Matan Even

Matan Even (born: ), also known as The Bill Clinton Kid, is an American YouTuber infamous for crashing several ceremonies/events/shows on TV.
==Content==
His first video was an interview with Owen Shroyer of InfoWars, where Matan went into detail about the plight of the 2019 Hong Kong protestors. He would continue to upload videos about his interviews with other YouTubers, as well as videos related to his appearance at the 2022 Game Awards. Apart from commentary, he also has a video on his channel where he plays Elden Ring.
On Twitch, Matan often streams his opinions on American politics amongst gaming streams of Elden Ring and Minecraft.
==Collaborations==
After his appearance at the Game Awards, Matan would be interviewed by many other creators about his actions, such as ShortFatOtaku and Lilith Lovett.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLIOemecr8chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLIOemecr8c
Matan has also taken part in a debate with Steven Bonell.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEIGI_oAJT4 Others he has collaborated with include SNEAKO and NeonSniperPanda.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAj6QULCDjkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKhsa-SrlSk 
Apart from YouTuber interviews, he has also been interviewed by news sites Polygon, Forbes and Kotaku amongst others.https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=609
On June 31st, 2024 Matan had comedian Sam Hyde on his podcast for an interview.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc9pStHJ8SY The taping did not go as planned when 20 Indian men and some homeless Mexicans began showing up to the recording set. Sam and his crew had already planned for them to show up, having paid each one of them 150$ for the day. 
==Personal life==
Matan is Jewish. https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=130https://www.escapistmagazine.com/who-is-the-kid-who-interrupted-the-game-awards-2022-end-15-years-old-matan-even/
==Controversies==
===Hong Kong incident===
Matan first gained international attention by waving a "Free HK" TV at the Clippers 2019 home opening game. This led to him to appear on a few news stations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQKX0jnXEc
===Blizzcon Incident===
During Blizzcon 2019, Matan interrupted a panel shouting in support of Hong Kong.https://kotaku.com/game-awards-2022-bill-clinton-infowars-blizzcon-troll-1849877331
=== 2022 Game Awards Incident===
On December 8, 2022, during the Game Awards, after and the FromSoftware team accepted the Game of the Year Award from Geoff Kieghley for Elden Ring, Matan managed to sneak up on stage and when he was close enough to the microphone, announced "Hey, my turn. You know, real quick I want to thank everybody and say that, I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi, . Thank you everybody".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biOL0_HVWek 
thumb|290x350px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biOL0_HVWek Matan crashing the Game Awards 2023] 
Viewers who were both present at the event and watching the livestream were confused as to how Matan, someone who wasn't part of the FromSoftware staff or Game Awards staff, managed to bypass security. Many theorized that FromSoftware saw Matan but assumed he was part of the Game Awards Staff, while the Game Awards Staff saw Matan and assumed he was associated with FromSoftware. Matan himself later said that he agreed with this hypothesis.https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=285
Geoff Keighley later tweeted that Matan was arrested.https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1601066733564928001
This event resulted in a lot of memes instantly circulating the internet, jokes ranging from about how Bill Clinton had received more nominations than certain games to the lack of security of the awards.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-clinton-kid-reformed-orthodox-rabbi-bill-clintonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BizKhI2NlM8
After the incident, the Game Awards would remove mentions of Matan from all future broadcasts.https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1605703613703106560 Due to and , Matan's name cannot be mentioned in .
Matan Even 3.jpg|Matan shortly before giving his speech
Matan Even 2a.jpg|Matan nominating the award to Bill Clinton
=== Worker's Strike protests===
thumb|left|350x350px|[https://twitter.com/mataneven/status/1654331340073074691 Matan at the Workers Strike Protest] 
On May 4, 2023, Matan uploaded a video on Twitter of himself and a friend attending the Worker's Strike protests.https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1654360954526916609https://twitter.com/OS2NOX/status/1654255714632716288 Matan and his friend held signs that said "We Love Landlords (surrounded by hearts)" and "Landlords (surrounded by hearts)" respectively. Matan chanted "Landlords! Landlords! Landlords!" and said that unions were unfair to corporations in front of Hasan Piker.https://twitter.com/mataneven/status/1654331340073074691/video/1 
Later that day Hasan tweeted "this little man’s brother manager BEGGED to link up w me at the @airrack shoot and collab and when i said no thanks they crashed a picket line. get a new bit." and "i asked you to step aside politely for the adults to picket and you said i was threatening you, i cant be the father you never had little buddy.", to which Matan replied "You tried to scare me by getting in my face, then you shoved a pole at me like a little bitch. I asked if you were threatening me because of how pathetic you looked. There’s a reason your cameraman panned away".https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1654364286343593984https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1654371553264680960https://twitter.com/mataneven/status/1654374144119816192https://twitter.com/mataneven/status/1654367099383578625/photo/1
Matan 3c.png|Matan at the protest
Matan Even 3a.png|Matan's sign
Matan Even 3b.jpg|Matan's friend's sign
==Quotes== 
*"Right, so it was uh maybe like a week before the actual event took place, and you know I decided after seeing the nominations you know, I was very excited, I was looking forward to maybe voting myself on their website for Bill. I did not see him nominated for any awards, you know I was devastated, I looked at their Twitter, I had not seen that they invited him and you know I think it's kind of just a general disrespect to somebody who has, uh- who should have so much inherent respect, that he did not have any, especially from such a big TV event, so I decided to uh, I bought a ticket from, uh, their website, and then, I did what I did"https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=210
*"I think Bill Clinton hopefully himself saw it and maybe I will talk to him one day"https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=350
*"I don't look at Hillary and Bill the same way. I'm not the biggest fan of Hillary."https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=496
*"I believe that what we need to do is kind of- just get rid of the entire house, get rid of the Senate, and get rid of the-the maximum of two terms and then and then we would be living in a much better - a much better world. You know, I don't - don't think that he would turn it into a dictatorship, I believe that if he had complete control over every government in the world, you know, we would still be living a time where you know- everything is going up. We can look at things like the economy under Bill Clinton where the GDP, the AFL, the ABC, you know all of it went up around - you know around two thousand percent under him"https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=508
*“My accent's not fake. I’ve had this for at least a few days now.”https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=994
*"I heard he lives in LA, so hopefully I'm going to go to his house whether he likes it or not"https://youtu.be/P47o_irXZ40?t=389
* "You know, I didn't know that I was going to be sitting talking to a bunch of illiterate people who don't know how to read. But eh, you know." (Girl: "You're literally fifteen. What do you know?") "You know how to read?" (Girl: "Yes, I do know how to read") "Name ten books"https://twitter.com/matanevenoff/status/1604206031495565312
*"Oh shit, the table's moving"
*"I read the Torah"https://youtu.be/P47o_irXZ40?t=475
==Trivia==
*Apart from speaking English, Matan can also speak Hebrew.https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1601265476306292736 
*Matan is often thought to be French; this is because when he appeared at the Game Awards he spoke with a thick French accent. In his older videos, he had a different accent.https://twitter.com/matanevenoff/status/1329266808054956033 According to Matan, his accent is completely natural.https://youtu.be/MLIOemecr8c?t=995
*Matan's favourite musical artists include Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio.https://twitter.com/mataneven/status/1642701413737197568/video/1
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==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2019