YouTuber Alex Day breaks his silence on abuse allegations

Reporter's note: This Q&A was conducted for a longform piece about sexual harassment allegations made against YouTubers. It was a phone interview conducted on June 21, 2016. It has been edited and condensed for publication.
LOS ANGELES — When he was first asked to be interviewed, YouTuber Alex Day politely declined.
"It's always tempting to talk about what happened but I feel like I've said everything I need to about this," he wrote in an email to Mashable in mid-June. "I'm trying to r