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William Jonathan "Will" Lenney[2] (born: March 11, 1996), better known online as WillNE (formerly known as BettySchwallocks), is an English commentary YouTuber who is commonly associated with Stephen Tries, ImAllexx, Memeulous, the Sidemen, and, more recently, James Marriott, and JD Official. He was also a member of former channel XO, which, as of July 2020, has been inactive since June 20, 2019, alongside True Geordie, Stephen Tries, Laurence McKenna, Max Smith, and Cam Kirkham in later videos.
About
Will was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was raised in Whitley Bay with his parents. He had a pet dog named Darcy, until her tragic passing in 2020.
As of June 2018, Will has been in a relationship with a woman named Mia (@miaxmon). She has appeared in a number of videos, both on the main channel and on the second channel, WillNE Reacts.
It is a recurring joke on his channel that he has a square head, which leads to him often being compared to the Minecraft character Steve.
On February 24, 2020, Will explained in the TWOTI series I Went To Cody Ko's Show installment that he has a condition that caues him to faint at the sight of blood. This can cause him to experience Reflex Anoxic Seizures or RAS for short. It's a condition that results in a brief stoppage of the heart through the excessive activity of the vagus nerve. Will explained that before 2019, he hadn't had one since 2008 at least and that it triggers him when he's "trapped" in a theatre or something similar watching gory stuff that goes into grotesque detail. The most recent seizure he had got triggered at the Tiny Meat Gang show when Noel Miller joked about his circumcision. Cody Ko and Noel noticed he was having one first. Pointing out that a dude in the crowd looked like he was getting into a fight first until it was confirmed to be a seizure by several people. Noel identified it was, in fact, Will who was suffering from one. His friends and his girlfriend and other attendees noticed it too. Simon - who was also at that show, Cody and Noel talked about it on their podcasts What's Good Podcast and Tiny Meat Gang Episode 121 - Blow These Bagpipes. Will was brought backstage to be taken further care of since when he regained consciousness, he was experiencing dizziness.
History
WillNE is well known for his commentary reaction videos where he reacts and makes fun of things happening on the internet. He rose to fame by making videos on BGMedia that went viral.
WillNE often collaborates with Memeulous, ImAllexx and James Marriott and Stephen tries as they all live close to each other. He also collaborates with his close friend Stephen Tries, the latter of which he did a tour within 2018, "This Week On The Internet Live" based on his popular series of the same name on his channel (often abbreviated to TWOTI).
Will is also good friends with all of the Sidemen members and has played in two of the Sidemen Charity football matches.
He also has a second channel called WillNE Reacts (formerly S2W) (formerly Sub2WillNE) where he only makes Reddit videos and other low effort videos which JackSucksAtLife likes to claim he stole from him, which Will has admitted to many times. [3][4]
He was also a part of the channel XO, with other YouTubers Brian "True Geordie" Davis, Stephen Tries, Laurence "Lozcast" McKenna and, in later videos, Max Smith and Cam Kirkham. The channel featured skits, sports news, podcasts, and general comedy for over a year but, as of November 2019, has been inactive since June. It has been confirmed by XO member True Geordie that the XO channel is now an abandoned project and will not return.
In April 2020, WillNE started a collaboration channel alongside fellow UK Commentary boys Memeulous, ImAllexx & James Marriott called “EBOYS ”.[5] The creation of the channel has also caused drama within the UK commentary scene, as INabber was not asked to join or told about the channel until after it’s creation.[6]
WillNE vs Morgz Mum
Since around December 2018, Will has been in a subscriber battle with Jill Hudson, better known as Morgz Mum. At first, it was a casual mention by Will saying she was closing in on him in sub count, but she seemingly knows who he is and mocked him after she overtook his channel. Will decided to make an advertisement on YouTube and Twitter featuring people like Stephen Tries, ImAllexx, and other friends and subscribers.
He explained how he mapped out the whole idea in the video I Bought Ads For My YouTube Channel to fight back and overtake Morgz Mum again, which introduced the movement #Sub2WillNE. Many of his subscribers joined in by making posters, buying billboards, printing out Will's flyer and posting them everywhere and many other things to get people to subscribe to his channel.
In the next TWOTI video, he explained Jill wasn't pleased and decided to throw darts at a picture of his face, among other things, to mock Will. Will then retaliated to this by saying they - he and the subs - "cannot lose to a middle-aged woman from Sheffield, UK".
In the TWOTI video Belle Delphine Responds To My Video, Will said Jill had responded. In the TWOTI before that, he, in the company of Alex, spent 2,500 pounds on Delphine's Patreon. He wasn't interested in her "NSFW" pictures but donated to gain more publicity against Jill again. They video chatted and discussed strategies on how to do this. Delphine responded to Will's £2,500 donation, which Will later showed to Alex and George; she [Delphine] said Morgz' Mum needed to be stopped, shot a doll with Jill's face on it several times with an AK-47 displayed in the background. She then threw the doll down a flight of stairs, thus showing she was "on Will's side" in the battle against Morgz Mum.
From early 2020 onwards, Will was gaining subs on Jill. In February, he was around 220.000 subscribers behind on her and steadily began closing the gap between them again. This re-ignited the "beef" for a brief period with Will asking people to sub to him instead of her like he did when the beef first started and Jill pretending to be beaten up by Will on her Tik Tok account. Other than Will mentioning this "war" sometimes after that, there wasn't much coming from Jill due to her uploading being unscheduled and slightly inactive.
Will eventually overtook Jill on April 10, 2020. He uploaded the video We Overtook Morgz Mum on the next day celebrating it. His channel had an increase of subscribers partly due to the video Making Youtubers Sing All Star - Smash Mouth Without Realising on April 4, 2020.
However, in the video REACTING to MORGZ'S DISS TRACK on ME! (Dear Mom), Jill said that she would soon be coming for Will, and possibly making a diss-track on him, however, this is likely not to happen.
Quotes
Trivia
- He created a prank ASMR channel named ASMRChebs in March 3, 2020, which would play include loud noises late into a seemingly normal relaxing ASMR video.
- He had a dog named Darcy, who passed away in 2020.
- His uncle’s name is Paul.
- He can't be within 100ft of a school for unknown reasons.
- Will has reflex anoxic seizures and has a seizure at the sight or discussion of gore. He said that he does not have seizures in places where he is comfortable but does in places where he cannot easily leave, like movie theatres or classrooms. He had a seizure at Cody Ko's live show in early 2020.[9]
- In July 2023, Will invested in The Fellas Studios, a production company founded by YouTubers Calfreezy and TheBurntChip.[10]
- In January 2024, Will became a co-owner of Quadrant Esports, a content creation and apparel brand founded by Lando Norris.[11]
Subscriber milestones
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: December 28, 2017
- 2 million subscribers: January 8, 2019
- 3 million subscribers: September 8, 2019
- 4 million subscribers: July 19, 2020
- 5 million subscribers: November 2023
Gallery
References
- ↑ All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap
- ↑ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/OlCt6teatDqSTjnzz3YbG-sal2c/appointments
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygwcFCI9X0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giOoSxY-9IU
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jamesmarriottyt/status/1248689990256726019?s=21
- ↑ https://twitter.com/inabber69/status/1248736666078117891?s=21
- ↑ https://youtu.be/CiBoSe5Wv7E?t=645
- ↑ https://youtu.be/CiBoSe5Wv7E?t=559
- ↑ Why WillNE Was REMOVED From A CodyKo Live Show
- ↑ YouTube stars including KSI and Sidemen invest £1.5m in emerging video-podcast studio
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@Quadrant
