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Quick update on the Wilbur drama:

Wilbur's band mates from Lovejoy (Ash Kabosu, Joe Goldsmith, and Mark Boardman) have not said anything at all relating to the current situation, and I think it's mainly because Wilbur is the one that started the band and asked the other members if they wanted to be apart of it, and the band is their only form of income at the moment, so if they were to speak out about any of this, no matter how they side, they would lose money. if they side with Wilbur, they'd probably lose more fans than they already have (due to what Wilbur did to Shelby). But if they side with Shelby, then I think Wilbur would end up kicking them out of the band. either that, or they would kick Wilbur out, somehow.

I also think it's because they were the ones who probably spent the most amount of time around Wilbur, so they're probably going to need a while to process everything and make sense of things, and, who knows? maybe they sent their support out to Shelby in private? It seems a lot more genuine that way, in my opinion, because there have been people who are super homophobic and transphobic (Shelby is not transgender, I'm just making a point here) and they act that way publicly, and they are "supporting" Shelby on social media,and even Shelby has pointed out that they're probably just doing it for publicity, but she still appreciated their support.

I know that Ash doesn't ever audibly speak on social media/during concerts and that he's just a generally very quiet person, and I've only ever seen him post on Twitter a few times, but I could've been wrong about that part.

But yeah, that's my thoughts on this so far, I'll continue to update this,even if no one is actually reading these/invested in the situation, mainly because it's kind of become my new hyper fixation, and it's also really important to me.