The Try Guys

The Try Guys are an American comedy collective lead by Keith Douglas Habersberger (born: ) and Zachary Andrew "Zach" Kornfeld (born: ). The group also included Edward Gallo "Ned" Fulmer (born: ) before his ouster on September 16, 2022, and Eugene Lee Yang (born: ) before he announced his departure on May 23, 2024. Their YouTube channel was created on May 22, 2018. They started uploading videos on the network BuzzFeed in 2014 until their departure in June 2018. An expanded cast was introduced on May 22, 2024, adding nine new members to the group.
==History==
Keith, Ned, Zach, and Eugene formed the Try Guys in 2014 and uploaded all their content on the BuzzFeed network and their YouTube channel with their first video being uploaded on September 12, 2014, titled "Guys Try Ladies' Underwear For The First Time".
On June 16, 2018, The Try Guys announced that they would be leaving BuzzFeed to start their own independent production company under the name 2nd Try LLC. They also hosted the 8th Streamy Awards of that year which broadcasted live on YouTube.
On December 26, 2018, they uploaded a video explaining what their life was like before starting The Try Guys.
Since then, The Try Guys have a successful YouTube channel, as well as a podcast titled "The TryPod". They have also written a book titled The Hidden Power of F*cking Up and have embarked on a worldwide tour. In 2021, they signed a deal with Food Network to produce a television show which will be a spin-off of one of their series, Without A Recipe, to be broadcast on that channel and on the Discovery+ streaming service. The series, titled No-Recipe Road Trip with the Try Guys, premiered on August 31, 2022, and lasted for five episodes.
On July 14, 2021, The Try Guys starred in a YouTube Original series with the Olympic YouTube channel titled How To Olympics. It was produced to coincide with the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which was held a month later.
On September 27, 2022, The Try Guys announced that Ned was no longer part of the group (and the company) after a thorough internal review in light of a workplace relationship that was widely circulated online.https://youtu.be/t6fIp7mMJ90
On May 22, 2024, The Try Guys launched its own independent subscription service, 2nd try, as well as the introduction of an expanded cast. A day later, Eugene announced that he was officially leaving The Try Guys to focus on other projects, as well as to wind down his public appearances, become a private individual again, and preserve his mental health.Love, Eugene However, his departure was prematurely revealed in a Rolling Stone article, published a day prior.https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/try-guys-eugene-yang-leaves-secondtry-tv-subscription-1235025468/ Despite this, The Try Guys confirmed in a TryPod episode that Eugene still remains as a co-owner.
==Members==
=== Current ===
====Keith Habersberger====
Keith Habersberger (born: ) is a graduate of Illinois State University with a Bachelor's in acting and French horn. He is married to Rebecca Miller.
====Zach Kornfeld====
Zachary Andrew "Zach" Kornfeld (born: ) is a filmmaker married to nurse Margaret Angela "Maggie" Bustamante.
==== 2nd try Cast ====
They were officially introduced on May 22, 2024, and is comprised of frequent collaborators of the channel.
*Jonny Manganello
*Joyce Louis Jean
*Miles Bonsignore
*Ryan Garcia
*YB Biste
*Marissa Rivera
*Jared Popkin
*Ash Perez
*Kwesi James
===Former===
====Ned Fulmer====
Ned Fulmer is a former chemist and a father to two children. He was fired due to an extramarital affair with one of his employees.
====Eugene Lee Yang====
Eugene Lee Yang (양유진) (born: ) is a South Korean-American YouTuber who hails from Texas. He came out as gay on June 15, 2019. He is dating Matthew McLean. Eugene officially announced his departure from The Try Guys on May 23, 2024, but remained a co-owner of the company.
==Other channels==
===Second Try===
Second Try is the official second channel of The Try Guys which contains compilations, behind-the-scenes, and extra content that do not fit with the usual long-video format of the main channel.
===Podcast channels===
==Controversy==
In September 2022, a video began circulating of Ned and employee, allegedly Alexandria Herring of the Food Babies, being intimate during a Harry Styles concert. This led to speculation that he was unfaithful to Ariel. 
On September 27, the official Try Guys Twitter account announced on their channel and social media accounts that Ned was no longer affiliated with them after a thorough internal review.https://twitter.com/tryguys/status/1574827249408176128. On September 28, 2022, he admitted to cheating on her.https://twitter.com/nedfulmer/status/1574840236495945728https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fdr2v0YaIAAKo8-?format=jpg&name=large His affair partner Alexandria Herring was also unfaithful to her own fiancée of ten years, Will Thayer.https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6323663/try-guys-alexandria-herring-will-thayer/
This was met with major backlash, with many fans condemning Ned and standing with Ariel. Ned was accused of being a manipulative scammer as a lot of his brand image was based on his obsession with his wife, and they had even released a cookbook together.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFN61ICUf4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1n4rxx4MbIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XafAerjCsuohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yVTJOWnopghttps://twitter.com/nedfulmer/status/1442905578490130432
Even the official The Try Guys YouTube channel began editing Ned out of their more recent videos as well as setting some older videos to private, and the Twitter account removed him from their banner and Twitter bio. Their website also removed him as a model of their merch items, and his and Ariel's cookbook was discontinued. https://twitter.com/TheAffinityMag/status/1574841937332506657/photo/2 
Shortly afterward, his page on the Try Guys Wiki was vandalized by fans to call him derogatory nicknames. Ned's page was later locked.https://twitter.com/duarteswrath/status/1574810654984339458/photo/1https://twitter.com/citruscandies/status/1574837924482486304?t=R66N_LjyZ44nfRbUMqw1GA&s=19
On October 3, 2022, a week after Ned's removal announcement, the remaining Try Guys released a joint statement about the controversy, articulating the timeline of events that led to Ned's ouster from the group. They revealed that the internal review began after they were alerted of Ned's unusual behavior with an employee during the Labor Day Weekend. It lasted for three weeks, with the company opting to remove any association with Ned in newly released videos, in merch releases, and in other digital references during this period, as mentioned earlier. The internal review, without disclosing its details, concluded that Ned had indeed engaged in conduct that was unbecoming of the company and thus, they signed a written consent on September 16, 2022, that removed Ned as part of the group and of 2nd Try LLC.
The controversy has since became mainstream with numerous news publications in the United States and worldwide covering the story and has became a subject of a parody sketch on Saturday Night Live. The sketch received backlash from fans for downplaying Ned's role and the primary cause of the controversy, and focusing more on the supposed "overreaction" of the remaining Try Guys on how they handled the issue. As was later revealed, one of Ned’s friends is a writer on SNL, and was likely the person who set up the sketch to make Eugene, Keith, and Zach look worse.
==Subscriber Milestones==
==Trivia==
*Ned and Keith are white, Zach is Ashkenazi Jewish, and Eugene is Korean.
*Zach has been featured in a BFDIA episode twice.
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