Makeup artist and beauty influencer Ethan Peters, better known as Ethan Is Supreme, has died at the age of 17. His father confirmed the news.
Peters was known for his edgy makeup looks and tutorials and often modeled gender-fluid styles on both Instagram and YouTube. He also recently launched a clothing brand called Hellboy, described as “a gay Hot Topic.”
No cause of death has been officially released, but Peters’ father and fellow influencer Ava Louise have both been candid about Peters’ struggle with addiction, leading many to believe he succumbed to an overdose.
“If anyone talks negatively about my friend and his actions over the past year he was battling addiction,” Louise tweeted. “If anyone has anything negative to say about addiction I will come for you with a vengeance. Speak positively of Ethan. He was an artist & inspiration. So talented.”
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Peters had been on the receiving end of criticism for making racist and transphobic comments. Another fellow influencer, Manny MUA, had this to say: “I know he’s made many many mistakes… but to say he deserved to pass away is horrible and inhuman. I pray for his family and loved ones, a horrible loss.”
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Storm
Make-up is a hell of a drug.
Mister P
It’s a terrible tragedy. The word failed him.
Mister P
The world failed him.
vinnieboiblue
Sorry but he failed in this world. He made choices and lost. Win or lose by the choices you choose. Society is not to blame.
Chrisk
Agreed but the world is indifferent to anyone’e death.
nunya
How so?
At seventeen, it would seem his parents failed him. If your parents fail to prepare you for life, life will smack you hard. If you’re not ready to fight back you just might succumb to addictions. Either way, it’s so sad when someone so young dies needlessly.
nunya
Chrisk, so true. So many nowadays run round with an inflated sense of self importance. When they come to the realization they’re not all that in spite of the millions of followers and likes, it takes a toll on the psyche. The weak wind up resorting to drugs and alcohol.
Itsonlythetruth
He failed himself, the world had nothing to do with it.
sfhairy
How the eff did the world fail him? He failed himself. His family failed him, the world, no, that didn’t fail him. Mental illness is serious and his parents have their part in not getting him help. But at the end of the day, his death is on him, and no one else.
Granny Spoth
Cancellistas can rejoice.
Tombear
Surely, if the parents saw the signs of addiction they should of had some type of intervention. Just saying.
vinnieboiblue
Exactly. Not just family but friends and associates. Too many times we hear this “should of, could of or would of” excuses.
Cam
Hey Ava Louise. Way to make it all about you.
17 years old? Such a shame, he hadn’t even begun to live life yet. Sad.
justgeo
So desperate for more life? Recognition is a drug. For today no refrigerator door is big enough tp fill hole in your soul. Drugs don’t fix it make up can’t cover it up. Get with living people in real time and then see what happens. I am harsh but the guy got what he was looking for 15 min of sorrow!!!
rbarker1159
17 and didn’t spend money on rehab or trying to get better. where were the parents?
CurtisIsTheOne
I said it once and I’ll say it again: It’s pointless to talk about something you know nothing about, You don’t know what the family knew or didn’t know or did or didn’t do. And as a recovering addict, I can tell you that all the interventions in the world are meaningless UNLESS the addict WANTS HELP AND WANTS TO CHANGE. It is a terrible tragedy to see another young life lost to addiction, but not everyone who wants help or needs help wins the struggle with addiction. It is a disease that knows no limits, not age, wealth, sexual identity, or anything else. It is an equal opportunity killer. And EVERY LIFE is precious. Each person who dies is someone’s brother, sister, father, mother, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew.
vinnieboiblue
Sad thing about addictions is it gets it start innocently. Ever notice how many drug commercials there are on tv now days? It goes on from there. One drug needed to treat something usually leads to illicit and illegal stuff.
michel_banen
Never heard of him but both a clothing brand and a drug addiction at age 17….. that’s quite an accomplishment [the brand] and very sad [the addiction]. In this age where every young person seems to want to become an internet sensation he made it into the spotlight but fame and fortune don’t heal a ruined inner world where it can get extremely lonely. Drugs can numb that feeling but too much drugs will numb you forever which is what seems to have happened. Hope he’s a peace now. Very sad….
Rock Star
yup
hansniemeijer
what a pity
RFD
I am glad some of us who are older did not have to worry about the internet, apps or being an influencer when we were teens. It is too hard on some and can cause a lot of weird things in one’s mind. It warps some thinking. And I find his death very sad. My sympathies to his loved ones.
WSnyder
Fame or Celebrity or Child Star status so rarely turns into a good thing for younger people. This is not a recent concept either, this goes back decades. And the parents rarely seem to be the safety net these kids need, indeed sometimes the parents are the worst influence for kids in these situations. If they manage to actually grow into adulthood [i.e. they survived], so many seem ‘damaged’ psychologically and/or emotionally. There are exceptions but we see way too many of these stories of younger people ending up in the ground way too soon. Too often it appears as it could have been avoided had there been just a little better oversight or mitigation of that celeb status because on their own, they couldn’t handle it.
jdr11201
Soo sad,
At 17 a kid is starting to bloom and experience so much curiosity about life. What is happening to these younger generations is scary. I shall pray for his soul, and for the whole younger lgbtq?.
mmoore482
My entire career has been devoted to helping people with various addictions, suicidal tendencies, etc. I urge every person to please stop looking to blame or judge. These times are very difficult for many people. Remind yourself: “You never want to be judged as harshly as you judge others!”
Annaronimo
Exactly this. As a teacher I’ve watched many children struggle with addiction, as a friend I’ve watched people I love struggle. You can try to intervene, but unless THEY are ready to quit, unless they have managed to get to a point where they have the willpower to withstand the little voice in their head that tells them they need it, all the help in the world won’t stop them. It’s easy to judge something you haven’t experienced, and it’s easy to shrug it off with a ‘kids these days’, but it’s important to remember that ‘kids these days’ navigate a much harsher and judgemental world than we did. The online world is a double-edged sword and it’s opened up a whole new world of cruelty to them hand in hand with the benefits it brings. That has to take a toll on developing minds.
Prax07
Oh no, a makeup influencer died. Good.
nunya
I wouldn’t say good, but by next week he will be completely forgotten.
Kevan1
Another cold hearted _itch. What happened in your life.
garybw
Who
nm4047
Tragic loss for his family & friends, but unfortunately there are far more people facing dire situations around the world right now for an ‘influence’s’ (WTF that is) death to be of a concern for the vast majority.
ZUMMY
Wow, what a bunch of nasty, clueless people posting their inane opinions. Addiction and the ensuing consequences can happen to anyone. ANYONE. If the same thing happened to a hot porn star you’ve gotten off on you’d be lighting a candle and praying a 9-day rosary. God forbid it happens to someone YOU love.
CityguyUSA
@vinnieboiblue We don’t know what happened at the moment.
Shirtless Climber
So sad, this cutie ruined himself by makeup.
trojanboy
An internet death.
Terrycloth
Is this the british boy who has a tv show on the A&E channel ?
BaltoSteve
I am not sure about A&E, but I do know there is the show on The CW that follows the Welsh teen, Reuben de Maid, called “Being Reuben.”
BaltoSteve
May he find the peace that eluded him in life.
michael_totzke
How very sad. So young.
Walker
He didn’t deserve to die and this is very sad. That said, neither death nor addiction should be used as a “get out of criticism free” card and none of the criticisms leveled at him when he was alive were without merit.
rocknstan
The problem with opiates is that they work too well.
Opiates don’t damage organs in the manner of most pharmaceuticals, but they can certainly usher you off of life’s stage easily enough.
For every chronic [physical] pain sufferer, there exist tens of narcotic-abusing psychic-pain sufferers.
ShowMeGuy
“….. a clothing brand called Hellboy, described as “a gay Hot Topic.” ….”
So, basically…….. Hot Topic.
JED08
He was racist and transphobic? That tells me all that I need to hear about him, and I don’t need to hear anymore.