16: Max Baledge and George Clarke: From L'Oreal Intern to Investigating Tiktokers Like Paul Breach

This week’s guests are podcast hosts and TikTok creators: Max Baledge and George Clarke. In the episode, the pair talk about why their venture into long form content was vital for their careers and why having different types of content has been so pivotal to their success together. Max discusses his journey from working at L’Oréal as an intern to being on an influencer campaign with the brand a few years later, whilst George states how he transitioned from sports science at university to millions of likes across his content on TikTok. A pair never far from the TikTok rumour mill, they discuss how drama follows them around, why it’s important to the creator ecosystem and exactly how they ended up in the middle of the conversation regarding Paul Breach.

00:00 - 02:25 What is the content about
02:25 - 05:24 dealing with negativity online
05:24 - 08:18 Max's burner facebook account
08:18 - 11:20 The Useless Hotline Podcast - how it came about
11:20 - 11:50 Why longform is important for them as creators
11:50 - 14:30 How they started as creators
14:30 - 15:55 How Max's work found out about his content
15:55 - 16:55 Brand deal with L'Oreal
16:55 - 17:25 Their different comedy styles
17:25 - 19:11 The Paul Breach conversation
19:11 - 22:03 TikTok Live lore and how people earn money from it
22:03 - 23:40 Career highlights
23:40 - 24:35 Career advice to creators
24:35 - Creators they are loving

Max and George's favourite creators right now

Max's is Sally Sue: https://www.tiktok.com/@suesallysue?lang=en

George's is Tommy Solemn: https://www.tiktok.com/@tommysolemn?lang=en