimum wage segment, where businesses often don't treat their employees well. He is based in America, so there's the whole health care element involved too.

I would say people leeching off unemployment is problematic, but the way people are treated in menial jobs is also a problem.

[El Duce]

It seems like he's doing pretty damn good considering he's been unemployed for so long. Nice to see COVID relief going to a manchild who is buying Goonies statues and autographed wrestling belts with it.

[123456]

It has to be a tough time for job seekers right now and especially since we’re predicted a second wave this winter. Brendan probably sees it as a safer option being on unemployment and I won’t judge him too harshly for that. Better than finding some low-paid job and then risk losing it from COVID-19, and then having to go through unemployment again.

[El Duce]

Honestly, it sort of chaps my ass that he's gettng $600 a week in welfare and he's using it to go on trips and buy movie memorbilia. There's people who actually need that money right now and he's just abusing it.

[btshady]

Now Brendan is offering "mystery boxes" for $35. All he says is you will get four movies. They could all be DVD's. Basically just a way to make money off of the junk he can't sell on eBay.

[Crazybeats]

There will be those that pay it.I remember one of his videos from earlier this year when he was selling a lot of stuff to stores he wouldn't give one store a bunch of his films because he thought he could get more for them on Ebay. I don't know what's happening with the Stimulus checks over there or if he saved his money or they're making rent.

[btshady]

He's currently selling "Girls Gone Dead" and "The Caged Girl?" for $70.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Girls-Gone-Dead-The-Caged-Girl-Coolduder-Shawn-C-Phillips-Out-of-print-oop/114562183112

I guess he's hoping that some coolduder superfan will buy them.

[Crazybeats]

They might but I think what he was offered for the boxes he took home was probably what they were really worth. Maybe 5 years ago he would get away with this, maybe even having Shawn promote the Ebay auction would do it but it's just too much money.

[El Duce]

Girls Gone Dead is out of print so its price has gone up a bit. Still nowhere close to worth that much though.

[Chauncey's Talent Agent]

Brendan has packed on a lot of weight, I'd guess he's put on half the weight he initially lost. Seems like his friendship with Chauncey kinda anchored his weight loss, that competitive aspect has been lost. The pandemic also doesn't help.

I feel like Brendan has been spending more money during this pandemic, which might be troublesome when he has to re-enter the work force.

[Chauncy's Canterbury Tales]

He doesn't look too good honestly. Hope he's doing ok mentally.

[Crazybeats]

He's buying lots of autographs and maybe he is happy this way, he's regressed to a teenager again and living at home and doesn't need to work and can spend the money if he wants and the house is not in his name. He may have no intention of re-entering the work force.

It would be better if he could lose it but look at Shawn too. Lost the weight and changed nothing about his life. Weight loss has brought neither of them happiness. It's like some people with money, they want it and then they get it and nothing changes. You would have thought the weight loss would have encouraged them to speak to women, to date, to get out and about, it's ultimately done nothing, they didn't even care about the excess skin or trying to tone up and get rid of it. It never changed their lives one bit, and that's sad.

[smakdaddy99999]

In fairness, the pandemic has burned out a lot of people.  I have many friends who are unemployed and still unable to find work.  And they likely gave up finding work and regressed to being carefree teenagers again.  

Admittedly, the pandemic is giving a lot of people convenient excuses to be lazy and shirk responsibilities.  

But sooner than later, and likely sooner, using the pandemic as an excuse to not find a job or be lazy will be about as valid as saying "my dog ate my homework."  

Brendan/wetmovie1 deep down is likely struggling though.  Prior to the pandemic, he had a job (albeit minimum wage) and was out and about, living the life.  Shawn C. Phillips was struggling to find work and had no social life.

Now Shawn C. Phillips's Z-movie career is thriving, and Brendan Mitchell's career has stalled.  

[Crazybeats]

I just don't think the weight loss really made either of them happy or changed their lives. Shawn is getting more work now but he's never going to be able to make a living off of it. With Brendan how much effort will it take to lose the weight this time? It could be a lot harder to shift it again and he's the one with all the friends and the social life. I think a lot of viewers thought the loss of weight would give them both that boost of confidence and really it's changed nothing, it's not made any difference.

The only thing I will say with Danny and Luna and maybe Fluffy and others is they probably do have other responsibilities so Brendan will need to revolve things around them and when they have time to do things. How Brendan is at home with his family outside of those Vlogging days is up to you to guess. I think he probably is just binge eating everything available and sitting in a bedroom filled with autographs that he'll never know if they are real or not and of course his movies.........most of which are in boxes in the garage. He gets driven to all those stores on a Tuesday, can he really not go in Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, Best Buy and ask them all if they are looking for staff? Not one job out of them all? They're all fully staffed and not needing any help? 

[smakdaddy99999]

Direct from Brendan Mitchell's Facebook page (which is publicly available):

Brendan Mitchell

Ok I just need to get this off my chest. For 2 years or so I have not been doing very well mentally and physically with gaining alot of weight and losing my job. I have been trying to get back on track but keep giving into my cravings and feel good when I am eating but right after like right now. I feel like shit. I would go to the gym but there is not stady hours there some days they are not even open. So I am having a hard to get on a routine. I have been thinking of selling some of my autograph/ Blu-ray and DVD collection to maybe make some extra money to buy a treadmill or exercise bike for the house. What do you all think? Would anyone be interested if I did that? If not I so understand.

[smakdaddy99999]

He admits he's been struggling with unemployment and weight gain, and is trying to get back to the gym.  

I do think his need for money and funds, plus his need to get his of the "clutter" in his house, has been motivation for why he's selling like crazy on eBay.  

On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 2:36:10 PM UTC-5 Crazybeats wrote:

[Crazybeats]

For anybody to get to that size there's issues. No one is happy and allows their weight to get to that level, there's always deep rooted issues and I don't disagree that he has struggled but if that's the case why did he turn down the money he got offered for all those DVDs that he himself admitted would be hard to shift? He's got boxes and boxes of stuff in the garage, stuff that could be sold too. It's like he's happy having a little bit of money and that money goes on food and lately autographs and when it runs out then the depression kicks in again and life is unfair and then he'll get a bit more money and life is good, lots of chocolate and ice cream and autographs and then it runs out.

That's not unusual. It's no different than most people going out at the weekend or they have hobbies. What he needs to understand or maybe is understanding is that he has to make changes. It's not always the gym not being open or maybe needing to sell the DVD/ Blu  Ray collection. He can walk. He stayed with his Mom in the previous place which he admitted was a private place with it's own gym, he showed videos of him there and it was empty. A free gym! How many people would love to live somewhere that gives you your own gym and you can use it anytime you want day or night? And how many years were they there? But of course life is good when there's candy and chocolate and milk shakes and lots of money for DVDs and Blu rays but like many people.......when the money runs short.....im upset, i'm depressed, I just can't be bothered getting out of bed, what can i do?

He can walk and exercise. Having a DVD and Blu Ray collection isn't going to help his health or make his life any better and he wont sell any of it because it's just for show. If he was serious he would do like he did before and pack it all into the car and take it to all those shops that buy physical media and take the best offer he can get. He lives in a city where the weather is great, there's no excuse not to go outside and exercise and walk for a few miles every day, drink water instead of soda, cut out the sugar and the bread and the rice and snack on healthy things and go and meet people, talk to people, I bet you there's tons of people there that walk everyday for exercise, they can all walk together and be friends and support each other.

I wish him the best though and hope he sorts himself out and gets in a better space. I hope people on his Facebook page advise him wisely and hopefully there's someone on there willing to talk straight with him. He's getting closer to 40, he should be sorting his life out.

[123456]

I do think it's good that Brendan has some self-awareness, it's always a good start by admitting you have a problem and wanting to make a change - unlike Shawn who will constantly live in denial. Him buying an exercise bike wouldn't be such a bad idea but I don't see why he can't go for walks/or jogging or do home workouts from YouTube videos. To focus on his weight loss would be a good distraction; but what can we all do for him? He knows what he has to do to change and improve his life, so it's all just a matter of doing it. 

He needs to stop buying autographs though, it's an expensive hobby and he should probably limit himself to maybe a few autographs a year. It does look like we'll be going back to the 3-4 live streams a week pretty soon in his attempt to get as many donations as possible. 

[Crazybeats]

I think that's part of my issue. When the money dries up the live streams start, he starts selling things but if he had money there would be no live streams, there would be autographs and DVDs and blu rays so that to me comes across like someone  that really doesn't want to change unless they're forced to and these donations and what he gets from Ebay are maybe enough to just get him by, enough to pay the bills he has and contribute to the house but nothing more. Nothing that will change his life and therefore every time he gets a little bit of money he immediately goes back to what he knows and what he really wants to do which is buy stuff and the majority of it can't fit in his bedroom anyway.

Someone that really wanted to change would just cut the cord and be done with it. He lives in a state where the weather is great, there's no excuse for him not to go walking or jogging or isn't there outside gyms over there? People doing exercise classes outside and like you said there's tons of good stuff on Youtube that he can do from his bedroom. Autographs is an expensive hobby but where did this come from? It's like it came out the blue, the only other time autographs were mentioned was if he went to a convention or there was a meet and greet at a movie screening. Is this a genuine interest or is it like physical media where it sits on a shelf with the shrinkwrap on it never been opened. It's just there for the sake of being there.

I wish the guy well and I wish Shawn well. I can't see either one really breaking out of their habits until it's too late and they'll be too old to really do the things they wanted to do. Maybe that's the root of all this, maybe deep down they are doing what they want, they could be doing so much more though and being so much more happier and clearly all the people around them in real life including their friends aren't telling them any of this, they all go home at the end of the day back to their own lives. They go round all those stores every week and what would stop them asking if they're looking for any staff? That alone would break them out of their habits and get them out and about and keeping the weight loss up while working. I can only hope for Brendan's sake that the rest of the family are bringing in enough money to cover the rent and put food in the fridge so that he can continue staying there and no doubt they probably wont have the heart to drop any hints to him about maybe selling the collection or getting a job, they could be enabling it too or keeping those conversations to when he's out of the house so he doesn't hear.

[Chauncy's Canterbury Tales]

Saw his insta story. Looks like he's trying to get into a healthy routine again. More power to him. Hopefully that gets him out of his rut. 

[Crazybeats]

Hopefully he turns it all around.