On November 13, 2023, She’s the Man famed actress Amanda Bynes announced her new podcast show on her Instagram, writing, “@mermaid_faerie and I are starting a podcast! 🩵”
At the time, netizens were confused about what podcast Amanda was coming with and with whom. Almost a month later, Amanda gave an update to her audiences that she was done shooting the first episode of the podcast show Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast with her friend Paul.
The podcast hosts, Amanda and Paul, probably expected a lot of positive comments from audiences, but they got the opposite.
The commentary section was filled with hatred for Paul, as many seemed annoyed listening to him as they commented like, “Less Paul more Amanda next podcast,” “Paul gives me really weird, creepy, scary vibes,” and “Who tf is Paul Sieminski.”
Amanda and Paul’s podcast show is now on hiatus. Still, internet users seem to be spiraling over the speculation if Paul Sieminski’s controversies lead to the sudden break of the show.
Amanda’s podcast co-host, Paul Sieminski, was accused of being a sociopath
While Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast was doing well, its host, Paul Siemisnki, was dragged into controversy after an unidentified girl who claimed to be his former roommate accused him of abandoning his dog to death.
Through TikTok, the unknown girl also scarred Paul’s image, calling him a sociopath. Shortly after the allegation reached the media, Amanda declared she would pause her new podcast show.
Posting a video, she announced pausing of the podcast show, stating, “So even though the podcast is doing well and the response has been great, I am going to pause it for now, We are not able to get the type of guests that I’d like on the show.”
Meanwhile, many speculate that Paul being dragged into such a sensitive issue caused the podcast show to go on pause, though Amanda mentioned it as a matter of guests, nothing else.
Paul Sieminski, a biochemist, prefers to call themselves an LA girl
Amanda Bynes’ podcast co-host, Paul Sieminski, introduced themselves as an ‘LA Girl & mermaid babe’ on their Instagram bio. Paul seems to prefer to have a girlish outlook when it comes to their physical appearance.
However, on his Twitter, Paul has used both pronouns, ‘he/him, and she/her,’ for themselves, which means he is trans by his gender identity.
Going through his Instagram, it appears Paul is quite proud of who they are. Per the information we get, Paul is a graduate student at UCLA.
Further, Amanda’s co-host is a biochemist and scientist. While introducing Paul in the first episode of the podcast show, the actress said, “His involvement would bring the project to another level, I think, because he’s going to ask great questions, and I think he’s going to carry most of the weight in terms of topics of conversation.”
FAQs
As introduced in the podcast show, Paul Sieminski is a bio-chemist and scientist.
Yes, she is on Instagram under the username @amandaamandaamanda1986 with 141k followers.
In 2014, Amanda announced that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
