Colleen’s recent apology video has caused outrage online (Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)
Colleen Ballinger – known online as ‘Miranda Sings’ – is facing allegations of grooming by former members of her fan club.
Online creator Adam McIntyre, 20, first claimed in a 2020 video that Ballinger allegedly formed an inappropriate personal friendship with him while he was 13 to 16 years old.
Others have spoken to HuffPost claiming her relationships with them were inappropriate.
Ballinger has addressed the claims in a song posted online (now blocked), saying: ‘You guys having fun? All aboard the toxic gossip train, chugging down the tracks of misinformation. The toxic gossip train.
‘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, where I was just trying to be besties with everybody.’
She goes on to say: ‘The only thing I’ve ever groomed is my two Persian cats’.
But who exactly is Colleen? Here is everything you need to know.
Who is Colleen Ballinger?
Colleen Ballinger is a YouTube star.
Ballinger created a character called ‘Miranda Sings’, who is entitled, tone-deaf, can’t dance and wears clown-like red lipstick, but totally believes in herself.
Colleen Ballinger found fame on YouTube (Picture: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)
She has built a following of more than 10 million subscribers on her Miranda Sings YouTube channel since 2008 and also appears in stage shows as the character.
The 36-year-old also started a second channel about her personal life as Colleen, which has more than 8 million subscribers, and frequently features her children.
Her posts have had two billion views.
Where is she from?
Ballinger was born in November 1986 and grew up in California.
She worked at Disneyland as an entertainer before making her living as stand-up comic Miranda from 2009, appearing live and on YouTube, and her fame led to an appearance in Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next music video.
She also toured with her then husband, YouTuber, Joshua David Evans. The couple wed in 2015 but filed for divorce a year later.
Ballinger went on to voice Roxanne in the 2019 film The Angry Birds Movie 2.
Who is she married to?
Ballinger wed US actor Erik Stocklin in 2018.
Colleen Ballinger and husband Erik Stocklin (Picture: Greg Doherty/WireImage)
The couple co-starred with in the 2016 Netflx series Haters Back Off, which was cancelled after two seasons.
He has also appeared in TV shows Lucifer and Criminal Minds.
Does she have children?
Ballinger and Stocklin have three children, all of whom feature prominently in her social media posts.
Son Flynn was born the same year they wed – in 2018.
In May 2021 she announced she was expecting twins, and that November gave birth to son Wesley Koy and daughter Maisy Joanne.
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The YouTube star has responded to serious allegations.
