Hila Klein

**Hila Klein** (Hebrew: הִלָּה קְלַיְן; born December 12, 1987) is an Israeli-American fashion designer, businesswoman and YouTuber known for co-hosting the H3 Podcast, along with her husband Ethan Klein. She is also known for being the founding CEO of American streetwear brand Teddy Fresh. She first found fame in co-creating the h3h3productions YouTube channel with her husband in 2011.

## Personal Life

Hila Klein (née Hacmon) was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 12, 1987, and was raised in Holon. Her father, a Maghrebi Jew, was from Libya and her mother, a Mizrahi Jew, hailed from Turkey. Klein also has distant Ashkenazi Jewish roots, as well as having distant ancestry tracing to Italy and Spain. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2019.

She first met Ethan Klein in Israel, at the Holocaust Yad Vashem Museum during her service in the Israel Defense Forces in 2007. The couple married in October 2012. They have two sons, Theodore (born 2019), and Bruce (born 2022). The couple is currently expecting a third child (tentatively named Scotty). They currently live in Bel Air, California.

Klein has three siblings, including Los Angeles-based artist Moses Hacmon, who is married to fellow YouTuber Trisha Paytas.

## Career

The Kleins began creating videos for YouTube under the banner of h3h3Productions in 2011. The Kleins later expanded their content creating several channels including the *H3 Podcast*.

Klein founded the Los Angeles based street wear brand Teddy Fresh in 2017 and is currently the CEO and principal designer. The brand has collaborated with animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and Rick and Morty, with singer Elton John, as well as many others such as Mortal Kombat, Godzilla, and Care Bears. They have also done collaborations with artists. In 2021, Teddy Fresh hosted a pop-up event in Los Angeles for its collaboration with Looney Tunes.

In 2017, Klein and her husband were featured in the first-person shooter video game Payday 2 as downloadable characters, with the proceeds funding their defense of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the channel.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rivera, Dane (October 14, 2020). "Teddy Fresh's Hila Klein On Bringing Color & Quality To Streetwear". *UPROXX*. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
2. ↑ Rich, Jacob (February 23, 2016). "Why the world needs h3h3Productions". *The Michigan Daily*. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
3. ↑ Colombo, Charlotte (December 23, 2021). "How controversial influencer Ethan Klein rose to fame, from feuds and Frenemies to being banned from YouTube for a week". *Insider*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
4. ↑ h3h3productions (May 9, 2018). "We Take a DNA Test". Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
5. ↑ Raphael, Shannon (December 11, 2020). "Is YouTube Comedian Ethan Klein Married?". *Distractify*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
6. ↑ Weiss, Geoff (June 6, 2019). "H3h3Productions' Ethan And Hila Klein Give Birth To Baby Boy, Theodore". *tubefilter*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
7. ↑ Felix, Michelle (June 12, 2021). "Ethan and Hila Klein announce they are pregnant with one child after anticipating triplets". *sportskeeda*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
8. ↑ H3 Podcast (September 1, 2023). "Family Vlogger 8 Passengers Arrested & War With Streamys & Jay Shetty Continues - After Dark #118". via YouTube. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
9. ↑ Dodgson, Lindsay. "A timeline of Trisha Paytas and Moses Hacmon's relationship, which started on a YouTube dating show". *Insider*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
10. ↑ "Who is Ethan Klein? The YouTuber is best known for h3h3 productions". *news.yahoo.com*. June 12, 2021. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
11. ↑ Dwyer, Theo (October 29, 2020). "H3H3 Podcast from H3H3 Productions: YouTube Creator Spotlight". *Bleeding Cool*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.
12. ↑ D'Anastasio, Cecilia (May 11, 2017). "Payday 2 Makers Donate DLC Profits To Help Big YouTubers Fight Legal Battle". *Kotaku*. Retrieved on September 11, 2023.