YouTubers Who Couldn't Stand Working Together

In 2017, Jake Paul — not to be confused with his equally infamous brother Logan Paul — started a management company called Team 10, a social media influencer talent label that was meant to help social media stars grow their fanbase and support their content. A handful was chosen to live in Team 10's Hollywood home, one of whom was vlogger Alissa Violet. Although she and Paul had a public image as an item and even capitalized on that possibility by selling merchandise with their couple name "Jalissa" on it, the relationship was never confirmed until their dramatic breakup.

In February 2017, Violet revealed in a Snapchat video that Jake had kicked her out of Team 10. "[Jake] threw all of my stuff downstairs and put a lock on the door ..." In since-deleted tweets, she and Jake Paul went back and forth posting their sides of the story, where each accused the other of cheating and mistreatment (via J-14).

Three months later, Team 10 released a music video called "It's Everyday Bro" where the group rapped about their success as influencers. In one verse Paul disses Violet, rapping about kicking out a team member who was "talking [smack] on Twitter, too. But still hit my phone last night" and then threatened to reveal what really happened. Violet replied with a video about their relationship and her own diss track, "It's Every Night, Sis."

The Team 10 drama didn't stop with Alissa Violet. In 2019, makeup influencer Cole Carrigan dipped after only three months living in the house. According to a since-deleted YouTube video, the MUA (makeup artist) said he took on all of the Team's management responsibilities himself (via Clever News). But that wasn't the tipping point.

In his video explaining his departure, Carrigan claimed that Team 10's event organizer Arman "Armani" Izadi got into a heated argument with him in Las Vegas, where Izadi called him homophobic slurs and other names (via Daily Dot). Carrigan said Armani threatened to call the police if he didn't move out (via Distractify). Shortly after the altercation, the MUA discovered all of his content was deleted from Team 10's socials and that he was being kicked out. In text messages survived by Distractify, Carrigan asks Jake Paul for an explanation. Paul replied, "I wanted you to go home and think about what life would be like if you are not on the Team anymore."

In his own video, Jake Paul defended the decision to get Carrigan out of the house, "Carrigan is going Alyssa Violet on Team 10 right now" and "He wasn't posting videos or filming any videos because he's lazy." Paul also addressed Carrigan's claim that someone had spray-painted obscenities over a mural made for the makeup artist, saying it was Armani who vandalized it. In the words of Logan Paul, "Well, that's a little immature."

On May 10, 2019, Halo Beauty creator Tati Westbrook posted a YouTube video slamming the popular MUA James Charles (reuploaded here). The two had a very public mentor/mentee relationship that took a turn when Charles endorsed SugarBearHair vitamins, a company that was Westbrook's direct competitor. She first responded in an emotional Instagram story (via reupload), saying, "I feel really used," then followed it up with the internet-breaking video "Bye Sister." She said she and her husband helped Charles through his previous scandals and supported him through his career, adding, "It wasn't specifically just about vitamins ... it was just about being lied to and feeling disrespected." She called him selfish and said, "I'm freaking afraid of him."

After Westbrook's video, many people joined the bandwagon, one of whom was Jeffree Star, who tweeted "Everything Tati said is 100% true" (via ET). This backlash caused Charles to make history as the first YouTuber to lose over 1 million followers in less than 24 hours, per Sky News.

Finally, on May 18, Charles debunked Westbrook and everyone's allegations with dozens of screenshots in a well-organized video. Many of those who spoke against him retracted their statements, including Star, who had even threatened to expose Charles. He won back his fans and came out on top. Westbrook then released an apology but has since deleted it (reuploaded here).

A year after Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star became friends, Dawson's YouTube bestie Trisha Paytas (she/they) started working with the makeup mogul as well. The two began posting mukbangs on each other's channels, and Dawson and Star named a shade in their makeup palette after Paytas. But a Valentine's Day trip to Las Vegas changed everything.

In a video survived by the drama channel Sanders Kennedy, Star's former friend Tab David alleged that Star bullied an unnamed friend about their weight and former drug addiction during their trip. Paytas said that the unnamed victim was them. They unveiled details, including that Star had allegedly smacked their hand away from a plate of nachos and said, "Don't eat" (via Insider). Paytas had also been body-shamed by Star's hair stylist Hair by Jay who called her a "stupid fat [explitive] walrus" on his Instagram Live.

During this feud, it appeared that Dawson never came to Paytas' defense, which was surprising: Paytas and Dawson had been friends for 12 years, and Paytas had defended him vigorously during Dramageddon 3.0. After Dawson's fiancé Ryland Adams worked with Star, knowing Paytas' complaints, Paytas retaliated on TikTok, saying, "There's no mending this friendship. You guys have made a deal with the devil and I want nothing, nothing to do with that evil energy." There has been some flipflop on their social media about Dawson and Star, but they have not been seen together since.

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Trisha Paytas and Ethan Klein are a prime example of frenemies. The relationship started when Klein posted the video "Instagram vs. Reality" which criticized Paytas' appearance. Paytas posted a teary response video, with some choice words for Klein and said his wife should be ashamed of him (via reupload). Then, unexpectedly, Paytas was invited onto his podcast.

The chemistry between them was undeniable. Klein even thanked Paytas after the episode, tweeting, "Despite our differences and a few rocky moments, it was really fun having you in the studio" (via Insider). After Paytas was invited back, more drama ensued, including Klein making fun of Paytas for coming out as trans and Paytas dating Klein's brother-in-law without warning (and subsequently ruining H3's Bachelorette-style game). But after 2020's quarantine, Klein and Paytas reunited in September and gave birth to "Frenemies."

Paytas' hyper-energetic and aloof nature mixed with Klein's more levelheadedness made for entertainment gold. But the relationship was tumultuous. The two regularly had disagreements, one of which caused Paytas to storm off and claim they were quitting. They returned, but only to officially leave seven months later. On June 8, 2021, the two got into an explosive argument over Paytas' contributions to the show (or lack thereof), which ended with them abruptly stopping the episode. Paytas flip-flopped on socials between forgiving Klein and condemning him, but eventually, the two acknowledged that the podcast was a highlight in their lives despite everything. That's true frenemies.

Spouses Ethan and Hila Klein have been actively commenting on pop culture and making reaction videos on their H3 podcast for years, garnering over 9 million YouTube subscribers across multiple channels, and millions of listens across streaming platforms. But not everyone has praised their success. On May 24, 2016, the Kleins announced that they would be going through a costly two-year legal battle "because Matt Hoss ... who is impervious to criticism, doesn't like that we said naughty things about him." YouTube Vlogger and pick-up artist Matt Hosseinzadeh, aka Matt Hoss, aka Bold Guy, had filed a lawsuit against the couple for using one of his YouTube videos without permission on their channel. The three did not have a public relationship before this suit.

In Hoss' Copyright Complaint, he and his legal team alleged that the Kleins "unfairly derived profit from the Infringing Video" and that their reproduction of Hoss' video was done with malicious intent. Although Hoss asked for a jury trial, the case was dealt with in a summary judgment, where Judge Katherine B. Forrest sided with the defendants. Judge Forrest's official ruling stated, "The Kleins' criticism and commentary is interwoven with clips from the Hoss video ... there is also no doubt that the Klein video is decidedly not a market substitute for the Hoss video ... plaintiff's motion is DENIED" (via h3h3 productions). The podcasters reuploaded the video Hoss sued them over, much to Hoss' chagrin.

The creator of the Tanacon disaster and storytime regaler Tana Mongeau has had beef with several YouTubers and celebrities, including James Charles, Gabbie Hanna, Khloe Kardashian, Billie Eilish, and ex-girlfriend Bella Thorne. Although many of her feuds involve big names, two smaller but mighty YouTubers came out against the platform's superstar. In 2020, Kahlen Barry and Nessa Briella, aka SimplyNessa15, shared their stories of Mongeau mistreating and using microaggressions against them.

Barry worked with Mongeau on her unsuccessful collaboration channel Trash. In his video, Barry claimed that during that time, Mongeau dismissed his complaints about her racist behavior while asserting she wasn't racist anymore. "[Tana] tried to paint me as an aggressive, angry Black person." A few weeks later, Briella released her exposé. The YouTuber exposed Mongeau and Mongeau's then-manager Jordan Worona, who was Briella's manager first, of allegedly lying to and about her, accompanying her claims with screenshotted evidence. Similarly to Barry, Briella alleged that they would dismiss her feelings and tried to "paint [her] out to be this angry Black woman."

After three months, Mongeau posted her apology video, where she apologized to fans and directly to Barry and Briella and said she wanted to be a better ally. The video was met with negative comments from Barry, Briella, and many fans. The three of them are all still making content, just not together. Maybe we should all stay off the internet for a while!