An entire season has passed since the Internet’s proudest troll, Nicole Arbour, rose to viral fame. Her “Dear Fat People” rant offended countless people, yet she unapologetically stood firm even after irritating The View ladies, who didn’t accept Arbour’s claims that her “satire” made the world a better place.
Arbour followed up with a series of intentionally offensive videos, including “Dear Black People” (where she took on cultural appropriation) and “Abortion Is Wrong” (which saw her claiming the topic was “tearing up her insides”). Arbour also took on the Syrian refugee crisis with a dose of semi-logic, which arrived too late for the monster fed by the Internet. Arbour continued to make videos, but people stopped going wild for them.
Arbour will not be ignored. She’s doing what any dedicated viral star will do with a “gotcha” move. Arbour admitted to Cosmopolitan that her whole routine is down to clever self-marketing:
“I made a marketing plan behind it, the same way that anyone makes marketing plans for anything. So, I kind of loaded the bases, like baseball.”
Like baseball? Well, Arbour did post a Babe Ruth analogy to Instagram right after she dropped “Dear Fat People.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/7NJm8IskS1/
Arbour also says the risks (and the loss of a feature film gig) were worth it, for her brand of humor has paid off financially:
“There’s been tens of thousands of dollars just from that one specifically. It’s changed my life financially. I’ve got a bunch of really cool TV offers coming my way right now, and lots of sponsors coming to me to make cool videos for them, branded content for them or ad campaigns for them. Just lots of stuff coming in.”
Arbour accomplished what she set out to do with “Dear Fat People.” Whether or not her winning streak will continue shall remain a mystery.
Here’s Arbour’s latest missive, a Christmas-themed episode where Arbour brings back her “Slutty Claus” character. This level of faux-controversy is exactly what you’d expect from a very Arbour Christmas.
(Via Cosmopolitan)