Tana Mongeau

Tana Marie Mongeau (/ˈtænə ˈmoʊʒoʊ/ TAN-ə MOH-zhoh;^[4] born June 24, 1998) is an American Internet personality. She is known to make "storytime" videos and similar content posted to her YouTube channel.

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Tana Mongeau
Mongeau in 2019
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Born	Tana Marie Mongeau (1998-06-24) June 24, 1998 (age 26)[1] Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[2]
Occupations	Internet personality YouTuber podcaster
YouTube information
Channels	Tana Mongeau
Years active	2015–present
Subscribers	5.44 million[3]
Total views	944 million[3]
Network	Fullscreen Studio 71
Associated acts	Shane Dawson Gabbie Hanna Ricky Dillon Kian Lawley JC Caylen Elijah Daniel Bella Thorne Noah Cyrus James Charles David Dobrik Jake Paul Lil Xan Chris Miles Jeff Wittek Brooke Schofield
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2015 1,000,000 subscribers 2016
Last updated: September 1, 2024

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Tana Mongeau was born on June 24, 1998, to Rick and Rebecca Mongeau in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was raised.^[2][1] While on MTV No Filter: Tana Turns 21, Tana said that her parents lacked parenting skills which caused her to have a strained childhood.^[5] On her podcast with Brooke Schofield, she also stated "I spent my whole life feeling like I was raising [them]". She is not on speaking terms with her biological family and has stated numerous times that she was adopted by her best friend's family at age thirteen.^[6]

Mongeau's most famous videos are her "storytime" videos.^[7] On February 10, 2017, Mongeau posted on her Snapchat that she was being investigated by the FBI after someone hacked into her emails and "sent a bombing and shooting threat to McCarran International Airport."^[8]

On January 24, 2017, Mongeau posted a video titled "The N Word" which has received over 7 million views. In the video, she describes an encounter where a person on her tour (later revealed to be YouTuber iDubbbz) told her "say nigger", in response to a tweet posted by Mongeau to iDubbbz, telling him to kill himself for his comedic use of the word in his YouTube videos.^[7] In retaliation, iDubbbz made a video exposing her hypocrisy by pointing out examples in which Mongeau used the slur crudely herself. On February 17, 2017, Mongeau posted a video in which she apologized for using the word.^[7][9] In May 2023, iDubbz released a video apologizing for actions he had done in the past, and in it directly apologized to Mongeau for his actions towards her.^[10]

Mongeau's debut single, "Hefner", was released in November 2017.^[11] The music video featured Bella Thorne.^[12] That same month, Mongeau was featured on an episode of Maury.^[13] Mongeau collaborated with Lil Phag and Dr. Woke on a song titled "Deadahh" that was released on December 15, 2017. She released her second solo single, "W", on March 1, 2018. Her third solo single, "Fuck Up", was released on August 31, 2018.

TanaCon

Mongeau announced on May 26, 2018, that she would be hosting her own convention, titled TanaCon, at the same time and in the same city as VidCon 2018, from June 22–23.^[14] Mongeau intended TanaCon to be an alternative to VidCon after the VidCon 2017 organizers failed to give Mongeau the rights at the convention of a "featured creator".

TanaCon took place in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Marriott Suites, on June 22, 2018, and was canceled the same day. Over 80 creators were set to hold panels at the event including Bella Thorne, Shane Dawson, Casey Neistat, Miranda Sings, Ricky Dillon, Elijah Daniel, Jenn McAllister, Gabbie Hanna, Trevi Moran, Lisa Schwartz, and Jack Baran. Despite Mongeau's claims that 20,000 people tried to attend the convention,^[15] 4,000 to 5,000 people attended at most, and the Marriott was not even capable of holding that many people.^[16] Those who attended or lined up to attend complained of lack of food and water and standing for hours in the sun. It was reported that many people were sunburned and that some people passed out because of the heat.^[15]

The event has received much attention and criticism. The Verge said that fans were comparing it to Fyre Festival, and attendees were yelling "refund" after the event.^[17] Mongeau later apologized and said that refunds would be issued.^[18] Dawson later released a three-part documentary series of YouTube videos that shared Mongeau and other people involved in the convention's perspectives on the event.^[19] TanaCon was organized in collaboration with actor and producer Michael Weist.^[20]

Mongeau is openly bisexual. At the start of her YouTube career, she was in a relationship with Somer Hollingsworth, featuring him in many of her vlogs before the couple broke up in June 2017.^[29] After that, Mongeau was in a relationship with Bella Thorne from the summer of 2017 to February 2019,^[30] including a period in which she, Thorne, and singer Mod Sun were a throuple.^[30] She has also had on-and-off relationships with rappers Lil Xan and Chris Miles, and the two artists have stated that their collaborative single "Miss Me" was inspired by their relationships with Mongeau.^[31]

Mongeau began dating social media personality Jake Paul in April 2019.^[32] In June 2019, the couple announced that they were engaged, although many fans and commentators did not believe that the engagement was legitimate.^[33] On July 28 of that year, Paul and Mongeau exchanged vows in Las Vegas. InTouch later reported that the couple had not obtained a marriage license prior to the ceremony and that the officiant was also not licensed by the state of Nevada.^[34] As a result, the marriage was not legally binding.^[34][35] BuzzFeed reported that Paul and Mongeau left the ceremony separately.^[36] The ceremony, which was available on pay-per-view for $50,^[32] was recorded for MTV No Filter: Tana Turns 21.^[32][35] On an episode of the show, Mongeau stated that the ceremony was something "fun and lighthearted that we're obviously doing for fun and for content."^[32] The couple announced their breakup in January 2020.^[37]

In May 2024, Mongeau stated on Cancelled that she and Canadian YouTuber Cody Ko had had sex when she was 17 and he was 25, which would be illegal under Florida law since sex between someone who is under 18 and someone who is over 24 would be categorized as statutory rape. The allegations gained attention upon being covered by YouTuber D'Angelo Wallace in July, with no immediate comment on the accusation by Ko.^[38][39] Ko stepped down from day-to-day operations at his comedy podcast network Tiny Meat Gang Studios, and his YouTube Channel lost 250,000 subscribers in 30 days.^[40]

In August 2024, 'Cancelled Podcast' co-host Brooke Schofield came under fire for numerous screenshots of resurfaced tweets. A post depicting her thoughts on the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2020 was at the center of controversy, reading "Guarantee if Zimmerman shot a white guy this wouldn't even be a story. NEWS FLASH THIS WASN'T A CRIME OF RACISM IT WAS SELF DEFENSE".^[41] Podcast fans encouraged Mongeau to replace the current co-host with her former employee Paige Camerlin or to end the show completely. In response, Tana Mongeau defended her longtime friend by citing their problematic upbringings where the girls were exposed to bigoted points of view. "I hope she takes the time to grow and learn what she needs to and intake the information she needs to speak to people of color and understand the pain they felt while reading those tweets", Mongeau commented on August 11th. The controversy resulted in little change with Schofield still assuming the current co-host position.