Ian Reads Anthony’s Angry Letter

Anthony's therapist watching this like: I FUCKING DID IT, I FIXED SMOSH

Two bros, sitting in a studio, 5 feet apart repairing their friendship

Not gonna lie, this totally makes me feel like I'm watching a marriage in therapy

I see a lot of comments that mention Ian's "indifference" to Anthony's letter, and how it's "on-brand" for him. As someone who can kind of relate to Ian, I'd also like to mention that it might be just Ian's way to protect Anthony. He reacts to everything he reads calmly and follows Anthony's reactions, because he doesn't want to feed any more insecurities. I think Ian is actually a very thoughtful person and even calculative, but the very fact that he doesn't voice his concerns or thoughts might cause him to come off as someone who's cold and indifferent. Even with the joke/not-joke apology, he wants to end things with a lighter mood to take attention away from Anthony's vulnerability by making himself a clown. I might be talking out of my ass but that's how I see it.

Anthony: “This letter could ruin our relationship” The letter: 70% complimenting Ian

I'm convinced that to work at Smosh you're required to have written incriminating diaries at one point in your life

That was the most gentle and compassionate angry letter I've ever seen in my life

i like how you can tell anthony genuinely likes being back.

Anthony: Emotionally damaged teen vs Ian: Emotionally unavailable teen. Glad it ended well.

The look in Anthony’s eyes just screams “I know it was 6 years ago but holy fuck I hope he doesn’t take it the wrong way”

Anthony: stress ball of anxiety, constantly concerned about everyone around him Ian: Cool bro. 🤠👍

It's nice to see Ian seem full of life again. He said in previous videos that people often just asked him 'hey are you okay?' and I'm not going to lie, it was always obvious even during the Shayne/Courtney era of Smosh that Ian just.. wasn't there anymore. He was still funny, and around, and did his boss/manager stuff, but he wasn't Ian anymore. Anthony being back seems to have brought a bit of life back to him.

Ian is acting like a dad reading his kids book report

Can’t believe I’m watching two dads having a marriage counseling session

The “Smosh was something I was doing and you were tagging along” thing HURTS bc he STAYED. I’m glad they’re back and healed.

this video really showed how much really has gone unspoken. The fact that Anthony still kinda stood by some of his feelings in the letter and pretty much all of Ian's responses were "no I didn't really feel that way" or "I dont really remember that" says a lot. They're personalities are exactly the kind that when in a friendship together, these kinds of misunderstanding can so easily happen. Anthony seems like a super anxious person who overthinks the intentions and feelings of everyone around him and feels things very strongly. whereas Ian seems like he struggles to/doesn't often connect with his emotions and the emotions of others beyond the surface level--he seems really low maintenance and not very comfortable with discussing his feelings. Take someone who doesn't share his feelings and someone who's constantly making assumptions about people's feelings and you get some pretty chonky misunderstandings.

Honestly, the most shocking thing from this video is imagining Anthony and Ian drinking whiskey and smoking cigars to celebrate buying Smosh back.

All joking aside, it really does sound like a married couple who became too focused on their baby that they forgot to take care of each other and that time apart made them realize how much they really do care about each other and what was wrong. As a child of a broken home (in more ways than one) who never got to see what reconciliation or a healthy relationship, I'm happy to see friends getting along again.

you could tell how much anthony was embarrassed by how red his face kept getting but really this “angry” letter was just a very hurt guy missing his friendship and not knowing how to fix it (also as someone who watched anthony’s old channel he ran with his ex not surprising that his relationship with her damaged the one he had with ian to some extent)

Ian reading Anthony's letter gives off "English Teacher reading your essay to the class and Anthony's just trying to explain the things he wrote" energy