Google tells me she went vegan in 2015. 5 years seems to be the average amount of time it takes for vegans to get hit with the negative effects of that diet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Someone fill me in on all this relationship shit? I haven't been following.
Jenna used to be partial vegan for dietary reasons: she'd eat plant based foods 6 days a week, and then eat whatever stuff she wanted once a week. Then, at around 2012-2013, she no longer followed that diet, and just ate whatever she wanted. Vegans (like that batshit crazy woman "Freelee," who is obviously vegan due to an eating disorder that never left) grilled Jenna for this, and publically kept tabs on how much weight she gained (spoiler alert: It wasn't a substantial amount of weight-- Jenna still looked amazing and not overweight AT ALL). This kind of online scrutiny clearly messed with Jenna's head, and she went full vegan shortly after.
Jenna's boyfriend, Julien Solomita, has Celiac disease, and therefore also eats a special diet. As a result, they both eat gluten-free and vegan. To my knowledge Julien only became vegan to support Jenna.
When it comes to Julien, I don't hate the guy. In fact, I think he's an okay dude. I know that there are some people who hate him, but whatever; I think the only valid reason to hate him is because his sense of humor doesn't appeal to everybody. I don't think they hate him because he's a terrible person or anything.
As for Jenna's relationship with him, it's really a nothingburger compared to other e-celeb relationships if you ask me. It's nowhere near abusive or anything terrible like that. There's an age difference (Jenna is approaching her mid-30s, and Julien is in his late 20's), and sometimes that age difference shows. A part of me believes that Jenna has been "over" YouTube for a very long time, and has only stayed on the platform in these recent years because Julien is into it.
They also suffered a significant car crash back in 2016 that left them injured for months (to my knowledge, it fucked up Jenna's knee). In my opinion, this is when the trajectory of Jenna's content started. I think that crash really messed with Jenna's mental health, and it doesn't appear that she's doing anything about it, sadly. Who knows; she might be getting help and she would just rather not disclose that (which is understandable). I'm just saying that I started to see a drastic change in her behavior and videos after that accident happened, and haven't seen any improvement since.
Do I think that they are the worst match of all time? Not even close. However, I don't think that either party really does anything to "lift up" or help "better" the other person, if that makes sense. That might have something to do with the age difference? Who knows ... But honestly, I don't think they're the worst match of all time, nor do I think that they are "couples goals." I see two people who are kind of stuck and complacent in their ways, and neither gets encouragement from the other to get un-stuck if that makes sense.
All in all, I don't think that their relationship sparks any "hot gossip," personally.