I’ve been getting a few asks where people were wondering when I became a fan of Phil etc. So, I decided it was time to share the story of how I discovered PhillyD!

CAUTION: Highly personal so if you don’t like ‘gooey’ things then bye. :D

First thing you should know about me: people have to actually ‘impress’ me for me to subscribe to them, it’s weird. I came across Phil’s channel around 3 years ago, and I watched his older videos first for some reason. And I saw his black and white videos when he was all awkward and he had the intros of him singing “sxephil he’s not sexy. he’s sxe” and all that. Then I went forward to see his more recent videos and he had changed a lot.

Needless to say, I watched his videos and became ‘obsessed’ with his personality and how all my opinions on just anything were similar to his. It was nice to see someone with the same view as me, and in that very small way we could ‘connect’ to one another. It’s again very weird. 

Now you might be wondering what the ‘gooey’ part is. And that’s what I’m getting to now.

When I first came across Philip DeFranco a lot was going on in my life at the time. My sister had medical issues at the time, and my parents would constantly be in the hospital with her overnight on some occasions. Needless to say she was in a rough patch and that brought my parents along. My other sister would be at college and wouldn’t come home till really late at night. And during those days I literally was home alone and had no one around me to talk to. Sure, I had my friends, but they didn’t know what was going on at home and I didn’t want to tell them, because I didn’t want their sympathy (tyvm).

So yeah, I would come home and feel like crap because I wouldn’t be able to visit my sister in the hospital because my parents didn’t want me to see her in the state she was in at the time. And I’d go home and just watch Phil’s videos and not only learn about what else was going on in the world other than my life, but just enjoy his small jokes cut in between the stories. It was exactly what I needed. I didn’t need skit videos with crude comedy, I really just needed the PDS.

Erm yeah. That’s my personal Philip DeFranco story and stuff. I need to thank Phil for being awesome and even if he doesn’t know it, he’s really made a huge impact not only on my life, but for others too! It’s a lot I’m sharing but I love you Internet. P.S. My sister is fine now, and has never been better. xx