Marcus Lloyd Butler (born 18 December 1991) is an English model and former

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, whose channels have reached over 4.1 million subscribers. In 2015, he released an autobiographical book, titled ''Hello Life!''. Butler co-hosted a radio show with fellow YouTuber Alfie Deyes on

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Career

Butler was educated at the independent

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. Butler began his career on

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creating music and video mixes and edited sports footage while in college. In 2010, he created his YouTube channel, Marcus Butler TV, at viewer request. Butler has been involved in a number of collaborations with other YouTubers, including: Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes,

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and many others. Butler's book, ''Hello Life'', which is part autobiography and part self-help book, was published on 28 July 2015 in the UK and in the US on 10 November 2015. As of February 2019, Butler's main YouTube channel has over 4.3 million subscribers and over 209 million video views. His second channel "Just Marcus" has 1.9 million subscribers and over 180 million video views. Butler was mentioned by ''

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'' as one of "Britain's most influential Tweeters" in 2013. As of February 2019, Butler has over 3.3 million followers on

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and over 3.4 million on

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Television

Alongside fellow YouTubers Joe Sugg and Alfie Deyes, Butler starred in an episode of the British television show

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. Their episode aired on 2 March 2017. He also starred in many episodes of ''

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'' alongside Deyes. Also in 2016, Butler was a contestant on ''

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'', but got eliminated in the quarterfinals. In 2017, Butler appeared on '' Good Morning Britain'' alongside fellow YouTuber

, giving tips on how to become a successful YouTuber.

Other ventures

In 2022, Butler signed up to content subscription service

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. On 28 November, 2022 in an OnlyFans Q&A Butler revealed that he has had sexual relations with men and considers himself straight but "10% Bisexual".

Music

Butler was part of a "

Boyband", a group involving Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Joe Sugg, and

that raised money and awareness for

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. On 22 January 2016, Butler released a song with

called "I'm Famous". It entered the

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on 29 January 2016 at number 85.

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Marcus 1991 births British Internet celebrities Living people English YouTubers People from Shoreham-by-Sea English video bloggers