Connor Franta
Connor Franta was born on September 12 1992. He was born in La Crescent, Minnesota. Connor attended a private school. He enjoyed being active and did a lot of running and swimming. In collage he was in state championship for running. He was also involved in state championship swimming and was part of a cross-country runner group. He also used to a life guard for 5-6 years which was his only job.
YouTube Life
Connor enjoys making YouTube videos and watching YouTube videos. Connor started making YouTube videos in 2010; he got inspired to make videos by other youtubers.
“its been about 3.5 years since I’ve been on YouTube I watched videos all the time and one time I clicked and though. “Anyone can do this? Why can’t I?” So I turned on my webcam and started recording, posting whatever came up. I initially had no aspirations for this, because to me it was just a fun hobby”- Says Connor Franta
He didn’t get many views and was bullied by people on YouTube. But Connor managed to get 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. On 4th of October 2011, he joined a collab channel called “Cool Collab Bro”. With JC Nothing happened so that ended.
When Connor was still in college, he managed to receive about 300,000 subscribers on YouTube. Connor got invited to VidCon so they can meet each other in person. At VidCon, they met each other and the other members of O2L such as Ricky Dillon, Kian Lawley, Sam Pottorf and Trevor Moran. After a while, JC Caylen and Connor became really good friends so they made a collab channel called “Collab At Sea” which started on April 16th 2012 and ended on August 5th 2012. He then started the collab channel; Our2ndLife, and now lives with JC Caylen, Kian and Ricky in Los Angeles, California.
When Connor was just a normal teenager making videos, he got a call from YouTube asking him to be a regular Youtuber which he got paid for. A company called Audio Able also sponsors Connor.
Family/Childhood
Connor has three siblings, 2 brothers of which one is older and the other younger, and also one older sister. Connor’s parents ran marathons in which Connor ran.
Connor grew up being an obese child. Fortunately he grew up with a friend who was also obese, their parents signed them up for swimming to get fit. They grew up to love swimming and have become best friends since then. Connor got 12 stitches when he was around 8, because he was playing hide and seek in the dark then smashed into something.
High School Life
He spent a lot of his time doing cross-country and swimming. He once broke his thumb when he smashed it on the wall while swimming backwards.
Connor was once in the state cross country team and once competed in a 16 mile race.
A new chapter
Connor Franta has announced that he is leaving the group after two years and will be starting “a new chapter” in his life. In a video uploaded to O2L’s YouTube channel, Connor really opened up about what led to his decision like to think that I come across as a really happy, positive, in general well put-together person,” he began. “But that’s not always the case. To you guys, it may seem that way all the time because you only see portions of my life … the good portions, really. It’s not always that way. It’s not always good. I’m just a person … and I struggle a lot with a lot of things after revealing that he’s been dealing with some personal issues, Connor continued that he’s been “a very unhappy person for the past six months now.” Because of that, he says his videos suffered from a lack of “creativity and depth” and “I’m not okay with that.” Despite his unhappiness, Connor stresses that the other five guys in O2L — Ricky Dillon, Trevor Moran, Kian Lawley, Sam Pottorff, and JC Caylen – will always be his “brothers. The O2L guys are literally family to me.” And because of that, “I do not want to stick with this channel and tear it down by not having my heart fully in it.” Although he will no longer be a member of O2L, Connor also makes it clear he’ll still be a presence on Twitter, Instagram, and his own YouTube channel. Soon after Connor made his announcement, #WeLoveYouConnor and three other hashtags began trending on Twitter, and he got some major social love from his O2L brothers.
Connor Franta was born on September 12 1992. He was born in La Crescent, Minnesota. Connor attended a private school. He enjoyed being active and did a lot of running and swimming. In collage he was in state championship for running. He was also involved in state championship swimming and was part of a cross-country runner group. He also used to a life guard for 5-6 years which was his only job.
YouTube Life
Connor enjoys making YouTube videos and watching YouTube videos. Connor started making YouTube videos in 2010; he got inspired to make videos by other youtubers.
“its been about 3.5 years since I’ve been on YouTube I watched videos all the time and one time I clicked and though. “Anyone can do this? Why can’t I?” So I turned on my webcam and started recording, posting whatever came up. I initially had no aspirations for this, because to me it was just a fun hobby”- Says Connor Franta
He didn’t get many views and was bullied by people on YouTube. But Connor managed to get 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. On 4th of October 2011, he joined a collab channel called “Cool Collab Bro”. With JC Nothing happened so that ended.
When Connor was still in college, he managed to receive about 300,000 subscribers on YouTube. Connor got invited to VidCon so they can meet each other in person. At VidCon, they met each other and the other members of O2L such as Ricky Dillon, Kian Lawley, Sam Pottorf and Trevor Moran. After a while, JC Caylen and Connor became really good friends so they made a collab channel called “Collab At Sea” which started on April 16th 2012 and ended on August 5th 2012. He then started the collab channel; Our2ndLife, and now lives with JC Caylen, Kian and Ricky in Los Angeles, California.
When Connor was just a normal teenager making videos, he got a call from YouTube asking him to be a regular Youtuber which he got paid for. A company called Audio Able also sponsors Connor.
Family/Childhood
Connor has three siblings, 2 brothers of which one is older and the other younger, and also one older sister. Connor’s parents ran marathons in which Connor ran.
Connor grew up being an obese child. Fortunately he grew up with a friend who was also obese, their parents signed them up for swimming to get fit. They grew up to love swimming and have become best friends since then. Connor got 12 stitches when he was around 8, because he was playing hide and seek in the dark then smashed into something.
High School Life
He spent a lot of his time doing cross-country and swimming. He once broke his thumb when he smashed it on the wall while swimming backwards.
Connor was once in the state cross country team and once competed in a 16 mile race.
A new chapter
Connor Franta has announced that he is leaving the group after two years and will be starting “a new chapter” in his life. In a video uploaded to O2L’s YouTube channel, Connor really opened up about what led to his decision like to think that I come across as a really happy, positive, in general well put-together person,” he began. “But that’s not always the case. To you guys, it may seem that way all the time because you only see portions of my life … the good portions, really. It’s not always that way. It’s not always good. I’m just a person … and I struggle a lot with a lot of things after revealing that he’s been dealing with some personal issues, Connor continued that he’s been “a very unhappy person for the past six months now.” Because of that, he says his videos suffered from a lack of “creativity and depth” and “I’m not okay with that.” Despite his unhappiness, Connor stresses that the other five guys in O2L — Ricky Dillon, Trevor Moran, Kian Lawley, Sam Pottorff, and JC Caylen – will always be his “brothers. The O2L guys are literally family to me.” And because of that, “I do not want to stick with this channel and tear it down by not having my heart fully in it.” Although he will no longer be a member of O2L, Connor also makes it clear he’ll still be a presence on Twitter, Instagram, and his own YouTube channel. Soon after Connor made his announcement, #WeLoveYouConnor and three other hashtags began trending on Twitter, and he got some major social love from his O2L brothers.