Hot Ones is bringing in the big bucks!
BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the hit talk show featuring celebrities eating hot sauce-drenched chicken wings, for $82.5 million in cash to a group of investors.
The buyers include First We Feast founder Chris Schonberger and host Sean Evans, podcast media company Crooked Media, Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment and Soros Fund Management, the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros, via Variety.