Trisha Paytas on Allegations that Colleen Ballinger Shared Her Nudes With Underage Fans: ‘So Inhumane’

But when she watched Ballinger’s non-apology video last week, Paytas claims she was “shocked” that Ballinger chose to “brush it over” and “didn’t just acknowledge the stuff that her own fans were saying, how they felt.” Ballinger sent her a link to the video, Paytas says, but she couldn’t even respond out of shock.

In light of the new allegations, Paytas clarified that she has “a very, very firm stance on talking to anyone underage, platonic or not,” due to her own “trauma” from “relationships I had when I was underage.” Paytas also emphasized her status as a “full-time sex worker” and her caution due to the “stigma and misconceptions” about people in her line of work.

“I do not condone at all unsolicited nudes, sending those to anybody,” Paytas said. “Sex worker or not, I think using somebody’s nudes as a way to hurt them, make fun of them, make light of them, be mean, is the lowest form of human, the lowest form of intelligence. I think that’s so inhumane, I think that’s so disgusting for anyone.”

Acknowledging Silvestri’s claims about Ballinger’s “viewing parties” dedicated to making fun of Paytas, she said, “I’m the joke. My naked body’s the joke, I guess. … I get made fun of all the time for my body, my nudes.” Paytas continued, “Yes, I’m a sex worker and yes, I chose this job and yes, I make money doing it. But it never feels good to have someone just make fun of your naked body. It’s just a really vulnerable thing.”

Paytas claims that when she confronted Ballinger, she “assured me that she had never sent photos of me,” and claimed instead “that this one fan who was underage at the time would send photos to her.”

“She was like, ‘No, he was a fan, he sent photos to me and he was obsessed with you… and once in a while I’d respond to him,’” Paytas said. But Paytas doesn’t seem to believe her former friend, and even alleged Ballinger’s behaviors “weren’t a long time ago—this is someone well into their 30s, just gave birth, sending nudes.”

Over the last several weeks, a handful of young, former fans of Ballinger’s have publicly said the YouTuber engaged in inappropriate, often sexually explicit communications with them as minors, asking some if they were virgins and about sex positions. Eventually, her former fans say she inappropriately confided in them about her divorce and egged them on to spread hateful comments about her ex-husband on the internet.

In her now-infamous ukulele video last week, Ballinger seemingly confirmed much of these claims—while also suggesting she’d done nothing wrong. Per HuffPost’s Monday report, it’s not yet confirmed whether Ballinger is facing a criminal investigation for violating the law through her alleged communications with minors.

“Many years ago, I used to message my fans. But not in a creepy way, like a lot of you are trying to suggest. It was more of a loser kind of way. I was just trying to be besties with everybody,” she sang. “There were times in the DMs when I would overshare details of my life, which was really weird of me.” At one point in the video, Ballinger sings that she’s “not a groomer, just a loser.”