YouTuber Colleen Ballinger slammed as 'barbaric' by Trisha Paytas as she speaks out on 'NSFW photo'

May 2024 ยท 4 minute read

TRISHA Paytas has broken her silence regarding recent grooming allegations made against fellow YouTuber Colleen Ballinger by her former fans.

Paytas, 35, frequently collaborated with Ballinger, 36, explaining in her 20-minute video that the two were friends from the internet and even appeared on a podcast together called Oversharing.

"We weren't close friends - we were friends. I considered us to be friendly when I had my daughter," said Paytas. "She reached out and I thought 'Oh, it's great to have mom friends.'"

Paytas said that before their podcast, which came out earlier this year, the two would appear in at least one video together each year since 2018.

However, Paytas explained that she "wasn't aware" of the allegations against Ballinger and clarified that she has a "very, very firm stance" on talking to anyone underage.

"It's a very hard boundary. One that I don't let up on with anybody," she said. "I think it's weird."

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Ballinger was accused by several of her former fans, including Adam McIntyre, of allegedly sending inappropriate messages to minors in group chats, with the accusations causing a flurry of outrage online in the past few weeks.

Ballinger has come under fire again this week after another fan posted images allegedly showing Ballinger sharing nude photos of Paytas and mocking her body in these group chats.  

The fan who posted the images was 22 at the time, according to reports.

Paytas, who began posting on YouTube in 2007, is also a sex worker and posts content to OnlyFans.

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"We already have a lot of stigma, misconceptions, and allegations against us as sex workers and so I need to nip this in the bud," said Paytas.

"I do not condone, at all, sending unsolicited nudes to anyone of anybody sex worker or not. I think using someone's nudes as a way to hurt them, make fun of them, make light of them, be mean is the lowest form of human."

Screenshots of the alleged messages between Ballinger and the fan were shared on Twitter and sat at over 856,000 views as of the time of writing.

"While I'm thankful that [the fan] posted them so I could see that this is real, hearing all that horrible stuff underneath the photo about my body just being messed up or disgusting is a lot.

"Yes, I'm a sex worker and yes, I chose this job and yes, I make money doing it but it never feels good having someone make fun of your naked body."

Paytas also claimed that Ballinger would allegedly host "viewing parties" with her fans to watch Paytas' adult content.

'BARBARIC'

Before the screenshots of the alleged messages were posted, Paytas said she contacted Ballinger after the allegations were made.

"She assured me that she never sent photos of me and that this other fan, who was underage at the time, sent photos of me," said Paytas.

While not referring to him by name, Paytas was referencing the claims by Adam McIntyre, who claimed that Ballinger shared nude photos of Paytas with him when he was underage.

"Trisha, Colleen and I used to send ur [sic] OnlyFans pics and videos and make fun of how u looked btw," McIntyre tweeted on June 13.

"I was 15, Colleen in her 30s."

Paytas said that she trusted Ballinger given that she knew her in real life.

With 5million subscribers on her own channel, Paytas has seen her fair share of controversy as well and has admitted to being a "hater" but said that she doesn't understand making fun of a person's body.

"That's probably the worst I've seen from someone that I've considered a friend," Paytas said, referencing the alleged screenshots.

"That's pretty barbaric. That's pretty misogynistic and it's downright cruel."

Paytas apologized to Ballinger's fans and claimed that she had nothing to do with the behavior and does not condone it.

"I think it's the most disgusting thing and above all else, illegal," she said.

Paytas ended the video by stating that she "doesn't stand behind Colleen whatsoever" and said that Ballinger's bizarre response video to grooming allegations "was not an apology."

"It took away from the severity of her actions of talking to minors," she said.

Paytas added that Ballinger's alleged actions hurt sex workers, claiming that it painted them as "deviants."

"Yes, I'm a sex worker but a lot of those images and videos were behind a paywall," said Paytas. "One that requires someone to be 18 and over."

Before ending the video, Paytas added that she will not speak on Ballinger again.

"She does not exist to me."

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Ballinger and Paytas for comment.

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