Aubrey O'Day

O'Day worked across composer, singer-songwriter, singer, model and fashion designer and 1 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in contemporary R&B, electropop, hip-hop, pop music and dance-pop. This article rests on 19 catalogued compositions and 5 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Birth Name — Aubrey Morgan O'Day • Born — 11 February 1984 • Birthplace — Irvine, California, U.S. • Genre — * R&B • pop • hip hop • blue-eyed soul • dance • Occupation — * Singer • television personality • actress • model • Years Active — 2004–present • Label — * Universal Republic • Bad Boy • SRC-Epic Records • Current Member Of — Danity Kane • Past Member Of — * Dumblonde

O'Day began performing at age five. "I lived on the stage, and even at six, slept behind the seats of the theatre", she stated in an interview. According to her mother, when O'Day was four, she was at a performance of The Nutcracker and started to cry. Her mother asked her what was wrong and O'Day replied, "I'm sad that I'm sitting here and not up on stage." O'Day recalls that moment as the one in which she "officially" realized her love for entertainment. O'Day played lead characters in various musical productions, including Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Carmen in Fame, Sandy in Grease, Liesl in The Sound of Music, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and Mimi in Rent. She also appeared in Annie. O'Day's childhood leaned heavily toward auditions and acting gigs more than school. The Notorious B.I.G., Sean "Puffy" Combs, Lauryn Hill, Janet Jackson and Christina Aguilera were her primary influences growing up. O'Day attended La Quinta High School. She later majored in political science and drama and graduated with a degree in political science from University of California, Irvine, and is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She also attended Semester at Sea.

O'Day began the role of Amber Von Tussle in the Broadway musical Hairspray on July 18, 2008. She appeared in the 2009 comedy American High School costarring Nikki Ziering, and also joined the cast of Jerry Mitchell's musical Peepshow in the role of "Peep Diva" at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 2009 to late December 2009. Additionally, O'Day was featured on the Donnie Wahlberg single "I Got It". She recorded a remastered version of Sharam's remix hit "Party All the Time" and released a track titled "Never Fallin". On the April 23, 2009, finale of Making the Band, O'Day revealed that she would have her own reality television show for which she would be filming in the spring of 2010. The show entitled All About Aubrey premiered on March 7, 2011, on the Oxygen Network. O'Day's debut single, the Adonis-produced "Automatic" was released on April 12, 2011 & has sold 50,000 copies to date hitting the top 20 on iTunes pop charts in less than 2 hours. O'Day recorded over 50 songs for her debut album on SRC/Universal Motown, which was supposed to come out in late 2012. O'Day was also fired from NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice 5, which premiered on February 19, 2012. Before being fired, O'Day received a significant amount of criticism for her conduct while competing on the show, being described as "narcissistic, self-centered, evil, and vicious" by the media and viewers of the show, and as "transparent" by Trump's judges. It eventually caused Arsenio Hall to lash out on her in the show's boardroom segment, berating her with the unanimous support of his team, particularly Clay Aiken. This left O'Day in tears and contemplating quitting the show before eventually being fired by Trump. O'Day ultimately decided not to quit, but was fired shortly thereafter. Although she accepted an apology from Hall, she has expressed her dislike of him in multiple confessionals, labeling him and Aiken as "bullies". However, the contestants praised her creativity and business skills, and she ended up finishing in 3rd place, being the last female contestant standing. The reason for her firing was that she was too young and inexperienced, and also was seen as transparent by John Rich and Marlee Matlin, who served as Trump's viceroys. On April 23, 2012, a new self-released single "Wrecking Ball", co-written and co-produced by American Idol alumni Pia Toscano was released on iTunes and sold 3,000 downloads in the first week. She shot a video for the track with music director Rage in June 2012 and was released on September 26, 2012, on Vevo. Also that year, O'Day announced she would be recording her debut solo EP. On December 31, 2012, she performed previously released material, as well as three new songs from her EP Between Two Evils, "Love Me When You Leave", "Let Me Lay" and "Before I Drown" in Las Vegas.

In 2013, she was a guest judge for episode eight in season five of RuPaul's Drag Race. In June 2013, O'Day performed her singles "Automatic" and "Before I Drown" on The CW's Oh Sit! and also performed at Chicago's Pride Fest. "Between Two Evils" was released on iTunes on August 13, 2013, after topping the iTunes US Dance Chart on pre-order sales alone, and reaching #5 on the iTunes US Pop Chart. In mid-2013, there were rumors that Danity Kane would be reuniting. On August 25, 2013, Danity Kane appeared at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (without D. Woods, who did not return to the group), announcing they were back together. They soon split again, and O'Day and Shannon Bex announced the release of the band's third and final album, "DK3". In early 2015, choosing to continue making music together, O'Day and Bex announced their duo music project, Dumblonde with the same manager as the Danity Kane band, Johnny Wright. In June 2016, O'Day appeared on E! Network's reality dating series Famously Single for its first season. In August, she competed in the eighteenth series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, where she made it through to the finals, after never facing the public vote and finished in fifth place. In 2018, she and then-boyfriend DJ Pauly D appeared on We TV's Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars. In February 2021, O'Day began filming for the BET reality series The Encore, which recruited former girl-group members in attempt to form a group and create an album within a month. The show premiered in June the same year; O'Day was the first to leave the group on episode six. On July 7, 2021, O'Day released a single, "Body Love High". On November 21, 2022, O'Day released her single "Couple Goals", which was inspired by her contentious relationship with ex-boyfriend Pauly D. The explicit music video premiered on Onlyfans. In 2025, O'Day competed on season thirteen of The Masked Singer as "Ant". She made references in her clue packages about being groomed and controlled. O'Day was eliminated in the "Group A Finals: Rat Pack Tribute Night".

• Illustration — O'Day in 2009 She walked the catwalk at Heatherette's Fall 2007 runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week held on February 6, In 2008, O'Day ranked #86 on Maxim's Hot 100 list, #81 on Blender's 100 Hottest People list, and posed for the magazines. In January 2008, O'Day briefly became the face of Famous Stars and Straps. In August 2008, she made a cameo appearance in Estelle's music video for "Pretty Please". Further utilizing her success, she started her own clothing line called Heart on My Sleeve, which features T-shirts and accessories available only online. She posed topless in the November 2008 issue of men's magazine Complex. The publication stated, "With all due respect to the other girls in Danity Kane, it's easy to see why [Combs] built his group around Aubrey O'Day. Simply put, Aubrey is that chick: the stunner who attracts paparazzi and Broadway producers alike, and the talent least likely to fall into post-reality-show abyss." The magazine additionally commented on the animosity O'Day receives from several outlets, such as blog sites, as well as from message board fans, who have come to despise the attention she attracts from the media and the current image she has crafted of herself. In late 2008, O'Day made a guest appearance on the reality show 50 Cent: The Money and the Power. She later agreed to be the covergirl for Playboy for the March 2009 issue. Additionally, she has been featured on the covers of Jadore, Image, Palm Springs Life, King, Right On!, Dub and Envy. She has done features for GQ, In Touch Weekly and Us Weekly.

While attending the University of California, Irvine, O'Day studied abroad on Semester at Sea. During the 2008 presidential election campaign in the United States, O'Day supported Barack Obama for President. In 2025, while involved in a Netflix documentary about Combs, O'Day alleged that he pursued her after her appearance on Making the Band, describing his behavior as "predatory". She shared an email from Combs where he detailed wanting to orchestrate a sexual experience between O'Day and "some motherfucker". She claimed to decline Combs' sexual advances, which she believes is why she was fired from Danity Kane in 2008. Additionally, an affidavit from an anonymous third party claimed that O'Day was sexually assaulted by Combs and another man in 2005, while at Bad Boy Records' studios in Manhattan.

On August 12, 2008, during an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show, O'Day stated that she previously dated DJ Cassidy. She dispelled rumors of ever having plastic surgery or dating boss Sean Combs. In 2019, O'Day discussed her 2011–2012 relationship with the then-married Donald Trump Jr., saying that they thought of themselves as soulmates at the time. O'Day met DJ Pauly D in 2016 when the two participated on Famously Single. They continued their relationship after filming and began dating in February 2016. After breaking up in July 2017, O'Day was celibate for three years, and during that time, disappeared from the public eye while she lived in Bali. Due to the toxicity of the relationship, O'Day did not date for five years, first joining Hinge in 2022. In an August 2008 interview with Broadway.com, she said she was increasingly irritated with people pigeonholing her sexuality, stating that she looks for "incredible passion and honest love" and not at gender. When questioned by Us Weekly regarding rumors that she is a lesbian, O'Day did not confirm nor deny the speculation about her sexuality, and once again said that she could not say "one way or another" what her sexual orientation is at this point in her life. In 2019, she came out as sapiosexual. In 2009, while on the show Chelsea Lately, when asked about being bisexual, she replied, "Generally, I don't like to label myself... I want to find someone I'm passionate about, and I don't want to limit myself to one segment of the population."

She worked with service organizations while touring in different countries, as well as refugee centers, orphanages, and mostly with children with AIDS. She volunteered for The Pink Project (a charity photobook supporting RAINN and the Los Angeles Breast Cancer Alliance), and helped victims of the Hurricane Katrina devastation. O'Day soon created her own organization, called F*A*N (Fighting Aids Now). The charity's goal is to give therapy and art to children in hospitals. She is also a supporter of LGBT rights and chose GLSEN as her charity for Celebrity Apprentice.

• Year — Show — Note • 2005–2006 — Making the Band 3 — Herself – Winner (28 episodes) • 2007–2009 — Making the Band 4 — Herself (20 episodes) • 2009 — The Aubrey O'Day Show — Herself • American High School — Hilary Weiss • 2011 — All About Aubrey — Herself • 2012 — The Celebrity Apprentice 5 — Contestant – 3rd Place • 2013 — RuPaul's Drag Race — Herself – Guest Judge (3 episodes) • Total Blackout — Herself (1 episode) • 2014 — E!'s Worst Thing I Ever Posted — Herself • E!'s Worst Thing I Ever Bought • E!'s Worst Thing I Ever Wore • 2014–2015 — Fashion News Live — Herself (14 episodes) • 2015 — Dance Moms — Herself (4 episodes) • Marriage Bootcamp: Reality Stars 3 — Herself (12 episodes) • Todrick — Herself • 2016 — Famously Single — Herself (8 episodes) • Celebrity Big Brother 18 — Housemate – 5th place • 2018 — Marriage Bootcamp: Reality Stars 11 — Herself • 2019 — Ex on the Beach 3 • 2021 — BET Presents: The Encore • 2024 — Baddies Caribbean • 2025 — The Masked Singer — Ant

• Year — Title — Role — Details • 2008 — Hairspray — Amber Von Tussle — Broadway, Neil Simon Theatre

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • US — US Heat. — US Independent • Between Two Evils — * Released: August 13, 2013 * Label: Heart on My Sleeve, Inc. * Formats: digital download — 131 — 3 — 25 — * US: 15,000

• Year — Title — Peak chart positions — Album • US Heat. • 2011 — "Automatic" — 25 — rowspan="5" non-album singles • 2012 — "Wrecking Ball" — — • 2021 — "Body Love High" — — • 2022 — "Emface Nation Theme" — — • "Couple Goals" — —

• Title — Year — Album • "Do Your Dance" (Cupid featuring Aubrey O'Day) — 2007 — Time for a Change • "Take You There (Part 2)" (Donnie Klang featuring Aubrey O'Day) — 2010 — Just a Rolling Stone • "I Got It" (Donnie Wahlberg featuring Aubrey O'Day) — non-album single • "Stamina" (Todrick Hall featuring Aubrey O'Day) — 2023 — Jim

• Year — Title — Director • | 2012 — "Wrecking Ball" — Rage

Aubrey O'Day was born on 11 February 1984 in San Francisco. O'Day held the nationality of United States. O'Day was educated at La Quinta High School. O'Day worked as composer, singer-songwriter, singer and model, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them fashion designer and recording artist. O'Day was active from 2005. The fields O'Day worked in include contemporary R&B, electropop, hip-hop, pop music and dance-pop. O'Day played the voice. O'Day worked in English.