Jason Nash was filmed arguing with 23-year-old OnlyFans model Rachel Velasco by paparazzi account The Hollywood Fix.- Velasco posted a video on March 30 claiming they were just friends in a complicated situation.
- Sleuths are looking to a Reddit account that appears to belong to Velasco and purported texts posted by Trisha Paytas for more information.
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The drama was furthered by Nash's ex, the controversial YouTuber Trisha Paytas, who has a turbulent history with him and his YouTuber collective, the Vlog Squad. The hugely popular Vlog Squad is led by David Dobrik, who has more than 18 million YouTube subscribers. However, he and the rest of the Vlog Squad have found themselves embroiled in scandal after an Insider investigation detailed rape allegations against a former member.
Here's everything we know so far.
It all started with a paparazzi video
On March 25, The Hollywood Fix, a YouTube channel that posts paparazzi photos and videos of
The clip ended with Velasco getting out of the car, appearing distressed on the side of the road while Nash drove away.
The video was posted two days after the "Frenemies" podcast uploaded its 28th episode, titled "Responding To David Dobrik's Apology."
"Frenemies" is a podcast hosted by YouTuber Ethan Klein and Nash's ex-girlfriend Trisha Paytas, who has frequently used her platform to speak out against the Vlog Squad. In the past few episodes, Klein and Paytas have been critical of the Vlog Squad and covered various stories around alleged misconduct within the group, including the rape allegation first reported by Insider.
In the episode, Paytas leaked purported text messages which she alleged Nash had sent her, and noted she and Nash hadn't spoken since she was admitted to a mental hospital in May 2019.
"Hi Trish - it's Jason. Just tried u. R u available to talk?" the text reads, with a heart emoji. "Call me back. Please."
Paytas said she had no interest in responding as that period of her life was in the past, and called Nash a "coward."
Some viewers who had seen the clip posted by The Hollywood Fix as well as the podcast (which is uploaded to YouTube in video format) believe the text messages to be one of the causes behind the apparent argument between Nash and Velasco.
"She probably yelling at him because he texted Trisha with a heart," one comment reads. Another says that Velasco must have "watched Frenemies."
To further complicate things, Paytas released a screenshot of purported text messages on March 27 (two days after the Hollywood Fix video) which she said were between Nash and a woman he was currently dating. In the messages, the person believed to be Nash said he was trying to reach his ex so "this all stops." Paytas took this to mean that Nash thought calling her would stop her speaking negatively about the Vlog Squad.
"Jason texting one of his hookups an hour before he texted me thinking all I ever wanted was for him to acknowledge me and 'it all stops'," Paytas tweeted. "Bish this is way beyond me ....ur a predator, an assualter, and a coward. I'm just supporting other people's voices."
-Trisha Paytas (@trishapaytas) March 27, 2021
Sleuths then started digging into Velasco's internet history
Viewers immediately started trying to find out as much as they could about Velasco, and on March 27, a video from 2019 resurfaced in which Velasco said she was "crushing" on Nash, and that he seemed "like a great guy."
"He's so kind and so caring, and I have a huge crush on him," she said.
She also deleted an Instagram photo which she had posted in May, 2020 with a caption people speculated could be a reference to Nash, "hop in the back of my (sugar daddy's) tesla ;)"
Velasco then posted a YouTube video on March 30 in an attempt to clear up the situation. She said she and Nash had been friends for a long time but argued a lot. She said they both made mistakes and could have acted differently in the friendship. She also said she sent Paytas the screenshot of the text message conversation which was allegedly between her and Nash. She said she did this in anger, but now "deeply regrets" it.
"I considered myself to know him well, and I considered him to know me well, so obviously when you're so close to someone, people get in disagreements," she said. "But those disagreements are between me and Jason, and it's not my place to tell you guys."
Speaking in reference to the paparazzi video, she said she and Nash were still just friends. She said they were arguing because she was upset he hadn't reached out to her after they had spent time together. She also said Nash drove away because she was picking up her dog from school, and she cries on the curb "all the time for no reason."
"I was just crying because I felt the need to cry," she said.
Velasco also said she lives with an anxiety disorder, and the video posted by The Hollywood Fix had subjected her to a slew of online hate.
-Def Noodles (@defnoodles) March 30, 2021
Some people are looking to a Reddit account that appears to belong to Valesco for more information
Many have noted that a Reddit account that appears to belong to Velasco has made posts about "a high influence male" in his 40s. Screenshots, shared by internet reporter Def Noodles, show posts by a user called u/splendidwhore, which describe a relationship between a young woman and an older man in his mid-40s. Another post from the same user 10 months ago clearly shows 12 photos of Velasco, which many have taken as confirmation the account belongs to her. The bio of the account links to Valseco's OnlyFans page as well.
-Def Noodles (@defnoodles) March 30, 2021
Insider has reached out to Velasco, Nash, and The Hollywood Fix for comment.