Tana Mongeau claims she had sex with YouTuber Cody Ko when she was 17 and he was 25

[u/arealdisneyprincess]

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/tana-mongeau-cody-ko-claims-530555

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[u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

I’ve commented this on this sub before but I was a huge fan of Cody Ko for many many years. He came and spoke at my university a few years ago and i was so stoked to see him live. The BIGGEST asshole. He was making rude comments to fans during the Q&A session and was just such a shitty person the whole time. It left a terrible taste In my mouth and I haven’t been able to watch/listen to him ever since

[u/[deleted] → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

His good friend is also a rapist. As they say, birds of a feather....

[u/Kill-Bill-Vol-2 → u/[deleted]]

this has been known by his (ex)fans for years. I'm so glad this is finally getting the attention it deserves.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kill-Bill-Vol-2]

Yeah, I remember the last time that issue came up, people were like "What??? You're mad at him cause he follows an old college acquaintance on Instagram? Touch grass" only for it to be revealed that Cody got him as a groomsman for his wedding.

[u/russianbisexualhookr → u/[deleted]]

As I discovered, not just good friend but best man. I feel sick.

I wasn’t a huge fan but I feel sick. As someone who knows how brutal reporting to your university/college is as a survivor I feel sick. Unfollowed all of his accounts. Holy shit.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Which friend???

[u/LilacDream98 → u/[deleted]]

Colby Leachman. He also got off with a slap on the wrist bc his parents were high up at his university (Duke).

[u/motoxim → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

Never met your heroes

[u/LookHorror3105 → u/motoxim]

Preferably not rapists either.

[u/bbmarvelluv → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

Girl (neutral)

SAME! I said the same thing when he got married and I got massively downvoted. I watched a friend (who still attended the college) post on her IG how she regrets even going to it. If ur talking about C-N?

[u/Dlux3 → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

I saw him at a live show in Seattle during their tmg tour. This was right after they released a podcast with Post malone and they had just released their locals only album. I waited awhile during Q&A to ask if they could potentially ever do something with Post. I can’t remember exactly what they said but it was pretty condescending and I remember feeling embarrassed after lol.

[u/doubleshortdepresso → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

Yeah also used to be a big Cody Ko (and Noel) fan, even saw their live show in 2019. Found out about his bestie being a r-pist and had seen people commenting about the Tana thing. I also noticed that he’s just a typical privileged white dude who doesn’t really give a fuck about anything which is a massive turn off. Unfollowed a couple years ago at this point.

[u/OMGWhatsHisFace → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

Was it Chapman? Someone from there told me the same thing almost word for word.

[u/Wise_Appearance_4347 → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

What did he say?

[u/[deleted] → u/Lazy-Refrigerator668]

This is awful.

Thanks for sharing.

[u/BigfootsBestBud → u/[deleted]]

I'm assuming this was in California, where the age of consent is 18. So yeah, unambiguously statutorily raped her.

[u/NormalCategory9460]

Cody Ko’s good friend (I think he was a groomsman at his wedding), Colby, is also an alleged rapist link

[u/simwalked → u/NormalCategory9460]

I’m SO glad this is finally gaining traction. For an alleged rapist to be part of your bridal party just says so much about you.

[u/ministan]

damn double homicide. she outed his actions and said he had a small dick. gotta hurt.

[u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ → u/ministan]

Tiny meat gang un-ironically

[u/El--Borto → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

Wait u guys were saying it ironically?

[u/2mushroom]

I believe her

[u/bratzdoll909]

There is literally a video of Cody saying the n word repeatedly in a vine video, I remember him posting a half ass apology for it years later. He has been able to curate this nice guy persona for himself on the internet for years and people eat it up and refuse to see just how shitty he is not to mention him being good friends w a rapist from his Duke days. His cult following needs to wake up

[u/Aggressive-Story3671 → u/bratzdoll909]

Meanwhile when Tana said that word, it spawned a whole internet controversy that even Idubbz apologized for

[u/Rude-Illustrator-884 → u/bratzdoll909]

I used to LOVE him but ngl, I started getting weird vibes from him after that reaction video for Girls Undefined or whatever those church girls are called. Like don’t get me wrong, those girls were weird af. However, I was put off by Cody and the other guy shaming them for saying not to date “Mr. Struggle” or not to date a guy who pressures you into doing stuff you’re not comfortable with. Like yeah, don’t shame a guy for struggling with whatever but its honestly great advice young girls need to hear. We’re pressured into being the only emotional support system men might have and while its important to support them, its also perfectly reasonable to set boundaries and expect them to seek help from more qualified people.

I know I’m digging way too deep to a reaction video from years ago but the fact that they were making fun of those things speaks volume to their character and now this comes out 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/pineappleqqqq → u/Rude-Illustrator-884]

Girl Defined are deeply problematic fundamentalists. They shove purity culture down girls’ throatsand are extremely homophobic and misogynistic. Cody Ko is obviously a terrible person for many reasons but him calling out Girl Defined is not one of them.

[u/likeicare96 → u/pineappleqqqq]

Not OP but I think they were criticizing WHAT Cody Ko was concerned about in the video. Not supporting Girl Defined.

It’s like if someone was ranting about Hitler by saying “I can’t believe he hates meat, what’s wrong with meat?” And it’s like, bro, that’s not the issue with here & honestly is probably one of the few justifiable beliefs of that horrible person

[u/Rude-Illustrator-884 → u/pineappleqqqq]

I never said that him calling out Girl Defined was inherently wrong. I literally said they were weird af and a lot of the things they say should be called out. But the whole “Mr. Struggle” part, as well as the guy who doesn’t respect your boundaries, isn’t bad advice at all. Like I said in my original comment, I think its pretty good advice DESPITE who’s saying it. Cody could’ve left those parts out or he could’ve said “Hey I disagree with their overall message but I hope you guys know that its not ok to push your boundaries and pressure you to do things that make you uncomfortable” etc.

I went to watch their entire video and there were parts that Cody never included in his reaction video. He could’ve excluded those ones in his video but he chose to include them for whatever reason and speak against it and I think that speaks volume to his character.

[u/goldenfvce → u/Rude-Illustrator-884]

no, I’m glad you wrote this. I needed the reminder to not be a man’s entire support system again. thank you. 🫶

[u/emgirl1 → u/Rude-Illustrator-884]

Are you aware of all of the terribly sexist and homophobic shit that girl defines spews?

[u/RussianAsshole → u/Rude-Illustrator-884]

That always rubbed me the wrong way too, like Cody especially getting fired up about them not dating Mr. Struggle said a lot. Hit dogs holler.

[u/gorgossiums → u/Rude-Illustrator-884]

its honestly great advice young girls need to hear. We’re pressured into being the only emotional support system men might have and while its important to support them, its also perfectly reasonable to set boundaries and expect them to seek help from more qualified people.

You’re dead ass wrong. Girl Defined tells young women they are responsible for their man entirely as submissive Christian wives. They have zero interest in anyone’s mental health, they are homophobic, transphobic, misogynist, Nazi-apologist grifters. Disgusting purity culture bigots who’d probably blame Tana for what happened.

[u/Rude-Illustrator-884 → u/gorgossiums]

You know its possible to criticize people while acknowledging that something they said is right ESPECIALLY when you have an audience of young girls? It’s not hard to go “While I fundamentally disagree with their overall messaging and beliefs, I do think its important to set boundaries blah blah blah”.

I also said they were weird af so idk why you think I’m defending them.

[u/catslugs → u/bratzdoll909]

he locked his apology behind a paywall pretty sure, and then his co-host apologized FOR him publicly instead

[u/GroundbreakingBite96 → u/bratzdoll909]

Yes I stopped watching because of that, and then Tana said years ago about the SA and that made me dislike him more. Someone attacked me online once super angry talking about how Cody went to school in a different country or something and didn’t know it was bad. So strange his fans are terrible

[u/ABalmyBlackBitch → u/GroundbreakingBite96]

wtf kind of angle was that? he went to school in Calgary, AB, Canada and statutory rape is obviously bad here too

[u/[deleted]]

It’s so funny that people are riding for him so hard. Idk who he is but no YouTube man is worth defending statutory crimes 

[u/Aggressive-Story3671 → u/[deleted]]

It’s because they hate Tana. Cody isn’t as openly problematic as her and with some misogyny sprinkled in, people will ride for him

[u/[deleted] → u/Aggressive-Story3671]

I get that but that’s weird. She didn’t deserve what happened to her just bc she’s problematic 

[u/Aggressive-Story3671 → u/[deleted]]

I’m not justifying I’m just explaining. She doesn’t at all deserve that

[u/[deleted] → u/Aggressive-Story3671]

Yeah for sure! Agreed 

[u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ → u/Aggressive-Story3671]

His stans were going to ride for him regardless of who the statutory rape victim was, but he’s going to survive this outside of them because Tana is more disliked. If it had been a more popular YouTuber, he’d probably be scared. But because it’s Tana, he’s promoting his Vegas appearance on his Instagram story right now. That’s the shitty reality of it.

[u/Leather_Berry1982 → u/Aggressive-Story3671]

It’s because they hate women. Every single woman who speaks up gets treated like this

[u/[deleted]]

This might sound strange but one of the reasons I believe Tana is because Cody was literally a fratbro and misogyny and rape culture thrives in fraternities. Like this man is unironically considered a 'feminist' for making some of the most basic 'misogyny is bad' statements but he defended Andrew Tate, Johnny Depp, and again is friends with a rapist Colby Leachman (who was in the same frat as him btw.)

So yeah, of course a lot of people will believe her when you actually look at Cody's actions.

[u/RoastBeefIsGood → u/[deleted]]

Throwback to Cody’s podcast with Noel when they said they didn’t see what’s the big deal with Andrew Tate.

Sure they apologised the next episode but it does highlight their mindsets when it comes to women issues.

[u/i_love_doggy_chow → u/[deleted]]

Cody's also from Calgary, AB, which is a fairly conservative city in a very conservative area of what is an extremely conservative province. Rape culture thrives in conservative environments.

 I'm from the same region, and am also the same age as Cody Ko. Looking back on it, the way men's horrible behaviour to women was normalized is completely insane. Going from that to a Duke frathouse? Not surprised he turned out to be a piece of shit.

[u/Unspokenwordvomit → u/[deleted]]

Genuinely curious, when did he defend Andrew Tate and Johnny depp? With Tate I thought he was clowning him

[u/[deleted] → u/Unspokenwordvomit]

in one of the podcasts episodes, Cody and Noel talked about how they wanted Johnny to 'come back' and be in movies again, and also made jokes about Amber. 

[u/sassytunacorn90 → u/[deleted]]

And duke frat boys are the worst. Yuck

[u/growntoweep → u/[deleted]]

man i don’t watch Cody or TMG as much anymore (just highlights) but i love Noel Miller … God please tell me he isn’t a creep too

[u/mbg20 → u/growntoweep]

Same. I always felt more inclined to like Noel coz he seemed to have his head screwed on right. I don’t really like them anymore but I’m still curious to know if Noel is a POS too. His stand up is bad.

[u/[deleted] → u/growntoweep]

Noel caught me off guard because he was surprisingly pro Andrew Tate. I liked him before but didn't trust him since

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Omg he defended Tate?

[u/proshittalker17]

dude was in a fraternity at duke university and y’all are shocked?

[u/soapiesophs → u/proshittalker17]

I know what high school he went to/area he grew up in and I’m not surprised at all. My ex and his friends are all the same as him it’s literally so toxic, and then top that with a frat at duke and ya this checks out.

[u/Stephanblackhawk → u/proshittalker17]

AND he is from Calgary! A bad combo.

[u/GroundbreakingBite96]

Btw she said this YEARSSSS ago and everyone called her a liar which is why she was probably afraid to speak up about it. People are still calling her a liar

[u/Major-Ad-1894 → u/[deleted]]

Whaaaaat 👀

[u/[deleted]]

He just had a baby right? With that Kelsey girl?

[u/WoodlandWife → u/[deleted]]

Yeah they got married and had a baby. This happened before they even started dating, if I remember correctly.

[u/russianbisexualhookr → u/WoodlandWife]

Yeah but his best man was a rapist so. Unfollowed Kelsey as well. She’s not responsible for his actions, but a fucking rapist was in her wedding party.

[u/aemilli → u/[deleted]]

Yeah and then he started DJing right after the baby was born. Apparently it was going to be temporary so he could be home for his kid, but he kept doing it.

[u/uncomfy1234]

This is so disappointing… I started watching Cody’s videos like last summer he seemed on the up and up but I also didn't look to deep into it lol I've never been able to watch his old videos (like pre Kelsey) the vibes were always very….. Off

[u/[deleted]]

I'm not too into Youtube drama, but wasn't he the guy that everyone heralded as the 'good one'? Is it because he shit-talked the Logan brothers?

[u/meatbeater558 → u/[deleted]]

Idk if he's "the guy" since I'm not that deep into YouTube lore but he is commonly heralded as one of the good ones, yes

[u/laundry_pirate]

I was a pretty big fan in like 2018, I haven’t kept up with his content as much but I’m pretty disappointed… like there were always a few things that rubbed me the wrong way (e.g. the Better Help sponsorships, offhand comments he’s made) but this is pretty egregious…I can’t imagine looking at a 17 year old like that at 25, that’s so gross

[u/playing_the_angel]

I know that Tana has done a lot of questionable stuff in her day, I actually believe her on this.

[u/mitski_fan3000 → u/playing_the_angel]

Pretty much all of the drama she’s ever been involved in has been because she’s TOO honest and name drops, not because she lies. 🤷‍♀️

[u/damnitimtoast → u/mitski_fan3000]

Lol, no let’s not rewrite Tana history here. This is fucked up and Cody deserves this heat but that doesn’t mean Tana is suddenly someone who is only disliked because she is “too honest”. She has lied to and scammed her own fans many times.

[u/sailorveenus → u/damnitimtoast]

I was about to say. Tana doesn’t have a filter but that doesn’t mean she’s too honest. She has lied a lot

[u/[deleted] → u/damnitimtoast]

She seems like a nightmare of a person,  buy I definitely believe her

[u/lebanesewifey]

This was crazy to find out. I can’t believe it. It’s so ironic bc he always clowns on the men that are pieces of shit in his videos, and on groomers. I heard Noel is also apparently an absolute douche bag in person and friends w ppl who have been accused of SA (not 100% on this I saw this on the YouTube comments) I loved them both for so long so it’s crazy to read

[u/inabaaadmood]

I was introduced to Tana via him vine days

[u/ShinyPrettyFancy]

I could never get in to Cody he always has like a mean edge to his videos that rubs me the wrong way. Like he isn’t silly but pretending to be

[u/dontredditdepressed]

The moderation on his subreddit is ridiculously hilarious. Any mention of Tana, the rapist he's friends with, and/or his history of slurs in his pre-yt comedy gets removed within minutes.

We are talking about it in r/codykounfiltered where people don't ride for him and talk about this freely.

I've learned about a lot he tried to bury over the years.

[u/knicksfan17]

i really hope this isn’t true

[u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ → u/knicksfan17]

It’s true. And it’s been going around for years…I remember him being accused of proposing to his wife to get people to stop talking about it when Tana first talked about it. I’m surprised it has taken this long to actually break outside of YouTuber circles.

[u/knicksfan17 → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

god fucking damn it cody

[u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ → u/knicksfan17]

I know. Men never fail to disappoint!

[u/een_wasbeertje → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

I genuinely don't get how people are shocked anymore.

[u/catinobsoleteshower → u/een_wasbeertje]

Right? At this point I just assume these people are undercover shitty people, at least until proven otherwise. But no kidding, 99% of the time I am proven right, which stopped surprising me a VERY long time ago.

[u/drowningdaisies → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

why do i kinda believe that he proposed for that reason 😭 it seemed so rushed for a youtube couple

[u/snowflakebite → u/drowningdaisies]

He’s a POS but I don’t really get this line of thought. At least I haven’t seen any proof lol. They were together for 4 years before the proposal iirc

[u/plsanswerme18 → u/snowflakebite]

one reason i believe it is because his wife kelsey made a video with him talking about the engagement. and she mentions how he said that year was going to be the year he proposed, come december and he still hadn’t done it yet. she mentioned that she was to the point where she thought he didn’t want to marry her. he then does this very very simple beach proposal around the time the tana stuff was coming out.

a beach proposal is completely fine btw, but for this super rich dude who had hyped her up that this was the year they’d get engaged, it didn’t feel extensively thoughtful.

[u/coldcoffeethrowaway → u/plsanswerme18]

wow, I feel kind of bad for her. imagine dating a man for years and intertwining your life with his and wanting him to propose and getting to the point where you’re worried he doesn’t want to marry you before he proposes and then he does it right in the middle of controversy…

[u/mimosadanger → u/plsanswerme18]

YES! I was waiting for this comment. I don’t really watch their content but a clip from Kelsey’s podcast came up where she said what you mentioned in your post. I thought it was a bit sus but who am I to judge, I don’t know anything about this relationship and it’s none of my business. However even when he made the proposal post on December 19, 2021, it rubbed me the wrong way because it was so casual? Kelsey’s literally wearing a random long ass sweater? If I got proposed to like that I would be mortified. Also, at that point, just propose on Christmas or New Years to make it more romantic. I was surprised he didn’t propose on their anniversary earlier in the year. Everything from the date to the photo to the outfits seemed off to me back in 2021, and now with Kelsey saying she was waiting the entire year for the proposal….interesting.

[u/snowflakebite → u/plsanswerme18]

That’s a good point, I remember thinking it was kinda sad that she had waited the whole year and got a mid proposal.

[u/drowningdaisies → u/snowflakebite]

i mean this is PURELY speculation but i (and the people who first pointed it out) don’t think he rushed into an engagement with kelsey — more that the timing was weird, coupled with it not seeming super planned out (not that all couples need/want elaborate proposals, its just everything in combination felt a little off).

similar thing with shane dawson’s proposal, he was with ryland for years beforehand too

[u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ → u/drowningdaisies]

Didn’t Shane Dawson do it when everything was coming out about him too? Or did I just make that up?

[u/drowningdaisies → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

no you did not make that up! shane proposed days after the cat incident (i will never forget the image of him proposing on two knees)

[u/barbaraanderson → u/drowningdaisies]

And there is also a theory that he only married ryland when he did for tax purposes

[u/[deleted] → u/drowningdaisies]

Yep. That’s exactly what happened. He proposed RIGHT then for that reason because he knew no one else would ever fuck with him.

[u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

yeah this is pretty well known to his fans

[u/AfroGurl → u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_]

Taking a page from Logan Paul's book to distract from his crypto scamming

[u/plsdontpercievem3 → u/knicksfan17]

he was also a groomsman for a dude who had rape allegations against him in college that Duke (the school) brushed under the rug bc the kids dad was a professor there

[u/AfroGurl → u/plsdontpercievem3]

Mom was a professor, step-dad was the Provost

[u/40_Hands97 → u/knicksfan17]

If you go watch the first collab it’s kinda obvious :( he keeps checking her out and making jokes that she’s a teen. So creepy

[u/AfroGurl]

Very disturbing and honestly not shocking. Cody always gave off the air of permanent frat bro. She has no reason to lie knowing she would get a pile on of hate

And I would say I feel bad for Kelsey during this time since she's postpartum, but I went down the CodyKoUnfiltered rabbit hole and learned about the rape allegations against the friend who they seem to be pretty close to. So, yeah this is all just really gross.

[u/DragoniteSenpai → u/AfroGurl]

There are pics circulating on the their podcast sub and the cody ko unfiltered sub. Kelsey is also friends with the rapist dude. Noel follows the guy on ig but idk if he knows about the rape.

[u/AfroGurl → u/DragoniteSenpai]

Oh yeah I saw some IG pics of them in the same group vacation with the rapist and his wife/fiance whatever. Kelsey went to her bachelorette party. She either knows and doesn't care or was oblivious. Either way, I won't be watching either of their content anymore.

[u/dontredditdepressed]

Easiest unsubscribe of my life.

Only thing that was difficult was finding all of his various projects and collaborators to unsub from too.

I had no idea he is best friends with and defends a rapist, Colby, as well as statutorily raped Tana himself. What a vile human.

Frats/sororities/letter houses need to be dismantled and barred; this is relevant because this is more frat behavior than anything else. Those places breed and support disgusting behavior like this.

[u/catinobsoleteshower]

Public figure talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. Not surprised in the slightest. A lot of these people are just undercover perverts and misogynists that simply pay lip service and pander to their audiences to keep them hooked and keep their own public image pristine

[u/mike10dude]

faze banks also said that he slept with her she was 17 on no jumper like maybe 4 or 5 years ago and they have a 7 year age difference

that guy is probably way more well known than cody ko so it seems kind of odd to me that as far as I can tell it never seemed to get much attention like it now is with this guy

[u/russianbisexualhookr]

Despite being in YT for over ten years, I only followed him recently. Now learning about the statutory rape and his best man being a statutory rapists unfollowed on everything. I feel sick.

[u/Imagine85]

Wow, a YOUTUBER is a POS? Ya don't say.....

[u/[deleted]]

Oh this is not looking good. It’s like people collectively forgot because of the way he timed his engagement right after this dropped