Natalie Reynolds

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About

Natalie Reynolds is a Kick streamer, content creator and influencer known best for her IRL streams. Reynolds began regularly posting content in 2022 and garnered a substantial following over the next few years, particularly for her Kick streams in 2023. Reynolds is frequently the subject of controversy for her content. In December 2023, she sparked controversy after going to the gym with painted-on pants. In May 2024, a clip from her Kick stream went viral in which she dares a purportedly homeless woman to jump in a lake and then flees while the woman yells for help because she's drowning, resulting in backlash towards the streamer.

Online History

Natalie Reynolds first started gaining a following in 2022 when she and her boyfriend, Zack Huelsman, started posting content together under the moniker "Zack and Nat." Some of their earliest content was posted to the ZackandNat YouTube^[1]^[2] channel in January of that year, with some examples gaining millions of views in two years (examples shown below).

Reynolds started posting content to her own YouTube^[3] channel, @Nataliereynoldss, on August 14th, 2022. This content also largely features Zack. The most popular video on the channel was titled "I Built a Secret Gaming Room to Hide from my Girlfriend!" It was uploaded on March 8th, 2023 and garnered over 5.3 million views in two years (shown below).

Reynolds began hosting IRL streams on Kick^[9] in 2023.

December 2023 Painted Pants In the Gym Controversy

On December 26th, 2023, Reynolds became the subject of controversy after streaming herself going to the gym with pants painted over her bare legs. During the stream, she was confronted by a gym-goer who told her it was inappropriate to wear no pants to the gym. Reynolds called him a "male Karen." The clip was posted to the @DramaAlert X^[4] account that day, garnering over 23,000 likes in five months (shown below).

The clip was reported on by numerous online media outlets over the following months, including Bored Panda^[5] and LADBible,^[6] many highlighting online controversy and debates sparked by the video. On December 29th, 2023, YouTuber^[7] MorePegasus made a video about the incident titled "Gym Girl Thinks She's The Main Character," garnering over 400,000 views in five months (shown below).

On December 30th, Reynolds posted an apology for the incident on X,^[8] writing, "I’ve made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I don’t expect to be forgive. I am simply here to apologize," garnering over 3,800 likes in five months.

May 2024 Drowning Controversy

On May 29th, 2024, a clip from Reynolds' Kick stream where she purportedly dares a "vulnerable" woman to jump in a lake for $20 went viral, including in a post to /r/PublicFreakout^[10] that day that garnered over 14,000 upvotes in two days. The woman jumps in and Reynolds denies that she told her to jump. She then starts leaving the scene and the woman yells for help, saying that she "can't swim." Reynolds does not do anything to help the woman, even as she claims to be drowning. Instead, Reynolds leaves the scene with her friends, who keep reiterating to her how bad the situation is. Later in the stream, as she and her friends drive off, a firetruck is seen passing by them, assumedly heading to help the woman in the lake. The post gained over 21,000 likes in a day (shown below).

The stream took place a day earlier on May 29th, 2024. That day, the @AustinFireInfo X^[11] page reported that they were heading to an incident at Lady Bird Lake in Texas, writing, "The person is out of the water and the incident has been downgraded to a medical call." This post was purportedly made in relation to the incident. Some have claimed that the woman who jumped into the lake was homeless, although this is unconfirmed.

Online Presence

Numerous clips of Reynolds have gone viral online, with some inspiring controversy. Reynolds has also been the subject of several video essays.

On January 17th, 2024, YouTuber WillyMacShow posted a video essay criticizing Reynolds and her content in depth, specifically criticizing clips where she purportedly bullies the homeless, criticizing some of her pranks and social experiments and accuses her of making false allegations for views, garnering over 130,000 views in four months (shown below).