Sean Evans (born April 26, 1986)[1] is an American YouTuber who is best known for co-creating and hosting the series Hot Ones, in which he interviews celebrities as they eat progressively spicier chicken wings.

In a 2022 Vanity Fair profile about Evans, Schonberger described the initial discussions about a hot wing interview show: "I just thought it was funny ... Then we kind of saw this magic happen in the room".

Evans and Schonberger realized that the concept carried an added feature: the hot sauce helped break down guests' inhibitions and encouraged them to set aside the usual late night TV-style talking points.

"[11] The format of the show, which regularly amasses millions of views per episode on YouTube, involves Evans and his guest eating 10 chicken wings, or vegan substitutes, each doused in a different hot sauce that is spicier than the one before it.

Evans has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, including Shaquille O'Neal, Conan O'Brien, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Cate Blanchett, Billie Eilish, Matt Damon, Kevin Hart, Kristen Stewart, Gordon Ramsay, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Joji, Scarlett Johansson, Noel Gallagher, Salma Hayek, and Jimmy Kimmel among others.

[14] In 2021, Mikey Day impersonated Evans in a Saturday Night Live skit where Maya Rudolph plays Beyoncé in a spoof episode of Hot Ones and ends up having a meltdown due to not being able to handle the spiciness.

[15] A year later, in June 2022, Evans did a cameo as himself in an episode of Apple TV+ show Loot, where the main character, also played by Rudolph, does the Hot Ones interview and ends up having a meltdown due to not being able to handle the spiciness.

"[7] In December 2024, First We Feast was purchased from BuzzFeed for US$82.5 million by an investment group that included Evans, Schonberger, Mythical Entertainment, Crooked Media, and Soros Fund Management.