YouTube Star Jacksepticeye on Thankmas 2024, His New Video Game, Breaking Into TV and Film and What ‘Retiring’ Would Even Look Like

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Thank goodness: On Friday, gaming star and YouTube creator Seán William McLoughlin, better known as Jacksepticeye, debuted his latest edition of annual charity event Thankmas at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

Filled with fellow online stars joining, the drive raises money for the nonprofit Crisis Text Line with the donations for the 2024 show having already crossed $280,333.54 of McLoughlin’s $1 million goal just over an hour and a half into the live stream.

Ahead of his biggest project of the year, McLoughlin spoke with Variety about his plans for the future of his YouTube channel, what more he wants to do with his Jacksepticeye brand, and if he’s still considering retirement in a couple years.

Pretty similar to what we did last year. We’re keeping the same format of doing it live, but streamed at the same time, because that was such a success last year.