Might be late, but something that hasn’t sat right with me about Alex refuting the allegations and defending Jack is that Alex himself was apparently 17 and having a ~25 year old woman come onto him (the woman he wrote Coffee Shop Soundtrack about). Even if he sees that as just him getting his heart broken by her and not what it is (a weird age gap/power imbalance/just barely over the age of consent). Even if he didn’t realize that she was wrong at the time based on her age, he should realize that now. So it just feels weird to see him doubling down for Jack who may have done the same thing.
Also another thing. I was one of the people who naively believed that Jack and Abigail Breslin were really just friends, but then I look at her song Hex which she released under her solo project, Sophomore. The ages match up to how old she and Jack were back then and she released it as a single around when the allegations dropped, likely knowing that people would be looking to see if she said anything (because her name was being brought up anyway). And then her EP with that song on it dropped around when the lawsuit was filed. Overall, I feel awful for her and I hope she’s doing okay because I’m sure having all this brought to light hasn’t been easy for her.
I just wish I could get answers. I’ve mostly stopped listening to them, I don’t really consider myself a fan anymore, but it’s kind of like a toxic ex that you once really loved. Part of me will always see the good memories, but I don’t want to support them any longer. Here’s to being stuck with them living rent free in my brain. I’ll probably be in the nursing home quoting Straight to DVD like “I’m Vinny Vegas, I’m Matt Flyzik. I’m all business, I’m not professional at all. I go to bed at 11, I go to bed at 2:30”
Alex has never been particularly good at keeping his mouth shut when he feels strongly about something so it doesn't surprise me he jumped to Jack's defense initially (before he was presumably advised to delete that shit ASAP). I don't feel right about dictating how Alex should feel about his own trauma/potential sketchy situations in his youth though. Abused people can go their whole lives not recognising that their abuser was in the wrong. Obviously we have no idea how Alex might feel about that situation now and I doubt we'll ever know but I don't think it's right to say he 'should' feel any one way about it. If it's not something he's processed or can see the reality of, it doesn't make him a bad person for it.
This ask from when everything happened still pretty much sums up my thoughts on the Abigail of it all.
You're totally within your rights to not want to support them. I understand it. I really want to watch Straight To DVD now though hahaha.