Online personality Catherine Wayne, aka Boxxy, rose to massive fame on YouTube years ago – so who is she and what happened to her?
YouTube has given a platform to many rising and successful content creators.
Everyone has their go-to YouTube channel depending on the type of content they like to follow whether that’s gaming, beauty, or travel.
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One personality named Boxxy gained huge popularity on the streaming platform years ago. Here’s what happened to her and what we know about the internet star.
Who is Boxxy?
Boxxy, real name Catherine Wayne, rose to fame in 2008 as an internet personality and vlogger. She was born in 1992 in California and her Twitter bio reveals she spends time between Los Angeles and San Fransisco.
She created the bubbly and hilarious character Boxxy and amassed a loyal fan base of 371,000 subscribers on her popular YouTube channel.
After gaining popularity on the internet, she landed the voiceover of Marsha for Disney XD’s Billy Dilley’s Super-Duper Subterranean Summer.
Boxxy was also a presenter for the Animalist streaming series for Discovery Digital Networks between 2013 and 2014.
What happened to the YouTuber?
Boxxy decided to step away from her YouTube career and posted her last video on her original channel nine years ago, bidding farewell to her followers.
A couple of years later, she launched a new channel (ANewHopeee) and hinted at the reason behind her decision to retire from her social media career.
Boxxy said that after she finished her work for Discovery Digital Networks, she had the plan of returning full-time to her second YouTube channel.
“During my time out there [at Discovery] I put out 300 videos with them that I wrote and starred in,” she said in a video originally uploaded in June 2017. “And once my contract ended, I had every intention of coming back to this channel to make more YouTube videos.”
“But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much money it would cost to invest in a new camera, a microphone, and better lights,” she continued. “And all of this other stuff that would have been worthwhile if YouTube was what I wanted to do but it’s not.”
Boxxy said she has always been passionate about acting and writing and wanted to focus on pursuing a career as an actor instead of YouTube.
Is she on Twitter and Instagram?
Yes, Boxxy is on Instagram under the handle @boxxybabee and on Twitter @catiewayne. However, both of her accounts haven’t been active for a while and she hasn’t shared any new posts since 2021.
Her bio on both of her accounts says: “Voice over lady. YouTube has-been. Person respecter. Animation lover. Animal person. No, not an animal-PERSON you know what the f*** I meant.”
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