Fans are ‘crashing out’ over Kail Lowry‘s new show— but not in a good way.
The former ‘Teen Mom’ star has been inundated with negative comments this week about her new show ‘Crashing Out with Kail.’ Fans have been taking to Kail’s social media comments to air their greviences about the cost of the show— and Kail’s seemingly flippant attitude about the situation.
As The Ashley previously reported, ‘Crashing Out with Kail’ streams exclusively on the ShortVydz platform in bite-sized episodes that are about two- to five-minutes long.
While the first three episodes are free to watch, watching additional episodes requires a ShortVydz pass. A monthly pass is $40, or you can buy coins within the ShortVydz app to unlock each episode without a subscription— which will cost you $125. (Kail has stated that there are around 100 episodes total, with new episodes being released every Tuesday.)
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Kail has stated that she is a “pioneer” of the ShortVydz app— with her show being one of two that premiered on the app this month.
However, fans seemed less-than-impressed with the content being offered at such a high price point. On Wednesday, Kail took to social media to address some of the fan criticism/confusion. Unfortunately for the mom of seven, her post seemed to do more harm than good, with many pointing out that Kail seemed “out of touch” with how bad the American economy currently is.
“I hear your frustrations, I understand what you guys are saying,” Kail insisted, adding that she appreciates “constructive criticism.” However, she proceeded to basically imply that American viewers will just need to get used to the bite-sized format, as that’s the way of the future…or something.
“ … this is the new format overall,” Kail said of the two-to-four-minute bite-size episodes. “I think that you’re going to see, over the next year or so, you’re going to see most of your favorite creators and reality people turning to platforms for shows that are in this style format.”
Kail went on to tell fans that she believes she’s “getting the backlash” for the format of her show because she’s “one of the first ones to do it [in America].” However, she assured fans that she understands their complaints.
“I get it,” she said. “I was a little bit frustrated by some of the things that I didn’t find out until yesterday when the show aired. So, your frustrations are valid, I get it. But I do think that you’re going to start to see more of these [shows] with everybody.”
The comment section was ripe with disgruntled viewers who did not appreciate Kail’s seemingly unbothered attitude.
“It’s giving ‘Let them eat cake,'” one person wrote of Kail’s response.
“[This is] the most off-putting thing I think she has done thus far,” another person wrote.
“Should be called ‘Cashing Out with Kail,'” someone else commented.
Many of the comments were written by people who identified as fans of Kail and her podcasts, but were surprised that she would try to “gouge” them, as one person put it.
“Girl, I love you but we aren’t living the way you are,” someone else commented. “We are struggling to buy groceries and gas!”
“Just greedy and out of touch at this point,” another person wrote, to which someone else commented, “So out of touch. Groceries are literally a luxury in this dang economy.”
“You are comparing what other countries are doing, yet we are arguing the price of a ‘micro series’ in a country where people can not afford housing or food,” one more person added. “It’s really distasteful.”
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kail explained that the short-video format is great because it reduces the need to include “filler” into episodes.
“This time it is so bite-size that we can fit everything that we need without dragging scenes out, without talking about things that are not relevant, without talking about things that are truly just like a blip in my life and not making something bigger than it actually is,” she said. “I really like this format and I think that this could change the way that we watch TV.”
(Kail has stated that she’s happy that her new show isn’t focused on her bushel of baby daddies, as she claims ‘Teen Mom 2’ was.)
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She stated that she is “hopeful” that the show will get a second season.
In comments left on social media, Kail has insisted that she is not responsible for setting the prices for the episodes.
“I had nothing to do with pricing. 😭,” she wrote in the comment section of creator Rei Clarke‘s Instagram video about the backlash. “I didn’t produce or set pay. I actually didn’t even know the price of it until everyone else did.”
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It is beyond me why anyone; other than the lovely people that recap her nonsense for our amusement, would pay anything to listen to what she has to say. I’ll give her one thing though, whe’s got a really high opinion of herself.
The reality is, and I mean no offense, if you’re stupid enough to pay that kind of money for this trash, that’s your problem. There are much better things to do.
No matter how much she slices and dices herself she still looks like a stuffed pig. She will only attract losers that are there for a check. I wouldn’t watch that mental case if I was paid to.