It solved that problem by selling the company behind "Hot Ones" for $83 million to a fund controlled by investor George Soros. AdvertisementSlightly less good news for BuzzFeed: Solving the debt problem means the company needed to sell one of its buzziest assets — First We Feast, the production company that owns the "Hot Ones" interview show. And now Hot Ones — the show where celebrities answer questions while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings — is going to be owned by … investor George Soros and his family. A press release from the company says "Hot Ones" host Sean Evans is one of the investors in the new company, which suggests he's going to be sticking around for a while. There's also some connective tissue between Soros and BuzzFeed at play here via media executive Michael Del Nin.

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Persons: BuzzFeed, George Soros, Vivek Ramaswamy, I've, Jonah Peretti, Sean Evans, Soros, it's, —, Alex —, There's, Michael Del Nin, Del Nin, Ramaswamy, cochair, Trump Organizations: Soros Fund Management, Huffington, Crooked Media, Soros Locations: Audacy