Rising YouTube sensation SSSniperWolf is one epic chick.
The internet star, whose real name is Lia, has already amassed nearly four million YouTube
subscribers thanks to her gaming videos and her love of all-things cosplay.
But here are just some of the facts you might not know about one of the Internet's most
popular YouTubers.
Game on, kids
SSSniperWolf was born in England, but after her two little brothers were born, her family
relocated to Arizona, where she currently lives.
She first started playing video games when she was just six years old.
Then, when she turned eight, she got her first gaming system, a PlayStation, from her dad.
And even though the big purchase was meant to keep her and her brother from fighting,
the gift definitely had a long-lasting impact.
In fact, her video blogging persona, which she first used on her YouTube channel in January,
2013, is a nod to one of her favorite characters from Metal Gear Solid, a game she started
playing at just seven years old.
"A lady sniper huh?"
"Obviously."
Crafty side gig
SSSniperWolf also has a second, lesser-known YouTube channel called Little Lia, which features
a number of do-it-yourself videos but boasts far fewer subscribers than her gaming channel.
"I like to make stuff.
And some of you guys probably figured this out when I announced I was making a DIY channel,
a do-it-yourself-channel, and I always been into crafts, making things around the house
and making bracelets."
Lia is clearly more interested in video games than crafts because the second channel hasn't
been active for quite a while.
College isn't for everyone
After finishing high school one semester early, SSSniperWolf attended local community college
classes but hated the experience.
She revealed that she suffered rudeness from instructors and fellow students alike and
transferred to a university to study pharmacy instead.
However, she revealed that she didn't much care for the chemistry classes that came with
that track, so she dipped her toe in nursing before taking a break from academia altogether.
She revealed that she was given her mother's blessing to take some time off, but only if
she was able to make more money by working within a year's time than she would've if
she had graduated and landed a job.
In June 2015 she wrote that she was considering returning to college to pursue a degree in
game design, but a year later, she revealed she still had not graduated from college.
"So I went to college for a half a year, then I went for another year and another year.
So i would've had like another year and a half before I graduated.
And I never graduated."
Digital love story
Amid her rise to fame, SSSniperWolf got a message from fellow YouTube user Evan Sausage
that made her laugh.
The two quickly developed an online rapport.
Eventually, they met and actually bought a house together.
She's admitted that their relationship began with some rough patches and growing pains,
and indeed the cyber-storybook romance hasn't had a happy ending yet, because the pair reportedly
broke up in May, 2016, got back together by June, and then split up again in September.
SSSniperWolf claimed that they were broken up but still living together as friends on
good terms.
"And I record my videos downstairs.
I have my office downstairs.
His is downstairs."
Here come the handcuffs
On Aug. 14, 2016, SSSniperWolf tweeted a mugshot to her over 600,000 followers and claimed
she had gotten arrested for disorderly conduct.
A few weeks later, she took to YouTube to confirm that she and Sausage had both been
arrested, allegedly after SSSniperWolf threw a screaming fit because Sausage had changed
his phone background to a photo of "some random girl."
SSSniperWolf downplayed the cause of the arrest …
"We got arrested for the absolutely dumbest thing ever, like I can't even begin to tell
you guys."
But it wasn't the first time the pair had felt the cuffs getting put on their hands.
She admitted in 2016 that they were also arrested for armed robbery back in 2013 but chose not
to elaborate on the story, given how much time had passed since the original incident.
"So i made a video about this over 2 years ago when it happened, about the whole armed
robbery thing.
I took down those videos for personal reasons.
And now, new people that are coming to my channel are asking me about it like, 'What?
What happened.'
I've talked about it a lot in past videos, but since it happened years ago, that's why
I don't like bring it up anymore."
No thanks, nudity
Rumors have long circulated that SSSniperWolf has been offered money to star in porn, and
when she contacted the site Pornhub on Twitter, some Twitter users speculated that she was
about to film a raunchy video at long last.
But she shot the rumor down in just a few words, saying:
"And people were like, oh my god a porno is finally happening.
We're finally gonna get this!
We'll finally get to see SSSniperWolf take it in the ---! No.
It'll never happen."
As it turns out, she was simply trying to let the site know that someone had been uploading
videos to Pornhub featuring a solo porn star and labelling them as "SSSniperWolf," which
was her calling card.
Whoops.
"I don't think I would enjoy that.
Like being naked for everyone to see and doing personal things like that.
Like no.
I'm not comfortable.
I'm not even comfortable wearing a bathing suit in public, that says a lot."
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