Why Grace VanderWaal Isn't A Fan Of Jacob Sartorius

The drama first went down around Thanksgiving in 2017, when Jacob Sartorius shared a (since deleted) video on Instagram to express gratitude for his many blessings, as reported by Teen Vogue. "Thankful," Jacob captioned the pic. "Just a kid out here working my butt off, so glad I have you guys with me. I wouldn't be anywhere without you guys. Here's to 2018 being the biggest year yet!!"

Although the post received praise from Sartorius' fans, Grace VanderWaal took offense to the message. According to the entertainment Twitter account, Pop Crave (which has all the receipts of the contentious, albeit one-sided, convo), VanderWaal had this to say in response: "This is all out of respect. Please let me inform you on how women and men have worked harder than you or I could ever imagine for 3 times our years. No internet, no Spotify, no nothing that makes it so easy to gain so many fans in such little time, just dedication and pure hard work, pushing and pushing to make their dreams happen. Lip syncing on an app and manipulating young girls' feelings and hearts is NOT 'working your butt off.'"

VanderWaal arguably has a point that YouTube and Vine have helped launch countless careers, yet many of Sartorius' followers accused her of "trying to bring [Jacob] down," Teen Vogue noted.