Cody Ko, popularly known online as a comedy-oriented YouTube personality, has been producing content on the platform since 2014. The creator was also quite active on Vine, the short-form content website that was the origin point of many other well-known creators, such as Jason Nash, King Bach, Lele Pons, among others.
After the platform shut down in 2017, he began focusing exclusively on YouTube, eventually gaining a significant fanbase on the website as well. His channel has over six million subscribers as of July 2024. Cody Ko and his wife Kelsey Kreppel, who is also a YouTuber, had been dating for nearly six years before getting married on February 4, 2023.
This article explores how Cody Ko first met Kelsey Kreppel and their relationship that subsequently blossomed.
Cody Ko and Kelsey Kreppel's relationship timeline explored
The pair met each other in June 2017, at a party hosted by Kelsey Kreppel's roommate in her apartment. Cody Ko was 27 years old when he met Kreppel, who was 24 years old and working as a teacher at the time. The two immediately hit it off and began dating three months later. In December of the same year, she also started creating and uploading videos on her YouTube channel, which now has over one million subscribers.
A year later, in 2018, the two shifted together into an apartment located in Marina del Rey, California. She eventually started appearing in his videos and on his podcast Insanely Chill, which he hosted from December 20, 2016, to May 2, 2018.
The two eventually took the next step and purchased a house together in 2020 in the Venice area of Los Angeles. In 2021, they shifted once more, this time moving to another house they bought in Malibu, California. On December 18, 2021, Cody Ko and Kelsey Kreppel were engaged.
In February 2023, the two married each other in Indian Wells, California. Soon after, in May, they sold their previous home and settled in a house formerly owned by American actress Reese Witherspoon in another area of Malibu. In January 2024, the two recently celebrated the birth of their first child, Otis.
Cody Ko was recently embroiled in a massive controversy after allegations emerged of him having sex with fellow content creator Tana Mongeau when she was underage, 17 years to be exact. He was allegedly 25 years old at the time. These accusations first came up in a YouTube video by D'Angelo Wallace, titled An uncomfortable conversation about Cody Ko.
As per Wallace, Mongeau herself has been making claims regarding the incident "for years." One such admission came from her podcast, Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield, where she stated that she had "hooked up" with Cody in what she labeled a "crime" on his part. These claims have since raised discussions among netizens across online platforms.
For reference, the incident allegedly took place in Florida, where the age of consent is 18. A 16 or 17-year-old cannot legally consent to sexual activity with someone older than 23 years.
This claim has seemingly also been corroborated by Gabbie Hanna. While she did not explicitly name him, she described events similar to what has been mentioned by others. Drama Alert host Keemstar also shared his side of the story, stating that Gabbie Hanna had told him about Cody's behavior years ago.