CINCINNATI — Most of us can probably agree that eating food is more enjoyable than watching someone else eat food. Not to mention, people can be pretty gross when they eat, especially when they do so in over-the-top, finger-licking fashion. Still, hundreds of thousands of people tune in each week to watch Bethany Gaskin binge-eat shellfish on YouTube. On her two YouTube channels, Bloveslife and BlovesASMR Eating Her Way, Mrs. Gaskin chats up her audience while eating king crab legs, mussels, lobster tails, hard-boiled eggs and roasted red potatoes. But getting into the business wasn’t about money; mukbang was more of a calling than a vocation.

Source: New York Times June 11, 2019 09:02 UTC