NELK
Prank group that began on YouTube as NelkFilmz in 2010 and grew into the Full Send brand, Happy Dad hard seltzer and the weekly Full Send Podcast, with an 8.41 million subscriber main channel.
YouTube group · 8 creators in the index · Updated Nov 3, 2026
NELK, also known as the Nelk Boys, is a prank and podcast group known for hidden-camera pranks, the Full Send brand and Happy Dad hard seltzer. Kyle Forgeard created the channel as NelkFilmz in July 2010 with twins Niko and Marko Martinovic, and the prank videos he made with friends including Jesse Sebastiani built the NELK YouTube channel to about 8.41 million subscribers. After YouTube suspended the channel’s monetization in September 2020, the business grew around Full Send merch, Happy Dad, launched in June 2021, and the weekly Full Send Podcast, launched that August. Jesse sold his stake in 2022, original podcast co-host Bob Menery left the same year, and in February 2026 SteveWillDoIt aired an equity dispute with the company before saying in September that he and Forgeard had made up. As of November 2026, NELK is still together and posting: Forgeard hosts a new Full Send episode most weeks, Salim the Dream plays the money matches on Full Send Golf, Steiny hosts his own show on the same network, and longtime camera man Cousin Jay now posts on his own channel. The main channel’s 2026 releases include the dating series NELK No Love in Miami and 20 WOMEN VS DRAKE.
NELK members, current and former
Everyone with a public record as a NELK member, from the creator entries in our index, the group’s Famous Birthdays page, Tubefilter and Dexerto. Status is as of November 2026.
| Name | Role | Years | Status (November 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Forgeard | Founder; host of the Full Send Podcast; the face of Full Send and Happy Dad | 2010 to present | Current. Hosts a Full Send episode most weeks, the latest on October 30, 2026 |
| SteveWillDoIt (Stephen Deleonardis) | Member; the group’s giveaway and stunt character; a Full Send Podcast host at launch | 2019 to present | Listed as current by Famous Birthdays; no formal exit. Aired an equity dispute with the company from February 2026, then said on September 15, 2026 that he and Forgeard had made up |
| Salim the Dream | Member; street pranks on his own channel, now the regular golfer on Full Send Golf | Since at least 2021 | Current. Full Send Golf videos carried his name through August 2026 |
| Steiny (Aaron Steinberg) | Full Send Podcast co-host; host of One Night with Steiny on SHOTS | Since at least 2022 | Current, per Famous Birthdays. Co-hosted the July 2025 Netanyahu episode; his own show posts weekly |
| Jimmy Gambles | Crew member; the Send Coordinator and the chirper in NELK golf videos | By February 2021 | Current. No announced exit; his Threads bio still tags @nelkboys, @happydad and @fullsendpodcast |
| Cousin Jay (Jordan Nwanne) | Camera man and on-screen partner in Salim’s prank videos | By March 2023 | Unclear. Not on the Famous Birthdays member list; posted “WHY I LEFT ?” on October 16, 2025 without the title saying what he left; no departure announced by him or by NELK |
| Jesse Sebastiani (MTV Jesse) | Founding member; early prank videos with Forgeard | Early years to 2022 | Former. Bought out in 2022, per Forgeard on Full Send and Tubefilter; Forgeard said he still owns “a huge piece of Happy Dad.” On friendly terms; posted a video of a Japan trip with the group on October 4, 2025 |
| Niko and Marko Martinovic | Twins who created NelkFilmz with Forgeard in July 2010, per Famous Birthdays | 2010 | Not on the Famous Birthdays member list; when and why they stepped away is not published in a source we accept |
| Lucas Gasparini | Early member; ran the LucasAndKyle channel with Forgeard, per Famous Birthdays | Not dated in a source we accept | Former, per Famous Birthdays. No reason published in a source we accept |
| Jason Pagaduan | Member | Not dated in a source we accept | Former, per Famous Birthdays. No reason published in a source we accept |
NELK also works with camera operators, editors and producers who appear in its videos; we list the people named as members in sources we accept. Bradley Martyn filmed workouts with the group and hosts Raw Talk, where SteveWillDoIt and Steiny discussed NELK in 2026; he is a collaborator, not a member. Sources: Famous Birthdays, Tubefilter (August 2021, August 2022, November 2022, October 2023), Dexerto (October 2022, June 2023, July 2023), Daily Dot (July 2025) and the members’ own channels, read for the creator entries in our index.
Full Send Podcast hosts
The weekly show NELK launched in August 2021, published by SHOTS. It is where most NELK news now breaks.
| Name | Role on Full Send | Years | Status (November 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Forgeard | Host | August 2021 to present | Current. The show’s YouTube page says “Hosted by Kyle Forgeard” |
| Bob Menery | Co-host at launch; hosted the first episode, with Dana White, alongside Forgeard | August 2021 to June 2022 | Left. Said in October 2022 he was owed money and a stake; Forgeard answered that their contract split revenue 50/50, per Dexerto. Never a NELK member; now hosts the Fully Tilted Podcast |
| Steiny | Co-host | By August 2022 | On the Elon Musk episode (2022) and the Netanyahu episode (2025); his own show since April 2023 |
| Salim the Dream | Rotating host at launch; on the Elon Musk episode | 2021 to 2022 on the record | Now mostly on Full Send Golf |
| SteveWillDoIt | Rotating host at launch, per Tubefilter | 2021 | Named as a host only in Tubefilter’s 2021 launch report among the sources we read |
| John Shahidi | President of Full Send; on the Elon Musk episode | 2022 on the record | President of Happy Dad and Full Send, per Forbes (2023) |
NELK businesses, brands and shows
What the group sells and runs besides the main channel, from trade press, Forbes, court records and its own channels.
| Business | What it is | Since | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Send | Merch and apparel brand, now also Full Send pouches | President John Shahidi since late 2020 | Pouches sold at fullsend.com, per the podcast feed (2026) |
| Happy Dad | Hard seltzer | June 2021 | Sam Shahidi is CEO, per Tubefilter. Sold more than 2.6 million 12-packs in 2022, up from 698,000 in 2021, and its apparel line topped $3 million in sales in 2022, per Forbes. Ownership split not published |
| Full Send Podcast | Weekly interview and news show | August 2021 | About 2.15 million YouTube subscribers and 207 videos; published by “SHOTS, a media company,” per its feed |
| Full Send Metacard | NFT collection, 10,000 tokens at 0.75 ETH | January 19, 2022 | Sold out in minutes and grossed about $23 million, per Tubefilter; a buyer filed a class action in January 2025 |
| Full Send MMA | Daily MMA news and interview channel | YouTube channel joined January 25, 2022 | About 650,000 subscribers and 3,276 videos; featured on the NELK channel |
| Full Send Golf | Golf match and challenge channel | Account dates to February 23, 2017 | About 421,000 subscribers and 731 videos; Salim the Dream is the regular |
| Kick streaming deal | Livestreams on Kick | October 27, 2023 | Reported by Tubefilter, which gave no terms |
| NELK No Love in Miami | Four-episode dating competition series | May 25 to June 22, 2026 | Finale titled “$100,000 Winners”; still on the NELK channel |
Timeline
- Jul 6, 2010Kyle Forgeard opens the channel as NelkFilmz, per its YouTube page and Famous Birthdays.
- Sep 2020A NELK stunt at the “Jersey Shore” house in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, and a nearby pop-up car show together draw about 2,500 people and end in eight arrests, per Patch, which also reports that YouTube has suspended the group from its Partner Program for encouraging people to disregard social distancing guidelines.
- Jun 1, 2021NELK launches Happy Dad hard seltzer with Sam Shahidi as CEO, with 1.2 million cans in its first run, per Tubefilter.
- Aug 4, 2021The Full Send Podcast premieres with Dana White, hosted by Forgeard and Bob Menery, per Tubefilter.
- Jan 19, 2022The Full Send Metacard NFT collection sells out and grosses about $23 million, per Tubefilter.
- Mar 10, 2022YouTube removes the Full Send interview with Donald Trump after more than 5 million views, citing its election integrity policy, per Tubefilter.
- Oct 2022After Bob Menery says Full Send owes him money, Forgeard answers, “We don’t owe Bob Menery a cent,” per Dexerto.
- Nov 8, 2022Tubefilter reports that Jesse Sebastiani has sold his share of NELK to start a network called Sunday.
- Oct 27, 2023Kick signs NELK to stream on its platform, per Tubefilter.
- Oct 14, 2024Donald Trump hosts the group on his plane after a California rally, per Forbes, and NELK posts Donald Trump invited us on Trump Force One! on October 21.
- Jan 29, 2025An NFT buyer files a class action in federal court in California against Nelk, Inc., Forgeard, John Shahidi and Metacard LLC, per the complaint.
- Jul 2025Forgeard and Steiny interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Full Send, per Daily Dot.
- Feb 11, 2026SteveWillDoIt says on Raw Talk, hosted by Bradley Martyn, that he is distancing himself from NELK over equity.
- May 25, 2026NELK premieres the first two episodes of NELK No Love in Miami, a dating series that ends with a finale on June 22.
- Sep 15, 2026SteveWillDoIt posts “Dear Kyle Forgeard...”, saying he and Forgeard have made up.
- Oct 30, 2026The Full Send Podcast releases “Nelk Boys React and Tell All About the Internet Invitational!”, its fourth episode in October, per its feed.
Questions people ask
Who is in Nelk now? Nelk Boys members 2026
As of November 2026, NELK’s current members are Kyle Forgeard, SteveWillDoIt, Aaron “Steiny” Steinberg (Steiny) and Salim the Dream, the four listed as current by Famous Birthdays, which lists Jesse Sebastiani, Lucas Gasparini and Jason Pagaduan as former members. Forgeard hosts the Full Send Podcast, whose YouTube page says “Hosted by Kyle Forgeard”; Salim plays the money matches on Full Send Golf; and Steiny hosts One Night with Steiny on SHOTS, the network behind Full Send. SteveWillDoIt is still listed, but spent much of 2026 in a public dispute with the company. Cousin Jay, long the camera man on Salim’s pranks, is not on the list and now posts on his own channel; neither he nor NELK has announced a departure.
Is Steiny still in Nelk? Did Steiny leave Nelk?
As of November 2026, Steiny has not left NELK by anything on the record: Famous Birthdays lists Aaron Steinberg as a current member, and his weekly show, One Night with Steiny, is still made by SHOTS and featured on the NELK channel. He co-hosted Full Send’s July 2025 interview with Benjamin Netanyahu alongside Kyle Forgeard, per Daily Dot, and the April 1, 2026 episode was titled “Nelk Boys React to Steiny vs. Nina Drama.” The question comes up because on July 28, 2026 he went on Bradley Martyn’s Raw Talk for an episode whose notes list “The End Of NELK” among its topics; we have not verified what he said, so we do not characterize it. He came into the group through Bob Menery, for whom he worked as an assistant, per Raw Talk’s notes. The full story is on our Steiny entry.
Who left Nelk? Why did Jesse leave Nelk, and why did Nelk sue Jesse?
Jesse Sebastiani is the best known member to leave NELK, bought out in 2022, and Famous Birthdays also lists Lucas Gasparini and Jason Pagaduan as former members. On the October 16, 2022 Full Send Podcast, Kyle Forgeard said, “It was clear to me that Jesse was not happy being involved in NELK,” and “we pretty much agreed on a number and that was it,” adding that Jesse “also owns a huge piece of Happy Dad too,” per Dexerto. In November 2022 Tubefilter reported he had sold his share to start a network called Sunday, and he said there was “no bad blood,” only “creative differences,” per Dexerto. We found no report in an accepted outlet that NELK sued him. He has not rejoined, but he was the guest on Full Send’s 100th episode on September 1, 2023 and on October 4, 2025 posted a video of a trip to Japan with the group, per his own video. Gasparini and Pagaduan have not explained their exits in a source we accept. More on our Jesse Sebastiani entry.
Did SteveWillDoIt leave Nelk? When did Steve Will Do It join Nelk, and what happened?
SteveWillDoIt has not formally left NELK as of November 2026, but he publicly distanced himself from the company over equity in February 2026 and said in September that he and Kyle Forgeard had made up. He joined in 2019, the year his first YouTube channel opened, and became the group’s giveaway character; in August 2021 Tubefilter named him among the Full Send Podcast’s rotating hosts. YouTube deleted his channel on August 1, 2022, and in January 2025 he wrote that he “can’t be in Nelk or have a YouTube,” per Dexerto. On February 11, 2026 he told Raw Talk he had been given a stake, paid to increase it and seen nothing back; on September 15 he posted “Dear Kyle Forgeard...”, crediting Forgeard with his start and saying his issue was with the culture around the business. Famous Birthdays still lists him as a member. The full story is on our SteveWillDoIt entry.
What happened to Nelk? Did Nelk break up, fall off or stop posting? Is Nelk still together?
NELK has not broken up as of November 2026: the Full Send Podcast still releases a new episode most weeks, the latest on October 30, 2026, per its feed, and the main channel still posts. The NELK channel has about 8.41 million subscribers and nearly 2 billion views, and its long videos in 2026 were the Las Vegas ultramarathon film on March 9, the four-part dating series NELK No Love in Miami from May 25 to June 22, and 20 WOMEN VS DRAKE | 20 V 1 on August 9, which had about 10 million views by November 3. The shift away from the old prank schedule has a dated start: in September 2020 YouTube suspended the group from its Partner Program for encouraging large crowds to disregard social distancing guidelines, per Patch, and in 2021 Forgeard told Tubefilter, “YouTube never paid us. We’re only here because you guys supported us by buying merch.” In 2026 the questions came from SteveWillDoIt’s dispute and an April 15 Full Send episode titled “Nelk Boys Break Silence Over BUYOUT Rumors”; we have not verified what was said in it, and no sale has been announced.
Who started Nelk? How did the Nelk Boys start?
NELK was started by Kyle Forgeard, who created the channel as NelkFilmz in July 2010 with twins Niko and Marko Martinovic, per Famous Birthdays; the channel’s YouTube page dates it to July 6, 2010. The group’s Famous Birthdays page describes NELK as a social experiment and public prank channel hosted by three friends who also ran the LucasAndKyle and mtvjesse channels, and lists Lucas Gasparini and Jesse Sebastiani as former members; it says the channel passed 1 million subscribers in September 2017. Famous Birthdays names “Coke Prank on Cops” as its most viral video. The business side began in late 2020, when John Shahidi, co-founder of the SHOTS studio, became president of the Full Send brand, per Tubefilter.
Who owns Nelk, Full Send and Happy Dad?
As of November 2026, NELK has not published who owns what share of Nelk, Full Send or Happy Dad. A January 2025 federal class action names Nelk, Inc., doing business as Nelk and Full Send, and Nelk USA, Inc. as defendants, alongside Kyle Forgeard and John Shahidi, per the complaint. John Shahidi is president of Happy Dad and Full Send, and Forbes called Forgeard a partner, per Forbes in April 2023; John’s brother Sam Shahidi became CEO of Happy Dad at its 2021 launch, per Tubefilter, which also wrote that NELK “own the product themselves.” Forgeard has said Jesse Sebastiani owns “a huge piece of Happy Dad,” and SteveWillDoIt said in February 2026 he had been given a stake in the company. The Full Send Podcast is published by “SHOTS, a media company,” per its feed. Full Send Golf and Full Send MMA are featured on the NELK channel; their ownership is not published separately.
What is Nelk Island? Is the Nelk Love Island show still on YouTube?
NELK’s dating show on YouTube is NELK No Love in Miami, a four-episode series the main channel released between May 25 and June 22, 2026, and as of November 3, 2026 all of it is still on the NELK channel. The first two episodes premiered together on May 25 and had about 4.2 million views by November 3; episode 3 followed on June 8 and the finale, “$100,000 Winners,” on June 22. Each description says it is “an independent production and is not associated with or endorsed by any other company or series.” On April 30, 2026 the Full Send Podcast released an episode titled “Nelk Boys Talk Behind the Scenes at Nelk Island,” per its feed; NELK has not said, in anything we found, how Nelk Island relates to No Love in Miami, and we found no report of a cancellation in an accepted outlet. An earlier dating-format video, 20 WOMEN VS NELK: BACHELOR EDITION, went up on July 8, 2024.
Did the Nelk Boys interview Trump and Netanyahu?
Yes, as of November 2026 the Nelk Boys’ Full Send Podcast has interviewed Donald Trump three times and Benjamin Netanyahu once. YouTube removed the first Trump episode, released March 9, 2022, after more than 5 million views, citing its election integrity policy, per Tubefilter; Trump returned for episodes released April 20, 2023 and October 14, 2024, per the podcast’s feed. On October 14, 2024 he also hosted the group on his plane after a California rally, and Forbes reported they first met him in 2020 through UFC president Dana White. In July 2025 Forgeard and Steiny interviewed Netanyahu; after criticism, Forgeard said, “We’re not the best journalists, we never claimed to be,” per Daily Dot. Other guests have included Elon Musk in August 2022, per Tubefilter, and J.D. Vance and RFK Jr. in 2024, per the feed.
Were the Nelk Boys arrested or sued?
Yes, NELK members have been arrested and the group has been sued, as of November 2026. Kyle Forgeard was arrested in Texas in April 2021 for allegedly impersonating a security officer at Grapevine Mills mall, per TMZ, and a Tarrant County grand jury voted not to take action, per TMZ in June 2021. In September 2020 a NELK stunt in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, and a nearby pop-up car show together drew about 2,500 people and ended in eight arrests, per Patch. In September 2023 a delivery driver sued the group over a fake meth lab prank, alleging assault and battery, per TMZ, which updated that those involved declined to pursue criminal charges. In January 2025 an NFT buyer filed a class action against Nelk, Forgeard, John Shahidi and Metacard LLC over the Full Send Metacard NFTs, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, per the complaint. We have not found the outcome of either suit reported in a source we accept. SteveWillDoIt was arrested for trespassing at Universal Studios Orlando in July 2024, per TMZ; that story is on his entry.
How old are the Nelk Boys? How old is Kyle, and how old is Salim from Nelk?
As of November 2026, Kyle Forgeard is 32 (born July 12, 1994) and Salim the Dream is 24 (born November 21, 2001), turning 25 on November 21, 2026, per Famous Birthdays. SteveWillDoIt is 28 (born August 26, 1998), former member Jesse Sebastiani is 33 (born June 27, 1993) and Cousin Jay is 26 (born February 8, 2000), also per Famous Birthdays. Steiny has not published a birth year, so we print no age for him. The NELK channel itself turned 16 on July 6, 2026.
Where can I watch Nelk?
NELK’s videos are on its main YouTube channel, and the weekly Full Send Podcast is on YouTube and in audio through its feed, as of November 2026. The group streams on Kick at kick.com/nelkboys. Golf matches are on Full Send Golf, fight news and interviews on Full Send MMA, and clips on Instagram, TikTok and X as @nelkboys. Merch is at fullsend.com.
What is Nelk’s net worth? What are the Nelk Boys worth?
NELK does not publish a number and neither do we.
Is Nelk Jewish? Is Nelk Canadian? Who are the Nelk Boys’ girlfriends, and where is the Nelk house?
Not something we cover.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with NELK. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. NELK began as hidden-camera pranks with a fast setup and a payoff in the first minute, and it now runs as three shows at once: big travel and stunt specials on the main channel, a weekly table of hosts and famous guests on Full Send, and spin-off channels for golf and MMA. The group treats its own business and its own disputes as content, so a buyout rumor or a member’s grievance becomes an episode title.
Why it travels. Guests carry it. A president, a prime minister, Elon Musk or Drake brings an audience that has never watched a prank, and the clips travel through news and politics feeds as well as creator ones. The 2026 dating series and the Drake special each drew millions of views on a channel that now posts long videos only a few times a year.
Brand fit. The lane is set and mostly in-house: Happy Dad, Full Send merch and pouches, plus the sponsors read on every episode, such as PrizePicks, Ranger Cut, MoonPay and Shopify. That means drinks, betting where legal, protein snacks and finance apps for a young male audience. The show courts controversy by design and has hosted political figures, so mainstream and family brands should expect the comments to arrive with the deal.
Also in the index
Entries that mention NELK.
| Big John (BigJohnGolfs)Golf creator who posts as BigJohnGolfs, known for challenge and money-match videos and for the backwards Reaper putter he used to sink the winning putt in episode 2 of the 2026 Internet Invitational. | Sports |
| Bradley MartynLos Angeles fitness YouTuber and owner of Zoo Culture gym who films workouts and gym vlogs with other creators and hosts the Raw Talk podcast. | Fitness |
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Sources: NELK on YouTube and its About page and videos, including NELK No Love in Miami, episode 3, the finale, 20 WOMEN VS DRAKE, Trump Force One and 20 WOMEN VS NELK; Full Send Podcast and its feed; Full Send Golf, Full Send MMA and Happy Dad on YouTube; Famous Birthdays on NELK and Kyle Forgeard; Tubefilter on Happy Dad, June 2021, the podcast, August 2021, the Metacard NFTs, January 2022, the Trump episode, March 2022, Elon Musk, August 2022, Jesse Sebastiani, November 2022 and Kick, October 2023; Forbes, April 2023 and October 2024; Dexerto on Bob Menery, October 2022, Jesse, June 2023, Jesse, July 2023 and SteveWillDoIt, January 2025; Daily Dot, July 2025; Patch, September 2020; TMZ, April 2021, June 2021, September 2023 and July 2024; Smith v. Shahidi complaint, C.D. Cal., January 29, 2025; Raw Talk, February 11, 2026; SteveWillDoIt, “Dear Kyle Forgeard...”; Jesse Sebastiani, “JAPAN NELK TRIP!!”. Subscriber, view and upload data read from YouTube, November 3, 2026.
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