YAHYA BAKKAR of yahyabakkar.com Yahya@yahyabakkar.com YAHYA BAKKAR IS A CON ARTIST WHO SHOULDN'T BE TRUSTED -

The Truth about Yahya Bakkar!!!

- from the ordained minister that married him and his wife. 

What I'm about to share is coming from someone who's known Yahya for a long time -  well over a decade now and have seen him in his most vulnerable state behind the scenes. I've seen the pain of his father rejecting him, and I saw the pain of his mother rejecting him for a second time, along with that entire side of his family. I won't get into the reasons why his entire family on both sides perceive him as a selfish human being because that is personal, but what I will say is that because of that rejection, he has spent his entire life seeking validation from others because of this unfortunate rejection and childhood trauma.  I've worked with over a 100,000 people leading a trauma-informed empathy workshop.  I'm well-versed in how childhood trauma impacts adults who choose to not do the healing work. It brings me no joy to write this after knowing Yahya for so long, but I feel it's important for the sake of accountability and to protect others who want to work with him.

To tell you more about my behind the scenes involvement with Yahya, I'm the one who helped him reunite with his mom, I flew to Thailand and shot an entire documentary on him and his family. I even was the one who officiated the wedding he had with Kate.

I knew him on a personal level beyond his fake social media image that he's been portraying all these years. But here is what I will say....his ego created a path of destruction throughout his entire life and it has only gotten worse. It continues to do so.

There was a time that all 5 of us were all pitching a TV show.

We were planning on working on a huge project together. However, as team-oriented as everyone was, Yahya always wanted to be the center of attention. He always wanted to position himself to be better than he was and was extremely arrogant and self-righteous about it. Unfortunately he had two childhood friends who haven't been able to find success on their own, and get paid by him now to be his "Yes" men. I also remember that he had a huge temper and was verbally abusive to both his girlfriend, his family, and his close friends.  Because of his huge ego, our entire thing fell apart. Time after time, when we attempted to create something as a group, Yahya would be the sole reason why it didn't happen. Because he wanted to be the star and have everybody serve him. His narcissism has been a source of pain for his entire life. He's been accused of it by dozens, if not hundreds of people, who have interacted with him directly. 

Over the years, I saw him struggle non-stop as he would borrow money from people around him just to pay rent. He literally never had any money. And I don't share this to shame that. But to give you some insight on the morals and ethics of this character. And I call him a character because his entire image is made-up. All he has is his 'entertainer dance for me' persona who knows how to emotionally manipulate people and speak with conviction (very much like Trump - which is probably why he likes him so much).

A couple years ago, Yahya switched from being a failed public speaker - after schools expressed a regret in hiring him and didn't rebook - to a failed "porn addiction specialist" - even though he had no real expertise in it and was still addicted himself. He takes what he struggles with and projects himself to be an expert in it - even though he hasn't mastered it himself.   He's doing the same thing with his newfound passion for "child trafficking" - because when he talked to me about his porn addiction, he said that all he would watch is "skinny young teens" in his porn search. Maybe he's dealing with shame for something? I don't know, but something is just off about this guy. He literally was trying to take people's money while he himself was actively struggling with the very thing he was trying to teach others not to do. It's hypocritical.

Everything he does is a projection of his own insecurities.

It's nauseating seeing him constantly put on this fake image of being an expert at something. His entire life is just one big sales pitch.

Then after he failed at that, all of a sudden, he became the worst kind of social media influencer out there. The one that makes us all cringe. The stereotype of these online big talking scam artists selling you a dream that they themselves don't have, and then making money off of that fake image until they actually get it.  We saw this with people renting cars and houses for their promo videos to make it seem like they're successful - and then charging a ridiculous amount of people.  Personally, it disgusts me and I don't consider that a success. I consider that a fraud and I believe that karma will come back to people like that. 

Let's be clear. Yahya has never built a successful business before he learned this con. Yahya does not have ANY expertise in business or an education in business. Yahya was broke his entire life. So how is somebody who has never ran a business even once suddenly position himself as a business expert? Because he literally purchased a bunch of business books and highlighted all the concepts in them and then would say the same thing that others are teaching, but re-package it in his own words (and sometimes not even in his own words). He would then shoot these fake videos like he's living the dream life and is super successful.  He purchased fake social media accounts and likes. And he's literally just stealing other successful people's ideas and pretending that HE'S the expert, when he's not. He never was. He's only an expert at lying, being a smootht alker, and being manipulative.  I have a personal pet peeve with people who teach others something that they themselves haven't mastered.

I repeat. Yahya has never ran a business in his entire life!! 

He spent an entire year living off of his girlfriend's minimum wage job and his father in law's money....Pretending that he actually had money. But he wasn't. He was borrowing money all the time and constantly mooching off of others.

I saw him doing this whole "Look at how successful I am. Pay me and I'll teach you how to do the same" thing.... but I regretfully didn't say anything, as immoral as I thought it was. I've seen these internet characters, like Tai Lopez, do the same thing in the past, and I thought it was disgusting. To lie intentionally to people is just wrong.  So instead I just distanced myself from him. No amount of money was worth me being inauthentic. But Yahya has sold his soul for it. As we all have seen, he's on a huge ego trip now and it's only going to get worse with time. I am not sharing this to expose himself. He already exposed himself these last few months and he's lost half his fan base because of it. I'm only sharing this to validate what so many of you are already perceiving and what so many have messaged me about. No, you are not crazy. And yes, he really is that manipulative.

I can say this with utmost confidence. After traveling to 49 states, interacting with 100's of 1000's of people, and almost being 40, I can say that Yahya is hands-down the most narcissistic and self-centered person I've ever met. Ever.  And I'm not saying that lightly. I can't conjure up anyone I know who's more full of themselves than Yahya Bakkar is- (besides the God he worships, Donald Trump)　

Now I'm not trying to pretend to be perfect myself. He will likely respond to this by attacking my character and trying to debunk this posting - but exposing my flaws (which I openly admit to and talk about) - doesn't take away from his. It doesn't take away from the fact that he's a fraud. A liar. And a cheat (yes he's cheated on his wife before). I have absolutely nothing to gain by this share. But getting all those messages from our mutual friends made me feel like it's a duty to share the truth about Yahya Bakkar with the public. I'm not planning on responding or sharing anything more after this post. Although I have tons of revealing photos, emails, and screenshots, I will respect his privacy, unless he wants to further escalate this.

I'm not going to turn this into a full-on tear down of someone who I once respected. I'm sharing this for the sake of accountability for all the people who are equally as disappointed by him and have had a feeling that something is 'off'. I am here to tell you that you're not crazy and something is off.

So at the very least, I needed to share this warning and then wipe my hands clean of this con-man.

My father used to always say "show me your friends and how youI'll who you are".  Let's look at the type of people Yahya surrounds himself with. His mentor, Elliot Hulse, who I also met at his wedding, has recently been ousted as well. He's come out a couple weeks ago as a pure embodiment of toxic masculinity. Yahya's close friend Elliot claimed that lesbians HATE all men. He said that because the founders of BLM were black lesbians, that they clearly hate black men. (simply because of their sexual orientation). He claimed that "patriarchy is the future" and that whatever women touch leads to violence and destruction....even though our entire human history of war and destruction has been due to patriarchy, and even though the Women's March was not only the largest, but also the most peaceful protest we've ever seen. I feel bad that there are daughters that have to grow up with toxic men like this.

And these hyper-masculine men on steroids who have racist and sexist tendencies are the type of people that Yahya surrounds himself with. And is himself. He absolutely uses people to further his own agenda and will throw away lifelong friends. As soon as you don't serve a purpose in his life, he tosses you to the side and puts his time and energy into grooming his next victims. 

Yahya suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. I've been studying the syndrome for many years after surviving a relationship with one. He showcases nearly every symptom of it. Even his acts of public vulnerability are just for attention. He sheds crodocile tears and it's all a big show.

He uses EVERY single thing in his life to get social validation. He uses every human emotion as a marketing gimmick. Getting attention is literally his oxygen. If it's not on social media and if he's not exploiting it, then it has no real value in his mind. He can't just have a private moment or a personal experience.  He uses and exploits all of the human experience for his own gain. If I could give him any personal advice, the best thing he could do is get off social media and just be silent for a few months.

I recently did it and it was the best thing I did. The only reason that I don't care anymore about calling him out is because I don't care about my public image anymore. Let me be radically honest. The reason that I could spot all these things in him is because I had some of them as well. I was on several reality shows. I had a big public image that I was stuck in during my 20's. But I spent my 30's outgrowing it. And I've finally reached a place where I just don't care about any of it. And I've never been happier or more successful. Unlike Yahya....I don't want fame. I don't need validation or recognition. I'm not driven just by money. I had all of those things on a much larger scale than he has, and it doesn't lead to happiness.  It only traps you in your image.  At this point in my life, I simply don't care what anybody thinks about me. I just want to live a simple happy life with a few close friends and a focus on my family and the things that matter.

I don't want to spend hours and hours every day catering to my social media image like Yahya obsessively does. I don't want to dance on stage for you and sell myself out regularly like Yahya obsessively does. But then can't show up in integrity when it matters. Him and his wife are hypocrites that don't practice what they preach. Literally in the facebook post where Yahya is saying we shouldn't call people "evil" - his wife responds calling the Clintons and the Left all "evil".  He says at the beginning of the video we shouldn't judge, and then goes on to judge entire groups of people within the very same video! I promise you that his "i'm a nice guy" act, is really just an act to hide all of the darkness he hasn't healed yet.

He couldn't even stand in the arena with me when I attempted to have an intellectual debate with him.  I'm glad that so many of you saw that post and how it played out. He was clearly being intellectually OWNED and his ego was so butt-hurt that he decided to block me (all while complaining about how we shouldn't censor people) lol.  He's a hypocrite in every sense of the word.  I'm somebody he's known for a decade - who officiated his wedding - who invested time and money to travel to Thailand and then shoot and spend months editing his documentary.  Keep in mind this documentary and story is the only reason he got on TEDx.  His entire public speaking career was launched off of this one thing. And he cut off a friend of 10 years for simply calling him out for his blind allegiance to Trump and Qanon.  He did the same thing for many others. Yahya is like the Middle Eastern version of "Get Out" -  he's been completely brainwashed by Kate's SUPER white and racist Republcian family.

One of the people who went to Thailand with us was an amazing soul named Antwan.  Now Antwan is the ONLY black friend that Yahya has ever had. Outside of that, Yahya knows absolutely nothing about the black experience and has only surrounded himself with other middle eastern people growing up.  Yahya didn't ask Antwan anything about what his experience was as a black man. He didn't ask him how all of this impacts him.  Instead, he just kept posting things that was not only hurting the black community and allies of the black community, but also one of his very close friends that he knew since the college years.  So Antwan even called up Yahya to express this, and Yahya treated him like a throwaway. He said he only had a few minutes free.  He's so money-oriented that he didn't give a single f**k about hurting a friend that he's had for 15 years - who was very hurt by Yahya's hateful posts. He literally brushed him off and refused to have the conversation and hear about a black person's experience.

The same thing happened with world-famous entrepreneur Justin Tranz.  Yahya took Justin's hypnotism course (probably so he could better learn how to manipulate people) - But during the course, Justin intuitively felt that something was off about Yahya.  They stayed friends anyway afterwards. But when he also challenged Yahya Bakkar - Yahya ended up blocking him as well.   So keep in mind that he's sitting there posting things that are harmful to the Black community - while refusing to have a real conversation with people who are being impacted by it.  He has made the claim that the Black community loves Trump and he's helped them more than anyone else.  I expressed to him, "You are not part of the black community. You do not speak on behalf of the black community. The black community speaks on behalf of the black community!!! And the black community have rejected Trump at a rate that's over 90%" - This is an undeniable fact that you can research from the last election.  Yahya talks about empathy but doesn't actually practice it.  He's lost dozens of friends this year and a lot more followers.

In summary, if you're considering working with him or investing in him, take it from the people who have known him the longest - I wouldn't trust him. He has lost tons of friends and all of his family for a reason. I wouldn't trust someone who intentionally lied and created a fake image of success....just to get successful.  Literally....ALL of his success is built on a huge LIE that he's been selling to the public for years, until he eventually found a few suckers that knew nothing about his past and fell for the LIE that he's an expert in anything. He's not. AT ALL.  Outside of selling people his fake expertise, he has zero experience or success in building a real business.

Take it from someone who's known him for over a decade.....who's known him personally...who he trusted enough to officiate his wedding....it pains me to say this, but Yahya Bakkar is a straight-up fraud and just another typical internet con man who makes money ripping people off and selling them regurgitated knowledge that's available for free in books everywhere. Even worse, he's an emotionally manipulative narcissist that knows how to twist things around. Save your money and don't work with Yahya Bakkar. Message me if you have any further questions.  And don't worry, I have nothing to sell you. I have no other agenda but to look out for people who may fall victim to this compulsive liar. 

I and many other people have supported Yahya for many years, but enough is enough. He needs to be held accountable. He needs to be called out. And hopefully, after doing so, he can get the therapy that he desperately needs for his psychological disorder.  It's very rare that people who have NPD get better, especially when you're as deep in it as Yahya is, but I can only hope that he's one of the exceptions. In the meantime, please share this story with any other of your business friends so they know the truth about Yahya before investing a ridiculous amount of money in him to get information that's EASY to find online.  And besides that, if you work with him, you'll also now be associating your own name and your business with all the drama that's attached to his name and business. It'll hurt you more than it'll help you.  And I'm very confident that there will be even more claims coming out soon against him.  Save your money. Save your reputation. Yahya is 100% a con man.