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Mr Blippi Creepy Energy Confirmed With Horrible Past Career

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Fastfad · 14/08/2024 12:03

Members of my family expressed unease with Mr Blippi a grown man in tight trousers and braces talking in a baby voice and walking children through playgrounds and spaces, talking to camera. I also felt this instinctively, something was off about it and tried to redirect my kid's attention away but the kid is hooked. Heavily branded (toys, games, you name it) it turns out he has a degree in marketing and used to put the vilest videos online as a character called Steezy Grossman, involving naked men and his own feces. He's worked hard to try and hide this part of his past, but what gets me the most is that his background is in marketing and search engine optimisation, not in education. He has no idea how to behave around kids and even before I knew a single thing about him, his show seems off to me. Look at how many times he spells out his name to children to memorise, or tells them to say his name over and over again as they wash their hands. He's feeding off our kids, admittedly all entertainment is doing that to some extent, but in this case, there's little else to it. It's parasitic and unwholesome.

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Whatdoyoureckonthen · 14/08/2024 15:43

Fastfad · 14/08/2024 12:03

Members of my family expressed unease with Mr Blippi a grown man in tight trousers and braces talking in a baby voice and walking children through playgrounds and spaces, talking to camera. I also felt this instinctively, something was off about it and tried to redirect my kid's attention away but the kid is hooked. Heavily branded (toys, games, you name it) it turns out he has a degree in marketing and used to put the vilest videos online as a character called Steezy Grossman, involving naked men and his own feces. He's worked hard to try and hide this part of his past, but what gets me the most is that his background is in marketing and search engine optimisation, not in education. He has no idea how to behave around kids and even before I knew a single thing about him, his show seems off to me. Look at how many times he spells out his name to children to memorise, or tells them to say his name over and over again as they wash their hands. He's feeding off our kids, admittedly all entertainment is doing that to some extent, but in this case, there's little else to it. It's parasitic and unwholesome.

Thats the old Blippi!! He was sacked off pretty quickly and now and new person plays Blippi who is of good character.

polkadotpixie · 14/08/2024 15:41

This is old news isn't it? I read about it years ago! I'm not really a fan because he's irritating in general but I don't think he's a danger to kids or anything, especially not through a screen!

VeronicaCreepcheese · 14/08/2024 15:34

I HAAAAATE Blippi, and have blocked him on Netflix and YouTube.

I'm less bothered about his past projectile sharting endeavours than I am about the lack of any sort of useful content in his kids' shows. He's not imaginative, and it's not particularly educational. I also don't think that he actually likes children very much.

I dislike Fake Blippi (or Flippi, as he's known in our house) marginally less, and don't have strong feelings on Meekah at all, except that the name is very like that of the raccoon in Pocahontas.

hotpotlover · 14/08/2024 15:27

Which Mr Blippi though?

My children love him and the actor changed a couple of years ago.

MrsCarson · 14/08/2024 14:59

ThisKookyBlueSnake · 14/08/2024 12:10

No more creepy than peewee herman.

I didn't like my kids watching him I thought he was off.
This blippi guy is as bad if not worse.

Apollo365 · 14/08/2024 14:50

PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/08/2024 14:40

Steve and Maggie is good on YT and sreve is an ex teacher.Maggie is a Magpie puppet.

I get irrationally annoyed with how he says girls and boys!!! Just call them kids fgs 🤣🤣🤣

PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/08/2024 14:40

Steve and Maggie is good on YT and sreve is an ex teacher.Maggie is a Magpie puppet.

PrincessPeache · 14/08/2024 14:29

Why on earth do you think that presenters of children’s shows should have a background in education? And why is it such a huge deal that he did some grim (but perfectly legal) adult stuff before becoming a children’s show presenter? His (very young) audience aren’t being exposed to it.

treadingonlego · 14/08/2024 14:27

Don't let your children watch him then. My children only watched CBeebies ...

I found Blippi less creepy than Mr Tumble, and much more varied and informative. My child used to love the episode with the detective and Blippi's stolen lunch, and any of the ones with vehicles or interactive play places. And we still sing the toothbrushing song sometimes now they're 8!

Admittedly, we were out of the Blippi phase before the merchandise took off, so I might view it differently now. Otherwise though, YABU.

SnapdragonToadflax · 14/08/2024 14:24

paristotokyo · 14/08/2024 13:04

I DESPISE his videos, like it actually makes me want to throw something. My son used to like them as he was exposed to them at my mums house which I promptly banned. I tried to block all his content off the YouTube kids app but they kept appearing in different ways. I don't allow YouTube at all now

You can set the app up so it only shows pre-approved channels - much better than the world of weirdness that's out there on kids Youtube.

Nosleepforthismum · 14/08/2024 14:22

I mean, you never know who is or might be a peadophile these days but I really don’t think you can assume Blippi is one based on some dodgy content aimed at adults at the beginning of his career and the fact he wears tight trousers and braces on the show.

He’s a smart bloke who has made a shed load of money from creating Blippi. He strikes me as someone who wanted to make lots of money rather than someone trying to get access to kids. I think I read somewhere he started doing it for his nephew and it snowballed from there.

Having said that, he’s so fucking annoying to listen to and I cannot wait for my kids to outgrow him!

holju · 14/08/2024 14:21

YABU. Nothing you've said about Blippi is as terrible the ubiquitous words 'wholesome' and 'unwholesome'.

LadyGrinningSoul8517 · 14/08/2024 14:19

Dear God.. 🤦🏼‍♀️

It's not like he's shitting on camera in front of kids, he's making colourful and fairly educational videos for children to enjoy.
Most people did dumb stuff when they were younger.
Most change and grow up.

Instead of pearl clutching, try to do the same.

alldayeveryday247 · 14/08/2024 14:14

You're going to be very upset when you realise one of The Krays read a story on Jackanory OP...

Apollo365 · 14/08/2024 14:11

YABU as Blippi has been around ages 🤣

Fargo79 · 14/08/2024 13:54

Yeah I totally agree. I already knew about the past videos because he creeped me out and I thought "I'm sure if I Google him there will be something weird" and lo and behold...

I don't allow my kids to watch Blippi because I think it's extremely important for children to know the difference between adults and other children. An adult pretending to be a child or pretending to be childlike is not a good thing. IMO there's a clear distinction between the Blippi character and someone like Mr Tumble, who might be silly but is not an adult attempting to appear like a child.

xyz111 · 14/08/2024 13:54

Turn him off and put Bluey on instead. Nothing to complain about there!!

Gettingbysomehow · 14/08/2024 13:43

RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway · 14/08/2024 13:05

Meh, he’s not that bad. A lot of his content is exploring outdoors, playgrounds/soft play, quite a few are educational ‘will this item sink or float’, vehicles. He sings songs, emphasises safety. It’s the opposite of toxic masculinity and nice for children to see represented.

I loved the one where he toured the chocolate factory.

The one where he is a handyman for DeeDee is hilarious with a nod to a porn genre for the parents to laugh at. But nothing inappropriate for children:

I don't want anything to do with the chocolate factory thanks.

Blabla81 · 14/08/2024 13:42

Aren’t there at least 2 different men who have played him?

InterIgnis · 14/08/2024 13:39

jen337 · 14/08/2024 12:22

He’s annoying/weird as fuck and I’m glad my kids are too old for that type of stuff. Also coco melon when I hear it reminds me of the stories of Guantanamo inmates being psychologically tortured by the Barney the dinosaur song.

Have been waiting for the day I could use this screenshot.

Mr Blippi Creepy Energy Confirmed With Horrible Past Career
TooTiredOfThisShit · 14/08/2024 13:24

OP did (do?) you think that most YouTubers are in it for the love of producing quality, well-researched, educational content?

ALL commercial video content is created with the primary aim of making money off people staring at a screen. This guy has obviously tried a few routes before he found the one with the highest audience. It's not the same as discovering he's a predatory paedophile who was using his fame/content to access children.

FWIW my kids had a blippi phase. It was moderately annoying, but probably not as annoying as cbeebies-approved Bing 🤷‍♀️

Dyra · 14/08/2024 13:20

Noshowlomo · 14/08/2024 13:10

Wasn’t all this found out years ago?
There is a different Blippy now. They’re both annoying as shit (see what I did there)

That's what I thought as well. The scat stuff was found out in 2019 (made in 2013), while the current Blippi has been a different guy since 2021.

So shrug.🙍I find Blippi irritating no matter who's playing him, so I try to avoid anyway.

Shefliesonherownwings · 14/08/2024 13:17

I don’t like him either, something off about him. I feel the same about Mr Tumble. Thankfully DS doesn’t appear to like either of them.

Odearr · 14/08/2024 13:17

We like blippi in this house. Annoying yes but no more annoying than any other kids show.
Miles better than the brain rotting coco melon anyway.
my kids are too old now but my 7 year old still puts the blippi toothbrush song on when he brushes his teeth

sunsetsandboardwalks · 14/08/2024 13:15

what gets me the most is that his background is in marketing and search engine optimisation, not in education

Why would he have a background in education? He's an actor, not a teacher Confused

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