Alex Warren is a very popular social media influencer, TikTok star, and the founder of the popular TikTok group The Hype House. He is mostly popular for being an internet personality who came out on top even after a huge struggle with his parents ever since his younger days.
Warren started creating TikTok videos when he was very young, and most of his videos featured his passion for skateboarding. He also started collaborating with several other TikTok stars like Jake Paul, Alissa Violet, and RiceGum to make funny comedy-related videos.
He is even regarded as a rich bratty kid however, many people do not know he had a very rough childhood and the majority of his life due to his dysfunctional parents. So let’s get to know more about them.
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Warren was born in California, USA, among his parents and three siblings. In terms of his parents, he has not revealed their names despite talking fondly about them many times.
He didn’t have much time with his father, as he passed away from cancer when he was just nine years old.
Alex Warren’s childhood photo of his parents. (Credit: Instagram)
He grew up with his mother, two sisters, and a brother, and it was quite tough to grow up with a single mother. His sister’s names are Lauren Hughes and Ashley Hughes, whereas his brother’s name is Grant Hughes.
He has occasionally featured his siblings on his TikTok account, but they do not follow his career path at all and are focusing on their own things.
What happened to Alex Warren’s mother?
Warren’s mother lost her husband when her children were still young, so she had to raise four kids alone. She became lonely and depressed and started drinking alcohol which eventually made her an alcohol addict.
As everyone knows, drinking alcohol will damage health, she also started falling ill and eventually suffered from liver and renal failure.
They have to admit her to the hospital however, the damage was already done, and doctors said they could not do anything with her now.
He stated that he had always hoped that she would get better, but instead, her health got worse and worse. In 2020, he got the news that his mother died of liver failure, which devastated him.
He posted on his Twitter, letting everyone know of his mom’s condition and also to pinpoint that the damage that addiction can cause is serious and, generally, it’s fatal.
How did Alex Warren become a popular social media personality?
Warren started to post on social media when he was just fourteen years old. At first, he shared casual selfies on the platform, but after a year, he started sharing amazing skateboarding videos.
His skateboarding tricks and tips started becoming viral on Instagram and on other social media as well. Soon enough, he became famous on TikTok and eventually became a huge TikTok star.
He started collaborating with other popular superstars like Chase Hudson, Kouvr Annon, and others and eventually became a founder of a huge celebrity TikTok group, The Hype House.
Currently, he has over 15 million followers on TikTok and has 2 million followers on Instagram. He also has a YouTube channel which is not as popular as his other social media platform.