YouTuber Trisha Paytas' fans urge her to change her baby's 'cruel' name

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By Phoebe Egoroff

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Move over Apple, Cricket, Denim, and Huckleberry - there's a new celebrity baby in town, and her name is definitely unique.

YouTuber Trisha Paytas recently gave birth to her first child and - almost like some weird unwritten celebrity rule - has jumped on the bandwagon and named her newborn daughter the unique moniker of Malibu Barbie.

Paytas - who goes by both she/her and they/them pronouns - and her husband, Moses Hacmon, announced Malibu Barbie's birth in a TikTok on September 15, captioning the short clip: "Best day ever [...] Meet our daughter - Malibu Barbie Paytas Hacmon [...] born 09.14.22."

The 34-year-old's road to parenthood has not been easy - they have struggled with fertility issues for years, and they were even forced to deny the bizarre speculation that their newborn child was not a reincarnation of Queen Elizabeth II after the late monarch passed close to Paytas's due date.

Since making their debut on YouTube in 2007, Paytas has garnered over five million subscribers and over 900,000,000 total views.

They've made a name for themselves with mukbangs, fashion hauls, makeup tutorials, and even now-infamous 'kitchen floor' videos, in which, the mom-of-one records herself crying about her issues on her kitchen floor.

For years, Paytas has also been in and out of controversy for their tendency to constantly reinvent themselves with new identities - including becoming Jewish, studying Islam, and then becoming obsessed with following the Hare Krishna movement.

Now, it seems, Paytas has earned more controversy and divided opinion over Malibu Barbie's name - as social media users evidently have a lot to say.

One person tweeted a reference to 1993's Addams Family Values, where Joan Cusack's character reveals she killed her parents over their error in purchasing the wrong Barbie doll for her - she had apparently wanted the Ballerina Barbie instead of Malibu Barbie. Though, this reference probably went right over Gen Z's heads...

"When the nurse asked what you wanted to name her," the tweet read.

Another user made a joke related to many social media users comments that Queen Elizabeth II would be born in Malibu Barbie's body, writing: "When you realize you're no longer in Buckingham Palace."

Others expressed their love of the newborn's name with fellow TikToker, Cameron Perez, adding underneath Paytas's video: "MALIBU IS SUCH A PRETTY NAMEEE. AND BARBIEEE SO CAMP."

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"Congratulations [...] Malibu is beautiful," another TikTok influencer, Abbie Herbert, chimed in.

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Then, of course, there were remarks from other users who believed naming a child after Mattel's 1971 suntanned surfer girl doll was downright "cruel."

"People are trying to stay neutral about this but I cannot sit idly by while this happens. Naming your newborn MALIBU BARBIE is cruel. What an awful name. If you think it's a cute name you should not be allowed naming rights to any future posterity [sic]," someone commented.

"Naming your kid Malibu Barbie just seems cruel," another agreed.

Well, in a world where Nick Cannon calls his tenth child Rise Messiah, it seems nothing comes as a surprise anymore.

Featured image credit: Nathan Hulse / Alamy

YouTuber Trisha Paytas' fans urge her to change her baby's 'cruel' name

vt-author-image

By Phoebe Egoroff

Article saved!Article saved!

Move over Apple, Cricket, Denim, and Huckleberry - there's a new celebrity baby in town, and her name is definitely unique.

YouTuber Trisha Paytas recently gave birth to her first child and - almost like some weird unwritten celebrity rule - has jumped on the bandwagon and named her newborn daughter the unique moniker of Malibu Barbie.

Paytas - who goes by both she/her and they/them pronouns - and her husband, Moses Hacmon, announced Malibu Barbie's birth in a TikTok on September 15, captioning the short clip: "Best day ever [...] Meet our daughter - Malibu Barbie Paytas Hacmon [...] born 09.14.22."

The 34-year-old's road to parenthood has not been easy - they have struggled with fertility issues for years, and they were even forced to deny the bizarre speculation that their newborn child was not a reincarnation of Queen Elizabeth II after the late monarch passed close to Paytas's due date.

Since making their debut on YouTube in 2007, Paytas has garnered over five million subscribers and over 900,000,000 total views.

They've made a name for themselves with mukbangs, fashion hauls, makeup tutorials, and even now-infamous 'kitchen floor' videos, in which, the mom-of-one records herself crying about her issues on her kitchen floor.

For years, Paytas has also been in and out of controversy for their tendency to constantly reinvent themselves with new identities - including becoming Jewish, studying Islam, and then becoming obsessed with following the Hare Krishna movement.

Now, it seems, Paytas has earned more controversy and divided opinion over Malibu Barbie's name - as social media users evidently have a lot to say.

One person tweeted a reference to 1993's Addams Family Values, where Joan Cusack's character reveals she killed her parents over their error in purchasing the wrong Barbie doll for her - she had apparently wanted the Ballerina Barbie instead of Malibu Barbie. Though, this reference probably went right over Gen Z's heads...

"When the nurse asked what you wanted to name her," the tweet read.

Another user made a joke related to many social media users comments that Queen Elizabeth II would be born in Malibu Barbie's body, writing: "When you realize you're no longer in Buckingham Palace."

Others expressed their love of the newborn's name with fellow TikToker, Cameron Perez, adding underneath Paytas's video: "MALIBU IS SUCH A PRETTY NAMEEE. AND BARBIEEE SO CAMP."

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Credit: TikTok.com

"Congratulations [...] Malibu is beautiful," another TikTok influencer, Abbie Herbert, chimed in.

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Credit: TikTok.com

Then, of course, there were remarks from other users who believed naming a child after Mattel's 1971 suntanned surfer girl doll was downright "cruel."

"People are trying to stay neutral about this but I cannot sit idly by while this happens. Naming your newborn MALIBU BARBIE is cruel. What an awful name. If you think it's a cute name you should not be allowed naming rights to any future posterity [sic]," someone commented.

"Naming your kid Malibu Barbie just seems cruel," another agreed.

Well, in a world where Nick Cannon calls his tenth child Rise Messiah, it seems nothing comes as a surprise anymore.

Featured image credit: Nathan Hulse / Alamy