MAGGIE Thurmon is known for her viral TikTok videos featuring her equally famous father, but the internet personality has also begun pursuing a career off of social media, too.
As Thurmon’s star power rises, her fans and followers are interested in learning more about her, especially after the podcaster and influencer went public with her new relationship with singer-songwriter Benson Boone.
Who is Maggie Thurmon?
Maggie Thurmon is an American actress, internet personality, and podcaster.
Thurmon was born on June 10, 2002, in Atlanta, Georgia.
She’s appeared in the short films The Candy Shop (2010), Tip-Off (2016), The Fallout Shelter (2016), Lemon Made (2017), Summer of Charlie (2019), Jump (2020), and Reset (2021).
In 2023, Thurmon landed her big break, playing Zoey Wallace in the romantic comedy The Other Zoey, alongside Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, and Archie Renaux.
According to her Wholesome Chaos biography, Thurmon’s social media career kicked off in high school, when she served as a brand ambassador for the fashion brand Hollister.
She then began posting weekly TikTok videos during her senior year of high school, and, after graduating in 2020, began going viral.
Thurmon was best known for videos of herself dancing with her dad, and the duo capitalizing on their followers and fame, launched a podcast together.
Through their podcast, Wholesome Chaos, Thurmon and her father, Dan Thurmon, an expert speaker and performer, “hope to reach, inspire, and bring smiles to an increasingly expanding, multi-generational audience.”
According to her Instagram biography, she labels herself as an actor and considers herself “funnier irl,” or in real life.
Thurmon is a budding influencer and bonafide internet personality with the numbers to prove it.
She has over 5.4 million followers on TikTok, where she also boasts over 319 million likes.
Thurmon also has over 250,000 followers on Instagram and over 90,000 subscribers on Snapchat.
She also has nearly 50,000 subscribers to her YouTube, where, despite not posting in over a year, she’s amassed over four million views across 95 videos.
Who is Maggie Thurmon dating?
Despite living her life in the public eye, Maggie Thurmon has stayed relatively quiet about her dating life.
She is reportedly dating singer Benson Boone, though it’s unclear when exactly the duo got together.
During an interview with Billboard on February 14, 2024, Boone revealed he had been inspired to write his breakout love song, Beautiful Things, by a recent relationship.
“For the first time in my life, I felt like I was extremely out of control of the way this relationship would turn out,” he said.
“Meaning like, in the past, I feel like I’ve always known that I could be the one to end a relationship.”
“This one felt very different. It was the first time that I’d really been actually, genuinely terrified to lose something.”
The duo were also spotted sitting next to each other at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 10, 2024.
On May 14, 2024, a TikTok fan account dedicated to Boone posted a video of him and Thurmon leaving one of his recent shows, where he was heard saying he needed to “take his lovely girlfriend home” to his fans.
Thurmon and Boone confirmed their relationship on social media on June 5, 2024.
Thurmon posted several photos and videos of herself on Instagram, and eagle-eyed fans spotted Benson’s backpack in one of the videos, where he was also seen holding Thurmon’s hand.
“The first pic…wow. Perfect,” he commented on the post, which received 82 likes and counting.
Boone later wished Thurmon a Happy Birthday on June 10, telling her he was “thinking of you,” in a now-deleted Instagram Story.
He also commented, “so gorgeous!! happy birthday!! ❤️” on a post of Thurmon blowing out a birthday candle.
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Who is Benson Boone?
Benson James Boone is an American singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.
Boone was born on June 25, 2002.
He grew up in Monroe, Washington, alongside four sisters, and competed as a diver in high school.
After a brief stint at Brigham Young University – Idaho, he dropped out of college to pursue a singing career.
In 2021, he auditioned for season 19 of American Idol and was invited to compete in the show’s Hollywood week.
However, despite making it to the final 24 contestants, Boone, considering the implications it would have on his career, decided to drop out of the reality TV competition show.
After continuously posting singing videos on social media platforms, including TikTok, Boone caught the attention of Dan Reynolds, the frontman for Imagine Dragons.
Reynolds signed Boone to his label, Night Street Records, and the duo released Boone’s first single, Ghost Town, on October 15, 2021.
He released his first EP, Walk Me Home… on July 29, 2022.
A follow-up EP, Pulse, was released on May 5, 2023, but was considered less of a commercial and critical success than his first.
On April 5, 2024, Boone released his debut album, Fireworks & Rollerblades.
The album reached the sixth spot atop the US Billboard 200, the top five in New Zealand, and the number one spot in Norway.
On Sunday, June 23, 2024, Boone opened for Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour during her third London show at Wembley Stadium alongside Paramore.