I joined the fandom after he left YouTube, so I don’t have many good examples, but there was that one Instagram story about a month ago where he was just super weird. This allows him to shout at them for one thing and then get mad that they didn’t do it. His weapon is his popularity and he isn’t afraid to use it. He establishes his dominance early on, making it easier for him to have outrageous demands later on. He makes his victims feel shitty- he’s so rich and famous and they’re uglier and stupider than his exes, they should be thankful he’s dating them. In conclusion, Craig uses his mental illness to make people feel bad for them and controls/manipulates/abuses them like that. I’m happy to see that Sami is speaking up against him and acknowledges that he was manipulating in their relationship too. He got to play the ‘we just fell out of love’ card before she could even process what happened and what she wanted to say. He got to say what he wanted, and Sami speaking up after that will just make her seem petty/weird. This was later seen with Sami as well- he made a post that they broke up, and some time later said he’s sorry for rushing to things and didn’t mean to hurt anyone etc. Other than the obvious victim painting where he says Brian called him fucked up etc (note how he said Brian made fun of his mental illness, something he plays on a lot), he painted himself as the good guy by saying he’s trying to reach out to Brian but Brian isn’t answering and that he doesn’t want his fans to attack Brian. Craig uses this ‘technique’ in everything else he does- he painted himself as the victim and good guy in the Brian fued. These little things allowed him to slowly solidify his relationship and become controlling. He says things like ‘tell me my dick is big it makes me feel good’ and then when they did, he’d ‘reward’ them by saying he’s happy. He’d make his victims feel good about themselves, that they’re helping him, saving him, doing the right thing. His method is painting himself as either the good guy/the poor guy/ the depressed guy with anxiety.

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