Melanie Moat

Melanie Moat (born April 12, 1990) is Ian Hecox's ex-girlfriend. She and Ian first met through the Smosh forums, although they barely knew each other. In the summer of 2007, while visiting a friend in Sacramento, Melanie met Ian for the first time in person. The two hung out and "really hit it off." They began dating November 11, 2007. They were in a long distance relationship for a couple years, due to Melanie previously living in New Jersey as well as attending college, until she moved to Sacramento in early 2012 to live with Ian. She used to write articles for the Smosh website, however she stopped in 2010. Melanie has remained involved with Smosh's audience through social media platforms. They likely broke up on September 12, 2014, which Melanie annouced via Twitter that day, saying that it was something they both wanted and that it had been a great 7 years.



Melanie is in Boxman Loses the Election where she plays the girl at the beginning who gives Boxman the phone with Barack Obama on the line. She was the girl that tried to lick Ian's face in "MY NEW EMO HAIR! ". She was also sitting at the table in Ian Is Bored #2 and dancing at the beginning of Ian Is Bored #5. If you look closely in the "Boxman for President" video you can see her as the woman pushing the baby stroller. She is also featured in an older smosh video teaching you how to focus your video camera. Melanie is seen in various parts of Kalel Cullen's video blogs, such as "Ski Trip Extravanganza" and "DISNEY FUN! {Rewind Vlog #3}", though her long absence in WatchUsLiveAndStuff videos caused rumours that she and Kalel aren't friends anymore. Melanie appeared in AtomicMari's "100 QUESTIONS TAG!" video. She made her debut on Smosh Games channel in MariCraft video "Lasercornia Strikes Back".

Melanie now has a YouTube channel, called MostlyMelanie, where she planned to vlog about her daily life. However, she has a job in or around New Jersey, which has rendered her too busy for vlogging or making videos. Unlike Kalel Smith's channel, vlogs of Ian and her still remain on Melaine's channel with no plans of being removed.

Personality
Melanie enjoys art and photography. She has painted most of the wall art hanging in the Smosh House. Although many fans requested for Melanie to create a YouTube channel, she refused for a while, claiming she is "not funny on video". However, she made a vlogging channel in 2014, saying "I've never vlogged before, so this is going to be a learning experience. I'm really good at talking and that's what vlogging is all about." She has revealed on Twitter that she was peer pressured into making a vlog channel, but reassured that it was the "good kind of peer pressure." She also made the vlog channel to challenge herself. Melanie had grown popular among Smosh fans due to her sarcastic humor.



Facts
Note: Some facts may be outdated or untrue due to being communicated some time ago.
 * Ian bought Melanie a Macbook as a Christmas present in 2009.
 * She was good friends with Mari Takahashi.
 * Melanie was once good friends with Anthony's now ex-fiance Kalel Cullen. Kalel posted over Twitter that they were no longer good friends. However, she began following Melanie again on Twitter sometime in 2015.
 * She is originally from New Jersey.
 * She is a huge Harry Potter fan.
 * She prefers Ian with his beard rather than without.
 * She worked at Anthropologie in 2010 and quit in 2012.
 * Ian once gave Melanie a t-shirt with a sonogram with the caption, "My First Grandson" for Valentine's Day. He made up for it with a box of chocolate covered strawberries, a dinner, and a movie.
 * She said the best gift she'd ever received is a locket from Ian. She says Ian is not the romantic type, so it was really special to her.
 * Her relationship with Ian started off as long-distance.
 * Melanie plays Minecraft.
 * She loves to read. Screen_Shot_2014-02-02_at_9.18.19_PM.png
 * She enjoys applying makeup.
 * Her favorite makeup brand is Urban Decay.
 * She said Ian never let her take of a picture of them kissing, because he thought it was too dorky.
 * Back when Melanie attended college, she would stay with Ian on the weekends.
 * She stopped writing Smosh Pit articles because the old editor would constantly change things, such as changing titles and butchering jokes. She no longer felt it was her work.
 * Melanie tries to watch all the Smosh videos, but there are too many. However, she was a fan of Lunchtime w/ Smosh.
 * She uses a Nikon D40 to take pictures.
 * In 2012, someone hacked Melanie's Facebook and leaked photos of her and Ian.
 * When she first met Ian, she thought he looked like J.T. Yorke from Degrassi.
 * Whenever Ian and Anthony would record Lunchtime or Mailtime, Melanie would hide in the bedroom and not make any noise. This was when she lived in the Smosh house.
 * Melanie Moat has a YouTube channel, called Mostly Melanie. She has a rounded 24,100 subscribers as of January 2018, likely losing subs daily more than gaining due to no videos for months and people finding out she is longer with Ian.
 * In December 2013, Ian and her went to Paris for Christmas (They also spent a few days in London beforehand).
 * Her biggest pet peeve is if somebody tries to engage in a conversation with her, while she is reading a book. She implies that Ian did that everyday, because he's always trying to show her funny things.
 * She loves dressing in theme.
 * She really wants a pet pig, but Ian always refused, no matter how much she proposed it.
 * She is lactose intolerant.
 * As of October 2015, there is an unsubstantiated rumor that Melanie said or showed on Snapchat that she was not uploading on MelCouldntGetHerURL because she had a new job that takes up most of her time. However, she was somewhat active on Vine and Instagram for quite sometime. She reactivated on Twitter in late 2017.
 * She has been dating a man named Andy for some years, which she confirmed on her Snapchat. They also live together.
 * Between March 26 of 2017 and January 24 of 2018, but likely in January of 2018, she and Andy got engaged, which she confirmed on Instagram and Twitter. Smosh's co-founder Anthony Padilla liked the news.