Trisha Paytas

**Trisha Paytas** (born May 8, 1988) is an American YouTuber and media personality. Her YouTube channel, blndsundoll4mj, consists of a wide variety of content including lifestyle-oriented vlogs, music videos, and mukbangs. As of September 2023, she has accumulated roughly 5 million subscribers and 950 million views. She also has a sizable following on her OnlyFans account. Paytas identifies as non-binary, and uses both she/her and they/them pronouns.

From 2020-2021, she was the co-host of *Frenemies*, along with Ethan Klein. She is also married to Hila's brother, Moses Hacmon, who she met on The BacH3lor segment on the H3 Podcast, and the two have a daughter together. Paytas and the Kleins are not on speaking-terms, and she is considered an enemy-of-the-show. The crew usually avoids speaking about her on the show, and Ethan treads lightly when the topic is brought up.

## Personal Life

Trisha Paytas was born on May 8, 1988, in Riverside, California. Her family moved to Illinois, where she grew up. She has two siblings; an older brother and a younger, maternal half-sister. At age 15, Paytas moved back to California and was enrolled in a Catholic online school program. She returned to Illinois to live with her mother at age 16, attending high school in Pecatonica, Illinois.

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.

Paytas has had several public long-term relationships. She dated YouTuber Jason Nash from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, she started dating Israeli artist Moses Hacmon, Hila's brother who she met on an H3 Podcast segment known as The BacH3lor. The pair got engaged that same year and married in 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. In September 2022, Paytas addressed false online rumors claiming that she had already given birth, as well as an online meme that was circulating claiming that the baby was the reincarnation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. That same month, she gave birth to a daughter, named Malibu Barbie.

Paytas has identified with different religious beliefs throughout her life, mainly Roman Catholicism.

## Career

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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*, and appearing on *The Greg Behrendt Show, The Ellen Show,* and *America's Got Talent*.

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.

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 2019, Paytas embarked on her own headlining tour, *The Heartbreak Tour*, to promote her music.

As of 2021, Paytas has expanded her social media presence to the subscription website OnlyFans, where she posts pornographic content.

## History with H3

Trisha Paytas first appeared on the *H3 Podcast* on October 26, 2019, being the main interviewed guest on H3 Podcast #152.

In September 2020, Paytas started the *Frenemies* podcast along with Ethan. The show discussed recent events in the social media world, and was widely popular for their dynamic duo commentary, garnering an average 3-5 million views per episode. The show was pre-recorded and uploaded onto YouTube, straying away from the H3 Podcast's typical livestream format. The two had arguments on the show a few times, and even had Dr. Drew call in for "couples therapy."

Trisha and Ethan were cohosts of *Frenemies* until June 2021, when Trisha left *Frenemies*, and the show ended. The duo split up over several issues Trisha had with Ethan's production, most notably the 5% revenue difference.

## Controversies

Trisha Paytas has been mired in numerous controversies over her history on the Internet.

Over her career, Paytas has utilized a strategy of online trolling to gain attention. According to an interview Paytas did with Business Insider in 2015, she dumbs herself down in hopes of getting more views. She admits that her content can be racist and offensive, but is choosing to continue posting it because she thinks it garners her more attention, even if it’s negative attention. She has posted videos of herself in blackface, using the N-word, defending Hitler, using anti-Semitic rhetoric, falsely claiming she voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 U.S. presidential election, and even once infamously tried to argue that dogs don’t have brains.

In her time on *Frenemies*, Trisha regularly made references to Ethan being Jewish, calling him "Jew-y," and according to Ethan, fetishizing Judaism. She has also argued with him claiming that he does not have Tourette's syndrome. When she found out that he actually does have Tourette's, she tokenized Ethan saying that it is cool to have a disabled friend.

### LGBTQ+ Issues

Around 2016, Paytas posted a now-deleted video titled “I’m a chicken nugget.” In the video, she claimed that she "identified as a chicken nugget," and said:

> *“When you feel like a chicken nugget, you feel like… not delicious. Well, you feel delicious, but you also feel, like, fried. And fake on the inside… I’m pink goop and now I’m a chicken nugget.”*
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In October 2019, Paytas came out as a trans man, but denied wanting to change her pronouns, continuing to use she/her. She received criticism for this due to her previous chicken nugget debacle, with many claiming she was doing this once again simply for clout. 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 go by both she/her and they/them.

### Regarding Mental Health

In 2020, Paytas posted a video titled "MEET MY ALTERS" in which she claimed to have dissociative identity disorder (DID), which was formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Paytas claimed to have multiple personalities named T, Trixie, Tyson, Tierney, and Tobolter. The video was met with outrage as many claimed that Paytas spread misinformation about the disorder, diagnosed herself rather than going to a mental health professional, and used outdated and offensive terms.

## Trivia

* Trisha hates Jacksfilms, supposedly because he did not speak with her at an event.

## References

1. ↑ Paytas, Trisha [@trishapaytasbackup] (May 8, 2022). "Happy Birthday to Me...". via Instagram. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ahad, Ab'ha (May 5, 2022). "36 Famous People Who Use Pronouns Other Than 'She/Her' And 'He/Him'". *BuzzFeed*. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
3. ↑ Paytas, Trisha [@blndsundoll4mj] (May 11, 2013). "Draw My Life!!! Trisha Paytas". via YouTube. Archived from the original. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
4. ↑ Jennings, Rebecca (March 4, 2021). "Trisha Paytas, YouTube's Problematic Drama Queen". *Vulture*. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Koul, Scaachi (August 9, 2021). "Don't Piss Off Trisha Paytas". *BuzzFeed News*. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
6. ↑ kenadijiba (January 11, 2020)."Is Seasoned YouTube Star Trisha Paytas okay?". *Yahoo!*. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dodgson, Lindsay (June 14, 2021). "The life and controversies of YouTuber Trisha Paytas, from claiming they have multiple personalities to identifying as 'a chicken nugget'". *Insider*. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
8. ↑ Seemayer, Zach (June 10, 2019). "Trisha Paytas Dishes on Her Breakup With Jason Nash (Exclusive)". *Entertainment Tonight*. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
9. ↑ The News International (December 26, 2020)*.* "YouTuber Trisha Paytas announces engagement to Moses Hacmon". Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
10. ↑ Colombo, Charlotte (December 13, 2021). "Controversial YouTuber Trisha Paytas married Moses Hacmon in a black gown, walking down the aisle to My Chemical Romance, according to their social media posts". *Insider*. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
11. ↑ Paytas, Trisha [@blndsundoll4mj] (February 14, 2022). "I'M PREGNANT!". via YouTube. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
12. ↑ Cheong, Charissa (February 14, 2022). "Trisha Paytas announced they are pregnant, saying they are in 'disbelief' at the news due to prior fertility issues". *Insider*. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
13. ↑ Edmonds, Lauren. "YouTuber Trisha Paytas apologized to the royal family as they responded to online rumors about their baby and Queen Elizabeth II's death". *Insider*. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
14. ↑ Sottile, Zoe (September 15, 2022). "YouTube star Trisha Paytas welcomes first daughter, Malibu Barbie". *CNN*. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
15. ↑ H3 Podcast (October 26, 2019). "Trisha Paytas - H3 Podcast #152". via YouTube. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
16. ↑ H3 Podcast (October 27, 2020). "Couples Therapy With Dr. Drew - Frenemies #7". via YouTube. Retrieved on September 26, 2023.
17. ↑ Mulshine, Molly (May 20, 2015). "This YouTuber reclaimed the word 'fat' by writing the catchiest body empowerment song ever". Business Insider. Retrieved on September 27, 2023.
18. ↑ Ulatowski, Rachel (September 20, 2022). "Who Is Trisha Paytas? Controversial Youtuber Trisha Paytas Explained". The Mary Sue. Retrieved on September 27, 2023.
19. ↑ Harris, Margot (March 13, 2020). "Trisha Paytas is causing controversy with a video claiming she has multiple personalities and Dissociative Identity Disorder". Insider. Retrieved on September 27, 2023.
20. ↑ Dodgson, Lindsay (March 17, 2020). "Everything Trisha Paytas got wrong about Dissociative identity disorder in a video where she claimed to have multiple personalities". Insider. Retrieved on September 27, 2023.