Casey Neistat Melts His Face Off While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

He taps on part of this conference people leave sometimes hey, what's happening everyone? First, we feast. I'm Sean Evans and you're watching the hottest

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, it's the show with no questions and even hotter

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and today I'm joined by Casey. How nice. he's on YouTube, a giant technologist and filmmaker with influence through the roof, but the whole house of cards could collapse today if the man taps before explaining to Graham Casey, welcome to the show. I'm definitely going to tap before I explain to Graham, how are you? you with hot food I guess no I'm not fine I'm not fine I'm ready I'm psyched I've been training a little bit but I'm not fine well you're ready get going I've never been we I'm ready for anything in my entire life, so this first is Valentina.

I'm starting from the same side here, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, like you read a book, I don't want to start from the wrong side, I understood why not. I want to be among the top ranked, this is life, this is nice, it's like someone giving me a nice warm hug, so I want to start by going back to the days before the blog, when you worked as a dishwasher and what you described as a Shitty seafood restaurant in southeastern Connecticut, what do you remember about that job? Because kitchens aren't really known for having the healthiest work environments, no, it's the shittiest work environment and I always say that if you don't know what you want to do.

In life I spend as much time as possible doing something I hate because my job is washing pots so I would have to scrub the bottom of a huge pot, we cook clam chowder, why don't you do that? 50 hours a week you spend a lot of time thanking me for what you wish you were doing, so I say that, like many of my ambitions in life and my goals in life, my dreams are life, they were born from the bottom of that pot of shit soup, I think I just woke up. a sauce eight number three instead of sauce number two is definitely fine, what do we have to cancel the whole shoot?

No, sorry, turn everything off. I think it's an interchangeable kind of life, not like it went from two to ten, right, right, right, Jerry. from three to two keeping eye contact and I skipped a wing, you got a little fancy, you got a little arrogant, that was it, that's because they're two strong, so you racked up almost two billion views, eight million subscribers and you created a genre. all yours, but I imagine the accomplishment you're perhaps most proud of is getting the mayor of New York to talk about bike lane laws after making a video fighting that ticket, so I have to accept, but there's often obstructions that probably keep you driving. on the bike and I'm wondering if someone who often makes fun of the Authority, that particular video has a special place in your heart?

Yeah, you know, that's what bike lanes are like, but you always say I did that, he says "so angry, I have to take it." for something I shouldn't have gotten a ticket for, so I use my video camera on YouTube as a way to speak out against it to express my frustration and then in the end I got some sort of retribution, so that brings me back. to my teenage years when I was always in trouble at school but no one listened to me, you know, you do a lot of crazy things in your videos, whether it's hanging from a drone or skateboarding behind a Lamborghini and all those shots when we were You're so scared for yourself life, like last year, at Christmas, when we built the only drone in the world that could transport a human being and had me 200 feet in the air.

I had a microphone between those directing my cameramen and the drone operator, so you would hear the audio and it's not scary. I'm literally screaming louder, louder, louder, Brett, are you getting the shot? So

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your brain is somewhere else like that, don't scare me so much when I'm the Director, my focus is more on getting the shot than preserving life, so you can make the case now that vloggers are the voice of people and nowhere is that more evident than in your approach to food, whether it's grabbing takeout with Lucky. Charm or grilled cheese days are very diplomatic and gastronomic, so I'll give you a plate of quick-fire fast food.

I mean seriously, out of all your globetrotting adventures, what is the one international fast food menu item that stands out in Singapore and I think? They have this all over Asia, but McDonald's has their pies hot and instead of filling them with delicious apple-cinnamon goo, they fill them with this fluorescent taro taro goo. I don't know what taro or taro is if it weren't you. I'm

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a fried sock filled with purple goo which isn't my go-to choice, but it's something that really stands out. I think international fast food is Connecticut's most underrated specialty food. Steamed cheeseburgers are by no means Connecticut's most underrated food.

I think it's called Connecticut style lobster rolls now. The Connecticut style is the grilled bun, but they only take balloons for me to butter. It is the most amazing thing Connecticut has produced since the great millionaire was the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. that came from Connecticut there are eight people in this room and none of them are that smart and none of them are that smart is one of the greatest contributions that Connecticut has made to the world is the Connecticut style lobster roll there is a nice sauce this is a sleeper, right? Oh yeah, it persists, okay, oh, and as someone who has racked up views against changing platforms and algorithms, I wonder how you think the viral video has evolved since the days of Kimbo Slice.

Virality used to have a little more authenticity and now. virality is a lot easier to hack, there's a whole vlogger movement right now and what these vloggers do is they create hip-hop videos that are usually music tracks and these are individuals without any music and they create these songs that They knock someone else down. the song went hugely viral for countless reasons and that's a way to hack the system to make something go viral, then they'll get 100 million views and a lot of that will boost their channel, it's a way to grow the channel and then, The whole network adds to that, so I think viral videos can be addressed a little more systematically now compared to eight ten years ago, which is like it has to be something that no one has seen before if you were going to start slowly putting together a timeline for viral videos that you think can be game-changers in the genre or defining moments where your mind wanders justin.tv, which for a long time really decided to broadcast an entire life, I think it's really very interesting at the time when I was doing that reality show.

Television was shows that were really sculpted like the real world and I think that played a big role in leading to vlogging and I think vlogging has now become the new norm when it comes to reality TV. I think the Gangnam style when you think about success in music is even moving away from other mediums like radio and things like that. Gangnam Style really brought that to YouTube in a way that nothing had before. I'm completely lost in thought, my mouth is very hot right now making

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when you're not there. doing the same thing, but no, you were a wing guy before the show, I mean, who isn't on some level, but at this point, as you know, it's hard for me to even look at a chicken wing.

I wouldn't know, you really look like you're having fun. I'm lucky to have this dumb job and this cartoon existence I have, but by the way, I remind myself of that every morning. Okay, Casey, so every current segment of our show is called, explain that. Graham, we do a deep dive and I guess Instagram puts out interesting images that need more context, so I'll show you the image and then you tell me the widest spread, that laptop sounds good, put the new laptop on the record He has been with the company for four years. I finally have an air that's like a two-year-old model, yeah, okay, Casey, the first things they met, they galloped with Karlie Kloss.

I felt very uncomfortable there, so I just stayed on the red carpet. I don't think they'll ever invite me again. let me be totally clear that it was Miz or if you're watching this I would appreciate another invite but I respect it if I've been banished for life I really like wandering around inside like a little kid with my camera like trying to find things to film but it's like a kids movie, those people know that Taylor Swift walking past me would like her phalanx of security to give me a stinky

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on camera and then they had these long railings at the Met and there's like no one else, look at whoever you want that models smoke cigarettes in the bathroom, so I was like sliding down the railing just to shit and laugh and in the end I fell and fell like I landed at the feet of Derek Jeter, no, this one is crazy.

It's crazy and that's very real, so I moved to New York City on June 1 or something like that in 2001. My three-month sublease ended on September 1, 2001, so I moved to the couch in a friend who was like a block below the World Trade Centers. out of there, where after the first plane hit, he actually fell off my bike when the second plane hit, Renner says. Low, rubble fell, everything, but my apartment was destroyed and I had nothing, so they closed everything, I mean, south of the Canal. Street the next day and there were literally Humvees that he couldn't penetrate, so I put on like a contractor's vest and a helmet and I went down there and said as a contractor to let me through and I could go into my own apartment to get clothes and that photo is a photo of me on the way to break into my apartment so the next one is dirty dicks they are aggressive brands you cook please no we got them at a take out restaurant but I would like to point out you know we used to have bad wings and it used to be a little cold and when it was cold people and Catholics got scared, they got so scared of us, that's like sacrilege, yes, but you know, it's logistical.

It's a little complicated to do this, whatever because you know, heat them up, reheat them and then it's like you, Mike, people, you turn people on, like whatever, like I'm twenty-five minutes late, right, a lot of variables. and people don't forgive, they don't. We give you a long leash on that, but we've done a lot to ensure that and turn that around and now we're serving restaurant quality wings, usually a little warmer, sometimes even oven hot and not a compliment anyone have done, Pat. us in the back so no one likes it Hi hot, big improvement, great way to come back from that, no one says anything, yeah these are great, they're just above room temperature, first thing that ended so that your fans know you.

You are an avid runner, sometimes clocking up eighty miles a week. I know you've done it at Ironman. Is there a personal record you are most proud of? No, I'm ashamed of my personal record. The Holy Grail is b

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three hours in a marathon and I have run under 305, since within five minutes of my goal about twelve times in a row, I have even run like 302 several times and the fact that in three hours and 26 miles I cannot can shave two minutes off is infuriating. What's the strangest place you've ever gone to the bathroom and the agony of a 16-hour race to stop your bike?

That's minutes, you know, slow down and speed up too much to ask too much. he asks, so just let it flow, just let it go, well that's nice, oh no, no, I said mm-hmm, okay, first time, can you hit the water? Listen, I'm not a superhero, so here we are. We're always talking about traditional media versus the new guard and you have a unique perspective for someone who said it and ran away from HBO and ran to YouTube and I wonder if someone who is on both sides of the coin why they prefer the Internet over a TV. okay, this is where creativity is going and I think overall it's a very positive thing when I created my TV show, here's my brother Van and I, we made the whole show ourselves and as we finish the show we say that this is done, we are ready to Show this from the world to the world, seeing in the audience that there were producers and agents and the head of production and this production person and then this executive and then all these filters and the magic of YouTube is that when I say something is done you just click upload and it's sent to the audience when you see something on TV you know there's that big filtering process and losing that was probably the most exciting part of becoming a YouTuber because I don't know yes it is a thing. that comes up even with this show all the time where I always feel like people are trying to get it into some deep wire point or something and I'm like, well you know what the hell, that's not how scales are.

Tippy television is objectively fading, it's like that's not an opinion, it's falling, soSo elevators go down, down, down, the Internet goes up, up, up, so why would you jump into that elevator car that's heading down, even if it's a little higher? When you know you're going in the right direction and that's how I watch TV, how do you respond to critics who think you're as deep in the pockets of brands as these traditional media outlets? I mean, the short answer is pretty much like them and no, I don't mean I like the audience or anything like that.

I really respect the audience, but I do think there is a false sense of altruism online if you are a YouTube creator who makes money from what you What should be avoided by a YouTuber to make a living from what you are doing is something that They should be ashamed and no, I don't agree with that at all, so if the audience doesn't understand that, then you know I'm much more dismissive. I don't feel like I need to apologize. I also don't feel like I have to make them agree to that. My head is sweating, yeah, yeah, like I'm sweating through my hair right now, I got a shine.

I see other creators making a living with a resi template. Paul buys a Lamborghini. I say, yeah, way to do it, but it takes something you know I'm having. problem with this, I'm on fire over here, can you give me an idiotic guide to the big demonetized candle burning right now? Yes, and this will surprise you, but I am on the side of YouTube as much as I have been against YouTube. In the D monetization scandal, I'm on YouTube's side. YouTube is this is a gigantic outlet of content where 40 hours of videos are uploaded every minute of every day, every day of the year.

There is no way a human can monitor all of that the only way they do. The money to support this gigantic infrastructure is by selling ads alongside that video content, so when I was trying to think about a dairy company, Dairy Farmers of America, when Dairy Farmers of America buys ads on YouTube and they show them.

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d with videos that show you know cows are being slaughtered or something like that of course dairy farmers are going to get angry so YouTube is doing everything they can so brands are spending money to make sure their business is viable . but the repercussions of that, when everything is behind machine learning, is that they will be mistakes and the unfortunate part of those mistakes is that they cost YouTubers real money, which is really

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I'm trying to hold down that last one, really me. Well, however, who is the bomb beyond madness, applaud. Cheers for one to just get over the flavor and just go straight to the heat, eh, not much nuance. Just this testing force is what it is, yes, as someone who has traveled the world. The city or country treats its tourists like family cannot repeat the question where you have traveled, do they treat tourists better? he's taking advantage of some of this like people quit sometimes I'm trying to think I've definitely been careful Your eyes Casey, why like from 9:00 to 10:00 the jump is huge.

I've definitely been to places where they really appreciate you being there. This is me, they are very nice. Look, because well, what country do you want? traveling back just to have the food again my favorite place in the world South Africa because the food there is not that far away getting great steaks and cheeseburgers and peri-peri chicken and all sorts of things like that but it's the southern hemisphere so what we like are you drinking so the cow breathes different aeration different taste everything tastes better are you are you okay? You know I'm fine if you're fine I've never seen all the crazy hotel rooms you've stayed in. one easily stands out: the Fairmont in San Francisco, but they have a room where presidents stay.

So I just wanted to like look, they're not staying there, but it's like 3000 4000 square feet and it has all these secret entrances and there's like a dome with a library, the secret entrance like JFK used to sneak his concubines in and out, so next up is Blair's Megadeth sauce with liquid rage. I just want to make it clear that you decided to move on from that quickly, yeah, Blair's Megadeth sauce, wait, wait. with liquid rage well I am, I'm fine, I'm not trying to be an idiot, but the hardcore skaters tell you about the electric skateboard, yeah, they like to make fun of me as the nerd on skates at the skate park, that's right how they make fun of me when they see me on my electric skateboard and my response to them is

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The thing about my sponsor is that I also ride a bike and I'm very good on a bike, it doesn't mean I don't love a motorcycle. I love it. skateboarding doesn't mean I don't like the electric skateboard there are two different monsters what was more fun skateboarding behind Lamborghini and Dubai or when you were going through a snow storm in Manhattan with the help of the NYPD Oh, snowboarding in New York York City was one of the best days the truck was built so that no amount of snow could stop it and it needed a storm where the NYPD couldn't drive their patrol cars but I could drive my spicy truck that day and that day.

None of the cops could keep up with us, we just bombed the city doing 35 snowboards and then let out their sirens, they like to spin a single tire and then just wave at us, it's like a really satisfying day, okay Casey, thanks for having me today . It was a pleasure to be here. This is the last touch. You call it the last touch because it's a tradition around here. It's a little bit more on the last wing. You don't have to do it if you don't want to. Casey, it's nice, yeah. of course I wanted to love this stuff, so spicy a little Wow, yes, yes, yes, good dramatic effect, regards, regards, fun, nice flavor, earthy, very earthy and meaty, more questions here, well, Casey , I just have one more question for you.

Here we are in the 10th wing. and you're still standing, I wouldn't expect anything less from someone who has more tattoos on one arm and works harder on the other, so now that the Scovilles are going through you, we need you to hit one more truth bomb, what are you saying? the aspiring creatives who are waiting for someone else to pay for their work, oh I hit you over the head, I mean we've never done that, especially when it comes to movies, you know what I'd say about making the movies you want . to be a writer and you depend on a sheet of paper if you want to be a painter you need paint on a canvas but historically making videos has been something untouchable, it is very expensive and now if you have a cell phone in your pocket with an internet connection you can film a movie and then distribute it to the creators of the world as if people have never had more power to share their ideas and vision through video than they do now as if there were no more excuses, there's like sweat running down the back of my eyes. that water you see that shiny shiny shiny shiny I feel like I'm looking at a superhero across the table Casey good dad now Casey there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you my friend this camera this camera in this camera let it people know what you're going through in your life right now my mouth is on fire no, I would say um, you know, subscribe to my YouTube channel.

I just want to do more of what I'm doing now. I just want to do. that and doing more of that that's the vision for 2018 it's like really wreaking havoc hmm imagine how the hell this is done holy hello fans it's Sean Evans the new outing same message if you like what you saw Throw us a bone, maybe. please, there are dogs eat dogs here on the streets of YouTube, hit the subscribe button knowing you subscribed, seriously, it's the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. Thank you very much, dear fans, I love you.