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She's been through a lot.
By Sarah Gangraw — Written on Jun 15, 2018
Bella Thorne was caught on camera making out with her best friend during a photo shoot in Hawaii, and considering it may not be the first time the two were thought to be a couple, we're all anxiously awaiting confirmation of whether or the Famous In Love actress and her BFF, YouTuber Tana Mongeau, have a lesbian romance blooming.
Tongues started wagging after Mongeau, 19, shared a photo herself and Thorne, 20, on Instagram this Thursday.
Although Thorne is thought to be dating rapper Mod Sun, 31, since October, the 20-year-old has been open about her bisexuality for several years now. And back in April, the former Disney actress explained to Harper's Bazaar that she has been interested in dating a girl for a while.
“I’ve done other stuff with girls, but I want to actually date a girl,” Bella revealed. “I can't tell if a girl is hitting on me, or she just wants to be friends. And, I don’t want to flirt with a girl if she thinks I’m just being her friend. What if I kiss a girl and she’s like, ‘Oh, I’m just your friend dude, I can’t believe you crossed that boundary.’ I’m confused on what they want from me."
Bella and Mod seem to be very serious about their relationship, so the girls may have just been playing around. Either way,
Bella seems to be having the time of her life out in Hawaii.
So who is the best friend some think Bella Thorne may be having a lesbian romance with?
Here a nine things you need to know about YouTuber Tana Mongeau, the guy who's stalked her since 2nd-grade, her connection to G-Eazy, and more.
1. She's famous for her storytime videos on YouTube.
Tana is an American YouTuber with over 3.5 million subscribers and 2.4 million followers on Instagram. She is most known for telling funny, emotional, or interesting stories through videos, which she posts sporadically.
She has collaborated with other well-known YouTubers like The Gabbie Show, Cody Ko, Polina Beregova, Channon Rose, and Ricky Dillon.
2. She's had a stalker since 2nd-grade.
In a video, Tana tells the YouTube world that she has had a stalker since the second grade.
The stalking began fairly innocently. He frequently called her and told her he loved her throughout second grade. In fifth grade, the boy made a MySpace page called "I love you Tana."
Then, when she was in middle school, Tana found another MySpace page dedicated to her, this time it's called "I hate Tana." The page began posting photos and statuses of Tana's whereabouts.
Again, a few years go by and Tana discovers the boy's Instagram account, where he posted a photo of her every Wednesday for woman crush Wednesday and called her his girlfriend.
She confronted him and he said he would stop harassing her. Then, she and her friends began a group chat to harass him and turn the tables on her stalker and it got weird.
He replied with an extremely long message. As Tana put it in her video, the boy basically created a Wikipedia page for her, naming her birthday, best friends, likes and dislikes, etc.
She even sent the guy to jail but he always got off the hook.
A year later, in 2016, Tana posted a video explaining how scared she is of her stalker. She admitted that she will not go anywhere alone and doesn't sleep at night because she lives in fear.
3. She and Bella may have dated before.
There is tons of photographic evidence of the two kissing.
Videos, posts, and tweets all point to a prior relationship between the two, but the timeline collides with Bella's relationship with Mod.
Tana has referenced their love in many of her videos and if they did previously date, they must have ended things on a positive note, since they are still best friends.
4. She has an ongoing beef with iDubbbz.
In 2016, Tana criticized another YouTuber called iDubbbz for saying racial slurs and the word retard in his videos.
She tweeted, "@Idubbbz so 3 million ppl subscribe to u and u openly say the n-word and retard???? kill yourself" and proceeded to degrade him in her videos.
He responded by attending Tana's show in San Francisco and snapping a photo with her. He captioned the pic, "Say n*****."
Tana got iDubbbz kicked out and he received a ton of criticism for the post.
5. She claims G-Eazy tried to have sex with her when she was 15.
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Tana told a story in a video that rapper G-Eazy came onto her when she was just 15 years old.
She explains that after a concert, some girls at her school who threw their bras on stage with their numbers got invited to an after party by G-Eazy.
He asked for a photo of a blonde and when the girls sent a picture of Tana, he said he would be down to have sex with her.
They went to meet up with him but because Tana and her friends were underage, they couldn't get into the club where G-Eazy was partying.
6. Her best friend accidentally killed himself less than a year ago.
Tana's best friend Triston Taylor Green, 18, tragically killed himself in October 2015.
He was joking around with a gun and mentioned how it could be loaded but also might not be. He aimed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger.
“His thing was always saying like, ‘Look! The gun isn’t loaded.’ And pointing the gun at this head and jokingly pulling the trigger — even just saying that sounds insane,” she explained. “And so, the gun wasn’t loaded but there was a bullet stuck in the chamber and he accidentally shot himself in the head. I was there and Bella was there…he just started bleeding.”
He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced brain dead and died 10 days after the incident. His heart was donated and she has met the recipient.
She has talked about getting a four-leaf clover tattoo in memory of him.
7. She's appeared in three TV shows.
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Tana has ventured outside of the YouTube world and made her way into showbiz.
She acted in the TV shows Minute Match-Ups (2015), Escape the Night(2016) and Chaos Wolves (2015).
8. She was introduced to drugs and alcohol at a young age.
The YouTuber grew up in Las Vegas and often speaks about how she did things most kids would never think of doing because of the city she lived in.
Tana explains that she would dress like she was 20 when she was just 15, doing drugs, drinking and way more before most of us.
9. She dated Instafamous Somer Hollingsworth.
Tana began dating Instagram star Somer Hollingsworth in 2015.
Their relationship lasted until 2017 when they broke up following a YouTube video Tana made with Kian Lawley.
Sarah Gangraw is a travel-addicted cat lady who lives on black coffee and cheese. She went to college in Australia, graduated from the University of Central Florida, and writes about all things news and crime. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter — she's occasionally funny.