Trisha Paytas hits out at people linking the death of Pope Francis to her pregnancy

It's happened again... a global figure has passed away while Trisha Paytas is pregnant, and the internet can't quite believe the chances.

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, and following the news of the Pontiff's death, people online noted how social media star Trisha Paytas is currently pregnant with her third baby after announcing the news back in March.

As a result, Trisha began trending on X, formerly Twitter, with fans joking that her third baby, due in July, will be an incarnation of Pope Francis.

When did the long-standing joke begin?

This has reignited a viral conspiracy which started when Trisha gave birth to her first child, Malibu Barbie Paytas-Hacmon, born on 14 September 2022, less than a week after Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8 2022.

At the time, fans joked that her baby was a reincarnation of the late Queen.

Then, when news of King Charles' cancer diagnosis was announced in February last year, Trish also happened to be pregnant with her second baby, Elvis Paytas-Hacmon which caused her to trend once again.

"I get the meme of it all. I was able to lean into the Queen Elizabeth one a little bit, but it also terrifies me that people believe in it enough," she said in response to all the attention the second time around.

She noted that "the timing is crazy" but added she had “no connection” with or “animosity” toward the royal family.

How has social media reacted to Trisha being pregnant when the Pope died?

Of course, when people remembered that Trisha is pregnant after seeing the news that Pope Francis died, it sparked a number of memes and reactions.

"You're laughing. Pope Francis is about to be reincarnated as Trisha Paytas’ baby and you're laughing," one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter, which received 219,000 likes.

A second person posted a meme with the caption: "The Pope in Trisha Paytas' womb."

"Oh my god, I just remembered Trisha Paytas is pregnant… Welcome back, Pope," a third person commented.

A fourth person said: "I love finding out the Pope died bc the girls and the gays made jokes about Trisha Paytas next baby being the reincarnate of the Pope."

Someone else asked: "Is it any coincidence that Trisha Paytas is pregnant again and the Pope dies?? She's collecting world leaders atp."

How has Trisha responded?

Yes, Trisha has seen all of the social media reactions to people linking her pregnancy with Pope Francis' death.

In a new TikTok video, she said that "everyone needs to chill" and to "leave my babies alone."

"You guys..." she said as she panned the camera down to her pregnant belly. "My womb is not that powerful... or is it?"

"I found out I was trending today live on Hot Topics and I was like 'Nooooo' I tried to be just lowkey these days."

Trisha then shared a greenscreen backdrop of some of the posts she's seen about her "powerful womb" on X, formerly Twitter.

She noted how the views "shot up" on her last video and were "popping."

The YouTube personality then shared a screenshot of the comment section on her recent TikTok video, which was inundated after the news of Pope Francis' death.

Some of the comments included, "Baby Francis coming soon," "I love how we all collectively thought of and came to Trisha after the Pope died," "Annnnnd the Pope is gone..."

"Trish wake up. We have some news." and "DAMMIT TRISH YOU TOOK THE POPE."

"I didn't take anybody," Trisha added in response to the last comment. "If anything, my womb, okay? Trying to figure out the soul that is okay, everyone needs to chill."

On Pope Francis, she commented that he was "kind of cool" and "down with the LGBTQ+A."

"I guess it's a gender neutral name, do I just call it Francis Pope? Pope Francis? I don't know."

She joked: "I think I sang 'I Love You Jesus' a little too hard..." referring to her 2017 song, which has over 9.9 million views on YouTube.

"Eighty-eight, though, my lucky number the year I was born, so I don't know..."

At the end of her video, she concluded: "Rest in Peace... leave my babies alone."

Elsewhere, Trisha Paytas urges fans to stop linking her children to the Royal Family, and Pope Francis dies aged 88: Tributes flood in from around the world.

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