The Try Guys Fans React to Ned Fulmer Affair Admission—'I Do Not Trust Men'

Fans of The Try Guys have been reacting to the explosive news that Ned Fulmer is leaving the group after admitting to a "consensual workplace" affair.

Fulmer was a founding member of The Try Guys, a group that broke away from Buzzfeed and got billions of views for their humorous internet videos. Fellow founding members Keith Hadersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang will continue the group without Fulmer.

On Tuesday, the official social media accounts for The Try Guy wrote that Fulmer was "no longer working" with them "as a result of a thorough internal review" and that they "do not see a path forward together." Not long after, Fulmer posted further details about why he's stepping away.

"Family should have always been my priority, but I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship." Fulmer apologized to The Try Guys, their fans and to his wife Ariel Fulmer, before stating he's going to focus his full attention on his wife and kids from now on.

Fulmer quickly became a trending topic online, with hundreds of thousands of people liking tweets and Reddit threads that discussed the situation.

"Try Guys dropping Ned Fulmer for cheating on his wife and not just automatically sticking by their friend is what we like to see," @mariaok98 said, using applaud emoji to congratulate The Try Guys for their decision on Twitter.

"Ned Fulmer from the try guys cheating on his wife after his entire personality for years was loving his wife is the exact reason i do not trust men," wrote @candiedlinds.

Further adding to the drama, Twitter user @maebejustmaebe highlighted a mysterious since-deleted comment from Reddit over three weeks ago. "Maybe it's the fact Ned openly cheats on his wife and has no remorse. But still plays the "family man" persona on the channel. Kind of wild."

@AleighaforWonho called Fulmer, Adam Levine and John Mulaney the "unholy trinity of saltines who make their brand about loving their wife and still cheat."

Journalist Josh Landes captured the mood of the internet. "Biden's silence on the Ned Fulmer cheating allegations is deafening," he wrote.

Many across Twitter and Reddit referenced the fact that Fulmer was the "my wife" guy and still cheated. "I feel bad for Ariel" wrote @psychedelic666, while @krankz replied "In retrospect that behavior could be seen as an attempt to overcompensate for something."

The impact this story had on the internet was proved by the sheer volume of comments and interaction the story had. "The internet reacting to the Ned Fulmer tea like the press thought we would react to Adam Levine," wrote @xoxoCorrine.

@onvergeofcrying got over 142,000 likes for highlighting how The Try Guys' journey will be coming full circle. "The most ironic part of the Ned Fulmer/Try Guys drama is that someone at Buzzfeed is going to write an article about this," they said.

The Try Guys started in 2014 on Buzzfeed before separating from the site fully in 2018. They've since gained millions of followers on their main YouTube account, and their spin-off accounts. They've also crossed entertainment boundaries with the release of their book, they toured, and also launched their own TV show No Recipe Road Trip with the Try Guys on the Food Network.

Newsweek has reached out to Fulmer for further comment.