AVGN was always very funny, but I haven't been able to bring myself to watch him ever since I learned about that comic made by that one guy he used to hang around with. Idk if he even hangs around with that guy anymore, but it just killed the channel for me the same way the Jontron stuff did.
Or barred because he literally posted a literal dick measuring picture to twitter. Or that he ran off Bootsy. Or that his drunken antics were always causing problems. He's a problematic guy even without considering the racist comic.
Too bad lots of people stay friends with shitty people, I won't fault James for that. It's hard to cut them off once they are already in your life.
At least they separated professionally for the most part(I think Mike has shown up in costume uncredited in two recent episodes, and James has joined a stream or two of Mike's when hanging out with him)