Brittany Broski

**Brittany Alexis Tomlinson** (born May 10, 1997), known professionally as **Brittany Broski**, is an American YouTuber, TikToker, social media personality, influencer, comedian, and singer. She initially gained fame after a video of her tasting kombucha for the first time went viral on TikTok in August 2019. As of April 2023, she has 7.2 million followers and over 320 million likes on TikTok.

## Early life

Brittany Tomlinson was born on May 10, 1997, and raised in Dallas, Texas. She participated in theater growing up, acting in local productions of *The Addams Family*, *Bus Stop*, and *Spamalot*. During both high school and college, she was a part of her schools' improv troupes.

She graduated from Texas A&M University *magna cum laude* in 2018 with a degree in communications. She subsequently worked at a call center but left after it made her depressed. She then worked in trust and investment services at a bank, where she was fired after her boss discovered the kombucha video and determined that Tomlinson's viral fame would put the company in jeopardy. She is also a licensed insurance agent.

## Career

Tomlinson created her TikTok account in June 2019 at the request of her friends, originally using the handle @brittanyt445. She posted her first video, a Snapchat video about her "depression meal", which quickly went viral, a month later.

She subsequently posted her most viral video, wherein she tastes cream soda-flavored kombucha for the first time with rapidly changing facial expressions, in August 2019. The video first gained notoriety on "gay Twitter" after being reposted with sexually-charged captions, eventually gaining traction on Reddit and Twitter, earning over 40 million views on the latter platform. The video also became a popular reaction image on social media and was ranked by TikTok as one of the top ten most viral videos of 2019 posted to the platform. Its popularity earned her the nickname "Kombucha Girl". In the *Huffington Post*, Broski has been described as the "Patron Saint of Memes," and *Buzzfeed* referred to her as a "TikTok star".

Following the success of the kombucha video, Tomlinson was signed to Influences Management and later to United Talent Agency.
In late 2019, Tomlinson moved to Los Angeles with her friend and fellow TikToker Sarah Schauer and the two have been making YouTube videos together since. She appeared in an advertisement for Sabra hummus during Super Bowl LIV. In early 2020 she competed on the second season of the YouTube reality show *The Reality House* hosted by JC Caylen and Kian Lawley; she was eliminated in the first episode. In August 2020, she was featured in an episode of the Awesomeness web television series *Dish This*. She was nominated for a Subject Award in Comedy at the 10th Streamy Awards. She co-hosted the TikTok New Year's Eve Party live event with American rapper Lil Yachty in December 2020. After she used the song "Remy the Ratatouille" in a video, the song went viral, inspiring the creation of Ratatouille the Musical. In early 2021 Tomlinson became the host of TikTok's official podcast, *TikTok For You*. She has since guest starred on Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova's podcast *The Bald and the Beautiful*, made three guest appearances on Chris Klemens' podcast *Unhinged*, and joined Trevor Evarts for the first episode of his podcast *Trevor Talks Too Much*. In 2022, she appeared on *Good Mythical Morning*, hosted by Rhett & Link, as well as the *H3 Podcast*.

On January 10, 2022, the first episode of Tomlinson's internet-themed podcast *Violating Community Guidelines*, co-hosted with Sarah Schauer and produced by Studio71, debuted. The podcast was nominated for two Signal Awards in 2023 in the categories of Best "Buddy" Podcast and Popular Culture & Variety. On December 5, 2022, "Episode Forty-Eight: Series Finale" of *Violating Community Guidelines* was uploaded with no explanation for the series' abrupt end.

## Public image

In 2020, Josh Kaplan of *The Daily Telegraph* called Tomlinson "one of TikTok's biggest stars". Writing for *i-D*, Tom Prior referred to her as a "TikTok superstar" and named a video of her rapping in the voice of English singer Adele as one of the 20 best TikToks of 2020. *L'Officiel* included her on their list of "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020".

## Personal life

Brittany Broski is the oldest of her siblings with younger half siblings named Sierra and Jet. Broski was born into a military family and grew up in several states including Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and spending the majority of her childhood in Dallas, Texas living near her mother's side. In sixth grade, Broski lived in South Korea for over a year.

## References

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17. ↑ 'Reality House' Season 2 - Meet the Cast of YouTube Stars (November 18, 2019).
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33. ↑ How Kombucha Girl Brittany Broski Bounced Back After Going Viral Got Her Fired.
34. ↑ Netflix wants to know if it's cake, takes slice from viral TikTok trend (March 8, 2022).
35. ↑ Trixie Motel: Discovery+ Original Reality Series Checks in This June (May 16, 2022).
36. ↑ Every Coffee Shop Ever.
37. ↑ Eat It Or Yeet It #12 w/ Brittany Broski.
38. ↑ Brittany Broski Catfished a Guy Into Thinking She Was British.
39. ↑ Chaotic Roomies Making Mug Cake & Pumpkin Spice Latte.
40. ↑ I Accidentally Became A Meme: Kombucha Girl.
41. ↑ 2020 YouTube Streamy Awards Celebrate Ten Memorable Years.
42. ↑ TikTok Taps Brittany Broski, Lil Yachty to Host Live New Year's Eve Festivities (December 24, 2020).
43. ↑ Alaska and Brittany Broski Battle It Out on the Finale of 'What's My Game?' with Priyanka (July 2021).
44. ↑ Solve the Puzzle or Sing Challenge.
45. ↑ Crazy Off-Broadway Musicals (Game).
46. ↑ The New Episode of 'Binge Queens' is a Must-See (March 10, 2022).
47. ↑ Lawrence Chaney Explores a New Career with Brittany Broski on 'Tartan Around with Lawrence Chaney' (May 26, 2022).
48. ↑ Everything New Coming to WowPresents Plus This Fall (September 2022).
49. ↑ Orville Peck Joins Brittany Broski's Royal Court.
50. ↑ TikTok Features Creators on New For You Podcast.
51. ↑ Unexplainable Paranormal Encounters with Brittany Broski - UNFILTERED #71.
52. ↑ Brittany Broski On Cancel Culture, The Finances Of Going Viral, & Life After Kombucha.
53. ↑ Crazy Stupid Fangirls: Brittany Broski.
54. ↑ Ending the Internet (with Brittany Broski).
55. ↑ Ranking More Celebrity Alcohol Brands (with Brittany Broski).
56. ↑ The Unhinged Holiday Special (with Brittany Broski).
57. ↑ Ep. 5 Making Brittany Broski take a Lie Detector Test.
58. ↑ Brittany Broski! // Hoot & a Half with Matt King.
59. ↑ Bug-Eyed TikTok Bitch with Brittany Broski - The Bald and the Beautiful.
60. ↑ Brittany Broski - Say Yas to the Guest Podcast.
61. ↑ Brittany Broski's new podcast explores the wildest corners of the internet (January 12, 2022).
62. ↑ Our Lord and Savior Brittany Broski by The Garbage Bowl.
63. ↑ Reacting to Brittany Broski's Weird FanFic.
64. ↑ Brittany Broski on #NotTooDeep - Grace Helbig.
65. ↑ (Fe)Male Gazing - The Comment Section.
66. ↑ Episode 9 - Brooke Ambushes Her Celebrity Crush (ft. Brittany Broski) - Brooke and Connor.
67. ↑ Brittany Broski - H3 Podcast #249.
68. ↑ Brittany Broski Is BACK! - H3 Podcast #261.
69. ↑ Workin' On Austin Butler with Brittany Broski.
70. ↑ Harry Styles SNUCK Into Her Dressing Room! ft. Brittany Broski - PRETTY BASIC - EP. 183.
71. ↑ Brittany Broski Talks Harry Styles, Not Wanting To Be Known As Kombucha Girl & Looking for Love.
72. ↑ Brittany Broski | Ghost Stories, World War 1, Call of Duty.
73. ↑ Millennial Cringe (ft. Brittany Broski) - TMG - Episode 274.
74. ↑ DIGitAL CoNtEnT CrEatORs ft. Brittany Broski - TMG - Episode 281.
75. ↑ MY DAD IS A VAMPIRE Ft. Brittany Broski - Spencewuah - I'M LITERALLY SCREAMING EP 16.
76. ↑ MISS FRIZZLE GAGGED ME Ft. Brittany Broski - GAY & AFRAID EP 2.
77. ↑ Catching up with Brittany Broski.
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79. ↑ How Brittany Broski & Ghost from Call of Duty Fell in Love???.
80. ↑ Here Are Your 2019 Break the Internet Awards™ Winners (en) (January 14, 2020).
81. ↑ VOTING ENDS TODAY! Cast Your Votes NOW for World of Wonder's 2019 WOWIE Awards (November 29, 2019).
82. ↑ Perelli, Amanda (March 10, 2020). Exclusive: All the finalists for this year's Shorty Awards, which won't be a physical event for the first time in 12 years because of the coronavirus (en).
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