Gabbie Hanna, the OG YouTuber best known for her early days of vine and online content creation, has once again found herself at the center of internet discussion.
In April 2025, Hanna posted a voice note to her Patreon titled “I Told A Pastor He Was Going To H*ll,” in which she described a significant conflict with a pastor she had opened up to about her personal testimony.
According to the voice note, Hanna and her husband had been involved with a church in some worship capacity. After she shared her experiences, which included receiving what she described as visions, prophecies, and direct communication from God, the pastor requested a formal meeting.
Rather than a two-sided discussion, the pastor’s email to Hanna reportedly outlined that the church did not believe people could receive direct contact or divine revelation from God. More notably, the email expressed serious concern for her mental health, instructing her to seek a clinician immediately. She was also told not to discuss what she had shared with anyone inside or outside the church, and the pastor withdrew from plans to officiate her wedding.
Hanna’s response, as shared in the voice note, was dismissive. She stated, “Thank you for your concern. As I was very gratefully and cautiously receiving this gift, I saw some of the best doctors in LA, neurologists, got brain scans in conjunction with my regular psychiatrist and psychologist. And as somebody with a degree in psychology, I take mental health very seriously.”
She then added that the pastor had essentially invited himself to perform the ceremony anyway, minimizing the weight of his concerns entirely.
Content creator CC Suarez, who covered the story on her channel, noted that Hanna’s reaction to a spiritual leader flagging genuine concern was to laugh it off and pivot to educating the pastor on scripture. Hannad stated in the voice note, “If you want to call that a mental illness, that is still a gift from God.”
Suarez connected the church conflict to a pattern, pointing out that Hanna has continued to blame figures like Trisha Paytas and Jesse Smiles for her lack of professional opportunities, rather than reflecting on her own behavior and the fallout from it. Suarez argued that churches communicate with one another, and that Hanna allegedly telling a pastor he was going to h*ll after being advised to seek clinical help was unlikely to result in strong referrals or future opportunities.
