• Daymon Scott ‘Daym’ Patterson is an American YouTuber, TV personality and food critic
• He grew up on a lot of fast food because his mother didn’t have time to prepare lunch
• He launched his YouTube channel in 2010 and since then has over 1.35 million subscribers
• He has hosted his own show “Best Daym Takeout” on the Travel Channel and has given interviews to various magazines and companies
• As of December 2020, Daym’s net worth is estimated to be over $250,000
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Who is Daym Drops?
Daymon Scott ‘Daym’ Patterson, better known on the internet as Daym Drops, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, on September 24, 1977 – his zodiac sign is Libra and he is an American national. He is a YouTuber, TV personality and food criticwho is perhaps best known for his YouTube channel where he uploads videos about food.
Youth and education
Daym is quite secretive when it comes to his childhood, and has not shared any details about any siblings and parents, but it is believed that both his parents are businessmen and relatively wealthy.
Daym grew up eating a lot of fast food because his mother often didn’t have time to prepare lunch – the family ordered fast food instead, which was pizza in most cases. Daym attended a local high school where he did a bit of sport while playing football but never made it to play for the school’s first teams – he has not spoken about his further education but is believed to have a business degree which he received in 1999 achieved.
Daym’s career
Before becoming a full-time YouTuber, Daym worked at Wal-Mart as a manager for a few years and also spent a year or two at used car dealership CarMax.
Daym launched his YouTube channel on May 21, 2010, which has approximately 1.35 million subscribers today, and over 250 million views across all of his videos combined. In most of his videos, Daym reviews fast food to go, and he does it in a fun way, because he believes that “it’s all about having fun and laughing together.” His two most popular videos today are “Five Guys Burgers and Fries Review” – more than 10.6 million views since April 26, 2012 – and “FatBurger XXXL 5 GUYS Burger KILLER”, about 5.6 million views since October 4, 2016 .
Foodie Fam!! You didn’t tell me that @PopeyesChicken Nuggz are BACK?!? 👀👀👀 I had to PULL UP my local Popeyes and beat these Boo Thangz ONCE for ONCE and here’s my breakdown: https://t.co/KVbROe00ua pic.twitter.com/DtxOOPPFxg
— official daymdrops (@DaymDrops) December 12, 2020
It was in January 2016 that Daym uploaded a video on his YouTube channel titled “GOODBYE FAST FOOD REVIEWS” in which he stated that fast food was worsening his health and that he intended to stop uploading videos but two months later, he changed his mind and returned to YouTube and making videos.
Daym has given interviews to various magazines and companies, such as the Gawker blog and the NBC News network – Chase Hoffberger, journalist at the digital media company The Daily Dot, described Daym as ‘the most entertaining food critic on YouTube’.
He has also had the chance to appear in a single episode of the talk show “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and in the “Luther Lasagna” episode of the Canadian YouTube cooking series “Epic Meal Time”.
Since 2013, Daym hosts his own show – “Best Daym Takeout” – which can be seen on the Travel Channel.
He is also active on various social media networks. His Instagram account is followed by about 80,000 people, while Daym has uploaded more than 16,000 photos, most of which were taken during his daily life.
He has been active on Twitter since March 2011 and today is followed by nearly 45,000 people, tweeting daily. According to his Twitter account, Daym recently opened his first restaurant, Mofongo in Windsor, Connecticut. He is also active on Facebook and is followed by about 110,000 people.
Wife and divorce
Daym is quite secretive when it comes to his love life, but he is known to have been married twice and divorced once. According to the rumors circulating on the internet, he met his future first wife during his teenage years and married her in his early twenties when she got pregnant.
She gave birth to their two children before divorcing for unknown reasons – many believe Daym’s move to a career on YouTube contributed to the divorce as his wife was not very supportive of him.
Daym appears to have legal custody of their children, and he and his second wife, Ramyr Gonzalez, live a seemingly happy life in New Britain, Connecticut.
He has not spoken of any other women he may have been with, and as of December 2020, Daym is married to his second wife and has two children from his first marriage.
Hobbies and other interests
Daym is a fan of cars, especially jeeps and pickups, and today is the proud owner of a 2014 Silverado LT.
He is not a big fan of staying home and spends most of his time outside eating food, visiting new restaurants and working in his own restaurant. He loves to travel and has been to many US states for both work and pleasure, sometimes traveling alone to taste local foods in different places.
He is a gamer and recently uploaded pictures of his two brand new PlayStation 5s and his new Xbox.
Daym likes to watch movies in his spare time, and his favorite actor and actress are Will Smith and Julia Roberts, while some of his favorite movies are “Bad Boys”, “Men in Black” trilogy and “Notting Hill”.
Age, height and ability
Daym is 43 years old. He has short brown hair, although he usually shaves his head, his eyes are brown, and he is 6 feet 9 inches (1.96 m) tall, while his weight is unknown.
As of December 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $250,000.
