Beauty blogger and influencer Ethan Peters, known as Ethan Is Supreme, has died at the age of 17.
Ethan’s father Gerald told Fox News: “He was a kind soul, who accepted everyone for who they were.”
His friend, fellow influencer Ava Louise, also posted saying she’d lost her “best friend in the entire world”.
Both have said added that Ethan was struggling with addiction, but his official cause of death is not yet known.
Ethan had over half a million Instagram followers and 139,000 YouTube subscribers.
He started young, saying that by the summer of 2017 he’d hit 100,000 followers and left his private Christian school because his social media activity which “[violated] their moral conduct code.” He moved to an online school instead.
There was some negative response on social media after news of Ethan’s death broke because he had been accused of racism and transphobia in the past.
Fellow makeup artist Manny MUA posted in his defence: “he’s made many many mistakes… but to say he deserved to pass away is horrible and inhuman.”
His friend Ava Louise blamed his death on addiction.
