Billie
Billie was Taylor's (Greg's wife) girlfriend. Greg cheated on Taylor with Billie and he attempted to date Billie for a brief time before changing his mind and getting back together with his wife.
Each time Billie visited Taylor and Greg, she would appear in their YouTube videos and they would appear in hers. When everything on this page went down, Billie was 18, Taylor was 21, and Greg was 30.
Early Relationship
According to Billie, Taylor first contacted her on Twitter asking her if she was interested in girls, how old she was, and eventually saying she wanted to see her. (Source)
Taylor says Greg was the one that was pushing her to date Billie and that it was his idea in the first place. (Source) She believed he did this because he would get something out of it. (Source)
Billie came to visit Taylor and Greg in early December 2015. (Source) Greg says this was so Lain and Billie could get to know one another because they planned on dating. Greg says during the visit, Taylor became mad and even cried because Billie and Greg were spending a lot of the time together, rather than Billie concentrating on getting to know Taylor. Taylor felt that Billie might have been there for Greg and not really for her, but Billie denied this. Greg says he felt Taylor was being unfair and encouraged Lain to give Billie another chance. Taylor drove Billie to the airport when the trip was over, and Greg says by the time they made it to the airport they were on good terms again. ($ource)
Taylor says she was upset because Greg and Billie were flirting in-front of her, but they both denied it and told her she was being crazy. (Source)
Dating Taylor
Greg says 90% of his interactions with Billie were about how to make her relationship with Taylor work and as time passed, he continued to encourage Taylor to peruse Billie as a girlfriend. He says he even gave Billie money to buy a Christmas gift for Lain. Greg says eventually, Taylor asked out Billie with a small letter and a CD of her favorite songs.
Greg says "we" got Billie another plane ticket to stay longer than last time. Greg says Taylor was originally looking forward to it, until Billie missed the first flight. According to Greg, this confirmed Taylor's suspicions that Billie was not interested in her. Taylor was now saying she couldn't wait for Billie to leave before she even arrived. Despite this, Taylor picked up Billie from the airport and they kissed. Greg says things seemed okay between them.
Greg says one night he, Taylor, and Billie had a threesome, but Taylor stopped it when they got to third base. The next day, Taylor told Greg she did not think she would be having sex with Billie within the next few days, even though Greg told her he wanted to go further. Greg says he told her many times in the past that he wanted to "make love to her while she stimulated another woman." He says Taylor's decision not to be intimate with Billie for the next few days disappointed him and made him feel like she let him down. "Essentially I was reacting like she broke a promise she never made." He says he felt like marrying someone that is bisexual was a "dream come true" because "seeing two women make love to each other is absolutely beautiful to me." Greg also says because of the experience the day before, he became emotionally connected to Billie.
After this conversation, Greg went downstairs to tell Billie what was going on. He says he and Billie were confused and did not know what to do. They played video games and watched a movie. Greg texted Taylor saying he "needed affection" and that he was "really aroused and I feel an intense need for cuddling as well." He asked for permission to cuddle Billie, "followed that with or you can cuddle me?". Greg says Taylor became upset and wanted to leave their home.
Greg says while he helped Taylor pack, he told her he wouldn't do anything with Billie that friends wouldn't do. He admits he was being manipulative and "trying to slip something by her" when saying this because he had a female friend in high school that he would cuddle that Lain knew about. He also says he would cuddle with his male friends, although he would never ask them to cuddle. When Lain left, he cuddled Billie. Greg also says his mother was a masseuse and once gave him a full body massage with lotion, but avoided his gentiles. Greg says he used this as justification to give Billie a full body massage. He says he applied lotion and the massage included her chest and butt. He says after, they took individual showers, then cuddled while watching movies. He says they feel asleep cuddling in Taylor's bed. Greg says they did not have sex.
Greg told Taylor about what he and Billie did the next day and Taylor broke up with him. He says she did not care about the full body massage because Greg and Billie had given her one "48 hours prior", although it did not involve lotion. Greg says he believes what he did with Billie was harmless, but Taylor was upset that she specifically told him not to cuddle her and he did anyway. He refers to this as a "betrayal", rather than cheating. He says he also told Taylor that he loved Billie according to the definition, "an intense feeling of deep affection". He says although he says he told many of his male friends this as well, he meant there was something more than a friendship.
Greg says he signed an agreement to give Taylor a monthly sum of money that a friend of Taylor's agreed was fair. He also signed away full custody of their child to Taylor. He says he planned to see their child on a regular basis, but it is Taylor's right to take that away from him if she wants. ($ource)
Dating Greg
After Taylor left, Greg asked out Billie. (Source) He says just a few hour after he and Taylor were separated, he asked Billie to kiss him and she told him "it was not the right time". He says this was because he was emotionally vulnerable. ($ource)
Greg released parts of his text conversations with Billie in a speaks video. In the first set of texts, Greg asks Billie if she is 100% sure if she wants to come back and she said yes. This was when Greg planned to fly Billie back up to his home 2 weeks after he and Taylor broke up. (Source) The next set of texts shows Greg warning Billie about the internet backlash she will receive because of what happened. He also tells her he did not mention her name in his "I Betrayed My Wife" video. She tells him she can handle it. The last set of texts start out as a casual conversation where Billie tells Greg to contact her whenever he's feeling down, but ends with Greg cutting off contact with her by telling her he does not deserve love because of what he did and he needs to be alone. (Source)
Going Public
- Main article: Cuddle Gate
On January 23, 2016, Taylor began tweeting about being heartbroken. (Source) The next day, she asked her followers if it's cheating if your partner cuddled with someone of the gender they are attracted to. Many of her followers agreed that it was cheating, and Taylor would re-tweet fans that said it was cheating. (Source) She began answering questions giving details about the cuddling, but would not reveal who she was talking about. She said this person was told by their partner to not cuddle another person that they were attracted to, but did so anyway while watching a movie. She also posted a selfie where no ring can be seen on her finger. Greg and Taylor both also tweeted about crying. (Source)
The next day, on January 25, 2016, Taylor announced she and Greg are separated. (Source) Taylor answered fan's questions about the situation for the next couple of days, slowly revealing what had happened. According to her twitter, the situation was currently that Greg left her for Billie and is in love with her. (Source) Also, Taylor took their child and dogs and moved out of their home. (Source)
On January 25, 2016, Taylor announced she and Greg were going to go to counseling to try to work on their relationship. (Source) Soon after, Taylor was back to showing off her ring in pictures and Greg announced in a video they were back together in "Re: I Betrayed My Wife" on January 29th. ($ource)
On January 26, 2016 Greg uploaded "I Betrayed My Wife" to his Speaks channel where he announces he and Taylor are separated and goes into detail about the days that lead up he he and Taylor's break up. At the end of the video, text explains they are currently trying to work things out. ($ource)
Aftermath
Viewers had very mixed reactions to the drama. A significantly large number of Greg's fans blamed Taylor for bringing Billie into their marriage, while Taylor's fan-base mostly blamed Greg and/or Billie. Critics and drama followers seem to mostly blame Greg and Billie, although they seem to give Greg more credit for causing the break up because he seemed to have his eye on Billie for some time and was quick to "mutually" agree to break up with Lain and sign away custody of his child.
Soon after Greg and Taylor were back together, Taylor took a short break from the internet while Greg immediately began joking about the recent events on twitter, which is something he continued to do for some time. (Source) In the following month, Greg would make several jokes and parody sketches about the break-up and cuddling in videos and even created two prank videos on his main channel pretending to have separated from Taylor again. ($ource) After seeing the first prank video, Billie thought it was real and texted Greg that she was ready for a relationship with him. (Source) Greg later showed off this text in his reveal video, giving everyone that believed his prank video the middle finger. ($ource)
When asked about the prank and joke videos, Taylor revealed that she does not believe what she went though was a joke and the videos made her cry. (Source) Taylor denied having anything to do with his prank videos. (Source)
Taylor and Billie continued to occasionally attack one another in various ways on social media and in videos without directly saying who they were talking about.