let's burn this to the ground

Like??????

Ian: "I think Anthony always goes shyguy"

Anthony: "She is taller than Ian that's how i know.. He is 5'8"

Concept wise, very similar to what Ian told in the video

Ian and anthony are different people with different needs. Ian needed to stay at smosh. He didn't believe in his ability to succeed without it and being forced into leading it on his own made him confront that. Anthony needed to leave. He'd spent his childhood and much of his adult life caring for others and putting their needs above his and finding himself in positions of authority that he didn't want. He needed to do something for himself that maybe wouldn't be liked by others as an act of self-care. Now that both of them have better relationships with themselves, they can come back and work together, but they need to maintain their own mental health to do that and that will look different for each of them

This is very well said, I agree with everything.

They also had different upbringing and different characters, it was their choices to make and they made the ones they felt most comfortable or helpful for them in that moment.