whitehead was given the nickname "lucky" by his cousin. in july 2017, whitehead posted on instagram that his dog, blitz, was stolen and held for ransom. the following day, whitehead posted on snapchat, confirming that blitz was safely returned to him. whitehead said that he refused to write a check for $10,000, as the perpetrator had initially demanded, but agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money after making sure blitz was okay. he dated former teacher priscilla burgos of emmett j. conrad in 2018 then later broke up the same year.