Who is Logan Paul? Meet Controversial Social Media Star & WWE Raw Wrestler

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Key Facts About Logan Paul

He’s a WWE and social media celebrity.
His full name is Logan Alexander Paul.
His first WWE loss was versus Roman Reigns.
He is a Christian.
His only sibling is Jake Paul.
His parents are Gregory Paul and Pamela Stepnick.
His girlfriend is Nina Agdal.
He was born on April 1, 1995.
He has 23 million YouTube subscribers.
His net worth is $45 million.

Who is Logan Paul?

Logan Paul is a WWE Raw wrestler and social media star. Logan Paul has over 23 million YouTube followers and featured on Forbes’ list of highest-paid YouTube producers in 2017, 2018, and 2021. Logan Paul’s ImLogan Paulsive podcast has 4 million YouTube subscribers. Logan Alexander Logan Paul is his full name. He was born in 1995, on April 1. Logan Paul established a following in 2013 on Vine. After Vine’s termination, he registered his YouTube account, TheOfficialLoganPaul, on Oct. 18, 2013. Logan Paul Vlogs became his most-subscribed YouTube channel on August 29, 2015. As of January 2022, the channel has 23.2 million subscribers and over 5.8 billion views, making it the 74th most-subscribed channel in the U.S. Logan Paul has appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bizaardvark, and The Thinning (2016) and The Thinning: New World Order (2018). He launched his debut single “2016” in 2016 and boxed British YouTuber and rapper KSI in 2018. The fight was drawn. Logan Paul lost a rematch to KSI by split decision. He has been embroiled in various issues, most notably in December 2017 when he entered the Aokigahara “suicide forest,” videotaped a suicide victim, and released the clip to YouTube.

Logan Paul lived with Mark Dohner and Evan Eckenrode in the same Hollywood, California apartment complex as Amanda Cerny, Juanpa Zurita, and Andrew Bachelor in October 2015. Their close proximity allowed for numerous video production partnerships. Logan Paul and Eckenrode moved to Encino in October 2017. Logan Paul launched his presidential bid on ImLogan Paulsive episode 179. Logan Paul defined himself as “not excessively religious” in ImLogan Paulsive episode 198 with Hillsong Church NYC pastor Carl Lentz. Logan Paul is a Christian. He believes in a “creator,” but he doesn’t know the creator’s role in human lives. Logan Paul was mocked for saying Jews worship Jesus before being corrected. Logan Paul said he was going to Dorado, Puerto Rico in February 2021. He said California’s high taxes prompted the move. He lived in a $13 million house in June 2021. Logan Paul is red-green colorblind. Ethan Klein and iDubbbz ridiculed him for faking his reactions in a video when he donned color-correcting spectacles for the first time. Logan Paul acknowledges he “exaggerated” his reactions to the glasses but “didn’t mislead” about his impairment. Logan Paul said on ImLogan Paulsive that a football accident caused him to tear cartilage in his knee and miss 3 months of school. Logan Paul alleged in February 2019 that high school football caused him long-term brain damage. Daniel Amen, his doctor, says it impacts his empathy and human connection. Logan Paul hurt his right testicle while recording a 2014 Vine video.

Logan Paul Early Life

Logan Paul was born on April 1st, 1995 in the city of Westlake, in the state of Ohio. Gregory Logan Paul and Pamela Stepnick are his father and mother, respectively. He was raised in Westlake alongside his younger brother Jake, who also has an online presence through his work on YouTube and other platforms. When Logan Paul was just ten years old, he launched a channel on YouTube titled Zoosh and began uploading internet films there.

Logan Paul Education

Logan Paul went to Westlake High School, where he was recognized as an All-Star linebacker by The Plain Dealer for the school’s football team in 2012 and where he also qualified for the state-level Ohio High School Athletic Association 2013 Division I Wrestling Individual Championships.

He went to Ohio University and majored in Industrial Engineering. In 2014, he dropped out to become a full-time social media entertainer in Los Angeles. He moved into an apartment complex with other Vine stars.

Logan Paul Career

Logan Paul’s YouTube channel had a small following on Vine before college. He majored in Industrial Engineering at Ohio University before dropping school in 2014 to become a full-time Vine star in Los Angeles. Logan Paul gained prominence on Vine. He has 3.1 million social media followers in February 2014. He has 105,000 Twitter followers, 361,000 Instagram followers, 31,000 Facebook likes, and 150,000 YouTube subscribers by April 2014. A YouTube compilation of his Vine work got 4 million views in the first week. His six-second movies earned him hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue in 2015. His Facebook videos had 300 million views by October. “Logang” is a combination of Logan Paul’s first name and “gang.”

Logan Paul appeared on SVR in 2015. He played the Logan Paul Twins on Weird Loners. Two Stitchers episodes featured him. In 2016, he starred opposite Peyton List in The Thinning. Logan Paul trained with acting trainers and comic troupes in early 2016. Logan Paul created the screenplay for the adult comedy Airplane Mode, which he called “Expendables with Internet stars.” After being delayed, the film was released on August 2, 2019. He worked on Hanes, PepsiCo, and HBO ads. Comcast bought Logan Paul’s Logan Paul VS in 2016. In February 2017, Dwayne Johnson published “Logan Paul has been cut from, like, all of The Rock’s movies,” a video featuring himself and Logan Paul. In the video, Dwayne Johnson informs Logan Paul that he has been cut from all of Dwayne Johnson’s films and makes him the “ambassador” to his future Baywatch film. Logan Paul’s latest single, “No Handlebars,” samples Flobots’ song “Handlebars.” The song was condemned for objectifying women, including a music video scenario in which Logan Paul rides numerous women like a bicycle. Jamie Laurie of Flobots called Logan Paul a “douchebag entitlement” for the song’s “sexist” lyrics and improper sample use. Laurie later released “Handle Your Bars,” which mocked Logan Paul. Logan Paul didn’t respond to Laurie’s comments or “No Handlebars” backlash. After Flobots sued Logan Paul in 2019, he erased the song.

Logan Paul uploaded a vlog on December 31, 2017 showing the corpse of a man who hung himself in Aokigahara at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, known as the “suicide forest.” Logan Paul and his group had planned to camp in the woods for part three of their “Tokyo Adventures” series, but after finding the body, they notified authorities and canceled their plans. After 24 hours, the video had 6.3 million views. Celebrities and politicians criticized Logan Paul’s corpse video and group’s reactions. Other YouTubers accused him of insensitivity to suicide victims. He was also criticized for other misbehavior he was captured doing during the trip, including climbing onto a moving forklift at the Tsukiji fish market, removing his clothing on a crowded street, then fighting with one of his traveling companions, and throwing a giant Poké Ball at passing citizens, including a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officer. Change.org petitions urging YouTube to delete Logan Paul’s channel received over 720,000 signatures as of February 9, 2018. Logan Paul removed the video from YouTube and apologized on Twitter on January 1, 2018. On January 2, Logan Paul released a video apology to YouTube in which he admitted to a “severe and continuous lapse in judgement” and described his behavior as a “coping mechanism,” asking his fans to stop defending him. YouTube condemned Logan Paul’s video on January 9 via Twitter. In a series of tweets, they said, “We’ve listened to everything you’ve said. We know that one creator’s actions can affect the entire community, so we’ll share soon what we’re doing to prevent this from happening again. YouTube removed Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred, its preferred ad program, on January 10. New World Order, the sequel to The Thinning, was put on hold, and Logan Paul VS. was canceled. His role as Alec Fixler was also cut from season 4 of YouTube Red’s Foursome. Following the controversies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pulled Valley Girl, in which Logan Paul plays Mickey Bowen. TMZ saw Logan Paul at LAX on January 15. He’s learned from his mistakes and feels “fairly” treated. Logan Paul said, “Everyone deserves second chances, bro.” In response, he donated $1 million to suicide prevention agencies, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Logan Paul hired Mike Majlak, a former LoveSac marketing manager, to “make sure nothing bad happens” and improve his reputation. Logan Paul resumed his YouTube vlogs on February 4 after a 3-week break. Logan Paul did not violate YouTube’s three-strike policy, CEO Susan Wojcicki said on Feb. 12. In the wake of the suicide video controversy, Maverick Apparel, a juniors and children’s brand, threatened Logan Paul with legal action for naming his clothing line “Maverick by Logan Paul.” They believe shoppers are confusing their line with Logan Paul’s, resulting in a decline in sales.

YouTube suspended advertising on Logan Paul’s channels on February 9 due to his “pattern of behavior,” which included a joke about the Tide Pod challenge, removing a fish from his pond to “jokingly give it CPR,” and tasering two dead rats. Because of the suspension, he broadcast live on Twitch for the first time. Two weeks later, on February 26, YouTube restored ads on Logan Paul’s channel, but his content was still on a 90-day “probation period” ImLogan Paulsive debuted on November 20. Logan Paul released a Flat Earth mockumentary in March 2019. In the video, he spoke at the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference in Denver, Colorado. Planeless Pictures sued Logan Paul in December 2020 for posting a video with a suicide victim in Aokigahara in 2017. Planeless Pictures accused him of posting the video to get out of starring in, writing, and producing Airplane Mode. They also said Google suspended their contract, leaving them $3 million in debt. Logan Paul competed as “Grandpa Monster” on The Masked Singer in 2021. His second appearance revealed a clue about his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

On February 3, 2018, British YouTuber KSI challenged Logan Paul to a boxing match. Two white-collar boxing bouts between Logan Paul and his brother and KSI and his younger brother, Deji, were announced on February 24, 2018. Two judges scored the fight 57–57 and a third judge scored 58–57 for KSI. On September 4, 2019, it was announced that Logan Paul will make his professional boxing debut in a rematch against KSI. The fight was set for Nov. 9 at Staples Center. Logan Paul stirred controversy at the rematch press conference by accusing KSI of having five abortions. Anti-abortion activists defended him, calling his comment “horrific.” Logan Paul replied, “I said something insensitive.” The rematch consisted of six three-minute rounds. Two judges scored it 57–54 and 56–55 for KSI, and one judge scored it 56–55 for Logan Paul. On December 6, 2020, it was announced that Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather Jr. would fight in a friendly match on February 20, 2021. The fight was postponed and held in Miami Gardens on June 6, 2021. On May 6, 2021, Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul met at a press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, where the latter’s brother, Jake Logan Paul, got into a brawl with Floyd Mayweather when he removed his hat. The bout consisted of constant clinching by Logan Paul and went the distance to boos from the crowd. No winner was announced. Floyd Mayweather landed 40.2% of his 107 punches, compared to Logan Paul’s 12.9%.

Logan Paul made his WWE debut on April 2, 2021, as a guest of Sami Zayn for the premiere of his documentary. Sami Zayn later invited Logan Paul to be ringside for his WrestleMania 37 match against Kevin Owens. After Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn, Logan Paul celebrated with Kevin Owens at the event, prompting Kevin Owens to deliver a Stunner to him. Logan Paul returned to WWE on September 3 as Happy Corbin’s guest on The KO Show, where he attacked Kevin Owens. On February 21, 2022’s WWE Raw, Logan Paul was revealed as The Miz’s WrestleMania 38 tag team partner. After defeating the Mysterios, Miz attacked Logan Paul. Logan Paul joined WWE on June 30, 2022. Logan Paul beat The Miz at SummerSlam. Logan Paul challenged Roman Reigns on SmackDown on September 16. The next day, it was announced that Logan Paul will face Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel on November 5 for Roman Reigns’ Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Despite interference from ImLogan Paulsive and his brother Jake Paul, he lost to Roman Reigns, marking his first loss in WWE. Logan Paul’s meniscus, MCL, and ACL were torn.

Logan Paul Ethnicity

Logan Paul’s ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Jewish, and German.

Logan Paul Parents

The parents of Logan Paul are Pamela Stepnick and Gregory Logan Paul.

Logan Paul Siblings

Jake Paul is Logan Paul’s only brother and the only sibling he has.

Logan Paul Religion

Logan Paul identifies as a follower of Christ.

Logan Paul Girlfriend

Nina Agdal, the supermodel ex of Leonardo DiCaprio, is Logan Paul’s girlfriend.

Logan Paul Children

At present, Logan Paul does not have any children of his own.

Logan Paul Social Media

On all of the major social media platforms, Logan Paul can be found posting under the account @LoganPaul. On YouTube, he publishes under the alias “Logan Paul.”