Who is Trent Ballinger?
American celebrity family member Trent Ballinger was born under the zodiac sign Aquarius on 14 February 1985, in Santa Barbara, California USA. He’s widely known for being a brother of famous American YouTuber, social media personality, singer and actress Colleen Mae Ballinger, while he’s recently attracted a lot of attention for being accused of grooming a 13 years old girl; his sister was accused of grooming at the same time, but both have denied the allegations.
Early life and education
Trent was raised in Santa Barbara alongside his brother Christopher and sisters Rachel and Colleen, by their mother Gwen who was a housewife, and father Tim Ballinger who was a sales manager.
Trent was born hard of hearing and has thus had to use hearing aids since childhood; this led to him being bullied at both elementary and high school, however, Trent found comfort in music, as he learned to sing and play various instruments, such as the guitar and ukulele. He attended San Marcos High School, the same school which was later attended by his sister Colleen, and matriculated in 2003.
Trent’s yet to talk about his further education, but his fans believe that he attended college, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2007.
Trent’s career
Trent was once quite active on the internet and his career revolved around his YouTube channel and social media accounts, however, it seems that he’s deleted most of his accounts following the controversy regarding his alleged grooming of a 13 years old girl.
Love life and relationships
Trent shies away from talking about his love life in public, and this had led many of his fans to believe that he’s gay, as they’ve claimed this to be the reason why Trent won’t talk about the people whom he’s been with.
Several of his fans have claimed on the internet that they’ve seen Trent and his boyfriend spending time in public more than once, however, no evidence has been provided to support these claims.
There are also those who believe that he’s straight and might today be in a relationship with a non-celebrity American girl but that he simply prefers to keep this to himself; this hasn’t been confirmed either.
Trent seems to be unattached as of February 2024, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.
Interesting facts and hobbies
Trent’s a huge lover of animals, and his favorites are cats.
He loves to play video games, and most of his YouTube videos featured him playing “Fortnite”, “Rocket League” and “League of Legends”.
Trent’s into travelling, and has been to a couple of US states and European countries.
One of his favorite actors is the late Leslie Nielsen, as he’s a huge fan of comedy, and a couple of Trent’s favorite films include “The Naked Truth”, “Superhero Movie” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”.
Net worth, height and age
Trent’s age is 39. His hair and eyes are brown, he’s 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall and weighs around 165lbs (75kgs).
Trent’s net worth’s been estimated at more than $100,000, as of February 2024, and his sister Colleen’s at over $8 million.
Who is his sister Colleen?
American YouTuber, social media star, actress and singer Colleen Mae Ballinger was born under the zodiac sign Scorpio on 21 November 1986 in Santa Barbara, California USA. She’s quite popular for her YouTube channel “Miranda Sings”, which she launched on 31 January 2008 and which is today subscribed to by nearly 11 million people; Colleen’s shared over 920 videos, and all of these together number more than 2.3 billion views. Most of her content features her comically talentless, eccentric and egotistical character Miranda interviewing social media stars, lying about her life and answering her fans’ questions.
I’m proud of this dumb video so please watch! I teach you how to do your makeup like meeee! https://t.co/jrrhokiHKs pic.twitter.com/0HSRVkbwSg
— Colleen Ballinger🎗 (@ColleenB123) March 21, 2018
Colleen was homeschooled during middle school so that she could focus on numerous things that she was interested in, but eventually enrolled at San Marcos High School, matriculating in 2005, and then continued her education at Azusa Pacific University, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance in 2008.
Prior to deciding to dedicate more of her time to her YouTube channel, Colleen was an actress. She made her debut film appearance in the 2011 comedy film “Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads”, directed by Michael Schiralli, and which starred A. J. Allegra and Becky Allen. It follows alcoholic Varla as she’s tricking a couple into paying her to be a surrogate mother, while she’s planning to use the money to launch an inappropriate children’s show. A couple of Colleen’s following roles were in an episode or two of the family comedy series “Victorious”, the musical comedy series “Dr. Fubalous” and the short series “The Flipside”.
In 2015, she starred as Belle in the short musical movie “Beauty and the Beat Boots”, directed by Todrick Hall, and which also starred Lance Bass and Kory Desoto; it’s a parody of “A Beauty and the Beast” which celebrates the LGBT culture.
In 2016 and 2017, Colleen starred as Miranda Sings in all 16 episodes of her own family comedy series “Haters Back Off!”, which also starred Angela Kinsey and Francesca Reale, and follows the life of incredibly confident but totally untalented social media star Miranda Sings; the series won three of its four award nominations.
Colleen went on to voice a supporting character in the critically acclaimed 2018 animated comedy movie “Ralph Breaks the Internet”, which Rich Moore and Phil Johnston wrote and directed, and which starred Gal Gadot, Sarah Silverman and John C. Reilly. It follows Vanellope and Ralph who’ve discovered the internet, and the film won four of its 71 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
Some of Colleen’s most recent roles have been in three episodes of the 2021 short animated adventure series “Centaurworld” (voice role), all 11 episodes of the 2022 comedy series “Miranda Sings”, and the 2022 episode “A Game Show for Everyone Except Your Aunt Sheila” of the game-show “Generation Gap”.
She’s today active on various social media networks and nearly eight million people are following her on Instagram, while close to nine million people are following her on TikTok.
