CONTENT creators Chunkz and Yung Filly left fans worried whether recent clash on their podcast, could mark the end not only their hit online show, but off their friendship.
The disagreement took place on Chunkz, 28, and Filly’s, 28, successful podcast: The Chunkz and Filly Show which streams on all podcast platforms, with over 58 million views on YouTube alone.
The difference of opinion happened when Filly expressed to his good friend and co-presenter Chunkz that he had felt lonely the day prior to taping episode 23 of the show.
Filly made the gut-wrenching confession that his feelings of loneliness led him to scroll through his phone to see who he could call.
THE PODCAST DISAGREEMENT
The Colombian-British YouTuber and musician told Chunkz: “I scrolled through my phone yesterday to see who I could call to come and stay at my house. Do you know how sad that is?”
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A puzzled Chunkz was left wondering why Filly didn’t call him, as he responded: “Why didn’t you call me?”
The Grey rapper said: “Chunkz, I know you. There is no way on earth, if I called you and said: ‘Chunkz, I feel lonely. Come and sleep over my house’, you would come over.”
The tension between the close friends grew when Chunkz admitted that he wouldn’t. The London-born internet sensation said: “Yeah, I wouldn’t call, especially if it’s during Ramadan.”
Ramadan is a month of fasting, prayer and reflection for those within the Islamic faith.
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Filly became frustrated with Chunkz as he believed Chunkz may have been using this reason as an excuse for not calling Filly, and being more present as a friend.
The singer-rapper looked to the camera, and said “The lies! He wouldn’t call or come over in general. He’s only been to my house four times.”
Chunkz threw the same question back to his Filly, abruptly asking him: “How many times have you [Filly] been to my house?” Guess.”
Filly angrily responded: “In life I have been to your house way more than you’ve been to mine.”
Things escalated when Chunkz examined further, the reasons why Filly would visit his home. Chunkz said: “And for what reasons did you come over to mine?”
The South London media personality responded: “To come over and chill of course! There’ll be certain times I come over your house just for the sake of staying there. You wouldn’t.”
Chunkz took umbrage with Filly’s comments, and began calling a third party on the phone, their mutual friend, content creator Ilyas Noreaga.
When IIyas was asked by Chunkz, whether Filly had ever shown up to their homes ‘for the sole reason of just hang out with us’, Ilyas responded instantaneously, with a short and simple answer: “No.”
Filly did not like this response, and encouraged IIyas to hang up the phone from his end, before informing him that his response made Filly ‘feel sick’.
The long-time friends ended the conversation with laughter, however the uncomfortable conversation led fans to believe there may be a deeper underlying issue between the two.
An array of comments were left in the comment section of the Tik Tok video clip, which highlighted the awkward exchange.
One fan said: “Chunkz handled this wrong. This podcast is going to rip them apart. It’s showing some underlying fundamental issues in their friendship.”
Another super-fan echoed a similar sentiment, by saying: “They’ve become business partners more than friends. This is how men express loneliness and “friends” don’t see it.”
However, some fans believed the issue may be down to Filly.
The fan said: “If you’re lonely, that means there’s something missing in you. I hope they reconcile amicably. Filly just needs to break out and meet new people.”
THE ORIGINS OF THE CHUNKZ AND FILLY SHOW
Filly began his YouTube career in 2013, creating content which consisted of comedic Q&As and short skits about his experiences of moving to the UK as a child, from Colombia.
In addition to building his own YouTube channel, Filly combined his comedic talents with the cast of YouTube’s Footasylum, by starring in the online dating series Does The Show Fit.
Chunkz began his YouTube career in a similar fashion, in 2015, with his early YouTube videos including challenges, vlogs and pranks.
A few months passed when Chunkz attended an event Filly had been hosting.
At this time, the two who had avidly watched each others content. Chunkz spoke of their initial meeting, last year on YouTube’s Beta Squad channel.
He said: “I met Filly at an event he was hosting. I said ‘I really like your content, and he hugged me and said ‘I really like your work also and let’s collaborate on a video. We’ve been friends since.”
The online personality and former musician became a duo with Filly shortly after meeting.
Chunkz has over 3.4 million subscribers on YouTube, and 271 million views on his channel alone.
Filly has over 1.75 million subscribers, and an astounding total views of 97 million.
In 2018, he hosted BBC Three youth-focused series Hot Property.
The YouTube stars have hosted many online and televised events including Soccer Aid 2020, which saw Filly and Chunkz star on opposite football teams. The episode aired on BBC Sport.
Filly also appeared on The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up to Cancer back in 2022.
The Race Around Britain star launched his music career back in 2017, with his debut single Take Time.
He’s released a string of singles and viral freestyles since then, most recently the song Grey with UK rapper Aitch, 24, released February of this year.
Similarly, Chunkz had released music since his the genesis of this YouTube career, releasing songs such as 2018’s Vibranium and a duet with Filly, 2019’s Hold Up.
However, Chunkz surprised fans back in 2020 when he confirmed he would be quitting music on a vlog post.
FUTURE PLANS
In October 2023, the two best friends announced their eagerly awaited podcast: The Chunkz and Filly Show.
The podcast has captivated the online audience and become a meme favourite for viewers who have followed the friends since the beginning of their careers.
Earlier in the month, Chunkz sparked fear in the hearts of fans as he admitted in an online video that he didn’t know ‘how long I have left to this YouTube thing.’
The podcast has been seemingly going from strength-to-strength and generating millions of views on social media.
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The celebrity friends have a total sum of 7.6 million Instagram followers and can be seen going on holiday, interviewing football stars.
Both are still known for creating exciting prank videos on their individual Instagram accounts.
