Logan was born on April 1, 1995 in Westlake, Ohio. His younger brother Jake Paul is also a well-known social media personality, Vine Star, actor and model.
Logan Paul Fast Facts
Birthday April 1, 1995
U.S. citizenship
Sun sign: Aries
Also Known As: Logan Alexander Paul
Born: Westlake, Ohio
Famous as a YouTuber, Viner
Family: Father: Greg Paul Mother: Pam Stepnick Siblings: Jake Paul US State: Ohio
Logan Paul Biography
Paul was growing up in Ohio with his younger brother Jake, who is also a YouTuber and internet personality. He began creating internet videos for a YouTube channel called Zoosh when he was 10 years old.
He attended Westlake High School, achieving the ranks of The Plain Dealer’s All-Star linebacker football team in 2012, and qualifying for the state at the Ohio Athletic Association High School level.
Secondary 2013 Division I Singles Championship Wrestling.
Logan Paul Career
He launched his YouTube channel while in seventh grade and mainly created funny videos for his classmates. His interest grew as his channel began to gain popularity and five years later, still in his teens, he delved into Vine.
In seven months he amassed 2.7 million followers and is currently among the most successful viners with over 9 million fans on Vine. He also has a massive following on other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Last October, Logan’s pratfall uploaded videos that he posted on Facebook garnered a whopping 300+ million views! Logan collaborates with other artists such as Lance210, Christian DelGrosso, King Bach and Matthew Espinosa and has made films with the likes of Dwayne Johnson.
This social media megastar with a boy-next-door image who rose to fame with his goofy videos and dizzying stunts has several brand deals under his belt right now.
The list of digital promotion campaigns he’s involved in includes big names like HBO, Pepsi, Nike, Hanes, Verizon and Dunkin’ Donuts, with payouts reaching six-figure deals.
One of the campaign videos he shot for Hanes saw an incredible and overwhelming response online with 750K Facebook views, a record 3.8 million Twitter impressions and almost an unbelievable 38 million Vine loop counts that wowed executives. of Hanes.
After becoming one of the top social media personalities, he expanded his horizon as an artist beyond social media and in this pursuit she delved into acting. He signed with the Creative Artists Agency.
His television work included portraying Rainbow Man in one of the episodes of the television series “Bad Weather Films” in 2014 which led to him making a sequel titled “Rainbow Man” in the same year.
He also essayed the role of a malicious kidnapper in the American crime drama series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and as the Logan Twins in the American comedy television series “Weird Loners“.
In 2016 he landed a leading role in “Foursome“, a television web series Awesomeness.
He wants to become the greatest artist in the world and make a name for himself in Hollywood. In this pursuit, he dropped out of Ohio University and moved to Los Angeles in a leased apartment in a luxury complex on Vine Street and hired a manager and financial planner.
He has also taken acting classes at Anthony Meindl’s studio and with the comedy troupes pr Upright Citizens Brigade’ and ‘The Groundlings’.
Films he included include the comedy film “Airplane Mode” on which he is also a co-writer and the Michael J. Gallagher-directed apocalyptic thriller “The Thinning,” both slated for release in 2016.
In 2016, and in 2018, he wrestled British YouTuber and rapper KSI in an amateur white collar boxing match . The fight ended in a majority draw . In the subsequent rematch , which was a professional fight, Paul lost to KSI bysplit decision.
Logan has been involved in several controversies, most notably regarding a trip to Japan in December 2017, during which he visited the Aokigahara “suicide forest”, filmed a suicide victim, and uploaded the footage to his YouTube channel.
Logan Paul YouTube Boxing And More Controversies
On February 9, 2018, YouTube suspended all advertising on Paul’s channels due to his “behavioral pattern”, referring to his participation in the Tide Pod challenge, pulling a fish from his pond to “playfully give it CPR”, and placing two dead rats.
As a result, his earnings were temporarily halted, and as a result of the suspension, he streamed live on Twitch for the first time. Two weeks later, on February 26, YouTube restored the ads on Paul’s channel; however, his channel was still in a 90-day “trial period” during which his channel’s content was not eligible to be on YouTube’s trending tab.
In January 2019, he commented on his Impaulsive podcast , “What is it, March for men only? We ‘ll try to go gay for just one month.” He received widespread criticism for implying that being gay is a choice, with the LGBTQ+ organization GLAAD responding to Paul’s statement on Twitter, writing: “That’s not how it works Logan Paul.”
In March 2019, he released what has been described as a Flat Earth mockumentary, exploring the Flat Earth Theory. In the video, he interviewed many self-proclaimed “Flat Earthers” and spoke at the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference, which took place in Denver, Colorado.
He was sued by Planeless Pictures in December 2020 for the aforementioned 2017 incident in Aokigahara, when he posted a video that included a recently deceased suicide victim.
Planeless Pictures accused him of releasing the video to escape a film deal he had with them in which he would star in, write and produce their film Airplane Mode. They also claimed that the video led Google to suspend their contract with them, leaving them $3 million in debt.
In 2021, he was competing on the fifth season of The Masked Singer as “Grandpa Monster“. He was unmasked after his second appearance, where one of his clues was a foreshadowing of his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Logan Paul Fights against KSI
On February 3, 2018,he had followed his white collar amateur boxing match with Joe Weller, British YouTuber KSI challenged Paul to a boxing match.
On February 24, 2018, it was announced that Paul and his brother would fight KSI and his younger brother Deji in two white collar boxing matches.
The fight ended as a majority draw, with two judges scoring the fight even at 57-57 and a third judge scoring it 58-57 in favor of KSI.
On September 4, 2019, it was announced that Paul would be making his professional boxing debut in a rematch against KSI, to be shown exclusively on DAZN in the US .
The fight was scheduled for November 9 at Staples. Center . At the UK press conference for the rematch, Paul again sparked controversy when he accused KSI of having had five abortions, before commenting, “Five dead babies.
I could return the favor and kill you.” He drew criticism from abortion rights activists, who described his comment as “horrible”, while anti-abortion activists came to his defense. Paul responded by saying, “I said something nasty and insensitive.”
The rematch, which consisted of six three-minute rounds, resulted in a victory for KSI by split decision, with two judges scoring the fight 57-54 and 56-55 for KSI, and one judge scoring it 56-55 in favor of Paul.
Logan Paul Net Worth
He is estimated to have a net worth of $19 million as of 2019. Paul first gained fame with the video-sharing app Vine, where he shared his short comedy videos. and parodies.
Logan Paul Personal Life
Paul has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Jewish, and German ancestry.
As of October 2015, Paul was living in the same Hollywood and Vine apartment complex in Hollywood, California as other social media celebrities such as Amanda Cerny, Juanpa Zurita, and Andrew Bachelor, with roommates Mark Dohner and Evan Eckenrode.
This proximity facilitated various collaborations in their respective videos. In October 2017, Paul and Eckenrode moved to an estate in Encino, California.
On episode 198 of Impaulsive , Carl Lentz, who was a pastor at Hillsong Church NYC at the time, discussed religion with Paul, who described himself as “not too religious”. He specified that he believes in a “creator”, but does not know what the role of this creator would be in the lives of humans.
The episode drew ridicule towards Paul, who initially claimed that Jews believe in Jesus as their god, before being corrected.
In February 2021, Paul announced that he was moving to Dorado, Puerto Rico from Los Angeles. He claimed that high taxes in California were the main motivator for the move.
Logan Paul is currently dating Casey Boonstra.
Logan Paul Health
He states that he is red-green colorblind. However, he has been parodied and criticized by YouTube personalities such as Ethan Klein and iDubbbz for faking his reactions in a video in which he wore color corrective lenses for the first time.
He himself admits that he “beautified” and “exaggerated his reactions” to the glasses, but added that he “didn’t lie” about his disability.
In February 2019, he claimed that he has long-term brain damage, which he sustained from playing high school football. He claims that he affects his ability to have empathy and a human connection with others.
While filming a video for his Vine channel in 2017, he attempted a stunt during which he landed on a chair and damaged part of his right testicle.