Jacksepticeye Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions

Jacksepticeye takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview, answering the Internet's most searched questions about himself. What accent does he have? What's his favorite video game? Was he in the movie 'Free Guy'? How many tattoos does he have? Does he watch anime? Does he have grey hair? Jacksepticeye answers all these questions and much more!Jacksepticeye recently released his biographical film, ‘How Did We Get Here?’. He’s also the creator of Thankmas, a philanthropic effort that raises money to support charitable organizations.Director: James HerronDirector of Photography: AJ YoungEditor: Ryan JeffreyTalent: Sean McLoughlin (Jacksepticeye)Producer: Katherine WzorekLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Melissa ChoProduction Managers: Peter Brunette, Andressa PelachiTalent Manager: Mica MedoffCamera Operator/Gaffer: Nick MasseyAudio: Gray Thomas-SowersProduction Assistant: Faith EvansPost Production Supervisor: Nicholas AscanioPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Diego Rentsch

Video Transcript

SEAN McLOUGHLIN: Hi, I'm Jacksepticeye. And this is the "Wired Autocomplete Interview." A lot of people have a lot of very wrong information about me, but believe it anyway because it's on the internet forever. Why Jacksepticeye? A question many people have asked. I have no idea. Why the [BLEEP] Jacksepticeye should be the real question. Am I allowed to swear here? Why is Jacksepticeye famous? I don't know.

The fact that all of you are googling this, proves that as well. None of us know. It's an enigma. I uploaded videos. For some reason, people start watching. I'm very grateful for it, but I have no idea. An Irish accent goes a long way. Why does Jacksepticeye not drive? Come on, what is this?

I don't drive because I don't want to conform to the rest of you sheep. I grew up in a small town. I didn't need to drive to get anywhere. I live in Brighton now in England. Public transport is amazing. You people in America should really try it out. I'll do it eventually. I'll make like a whole documentary about it and sell it to somebody.

Why did Jacksepticeye change his name? What did I change my name from? I mean, I'm Sean McLoughlin. Sean is interchangeable with Jacksepticeye in Ireland. When I was in school, I got hit in the eye. And it cut open. And it bled. And then it got infected. And my friend called me Jacksepticeye. I'll hold for applause.

Why are Jacksepticeye's nails black? I know I haven't cleaned them in a while, but don't get that on camera. I painted my nails black like once in a couple of videos. And everyone freaked out about it and wondered why my nails were Black. I don't know. Am I allowed to throw this at somebody?

What is Jacksepticeye's accent? Irish, from the County Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland, where a bunch of nobodies go and never [INAUDIBLE] back. What does Jacksepticeye say in his intro? Top of the morning to you laddies. But it's more of a, top of the morning to you laddies. Sorry.

What time does Jacksepticeye upload? Whenever I feel like it. It's usually around like 5:00 PM my time. I went for five years, when I started off my YouTube channel, uploading twice a day every single day without missing a single upload. What is Jacksepticeye's least viewed video? That's a good question. I don't know, it's probably something like really early on like, Crysis 3 Multiplayer Gameplay or something like that. I have no idea.

What breed is Jacksepticeye's cat BB? He's a stray cat from Japan that my girlfriend Evelyn found. And he's just kind of a mix of so many different breeds. One part good boy, two part shithead, but he's a great cat. He's lovely. What does Jacksepticeye's tattoo mean? Which one? Sort of an aficionado.

This one is from Shadow of the Colossus which was my favorite game growing up. This was the first game I played that changed my opinion of games. But then I got this one, which is now my favorite game, which is Bloodborne. I have this one as well, which is from Arrival. A lot of people think it's a coffee stain because I have a coffee company, but it's not.

Jacksepticeye, who is he? I feel like we're all Jacksepticeye. It's like a state of mind. I'm a loudmouthed Irishman from the middle of nowhere that no one ever knows where it's from. I got very lucky and uploaded my voice to the internet. And people start listening. It's probably the swearing in the accent though.

Who does Jacksepticeye as in "Free Guy"? Thank you for putting "Free Guy" on this and making me feel like a big time actor, thank you. I play myself in "Free Guy." When I talked to Shawn Levy about the role, he wanted YouTubers, and streamers, and creators in it, who play video games. And I got to be in it as myself. And you see my name written in it.

Funny story, if you look at the URL when I show up on screen, Jacksepticeye is spelled wrong. Who does Jacksepticeye play Among Us? That doesn't make any sense. I just play Among Us. I'm bad at it, but I played with a lot of different people or have played. Does anyone play Among Us anymore? I'll switch it up, keep you on your toes.

Who inspired Jacksepticeye? I think I got inspired by a lot of people. I've always watched like movies and stuff growing up as a kid. And when I was at home when I was a child, I was the youngest in a family of seven people. So I was always cracking jokes. And I was always making people laugh and trying to like cut the tension.

But when it came to like YouTube stuff, I think like the people who are all doing it back then like Smash, Ryan Higa. America Player had just started. I was watching some of his stuff, just all the greats who were starting it at that point. The person who really made me do it is a YouTuber called Level Cap Gaming who did YouTube videos around battlefield. He was the first person I saw who I heard did it as a job. And I thought that was the craziest thing ever. And I was like, I want to try this out.

When did Jacksepticeye start his channel? I started the channel, technically, in 2007. It's been up since then. But that was just to like comment on stuff, and like stuff, and watch the stuff that I really enjoyed. I started making videos like end of 2012. Ever since then, I've just kind of been uploading. But it was like 2013 was when I started uploading properly.

When did Jacksepticeye blow up? Everyone thinks it's like the shout-out was when the channel blew up and like made the whole channel, but that is kind of like a misconception. When the shout-out happened, it got like, I think, it was like 15,000 so like 20,000 subs in the first two days. And then it just stopped dead. But I think 2016 was when I had like the biggest boom in my whole all career.

When will Jacksepticeye upload again? I uploaded today. Go watch it. When did Jacksepticeye dye his hair? I think that was 2016. Mark was doing a sort of charity event. And he was talking about dyeing his hair blue. And I was like OK, pussy, do it. I'll dye my hair green if you do it. I've had my hair brown longer than I've had it green. But for some reason, people think my hair has been green forever. There's far more gray in it than I would like to admit, but it's natural. See that? Fake hair doesn't move like that.

How do I contact Jacksepticeye? You put up $1 million, I'll do anything for you. If you find out where I live, I'm going to move. How to make a Jacksepticeye. When one person from a bog loves another person from a bog. They get together in a swamp and make a sewer child. And that grows up to be a loudmouthed ee-jit.

How many movies has Jacksepticeye been in? Just the one. I've been in a couple of games. And I've done some voices for a couple of things here and there. But for movies, I've only ever been in one. How to build Jacksepticeye's castle in Minecraft. I don't even know how I built that. I built it. And then somebody, immediately, an hour later, uploaded a video of them building a better one. So poorly.

How is Jacksepticeye-- you could have just ended there. No one ever asks that. How Jacksepticeye doing? Whoa, I'm so sorry. I'm doing good. I'm here doing a "Wired Autocomplete Interview." It's amazing. Thank you very much. Is Jacksepticeye, I thought it said a meth head. Is Jacksepticeye a metalhead? Yes, I am. I grew up listening to heavy metal because of my brother. And then I started playing drums. And I've since done many, many things with metal. And Tool are my favorite band.

Is Jacksepticeye coffee good? Jacksepticeye coffee good, very good drink. Is Jacksepticeye called Jack? Yeah. Is Jacksepticeye in human resources? Guys, there's so much on the internet that you can look up. If you're googling if I'm in human resources, we need to have a talk with your parents because they're not raising you properly.

Is Jacksepticeye coming to South Africa? I don't have any plans. I apologize to all of my South African fans. I'll have to look up the analytics later to see how many of you there are, probably like 12. Where was Jacksepticeye born and raised? I was born and raised in a small town in County Offaly, called Cloghan, which only had like 600 people in it. And then I moved to a town near that called Banagher. And then I moved to a tiny, tiny, tiny town called Ballycumber. I had no friends and nobody around me. And that's where I lived in a log cabin.

Where does Jacksepticeye live Google Maps? Are you trying to triangulate my location? This is causing severe anxiety to build up in me all of a sudden. Don't find me. Where is Jacksepticeye 2020? I'm very curious why anybody is googling that. Yeah, I took a bunch of breaks. I realized that doing YouTube all day, every day, and working yourself to the bone, and into dust is not healthy.

Where is Jacksepticeye 2021? I've been where I've always been, on YouTube making videos. People are probably asking this one because in 2021 was the year my dad passed away. So right after that, I took a lot of time off and to just grieve, first of all, but also kind of like figure out myself.

What is Jacksepticeye's favorite game? I talked about a little bit. Used to be Shadow of the Colossus. It's a very close second now. It was so emotionally attached to me. And I was a depressed 16-year-old when I played it. But Bloodborne is now my favorite game because it's the one that I go back to. It used to be once a year, and I played like six times a year.

What languages can Jacksepticeye speak? I barely speak English on the best of days. I wish I spoke Irish. Not many people in Ireland, where I was from, actually speak like Gaelic Irish. So I just never had a chance to practice it. What music does Jacksepticeye listen to? When I was a teenager, I was sort of like that snobby behavior of like I'm into heavy metal. And I kind of had like a high and mighty attitude about music because I play drums.

So I thought I have better taste than everybody else. I listen to everything, but my main genre that I listen to is heavy metal. What is Jacksepticeye like in real life? I make a lot of jokes in real life. So obnoxious is probably the answer to that. I'm boiling this down to. Last one. Does Jacksepticeye watch anime? Hell, yeah. Who doesn't? I love voice acting. First of all, it's one of my favorite things. And it's one of the things that got me into like video games when I was a kid.

And I think anime is like some of the upper echelon of voice acting. Does Jacksepticeye have gray hair? Yes. I've had gray hair since I was 16. I've been kind of like trying to figure out why. And I realized life is difficult. And from a very young age, I understood that. And the stresses of life kicked in quick.

Does Jacksepticeye have a podcast? No, but I've always kind of wanted to do one, maybe like a narrative driven thing. I've like a ton of ideas for a podcast that maybe I could do. So if people are googling it, that means they want it. Can Jacksepticeye sing, dance, be a lover, boyfriend, husband? Play drums, oh, that's much different.

Yeah, I can. I'm not nearly as good as I used to be, but my feet can fly. They're there fast, boys. Last question, guys. Give it up for last question, a lot of pressure on this one. Can you Jacksepticeye age? You age all the time. You're growing, evolving. Your cells are dividing and they can only do it a certain amount of times. And we're all going to die eventually. Thanks for having me, guys.

- What do you think about the searches? were any of them a surprise to you?

SEAN McLOUGHLIN: A lot of them are dumber than I thought they would be. Come on, guys. We're better than that. I thought we got past all this.