- Youtubers Ethan Payne and Faith Kelly sparked marriage debate
- Ethan said he won’t marry his girlfriend if she keeps her own last name.
- The clip from the couple’s podcast, “Growing Payne’s,” has been viewed more than a million times.
A YouTube star has sparked online debate after saying he wouldn’t marry his girlfriend if she kept her own last name.
Podcasters and YouTubers, Ethan Payne and Faith Kelly, have been in a relationship since 2021 and have a little girl together.
Ethan is better known as “Behzinga” online and is a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group The Sidemen.
The couple sparked a conversation about marriage after a clip from their podcast ‘Growing Paynes’ was seen by more than a million people.
In the video, Faith tells listeners that Ethan won’t propose to her because she would like her name to be Faith Kelly-Payne, taking her partner’s last name while keeping her own.
YouTube star sparked online debate after saying he wouldn’t marry his girlfriend if she refused to take his name
Ethan replied “Faith doesn’t want to take my name and that pisses me off”, to which his girlfriend added “No, I want to take your name, I just want to take mine too.”
She explained, “I don’t want to lose my association with my family,” while her boyfriend told her she wouldn’t.
“Then let me keep it,” she replied, but the answer was a resounding no.
Standing up, she added: “It’s a personal thing, I grew up with it my whole life, I like it, I want to keep it.”
Ethan responded that he thought taking his name was “the way it should be done.”
Even with his girlfriend offering examples of others who have opted for a double-barreled name, like Olivia Attwood-Dack, the YouTuber maintained “That’s your only example, all you do is repeat that name “.
He stated “the conditions are, if you want to be my wife, then be my wife”, and by keeping his own last name he thinks Faith is “bottling him” and is only “half” his female.
The debate sparked controversy, with viewers chiming in to say who they agreed with.
The debate sparked controversy, with viewers chiming in to say who they agreed with.
He said “the conditions are: if you want to be my wife, then be my wife”, and by keeping her own last name he thinks Faith is “bottling it” and is only “half ” his wife.
Ethan is better known as “Behzinga” online and is a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group The Sidemen.
Faith explained, “I don’t want to lose my association with my family,” while her boyfriend retorted that she wouldn’t.
One person on Faith’s side wrote: “I wonder if he would be as passionate when his daughter grows up and wants to keep her maiden name?”
Others added, “Biggest wake-up call ever” and “Conditions? He treats her like a schoolgirl or like he’s the parent and she’s the child.
However, some agreed with Ethan or thought the couple should find a compromise.
Someone suggested “I would make Kelly my middle name and then Payne so she would always be Faith Kelly Payne.”
Another advised: “You should have these conversations before you get together/stay together. »
A viewer and her partner take a different approach and both change their names.
She wrote “My partner and I are changing our names to a completely new one when we get married, but he has never said ‘no, you have my name and that’s it'”.
