After an eight month break, Roman Atwood returned to his vlogs channel in August of 2020. Now, he's sharing why he used to be offline for therefore long.
For just about a decade, YouTube prankster and circle of relatives guy Roman Atwood has frequently posted vlogs to his YouTube channel. That all modified in 2020.
Roman maintained nearly whole radio silence on all of his social media accounts for many of the year, and fans became very concerned for him and his circle of relatives's well-being.
On Aug. 18, 2020, after a hiatus of nearly 8 months, Roman made a go back to YouTube with a video entitled "We Will Never Recover."
Though he didn't say a lot in that video, Roman and his wife, Brittney, persisted to sporadically vlog about their lives. They revealed the beginning of their son, Knox, in early January of 2021.
Finally, in a video posted on Jan. 23, Roman finally revealed why he stayed off YouTube for the easier part of a yr. The scary story involves a stalker and the FBI.
What took place to Roman Atwood Vlogs?
When Roman did not reference the exact cause of his vlogging hiatus in August of 2020, some lovers assumed that he never would speak about what actually happened.
"We still technically shouldn't be posting,” Roman had said in his "We Will Never Recover" video. "There's some absolute craziness taking place in the back of the scenes in our lives." He did clarify that the whole family was in good health, though. "We're all wholesome, all of us. […] As quickly as we are ready to tell the story, you'll be able to be the primary to grasp."
Brittney also hinted at the reason for their absence. "Sorry it's been so long,” she stated. "There is a reason —"
"There's a massive reason," Roman interrupted his spouse to say.
"We're not getting to that yet, but we just wanna say hi and we love you and we miss you," Brittney persevered.
He did keep true to his phrase, a lot to the marvel of many audience. In "Forced Off YouTube — Full FBI Story," Roman and Brittney sat all the way down to share how their break was unplanned, and the way it terrified their circle of relatives.
"We can't have fun and be us without making this video," Roman shared. "This is kind of like what we've been dying to make for a while. I'm dying to make this video, but we have to kind of relive what's been going on."
He stated it might be "tough" for him and Brittney to replicate on their difficult past year.
"We've been on YouTube for 12 years and, for us to just vanish, it's serious. We have left out of the fear for our life," Roman endured.
"The safety of our kids," Brittney echoed. "Like, our house, our everything we have."
Roman added that the cases surrounding their YouTube hiatus went far beyond the "double-edged sword" that YouTube gives him. He understands that sharing the details of his existence on-line does open him as much as harassment and mean feedback, however that what he and Brittney went thru was "terrifying stuff" and that he "wouldn't wish it on [his] worst enemy."
So what exactly led to Roman's day without work YouTube?
Roman and Brittney mentioned that they had stalkers and that they "had to leave" YouTube.
The YouTube couple then divulged probably the most intense main points of what they'd been experiencing over their prolonged break from the video website online.
"We've been dealing with some extremely scary stalkers," Roman said in the "Forced Off YouTube" video.
The vlogger said that these stalkers would call his telephone with harassing messages "24/7." He additionally claimed that the stalkers referred to as in a bomb risk to his family member's funeral.
Through tears, Brittney stated that the FBI had to be known as.
"This is like a fraction of what they're doing," Roman persisted. "They've done everything from getting into our life, they've gotten in our vehicles, shutting them on and off, to [setting off] the alarm in our house. They turned the power off in this home in the middle of winter."
This particularly unnerved the couple because of their babies, who have been struggling by the hands of those unknown other folks.
Roman mentioned that the stalkers canceled his car insurance as well, so he was unknowingly riding round with none protection.
The influencer added that he and Brittney would spend days at their counter simply calling other firms to try to undo the wear and tear executed by the stalkers.
The perpetrators would send pictures of the Atwood family to Roman and Brittney's cell phones.
"The only thing we could do was shut down and make sure that our kids are safe," Roman stated about his determination to briefly pull the plug on his demanding posting time table. Roman referred to the nature of the stalking ways as "hateful" and "demented." Though they attempted to switch their numbers and get in front of the stalkers, they have been always one step ahead.
After receiving death threats, the couple stated that that they had consistent police surveillance outdoor of their house.
"I think that there's a bigger story to come, but this is at least our way to move on," Roman stated towards the top of the video. "There is light at the end of this tunnel."
He went directly to thank the FBI for his or her help within the topic. Roman didn't establish who his stalkers had been, or where they are now.
Roman confident his viewers that his upcoming videos can be gentle and amusing in nature, like they always had been earlier than.
"Please, let's get back to having fun," he concluded. "Here's to a fresh start."
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