Featured image: Trisha Paytas. Photo: APK / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
The Lowdown
Everyone online waited for this episode, and Paytas didn’t take the victory lap people expected. Her point that these are her kids’ cousins is the human part the memes keep missing.
Key Takeaways
- Paytas addressed the situation on the October 27 episode of Just Trish (USA Today).
- “I just kind of felt relief,” she said, adding, “I’m really ashamed to say that because it’s an awful situation” (USA Today).
- Hacmon, Hila Klein’s brother, said Ethan “is not part of the family anymore” to him (USA Today).
The Story
Paytas co-hosted Frenemies with Ethan Klein from September 2020 to June 2021. She married Hacmon in December 2021, and the couple went no contact with the Kleins (USA Today).
Paytas said she isn’t celebrating like some people Ethan has wronged, because “it’s Moses’ family” and their kids are the same age. She said neither she nor Hacmon knew about the allegations before the public did (USA Today) (Rolling Stone).
Hacmon said Ethan had spread false claims about him, including that he was a combat pilot. “I never was a pilot. I’ve never been in combat,” he said. USA Today said it reached out to the Kleins for comment (USA Today).
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More Context
- USA Today — Trisha Paytas breaks silence on Ethan Klein affair ↗
- Rolling Stone — Trisha Paytas and Moses Hacmon on Ethan and Hila Klein ↗


