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'''Samuel Whitcomb Hyde''' is an American [[right wing]] [[comedian]], [[podcaster]], [[List of influencer boxing matches|boxer]] and a co-founder of [[sketch comedy]] group [[Million Dollar Extreme]] alongside Nick Rochefort and Charls Carroll. Hyde is the co-creator and producer of series such as ''[[Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace|World Peace]]'' and ''[[#Fishtank|Fishtank]]''.<ref name=Begay>{{Cite web |last=Begay |first=Mesha |date=2023-05-08 |title=New Mexican man participates in 24/7 stream contest show 'Fishtank' |url=https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-mexican-man-participates-in-24-7-stream-contest-show-fishtank/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=[[KOB (TV)|KOB.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Samuel Whitcomb Hyde''' is an American [[comedian]], [[podcaster]], [[List of influencer boxing matches|boxer]] and a co-founder of [[sketch comedy]] group [[Million Dollar Extreme]] alongside Nick Rochefort and Charls Carroll. Hyde is the co-creator and producer of series such as ''[[Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace|World Peace]]'' and ''Fishtank''.<ref name="Begay">{{Cite web |last=Begay |first=Mesha |date=2023-05-08 |title=New Mexican man participates in 24/7 stream contest show 'Fishtank' |url=https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-mexican-man-participates-in-24-7-stream-contest-show-fishtank/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=[[KOB (TV)|KOB.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref>


Hyde is known for his involvement in several [[Media prank|public pranks]] and internet [[hoax]]es, and incorporation of [[Antisemitism|anti-semitic]], racist, and homophobic rants in his comedy routines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Sam Hyde: the antisemitic troll making a comeback through influencer boxing |url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2022/09/12/sam-hyde-the-antisemitic-troll-making-a-comeback-through-influencer-boxing/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=[[HOPE not hate]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Hyde's [[Transgressive art|transgressive]] style has garnered significant public controversy, and has been heavily linked with the [[alt-right]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2016-12-06 |title=Adult Swim Cancels Controversial Show 'Million Dollar Extreme' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/adult-swim-cancels-controversial-show-million-dollar-extreme-118787/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic">{{cite web|date=November 17, 2016|title=The Battle Over Adult Swim's Alt-Right TV Show|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-raging-battle-over-adult-swims-alt-right-tv-show/508016/#Correction1|access-date=May 12, 2017|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref>
Hyde has been involved in several [[Media prank|public pranks]] and internet [[hoax]]es. His [[Transgressive art|transgressive]] style has garnered significant public controversy, and has been heavily linked with the [[alt-right]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Sam Hyde: the antisemitic troll making a comeback through influencer boxing |url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2022/09/12/sam-hyde-the-antisemitic-troll-making-a-comeback-through-influencer-boxing/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=[[HOPE not hate]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2016-12-06 |title=Adult Swim Cancels Controversial Show 'Million Dollar Extreme' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/adult-swim-cancels-controversial-show-million-dollar-extreme-118787/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic">{{cite web |date=November 17, 2016 |title=The Battle Over Adult Swim's Alt-Right TV Show |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-raging-battle-over-adult-swims-alt-right-tv-show/508016/#Correction1 |access-date=May 12, 2017 |publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
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In 2017, Hyde pledged $5,000 towards the legal defense fund of [[Andrew Anglin]], the founder and editor of [[neo-Nazi]] website ''[[The Daily Stormer]]''.<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-daily-stormer-20170602-story.html | title=Neo-Nazi website raises $150,000 to fight Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=June 7, 2017 }}</ref> The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] sued Anglin for allegedly organizing a "[[The Daily Stormer#Harassment by the "Troll Army"|troll storm]]" against a Jewish woman in Montana. When Matt Pearce of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' questioned Hyde about the donation, Hyde asked Pearce if he was Jewish and went on to say that $5,000 was "nothing" to him. Hyde also stated: "Don't worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That's a quote. For the reason why, you can say I want reporters to know I make more money than them, especially Matt Pearce."<ref name="latimes.com"/>
In 2017, Hyde pledged $5,000 towards the legal defense fund of [[Andrew Anglin]], the founder and editor of [[neo-Nazi]] website ''[[The Daily Stormer]]''.<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-daily-stormer-20170602-story.html | title=Neo-Nazi website raises $150,000 to fight Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=June 7, 2017 }}</ref> The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] sued Anglin for allegedly organizing a "[[The Daily Stormer#Harassment by the "Troll Army"|troll storm]]" against a Jewish woman in Montana. When Matt Pearce of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' questioned Hyde about the donation, Hyde asked Pearce if he was Jewish and went on to say that $5,000 was "nothing" to him. Hyde also stated: "Don't worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That's a quote. For the reason why, you can say I want reporters to know I make more money than them, especially Matt Pearce."<ref name="latimes.com"/>


Hyde has been open about his interest in [[boxing]] and helped train Jewish-Canadian YouTuber [[Harley Morenstein]] for iDubbbz's charity boxing event ''[[Creator Clash]]''. On August 27, 2022, Hyde made his boxing debut, defeating Australian social media star James "IAmThmpsn" Thompson during the ''2 Fights 1 Night'' event.<ref name="KSICard">{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/ksi-vs-swarmz-undercard-complete-list-fights-2022-youtube-boxing-match/fstfjhe0cvzlkaydsw8hkuij | title=KSI vs. Swarmz undercard: Complete list of fights before main event in 2022 YouTube boxing match | publisher=[[The Sporting News]] | date=August 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-03-27}}</ref>
Hyde has been open about his interest in [[boxing]] and helped train Canadian YouTuber [[Harley Morenstein]] for iDubbbz's charity boxing event ''[[Creator Clash]]''. On August 27, 2022, Hyde made his boxing debut, defeating Australian social media star James "IAmThmpsn" Thompson during the ''2 Fights 1 Night'' event.<ref name="KSICard">{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/ksi-vs-swarmz-undercard-complete-list-fights-2022-youtube-boxing-match/fstfjhe0cvzlkaydsw8hkuij | title=KSI vs. Swarmz undercard: Complete list of fights before main event in 2022 YouTube boxing match | publisher=[[The Sporting News]] | date=August 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-03-27}}</ref>


===''Fishtank''===
===''Fishtank''===
In April 2023, Hyde launched his live [[Reality television|reality TV]] web show '''''Fishtank''''' (also known as '''''fishtank.live''''' or as '''''Fishtank LIVE'''''),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fishtank.live/ |title=Fishtank LIVE |website=fishtank.live |publisher=Fishnet, Inc.}}</ref> a 24/7 [[Interactive fiction|interactive]] [[reality show]] where a number of contestants cohabitate and interact with viewers in real time for six weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kenneth |date=2023-04-23 |title=What is Fishtank? A 24/7 stream contest gone rogue |url=https://win.gg/news/what-is-fishtank-a-24-7-stream-contest-gone-rogue/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=WIN.gg |language=en-US}}</ref> The programme has been compared to the ''[[Big Brother (franchise)|Big Brother]]'' television franchise due to its format,<ref name=Begay/><ref name=Masiello>{{Cite web |last=Masiello |first=Shawna |date=2023-05-12 |title=Fishtank: the best reality TV show that will never air |url=https://poptopic.com.au/article/fishtank-the-best-reality-tv-show-that-will-never-air/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=POPTOPIC |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Sraban>{{Cite news |title="It was time to go": Unexpected and untimely end of Fishtank Live leaves netizens divided |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-it-time-go-unexpected-untimely-end-fishtank-live-leaves-netizens-divided |last=Sraban Neog |first=Anupal |date=2023-05-25 |work=[[Sportskeeda]]}}</ref> while others have compared it to the [[Stanford prison experiment]] after its content.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laghos |first=Mario |date=2023-05-16 |title=Are we the fish? {{!}} The disturbing reality of Fishtank Live |url=https://whynow.co.uk/read/are-we-the-fish-the-disturbing-reality-of-fishtank-live |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=whynow |language=en}}</ref> The show has featured a number of [[YouTuber]] guests (in the role of "Freeloaders"), such as Chris LaFon (better known as Airsoftfatty),<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=fishtank - S1E06 &#124; "The Network" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Rf9i0-ThM |date=2023-11-20 |type=Video |publisher=fishtank |minutes= |time=10:27 |time-caption=Well, my name is Christopher Michael LaFon. I'm a 26-year old man, and my stage name is "Airsoftfatty", a name I'm quite proud of.}}</ref> previously featured in an [[iDubbbz]] video;<ref name=Masiello/> right-wing political commentator and comedian [[Alex Stein (comedian)|Alex Stein]];<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Alex Stein CRASHES Sam Hyde's Fishtank LIVE! &#124; Ep 140 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIsbHVj_6lI |date=2021-04-18 |last=Stein |first=Alex |type=Video |publisher=Prime Time with Alex Stein}}</ref> Greg LeCates (better known as Skitzy_VA), who initially played [[MrBeast]] on his first night;<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=I Lived In A Hell House For Ten Days (Fishtanklive) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_nPh11VMI |date=2024-02-08 |last=LeCates |first=Greg |type=Video |publisher=Skitzy_VA ([[YouTube]])}}</ref> and Frank Hassle, best known for an altercation with fellow YouTuber Steven Williams (better known as [[Boogie2988]]), where a [[revolver]] was fired by the latter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-29|title=What happened between Boogie2988 and Frank Hassle? YouTuber fires gun over harassment|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/660787-boogie2988-fires-gun-frank-hassle-keemstar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124063337/https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/660787-boogie2988-fires-gun-frank-hassle-keemstar|archive-date=November 24, 2020|access-date=2021-05-12|website=GameRevolution|language=en-US}}</ref>
In April 2023, Hyde launched his live [[Reality television|reality TV]] web show ''Fishtank'' (also known as ''fishtank.live''), a 24/7 [[Interactive fiction|interactive]] [[reality show]] where a number of contestants cohabitate and interact with viewers in real time for six weeks.{{cn|date=April 2024}} The program has been compared to the ''[[Big Brother (franchise)|Big Brother]]'' television franchise due to its format,<ref name=Begay/><ref name=Masiello>{{Cite web |last=Masiello |first=Shawna |date=2023-05-12 |title=Fishtank: the best reality TV show that will never air |url=https://poptopic.com.au/article/fishtank-the-best-reality-tv-show-that-will-never-air/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=POPTOPIC |language=en-US}}</ref> while others have compared it to the [[Stanford prison experiment]] after its content.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laghos |first=Mario |date=2023-05-16 |title=Are we the fish? {{!}} The disturbing reality of Fishtank Live |url=https://whynow.co.uk/read/are-we-the-fish-the-disturbing-reality-of-fishtank-live |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=whynow |language=en}}</ref>


Season 1 began on April 18, 2023, with eight contestants.<ref name=Sraban/> Filming took place in [[Swansea, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Nine Five |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sJIArBjXmk |date=2023-10-30 |type=Video |publisher=fishtank}}</ref> where the house was [[swatted]] on the season's fifth day.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Fishtank Live' Week One Recap: What's Happened On Sam Hyde's Reality Show So Far |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/fishtank-live-week-one-recap-whats-happened-on-sam-hydes-reality-show-so-far |last=Hamilton |first=Philip |date=2023-04-25 |work=[[Know Your Meme]]}}</ref> Season 2 started on December 18, 2023, with 10 contestants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eclarinal |first=Aeron Mer |date=2023-12-19 |title=Fishtank Season 2 Cast: Meet the Contestants (Photos) |url=https://thedirect.com/article/fishtank-season-2-cast-contestants |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=The Direct |language=en}}</ref> Filming took place in [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]].<ref name=Shorey>{{Cite news |title=Cumberland officials looking into reality show at local home |url=https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/cumberland-officials-looking-into-reality-show-at-local-home/article_de0029aa-aee0-11ee-92e2-1b4c7c3be6bb.html |last=Shorey |first=Ethan |date=2024-01-11 |work=[[Breeze Publications|The Valley Breeze]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111112124/https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/cumberland-officials-looking-into-reality-show-at-local-home/article_de0029aa-aee0-11ee-92e2-1b4c7c3be6bb.html |archive-date=2024-01-11}}</ref> On January 26, 2024, two days before the season's finale, a [[homestay]] service known as ''FishBNB'' was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fishtank.live/fishbnb |title=FishBNB |date=2024-01-26 |website=fishtank.live |publisher=Bigg Topp Productionz LLC}}</ref>
Season 1 began on April 18, 2023, with eight contestants. Season 2 started on December 18, 2023, with 10 contestants.{{cn|date=April 2024}} Filming took place in [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]].<ref name=Shorey>{{Cite news |title=Cumberland officials looking into reality show at local home |url=https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/cumberland-officials-looking-into-reality-show-at-local-home/article_de0029aa-aee0-11ee-92e2-1b4c7c3be6bb.html |last=Shorey |first=Ethan |date=2024-01-11 |work=[[Breeze Publications|The Valley Breeze]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111112124/https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/cumberland-officials-looking-into-reality-show-at-local-home/article_de0029aa-aee0-11ee-92e2-1b4c7c3be6bb.html |archive-date=2024-01-11}}</ref>


On January 11, 2024, Jeff Mutter, mayor of Cumberland, announced that local authorities were investigating whether steps could be taken in response to local complaints regarding the show filming in a residential part of the town.<ref name=Shorey/> Three weeks later, ten [[chicken]]s purchased from a poultry shop in [[Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|Federal Hill]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1114164189602144 |title=⚠️RESCUE ALERT: Reality Gone Wrong⚠️ |date=2024-01-27 |website=[[Facebook]] |publisher=West Place Animal Sanctuary}}</ref> were rescued by a local [[animal sanctuary]] on January 27 after reportedly being released in the house "for a comedy bit."<ref name=Zangari>{{Cite news |title=Chickens rescued from online "reality TV-style" set in Cumberland |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/chickens-rescued-from-online-reality-tv-style-set-in-cumberland-west-place-animal-sanctuary-tiverton-cole-fishtank?s=09 |last=Zangari |first=Paul |date=2024-01-27 |work=[[WJAR]]}}</ref> Patrick Cole, a spokesman for the [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]]-based sanctuary, claimed that the show's producers had discussed abandoning the animals before demolition work took place in the house, later contacting them for help.<ref name=Zangari/> Cole's claims were later denied by two members of the show's production, including co-creator Jet Neptune.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1751801659578011729 |user=jetneptune_ |title=We saved them from slaughter don't believe the lies! |date=2024-01-28 |first=Jet |last=Neptune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1751826379379773821 |user=B3XTAC33 |title=Juss sayn, the chickens came from a slaughter house, were not harmed by us, and I contacted multiple sanctuaries and this one came thru. They really out here twisting shit. The news should maybe go after the chicken slaughter house if they so concerned about animal abuse. Dum. |date=2024-01-28}}</ref>
On January 11, 2024, Jeff Mutter, mayor of Cumberland, announced that local authorities were investigating whether steps could be taken in response to local complaints regarding the show filming in a residential part of the town.<ref name=Shorey/> Three weeks later, ten [[chicken]]s purchased from a poultry shop in [[Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|Federal Hill]] were rescued by a local [[animal sanctuary]] on January 27 after reportedly being released in the house "for a comedy bit."<ref name=Zangari>{{Cite news |title=Chickens rescued from online "reality TV-style" set in Cumberland |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/chickens-rescued-from-online-reality-tv-style-set-in-cumberland-west-place-animal-sanctuary-tiverton-cole-fishtank?s=09 |last=Zangari |first=Paul |date=2024-01-27 |work=[[WJAR]]}}</ref> Patrick Cole, a spokesman for the [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]]-based sanctuary, claimed that the show's producers had discussed abandoning the animals before demolition work took place in the house, later contacting them for help.<ref name=Zangari/>


==Pranks==
==Pranks==
Hyde lampooned the American [[anime]] [[Anime and manga fandom|fandom]] in 2012 when he delivered a spurious presentation titled "Samurai Swordplay in a Digital Age" under the pseudonym "Master Kenchiro Ichiimada" at a [[anime convention|convention]] in [[Vermont]]. During the presentation, an MDE affiliate blocked the exit to bar attendees from leaving Hyde's hour-long performance.<ref name="GamerGate Buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/gamergates-archvillain-is-really-a-trolling-sketch-comedian |title=GamerGate's Archvillain Is Really A Trolling Sketch Comedian |website=BuzzFeed |date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> Similarly in 2013, Hyde, while dressed in a maroon-colored sweatsuit and clad in [[hoplite]]-esque [[breastplate]] and [[greave]]s, delivered a prank [[TED (conference)#TEDx|TEDx]] talk titled "2070 Paradigm Shift" at [[Drexel University]].<ref name="Forbes" /> The talk, described by ''[[Forbes]]'' as a satiric impersonation of a "[[Brooklyn]] tech [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster]]," received significant media attention<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/fruzsinaeordogh/2016/06/02/explaining-the-sam-hyde-as-mass-shooter-meme/#5a0e4daf8d90 |title=How 4chan Tricked The Internet Into Believing This Comedian Is A Mass Shooter |work=Forbes |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/comedian-sam-hydes-prank-ted-talk-2013-10 |title=Comedian Gives Ridiculous Prank TED Talk |website=Business Insider |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> and praise from ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/10/14/the-most-glorious-ted-talk-takedown-you-will-witness-before-2070/ |title=The most glorious TED Talk takedown you will witness before 2070 |last=Petri |first=Alexandra |date=October 13, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=2023-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017080506/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/10/14/the-most-glorious-ted-talk-takedown-you-will-witness-before-2070/ |archive-date=2013-10-17}}</ref> When asked about the intent of the prank, Hyde stated his dislike for TED talks, calling them "really self-congratulatory."<ref name="Philadelphia">{{cite web|url=http://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/10/06/tedx-prank-philadelphia-drexel-sam-hyde/ |title=WATCH: TEDx Drexel Got Pranked This Weekend |website=Philadelphia |access-date=November 18, 2016|date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref>
Hyde lampooned the American [[anime]] [[Anime and manga fandom|fandom]] in 2012 when he delivered a spurious presentation titled "Samurai Swordplay in a Digital Age" under the pseudonym "Master Kenchiro Ichiimada" at a [[anime convention|convention]] in [[Vermont]]. During the presentation, an MDE affiliate blocked the exit to bar attendees from leaving Hyde's hour-long performance.<ref name="GamerGate Buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/gamergates-archvillain-is-really-a-trolling-sketch-comedian |title=GamerGate's Archvillain Is Really A Trolling Sketch Comedian |website=BuzzFeed |date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>
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In 2014, Hyde started a fake [[Kickstarter]] campaign to crowdfund the creation of a "pony [[dating sim]]ulator" for [[bronies]], the adult male fans of the children's television show ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''.<ref name="Forbes"/> The Kickstarter page said the simulator would comprise "a journey that spans multiple continents" and include "deep [[Role-playing game|RPG]] elements."<ref name="MLP Simulator">{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2110528317/dark-skyes-an-epic-brony-dating-sim |title=Dark Skyes -- an EPIC brony dating sim (Canceled) |publisher=Kickstarter PBC |website=Kickstarter |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> Devotees of the show who ostensibly took the project seriously pledged a total of $4,161 to the fundraiser before Hyde cancelled it.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="MLP Simulator"/>


In 2013, Hyde, while dressed in a maroon-colored sweatsuit and clad in [[hoplite]]-esque [[breastplate]] and [[greave]]s, delivered a prank [[TED (conference)#TEDx|TEDx]] talk titled "2070 Paradigm Shift" at [[Drexel University]].<ref name="Forbes" /> The talk, described by ''[[Forbes]]'' as a satiric impersonation of a "[[Brooklyn]] tech [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster]]," received significant media attention<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/fruzsinaeordogh/2016/06/02/explaining-the-sam-hyde-as-mass-shooter-meme/#5a0e4daf8d90 |title=How 4chan Tricked The Internet Into Believing This Comedian Is A Mass Shooter |work=Forbes |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/comedian-sam-hydes-prank-ted-talk-2013-10 |title=Comedian Gives Ridiculous Prank TED Talk |website=Business Insider |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> and praise from ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/10/14/the-most-glorious-ted-talk-takedown-you-will-witness-before-2070/ |title=The most glorious TED Talk takedown you will witness before 2070 |last=Petri |first=Alexandra |date=October 13, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=2023-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017080506/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/10/14/the-most-glorious-ted-talk-takedown-you-will-witness-before-2070/ |archive-date=2013-10-17}}</ref> When asked about the intent of the prank, Hyde stated his dislike for TED talks, calling them "really self-congratulatory."<ref name="Philadelphia">{{cite web|url=http://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/10/06/tedx-prank-philadelphia-drexel-sam-hyde/ |title=WATCH: TEDx Drexel Got Pranked This Weekend |website=Philadelphia |access-date=November 18, 2016|date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref>
==Shooting and terrorism==

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In 2014, Hyde started a fake [[Kickstarter]] campaign to crowdfund the creation of a "pony [[dating sim]]ulator" for [[bronies]], the adult male fans of the children's television show ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''.<ref name="Forbes" /> The Kickstarter page said the simulator would comprise "a journey that spans multiple continents" and include "deep [[Role-playing game|RPG]] elements."<ref name="MLP Simulator">{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2110528317/dark-skyes-an-epic-brony-dating-sim |title=Dark Skyes -- an EPIC brony dating sim (Canceled) |publisher=Kickstarter PBC |website=Kickstarter |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> Devotees of the show who ostensibly took the project seriously pledged a total of $4,161 to the fundraiser before Hyde cancelled it.<ref name="Forbes" /><ref name="MLP Simulator" />

==Mass shooting hoaxes==
[[File:Sam Hyde.jpg|thumb|Sam Hyde in 2016. This and similar photos have been used by internet trolls when reporting Hyde as the perpetrator of mass shootings and terrorist attacks.]]
[[File:Sam Hyde.jpg|thumb|Sam Hyde in 2016. This and similar photos have been used by internet trolls when reporting Hyde as the perpetrator of mass shootings and terrorist attacks.]]
Since 2015, Hyde has been frequently misreported as the perpetrator of numerous [[mass shootings]] and [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] by [[internet troll]]s on websites such as [[4chan]] and [[Twitter]].<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="mass shooter">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/sam-hyde-shooter-hoax|title=Don't Believe Any Breaking News That Names This Comedian As A Mass Shooter|website=BuzzFeed|date=June 2, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> The hoaxes, which typically included photos of Hyde brandishing a semi-automatic weapon and with a slightly altered name to appear more "authentic", reappeared so often on social media that ''[[The New York Times]]'' characterized "Sam Hyde is the shooter" as "an identifiable [[Internet meme|meme]]."<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah|title=Sam Hyde and Other Hoaxes: False Information Trails Texas Shooting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/shooting-texas-hoaxes.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2017|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>
Since 2015, Hyde has been frequently misreported as the perpetrator of numerous [[mass shootings]] and [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] by [[internet troll]]s on websites such as [[4chan]] and [[Twitter]].<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="mass shooter">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/sam-hyde-shooter-hoax|title=Don't Believe Any Breaking News That Names This Comedian As A Mass Shooter|website=BuzzFeed|date=June 2, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> The hoaxes, which typically included photos of Hyde brandishing a semi-automatic weapon and with a slightly altered name to appear more "authentic", reappeared so often on social media that ''[[The New York Times]]'' characterized "Sam Hyde is the shooter" as "an identifiable [[Internet meme|meme]]."<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah|title=Sam Hyde and Other Hoaxes: False Information Trails Texas Shooting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/shooting-texas-hoaxes.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2017|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>


The first instance of the prank was the [[2015 Umpqua Community College shooting]]. [[CNN]] mistakenly included Hyde's image on their coverage of the shooting.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news | first = Chris | last = Bell | title =Las Vegas: The fake photos shared after tragedies | publisher = BBC News | date = October 2, 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41467035}}</ref> Hyde was also labelled as the perpetrator in high profile shootings such as the [[Orlando nightclub shooting|Orlando Night Club shooting]],<ref name="Hicks2019">{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Liza |title=Watch: Why Sam Hyde Goes Viral After Every Mass Shooting |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/watch/video/86887 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=BuzzFeed |date=July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Indy100Hyde2023">{{cite news |last1=Abraham |first1=Ellie |title=Why does a Sam Hyde meme go viral after every mass shooting? |url=https://www.indy100.com/viral/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-shootings |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=www.indy100.com |date=28 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sutherland Springs church shooting]] (where he was misidentified by Representative [[Vicente Gonzalez (politician)|Vicente Gonzalez]])<ref name="heavy">{{cite web |date=November 5, 2017 |title=WATCH: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Says Sam Hyde Is Sutherland Springs Shooter |url=https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/sutherland-springs-sam-hyde/ |access-date=November 14, 2017 |website=Heavy}}</ref> and the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|Las Vegas shooting in 2017]].<ref name="BBC" /> Hyde has also been erroneously blamed for many other small scale and large shootings.{{efn|<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="mass shooter" /><ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith IV|first1=Jack|title=Neither Robert Kinnison Nor Sam Hyde Killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana|url=https://mic.com/articles/147901/neither-robert-kinnison-nor-sam-hyde-killed-alton-sterling-in-baton-rouge-louisiana#.ZvOGWRFPj|website=mic.com|date=July 6, 2016 |publisher=Mic|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Anthony|title=Piedmont Park Hanging: No, Sam Hyde Did Not Lynch a Black Man in the Atlanta Park|url=https://mic.com/articles/148124/piedmont-park-hanging-no-sam-hyde-did-not-lynch-a-black-man-in-the-atlanta-park#.2mfykFICa|website=mic.com|date=July 7, 2016 |publisher=Mic|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shooter">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/#HlMja1glY8qo|first=Gianluca|last=Mezzofiore|website=Mashable|title=Never believe any breaking report on Twitter naming this comedian as the attacker|date=June 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fake news on YouTube shooting spreads, despite recent efforts to clamp down on misinformation |date=April 3, 2018 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-shooting-fake-news-hoaxes-social-media/|publisher=CBS News |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>}} Hyde's image was shared across social media as being the driver of the car in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that [[Waukesha Christmas parade attack|drove into a Christmas parade]] in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Khaleda|date=2021-11-22|title=Waukesha suspect misinformation spreads as fake photo of SUV driver shared|url=https://www.newsweek.com/waukesha-suspect-misinformation-spread-fake-photo-suv-driver-shared-1651834|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> In February of 2022, an edited image of Hyde was misidentified as the "[[Ghost of Kyiv]]" (a Ukrainian fighter pilot who supposedly shot down six Russian planes on [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|February 24, 2022]]) in popular social media posts including that of Representative [[Adam Kinzinger]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=Internet hoaxers falsely identify US comic Sam Hyde as 'Ghost of Kyiv' |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324P3PK |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Fact Check |language=en}}</ref> The alleged pilot was given Ukrainian style names 'Сем Гайденко' [Sam Haydenko] or Samuyil Hyde.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact Check-Comedian Sam Hyde is not the 'Ghost of Kyiv' |date=March 2, 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ukraine-ghost/fact-check-comedian-sam-hyde-is-not-the-ghost-of-kyiv-idUSL1N2V50Z3 |work=Reuters |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref> The [[2022 Buffalo shooting|2022 Buffalo shooter]] also claimed the image of Hyde as his own in his manifesto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=Stephen T. Watson Maki Becker and Dan Herbeck News Staff |title=Gunman, 18, drove more than 3 hours to Buffalo to commit hate crime, officials say |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/gunman-18-drove-more-than-3-hours-to-buffalo-to-commit-hate-crime-officials-say/article_f9ef9bac-d3d9-11ec-9eaf-cbcafe308f9c.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Buffalo News |date=May 14, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In July 2022, multiple popular posts on social media falsely labelled Hyde as the gunman in the [[Assassination of Shinzo Abe|assassination]] of former [[Japan]]ese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]].<ref>{{Cite web |location=Thiruvananthapuram |first=Bechu |last=S. |title=Fact Check: Netizens falsely share US comedian's photo as ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/netizens-falsely-share-us-comedian-photo-as-ex-japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-suspected-assassin-1973516-2022-07-08 |date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref> An edited image depicting Hyde as a woman was used to falsely identify Hyde as a mass shooter in the [[2023 Covenant School shooting]] under the pseudonym of Samantha Hyde.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seitz |first=Jacob |date=2023-03-27 |title=An old 4chan meme gets new transphobic spin in wake of Nashville mass shooting |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-nashville/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327202636/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-nashville/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
The first instance of the prank was the [[2015 Umpqua Community College shooting]]. [[CNN]] mistakenly included Hyde's image on their coverage of the shooting.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news | first = Chris | last = Bell | title =Las Vegas: The fake photos shared after tragedies | publisher = BBC News | date = October 2, 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41467035}}</ref> Hyde was also labelled as the perpetrator in high profile shootings such as the [[Orlando nightclub shooting|Orlando Night Club shooting]],<ref name="Hicks2019">{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Liza |title=Watch: Why Sam Hyde Goes Viral After Every Mass Shooting |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/watch/video/86887 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=BuzzFeed |date=July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Indy100Hyde2023">{{cite news |last1=Abraham |first1=Ellie |title=Why does a Sam Hyde meme go viral after every mass shooting? |url=https://www.indy100.com/viral/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-shootings |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=www.indy100.com |date=28 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sutherland Springs church shooting]] (where he was misidentified by Representative [[Vicente Gonzalez (politician)|Vicente Gonzalez]])<ref name="heavy">{{cite web |date=November 5, 2017 |title=WATCH: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Says Sam Hyde Is Sutherland Springs Shooter |url=https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/sutherland-springs-sam-hyde/ |access-date=November 14, 2017 |website=Heavy}}</ref> and the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|Las Vegas shooting in 2017]].<ref name="BBC" /> Hyde has also been erroneously blamed for many other small scale and large shootings.{{efn|<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="mass shooter" /><ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith IV|first1=Jack|title=Neither Robert Kinnison Nor Sam Hyde Killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana|url=https://mic.com/articles/147901/neither-robert-kinnison-nor-sam-hyde-killed-alton-sterling-in-baton-rouge-louisiana#.ZvOGWRFPj|website=mic.com|date=July 6, 2016 |publisher=Mic|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Anthony|title=Piedmont Park Hanging: No, Sam Hyde Did Not Lynch a Black Man in the Atlanta Park|url=https://mic.com/articles/148124/piedmont-park-hanging-no-sam-hyde-did-not-lynch-a-black-man-in-the-atlanta-park#.2mfykFICa|website=mic.com|date=July 7, 2016 |publisher=Mic|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shooter">{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/#HlMja1glY8qo|first=Gianluca|last=Mezzofiore|website=Mashable|title=Never believe any breaking report on Twitter naming this comedian as the attacker|date=June 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fake news on YouTube shooting spreads, despite recent efforts to clamp down on misinformation |date=April 3, 2018 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-shooting-fake-news-hoaxes-social-media/|publisher=CBS News |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
Hyde's image was shared across social media as being the driver of the car in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that [[Waukesha Christmas parade attack|drove into a Christmas parade]] in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Khaleda|date=2021-11-22|title=Waukesha suspect misinformation spreads as fake photo of SUV driver shared|url=https://www.newsweek.com/waukesha-suspect-misinformation-spread-fake-photo-suv-driver-shared-1651834|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref>
In February of 2022, an edited image of Hyde was misidentified as the "[[Ghost of Kyiv]]" (a Ukrainian fighter pilot who supposedly shot down six Russian planes on [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|February 24, 2022]]) in popular social media posts including that of Representative [[Adam Kinzinger]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=Internet hoaxers falsely identify US comic Sam Hyde as 'Ghost of Kyiv' |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324P3PK |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Fact Check |language=en}}</ref> The alleged pilot was given Ukrainian style names 'Сем Гайденко' [Sam Haydenko] or Samuyil Hyde.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact Check-Comedian Sam Hyde is not the 'Ghost of Kyiv' |date=March 2, 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ukraine-ghost/fact-check-comedian-sam-hyde-is-not-the-ghost-of-kyiv-idUSL1N2V50Z3 |work=Reuters |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
The [[2022 Buffalo shooting|2022 Buffalo shooter]] also claimed the image of Hyde as his own in his manifesto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=Stephen T. Watson Maki Becker and Dan Herbeck News Staff |title=Gunman, 18, drove more than 3 hours to Buffalo to commit hate crime, officials say |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/gunman-18-drove-more-than-3-hours-to-buffalo-to-commit-hate-crime-officials-say/article_f9ef9bac-d3d9-11ec-9eaf-cbcafe308f9c.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Buffalo News |date=May 14, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
In July 2022, multiple popular posts on social media falsely labelled Hyde as the gunman in the [[Assassination of Shinzo Abe|assassination]] of former [[Japan]]ese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]].<ref>{{Cite web |location=Thiruvananthapuram |first=Bechu |last=S. |title=Fact Check: Netizens falsely share US comedian's photo as ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/netizens-falsely-share-us-comedian-photo-as-ex-japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-suspected-assassin-1973516-2022-07-08 |date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref>

An edited image depicting Hyde as a woman was used to falsely identify Hyde as a mass shooter in the [[2023 Covenant School shooting]] under the pseudonym of Samantha Hyde.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seitz |first=Jacob |date=2023-03-27 |title=An old 4chan meme gets new transphobic spin in wake of Nashville mass shooting |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-nashville/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327202636/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/sam-hyde-4chan-meme-nashville/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


== Boxing career ==
== Boxing career ==
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|}<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Hyde's Boxing Fight Week |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q05mVkPCG5g |website=YouTube | date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==

Revision as of 10:15, 16 July 2024

For the English boxer, see Sam Hyde (boxer). For the folklore character, see Sam Hide. For the politician, see Samuel C. Hyde.

Sam Hyde
Hyde in 2013
Pseudonym
  • The Candyman
  • Jason Goldstriker
  • Judge Jebediah Goldstriker
  • Dragomir Zigoyner Gormedious von Goldstraven III
  • Master Kenchiro Ichiimada
  • Peanut Arbuckle
Birth nameSamuel Whitcomb Hyde
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Medium
EducationCarnegie Mellon University
Rhode Island School of Design (BFA)
Years active2007–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Websitemde.tv

Samuel Whitcomb Hyde is an American comedian, podcaster, boxer and a co-founder of sketch comedy group Million Dollar Extreme alongside Nick Rochefort and Charls Carroll. Hyde is the co-creator and producer of series such as World Peace and Fishtank.[1]

Hyde has been involved in several public pranks and internet hoaxes. His transgressive style has garnered significant public controversy, and has been heavily linked with the alt-right.[2][3][4]

Life and career

Hyde was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1985, and was raised in Wilton, Connecticut. He graduated from Wilton High School in 2003. Hyde enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University for one year before transferring to the Rhode Island School of Design,[5] where he graduated in 2007.

In August 2016, Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace, a television program Hyde co-wrote and acted in along with the other members of MDE, premiered on Adult Swim.[6] Four months later, it was announced that World Peace would not be renewed for a second season. Hyde alleged that the show was cancelled due to his vocal support for Donald Trump.[7]

In a December 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter in the aftermath of his series' cancellation, when questioned if he held a bias towards minorities, Hyde replied: "No, I wouldn’t say that. I would say that I’m probably as racist or as biased as the average regular white guy or the average regular black guy."[8]

In 2017, Hyde pledged $5,000 towards the legal defense fund of Andrew Anglin, the founder and editor of neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.[9] The Southern Poverty Law Center sued Anglin for allegedly organizing a "troll storm" against a Jewish woman in Montana. When Matt Pearce of the Los Angeles Times questioned Hyde about the donation, Hyde asked Pearce if he was Jewish and went on to say that $5,000 was "nothing" to him. Hyde also stated: "Don't worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That's a quote. For the reason why, you can say I want reporters to know I make more money than them, especially Matt Pearce."[9]

Hyde has been open about his interest in boxing and helped train Canadian YouTuber Harley Morenstein for iDubbbz's charity boxing event Creator Clash. On August 27, 2022, Hyde made his boxing debut, defeating Australian social media star James "IAmThmpsn" Thompson during the 2 Fights 1 Night event.[10]

Fishtank

In April 2023, Hyde launched his live reality TV web show Fishtank (also known as fishtank.live), a 24/7 interactive reality show where a number of contestants cohabitate and interact with viewers in real time for six weeks.[citation needed] The program has been compared to the Big Brother television franchise due to its format,[1][11] while others have compared it to the Stanford prison experiment after its content.[12]

Season 1 began on April 18, 2023, with eight contestants. Season 2 started on December 18, 2023, with 10 contestants.[citation needed] Filming took place in Cumberland, Rhode Island.[13]

On January 11, 2024, Jeff Mutter, mayor of Cumberland, announced that local authorities were investigating whether steps could be taken in response to local complaints regarding the show filming in a residential part of the town.[13] Three weeks later, ten chickens purchased from a poultry shop in Federal Hill were rescued by a local animal sanctuary on January 27 after reportedly being released in the house "for a comedy bit."[14] Patrick Cole, a spokesman for the Tiverton-based sanctuary, claimed that the show's producers had discussed abandoning the animals before demolition work took place in the house, later contacting them for help.[14]

Pranks

Hyde lampooned the American anime fandom in 2012 when he delivered a spurious presentation titled "Samurai Swordplay in a Digital Age" under the pseudonym "Master Kenchiro Ichiimada" at a convention in Vermont. During the presentation, an MDE affiliate blocked the exit to bar attendees from leaving Hyde's hour-long performance.[15]

In 2013, Hyde, while dressed in a maroon-colored sweatsuit and clad in hoplite-esque breastplate and greaves, delivered a prank TEDx talk titled "2070 Paradigm Shift" at Drexel University.[16] The talk, described by Forbes as a satiric impersonation of a "Brooklyn tech hipster," received significant media attention[16][17] and praise from The Washington Post.[18] When asked about the intent of the prank, Hyde stated his dislike for TED talks, calling them "really self-congratulatory."[19]

In 2014, Hyde started a fake Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the creation of a "pony dating simulator" for bronies, the adult male fans of the children's television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.[16] The Kickstarter page said the simulator would comprise "a journey that spans multiple continents" and include "deep RPG elements."[20] Devotees of the show who ostensibly took the project seriously pledged a total of $4,161 to the fundraiser before Hyde cancelled it.[16][20]

Mass shooting hoaxes

Sam Hyde in 2016. This and similar photos have been used by internet trolls when reporting Hyde as the perpetrator of mass shootings and terrorist attacks.

Since 2015, Hyde has been frequently misreported as the perpetrator of numerous mass shootings and terrorist attacks by internet trolls on websites such as 4chan and Twitter.[16][21] The hoaxes, which typically included photos of Hyde brandishing a semi-automatic weapon and with a slightly altered name to appear more "authentic", reappeared so often on social media that The New York Times characterized "Sam Hyde is the shooter" as "an identifiable meme."[22]

The first instance of the prank was the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting. CNN mistakenly included Hyde's image on their coverage of the shooting.[23] Hyde was also labelled as the perpetrator in high profile shootings such as the Orlando Night Club shooting,[24][25] Sutherland Springs church shooting (where he was misidentified by Representative Vicente Gonzalez)[26] and the Las Vegas shooting in 2017.[23] Hyde has also been erroneously blamed for many other small scale and large shootings.[a]

Hyde's image was shared across social media as being the driver of the car in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that drove into a Christmas parade in November 2021.[31]

In February of 2022, an edited image of Hyde was misidentified as the "Ghost of Kyiv" (a Ukrainian fighter pilot who supposedly shot down six Russian planes on February 24, 2022) in popular social media posts including that of Representative Adam Kinzinger.[32] The alleged pilot was given Ukrainian style names 'Сем Гайденко' [Sam Haydenko] or Samuyil Hyde.[33]

The 2022 Buffalo shooter also claimed the image of Hyde as his own in his manifesto.[34]

In July 2022, multiple popular posts on social media falsely labelled Hyde as the gunman in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.[35]

An edited image depicting Hyde as a woman was used to falsely identify Hyde as a mass shooter in the 2023 Covenant School shooting under the pseudonym of Samantha Hyde.[36]

Boxing career

Sam Hyde
Other namesThe Candyman
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[37]
Reach81 in (206 cm)
StanceOrthodox

Creator Clash training

During the weeks prior to Creator Clash, in-between training sessions with his coach Jessy Thompson, Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time conducted sparring sessions with Hyde in a parking lot in Rhode Island.[38][39] The training session with Hyde was documented in a four part vlog documentary uploaded to the Epic Meal Time channel in the lead-up to his fight against Arin Hanson of Game Grumps.

Hyde later went on to train comedy rapper Tyler Cassidy for his match against Chris Ray Gun for the second Creator Clash, scheduled for April 15, 2023. Weeks prior to the event, Cassidy was removed from the lineup of fighters, with William Haynes taking his place, sparking controversy and boycotts from fans of both Hyde and Cassidy.[40] Cassidy accused iDubbbz of removing him from the card due to personal grudges against Hyde that stem from the filming of the documentary Getting Away With It.[41] According to Cassidy and many fans of both creators, a potential major factor was that he had previously made jokes about subscribing to iDubbbz's wife's OnlyFans.[42] In a video uploaded by iDubbbz titled "Addressing the Froggy Fresh Drama", he criticizes Hyde for relentlessly harassing him, his wife Anisa Jomha, and other influencers who have fought on Creator Clash, such as Nathan Barnatt.

Hyde vs. Thompson

Signing onto Happy Punch Promotions, Hyde was announced to make his boxing debut on KSI's "2 Fighters, 1 Night" undercard against Australian TikTok violinist, James "IAmThmpsn" Thompson.[10] Throughout the fight week press conferences, Hyde donned Irish persona dubbed "The Candyman", in which Hyde would talk in a thick Irish accent, wear bizarre Irish-related clothing, reading candy-centric poems written to intimidate Thompson, and entertain audiences and the media to generate hype for the match. On August 27, 2022, Hyde defeated Thompson in the third round by TKO. After the fight, Hyde called out left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker by threatening to murder him at his house, while remaining in-character as the Candyman, saying "I am going to stalk him and become obsessed with him, and wear his makeup, and his dresses, and use his skin as a coat like the ancient Irish did."[38]

Boxing record

1 fight 1 win 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
1 Win 1–0 IAmThmpsn TKO 3 (3), 1:28 Aug 27, 2022 The O2 Arena, London, England MF–Professional bout

[43]

Publications

Books

  • How to BOMB the U. S. Gov't: The OFFICIAL Primo(tm) Strategy Guide to the Collapse of Western Civilization, with Nick Rochefort and Charls "Coors" Carroll. COM98 LLC (2016). ISBN 0997917601, 978-0997917604.[44]

Filmography

Television

Notes

  1. ^ [16][21][22][23][27][28][29][30]

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