Nikocado Avocado | |
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Born | Nicholas Perry May 19, 1992 |
Occupation | |
Years active | 2011–present |
Known for | Mukbang |
Spouse(s) | Orlin Home (m. 2017) |
YouTube information | |
Channels | Nikocado Avocado (main channel) |
Years active | 2014–present |
Genre | Mukbang |
Subscribers | 2.49 million (main channel) |
Total views | 561 million (main channel) |
Associated acts | Trisha Paytas, Raven-Symoné |
Updated: April 12, 2021 | |
Nicholas Perry (born May 19, 1992), known by his online alias Nikocado Avocado, is a Ukrainian-born American Internet celebrity. Following the viral success of several videos, Perry has since garnered a significant following on YouTube. As of February 2021, he has accumulated more than 5.1 million subscribers and approximately 1.1 billion lifetime views across five YouTube channels. He is known for his dramatic and comedic performances during mukbang videos.
Early life
Perry was born on May 19, 1992 in Ukraine and was adopted by a family in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania when he was an infant. Perry told Trisha Paytas he received interventions and therapy sessions from the age of five, was diagnosed with depression and prescribed antidepressants at seven years old, and diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive–compulsive disorder as a preteen.[2][3]
Before he became an Internet celebrity, he was a classically-trained freelance violinist[2][4] and worked at The Home Depot.[5]
Career
As Nikocado Avocado, Perry began to post on YouTube in 2014 while living with his then-boyfriend in Colombia.[6] His early content included violin covers[7] and vegan lifestyle vlogs.
In 2016, he posted a video on his channel explaining why he left the vegan community, which led to moral outrage among his vegan subscribers, some of whom sent him death threats.[6] He later told Trisha Paytas he stopped being vegan because of health conditions which he attributed to the vegan diet, such as tooth decay, vitamin B12 deficiency, and hypoglycemia.[2]
After 2016, he began to create mukbang videos; his first gained 50,000 views in a couple of weeks.[4] Perry became one of the first American men to partake in the trend.[2] He was featured on Tosh.0 in 2018.[6][8] He says he has experienced mania because of his junk food diet and his videos showcase themes of melodramatic outbursts, self-hatred, and theatrical comedy. Perry has mentioned using his low moments to create emotionally turbulent, "clickbaity" videos for views.[2]
Perry has said he only plans on creating mukbang videos "for a couple more years", and that "it is very unhealthy".[4] Numerous emotionally turbulent videos uploaded by Perry also led people to question the state of his mental health.[9][10] In late 2020, Perry set up an account on OnlyFans, where he uploaded pornographic images of himself.[2]
Personal life
Perry became vegan in 2011 and was a raw vegan until 2013.[11][12] Perry moved to New York City around 2013. While in New York City, he met his husband Orlin Home, then living in Colombia, on a Facebook group for vegan men. In April 2017, the couple married.[13]
Due to Perry's sharp weight gain in recent years, many fans and YouTubers have been concerned about his health.[2][14] In 2019, he told Men's Health that he suffered from a loss of libido and had erectile dysfunction as a result of his binge eating.[5]
According to a genealogical DNA test that Perry took, he primarily has Russian, Ukrainian and Polish ancestry.[15]
Controversy
In December 2019, Perry was accused by mukbanger Stephanie Soo of harassing her through text messages and taking photos from inside her home. In response, Perry offered counter evidence through a response video, where he displayed images of Soo fully aware of the photos being taken.[16] Perry also displayed text messages between the two, showing that Soo had stood him up for a scheduled collaboration.[16][17][18][19] Zach Choi, who joined Perry and Soo in their collaboration, later posted on Instagram that he had hired an attorney to address Perry's claims made on social media, although no legal action ever took place.[18][19]
References
- ^ "Nicholas Perry (i) Photos on BroadwayWorld.com". www.broadwayworld.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g Harris, Margot; Mendez II, Moises (January 14, 2021). "Inside the rise of Nikocado Avocado, the extreme-eating YouTuber whose meltdowns have disrupted an online community". Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ The Dish with Trish Podcast (January 14, 2020). "Nikocado Avocado on his Mental Illness". YouTube.
- ^ a b c "Binge eating videos find big audience, even for weight loss". Tampa Bay Times. Associated Press. October 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Matthews, Melissa (January 18, 2019). "These Viral 'Mukbang' Stars Get Paid to Gorge on Food—at the Expense of Their Bodies". Men's Health.
- ^ a b c Schultz, Lukas (December 6, 2020). "Beauty in the Breakdown: The Long Downward Spiral of a 'Mukbang' YouTuber". Medium.
- ^ Asarch, Steven (May 16, 2019). "Trisha Paytas has released another video about her controversy with Nikocado Avocado". Newsweek.
- ^ Comedy Central (November 4, 2018). "CeWEBrity Profile - Nikocado Avocado - Tosh.0". YouTube
- ^ Harris, Margot (April 17, 2020). "Extreme-eating YouTuber Nikocado Avocado calls himself 'Jesus' and cries in a new video, leading many viewers to express concern". Insider.
- ^ Nikocado Avocado (December 30, 2019). "re: Zach Choi ASMR". YouTube.
- ^ Fisher, Gillian (July 31, 2020). "The rise of the mukbang: Why we're watching people stuff their faces in lockdown". Metro.
- ^ Marriott, James (May 15, 2020). "Meet my new boyfriend, Nikocado Avocado...". YouTube. (beginning 9:53):
- Perry: "I was vegan for five years. For the first three years, I was an extreme version of veganism. So I didn't cook my food..."
- Marriott: "Oh, so you were a raw vegan?"
- Perry: "Yeah"
- ^ Nikocado Avocado (April 18, 2017). "We Just Got Married • Our Wedding Day At Chick-Fil-A • MUKBANG". YouTube.
- ^ Periwal, Saahil Agnelo (September 22, 2020). "Keemstar and LeafyIsHere roast Nikocado Avocado on his recent weight gain". Sportskeeda. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ONYmL8qpI
- ^ a b Nikocado Avocado (December 30, 2019). "re: Stephanie Soo". YouTube.
- ^ Harris, Margot; Mendez II, Moises (January 14, 2021). "Inside the rise of Nikocado Avocado, the extreme-eating YouTuber whose meltdowns have disrupted an online community". Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Harris, Margot (January 28, 2020). "A controversial extreme-eating YouTuber had a meltdown after his former collaborators accused him of abusive behavior". Insider. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Drayton, Tiffanie (December 23, 2019). "YouTuber Stephanie Soo exposes Nikocado Avocado's alleged abuse in video". The Daily Dot. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
External links
- Main channel
- Nikocado Avocado 2 - (2nd channel; Orlin Home's former channel)
- Nikocado Avocado 3 - (3rd channel)
- Noodle King - (4th channel)
- More Nikocado - (5th channel; Daily Mukbangs)