‘Hot Ones’ Host Sean Evans on Why ‘YouTube Is Television’ and Whether He’d Host the Oscars

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

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Sean Evans has been hosting his chicken-wing eating interview series “Hot Ones” for 11 years, and he can still remember exactly what the show felt like when he wasn’t entirely sure anyone was watching. 

“From the first couple of episodes, we’d have guests stand up on the tables and do laps around the studio,” Evans tells Variety. “There was such gonzo chaos. I knew that the way it would translate to video would be unlike anything anyone’s ever seen before.” 

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