February 17, 2025

Dogs, Clout & Coming Out | Joey Graceffa

41 minutes

21: Today, I’m joined by none other than Joey Graceffa. With over 2.9 billion views and a career spanning back to 2007, Joey has built an empire of engaging content, from gaming and vlogs to his hit web series Escape the Night. Joey shares his experience coming out online, his creative inspirations, and his journey as a writer.

Episode Highlights:

Joey’s rise to YouTube fame & Escape the Night

Coming out online & the “Are You Gay” quiz

Writing In Real Life & Children of Eden

Mental health, self-care & online fame

Vlogging, breakups & digital legacy

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:09 - Who The Hell Are You?

00:08:04 - Starting youtube

00:09:41 - Escape the night

00:11:59 - How to start a youtube channel

00:13:57 - Coming out on youtube

00:14:51 - Creative inspiration

00:18:57 - Joey’s memoir

00:20:43 - Children Of Eden

00:21:44 - Special Ed & Gifted classes

00:23:41 - The BIG 3 zodiac signs

00:24:16 - Mental health & self care

00:26:51 - Are you gay quiz

00:30:01 - Joey’s coming out journey

00:31:45 - Vlogging & the break up video

00:34:47 - Dream collabs & legacy

00:36:04 - Take doggie supplements

00:37:31 - Fight Me!

Check Out Joey:

Books

Youtube

Instagram

Tale Pets

Check Out Max:

Instagram

YouTube

TikTok

Special thank you to the following:

Nate Heffel, Tobin Schiller ,James M, Christopher Neefus, Heskel, Michael Carpentiere, Timothy Cardoso, Shane Ouyang, Brian Joaquin, Carabalda, Brendan Saunders, Jeff Jay, James LEE, Andy, 正 , George Acosta, Michael Rice, Nathan Filip, Linda Johnson, Stephen Weathers, Kean Phan, James Powell, Landy Manderson

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