# Trisha Paytas

Trisha Paytas (/ˈpeɪtəs/; born May 8, 1988) is an American media personality. Her content consists of a wide variety of genres including lifestyle-oriented vlogs, music videos, and mukbangs. As of July 2022, she has accumulated roughly 5 million subscribers and almost 1 billion lifetime views on YouTube.
As a podcaster, Paytas has co-hosted the podcasts Frenemies (2020–2021) with Ethan Klein, and Just Trish (2023–present) with Oscar Gracey. Additionally, she has worked independently as a singer, releasing several records and singles, and appeared in various television shows, films, and music videos.
Paytas has been the subject of controversies and has been accused of deliberately making controversial videos and social media posts to attain fame. She also has been accused of targeting various specific groups, including alternative music fans, the emo community, and the LGBT community. Following accusations of sexism and antisemitism from a direct message exchange she posted on Twitter between her and Ethan Klein, she apologized for the texts.

## Early life

Paytas was born on May 8, 1988, to parents Frank and Lenna Paytas in Riverside, California, before moving to Freeport, Illinois, at age 3 after her parents divorced. She has two siblings: an older brother and a younger maternal half-sister. At age 15, Paytas moved back to California to live with her father and was enrolled in a Catholic online school program. At the age of 16, Paytas returned to Illinois to live with her mother and attend high school in Pecatonica, Illinois.

## Career
### 2006–2012: Beginnings on YouTube

After moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, Paytas began doing professional lingerie modeling and worked as a stripper and an escort to support herself. She was featured on various television shows, attempting and failing to break the fastest-talker record on Guinness World Records Unleashed with 710 words in 54 seconds, and appearing on The Greg Behrendt Show, The Ellen Show, and Who Wants to Be a Superhero?.
Paytas registered her YouTube channel in 2007. It was originally dedicated to movie director Quentin Tarantino, whom Paytas idolized, but soon after being created, Paytas began to focus on other types of videos. On the channel, Paytas primarily gives fashion, beauty, and relationship advice.
In 2010, Paytas appeared in an episode of My Strange Addiction as a self-admitted tanning addict, despite being aware of the high chances of developing skin cancer, among others. Paytas appeared in several music videos by various artists including Eminem, Amy Winehouse, and The All-American Rejects.

### 2013–2017: Online success and music releases

From 2013 to 2017, Paytas made a number of trolling videos, which she told Business Insider were a way to "dumb [her]self down" in order to get more attention and views. This involved videos claiming that dogs do not have brains, or that she was voting for the 2012 Republican candidate for President of the United States, Mitt Romney. In 2014, Paytas began posting widely viewed mukbang sessions and eating-challenge videos. In September 2014, Paytas competed in an episode of the television game show Celebrity Name Game, along with her mother.
In 2015, the video for her song, "Fat Chicks" was featured on websites such as Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider. In 2016, her EP Daddy Issues appeared on the Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart, debuting at number 25.
In 2017, Paytas became a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother 20. She left the show after 11 days of participation and proceeded to make disparaging comments about fellow participants, including accusations of drug use.

### 2018–2022: Concert tour and Frenemies

In 2019, Paytas embarked on her own headlining tour, The Heartbreak Tour, to promote her music.
In September 2020, Paytas started the YouTube podcast Frenemies with fellow YouTuber Ethan Klein. The show discussed recent events in the social media world. Paytas and Klein were cohosts on Frenemies until June 2021, when Paytas left Frenemies, and the show ended.
As of 2021, Paytas has expanded her social media presence to the subscription website OnlyFans.

### 2023–present: Just Trish Podcast

On May 23, 2023, Paytas and YouTube star Colleen Ballinger began co-hosting a podcast titled Oversharing. It came to an abrupt end on June 6, 2023 after 3 episodes following Ballinger being accused of grooming her fans. Paytas confirmed the cancellation on July 9, 2023 in a video about the situation. A former fan of Ballinger's revealed she had previously sent him NSFW photos and videos of Paytas from her OnlyFans making fun of her. Paytas said she reached out to Ballinger about the allegations and she denied them.
In July 2023, Paytas began hosting her own YouTube podcast titled Just Trish Podcast. Co-hosted by Oscar Gracey, the podcast sees Paytas commenting on current pop culture topics. Originally planned as a weekly series, Just Trish gained significant YouTube viewership, which inspired Paytas to publish two episodes a week and invite various guests to talk on the podcast. The August 2023 episode featuring Tana Mongeau was the first episode of Just Trish to reach over one million YouTube views. As of March 2024, Just Trish attracted a total of approximately 30 million YouTube views through more than 50 episodes, making it one of the most successful projects of Paytas' career.
In February 2025, Paytas starred in Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream, a one-night benefit show at the St. James Theater, featuring performances from Sutton Foster, Ben Platt, Joy Woods, and Rachel Zegler.

## Personal life

Paytas has had several public long-term relationships. She dated American YouTuber Jason Nash from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, she started dating Israeli artist Moses Hacmon. The pair got engaged on December 18, 2020, after being in a relationship of 9 months that same year and married on December 11, 2021. In February 2022, Paytas announced that she was expecting her first child with Hacmon. She had previously been told by her doctors that she would not be able to conceive a child naturally. On September 14, 2022, she gave birth to a daughter. In November 2023, Paytas announced she is expecting her second child with Hacmon. On June 4, 2024, she announced on social media she had given birth to her second daughter on May 24, 2024. On March 6, 2025, Paytas announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a third child that is due in July 2025.
Paytas has identified with different religious beliefs throughout her life, mainly Roman Catholicism.
Paytas has suffered from mental health problems, having been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. In an interview on the H3 Podcast, Paytas stated she used to have substance abuse problems and was once hospitalized after a methamphetamine overdose. Paytas has stated that her main addiction was to prescription pills.
In October 2019, Paytas came out as a trans man online, but denied wanting to change her pronouns. She received criticism for this due to having previously self-identified as a chicken nugget, ostensibly in a facetious manner. In a March 2021 interview, she said that when she came out as transgender in 2019, she "didn't have the vocabulary to describe it at the time". In April 2021, Paytas released a video on her main YouTube channel, in which she discussed her previous gender confusion and reaffirmed her non-binary identity. She has since updated her pronouns to she/they.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Convention Goer | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Faster | Stripper | Uncredited |
| 2011 | To Get Her | Fantasy Girl | |
| 2011 | Sex, Drugs and Randy Van Stone | Sex Tape Girl | |
| 2011 | Geezas | Bored Blonde | |
| 2012 | This Ain't Jaws XXX | Bikini Girl | |
| 2012 | Wanderlust | Davidson's Wife | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Horny Birds | Extra | Uncredited |
| 2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Stunt Double | Uncredited |
| 2013 | Lola's Love Shack | Deluxe | |
| 2013 | Water & Power | Stripper | |
| 2013 | Beverly Hills Cop | Buxom Blonde #2 | |
| 2014 | Viral Video | Trisha Paytas | Short film |
| 2015 | Viral Video 2 | Trisha Paytas | Short film |
| 2016 | It Gets Worse | Extra | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Character Fantasy | Sexy Ninja | 1 episode |
| 2006 | The Tyra Banks Show | Herself; Guest | 1 episode, April 24 |
| 2006 | The Greg Behrendt Show | Herself; Correspondent | 13 episodes |
| 2007 | The Next Best Thing | Herself | Contestant |
| 2007 | Who Wants to Be a Superhero | Herself; Ms. Limelight | Contestant; 7th Place, 4 episodes |
| 2008 | The Price Is Right | Herself | Contestant |
| 2010 | My Strange Addiction | Herself | Pilot |
| 2010 | Supreme Court of Comedy | Herself | Episode: "Kevin Nealon vs. Jamie Kennedy" |
| 2010 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Eric's Date | Episode: "Lucky" |
| 2010 | The Dish | Herself | 1 episode, May 25 |
| 2010 | The Ultimate Man | Tracy | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Scream Awards 2010 | M.I.A Dancer | TV Special |
| 2011 | Ellen | Herself; Guest | Season 8, Episode 99 |
| 2011 | The 1st Annual Critics Choice Television Awards | Body Shots Girl | TV Special |
| 2011 | E! 50 Super Epic TV Moments | Herself | TV Special |
| 2011 | Jackass Parody: Inception | Steve-O's Fantasy Girl | Critics Choice Awards Special |
| 2011 | The Car Show | Modified Girl | Episode: "Blast from the Past and Look Into the Future" |
| 2011 | Conan | Football Player | Episode: "Return to Devil's Condo" |
| 2011 | Modern Family | Plastic Surgery Girl | Episode: "Go Bullfrogs!" |
| 2011 | Who Wants to Date a Comedian? | Herself | Contestant; Episode: "Greg Wilson" |
| 2011 | Judge Alex | Herself; Defendant | Episode: "Metz vs Paytas" |
| 2011 | The Millionaire Matchmaker | Herself | Contestant; Episode: "The Young and the Loveless" |
| 2012 | Jane By Design | Extra | 1 episode |
| 2012 | 1000 Ways to Die | Herself; Former Hooters Waitress | Episode: "Die-Abestic" |
| 2012 | Inside Edition | Herself; Guest | 1 episode, May 3 |
| 2012 | America's Got Talent | Herself | Contestant; Season 7, Episode 10 |
| 2012 | Tosh.0 | Herself | Cameo; Episode: "Hurl-a-Whirl (Regurgitation)" |
| 2013 | Dr. Phil | Herself; Guest | Season 11, Episode 84 |
| 2013 | Nathan for You | Herself | Season 1, Episode 3 |
| 2013 | Walk of Shame | Sally | Episode: "When Harry Held Sally" |
| 2013 | Family Tree | Extreme Character | Episode: "The Box" |
| 2013 | Double Divas | Herself | Episode: "Rhythm & Boobs" |
| 2013 | Guinness World Records Gone Wild | Herself | Contestant; Speed Reader |
| 2013 | Good Morning America | Herself; Commentator | November 7, 2013 |
| 2013 | Today | Herself; Whether Girl | November 7, 2013 |
| 2014 | Ridiculousness | Herself | Cameo; Season 4, Episode 6 |
| 2014 | Celebrity Name Game | Herself | Contestant; Season 1, Episode 2 |
| 2014 | Dirty Mind Challenge | Herself | Contestant; 1 episode |
| 2016 | To Tell the Truth | Herself | Contestant |
| 2017 | This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous | Herself | Documentary |
| 2017 | Celebrity Big Brother UK 20 | Herself; Housemate | 13th Place (11 Episodes) |
| 2018 | Shane | Herself | Web series; 3 episodes |
| 2018 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Herself | Cameo; Episode: "Lights Out!" |
| 2018 | Access Hollywood | Herself; Guest | February 7, 2018 |
| 2019 | The Reality House | Herself | Web series; 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Doctors | Herself; Guest | Season 12, Episode 29 |
| 2019 | Blood Queens | Marmee Trish | 1 episode |
| 2021 | TheQuartering | Herself; Guest | 1 episode |
| 2021 | InformOverload | Herself; Guest | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Redbar | Herself; Guest | 8 episodes |
| 2024 | Weekend Breakfast | Herself; Guest | 1 episode |
| 2024 | Saturday Night Live | Herself | Season 50, Episode 8 |

### Music videos

| Year | Song Title | Artist | Role |
| 2007 | "Tears Dry on Their Own" | Amy Winehouse | Street Walker |
| 2009 | "We Made You" | Eminem | Jessica Simpson |
| 2011 | "Sleepless in Silverlake" | Les Savy Fav | Marilyn Monroe |
| 2012 | "Beekeeper's Daughter" | The All-American Rejects | Pretty Blonde |
| 2024 | "Woman's World" | Katy Perry | Woman Pulling Monster Truck |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2025 | Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream | Herself | St. James Theatre, Broadway, 1 Night |

## Discography

All song credits adapted from Spotify and Apple Music.

### As lead artist
#### Singles

| Year | Title | Album |
| 2024 | "Pink Christmas" | Non-album singles |
| 2023 | "Shoulda" | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "Freaky (Spanish Version)" | Non-album singles |
| 2021 | "I Love You Moses" | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Covid Christmas" | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Only Fan" | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Hot Girl Christmas" | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Iconic" | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "What Dreams Are Made Of" | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Crazy and Desparate" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Playground (TRK MRK Remix)" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Cozy Christmas (feat. Jason Nash)" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Milk and Cookies" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Shallow" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "I Love You Jesus (Trap Remix)" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Chicken Parmesan and Heartbreak" | Chicken Parm and Heartbreak |
| 2018 | "A Christmas Jesus Bop" | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "Never The Bride" | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "A Jesus Bop" | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "I Love You Jesus | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "I Hate My Life" | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "Freaky” | Chicken Fingers and Lipo |
| 2016 | "Warrior” | Warrior |
| 2016 | "Born To Make You Happy” | Non-album single |
| 2016 | "Cinderella" | Showtime |
| 2016 | "Showtime” | Showtime |
| 2016 | "Everytime” | Non-album singles |
| 2015 | “Christmas Sucks” | Non-album singles |
| 2015 | "Merry Trishmas" | Non-album singles |
| 2015 | "O Holy Night" | Non-album singles |
| 2015 | "Superficial Bitch" | Superficial Bitch |
| 2015 | "Fat Chicks" | Fat Chicks |
| 2014 | "Santa Baby" | Non-album single |

#### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Postpartum Popstar | Released: February 14, 2025 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Bubbly" "Lullaby" "McGriddle" "GAY" |
| Rebirth | Released: November 27, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "After Love" "Revenge" "Show Me Yours" "Yesterday" |
| Songs From My Kitchen Floor | Released: August 8, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Red Flags" "Possessive" "Glass Surface" "Advice" |
| Chicken Parm and Heartbreak | Released: November 8, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Miss You In My Sheets" "There She Goes" "Boy" "Chicken Parmesan and Heartbreak" "Six Feet Under" |
| Chicken Fingers and Lipo | Released: April 24, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Freaky" "Silence" "Self Control" "Beautiful Disaster" "Phoenix" |
| Warrior | Released: December 30, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Thick (feat. Søn Wolf)" "Pinup Girl" "Did This To Yourself" "Warrior" |
| Showtime | Released: September 6, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Cinderella" "Showtime" "Feel The Same" "Is This Love?" "Damn I Look Good" |
| Superficial Bitch | Released: June 29, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Superficial Bitch" "Leonardo DiCaprio" "Lust" "There You Go" |
| Fat Chicks | Released: March 6, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Fat Chicks" "Hot For Teacher" "Little Less Conversation" "Lost and Found" |

#### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| Under the Covers | Released: August 12, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Don't Forget Me" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "In The Closet" "Travelin' Thru" "Basket Case" "Soldier Of Love" "True Colors" "All That Jazz" |

## Published works

* Paytas, Trisha. The History of My Insanity CreateSpace, 2013.
* Paytas, Trisha. Tease CreateSpace, 2014.
* Paytas, Trisha. Curvy and Loving it CreateSpace, 2014.
* Paytas, Trisha. Trisha's 31 Nights of Fright CreateSpace, 2014.
* Paytas, Trisha. 101 Poems About My Ex-Boyfriend Independent, 2019.