When all was well, no one expected the split from Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, the pioneers of the third most subscribed channel on YouTube. We didn’t see it coming but it came and we had to experience it. In this article, we’ll take a look at the cast of YouTube channel Smosh ‘s comedy and why one of the sketch comedy channel’s co-founders Anthony Padilla had to leave.
About Smosh
Smosh is a sketch comedy YouTube channel that was started on November 19, 2005 by two longtime friends, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. Before the creation of the content YouTube channel, there was already a website created in 2002 and named Smosh.com. Padilla was the sole owner of the website before he and his close friend Ian Hecox decided to create a YouTube channel of the same name as the website.
After more than a decade of successful operations on YouTube, several other related channels coexist on YouTube. Channels include SmoshGames, SmoshPit, ElSmosh, Smosh France and a few other inactive channels. Smosh currently has over 23 million subscribers and 7 billion views.
On July 23, 2015, Smosh: The Movie was released under Lionsgate production. The film starred Smosh creators Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, along with other high-profile stars. It was written by Eric Falconer and directed by Alex Winter. Hecox and Padilla also voiced The Angry Birds Movie as Bubbles and Hal respectively.
Smosh cast members
Ian Hecox
He was born as Ian Andrew Hecox on November 30, 1987, in Sacramento, California. Actor and comedian, he is best known for being the co-founder of the YouTube channel Smosh. He has a brother named Adrian Hecox and a sister named Melissa Hecox. Hecox attended Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, CA and American River College, Sacramento, CA. He met Smosh co-founder Anthony Padilla when they were both in sixth grade.
Hecox made his acting debut when he was cast in the film Smosh: The Movie. He also featured in Ghostmates and was a voice character in The Angry Birds Movie for the orange balloon bird character, Bubbles.
Ian Hecox is such a charmer and has a huge female fan base. He is not married yet but he is in a relationship. He is currently dating Pamela Horton, a model. Like Hecox, she also comes from California. The pair have been together for three years now since they first met at a Playboy party. Prior to his relationship with the model, he was dating YouTube star, Melanie Moat. The pair dated 7 years before their eventual split.
Anthony Padilla
Anthony Padilla is a YouTube star and is best known as one half of the Smosh YouTube channel. He was born on September 26, 1987 in Sacramento, California to Leezah Padilla and Dan Padilla. He has two half-brothers, Matthew Borrel and Brandon Borrel. Although he is no longer a member of the YouTube channel’s comedy, it would certainly be inappropriate to talk about the YouTube channel without mentioning the man who is not only one of the channel’s co-founders, but also the mastermind behind it. Smosh. Like its co-founder and best friend, he also attended Del Campo High School and American River College, but dropped out to pursue his career as a video content producer.
In 2002, three years before Smosh began operating on YouTube, Padilla created a website called Smosh. com. He created the website as a way to connect with his friends he couldn’t hang out with because he had been diagnosed. HenochSchonleinPurpura when he was 15 years old. In 2005, Padilla and Hecox began posting videos on YouTube as the Smosh channel.
Padilla was previously engaged to YouTube star Kalel Smith, before they split at the end of 2014. He is currently dating internet sensation, Milemonster. Like his former partner Hecox, he also made his film debut as a performer in Smosh: The Movie. He also cast as a voice character in The Angry Birds Movie as Hal. He also featured in the movie Ghostmates
Other cast members of the Youtube channel sketch Among the comedies: Keith Leak, Courtney Miller, Noah Grossman, Olivia Sui, Shayne Topp, Joshua Ovenshire, Damien Haas, Tanner Risner, Brittni Barger, Sunny Peabody, Erica Bozeman, Wesley Johnson and Mari Takahashi.
Why did Anthony Padilla leave?
After twelve years of Smosh as a half, Padilla has decided to retire. He announced his departure from Smosh on June 14, 2017. He stated that the reason for his departure from Smosh was a “lack of creative freedom”. He is now looking to follow his own path of independent idea in creating video content.