Meet Hot Ones host Sean Evans: the Illinois native has interviewed the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Margot Robbie and Kevin Hart over spicy wings – now he co-owns Hot Ones’ production studio
Evans studied broadcast journalism at university and worked as a freelancer before getting his big break with YouTube’s Hot Ones in 2015
In December, news broke that Buzzfeed had sold its First We Feast production studio to a group of private investors for US$82.5 million. One of the buyers was Sean Evans, who has hosted the studio’s wildly popular YouTube interview series Hot Ones since its first episode in 2015.
Here’s everything to know about Hot Ones’ very own Sean Evans.
He studied broadcasting
Sean Evans, 39, was born in April 1986 in Evanston, Illinois.
During his years at Crystal Lake Central High School, he played football and baseball, even appearing in a state final for the latter. But a career in sports wasn’t in the cards for Evans.
He went on to pursue a degree in broadcast journalism at the University of Illinois and revealed in an interview that one of his professors had even suggested he become a weatherman because of his natural talent in front of the camera.