About
Meg Turney is an Austin-born content creator who juggles several internet hats: Twitch streamer, YouTuber, glamour and cosplay model, and long-time pop-culture commentator. Fans first spotted her delivering rapid-fire news on SourceFed and later on Rooster Teeth’s gaming channel The Know. Today, she runs her own Twitch channel, posts vlogs and photo sets to OnlyFans, and sells cat-themed merch on a personal storefront—all while turning convention floors into impromptu runways with her elaborate costumes.
Before Fame
Raised in Austin, Texas, Meg discovered anime and cosplay at the 2002 Ushicon convention when a friend invited her along. Her debut costume—Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon from Sailor Moon—was, by her own admission, more heart than craftsmanship, but it sparked a passion that never cooled.
Long before viral videos were a career option, she taught herself basic video editing, registered a YouTube channel in 2009, and picked up on-camera skills hosting deviantART event coverage. By July 2012, she was reading geek headlines on SourceFed, quickly becoming a viewer favorite and even sharing a Streamy Award with the team the following year.
Trivia
- Magazine buzz: Playboy listed her among the 25 hottest YouTube stars in 2015, and FHM placed her at No. 20 on its annual “100 Sexiest Women” list the same year.
- Reality-TV cameo: Her reputation in the costume scene landed her a spot on Syfy’s Heroes of Cosplay.
- A frightening incident: In January 2018, an armed intruder broke into the home she shared with Gavin Free. The couple hid until police intervened; neither was hurt, but the episode led Meg to step back from regular uploads for months.
- Still gaming: A recent “2025 Stream Bingo” highlight reel shows she’s just as enthusiastic on Twitch as ever.
Family Life
Meg is openly bisexual and has spoken on LGBTQ+ panels at VidCon, crediting the platform with helping her find community and confidence.
She and British filmmaker-YouTuber Gavin Free began dating in 2013, weathered the 2018 home invasion together, and quietly tied the knot in September 2024—friends’ Instagram posts later confirmed the celebration. The pair shares their Austin home with several rescue cats and occasionally pops into each other’s videos.
Associated With
- SourceFed crew: Philip DeFranco, Steve Zaragoza, and the rest of the newsroom gang were her first major collaborators.
- Rooster Teeth family: At The Know she worked alongside Ashley Jenkins and voiced Neon Katt in the studio’s anime series RWBY.
- Cosplay circle: Fellow cosplayer Jessica Nigri often appears in her convention photo sets and livestream chats.
- Music & media: She played the exasperated girlfriend opposite Gavin Free in Barenaked Ladies’ “Did I Say That Out Loud?” video and popped up on gaming podcasts across the Rooster Teeth network.
