can u explain the pete wentz/heychris/mikey way story i am missing out
basically heychris and pete wentz used to be friends
good friends in fact. Chris has the bartskull tattooed across his butt.
and he’s the Chris mentioned in Grenade Jumper
anyway so they’re rad friends and all and nothing could go wrong right???
wrong.
in 2006 it all went sour.
Chris thought that Pete was like hitting on his girlfriend and stuff and he wrote this long ass thing on livejournal (which is honestly fucking hilarious like tbh I couldn’t even get past the first few paragraphs without laughing).
and then so Pete wrote a long ass thing back:
oh what a monster we’ve created.
when i am called by my manager to read a post that is burning through the internet it makes me wonder. ive never responded to rumours or shittalking online, no matter who it came from- at the same time there is nothing that makes my blood boil more than reading this- being who i am, my first instinct is to blow it off- but then i consider how anytime anything is written on the internet people believe its true- no matter what, no matter the biases or subjectivity of the sources. my first instinct is to lash out- to say everything i think about you and every situation- to defend myself and attack you. as unbelievable as it is- i am an extremely insecure person- everytime i read something about myself negative or positive i react in probably the exact same way anyone would.
but like i said- i am going to continue to do this my own way, what i consider to be the higher road. i understand when we get angry we often lash out- ive done it myself on many occassions. if you want to talk to me about any of this call me on my cell phone and we can do it one on one-
i will not be responding to anything else-
however, the attacks about our fans and the people that listen to this music and read these words is completely offbase- the fans of this band are my entire life- ive lost my girlfriend, my friends, much of my “normal” life- just to keep this relationship going- this isn’t to say that i dont make mistakes, take misteps. just because youve seen me on tv or at a show doesn’t make me anything less or more than human. you dont ever see the other side of the way we agonize over every decision we make or try our best to please everyone- because we’ve given up in bands before and we know how it feels and we dont want that to happen. everyone in the band is upset about this- remember everyone that makes up fall out boy- they all wanted me to voice that we appreciate our fans and friends that weve met more than anything- and that we realize because of where we are all the arrows are pointed at us- but we will try our best. and we do try our best. we also, have far more faith in the intelligence and dedication of the people that believe in us to think that they will be swayed easily. if you want to hear other stories of how we actually talk about our fans or think of them please ask other bands, they will testify to how we really act. we just want you to know that in four years when noone cares, we still hope you are there. im not going to freak out or whatever, but please an attack on our fans or our relationship with them as a p.r. move is uncalled for.
this doesn’t need to be reposted anywhere- i am sure that fob fans know where to find it.
chris if you want to talk the phone line is there.
i wrote this pretty fast so i apologize for the typos and run-ons.
until then, thank you to everyone who reserves judgment and has my back until the end of time.
- petey
(sorry i couldnt post a direct link to it, i couldnt find one)
and then Chris was like:
heterolifemates.
i wont lie. i hate being this dude.
i wish it wouldnt have come to this but goddamn, hes right.
no one knows how to break a heart like he does.
anyway, then Mikey Way comes in. and idk if you know the whole Pete Wentz/Mikey Way/Warped Tour thing but basically Pete really liked Mikey and all and so to make Pete jealous Chris posted these pics.
And APPARENTLY, Pete was like rly mad about the pics but no one saved the text or screenshotted what he actually said s m h. (and if they did, no one’s came forward with it yet).
and then the last thing Pete posted about it was a message on AIM or smth that was like “fuck everything and by everything I mean everyone”.
And yeah that’s the iconic Pete Wentz/HeyChris/Mikey Way story.
some other facts:
apparently the
“who does he think he is” / if that’s the worst you got, better put your fingers back to the keys
part of Thnks is about Chris or whatever.
and ppl think its Chris who maybe leaked Pete’s nudes (since it was around the same time they fell out) but that was never confirmed.
during the Folie era tho Chris and Pete were pictured together so i guess they finally did work things out
