Trisha Paytas has been the subject of controversies and has been accused of deliberately making controversial videos and social media posts to attain fame.
30 Facts About Trisha Paytas
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Trisha Paytas has been accused of targeting various specific groups, including alternative music fans, the emo community, and the LGBT community.
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Trisha Paytas was born on May 8,1988, to parents Frank and Lenna Trisha Paytas in Riverside, California, before moving to Freeport, Illinois, at age 3 after her parents divorced.
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Trisha Paytas has two siblings: an older brother and a younger maternal half-sister.
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At age 15, Trisha Paytas moved back to California to live with her father and was enrolled in a Catholic online school program.
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At the age of 16, Trisha Paytas returned to Illinois to live with her mother and attend high school in Pecatonica, Illinois.
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In 2010, Trisha 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.
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Trisha Paytas appeared in several music videos by various artists including Eminem, Amy Winehouse, and The All-American Rejects.
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From 2013 to 2017, Trisha 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.
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In 2014, Trisha Paytas began posting widely viewed mukbang sessions and eating-challenge videos.
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In September 2014, Trisha Paytas competed in an episode of the television game show Celebrity Name Game, along with her mother.
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In 2017, Trisha Paytas became a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother 20.
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Trisha Paytas left the show after 11 days of participation and proceeded to make disparaging comments about fellow participants, including accusations of drug use.
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In 2019, Trisha Paytas embarked on her own headlining tour, The Heartbreak Tour, to promote her music.
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In September 2020, Trisha Paytas started the YouTube podcast Frenemies with fellow YouTuber Ethan Klein.
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Trisha Paytas confirmed the cancellation on July 9,2023 in a video about the situation.
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Trisha Paytas said she reached out to Ballinger about the allegations and she denied them.
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In July 2023, Trisha Paytas began hosting her own YouTube podcast titled Just Trish Podcast.
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Co-hosted by Oscar Gracey, the podcast sees Trisha Paytas commenting on current pop culture topics.
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Originally planned as a weekly series, Just Trish gained significant YouTube viewership, which inspired Trisha Paytas to publish two episodes a week and invite various guests to talk on the podcast.
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Trisha Paytas dated American YouTuber Jason Nash from 2017 to 2019.
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In February 2022, Trisha Paytas announced that she was expecting her first child with Hacmon.
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Trisha Paytas had previously been told by her doctors that she would not be able to conceive a child naturally.
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In November 2023, Trisha Paytas announced she is expecting her second child with Hacmon.
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On March 6,2025, Trisha Paytas announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a third child that is due in July 2025.
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Trisha Paytas has identified with different religious beliefs throughout her life, mainly Roman Catholicism.
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Trisha Paytas has suffered from mental health problems, having been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
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Trisha Paytas has stated that her main addiction was to prescription pills.
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In October 2019, Trisha Paytas came out as a trans man online, but denied wanting to change her pronouns.
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Trisha Paytas received criticism for this due to having previously self-identified as a chicken nugget, ostensibly in a facetious manner.