Alaskan Bush People Social Media Drama: The Browns' Scandals

The Alaskan Bush People are out of the Bush and … on our iPhones, so it would seem. Also, they’re in Los Angeles if you’re keeping an eye on their whereabouts, but we’re talking about how the Brown family is slowly getting used to social media. And there haven’t just been bumps along the way; we’ve witnessed some serious scandals.

The family, who lived in an isolated part of the state, once shunned modern society in preference for a simple life in “the bush.” However, it seems as though times have changed. Not only do they now reside in a swanky California mansion, but you can find Ami Brown and late patriarch Billy Brown‘s kids on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook — though there’s no evidence they’re on TikTok … yet.

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After 18-year-old Rain Brown pioneered the Instagram landscape on her own, her older siblings have ventured into the world of technology. The trouble is, when you’ve lived your life in the Alaskan wilderness (or at least faked living in the Alaskan wilderness for the camera), you may not be up-to-snuff on online etiquette. And if you’re part of a reality TV dynasty with thousands of followers, people are quick to call you out on it.

Of course, there are those things out of your control like when a Fake Gabe Brown was catfishing fangirls. But BTW, Bear Brown, you may not want to fake your own death unless you’re cool with sending people into a panic — and subsequently, rage.

Confused about what we’re talking about? Keep scrolling for some of the most eyebrow-raising Brown family social media scandals.

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So, let’s unpack that Bear Brown death hoax.

Might as well go with the most extreme, it’s what he would’ve wanted (R.I.P.)

Actually Bear is alive and well, but followers were shook when he posted an edited photo of himself inscribed, “R.I.P. 1987+2018 Loved son and devoted brother, he will be missed …” The since-deleted post caused fans to promptly freak out, before Bear posted a follow-up Instagram saying it was NOT a joke but also that he’s actually very much alive.

“Hey everybody!! Sorry about the confusion death very serious,” he wrote. “It’s definitely not a joke!! Those posts are from a project! I thought I made that clear!! I’ve been working on a homemade movie since my time in L.A.! Thank you for the concern!! And sorry for the misunderstanding!!”

Welp, glad that’s cleared up, but rest assured that fans were not amused.

Gabe Brown was involved in a catfishing scheme.

So this had been going on for a while, but it got brought back into the news recently because of (of course) Instagram. Back in November 2017, Rain posted a video announcing, “There’s this girl posing to be Gabe’s girlfriend. I wanted to quickly [clear] some things up for you guys.” She then goes on to say that Gabe doesn’t have his phone and hasn’t for a long time and, “Please don’t listen to anything that anyone says about him.” Gotcha.

Cut to Valentine’s Day 2018. Rain puts up a pic of her chilling with Cupcake while Gabe smooched now-wife Raquell Rose in the background. “Third wheelin’ like a pro this V-Day,” Rain wrote. This moment instigated a flood of comments accusing Gabe of leading them on when he clearly had a special someone. Someone even came out of the woodwork and said she was Gabe’s fianceé (not true and also WTF).

Tl;dr, Gabe seems to be a one-woman man, and if you’re trying to slide into his DMs regardless, maybe know if it’s him or the imposter.

Initially, Gabe threatened to leave Instagram in a cryptic comment.

The trigger? Apparently a very deep-cutting unfollow. Gabe posted a now-deleted picture of him and a female friend and rambled about being heartbroken. “I might quit social media altogether the only friend I wanted to follow me in the first place I guess blocked me. I do appreciate all the friends I’ve made trying to regain my best one I lost but after FB it’s just not very fun anymore not good bey just see y’all later keep up the cool posts God bless you all have fun and laugh often your Instagram friend Gabe. Lots of love to everyone,” he wrote (and I need to take a breather with the lack of punctuation there).

Fans were quick to rally and show support, and as such, Gabe is still staying strong on the Insta. Like, so strong that there’s two of him apparently.

Rain was shaded for her weird birthday selfie.

“Happy birthday to the amazing man that has put up with this mess (and six others) for so many years, I hope your day has been wonderful daddy,” she captioned the above shot. “And I’d like to wish a late birthday to his beautiful wife and my adorable mommy.”

Oh, that’s sweet, but uh … there’s no way we’d be able to tell it was Ami or Billy’s birthdays based on the picture she chose. But by the way, this seems to be a recurring thing …

Rainy was scolded for posting selfies in the first place.

Fans were offended that she was indulging in a little vanity while her mom Ami was struggling with lung cancer, and with every selfie, she would get backlash from fans. Eventually, Rain clapped back with, well, one more selfie.

“Yep, another selfie. You gotta love yourself, kids, no matter who tries to push you down, you wouldn’t believe the people I have had trying to make me mad and a bad person but I just throw love they’re way along with a witty remark?” she wrote. “Anyway my point is always remember love is never wrong??? Just be and love yourself the rest will fall into place.”

Look, as far as Brown scandals go, I feel like we can give her a pass on the selfies since she’s a literal teenager.