YouTube stars Liza Koshy and David Dobrik, who make comedic videos together, like this one, announced their breakup on Monday.
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In a video interspersed with tears and laughter, the pair discussed their split, which occurred 6 months ago. As of Wednesday afternoon, their video was the top trending video on the platform, watched over 16 million times.
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"Liza cheated on me!" Dobrik jokingly begins the video.
After some more quipping, Dobrik says that Koshy broke up with him.
"All jokes aside, we are broken up," he says in the video. "Liza broke up with me 6 months ago."
Dobrik said that it was better for them to be apart. "It wasn't healthy for us to continue to be together for now," he said.
The pair said that their relationship had become "distant."
"Because we've just been so busy, period," Dobrik said. "As much as I hate to admit it, I was feeling that on my side, too, but I just don't have the balls to kind of pull the trigger on that, and be like, 'Hey, we should take a little bit of a break.'"
"We already felt like we were kind of living, like, separate lives, which sucked, but neither of us were coming to terms with it," Koshy said.
Both Koshy and Dobrik stressed that they are still best friends.
The two of them also posted about their split on Instagram. "Breaking up is rough. But at least I get to go through it with my best friend," Koshy wrote.
"I love you so much," Dobrik concluded his own breakup 'gram. "Now hurry up and come downstairs we have puns to make (as friends) lol."
Other stars in the social media realm, like Alissa Violet, expressed love for the video. Violet said that the couple "handled that so beautifully."
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed and cried so many times in the same video. @lizakoshy @DavidDobrik you guys handled that so beautifully.
And a whole lot of people were emotionally wrecked by the announcement.
David Dobrik and Liza Koshy breaking up has ruined my 2018
People were crying all day.
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Both David and Liza responded to the outpouring of love. "Thank you guys for everything," Dobrik wrote.
The love Liza and I have felt not only the last 24 hours but the last couple years is so incredibly comforting and motivating. We are very lucky to receive so many peoples support. Thank you guys for everything ❤️
Koshy said that she was "genuinely mind blown," by it.
David and I are genuinely mind blown by the kind-hearted response from you all. It means the world to be surrounded by such positivity, compassion and support. Thank you all for the love. We love you. ❤️ Also, I ordered mayonnaise. In bulk.
BuzzFeed News has reached out to Dobrik and Koshy for comment.