The Lolcow Shortbus Betrayal: Amberlynn Reid Joins Keemstar
In January 2026, after being demonetized and facing financial ruin, Amberlynn joined Keemstar's "Lolcow Bus" podcast—and immediately betrayed everything she claimed to stand for.
FINANCIAL DESPERATION
After YouTube demonetized her channel in late 2025, Amberlynn had no savings despite earning hundreds of thousands of dollars over her career. She wiped her channel, hoping to return after the enforcement period. The Lolcow Bus gig was her only income source—and she was willing to accept animals for "content" to stay relevant.
IMMEDIATE CENSORSHIP
During her debut appearance, she attempted to ban paying members who asked about Rarity, proving she cannot handle even the mildest accountability, proving she joined a "Lolcow" show without understanding that she IS the lolcow—not the host.
THE PATTERN CONTINUES
This mirrors the Gracie incident from years ago: lose/kill an animal, immediately acquire a replacement before anyone can process what happened. Controlling the narrative through distraction is her specialty.
JANUARY 2026: DAILY LOG
JAN 01: THE DEBUT
Day 1
- "Pure Chaos": Official debut as co-host. Described by viewers as "loosely scripted" and "desperate."
- Immediate Censorship: Attempted to ban paying members in chat who asked about Rarity.
JAN 02: "I AM THE BUS"
Day 2
- Delusion: Declared "I am the bus. Okay, the queen of the bus."
JAN 03: MONETIZING HATE
Day 3
- Washcloth Lore: Forced to address the "washcloth" hygiene allegations from Emily.
- Strategy: Openly discussed monetizing the hate she receives, admitting she relies on negative attention.
JAN 04 - JAN 06: THE ADJUSTMENT
Days 4-6 (Summary)
- Friction: Early clashes with co-hosts over control of the stream.
- Chat War: Continued battle with her own chat; inability to handle "haydurs" in a live setting.
JAN 07: "CALLING IN SICK"
Day 7
- Attendance Issues: Already missing/late to scheduled streams after just one week.
- excuses: Vague health excuses used to deflect from laziness/lack of commitment.
JAN 08: "STILL HERE?"
Day 8
- Surprise: Community surprised she hasn't quit yet.
- Restream Drama: Arguments over restreaming rights and revenue sharing.
JAN 09 - JAN 16: RISING TENSIONS
Mid-Month Summary
- Repetitive Defense: Spent multiple streams recycling the same defenses for Rarity and Casey.
- Boredom: Viewers noted she often sat on her phone or looked bored when the topic wasn't about her.
JAN 17: THE TINA SHOWDOWN
Day 17 - MAJOR INCIDENT
"I got two legs... I'm a hero not a zero. Don't do it, get the f*** out of here. I'm stealing her Hershey kisses."
- Rage Quit: Amberlynn "lost control" and stormed off the stream after Tina mocked her hygiene and weight.
- "Hero Not A Zero": Her childish comeback became an instant meme, proving her inability to handle confrontation without reverting to toddler-like insults.
JAN 18 - JAN 19: THE FALLOUT
Days 18-19 (Summary)
- Victim Narrative: Spent these days painting herself as the victim of "bullying" from her co-hosts.
- Blaming the Format: Claimed the "Lolcow" format was "toxic" (despite joining it voluntarily for money).
JAN 20: SUBTWEETING DRAMA
Day 20
- Passive Aggression: "Lowkey subtweeting." Used the stream to make passive-aggressive digs at enemies without naming them directly.
JAN 21 - JAN 23: KEEMSTAR CONFRONTATION
Days 21-23
- FFG Argument: Confronted Keemstar for "helping" detractor channel FFG. She demanded he stop supporting her critics.
- Hypocrisy: She wants the "Lolcow" money but refuses to accept the "Lolcow" reality—that critics are part of the ecosystem.
- Status: Currently still on the bus, but tensions are at an all-time high. A rage-quit seems imminent.
FEBRUARY 2026: CRASHOUTS, CONFESSIONS & THE EMILY EXPOSÉ
FEB 01 - FEB 03: THE POWER TRIP
Early February
- Demands: Amberlynn demanded moderator privileges to "clean up the chat," threatening to quit if she couldn't ban her haters.
- The Reality: Keemstar laughed it off. She has no power, and she hates it.
FEB 04: THE OVERSHARE & PANIC
Major Incident
- The Slip-Up: In a moment of rage, she leaked personal details about a new "friend" (potential caretaker) she's talking to.
- The Backtrack: Immediately panicked and tried to claim she was "trolling." The cycle of "Overshare -> Regret -> Gaslight" is now happening live in 4K.
FEB 05 - FEB 06: "WWE" ERA
Declining Interest
- Scripted Drama: Viewers are noticing the fights feel "staged" (Jerry Springer style). Amberlynn is a bad actor, and her fake outrage is exhausting the audience.
- Declining Views: The novelty is wearing off. People are tired of the same cycle. She is becoming boring even as a Lolcow.
FEB 07: THE CASEY FLIP-FLOP MAJOR GASLIGHTING
Live on Stream
- The History: In old videos, Amberlynn admitted on camera that she kicked Casey. She said it. She filmed it. It exists.
- The Denial: On the Lolcow Bus, she now claims she never kicked Casey and that the entire allegation was fabricated by "haydurs." She is denying video evidence of her own words.
- The DARVO: When confronted with her own admission, she flipped to victim mode: "Casey was the abuser, not me." This is textbook DARVO — she admitted it, then denied it, then reversed the roles.
- The Pattern: She has now told at least three contradictory versions of the Casey situation: (1) admitted kicking, (2) denied kicking, (3) claimed Casey was the abusive one. You cannot tell three stories and expect any of them to be believed.
FEB 08: RARITY LIES MULTIPLY STORY CHANGES AGAIN
The Lies Keep Coming
- Original Claim: Amberlynn said she accidentally left the door open and Rarity escaped. She said this on video in November 2025.
- Blame Emily: After fighting with Emily, she changed the story — now Emily was the one who left the door open. She weaponized a dead cat to win an argument.
- Latest Version: On the Lolcow Bus, she now claims the entire Rarity situation was "blown out of proportion" and implies Emily fabricated details. She is gaslighting the audience about an event she filmed herself.
- The Count: This is now at least the 5th contradictory story about Rarity. The timeline shift, the blame shift, the fake search, the delayed disclosure, and now the wholesale denial. Every time she opens her mouth, a new version appears.
FEB 09 - FEB 10: THE GASLIGHTING COMPILATION
Pattern Fully Exposed
- Admit, Deny, Reverse — Repeat: The community has now compiled a supercut of every time Amberlynn admitted something on camera and later denied it. The Casey kick admission, the Krystle hitting admission, the Rarity door story — all on video, all later denied.
- Live Chat Meltdowns: When members post timestamps of her own contradictions, she either ignores, bans, or rage-quits. She cannot face her own words played back to her.
- "I Never Said That": Her most-used phrase on the Lolcow Bus. She has said it about Casey, about Rarity, about her hygiene, about her weight. She says it about everything — and there is video proof every single time.
FEB 11: THE EMILY TEXT EXPOSÉ BOMBSHELL
Emily Goes Nuclear
- Rachel Gets The Receipts: Emily shared a full thread of texts with reaction channel Rachel, who published them with timestamps and screenshots. The community had been waiting for this moment.
- The Texts: Documented exchanges show Amberlynn suicide-baiting Emily when Emily tried to leave — threatening self-harm as a control tactic. Standard coercive behaviour.
- Life Insurance: In one text, Amberlynn referenced Emily's life insurance policy. This is not a normal thing to bring up in a relationship argument. The community immediately recognized it as a threat.
- The Reframe: After physically harming Emily, she texted to frame her violence as being "concerned" for Emily — classic DARVO in writing. She built her own paper trail of abuse and then handed it to her victim.
- Reaction: LordyItsJordy, Sinatra Says, and multiple other channels uploaded same-day coverage. The texts were cross-verified by multiple community members who screenshotted Rachel's full video.
FEB 12 - FEB 13: THE 3AM CRASHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT
Solo Stream Meltdown
- Solo at 3AM: With no co-hosts, no moderators, and 8,000+ insomniacs watching, Amberlynn opened the Lolcow Bus after-hours stream alone. It immediately became one of the most-documented meltdowns of her career.
- "I Don't Care About Rarity": In an unguarded moment she declared she did not care about Rarity — the cat she had been publicly grieving for months. The clip spread instantly.
- Casey Admission: Said Casey "deserved it" in reference to the physical abuse allegations — the abuse she has denied for years, now casually confirmed in a sleep-deprived rant.
- Hygiene Confession: Dismissed Wipegate entirely with "who cares if I don't shower every day" — directly contradicting her previous public statements and months of denials.
- Documented & Clipped: Multiple reaction channels including ThiccGemini (with @LifeWithR0N) uploaded the full reaction. The 3AM stream VOD was deleted but screen recordings were already distributed. Mr. Snowflake's clip compilation alone reached hundreds of thousands of views.
FEB 14 - FEB 15: THE RETURN (OF COURSE)
She Came Back. She Always Comes Back.
- No Acknowledgement: Returned to Lolcow Live the very next day as if the crashout never happened. Did not address the Casey statement. Did not address the Rarity statement. Did not address the hygiene statement. Classic post-crashout Amberlynn.
- "I Was Trolling": When chat brought up the 3AM stream, she claimed she was "being silly" and "trolling the haydurs." She was not trolling. 8,000 people watched her unravel in real time.
- Platform Leverage: The crashout has become a recurring format. "Crashout Live" is now a known event type in the community — viewers tune in specifically hoping to catch her at her most unguarded. The chaos IS the content now.
FEB 16: CURRENT STATUS AS OF TODAY
Updated February 16, 2026
- Still On The Bus: She is still an official Lolcow Live co-host. Keemstar has not removed her because she generates views — crashouts, confessions, and all.
- No Accountability: The Emily texts have been public for days. She has not addressed them directly or acknowledged the life insurance text. She continues the pattern of pretending documented evidence does not exist.
- The Cycle Continues: Every stream follows the same arc — denial, deflection, rage quit or meltdown, return the next day, repeat. She has become a permanent lolcow fixture, exactly what she feared and exactly what she signed up for.
THE LIE COUNTER: TOO MANY TO COUNT
Documented contradictions from Amberlynn Reid on the Lolcow Bus alone:
- Casey: Admitted kicking → Denied kicking → Claimed Casey was the abuser → 3AM crashout: "Casey deserved it"
- Krystle: Admitted hitting → Denied hitting → "I was young and it was mutual"
- Rarity: "I left the door open" → "Emily left the door open" → "It's blown out of proportion" → "Emily fabricated it" → 3AM crashout: "I don't care about Rarity"
- Hygiene: "I shower every day" → Emily's audio proves otherwise → "Emily is lying for clout" → 3AM crashout: "Who cares if I don't shower every day"
- Emily Texts: "Emily is lying" → Texts published by Rachel with timestamps → Life insurance reference confirmed in writing → "I was trolling"
- Weight: Claims to be losing → Visibly larger on every stream
- Twinkie: "She's healthy" → Nails curling into paw pads on camera
Every admission has a corresponding denial. Every denial has video proof. She is gaslighting an entire audience in real-time.