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Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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PA Netflix Star Powers Through Super Spicy Wings On Popular YouTube Show 'Hot Ones'
Pennsylvania's Shane Gillis has made it. To the other side of the "Hot Ones" interview, that is. The comic, 36, who has roots in Mechanicsburg, recently appeared on the First We Feast YouTube show hosted by Sean Evans answering "hot questions while eating even hotter wings." The questions and the wings get progressively spicier. Somewhere just before the halfway mark, Evans asks Gillis about his most disgusting experience as a college athlete (he played one season of football at Elon University, and was on the team at Trinity High School in Camp Hill). Gillis recalls his teammates v…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Lifestyle
Hasbrouck Heights Native Ramy Youssef Defends Home State On 'Hot Ones'
Golden Globe Award–winning actor, writer, and comedian Ramy Youssef is defending the Garden State on the latest episode of "Hot Ones." The First We Feast Show, whose tagline is "hot questions with even hotter wings," interviewed the Hasbrouck Heights native who plays Ramy Hassan on the award-winning Hulu show Ramy. Ramy Youssef and Hot Ones host Sean Evans.First We Feast Host Sean Evans asked 31-year-old Youssef some tough questions. Among them: "Craft a defense against these Garden State hallmarks." Here's what Youssef had to say about some of New Jersey's favorite things: Wawa: "It…
Paterson, NJ
Lifestyle
NJ's David Blaine Doesn't Flinch Eating Carolina Reapers On 'Hot Ones'
David Blaine either has an extremely high threshold for pain, or he can simply compartmentalize it. The former New Jersey resident and endurance artist who's broken multiple world records didn't flinch chewing up a Carolina Reaper on a recent episode of "Hot Ones." Sean Evans and David Blaine prepare to eat Carolina Reapers.First We Feast Sean Evans and David Blaine right after downing a pair of Carolina Reapers.First We Feast Blaine, 49 — who lived in Little Falls as a teen and attended Passaic Valley Regional High School — answered a series of questions while eating progressively …
Edison, NJ
Lifestyle
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: Edison Native Halsey Talks New Jersey Quirks On YouTube Series 'Hot Ones'
Vocalist and Edison native Halsey gave a shout out to the Garden State while putting her taste buds to the test on the popular YouTube series "Hot Ones." In the series, produced by First We Feast and Complex Media, host Sean Evans pitches questions to celebrities while both eating a plate of increasingly-spicy chicken wings. Halsey, twice nominated for a Grammy Award, talked New Jersey's quirks and legends. “Probably the funniest thing about New Jersey is the way people say Italian foods," the singer said around the 15-minute mark. “Like, if something ends with a vowel, you take the vowel…
Paterson, NJ
Lifestyle
Rutt's Hut Gets Shoutout From Teary-Eyed Jonas Brothers Suffering Through Hot Wings Show
The task was simple: Explain a New Jersey hot dog. But doing it was nearly impossible for the three Jonas Brothers. The Wyckoff natives had just sampled one of the hottest hot sauces in the world for an episode of First We Feast's YouTube interview series "Hot Ones." Kevin Jonas, the eldest and only brother who still lives in the Garden State, certainly made North Jerseyans proud when he name-dropped Clifton hot dog institution Rutt's Hut in his answer. "It is just amazing," he said, as brothers Nick and Joe commiserated with burning mouths and watering eyes. The brothers kicked off the …
