Stumbled across this thread by coincidence but feel almost vindicated reading what you've all put!
I subscribed to him years ago and rarely watch now, but I did put on the recent 'abuse' video wondering what it was about. I was instantly skeptical of his stories. I have no reason to be skeptical of
him and before this, was completely ambivalent to him as a YouTuber (if anything slightly positive).
But people don't just run up to strangers, even YouTubing ones, in public and begin antagonising them - particularly men (and he's not small). At a basic psychological level there is no 'win', and there's the risk of physical aggression in return. He isn't a controversial figure, he isn't known for being extravagantly rich or able to grant wishes Mr. Beast style - and he simply isn't well known enough that his face is instantly recognisable. I just don't believe these examples happened.
And seeing the comment that
@SwiftieNewRomantics posted - he clearly has the tendency to over-exaggerate. 'Where is your evidence' is not something I would describe as 'the type of things he has to read and put up with' - it's a reasonable question.