It's absolutely because his fans are 11 year olds with a crush who don't understand how applications, auditions, universities, acting, or the real world works.

Of course he's not getting into fucking JULLIARD, they didn't even accept queen Sharpay Evans

Coming into this video, I learned: 1. Who Axel Webber is 2. What a Julliard is 3. This isn't a Drew Gooden video

The way ppl are defending his “ acting” they haven’t seen a second of is actually so crazy like “ he will win an Oscar one day “ he can’t even practice an audition let alone make it through one without changing accents like what 😭😭😭😭

He really just blacklisted himself from ever getting any serious acting jobs. Juilliard has like a 7% acceptance rate and his fans were really expecting someone with ZERO experience to get in.

his fans attacking a prestigious college probably ruined his chances to be taken seriously as an actor edit: he even said prior to his audition he had no acting experience. what were his fans expecting?

What his fans also don't understand is - up until they started drama - HE COULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE NEXT YEAR.

lots of enthusiastic theater kids manage to take shakespeare seriously, and they aren’t even trying to get into julliard. the fact he gave up on acting after one setback shows he’s not serious or acquainted with reality

the sad thing is that his fans 100% got him blacklisted from any acting college that he had even the slimmest chance of getting into lmao.

The fact that Axel also said that he has NEVER been in a play before... Not even in school or anything-

Danny steadfastly refusing to age while simultaneously going grey is a total power move tbh

there's something so crazy about this whole situation. he's acting like the average new yorker in a tiny apartment who actually has to deal with financial issues when in reality his parents are rich and he just wanted to get the poverty experience for fun. he's a privileged little white boy who moved to new york so he could get into one of the top acting schools in the world with no experience, yet his fans are still deluded into thinking he deserved to get in, so much so that they bombarded a post that was a memorial for a woman who passed away. and in the end, he gains 3 million followers, celebrity shout outs, news articles, and a modeling contract. gotta love cute white boy syndrome.

It really grinds my gears that people had the energy to harass Juilliard for rejecting their favorite white boy of the week but no energy to actually call out Juilliard for raising their annual tuition to an egregious level DURING A PANDEMIC.

Sorry, I can’t get over Charlie Puth being like “I didn’t get into Juilliard, prestigious schools aren’t going to be what makes or breaks you.” And then immediately saying he went to Berklee. FUCKING BERKLEE. One of the most prestigious music schools out there.

having no acting experience and only applying to the single most exclusive acting program in the country is the sort of tomfoolery that i didn't think actually existed

"I'm sure people think he's handsome" such a backhanded compliment lmao

dude if i were axel i’d be so embarrassed. i know he didn’t encourage this, but the fact that thousands of people are attacking a prestigious school for not accepting some guy is insane, like for all we know he could be a bad actor. tbh i wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t able to get into other schools bc of this

His fans were attacking a memorial post about a woman who died. And literally tried to get other students kicked out just for getting in.

Conspiracy theory: He never wanted to get into Juilliard. He applied to the school to get rejected so he could make this a series on his tiktok channel, garner interest and views and gossip around the idea of “young guy gets rejected from top school” thus getting even more followers on tiktok, random advice from celebs which makes him seem “interesting”, etc etc. It’s all a ploy to just be famous for being famous like a Kardashian moment.

As someone who is a social coordinator for a company. WHOEVER RUNS THE INSTA HAS 0 CONTROL, LEAVE THEM ALONE.

As someone who also didn’t get accepted to Juilliard it’s kinda crazy to see this Axel situation. Juilliard has an insanely small acceptance rate and most people know that when applying. There are many reasons to criticize Juilliard, like them raising tuition costs during COVID and banning students from campus when they protested against tuition increases, but I don’t get why people are upset with Juilliard because they didn’t accept Axel? Apparently he barely has any acting experience and he only spent a month learning his audition pieces.

Axel didn’t tell them to attack Juilliard but he did a very piss poor, half assed job telling them to stop.

This video is months old but I have to say this because holy shit. I got an ad right after the "They forced me to eat my dead dog" thing and the ad started off with "A delicious journey is about to begin."

i’ve done theatre for 8 years now and axel clearly has no grasp on how auditions work 1) if you can’t do an accent, don’t do it 2) if you don’t understand a piece, don’t do it 3) if you haven’t read the entire play your scene is coming from or don’t intend on reading the entire play, don’t do it he legit broke all audition no nos

the absolute ferocity of his fans sending hate comments to a COLLEGE is terrifying.

Bruh, imagine a college getting slandered for not accepting someone who isn’t qualified.

Unironically, pretending to have an accent and then doing the audition without one (aka your normal voice) is low key a genius idea. First off, your audition is that much more impressive since you’re able to completely “hide” your accent AND if and when they find out you don’t actually have an accent they will be mind blown that they were bamboozled by your acting BEFORE the audition even happened.

I'm surprised you didn't even touch on the "Worlds smallest apartment" thing because there's a pretty good amount of drama about his neighbors being like "Dude I live in the same sized apartment and he's overreacting on how small it is."

"Not everyone went to a prestigious university to learn how to act. Some just have rich parents" Danny delivering BARS!

Auditioning to Juilliard without having done Shakespeare at all is kinda like appying for a math degree at Harvard and writing "PS: I don't fuck with fractions" in your application essay

i know you were joking about canceling the dmv but we fuckin' should. waiting in line for hours for them to tell you you dont have all the paperwork is a cancelable offense.

OMFG PLEASE AT 7:38 after Danny read the comment about the dog I GIT A DOORDASH AD 😭😭😭😭😭😭🤚🤚🤚🤚

Not gonna lie, seeing Juilliard (aka one of the most prestigious and selective conservatories in the country, possibly the world) reject a tiktok star and a barrage of kids and teenagers pitching a fit over it is… almost hilarious? It’s amazing how TikTok can create such a nice cozy bubble of delusion, and even more amazing how impenetrable that bubble seems to be.

This situation is way more unfair to Danny considering he wasn’t even offered an audition! This new information just shows how Juilliard is even worse than we heard!

how does he expect to get into one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world without even knowing about hamlet

i come back to this video frequently because axel makes me so angry and i need to let out my anger

the worst thing about axel is that he pretends to be poor to get both clout and sympathy. his parents are rich, he’s been on over a dozen vacations in the last year, and he made a youtube video before he blew up saying that he was living the way he was for the “experience” of being poor. he’s conning his followers into thinking that he’s a rags to riches kid who got a modelling contract on nothing but his charisma. he’s not anything more than a privileged transplant cosplaying poverty to get famous.

The fact that he responds to Charlie Puth’s TikTok like he’s on the phone with him is just another kind of uncomfortable

him saying he doesn't understand Shakespeare made me wonder why he was trying to get in don't they do those kind of plays and study those kind of writings

"ACTING" and acting are different things. I studied Shakespearian theatre for 5 years, and didn't get into Julliard because I couldn't afford the flight to go there irl, and this was before the days of zoom.... which was kinda heartbreaking, but I'm over it, it was years ago. This guy? He's not julliard material. He's laughable. Yikes.

Even as a non-actor, it’s so obvious to me how much this guy doesn’t understand the industry. What he wants is so obviously mainstream Hollywood stardom, and his approach to that is… Juilliard? With no theater experience??? I bet he just googled “best acting schools” and went with the first result without doing any further research

Imagine if Juilliard released Axels audition to clap back at the harassment and it was so bad everyone just stopped right there and then 💀

The people who try for Julliard are the kids who aimed to get in since like kindergarten or middle school drama class. Like trained thier whole lives to aim to get in there, Axle just went "I want to try acting"

4:13 I never thought I could get this uncomfortable while watching a video

"i assume he had some sort of acting prowess or did some sort of acting before he started applying to acting schools" yeah actually he did not. he had no acting experience at all which makes this whole thing even more bizarre

they forced Juilliard to turn off the comments for a black woman’s memorial due to their terrible comments. they have no shame and it’s honestly disgusting

“My dog died on campus and they tied me up and made me eat it” I am in tears

I assist with a summer Shakespeare camp for kids 12+ every summer, and honestly the 15ish-year-old girl who played Puck this summer did 1000% better on that monologue than Axel. I know in that clip he was still in the early stages of practicing, but it was pretty lackluster. Shakespeare can be difficult to understand, yes, but there’s all sorts of resources available online or at the public library to help you a given play better. I’ve seen 12-year-olds understand Shakespeare well enough to perform it, and even small children in the audience can laugh at some of the sillier jokes.

Jesus christ man. Hundreds of people get rejected from schools like this all the time, why does it matter that it was this guy

Imagine feeling entitled to get into Julliard WITH NO ACTING EXPERIENCE, and having a bunch of 12 year old fans berate the school for doing the right thing to not accept him and doing a piss poor job to tell his fans to stop.

It's like the opposite of Harry Potter, rejection letters just flying through the mail slot LMAO 🤣

I get the feeling of detachment from reality with this guy. It's creepy

So he literally said himself this audition was horrible and people are mad at julliard for not letting him in?? Julliard's acting school accepts a group of 20-30 people, if I remember correctly. So, it's not a crazy thing that he got rejected, with no previous experience, never having read shaakespeare or done any preparation?? Tiktok is so fucking stupid sometimes.

Worst thing is, his fans were harassing Julliard's students on tiktok. This whole situation is so strange, especially when it comes to fan response :/

I've been doing acting as a hobby for the last decade, and I can absolutely promise you that the people judging your audition will not give you any kind of reaction no matter what they think of your performance, because they have to be objective during the process and can't show favouritism. I have been rejected in so many auditions and also had a director admit to my face that I was a top choice for a certain role, and each time I had no prior inkling about the outcome because the people doing your audition will never show it on their faces, so I don't know why this kid is whining about not getting a reaction and his fans literally starting a fight with a school. Even if his audition had gone well and his performance was the best out of everyone there, he still would not have gotten a reaction. That just goes to show that maybe he's not as good at/qualified for acting as him and his fans think?? I mean I wouldn't know if he's ever claimed to be a good actor or not or whether he has experience or not because I'm not on tiktok so I'm just speculating here.

god axel has such fake charisma, i'm so frustrated listening to him talk. reminds me of being a theatre major in college... literally every guy is like this

Yeah I’m an actor with 15 years of experience and I didn’t even apply to Juilliard because I knew how hard it would be, I instead chose to go to a smaller school with better resources and connections that fit me as an artist. I wish you had gone through his Backstage profile because you can see he has NO EXPERIENCE. He just wanted to be an actor and decided to shoot his shot at the HARDEST ACTING SCHOOL TO GET INTO. Now I don’t particularly like what Juilliard stands for, a lot of nepotism, privilege, and exclusiveness (opposite of what theatre means to me), but this was just a naive and ignorant choice on his part. He’s an attractive white boy with a ~quirky~ personality and look how much he’s getting rewarded for not putting in the work and effort to actually achieve his goals. The acting world has always been easiest for white men anyway, and he’s already bathing in success. It’s just disappointing.

"I'm sure people think he's handsome" has to be the kindest way I've ever heard someone be called ugly.

I think its absolutely bewildering to me that he basically sabotaged an audition to the school that was his entire purpose for content creation in the first place

Love learning about controversy that will never effect me because its been A Year

"I'm sure people think he's handsome" is probably the most backhanded way to say you think he's unattractive and I love it lol

I've never seen so many people defend such mediocrity, for lack of a better word. No hate to him because he wasn't encouraging his fans to spam Julliard, I'm just confused why millions of people expected him to get into one of the most prestigious schools with such a low acceptance rate when he had no previous acting experience.

i cant explain it but he looks like 2008

axel is an example of peak caucasity, privilege and white entitlement rolled into one little neat parasocial relationship bow

1. I'm pretty sure he's now blacklisted from a lot of prestigious Schools because of this and 2. Imagine being the social media coordinator for Julliard, or however you spell it, and being fully puzzled by a spontaneous SURGE of comments about some kid you've never heard of.

Danny's hair greying is just a sign of how wise he is.

im jealous of dannys therapist, like imagine each week you just hear so much tea of what is happening recently

why does danny seem like a better actor than axel himself w/ these little skits in between commentary 💀💀

Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like he could've gotten more acting experience and just...reapplied next year if his fans hadn't tried to help him by destroying his relationship with the school forever

One of my friends attended Juilliard for music and she has been playing violin and viola almost her entire life. Like, literally as soon as she was walking she was playing. She also worked her way up from our state's music conservatories, then another school out of state, THEN Julliard. No offense to Axel but a lot of people dedicate their lives to these arts and deserve that spot at the school. He should have maybe started at another school before going for something so grand 🤷🏻‍♀️

this video is so second channel coded

The white streaks in his hair are so beautiful honestly

The thing about Juilliard is that they provide classical training to their students, hence the Shakespeare audition. Had Axel applied to a school with a more modern/experimental approach to acting, he might have gotten in, though I'm not sure if his basic acting skills are stellar (as I haven't seen clips of his basic acting skills). Coming from an actor who has witnessed this time and time again, some performers simply aren't suited for Shakespeare. I've seen plenty of talented actors absolutely botch Shakespeare, and I know exactly where Axel went wrong. First, when acting Shakespeare, you must take time to process the text and understand the meaning, especially if the text is new to you or you aren't comfortable with early modern English. Upon his initial reading of the excerpt from Hamlet, you can hear exactly what people do if they aren't comfortable with Shakespeare; they read the rhythm and the rhyme as opposed to the words and the meaning. Second, Axel did not need to do an accent at all. People tend to think that one must perform Shakespeare in a British accent to "remain true to the source," but the issue is that the original British accent that Hamlet was performed in at The Globe is a far cry from a modern British accent. When a seasoned Shakespeare performer or director hears someone put on a modern British accent, it immediately shows that the performer is an amateur. Additionally, I simply don't think that Axel is suited for a theatre career. His sole goal is to become rich and famous as an actor, but this is often not the reality for someone who goes to school for theatre. You don't go to school for theatre because you want to be rich and famous; you do it because you love the craft. When you truly love the craft, you would be happy becoming a high school theatre teacher or a regional actor, even if you had wanted fame. It's certainly not a life for everyone---as it definitely isn't for me, currently a STEM major---and it definitely doesn't seem to be a life for Axel. If he wanted a career in theatre for the love of the craft, he would not have put all of his eggs in one prestigious basket. He would have applied to multiple schools. Instead, I think he just woke up one day and decided he wanted to be a movie star. Maybe he can make it into Addison Rae's next Netflix Original.

honestly im just surprised that this guy somehow manages to always look like he's just gotten out of bed

I tried to get into an acting program and got rejected. They liked my acting but I talked about liking art too much in the interview and not acting, so they doubted my level of passion. ...After they advised me to not mention acting in the pre audition workshop, bc its a given I like acting if I'm there. So where's my 4 mill followers fighting to help me, and where's modelling contract? 🙄 Oh yeah I'd have to post all that on tiktok first, but I'm too unattractive for the people and the algorithm there. Yes I'm bitter and no idc. I'm tired of people who do the bare minimum getting everything a lot of hard working people don't.

It’s not really surprising considering TikTok lets people believe they’re actually good at that type of stuff because they’re popular on the platform - a platform that‘s (unfortunately) notorious for lip syncing and weird POV “acting”. It’s also kinda crappy. So many go in with hopes of passing the audition, but fail and never get that second chance. Hell, they may not even get the chance the first time to audition due to their financial situation even. They’ll never get to be interviewed by the media or be given other job opportunities based off that, either. Kid is insanely privileged in that manner.

"Spelled Juilliard wrong, so... I am definitely not going to get in." This is so funny because Axel made the exact same mistake on ALL of his posts about Juilliard 🤣 maybe that's also why he didn't get in?!

Axel’s attempt at getting accepted into Julliard was basically like trying to get into NASA by cosplaying as an astronaut.

Someone gets rejected from a school and then gets a bunch of followers and starts a war hmmm

Imagine if TikTok didn't exist. That would be nice

A huge problem with him is that he’s “acting” the part of a struggling person in New York with a tiny apartment when his parents are extremely well-off and he easily had the choice of living in a nicer apartment or at least furnishing his place with nicer furniture. He’s playing the struggle character pretty well… but not well enough to get into Juilliard lol

Thing is axel didn’t even do anything he just said he got rejected and that’s it

His conversation with Charlie Puth is so uncomfortable. Charlie can’t get out two words before Axel starts loudly reacting to everything he says like an NPC.

I feel like Alex is getting a start. When he becomes more rich and slightly more popular he’s bound to get acting roles. But his fan base needs to chill the hell out

“It’s crazy how you can get famous for _not_ doing something impressive.” Congrats Danny, you just broke TikTok down to its bare essentials 👍

What axel doesn’t tell you is that the apartment he lives in while small is in a really expensive part of Manhattan. He comes from money and this all smells like the work of an industry plant. Like how well did everything work out for him huh? Almost like a movie.

As someone who started acting at the age of 5, and now 18, I am still too scared to audition for a school like juilliard since i know they have really high standards; I wanted a few more years to refine my acting. But seeing Axel, someone who supposedly doesnt have any prior acting experience so i heard, audition for juilliard... just leaves a bitter taste on my tongue. Its like he sees it as a joke or something.

His sister is the manager of a tik tok management company it was deffo an act.

the fact that he auditioned without knowing any Shakespeare is crazy like....as a drama student they shove Shakespeare down your throat any chance they get

his "fans" definitely got him blacklisted from Juilliard lol

LET DANNY IN! 😡😡😡

This is like that ONE GUY didn’t get into ART SCHOOL

as someone who has experienced very high-stakes auditions (and been rejected, love you Berklee xoxo), can confirm that they are fairly deadpan throughout the whole thing. if you are at a prestigious audition and you can finish all of the audition materials you've prepared without being told to stop, that's a gift. they have to sit through dozens of auditions, often for several days in a row. they don't give a fuck about you, and I don't really blame them.

I'm pretty sure he's smart enough to know that people dedicated their entire life to get into prestigious school. The fact that he came by with no knowledge of basic Shakespearean, while the fans are riled up as if Juilliard owe him an admission? Come on, what is he and his fans expecting? He definitely knew the outcomes from posting all of these to his audiences. Really made his intention questionable tbh

He said he couldn’t help himself with the accent because using an accent during the audition process is a no no. Coming from a theatre student.

Julliard letters are like the owls from harry potter except instead of bombarding you with acceptance letters, its just a bunch of letters telling you how bad you are

People on TikTok kinda hate him now because his whole thing is living in a small apartment and being poor but apparently his family is actually pretty well off and the reason his apartment is so small it's because it's very central and is really expensive. Like Axel is charming but he doesn't seem super talented...you hit the nail on the head with an attractive white boy getting lots of attention for being...an attractive white boy

Let's be honest here, Axel is only getting support because he's a semi-attractive, charismatic, white guy 😐

People literally get rejected from colleges everyday I’m so confused at how all of this played out

He might not have intentionally told his fanbase to attack the university but he clearly knows what he’s doing, he has rich parents and is basically just privileged. He was going to get what he wanted regardless, Juilliard or not