Can the most high-profile video blog in the U.S. stay popular without cheerful, friendly, smokin' hot host Amanda Congdon? We're about to see — the Rocketboom host informed the world today that producer Andrew Baron let her go. Is this an overdue change, or another sign that vlogging is just lame TV?

Watch her farewell video, and notice how much realer Congdon feels when she speaks off the cuff. Either this is the natural tone Baron felt she was missing, or it's a hoax and Congdon's finally learned how to act.

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