How much is Tommy Sotomayor worth?
| Net Worth: | $800 Thousand |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Radio Host |
| Date of Birth: | December 11, 1975 (age 48) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) |
About Tommy Sotomayor
Tommy Sotomayor, whose full name is Thomas Jerome Harris, is an American internet and radio talk show host. He’s known for finding ways to stay relevant online, whether it’s by being a men’s rights activist, anti-LGBT activist, far-right political commentator, or film producer. He gained popularity from his “MrMadness Sotomayor” channel and his satirical uploads on YouTube.
The controversial comedian and political/social satirist became famous after he joined the video-sharing platform and began uploading content in 2012. He was born in Colon, Panama on December 11, 1975. He’s the son of African-Americans. There’s not much information about his father but his mother is Joeann Malone, who worked as a doctor and immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. Thomas has one sibling, a brother named Xavier, also known as Isley Malone. Together, they were raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
After spending some time in Georgia, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona. There, he attended the BASIS Scottsdale High School. In the 1990s, following his high school graduation, to support himself, he spent the next two decades working various jobs as a dish washer, waiter, bellboy, cleaner, and many others in various bars, hotels, and restaurants. In the late 2000s, he began using social media platforms and created several accounts on YouTube, most of which included little to no content.
TJ, or Mr. Controversy as he sometimes refers to himself, is able to earn money mainly from his YouTube videos. He launched his first channel in 2012, under the username “MrMadness Sotomayor”, which got a lot of views in no time. As of now, the channel has accumulated more than 280,000 subscribers and his most popular uploads have very scandalous headlines – “A Woman Gets Pregnant From A 13 Year Old Boy”, and “Tommy Sotomayor Admits He Has Relationship With A Caramel Kitten”. From the two videos alone, that now have more than 500,000 views, the “internet star” has earned an estimated $15,000 or more.
Starting in 2015, he began diversifying into starting his own website, making films, and hosting radio shows. Around the same time, he gained a lot of negative feedback for his comments regarding African-American women and people from the LGBT community, according to HuffPost. He also pays a lot of attention to politics and is a known supporter of Donald Trump. Speaking of politics, Sotomayor even produced his own documentary project titled “A Fatherless America” that highlights fatherless homes. From the documentary released in 2019, he also received an undisclosed amount.
Why is he so famous?
What Made Him So Successful?
What makes Tommy Sotomayor so successful is his ability to always spark controversy and drama with his videos. He’s the host of the radio show “My Views and Your World”, which received some backlash in July 2016 when Sotomayor posted a video in which he calls out police officers from the scandalous 2016 shooting. After the involvement of the Dallas Police Association, YouTube went on to remove the video and strike Sotomayor’s channel for publishing such content.
Apart from the aforementioned radio show, the social media personality and internet/radio host has appeared in a bunch of films and series. His first appearance on television came in the television series “Dishing Tea with the Big Mitch” from 2010. Throughout the next few years, he continued to appear in the likes of Toni Lahren’s “On Point” and “Toni”, as well as “News 8”, and “Louder and Crowder”. He made his film debut in the 2016 comedy-drama “Drugs and Other Lovers”. His latest appearance on a television show was in the popular “Stephen Molly Channel”.
Summing-Up
Tommy Sotomayor is one of the most controversial internet personalities to emerge from the 2010s. He began his career as a social media mogul in the early years of the decade and quickly found a way to have his name as part of media, news, and websites. Over the past few years, he has hosted his own internet and radio shows, directed several television projects, with the most notable being the “Fatherless America” documentary, and started his own website. From his many professions, the YouTuber was able to earn an estimated net worth of about $800 thousand in the past decade or so.
