Who is Chris Olsen? Social media star going viral on TikTok
Instagram: chrisolsenChris Olsen goes viral for 2022 Oscars red carpet tux
Chris Olsen has become one of the most well-known faces from TikTok with his impressive 12.7 million followers. Here’s everything to know about him.
Chris Olsen is a social media star who was named TikTok’s Sexiest Man by People Magazine in 2020.
He boasts 12.7 million followers and 1.3 billion likes on the viral video platform and his uploads often garner millions of views each as he shares his everyday life. There are also often cameos of other celebs, including Meghan Trainor in his videos.
The influencer is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and was notably in a long-term relationship with fellow influencer Ian Paget before the couple parted ways in 2022.
Instagram: chrisolsenHow old is Chris Olsen?
Chris was born in Washington DC, USA in 1997 and is currently 26 years old – and he certainly doesn’t look a day over it. So when curious fans came across information on Wikipedia that claimed he was 70 in late 2021, there was some understandable shock and confusion.
No, Olsen didn’t discover the Fountain of Youth; instead, it seems that an editor on Wikipedia got the TikToker confused with a child actor from the 70s.
Olsen addressed the confusion on social media with a humorous TikTok. The situation saw him soar even higher in followers and made for a hilarious moment that some fans still look back on with fondness.
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On December 22, Chris hit the headlines again after his birthday celebrations alongside Meghan Trainor and Joshua Bassett (also born in December) went viral on TikTok.
The trio celebrated in style, with a shopping trip to Target of all places. There was also this viral TikTok of Trainor’s son saying Chris’ name.
How did Chris Olsen get famous?
Olsen, like a lot of people, joined TikTok at the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. His first video was of him doing a press-up challenge along with his then-boyfriend, fellow Tiktoker Ian Paget.
Since then, his following quickly grew as his videos continued to go viral. As lockdown came to an end, Olsen managed to grow even more popular as he started to hang out with A-list celebs, including Meghan Trainor, Joshua Bassett, Kris Jenner, and Penn Badgley.
While mainly creating entertaining videos ranging from anything from viral trends to opening up about his day-to-day life, Olsen is also part of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as the AAPI community, and often talks about his past with addiction and now being sober.
On top of Olsen’s TikTok success, Olsen is also a talented singer and actor and also holds a BFA in Musical Theater from Boston Conservatory. He starred in the 2022 TV series The Book of Queer. He is also starring in two upcoming projects, a TV series called Broken Dreams and a movie musical called 1660 Vine.
Who is Chris Olsen dating?
On October 1, Chris revealed that he was in a relationship with a guy named Patrick Johnson after weeks of hinting he was in a relationship with someone.
However, the couple hasn’t posted anything together since Halloween, making fans speculate that they might have broken up. But as of January 2024, they still follow each other on Instagram.
The video which announced Chris and Patrick’s relationship started as any other of Chris’ famous coffee-delivering videos, with a screenshot of a text conversation between Chris and Patrick, which Chris confirms is his boyfriend, asking for coffee. Chris is then seen flying from New York City to Los Angeles to surprise Patrick with a coffee.
He announced his new relationship status weeks earlier on September 15 in a brief TikTok where he’s leaning against his new person, while lip-synching over a TikTok trend where someone asks, “Who makes you laugh the hardest,” followed by “Who is the most beautiful person you know?” The answer to both is, “My boyfriend.”
Somehow they were able to find the TikTok account of Patrick Johnson, who posted the same TikTok as Chris, but the positions were reversed. In Patrick’s video, he has sweetly put his head on someone’s shoulder while answering the same questions.
