• Evan Breen, aka LA Turtle, is an American Instagram and former Vine star born on 7 November 1988 in Detroit, Michigan.
• He was known for his sense of humor since childhood and attended Western Michigan University, playing hockey, golf, and baseball, before dropping out.
• He launched his Vine account in 2013 and his YouTube channel, “LA Turtle”, in December 2013, amassing over 1.7 million followers and 34 million views respectively.
• Evan is currently dating another YouTuber, though his relationship status is unconfirmed, and is a lover of animals, sports, and travel.
• His net worth is estimated to be around $300,000.

 

Who is Evan Breen (aka LA Turtle)?

Evan Breen was born in Detroit, Michigan USA, on 7 November 1988, so under the zodiac sign of Scorpio and holding American nationality – he is popular for his Instagram account, as well as for his former Vine account.

Childhood and education

Evan has been known for his sense of humor ever since he was a kid – although he doesn’t speak about his childhood years, it is known that he was very sociable and was loved by his peers. He was somewhat popular during the years he spent in his high school and later for his Vine account – it is not known whether or not he had a serious relationship during his teenage years.

He becomes very secretive when asked about his parents, as he prefers to keep the details of his mother and father’s personal lives as well as his own to himself. He spent his entire childhood in Detroit with his sister Kelly. After he matriculated from high school, Evan enrolled at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, where he studied communications for his first semester and accounting for the second, however, he dropped out of college in 2010. He was very sportive during that short time at the university as he played hockey, golf, and baseball; he is still planning on graduating from college one day.

Career of a Viner and an Instagram star

Evan launched his Vine account sometime in 2013, and began to steadily gather fame while he was mostly uploading comedy sketch videos. Thanks to his sense of humor, he later managed to amass more than 1.7 million followers, gathering more than 25,000 followers per month during 2014. While his online career was still on the rise, Evan was working as a transporter at the Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, to make enough money to be able to support himself.

Evan Breen

After the Vine platform was shut down and TikTok platform was launched, Evan decided not to completely abandon his online career, but to open his Instagram account. He had also launched his YouTube channel “LA Turtle” on 12 December 2013, around the same time he opened his Vine account, but didn’t use it until Vine shut down – there are currently more than 450,000 people subscribed to the channel, which also counts more than 34 million views of all his videos combined. As he was so used to using the Vine platform, his YouTube videos resemble those he uploaded onto his Vine account, as these are around 35 seconds long and cover some completely random topics. One of the most popular videos on his channel is “dying 2”, as it has so far been viewed more than two million times.

Evan is also into film, as he has worked in the camera and electrical department for “The Resistance” short movie in 2018, “The Deuce” TV series, “Elementary” TV series”, “Younger” TV series, and many, many others.

Personal life and relationships

Evan is very secretive when it comes to his personal matters, especially when it is time to talk about his past and present relationships – although his fans often ask him about his relationship status, he always seems to manage to find a way not to respond to their questions.

Although he doesn’t talk about his love life, rumors have it that the popular YouTuber and Instagram star is currently dating another YouTuber (female) who he met online – the two have allegedly been dating for half a year now, however, this hasn’t been confirmed by Evan. So, he is also rumored to be gay because there is not a single picture on his Instagram account with a girl, and he never talks about them – Evan hasn’t confirmed this and therefore nothing about his sexuality can be said with certainty.

Hobbies and other interests

Evan is currently living in Los Angeles, but prefers Detroit as he believes people in LA are somewhat fake, while those in Detroit are real. Evan is very sportive as he began playing several sports during high school, and then continued at college – he now occasionally plays baseball and golf with a few of his friends. He is a lover of animals but it is not known whether or not he has a pet. He likes to travel, and it can be considered as one of his hobbies – he is very fond of the outdoors, and one can notice on his YouTube channel that he spends most of his free time in parks and in the nature.

Appearance and net worth

Evan is currently 30 years old. He has long blonde hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, and weighs around 152lb (69kg).

Evan’s net worth is ~$300,000.

Social media presence

  • He launched his Twitter account in April 2014, and has so far gathered more than 325,000 followers and tweeted nearly 3,500 times.
  • His Instagram account is followed by nearly 400,000 people, while he’s uploaded over 1,100 pictures onto it – he became popular on Instagram after he made a comedic post comparing the Instagram star Brock O’Hurn with himself in February 2017.
  • Has Facebook page, which is currently followed by more than half a million people.
  • He is also running his own website on which you only have one option – to buy his shirt with a caption “your moves are weak babe” which costs $25.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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