Michelle Phan in Egypt. With nearly 9 million subscribers, YouTube star Michelle Phan suddenly stopped posting to her beauty channel without any explanation. Some fans literally thought she was dead. After seven months of travel, she returned to social media with a fresh perspective. In an interview with Refinery 29, Michelle Phan opens up about depression. She says she was not medically diagnosed, but had all the symptoms. She would take several online quizzes, and they woul