Fans have been devastated after Aussie YouTuber Pretty Pastel Please, who suffered with trolling and public speculation, died at the age of 30.
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The YouTuber, whose name was Alexandra, garnered almost 700,000 subscribers on the platform from her videos on fashion, thrift shopping, travel and product reviews.
A tribute posted on Alexandra’s Instagram broke the news to her devastated fans.
“We come to you today with a devastating announcement,” the announcement read.
“It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you that Alex, known to many as Pretty Pastel Please, has passed away.
“Her passing was sudden, unexpected and devastating to all who knew her.
“This is a shock to us all, and her family and friends have requested privacy as they navigate their grief.”
The YouTube star passed away at the age of 30. Picture: Instagram/@prettypastelplease
A memorial to the late YouTuber will be posted “in due course”, according to the announcement.
Comments replying to the post indicate the YouTube star was relentlessly speculated about in Reddit forums.
Some wrote the YouTube star was the victim of trolling and harassment from online strangers, which she struggled to deal with.
“After recently finding a Reddit community devoted to speculating about her personal life and talking absolute trash about her, I’m not at all surprised to be seeing this post,” the top comment read.
Other fans took to her subreddit with enraged messages for the trolls.
Fans lashed out at Alexandra’s trolls as her life was relentlessly speculated about throughout her YouTube career. Picture: Instagram/@prettypastleplease
“Are you fucking happy now? She’s dead. Good one Reddit,” a post read.
Another post wished “nothing but discomfort, regret and guilt” for the trollers while accusing the “Alex haters” of spreading “nothing but conspiracy, assumptions and half truths” about the content creator.
Alexandra admitted she struggled with the harassment, despite the frequent outpouring of support she received from her swaths of fans.
“I don’t handle criticism well. I’m not cut out to handle reading negative things about myself,” she wrote in a December 2022 post.
“I can see a thousand positive comments and forget them all the moment someone says they don’t like me.”
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Alexandra confirmed she was going through a divorce less than a year ago after rumours circulated online.
She was quite outspoken about suffering from a litany of mental health conditions, including obsessive compulsive disorder, ADHD, anxiety and PTSD.
Her most recent post on TikTok is a sole video of her face with an alarming caption written on the front alongside audio from a film featuring screaming dialogue.
“Destine to repeat the same mistakes for the rest of your life because you’re autistic and people would rather cut you off than explain what you did wrong,” the video text read.
The post announcing her passing concluded with a call for those who are struggling with the news to reach out for help.
If you or anyone you know is affected by this news, please reach out for help. You are not alone. In Australia, you can contact Beyond Blue at 1300 22 46 36 for confidential, free counselling.