• Divine Munchies is a popular YouTube star born in the USA in 1987
• She studied at and graduated in psychology in 2013 from the University of California, Berkeley
• She has over 350,000 subscribers and has posted various videos including food challenges, food tours and restaurant videos, vegan food, haul, beauty and cooking videos
• Her net worth is estimated to be over $300,000 as of mid-2019
• She currently lives in Oakland, California, USA.
Known for movies
Pink Flamingos (1972)
as Divine / Babs Johnson
Hairspray (1988)
as Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
Female Trouble (1974)
as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
Polyester (1981)
as Francine Fishpaw
Short Info
| Died | March 7, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Fact | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 247-248. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
Contents
Who is Divine Munchies?
Popular YouTube star Divine Munchies was born in the USA on May 14th 1987. This young lady is one of the 10 most popular stars on YouTube when it comes to the eating videos. She also goes by the name Star Brady – which is the new name of her YouTube channel on which she has over 350,000 subscribers. Star Brady encourages her fans to sit and eat with her for the full experience, or just enjoy and relax while she does indulges herself.
Divine Munchies Bio: Early Life and Education
Star Burlin Brady – Divine Munchie’s true name – was unknown to the YouTube community before 2016. Therefore, little is known of her private life prior to her YouTube fame. She studied at and eventually graduated in psychology in 2013 from the University of California, Berkeley, however, as a major food lover and someone who enjoys making ASMR videos, she decided to continue pursuing her two passions and starting a channel on YouTube. ASMR videos are gaining more and more popularity on YouTube, and they represent videos meant to relax people, and can include brushing sounds, gentle whispering, soft music etc.
Career and Net Worth
Ever since starting her YouTube channel Star Brady has tried to indulge all of her viewers by doing food challenges from time to time. Her most popular video is ‘Nuclear Fire Noodles Challenge’, which has attracted over 20 million views. In this challenge Star was eating five instant ramen noodles that are considered to be the spiciest in the world, but managed to complete the challenge without drinking water, or a pause. Her other popular videos include eating In N Out Burger, Fettuccine Alfredo, Mozzarella Sticks, Onion Rings and many other foods. Her other YouTube content includes Food Tours and Restaurant videos, Vegan Food, Haul, Beauty and Cooking videos. As a huge fan of fitness and someone who enjoys dancing and yoga, she has posted workout videos on multiple occasions.
Authoritative sources estimate that Divine Munchies net worth is over $300,000 as of mid-2019, accumulated largely from her efforts on YouTube over the last decade.
Private life
Star was living with her husband Patrick in New Zealand and they were a couple who enjoyed travelling together to various exotic destinations all over the world. As of May 2019, Star and Patrick are separated, although apparently still married. He continued living in New Zealand while she returned to the US. In her YouTube video entitled ‘we broke up | this video will shed light on some things’, Star said they were experiencing issues a year prior to their separation, which made her feel anxious and unable to work or post videos for more than four months. During that time, she explained that she tried to suppress the sorrow by binge eating and drinking.
She has also stated that she was not prepared to admit to herself that they were having issues, however, Star was not willing to further disclose what those issues were, stating that Patrick is a very private person and that out of respect for him she will not speak about the details of her separation. Star is currently feeling much better mentally and she is willing to find a new place in which she would live. Although she is still missing Patrick and his family, Star said that a huge problem in their relationship was the fact that she was vegan when they started dating, and later became vegetarian and even started eating meat which Patrick did not like.
Her fans wanted to see vlogs while she was in New Zealand, but Star was unable to do so as she was suffering in her relationship with Patrick and was unable mentally to show herself to the world. Star also decided that she does not want to film videos in which she eats junk food as she wants to be healthier and to start taking care of herself more. In conclusion, Star said she will always love her husband, that he is a good and loving soul, and that she is aware that Patrick is not perfect, but she chooses to focus on her role and her mistakes that eventually led to their end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy29_EvvUzs
Where is Divine Munchies now?
Since their separation, Star has become much more active on her channel. She recently shot a video of herself driving a Porsche, and going to a hippie party with her mom. Even though it seems she is much better by the end of the video, she started crying again and felt she was alone and unhappy so she left the party. Considering Patrick was the closest person in her life she realized she needed more time to cope with the pain of break up. Star currently lives in Oakland California, US.
Divine Munchies’s Body Measurements, Height and Weight
Popular YouTube star has red hair and dark brown eyes. She is physically fit, however, her height, weight and vital statistics are currently unknown.
General Info
| Full Name | Divine |
| Died | March 7, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
Accomplishments
| Movies | Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Multiple Maniacs, Polyester, Lust in the Dust, Mondo Trasho, Eat Your Makeup, Out of the Dark, The Diane Linkletter Story, Trouble in Mind, Tally Brown, New York, The Neon Woman |
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Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene]: I followed that dog around for three hours just zooming in on its asshole. |
| 2 | [1973] Divine. That's my name. It's the name John [John Waters] gave me. I like it. That's what everybody calls me now, even my close friends. Not many of them call me Glenn at all anymore, which I don't mind. They can call me whatever they want. They call me fatso, and they call me asshole, and I don't care. You always change your name when you're in the show business. Divine has stuck as my name. Did you ever look it up in the dictionary? I won't even go into it. It's unbelievable. |
| 3 | [on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene, in which he consumes dog feces]: [People think that I] run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit - plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about. |
| 4 | "Divine" and "Glenn Milstead" are both just names. Glenn is the name I was brought up with, Divine is the name I've been using for the past 23 years. I guess it's always Glenn and it's always Divine. Do you mean the character Divine or the person Divine? You see, it gets very complicated. There's the Divine you're talking to now and there's the character Divine, which is just something I do to make a living. She doesn't really exist at all. |
| 5 | I think I've always been respectable. What I do onstage is not what I do in my private life... It's an act... It's how I make my living. People laugh, and it's not hurting anyone. |
| 6 | My favorite part of dressing in drag is getting out of it. Drag is my work clothes. I only put it on when someone pays me to. |
| 7 | Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail dress that glitters, but they've come around to it. |
| 8 | People who used to make fun are now fans. I had the last laugh. |
| 9 | "He's one of my finest leading ladies" - Tab Hunter [who co-starred with Divine in Polyester (1981)]. |
| 10 | "All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me". |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | When first creating his alter ego, Divine told make-up artist friend Van Smith that he wanted a look that was a cross between Jayne Mansfield and Clarabell the Clown from The Howdy Doody Show (1947). |
| 2 | Plays both a woman and a man (as the racist head of the station that airs the Corny Collins show) in his last film Hairspray (1988). |
| 3 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 247-248. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 4 | Was one of the 250 male nominees of the AFI top 50 stars. |
| 5 | John Waters wanted him to be in Desperate Living (1977), and had written the movie with him in mind, but he was unable to be in the movie as he was appearing in a play at the time. |
| 6 | Had a successful singing career (dance/disco), touring the world's clubs, and released numerous albums. |
| 7 | In Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989), the character of "Ursula" (voiced by Pat Carroll) was based on her. |
| 8 | Idolized Elizabeth Taylor as a teenager, and dressed up as her character "Gloria" from BUtterfield 8 (1960) for a Halloween party that he attended wearing a slip, fur coat, and stillettoes. |
| 9 | Buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson, Maryland. |
| 10 | Was contracted to play a recurring role as the Uncle in Married with Children (1987), but died the day before the shooting of the episode (#2.22, "All in the Family"). James 'Gypsy' Haake was cast as 'Uncle Otto' in Divine's place, and the episode was dedicated to Divine's memory. |
| 11 | Died in his sleep from a combination of his weight and a disorder called sleep apnea, a disorder in which the body "forgets" to breathe or is unable to breathe due to blockage or excessive pressure. A classic symptom of this disorder is a sudden cessation of snoring for several seconds, indicating the inability to breathe. |
| 12 | Actor featured in comic transvestite roles. |
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Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out of the Dark | 1988 | Det. Langella | |
| Hairspray | 1988 | Edna Turnblad Arvin Hodgepile | |
| Tales from the Darkside | 1987 | TV Series | Ambassador Chia Fung |
| Trouble in Mind | 1985 | Hilly Blue | |
| Lust in the Dust | 1985 | Rosie Velez | |
| Polyester | 1981 | Francine Fishpaw | |
| Female Trouble | 1974 | Dawn Davenport Earl Peterson | |
| Pink Flamingos | 1972 | Divine Babs Johnson | |
| Multiple Maniacs | 1970 | Lady Divine | |
| The Diane Linkletter Story | 1970 | Short | Diane Linkletter |
| Mondo Trasho | 1969 | Divine / Greaser in Alley | |
| Eat Your Makeup | 1968 | Jacqueline Kennedy | |
| Roman Candles | 1966 | Short | Party Guest / Man with Scarf |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Am Divine | 2013 | Documentary performer: "Native Love Step by Step", "Born to Be Cheap", "I'm So Beautiful", "You Think You're a Man" | |
| Welcome to the 80's | 2009 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| An Englishman in New York | 2009 | performer: "Native Love" | |
| Deep Blue Sea | 1999 | performer: "Good and Plenty" | |
| The Fruit Machine | 1988 | performer: "You think you're a man", "I'm so beautiful" | |
| Top of the Pops | 1985 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Lust in the Dust | 1985 | performer: "These Lips Were Made For Kissin'" | |
| Female Trouble | 1974 | performer: "Female Trouble" |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine: Live at the Hacienda | 1994 | Video documentary short | |
| The Diane Linkletter Story | 1970 | Short |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Class of '64 | 2006 | Short a tribute to the genius of | |
| Married with Children | 1988 | TV Series dedicated to the memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Bob | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop | 2005 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| More Lust, Less Dust | 2001 | Video short | Himself (voice) |
| Divine: Shoot Your Shot | 1995 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Divine: Live at the Hacienda | 1994 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Incredibly Strange Film Show | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| Queen: Magic Years, Volume Three - A Visual Anthology | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| De Nachtshow | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night Flight | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Divine Waters | 1985 | Documentary | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| Àngel Casas Show | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| Estoc de pop | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Thicke of the Night | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Formel Eins | 1983 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| La edad de oro | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| AVRO's Toppop | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Mein New York | 1982 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The Alternative Miss World | 1980 | Documentary | Guest of Honour / Interviewer |
| Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Tally Brown, New York | 1979 | Documentary | Himself |
| Emerald City | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| Underground and Emigrants | 1976 | Documentary | |
| Lady Divine | 1975 | Documentary | Himself (as Lady Divine) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erlebnis Österreich | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Live im U4 |
| I Am Divine | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Visionado obligado | 2011 | TV Series | Divine / Babs Johnson |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Arias with a Twist | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| New York Memories | 2010 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Frances: A Mother Divine | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| 50 años de | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Welcome to the 80's | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Roots of 'Hairspray' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| La imagen de tu vida | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Carta blanca | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | 2006 | Documentary | |
| Favouritism | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Cockettes | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| In Bad Taste | 2000 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Divine Trash | 1998 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Celluloid Closet | 1995 | Documentary | Himself in Hairspray (uncredited) |
| Hittimittari | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| That's Hollywood | 1981 | TV Series documentary | Francine Fishpaw |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | FilmOut Programming Award | FilmOut San Diego, US | Filmmaker Career Achievement Award | I Am Divine (2013) |
| 1988 | Frameline Award | San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Male | Hairspray (1988) |
| 1986 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Actor | Lust in the Dust (1985) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
