Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 49 minutes ago
Mel Robbins has issued her first response to questions about discrepancies in her "Let Them Theory" origin story. In a statement to The New York Post, she said:
“People can obsess over any detail, but the facts are simple: I have not seen her poem, I have not read her poem, and it was not and will never be the source of inspiration for my book. This is nonsense. I have spent 10 years shining a light on other people’s work, so the allegation that I would steal someone else’s work is ridiculous. As I write in ‘The Let Them Theory,’ you cannot control what people say, do, feel, or choose to make up about you. People can say anything about you – at school, at work, on the internet – and you can’t control it. Let Them.”
This video examines:
- Recent developments in this story
- The continued confusion about the timeline discrepancies
- The dubious tactics employed in the response
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:48 A Co-Author Credit For Sawyer (Development One)
04:24 Successful Application to Extend Trademark Appeal (Development Two)
05:51 Mel Responds To The New York Post (Development Three)
09:42 How To Respond To Valid Scrutiny of People We Admire
12:06 Obsessing Over the Details
14:30 "This concept has been around forever"
16:39 But Cassie Admitted Being Inspired By Tyler Perry
18:07 Side By Side Comparison (The Poem and The Reel)
19:49 Art and Self-Help Occupy Different Spaces
20:35 Isn't This Just Simultaneous Invention?
21:23 How Mel COULD Have Responded
23:36 How Mel ACTUALLY Responded
24:13 Moral Ledger Keeping Tactic
25:11 Weaponising "Let Them" As a Tool For Control
27:38 It's Not Too Late For a Positive Pivot
29:10 Conclusion
Links:
Part One | Mel Robbins conceals the truth of her let them “discovery” - youtu.be/qQ_xip3l1io
Part Three | Why the Mel Robbins "Let Them" situation concerns everyone (with Sage Justice) - youtu.be/aCTjxY0MSrY
Let her? Army wife claims Mel Robbins stole her idea for blockbuster self-help book (By Michael Kaplan , New York Post - nypost.com/2025/03/12/lifestyle/army-wife-claims-mel-robbins-stole-her-idea-let-them-book/)
Public Pressure & Mel Robbins (Sage Justice) - sagejustice.substack.com/p/public-pressure-and-mel-robbins
Birthday gift to Sawyer - instagram.com/p/DG4NKvIPm-m/?igsh=MW1idWEzZHQzeXEzMQ==
LET THEM - JUST LET THEM (Looking at Life with Dee) - youtube.com/watch?v=8w_w1PhvXOE
"I've just heard about this thing called the Let Them Theory" (Mel Robbins, May 13th 2023) - instagram.com/melrobbins/reel/CsLvs-voVTO/?hl=en
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) -youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q
Interview Clips:
Lewis Howes - youtube.com/watch?v=9OsNWnZJXrs
Jay Shetty - youtube.com/watch?v=P91b4civBxA
Katie Couric - youtube.com/watch?v=kFvT-zQ_lug
Mel Robbins has issued her first response to questions about discrepancies in her "Let Them Theory" origin story. In a statement to The New York Post, she said:
“People can obsess over any detail, but the facts are simple: I have not seen her poem, I have not read her poem, and it was not and will never be the source of inspiration for my book. This is nonsense. I have spent 10 years shining a light on other people’s work, so the allegation that I would steal someone else’s work is ridiculous. As I write in ‘The Let Them Theory,’ you cannot control what people say, do, feel, or choose to make up about you. People can say anything about you – at school, at work, on the internet – and you can’t control it. Let Them.”
This video examines:
- Recent developments in this story
- The continued confusion about the timeline discrepancies
- The dubious tactics employed in the response
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:48 A Co-Author Credit For Sawyer (Development One)
04:24 Successful Application to Extend Trademark Appeal (Development Two)
05:51 Mel Responds To The New York Post (Development Three)
09:42 How To Respond To Valid Scrutiny of People We Admire
12:06 Obsessing Over the Details
14:30 "This concept has been around forever"
16:39 But Cassie Admitted Being Inspired By Tyler Perry
18:07 Side By Side Comparison (The Poem and The Reel)
19:49 Art and Self-Help Occupy Different Spaces
20:35 Isn't This Just Simultaneous Invention?
21:23 How Mel COULD Have Responded
23:36 How Mel ACTUALLY Responded
24:13 Moral Ledger Keeping Tactic
25:11 Weaponising "Let Them" As a Tool For Control
27:38 It's Not Too Late For a Positive Pivot
29:10 Conclusion
Links:
Part One | Mel Robbins conceals the truth of her let them “discovery” - youtu.be/qQ_xip3l1io
Part Three | Why the Mel Robbins "Let Them" situation concerns everyone (with Sage Justice) - youtu.be/aCTjxY0MSrY
Let her? Army wife claims Mel Robbins stole her idea for blockbuster self-help book (By Michael Kaplan , New York Post - nypost.com/2025/03/12/lifestyle/army-wife-claims-mel-robbins-stole-her-idea-let-them-book/)
Public Pressure & Mel Robbins (Sage Justice) - sagejustice.substack.com/p/public-pressure-and-mel-robbins
Birthday gift to Sawyer - instagram.com/p/DG4NKvIPm-m/?igsh=MW1idWEzZHQzeXEzMQ==
LET THEM - JUST LET THEM (Looking at Life with Dee) - youtube.com/watch?v=8w_w1PhvXOE
"I've just heard about this thing called the Let Them Theory" (Mel Robbins, May 13th 2023) - instagram.com/melrobbins/reel/CsLvs-voVTO/?hl=en
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) -youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q
Interview Clips:
Lewis Howes - youtube.com/watch?v=9OsNWnZJXrs
Jay Shetty - youtube.com/watch?v=P91b4civBxA
Katie Couric - youtube.com/watch?v=kFvT-zQ_lug
