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Ethan Klein’s Feuds: Where Hasan Piker and Trisha Paytas Fit in the H3 Story

By Steve Levine · Updated October 24, 2026

Within a day of Hila Klein’s public allegation, some of the sharpest reactions came from people who used to share a microphone with her husband. Hila Klein posted late on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, U.S. time, that Ethan Klein had been having an affair, according to The Hollywood Reporter. By Friday, Slate reported that Hasan Piker, his former co-host on a political show, had posted “JUDGE ME BY MY ENEMIES” on X. To make sense of reactions like that, readers need the backstory of the Ethan Klein feuds: two spin-off podcasts that ended badly, and a family tie that runs through one of them.

Where it stands: The H3 Podcast is, as of Oct. 23, 2026, still on what its host called an indefinite hiatus. Its production team has publicly broken with Ethan Klein, and he has since promised to give up his stake in the podcasts and the couple’s brands. Klein’s posts so far stay silent on the substance of his wife’s account. Neither Trisha Paytas nor Moses Hacmon had commented in any credible outlet we could find.

A note on method: this article reports what named outlets documented about past disputes and this week’s posts. Old rivalries are context. They are not evidence about the allegation, which remains Hila Klein’s account.

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Two co-hosts, two endings

For several years, the H3 brand was more than one show. Klein’s production company made side programs with outside personalities, and two of the best known ended in public breakups.

Show Co-host and run How it ended, per reports
Frenemies Trisha Paytas, 2020 to 2021 On-air fight; ownership and control disputes
Leftovers Hasan Piker, 2021 to 2023 Split over Israel and Palestine after Oct. 7, 2023

Both shows were hosted on H3 channels and drew large audiences, so each breakup played out in front of the same fan base now watching this week’s news.

Frenemies: Trisha Paytas and a fight over who decides

Frenemies paired Klein with Trisha Paytas, a longtime YouTube personality. People counts 39 episodes between September 2020 and June 2021. A Showbiz Cheat Sheet report from the time said Klein’s company, h3h3 Productions, produced it alongside the H3 Podcast and H3 After Dark.

The last episode aired on Tuesday, June 8 of that year, Nylon reported, and ended in an on-air argument. In Nylon’s account, “What started as a normal conversation ended in an explosive argument over the podcast’s creative direction, which all took place on the podcast itself.” Paytas announced the same day that they were stepping away. Klein wrote at the time, “I am honestly gutted over this whole thing, Trisha’s video this morning was a total surprise to me.”

Outlets describe the cause differently, and that difference is worth keeping:

  • People says the friendship ended in the final episode “over ownership disputes.”
  • Slate, writing this week, says Paytas “eventually quit the show over her contract.”
  • Paytas’s own explanation in 2021, as Cheat Sheet reported it, was narrower: no issue with the payment deal, but frustration at having too little say in behind-the-scenes decisions. Paytas said, “I really do feel like I built this show with them, 50-50.”

The most careful summary is that Frenemies ended in June 2021 after a public dispute over money, control and creative direction, with the two sides describing it differently.

The family tie: Moses Hacmon

The Paytas story did not end with the show. Paytas married Moses Hacmon, Hila Klein’s brother, in December 2021, according to People, which reports the two met through the podcast with Ethan. The Hollywood Reporter’s coverage this week also notes that Paytas is married to Hila’s brother.

According to People, the couple is now estranged from Ethan and Hila, and the outlet describes the Frenemies fight as the end of both the show and the friendship. That estrangement is why some readers have looked to Paytas for a reaction this week. As of Oct. 23, we found none in a named, credible outlet, and we are not repeating unsourced social media claims about what Paytas or Hacmon think.

Leftovers: Hasan Piker and the 2023 split

Leftovers, a political show co-hosted by Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, launched on the H3 Podcast YouTube channel in September 2021. Tubefilter reported that its first episode reached 1 million views within a day.

Complex reports the show came to an abrupt end after the two men fundamentally disagreed about Israel and Palestine following the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, and that Klein has repeatedly criticized Piker on social media in the years since. The disagreement carried over to Hila Klein in November 2024. Sportskeeda reported that she praised former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on the podcast. Spilled.gg reported that Piker criticized H3H3 over the remark. Hila later said, “I do understand that was not a good choice of words and I would not have said that again,” and announced she was stepping back from the podcast “for a little while.”

The dispute also reached a courtroom. Klein’s company sued a Twitch streamer who had livestreamed a reaction to his documentary about Piker, which a Loeb & Loeb case summary identifies as “Content Nuke: Hasan Piker.” A federal judge ruled for the streamer, and the company has appealed. Our companion piece on the H3 lawsuits on record covers that case in detail.

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What Piker posted this week

Two outlets described Piker’s response after Hila Klein’s post:

  • Slate reported that he posted “JUDGE ME BY MY ENEMIES” on X and characterized him as being “glib online.”
  • Complex reported that he shared an old video in which Ethan Klein criticized men who cheat on their wives.

Neither outlet reported Piker offering any information about the allegation itself. His posts are commentary on a former partner, and they read differently depending on which side of the 2023 split a viewer took. We are describing them, not linking to them, consistent with our practice of citing published reporting rather than social posts.

Reading the Ethan Klein feuds against the facts

Slate, in an opinion-heavy piece, wrote: “Based on today’s unbridled glee, there’s a lot of schadenfreude around Ethan’s suffering.” That is Slate’s read of the online mood, and it should be taken as that. Eastern Eye added a different note: when Klein first announced the hiatus, some people online wondered if it was a publicity stunt, since the show has a habit of dramatic teasers.

Neither reaction tells readers what happened. On the substance, the verified record is short:

  • The affair account is Hila Klein’s allegation, made in her own post.
  • Ethan Klein’s public messages asked for privacy for his family and laid out his plan to step back financially; they said nothing about the relationship itself.
  • Eastern Eye noted: “Details about the alleged affair have not been independently confirmed.”

Former partners with a grievance can be right or wrong, and the same is true of loyal fans. For a line-by-line breakdown of what is confirmed and what is not, see our verification table on the allegations, and our close reading of what Ethan Klein’s statements actually said.

One measure of how big these partnerships once were: Leftovers’ debut drew 1 million views in its first day on the H3 Podcast channel, according to Tubefilter’s report from September 2021.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did Ethan Klein and Hasan Piker stop doing Leftovers?

Complex reports that Leftovers ended abruptly after the two hosts fundamentally disagreed about Israel and Palestine following the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. The show had launched on the H3 Podcast channel in September 2021.

How is Trisha Paytas related to Ethan and Hila Klein?

Paytas is married to Moses Hacmon, Hila Klein’s brother. People reports the couple met through Frenemies, the podcast Paytas co-hosted with Ethan Klein, and that they no longer have a relationship with Ethan and Hila.

Has Trisha Paytas commented on the H3 allegations?

We found no comment from Paytas or Moses Hacmon in a credible outlet as of Oct. 23, 2026. Statements attributed to them on social media should be checked against named, published reporting.

What did Hasan Piker say about Ethan Klein’s situation?

Slate reported that Piker posted “JUDGE ME BY MY ENEMIES” on X, and Complex reported he shared an old clip of Ethan Klein criticizing men who cheat. Neither outlet reported Piker making any factual claim about the allegation itself.

Do the old feuds change what is known about the allegation?

No. What is known rests on Hila Klein’s own post; Ethan Klein had offered no account of the relationship as of Oct. 23, 2026, and Eastern Eye noted the details had not been independently confirmed.

Sources

This article is news reporting based on the public statements and published reports listed above, as they stood on the dates shown. The affair account comes from Hila Klein’s public statement; Ethan Klein had not described the relationship in his own words as of publication. This story is developing and details may change. News Accurate is not affiliated with anyone named here.

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