Trisha Paytas
Host of Just Trish, which published a September 2024 episode reacting to Tati Westbrook's renewed discussion of the 2019 conflict.
Gabbie Hanna vs Trisha Paytas: Sexual-Health Rumor, Friendship Dispute and 2026 Revival
The feud became public in November 2019 after Trisha Paytas accused Gabbie Hanna of telling Paytas's then-partner Jason Nash that Paytas had herpes. Hanna acknowledged warning Nash about an unverified rumor but defended the decision as an attempt to protect a friend. Paytas denied having herpes and accused Hanna of harassment and slander. The dispute quickly expanded to mutual acquaintance Gabi DeMartino, a blackmail accusation by Hanna and Paytas's threat to involve lawyers. Hanna deleted her posts and said she was moving on, but the conflict repeatedly returned. In 2020 Hanna publicly revealed that she had originally written the song Call Me Crazy for Paytas before their falling out. In early 2021 Paytas appeared on Hanna's Burnout podcast in an attempted reconciliation, but a major disagreement remained over whether the two had ever been friends and how their past interactions should be characterized. Paytas said the restart failed. In June 2021 Hanna released previously cut podcast footage, text messages and a series of Storytime videos arguing that Paytas had lied about their friendship and gaslit her. The materials showed more friendly interaction than a simple claim that they had barely ever communicated, but the subjective question of whether the relationship constituted a meaningful friendship remained disputed. Paytas continued discussing Hanna publicly. By September 2025 Paytas had softened considerably, saying she wished Hanna well and apologizing for past ill will. Hanna reopened the feud on February 13, 2026 by publishing the full uncut Burnout recording and launching a podcast episode titled Why Trisha Paytas Tried To Ruin My Life, in which she accused Paytas of helping drive a long-term smear campaign and harming her career. No comparably detailed direct Paytas response to Hanna's February 2026 revival was identified in the reviewed material through August 30, 2026.
Trisha Paytas vs Ethan Klein: Frenemies Fallout, Production Dispute and Family Breakdown
The relationship between Trisha Paytas and Ethan Klein moved from a 2019 public feud to a successful collaborative podcast and then to a prolonged breakup. Their original dispute began when Klein mocked Paytas's edited photos in Instagram vs Reality and Paytas accused him of harmful body-shaming. Direct H3 appearances eventually turned the antagonism into a working relationship. Paytas then began dating Hila Klein's brother Moses Hacmon, creating a family connection. Frenemies launched in September 2020 and became highly successful, but the show repeatedly featured serious on-air arguments. The final regular episode, Frenemies #39, ended in a dispute about creative control, staffing, production ownership and a five-percent production allocation. Paytas announced a departure, while Klein disputed Paytas's account of the business and crew conflict. The following weeks produced multiple response videos, tweets and selectively released private messages. Paytas later apologized, but the friendship was not restored. A later Frenemies conversation was recorded and never released. The professional split expanded into a wider family estrangement involving Ethan, Hila, Moses and Paytas. H3 continued to reference Paytas in later years, including several 2024 and 2026 episodes, but no verified restoration of the friendship or Frenemies partnership was identified through August 2026.
Ethan Klein / H3H3 vs Keemstar: Content Nuke, Sponsor Fallout and Long-Running YouTube Feud
The Ethan Klein-Keemstar feud developed over several years rather than beginning with Content Nuke. Keemstar was reported among creators who supported the Kleins' legal defense fund in 2016 and appeared as an H3 Podcast guest in 2017. The first clear public rupture followed the September 2017 PewDiePie controversy, when Ethan attacked Keemstar and Scarce during a drunken podcast rant and later apologized. Keemstar renewed criticism in 2018. The conflict escalated dramatically in April and May 2020 after Keemstar raised allegations about H3's Fair Use Protection Account and PAYDAY 2 DLC revenue. Ethan answered with Content Nuke, accusing Keemstar of a long pattern of false accusations, harassment, doxxing and harmful treatment of other creators, including discussion of Keemstar's past interactions with Etika. Keemstar disputed the framing, accused Ethan of removing context and hypocrisy, and issued two major response videos. The dispute then expanded into sponsor pressure, with Keemstar's G Fuel relationship ending and Old Spice reportedly ending its H3 sponsorship amid retaliatory campaigns. Later stages included Keemstar threatening legal action in 2020, H3 receiving a YouTube harassment-policy strike after mocking Keemstar's relationship age gap in 2021, continued podcast attacks and counter-attacks, and disputes involving Teddy Fresh in 2022. H3 continued discussing Keemstar in later content through at least 2025. No public material reviewed establishes that Keemstar caused Etika's death, and no filed Keemstar-versus-Klein lawsuit was identified from the 2020 threat.
Tati Westbrook vs James Charles: Bye Sister and No More Lies
The public conflict between Tati Westbrook and James Charles began in April 2019 after Charles promoted SugarBearHair at Coachella, a competitor to Westbrook's Halo Beauty supplement company. Westbrook posted emotional Instagram Stories saying she felt betrayed, while Charles apologized and said the SugarBearHair arrangement had been made because the company helped him obtain a safer festival pass. After Gabriel Zamora publicly criticized Westbrook's handling of the disagreement, she uploaded the 43-minute BYE SISTER... on May 10, 2019. The video publicly ended her friendship with Charles and expanded the dispute beyond vitamins and business loyalty into serious allegations about his behavior toward straight or questioning men and his use of fame, money, and influence. Charles initially responded with an approximately eight-minute apology titled tati, apologizing to Tati and her husband without offering the detailed factual rebuttal that came later. During the following week, numerous creators and other public figures entered the dispute, while Charles lost millions of YouTube subscribers and Westbrook gained millions. On May 18, Charles published the 41-minute No More Lies. He presented screenshots, messages, and other material disputing substantial parts of Westbrook's account, including the SugarBearHair timeline and the interaction with Seattle waiter Sam Cooke. He denied using fame, money, or power to obtain sexual activity from men, while acknowledging that he had sometimes been overly forward in messages and saying he intended to change his approach. Westbrook initially responded that No More Lies contained lies and half-truths and that she stood by her videos. The next day, however, she said that she and Charles had communicated through an intermediary and that they believed ending the public fight was best for themselves and the community. Jeffree Star also apologized for escalating the conflict, and Charles agreed to stop discussing it publicly. The public ceasefire did not immediately erase the personal consequences. Charles cancelled his Sisters Tour and later spoke about the severe effect the controversy had on his mental health. Around December 2019, according to Westbrook's later account, Charles visited her home and the two privately apologized to and forgave each other. Westbrook disclosed that reconciliation in her June 30, 2020 video BREAKING MY SILENCE..., in which she apologized to Charles and alleged that Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson had supplied her with frightening claims about Charles and manipulated or influenced her decision to publish BYE SISTER.... Those allegations against Star and Dawson were themselves disputed and are not treated as established fact. In 2021, Westbrook said she had stopped communicating with the broader beauty community. In a September 2024 interview with Michelle Phan, she again discussed the background to the 2019 decision, including an unverified claim that an unnamed person warned her that a YouTube executive intended to remove Charles' channel. No later public material reviewed establishes whether Westbrook and Charles currently maintain a friendship. Later 2024, 2025, and 2026 materials found during research were primarily retrospectives and commentary rather than a renewed direct conflict between the two.