Her idols are Cynthia Rothrock and Kate Hodge.
When fellow reviewer Noah Antwiler was terminated from Channel Awesome in mid-2012 for "creative differences", his fans assumed it had to do with Pregler publicly shaming him for a tasteless rape joke he made on Twitter, and as a result, she received several death threats and was bullied online for months after. Antwiler himself never held any ill-will against Pregler nor condoned any actions taken by his fans. The two have since made peace.
Supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential election.