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After controversial YouTuber Gabbie Hanna claimed she had been mistreated on the set of the YouTube Originals series "Escape the Night," the show's senior producer released an hour-long YouTube video denying her allegations with purported screenshots of texts, an audio message, and video clips from the set.
Daniel Preda, who worked on all four seasons of "Escape the Night," released his video after his co-producer
Hanna claimed on Sunday in an exposé video that her eating disorder was triggered by Graceffa and Preda failing to provide healthy meal options for her on set during the filming of season 4 in March 2019. She also complained that her costume was ill-fitting and that Graceffa and Preda talked badly of her publicly after the series killed off her character for Hannah's admittedly poor behavior toward the production crew.
In his video, Preda said that Hanna was "verbally abusive," while Graceffa said she was a "nightmare" to work with. Preda said Hanna had "an agenda" in her exposé video, which is part of a series Hanna is making about her biggest drama called "Confessions of a Washed-Up YouTube Has-Been."
Preda shared a timeline of his behind-the-scenes "Escape the Night" conflicts with Hanna
Hanna appeared in seasons 2 and 4 (the "All Stars" season) of "Escape the Night," a scripted competition series starring popular YouTubers playing fictional characters. Hanna made it to episode 7 out of 10 in season 2 before her character died, but Preda claimed that she had some behind-the-scenes drama in 2017 with other cast members.
In her video, Hanna said she acknowledged that she behaved poorly on set both seasons, but that she reluctantly agreed to return for "All Stars." She said that untreated ADHD symptoms were partially to blame for her not being comfortable on set working long hours with long breaks in between filming.
According to Preda, Hanna missed or delayed production obligations before and after filming, and that he and other showrunners decided to kill her character off by the third day of filming - in part, Preda said, because a more experienced cast member asked for her own character to be killed off the show due to Hanna's behavior on set.
On the third day of filming, Preda said that Hanna "blew up" on set and yelled at the show's director and other crew members. Hanna confirmed that account in her own video. Preda said Hanna called the director a "f---ing asshole" and "screamed" at people.
On set to shoot promotional materials, Preda said that Hanna called a production assistant a "dumb f---ing c---" after the woman moved her call time 20 minutes back. In a tweet on Sunday, Hanna said that she didn't "remember it like that," but that she "wouldn't be surprised" if she had indeed said that to the assistant.
Preda went on to say that he didn't speak out about Hanna's behavior in part to stay professional regarding "Escape the Night" and in part because of what Preda described as Hanna's volatile online presence.
"I am quick to check a b---- when she's out of line," Preda said. "And Gabbie, you are extremely out of line."
Hanna did not respond to Insider's inquiries regarding Preda's allegations.
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