{{short description|American YouTuber}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{infobox youtuber | name = Lohanthony | image = Lohanthony (14557373603) (cropped).jpg | caption = Quintal at VidCon in 2014 | birth_name = Anthony Michael Quintal | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|05|24}} | birth_place = Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * YouTuber * social media star }} | youtube_handle = Lohanthony | youtube_display_name =
| youtube_years_active = 2012–2020 | youtube_genre = {{flatlist| * Vlog * comedy }} | youtube_subscribers = 1.19 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 82.8 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = April 14, 2026{{nu|date=October 2025}} }}
'''Anthony Michael Quintal''' (born May 24, 1999), better known as '''Lohanthony''', is an American former YouTuber and social media star. He started making YouTube videos at age 10 and found success after his video "Calling All the Basic Bitches" went viral in 2012. By 2015, he reached one and a half million subscribers on YouTube, where he became popular for his sassy demeanor and for being openly queer.
Outside of YouTube, he had a number of other ventures. He starred in the 2016 film ''Miss Stevens'' as Sam and hosted the MTV series ''Teen Wolf After, After Show'' (2014) and the AwesomenessTV web series ''Lohanthony & Rickey{{'}}s Guide to Dating'' (2016). His compilation album on Heard Well, ''Landscapes: A Music Compilation by Lohanthony'', debuted in the top five of the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards over the course of his career.
==Life and career== Anthony Michael Quintal was born on May 24, 1999, in Melrose, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lohanthony Bio |via=Heard Well |url=http://heardwell.com/influencer/lohanthony/ |access-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref> Quintal started making YouTube videos at age 10 using his parents' computer, which he originally edited with iMovie and later with Final Cut Pro.<ref name="bostoncom">{{cite web |last1=Raczka |first1=Rachel |title=Lohanthony: Your Local YouTube Super Star |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2014/06/23/lohanthony-your-local-youtube-super-star/ |website=Boston.com |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="pplvidcon">{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Mike |title=Lohanthony Twerks, Talks About Coming Out on YouTube at VidCon |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lohanthony-twerks-talks-about-coming-out-on-youtube-at-vidcon/ |website=People |access-date=February 23, 2023 |language=en |date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> His username, Lohanthony, is a portmanteau of the last name of actress Lindsay Lohan<ref name="nymagweird" /> and his first name. His videos were filmed on his laptop camera from his bedroom floor, where he addressed topics like pop culture, his life, and his liberal politics from a "sassy, swear-y, proudly gay" perspective.<ref name="openinsider">{{cite web |last1=Tenbarge |first1=Kat |last2=Greenspan |first2=Rachel E. |title=YouTuber Lohanthony was once an openly gay internet star. Now, he's an advocate for Christian celibacy, an ideological cousin of conversion therapy. |url=https://www.insider.com/lohanthony-gay-christian-celibacy-conversion-therapy-what-happened-anthony-quintal-2020-8 |website=Insider |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=August 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Onfro |first1=Jillian |last2=Danielson |first2=Tess |title=Ranked: The 20 most influential Vine and YouTube stars under 21 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-viral-social-media-stars-under-21-2015-12 |website=Business Insider |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=December 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name="pnvictim" /> His video "Calling All the Basic Bitches", which showed him swinging his leg around and repeating the phrase, "Calling all the basic bitches," went viral in 2012 and popularized the terms "basic" and "basic bitch" while garnering almost three million views by 2015.<ref name="landscapeschart">{{cite magazine |last1=Frere |first1=Jackie |title=YouTuber Lohanthony Hits Top Five on Dance Chart, Talks Social Success: 'It's Just So Crazy' |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lohanthony-youtube-landscapes-compilation-album-dance-chart/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=September 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=Hilary |title=The Inventor of the Pumpkin Spice Latte Wishes You Would Decide Something Else Is Basic |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2018/08/how-starbucks-became-basic-household-name-podcast |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zuras |first1=Matthew |last2=Miller |first2=Kelsey |title=Basic Bitches From Beginning To End |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/05/68313/basic-bitches-trend |website=Refinery29 |access-date=February 23, 2023 |language=en |date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The video was recreated in 2015 by model Kate Moss and designer Marc Jacobs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGrath |first1=Rachel |title=Kate Moss Probably Wishes She Didn't Film This 'Basic B***h' Video |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/10/kate-moss-easyjet-video-drama-basic_n_7550058.html |website=HuffPost UK |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> Quintal also posted a video in which he came out as gay.<ref name="pplvidcon" />
Quintal was nominated for two awards — Choice Web Star: Comedy and Choice Web Collaboration — at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |title=Teen Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/teen-choice-awards-2014-winners-724423/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> Also in 2014, Quintal co-hosted the ''Teen Wolf After, After Show'', an MTV companion series to their teen drama television series ''Teen Wolf'', with Morgan Evans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gutelle |first1=Sam |title=YouTube Vlogger Lohanthony Hosts MTV's 'Teen Wolf' After Show |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/01/07/lohanthony-teen-wolf-after-show-mtv/ |website=Tubefilter |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=January 7, 2014}}</ref> By 2014, he had one million subscribers on YouTube, and had one and a half million subscribers by the following year.<ref name="tfinterview" /><ref name="pplvidcon" /> He signed to WME in February 2015 and was featured in Delta Air Lines' meme-themed safety video in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jarvey |first1=Natalie |title=WME Signs Slew of YouTube Stars, Including Lohanthony, Bart Baker (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wme-signs-slew-youtube-stars-774051/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ore |first1=Jonathan |title=Delta Airlines' meme-filled safety video might be trying too hard |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/delta-airlines-meme-filled-safety-video-might-be-trying-too-hard-1.3081712 |website=CBC |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> He released ''Landscapes: A Music Compilation by Lohanthony'', a compilation album of other artists' music, in September 2015 on the Heard Well label.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Lydia |title=Lohanthony Releases Landscapes Compilation Album on Connor Franta Label |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lohanthony-releases-landscapes-compilation-album-on-connor-franta-label/ |website=People |access-date=February 23, 2023 |language=en |date=August 21, 2015}}</ref> The album debuted at number three on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Dance/Electronic Albums after selling over one thousand copies in its first week.<ref name="landscapeschart" /> In 2016, he starred in the AwesomenessTV web series ''Lohanthony & Rickey's Guide to Dating'', where he and fellow social media star Rickey Thompson looked for boyfriends.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Lydia |title=Lohanthony and Rickey Thompson's Guide to Dating Trailer |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lohanthony-and-rickey-thompsons-guide-to-dating-trailer/ |website=People |access-date=February 23, 2023 |language=en |date=January 11, 2016}}</ref> That same year, he also starred in the comedy-drama film ''Miss Stevens'' as Sam, an insecure teenager.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Stephen |title='Miss Stevens': SXSW Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/miss-stevens-sxsw-review-875024/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> He was also popular on the video-sharing service Vine before its shutdown in 2016, and was nominated as Best Viner for ''Tiger Beat''{{'}}s 19 Under 19 program that year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elizabeth |first1=De |title=23 Stars Who Started on Vine, From Shawn Mendes to Jay Versace |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/stars-who-started-on-vine |website=Teen Vogue |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=October 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Havens |first1=Lyndsey |title=Daya, Shawn Mendes & More Nominated for Tiger Beat's 19 Under 19 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/daya-shawn-mendes-tiger-beat-19-under-19-7503419/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>
In 2020, Quintal removed most of his past videos and posted a 41-minute-long video titled "Jesus Delivers – Surviving Sexuality" in which he renounced his earlier videos and homosexuality, stating that he had been "trying to find God's love" by pursuing homosexual relationships, which he described as "sexual immorality". He compared them to his being addicted to alcohol, marijuana, and attention at the time, and said that he would be opting for a life of "Christian celibacy" instead. The video received largely negative reactions from fans and fellow YouTube stars such as Tyler Oakley, who speculated that he had been a victim of conversion therapy.<ref name="openinsider" /><ref name="ddjesus">{{cite web |last1=Mendez II |first1=Moises |title=Fans are heartbroken after Lohanthony seemingly denounces homosexuality in a video about finding Jesus |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/lohanthony-christianity-denounces-homosexuality/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> He denied attending conversion therapy in a subsequent video titled "Conversion Therapy and God's Truth", stating that he was "abandoning consuming lusts, both homosexual and heterosexual alike".<ref name="pnvictim">{{cite web |last1=Wakefield |first1=Lily |title=YouTuber Lohanthony denies rumours that he was a victim of conversion therapy after finding Jesus and denouncing his sexuality |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/08/30/lohanthony-youtube-victim-conversion-therapy-jesus-celibacy-christian-same-sex-attraction |website=PinkNews |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
==Public image== Quintal has called Shane Dawson an inspiration for his YouTube channel, and named RuPaul and Beyoncé as role models of his outside of YouTube.<ref name="pplvidcon" /><ref name="tfinterview">{{cite web |last1=Gutelle |first1=Sam |title=YouTube Millionaires: For Lohanthony, "My Room Is My Sanctuary" |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/05/29/lohanthony-quintal-youtube-millionaires/ |website=Tubefilter |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=May 29, 2014}}</ref> Rich Juzwiak of ''New York'' called Quintal "the littlest big diva" and "a savant of camp" in 2014.<ref name="nymagweird">{{cite web |last1=Juzwiak |first1=Rich |title=The Weird World of Internet Fame - Lohanthony, Littlest Big Diva -- New York Magazine - Nymag |url=https://nymag.com/news/media/internet-fame/lohanthony-2014-4/index.html |website=New York |access-date=February 23, 2023 |language=en-us |date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> ''Insider''{{'}}s Kat Tenbarge wrote that Quintal was "a role model for gay children and teens around the world" as a teenager.<ref name="openinsider" /> In late 2015, he became vegan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bowie |first1=Richard |title=YouTube Star Lohanthony Shares His Top Vegan Finds |url=https://vegnews.com/2016/3/youtube-star-lohanthony-shares-his-top-vegan-finds |website=VegNews |access-date=February 23, 2023 |date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
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