Julien Blanc is a Swiss motivational speaker and transformation coach. He is a dating coach and a “pickup artist.” He works as a dating coach at Real Social Dynamics and runs the YouTube channel JulienHimself.
Wiki/Biography
Julien Blanc was born on Monday, October 24, 1988 in Morges, Switzerland (age 35 years 2024). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. Blanc attended Beausaubourg College in Morges, Switzerland. Blanc works as a barista at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Los Angeles. He then worked at the Lucky Brand clothing store in Los Angeles. Blank also worked at Honda, selling new and used cars. He then worked in Internet marketing, creating ads for the website of the online dating service Plenty of Fish (POF).
Young Julien Blanc
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′11″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: light brown
Eye color: brown
physical modification
In 2016, Julian Blanc lost approximately 16 kilograms in five months. In the video, he said the four things that helped him lose weight were: going to the gym consistently, knowing his calorie intake, making sure he was getting the amounts of macronutrients he needed, and intermittent fasting.
Julien Blanc’s Weight Transformation
family
Parents and siblings
Blank’s father’s name is Terry Blank. His mother’s name is Lauren. His parents married in August 1986. He has a sister named Marielle.
Julien Blanc’s parents (circled faces) sing in the choir
wife and children
Blank’s wife’s name is Chelsea Blank. The two got married on May 25, 2019 and have two daughters.
Julien Blanc and his daughters
Chelsea Blanc with her daughter and Julien Blanc’s second daughter
Profession
Known as the “international leader in dating advice,” Julien Blanc travels the world teaching men how to meet and attract women and is a self-proclaimed “Pick Up Artist” (PUA).
real social dynamics
Blank worked as an instructor at the dating coaching company Real Social Dynamics (RSD). As a lecturer at RSD, he conducts seminars and workshops for men seeking advice on how to talk to and “pick up” women. Blanc is a friend of RSD co-founder Owen Cooks (aka Tyler Durden).
Julien Blanc (right) and Real Social Dynamics co-founder Owen Cooks
British documentary maker Tim Samuels profiled Blanc’s course in his documentary “Searching for Real Men.” In the documentary, he explains Blanc’s seminar as:
In a classroom, in a hotel, a hundred, two hundred people start taking notes, with Blank in front, like a rock star guru, and people hang on to every word and usually get pretty practical pop psychology tips for telling How they take notes. Approaching women, what conversations to have, how to project your alpha male presence, and a sense of confidence. ”
Blank toured seminars on behalf of the RSD and was widely criticized for his actions, posts and videos.
julian himself
After facing controversy while working with Real Social Dynamics, Blank’s YouTube videos, tweets, and social media accounts were deleted. In 2015, he started posting videos on his new channel, JulienHimself. In an interview, he said he would stop teaching men how to “succeed with women” and instead start creating content about his travels and teaching experiences. As of 2024, he has 473,000 subscribers. He also posts videos on his Instagram account, which has 647,000 followers as of 2024. He posts dating advice, advice on how to be a better version of yourself, marriage advice, advice about fatherhood, and more. He has 20,600 followers on Twitter (currently known as X). Blanc still gives classes and seminars around the world.
Julien Blanc (standing) hosting private coaching sessions 2020
Transformation Mastery Academy
Transformation Mastery Academy (TMA) was founded in 2023 by Julien Blanc. Blanc offers a 12-month course to achieve more “love and success” than before. Blank said the program works on a subconscious level and promises external and internal change. Blank said he used to be very depressed and withdrawn, but he was able to overcome those feelings and is willing to teach them at TMA.
Julien Blanc’s logo for the Masters of Transformation Academy
dispute
#TakeDownJulienBlanc
In November 2014, activist Jennifer Li launched a campaign called #TakeDownJulienBlanc. Her aim was to stop Blank from spreading his views that were considered racist and misogynistic, especially since he was a presenter of seminars and workshops. In September 2014, Blanc faced backlash after uploading a video of his trip to Tokyo on his YouTube channel, but he deleted the video after receiving criticism. RSD co-founder Owen Cook commented that the video of Blanc’s trip was “taken out of context” and was released to shock. The statement he made that he most strongly disagreed with was:
Just grab her… To relieve stress, yell something like Pikachu or Pokemon or Tamagotchi. At least in Tokyo, if you’re white, you can do whatever you want. ”
Blank also posted photos of him assaulting women, using the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld. Jennifer Li’s hashtag went viral on Twitter, with over 50,000 mentions in the first week. Blank began to receive backlash for charging high fees for his seminars and promoting emotional abuse and physical violence against women. He has been criticized for promoting domestic violence as a temptation. After the hashtag became famous, the well-known hacktivist (radical hacker) group Anonymous called for a ban on pick-up seminars like the one hosted by Blank. This brought more opposition to Blanc. Anonymous posted asking people to protest Blank, report his videos, and called on authorities to ban his visa and seminars. Blanc has been denied visas in Australia, Brazil, the UK, Singapore, Japan and South Korea due to the #TakeDownJulienBlanc campaign. Ten venues and online platforms also refused to host him or his company, Real Social Dynamics. He came to be known as “the most hated man in the world.”
Online petition against Blank
The first petition on Change.org, created in 2014, accused Julien Blanc of promoting “violence and emotional abuse against women.” Thousands of people signed the petition, which led to Australia revoking Blanc’s visa application to hold a seminar in Melbourne. Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil have also petitioned to prevent Blanc from holding the seminar, with the total number of signatures on all petitions exceeding 300,000. His comments were seen as promoting sexual harassment and assault and were criticized by groups such as the Alliance to End Violence Against Women. Blank apologized for his behavior in a November 2014 interview with CNN. He said,
I just want to apologize to anyone I’ve offended in any way. This was never my intention, I just wanted to put it out there… I’m so sorry. Like, I feel terrible. I wouldn’t be happy if I felt like the most annoying person in the world. I was overwhelmed by the way people reacted. ”
In his apology, he also disagreed with accusations that he promoted emotional and physical violence against women. He said his videos and comments were “horrible, horrific attempts at humor.”
Julien Blanc (right) apologizes for his controversial views, posts and videos in an interview with CNN
When asked about a post Blank made that included a picture explaining how to abuse women, he said the post was not representative of what he teaches in classes and seminars and that he posted the picture. To laugh at it. Responding to criticism for his post, which was hashtagged #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld, Blank said he was not hurting any women and that the post was just a joke he wanted to make.
tattoo
Blanc has a tattoo below her right breast.
Julien Blanc’s tattoos
Facts/Trivia
- Julien Blanc’s favorite books are Letting Go: The Path to Surrender, The Sickness of Pleasing: Healing the People-pleasing Syndrome, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Kybalion: An Essay on Ancient Egypt and Greek Hermetic Philosophy,” “Meditations,” “On the Transience of Life,” and “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem.”
Thumbnail of Julien Blanc’s YouTube video in which he reviews one of his favorite books, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
- Blank used to drink and smoke, but has now given up smoking and is against smoking. He makes videos about their shortcomings and helps his clients kick their addiction to alcohol and cigarettes.
Stills from Julien Blanc’s Instagram video on how to quit smoking
- When Blanc was in Switzerland, he worked a summer job in a garbage truck. When he moved to Los Angeles, he worked as a salesman, selling car warranties through cold calls. He described the job as “the sketchiest thing” he had ever done and said doing it was “killing him inside.” He resigned two months later.
- Blank enjoys traveling and teaching in different cities around the world.
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