Youtube content creator Jared Knabenbauer, better known by his channel name ProJared , is best known for being a gamer who regularly shares videos of himself reviewing and playing video games with his over 900,000 subscribers.
He also has a second Youtube channel exclusively for videos of himself playing video games which he uploads to daily.
In June of 2014, Jared married cosplayer Heidi O’Ferrall.
Around that time, Heidi started her own Youtube channel where she posted videos of her cosplay and sometimes featured clips of her and Jared together.
To their fans and loyal following, their marriage seemed like it was without any issues. They seemed perfectly happy.
But this week, everything changed.
First, the pair announced to all their fans that they were getting divorced.
More specifically, Jared released a statement on Twitter on Wednesday in which he explained that the two were divorcing to “seek happiness” for themselves.
He also said this decision came after both extensive individual and couple’s therapy.
At the end of the post, Jared said this would be his only public address of the divorce and that Heidi’s “privacy, mental well being and discretion” remains his highest priority.
It all seemed very amicable. But things aren’t always what they seem.
Shortly after, Heidi took to Twitter to accuse Jared of infidelity to her over 84,000 followers.
In a series of 43 tweets, she outed her husband as having cheated on her with Holly Conrad , a fellow gamer and sci-fi enthusiast who regularly worked with the couple and joined them on outings.
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“He was promising me that he was committed to our relationship at the time, and promising her he was breaking up with me.”
Heidi told her followers that she has proof that Jared was cheating with Holly and that the two had been texting each other explicit images and arranging times to meet over a period of several months in 2018.
“Jared tried very, very hard to make me feel responsible for everything that’s gone wrong in our relationship,” she wrote. “He technically broke up with me in February, insisting that the only thing wrong with our marriage was me. Insisting that HE had tried to make things work.”
Heidi also publicly accused Jared of soliciting nude photos from his fans over social media.
“In the beginning, it was a joke,” she wrote. “Then it was its own Tumblr account just for nudes. It was ostensibly a body-positive space for consenting adults, and I approved on that basis.”
Jared then set up a secret Snapchat account with Heidi alleges he used to encourage fans to send him nude photos of themselves.
“His statement is nothing more than an attempt to silence me before I can reveal anything.”
Heidi wrote that Jared had kept her in “isolation” from his friend group to avoid getting caught in his own lies.
“He told his friends a version of events that omits his infidelity and portrays me as an aggressive and unreasonable person,” she said. “As though I’m randomly angry and upset all the time, for no reason at all. It’s because he’s abusing me.”
Heidi has revealed that she has since been blocked by Jared online after publicly outing him.
As of right now, Jared has yet to give any sort of public response to all of Heidi’s allegations.
But considering how public their personal issues have become, we’re confident we’ll be hearing an update very soon.