China influencer slammed for profiting from privacy by posting online video of wife’s childbirth
Graduate from top US university keeps filming as wife gets emergency treatment for severe bleeding; even adds advert voice-over during recording
A Chinese influencer with more than 12 million followers has sparked controversy after filming his wife’s 23-hour childbirth and posting the video online.
The footage included her suffering severe post-partum bleeding and images of her exposed body.
The influencer known as “Paul in USA”, who was born in 1990, graduated from Columbia University in the United States and is based in Seattle. He previously worked as a product manager at Microsoft.
In February 2019, he began posting videos online documenting his daily life in Seattle. He quickly went viral for his unique persona as a “Microsoft product manager who speaks in a Northeastern Chinese dialect”.
As of February 2026, he has amassed over 12.2 million followers on Douyin.
Recently, he faced a backlash after sharing a video documenting his wife’s entire childbirth process, stating that the labour lasted 23 hours.
During the delivery, his wife, whose name has not been disclosed, suffered a third-degree perineal tear, one of the most severe types, which can potentially lead to fecal incontinence.