Youtube star Trisha Paytas just named her new baby Aquaman, but your hate is wasted

She gave her kid a wild name. That doesn’t make her a bad mum.

This morning I had to explain who Trisha Paytas is to my boss.

Then I had to explain the name the internet’s most controversial influencer gave to her new son.

“Aquaman,” I said. 

As in the superhero. As in Jason Momoa. As in under the sea.

Naturally, my boss had questions.   

And I had answers because if you know Trisha, this isn’t even top-tier chaos.   

Trisha Paytas' content defies genre. Image: Trisha Paytas

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I grew up in the thick of the YouTuber era. Trisha was on constant rotation alongside Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson. (Google them. I don’t have enough word count to explain every YouTube personality to grace my WiFi connection).

You see, Trisha Paytas didn’t just ride the influencer wave. She built the boat. 

She rose to fame as one of YouTube’s most unpredictable creators. 

Her content defies genre: mukbangs, trolling videos, crying on kitchen floors, conspiracy theories, Lizzie McGuire dance tributes, spiritual awakenings.

She once identified as a chicken nugget.

She’s appeared on reality shows, launched an OnlyFans, started (and ended) multiple podcasts, and once questioned why Isaac Newton “even bothered” creating gravity.

The clip of her dressed as a pharaoh, singing into a hairbrush, remains one of the internet’s most uncomfortable examples of cultural appropriation-meets-content-for-clicks. 

It all makes the name Aquaman seem like the lesser of a million evils.

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Because in the wild, decade-long saga that is Trisha Paytas’ career, naming a baby after a fictional underwater demigod feels almost... quaint.

Little Aquaman, of course, will be growing up alongside his sisters Malibu Barbie and Elvis.

Some parents go with floral themes. Others choose cities or seasons.

Trisha Paytas? She picked Blockbusters. 

Fans were honestly surprised they didn’t guess Aquaman as an option. Leading guesses were Titanic and Nemo. The bar was always set at wild because when you have a resume like Trisha’s where else is there to honestly go.  

But here’s the thing: being controversial doesn’t automatically make you a bad parent.

Trisha has built a reputation for internet chaos.

You can be unhinged and still be a good mum

But scroll past all of that, and by all accounts, you’ll find a woman who adores her children. She shows up. She’s present. She’s playful. She’s emotionally open.

And honestly? That’s more than you can say for some very uncontroversial parents.

She’s always owned her chaos. So when she applies that same energy to motherhood, it actually feels… sincere. It feels refreshing.

Her children will grow up in a mansion. They’ll have access to education, travel, creative freedom. Doors that open wide in every direction of possibility.

Every interaction I’ve seen between Trisha and her kids feels pure, intentional, organic, and genuinely wholesome. 

Trisha Paytas naming her baby Aquaman is the lesser of a million evils.Image: Instagram/trishapaytas

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A far cry from the woman I grew up watching have breakdowns on the kitchen floor.

Sure, her digital footprint will be a wild thing for her children to explore one day. But they’ll never question the footsteps she took alongside them on the internet.

And while her online history is messy, I’ve seen far more troubling creators with a much cleaner past.

The ones who curate perfection, hide behind filters, and mask detachment as aesthetic.

Trisha’s chaos has always been right there on the surface. So has her love. 

And if we’re measuring parenthood in presence, intention, and joy? She’s doing a lot better than many who’ve never made a single headline.

Originally published as Youtube star Trisha Paytas just named her new baby Aquaman, but your hate is wasted