H3 Podcast Crew Cuts Ties With Ethan Klein After Wife's Affair Allegation

The production crew behind the H3 Podcast says it stands with Hila Klein and will no longer work with her husband, Ethan Klein, as Variety reported on October 23, 2026. The crew said Ethan Klein would not be involved in the show or profit from it in any way.

The move follows a public accusation from Hila Klein. She said her husband had been in an affair for more than six months, and she made the claim in an emotional social media post. Hila Klein has also confirmed that she is going through a separation from him, according to Economic Times.

Ethan Klein responded in an Instagram Story. He asked people to respect his family's privacy and not to contact them for comments about him. He also said his family members had nothing to do with the allegations, and that they share in the public's outrage and disappointment.

For anyone new to the show, the H3 Podcast is a long-running comedy and commentary programme on YouTube. Ethan and Hila Klein launched it in 2016. Variety reports that it has 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. Subscribers are the people who follow a channel and get notified when it posts, so the number shows the size of the regular audience rather than how many people have watched any one episode.

The couple met in 2007 and married in 2012. They have three children together. The podcast has been a large part of their working life for a decade, and the crew's decision means the people who make each episode are now on one side of a personal dispute.

That is the part that is easy to miss in the headlines. Behind every episode is a team of people who film, edit and put the show out each week. Their jobs now depend on how the couple's split is handled, and the crew has chosen to step away from the show's future while the matter plays out in public.

Neither Hila Klein nor Ethan Klein has said how the podcast will go forward.