The Try Guys Part Ways With Ned Fulmer Following Cheating Scandal

The internet experienced a heavy blast from the past today, when members of the online comedy and variety group The Try Guys that first found fame on Buzzfeed were thrust into controversy after one of their members confessed to having an affair.

The Try Guys consist of Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfield, Eugene Lee Yang and formerly Ned Fulmer who founded the project as Buzzfeed employees, and later continued it as its own independent production company and YouTube channel.

Fulmer admitted to having an affair on his wife Ariel, who frequently featured in his personal YouTube videos and Try Guys content as well. He also admitted that he had this extramarital relationship with an employee of the Try Guys company.

“I’m sorry for any pain that my actions may have caused to the guys and the fans but most of all to Ariel,” Fulmer wrote.

He was allegedly photographed kissing a producer who has collaborated with The Try Guys in New York, and the group has already scrubbed photos and mentions of Fulmer from their social accounts and websites.

The group themselves also quickly issued a statement saying that Ned “is no longer working with The Try Guys. As a result of a thorough internal review, we do not see a path forward together.”

The Try Guys gained notoriety by doing exactly what it sounds like: Trying a bunch of different things from different jobs, to unfamiliar foods to wild videos like when they attempted to simulate the experience of pregnancy and childbirth.

Even though this was a simple concept meant to be just a short-lived web series, the success of The Try Guys has been astronomical, with the group getting a TV series order, several book deals and merchandising profits off of it.

Another creator who saw huge success after a period producing and acting in videos for Buzzfeed was none other than Quinta Brunson, now known as the creator/star of Abbott Elementary.

Brunson reflected in a 2021 YouTube video that Buzzfeed provided her a place to work when she was young, broke and viral on Instagram. She said she decided to leave the website because she was having trouble balancing her career there with her growing ambitions to get into screenwriting.

“For me, it felt like college, and you have to graduate from college,” Brunson reflected.