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IrelandCourtney Miller puts "I love you" before the book-review complaint
Shayne Topp has a distracted-phone-call story of his own in Smosh Mouth's fast-starting exchange.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 595,547 views a day, 5 times a normal first day on this channel (119,042).
Listen... I love you
Courtney Miller appreciates how much Shayne Topp reads. Getting an unexpected, detailed account of his latest book while eating or doing something else is another matter.
Amanda Lehan-Canto suggests he should give Courtney book reviews, apparently unaware that this service is already operating. Courtney pauses to soften what comes next: "Sometimes, so I love you. Sometimes..." Shayne knows exactly where the conversation is going.
"I'll hear something, I'll look up and suddenly he's explaining a book to me," Courtney says. Amanda supplies the witness statement: "I've seen this occur."
The SmoshCast Short, titled "Listen... I love you", drew roughly 236,000 views in six hours. Its estimated first-day pace is five times the channel's usual Shorts start.
Shayne gets his reply in, recalling Courtney calling to describe her day while he's distracted playing video games. Amanda recognizes that situation, too. Neither person's enthusiasm necessarily arrives when the other has their full attention available.
In the comments, viewers are treating the preemptive declaration of love as a warning that a complaint is coming. Others recognize the unsolicited book recap: one remembers telling their mother about a book as she fell asleep, while another recalls cherished kitchen-table conversations about their grandmother's reading.
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What viewers say
I think “I love you” is the new “hear me out” and “no offense but” 😂
@hellobookworms3083See it on YouTubeliterally did the Shayne thing to my mom last night. watched her fall asleep AS I'm explaining the book.
@PianoMyHeartSee it on YouTubeMy grandmother is an avid reader and some of my favorite childhood memories are sitting at the kitchen table while she would tell me about whatever book she was currently reading :,)
@abeastlycreatureSee it on YouTube
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The preemptive I love you 😂😂😂😂
@OctobrisSee it on YouTubeAppearing like Batman “ i need to tell you about this book-“
@mckinleymiles50See it on YouTubeGotta soften the blow with "I love you" 😭
@TheSleepyM4ngoSee it on YouTubeMy husband and I both do this. Sometimes we will literally say something like “can I tell you about this thing and you can just half listen while you continue what you are doing?” Because we really just want to talk about it and don’t necessarily need them to converse back.
@marisabondSee it on YouTubeI always give random book reviews too 💔
@Kristen-drawsSee it on YouTubeAs a teacher, “telling back” what you just read is one of the most effective learning tools. If you can sequentially and in detail tell someone what you just read, you’re really taking it in
@elemerikaSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- SmoshCast
- Subscribers
- 1,110,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 6,852,534
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,319,321 (on a normal day: 771,571)
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 236,328 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 595,547
The numbers
The Short's projected first-day views are well above SmoshCast's usual opening pace. It has also passed the channel's usual full-day comment count within six hours.
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What does Courtney say Shayne unexpectedly starts explaining?
Courtney describes looking up from another activity to find Shayne giving her a detailed account of a book.