Trisha Paytas (; born May 8, 1988) is an American

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and singer. Her YouTube channel consists of a wide variety of content including lifestyle-oriented

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, and mukbangs. As of July 2022, she has accumulated roughly 5 million subscribers and 1 billion lifetime views. Paytas has co-hosted '' Frenemies'' with fellow YouTuber

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. Additionally, she has worked independently as a singer, releasing several records and singles, and appeared in television shows and films.

Early life

Paytas was born on May 8, 1988, in

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before moving to Illinois. She has two siblings; an older brother and a younger, maternal half-sister. At 15, Paytas moved from Illinois back to California and was enrolled in a

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online school program. She returned to Illinois to live with her mother at age 16, attending high school in Pecatonica, Illinois. She did computer programming for her father's stocks and investments company, and wrote code for trading there.

Career

2006–2012: Beginnings on YouTube

After moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, Paytas began doing professional lingerie modeling and worked as a

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and an escort to support herself. She was featured on various television shows, attempting and failing to break the fastest-talker record on ''

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'', and appearing on ''

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'' and in '' Who Wants to Be a Superhero?''. Paytas registered her YouTube channel in 2007. It was originally dedicated to movie director

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, 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 ''

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'' as a self-admitted tanning addict, despite being aware of the high chances of developing

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, among others. Paytas appeared in several

by various artists including

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, and The All-American Rejects.

2013–2017: Online success and music releases

From 2013 to 2017, Paytas made a number of

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videos, which she told ''

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'' were a way to "dumb myself 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

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. In 2014, Paytas began posting widely-viewed

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

''. 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 ''

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''. She left the show after 11 days of participation and proceeded to make disparaging comments about fellow participants, including accusations of drug use.

2018–present: 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

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podcast '' Frenemies'' with fellow YouTuber

. 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. , Paytas has expanded her social media presence to the subscription website OnlyFans.

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

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. 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 and that the baby was the reincarnation of

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. That same month, she gave birth to a daughter, naming her Malibu Barbie. Paytas has identified with different religious beliefs throughout her life, mainly

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. Paytas has suffered from mental health problems, having been diagnosed with

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. In an interview on the H3 Podcast, Paytas stated she used to have substance abuse problems and was once hospitalized after a

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overdose. Paytas has stated that her main addiction was to prescription pills. In October 2019, Paytas came out as a

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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

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identity. She has since updated her pronouns to she/they.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

* ''Fat Chicks'' (2015) * ''Superficial Bitch'' (2015) * ''Daddy Issues'' (2016) * ''Showtime'' (2016) * ''Warrior'' (2016) * ''Chicken Fingers and Lipo'' (2017) * ''Chicken Parm and Heartbreak'' (2018) * ''Songs From My Kitchen Floor'' (2019) * ''Rebirth'' (2019)

References

External links

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