Host of YouTube talk show where celebrities from Lady Gaga to Bad Bunny eat chicken and let their guard down says Emmy eligibility ‘overdue’
In a recent episode of Hot Ones Versus, actor Hailee Steinfeld looked at her Sinners co-star Michael B. Jordan with a mix of shock and amusement, and asked, “What the f*** is this? This is press for our movie?”
It is a question that has probably been asked before in the 10 years that Hot Ones, and subsequent spin-offs like Hot Ones Versus, have been pushing out episodes on YouTube.
The concept is both simple and outrageous – an interview done while guests eat a series of chicken wings of increasing spice levels, often with disorienting discomfort – and the show has become a popular sensation and an essential stop on the modern celebrity promotional tour.
The show has also become a great business; in 2024 Evans and co-creator Chris Schonberger were part of a group of investors who bought First We Feast, the studio behind Hot Ones, for more than US$82 million .
