Sometimes life is happening right before your eyes. Other times you can only experience it through the lens of a camera. For Khoa Nguyen, he seems to prefer the later. If you don’t like being filmed, avoid hanging around people like Khoa who make a living as a YouTuber. Khoa is mainly known for being half of the vlogging channel on YouTube. KKandbabyJ. He has racked up some serious issues throughout his social media career and personal life. Here are 5 facts about Nguyen that will give insight into his personality.
Biography of Khoa Nguyen
Most information about Nguyen’s life prior to his YouTube days continues to elude the public and his fans, as he chose to keep his information a secret. Nothing is known about his parents, siblings, or upbringing, other than the fact that he attended high school in Florida. However, it is known that Khoa is from Mississippi and is of Vietnamese descent. He was born on November 20, 1991 in Gulfport, Mississippi.
After her school days, the social media star worked a few odd jobs to make ends meet. Since 2007, however, he has co-owned Cajun Seafood, a family-owned restaurant in New Orleans. In August 2015, he also assumed the role of Managing Director at Another Media Group. A month later, Khoa Nguyen also became a real estate agent by joining La Rosa Realty.
5 Quick Facts You Should Know About Khoa Nguyen
1. He is married to Keren Swanson
Khoa’s wife, Keren Swanson, is the other half of the KKandbabyJ Youtube channel. And it seems the husband and wife partnership is paying dividends as their fame continues to grow. They are also doing well on the marriage front as they have since welcomed 3 children: Jackson, Landon and Sutton. However, they didn’t get their marriage license until June 2019.
Khoa Nguyen and Keren Swanson met when they were still in high school. They started dating in 2008, when they were in their late teens, and were casual for a while. Eventually, they moved in together in their early twenties.
They first had to do some odd jobs to be able to live together and support each other. Khoa and his wife had already created their YouTube channel on November 3, 2012, a few weeks before Nguyen’s 21st birthday. However, the couple didn’t post anything for about 3 years until April 26, 2015. Their first video was titled 17 Weeks Pregnant and Belly Blow! Week by week!.”.
The channel’s most popular video is the one they posted about the birth of their second child, Landon, titled “BABY BOY BIRTH VLOG! | Landon landed”. As of June 2019, the video has garnered over 14 million views.
Since then, the channel has enjoyed enormous success. Khoa and Keren also post different types of videos, from prank and challenge videos to comedy and reaction videos to personal blogs. KKandbabyJ has over 1,300 videos as of June 2019 and has garnered over 1.1 million subscribers and millions of views. They have been able to accumulate this number of videos because they post on their channel every day.
2. Nguyen’s friends didn’t like Keren at first
At the start of their relationship, the go was not as smooth as it is now. When Khoa started dating Keren, many of her friends didn’t approve of Keren or their relationship. Most of them, like Khoa, were at least a year older than her. Their disapproval was part of the reason the couple broke up on several occasions before finally sticking with each other. Keren has now formed a much better relationship with all of Khoa’s friends.
3. Khoa Nguyen and his wife have their own YouTube channels
While their KKandbabyJ channel is by far their most successful project, Khoa also runs her own YouTube channel. Keren also has his.
The YouTuber doesn’t seem to take his personal account too seriously, however. The story he originally titled Khoa Sells Florida, has been active since at least June 2016, however, as of May 2019, Khoa Nguyen has only uploaded 11 videos to the channel. During the same period, Khoa was able to register more than 82,000 subscribers.
His wife is better on the personal front channel. She uploaded her first video on May 8, 2016. As of May 2019, she has ten more videos than Khoa and has over 449,000 subscribers. Khoa is also active on YouNow and Twitch.
4. Khoa Nguyen washes her children in the kitchen sink
Khoa Nguyen is no stranger to filming his daily activities. His first video on his personal channel was called “Day in the life of Khoa”. The video shows him starting his day at 7:29 a.m. and ending at 1:14 a.m. He also recorded him doing many things, including visiting a Chinese food restaurant, filming with his drone, and playing tennis.
The highlight, however, was Khoa’s return to his wife and children. He then gave his infant son a full bath from all places – in the kitchen sink.
5. He posted his breakup with his ex-girlfriend on Reddit.
Before YouTube and the success that followed, Nguyen had already proven himself as a shooting demon. Shortly before he started dating Keren, he filmed his breakup with his then-girlfriend whose identity remains unknown.
He was sitting in the driver’s seat of his car with his camera in front of him. You could hear his girlfriend’s voice screaming at him. The video revealed that she broke up with him for liking another girl’s photo and following her on social media.
The girl finally realized he was filming the event and slapped him against his head, kicking his snapback. Khoa didn’t seem bothered by the breakup. In fact, he posted the video on Reddit, and eight hours later he was shocked to find it made headlines. He also received many replies from people assuring him it was good riddance, while others shared similar experiences.