No traces of dirt? The guy is a self-confirmed pederast, kid-fucker, rapist.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" (after you, who's last, it's DOOM, he's the worst known)
Resurrecting this thread because apparently Gangster Popeye got called out for manipulating and abusing a woman ten years younger than her.
A little background, Gangster Popeye (a.k.a. Rain Terranova) (Facebook, Twitter [down], Instagram, Patreon) has been a consistent fixture of lefty/queer meme circles on social media since around 2014. In 2019 she co-hosted the Adult Swim web show Bottom Text, which also featured Fatima Khan, gayvapeshark, Cindie Xin, meme_for_speed, and Joelle Bouchard. Its basically a podcast where they talk about memes filmed at the Turner Broadcasting studio in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earlier today Cindie Xin posted (then later deleted) a multiple-picture Instagram post made up of screencaps of a Google Doc she wrote accusing Gangster Popeye of manipulation, abuse, gaslighting, and a prolonged period where GP continued to pester Xin for sex until eventually she gave into the pressure. The document paints a picture of a trans woman in her 30's preying on a 21 year old and lording her internet clout over her for sex. After discussing the situation with the other hosts of Bottom Text, who were under the impression that they were in a consenting relationship, GP was removed from the show and was asked to move out of the house she shared with some of the other hosts.
After discovering the accusations, GP decided to respond by declaring herself the victim. "I've been abused and manipulated so much that I can't see when I'm actually being manipulative!" Not long after she posted this non-apology, she deactivated her Facebook.I worked on Bottom Text digital show on Adult Swim from May to July 2019 with Rain Terranova, known popularly online as @gangsterpopeye. During our time working together, I experienced a series of unwanted sexual and romantic advances as well as manipulation through emotionally abusive language and other intimidation tactics.
I believe it is important for me to come forward and share these experiences now to give a warning to those in the community and beyond who are currently in contact with Rain or who may come into contact with her in the future.
The first unwanted advance occurred in February 2019. At this time I was 21 and she was 31. Rain had just moved to Atlanta, and was living in a house with @djinn_kazama and @gayvapeshark. Soon after moving in, Rain and I met up for dinner, then she asked if she could come to my house to do laundry. At this point, I had made no indication that I was interested in any sexual or romantic relationship with her. When we were alone in my apartment, Rain forcibly kissed me, to which I vocalized my discomfort, telling her that I was not interested in anything besides a platonic friendship. She apologized for kissing me, but proceeded to repeatedly and intentionally misinterpret my words by saying things like “We can take it slow” when I tried several times to explain that I was not interested in any kind of relationship beyond strictly platonic.
Although that was the first red flag, I let it slide for the sake of working on Bottom Text together. This was the opportunity of a lifetime for me and I didn’t want to let what I perceived as a small misunderstanding with a cast member get in the way of such a large project. Moreover, I had been following @gangsterpopeye online for years, and was excited to be working with her. Although her advances made me uncomfortable, I still wanted to maintain a positive working relationship and, naively, a healthy friendship with her.
During the next couple of months, Rain became increasingly physically touchy with me. She insisted on being physically close by doing things like putting her head on my shoulder or lying on me while sitting on the couch. I didn’t consider this to be weird at the time, as she told me that it was “platonic cuddling” and that it was good for her mental health. She would do these things during group meetings with the rest of the Bottom Text group, and while I never caused a scene or spoke out against it, the other cast members have told me that they could tell that I looked uncomfortable and that they were concerned.
The next time things escalated was after I returned from a trip to Boston in May 2019, right after the first episode of Bottom Text had aired. If you look at my page and posts, I talk a lot about abstaining from sexual activities in general, which was a defining characteristic of my lifestyle in Atlanta. When I was in Boston, I did hook up with somebody who I have known and trusted for a long time and with whom I had previous encounters. When I got back I mistakenly told Rain about this, which made her extremely angry. She used slut-shaming language, calling me “gross” for engaging in sexual activities with somebody else, while rejecting advances from her, somebody who “actually cared about me.”
That night I felt very confused by her anger and wanted to fix things, so I agreed to hook up with her. After we hooked up, I told her I was not interested in hooking up again, and she seemed to be okay with my decision.
About a week after that, Rain asked to come over to do laundry again. Admittedly, I was suspicious about her motives. But feeling like I should give her the benefit of the doubt, I let her come over, and this time, she convinced me to let her sleep over. Since I only have one bed and no couch, we had to share the bed, and we hooked up again. During this time I remember being uncomfortable. However, I did not at any time verbally say no or physically resist her advances, so I understand why she may have felt like I was on the same page. After she finished, I started crying. She responded by getting angry with me and telling me that it was “my choice,” and that she didn’t “force me into anything.” As I have stated, at the time I did not verbally or physically resist, so she was correct in that regard.
That was the last time we had any sexual contact. A few days later she sent me an unsolicited nude photo of her genitals. This made me very uncomfortable, but I didn’t say anything besides “haha” and subsequently stopped replying to Rain’s messages during the week and tried to interact with her as little as possible outside of working on Bottom Text. After the second to last episode that I was on, I drove everybody home after filming, and Rain intercepted me to talk on the porch of the group’s house. She was upset and asked me if we could hook up again. I said that I was not interested in doing anything for the foreseeable future. She became angry after this and demanded to know exactly when we would be able to hook up again. I repeated my answer and said that I would let her know if anything changed, and then drove home.
Throughout the last episode of Bottom Text I was on, Rain was treating me rudely during the episode and off the screen. She refused to talk to me and was bad-mouthing me to the other cast and crew members. When we got back to the group’s house, Rain disappeared into her room and started yelling, and I could hear her throwing things. I felt physically scared so I left the house, drove to my apartment, and went to sleep. When I woke up I had received the following messages from her:
I was very intimidated by these messages, and I believe them to be emotionally abusive. After this I blocked her across all platforms. I felt like I had to quit Bottom Text, so I sent a message to the group informing them that I would no longer be on the show. Over the next few days, the other cast members contacted me individually, and I explained to them what had happened with Rain. This is when I received some surprising information.
First, I found out that Rain had told everybody that she and I were dating since before she forcibly kissed me for the first time in February. She had also been telling all our friends that we were hooking up and that she had sent me nudes and that I was “cool with it.” At the same time, she had been telling me that nobody knew and to keep it on the DL. I believe that she was doing this intentionally to prevent me from talking to our friends about it and thus realizing that her behavior was predatory and manipulative.
Something else that bothered me a lot was that Rain would consistently misgender me. I identify as non-binary and prefer they/them pronouns, but I am aware that I present very feminine and am very understanding when people use she/her pronouns for me. However, I believe Rain was being intentionally manipulative because she used my correct pronouns when we were on screen or online, but when we were alone she would always say that I am actually a girl and use she/her pronouns. I believe that she did this to gain influence over my identity and to make me doubt myself.
It was important to me to share my experience so that others, especially young women, who work with or come into contact with Rain in the future can exercise precaution when dealing with her. I know that not everybody will believe me or take me seriously, but I do not think this is acceptable behavior, especially from somebody who, through their online presence, seems to have a very good intellectual grasp on what an abusive and coercive relationship is.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this. Rain has been removed from Bottom Text and has been asked to move out of the group’s house. I believe it is important to deplatform abusers in the community, but I leave it up to you to make your own judgment on how you proceed to engage with Rain and her content. However, I ask that you please do not send her hateful or abusive messages, as that is not how we break the cycle of abuse. My DMs are open to anybody who wants to talk or wants anything clarified. It would mean the world to me if you could help me share this and have my point of view heard by as many as possible.
The Facebook page Weak Critiques of Leftbook Made in LibreOffice Writer shared the callout and one of GP's former roommates came forward with a similar story to Cindie Xin's.
It seems like this behavior is par for the course with Gangster Popeye, its entirely possible other people will come out with their own stories.
EDIT: Didn't wanna double post, GP posted another non-apology on Instagram that was deleted. Found this screencap on Twitter.
I bet he turns back up under a different identity and at least tries to infiltrate the meme scene again. He was at one time the most popular meme creator and that’s hard to let go of. If you see the messages he was basically begging to not have to delete all his accounts.
Is that a fresh IG account? I tried finding it on IG and nothing came up. I ask because I called GP a pedophile on his old account and got banned. That being said it’s interesting if he’s trying to make a comeback after being cancelled by leftbook and the meme community. Is he trying to appeal to the right like Louie CK? I knew he couldn’t stay away very long I’m only surprised he’s trying to keep his clout instead of starting fresh and infiltrating the scene.
Holy shit, when did Lucas Werner troon out and lose weight?The delusions:
Gay vape ded nigga
You having trouble posting or what?
