Trisha Paytas to host new queer dating show for Tubi
Trisha Paytas. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Trisha Paytas is set to host Tubi’s new queer dating show Don’t Date Alone With Trisha Paytas, premiering on 4 February 2027, where contestants’ best friends help spot the “red flags” they might miss themselves.
The half-hour unscripted series puts friendship front and centre. In each episode, one person’s best mate steps in to set up their queer friend with three possible matches, before a winner is chosen for a blind date.
Speaking in a Hollywood Reporter interview, Paytas said: “I value friendship so much at this stage in life… It’s so hard for us as individuals to see red flags for ourselves, but it is much easier to spot them from a mile away for others. If your friend approves of the one you’re dating, it’s a major green flag.”
How does Don’t Date Alone With Trisha Paytas work?
The format sees Paytas and the contestant’s bestie put the three potential matches through an array of “outrageous compatibility challenges” before deciding who gets the date.
The series is executive produced by Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios, with Courtney White, Jessica Zalkind, Gardner Reed and Cassie Berman listed as executive producers. Natalie Shabtai serves as co-executive producer and showrunner, and previously worked as a producer on The Bachelor.
Tubi GM of creator programmes and executive VP of business development Rich Bloom said in a joint statement: “Trisha is exactly the kind of creator we want to be in business with.”
Paytas says queer love ‘deserves the representation’
Paytas said she wanted the show to be more than just chaos. “Queer love is so beautiful and deserves the representation on a bigger platform,” she said. “I wanted everyone to feel safe and looked after.”
Paytas is a US internet personality who rose to fame on YouTube with confessional vlogs, mukbangs and highly memeable pop culture commentary. Paytas is known for her polarising persona and frequent viral moments across YouTube, TikTok and X.
She hosts the podcast Just Trish and has appeared on Euphoria and Hacks. In May 2025, Paytas released a ‘Gay’ music video featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race icons, and said proceeds would be donated to TransLifeline.
