Trisha Paytas

 "I don't like to be the center of attention, except for when I want to be the center of attention," said internet star Trisha Paytas.

This quote is confusing considering Paytas seems to enjoy the spotlight after consistently posting YouTube videos for approximately 18 years.

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Trisha Paytas drives a pink G-Wagon. Check out this car tour video she posted in 2017.

According to Business Insider, Trisha Paytas first created her YouTube account, blndsundoll4mj, in 2007. Today, Paytas' account has amassed 5.15 million followers, earning her global recognition for her videos that rang from mukbangs to broadway sing alongs. 

(For those of you who don't know, a mukbang is a video where a person eats a large amount of food while talking to their video viewers.)

I will start off by saying that I do greatly admire one thing about Trisha: her confidence. No matter the amount of hate that Trisha receives online, she posts whatever she wants and pushes past whatever the haters have to say about her. That is an admirable quality in anyone, no matter their profession or trade.

Although I am not a hater of hers, as I don't hold hate in my heart for anyone, I cannot say that I am a fan of her's either.

For starters, I am not a fan of mukbang videos. They have gained major popularity on the internet, but I do not enjoy watching them. I have no desire to sit there and watch someone, whether it is Trisha or anyone else, sit there and eat food. I love a good food review video, but I do not want to watch someone sit there for 10+ minutes eating every bite of their food. 

Some people who dislike mukbang videos are judgmental of the amount of food the video creators are eating. For me, I am a firm believer that people can eat whatever they want, whenever they want, and I hold no judgement. However, I just don't want to watch them eat, no matter how much food it is.

 Trisha Paytas makes a Pizza Hut mukbang on YouTube

I also dislike Trisha's broadway singing videos. I try not to judge anyone for their singing abilities. However, when someone constantly puts out videos of themself singing off key, wearing extravagant costumes and doing off moves, all while in their kitchen, it is hard not to critique in your mind. 

Check out one of her infamous videos singing "Burn" from Hamilton and you'll see what I'm talking about.

As a performer myself who does not have natural ability and has had to work hard to develop my singing voice, I somewhat take offense to the popularity Trisha has gained. There are so many talented singers in the world who will never be famous or known. Yet someone who cannot even sing on key has millions of followers from her singing videos and has made millions of dollars from her content creation.

Although I do not like her videos, I do have to applaud her confidence and ability to make millions off of weird videos eating lots of food and singing with no talent. Kudos to you Trisha Paytas.