Jesse Sebastiani
Founding Nelk Boys member, known online as MTV Jesse, who sold his share of Nelk in 2022 and now makes personal vlogs, skate videos and the Sunday brand.
Comedy · Instagram · Updated Oct 13, 2026
Jesse Sebastiani, known online as MTV Jesse, is a Canadian creator from Orangeville, Ontario, and a founding member of the Nelk Boys prank channel. He appeared less in Nelk’s videos from 2020, and in November 2022 Tubefilter reported he had sold his share of Nelk to start a network called Sunday. Since then he has posted weekly Sunday vlogs, a personal video journal on MTVJESSE and, in 2026, a series about street skating in his thirties. He has stayed on friendly terms with the group and travelled through Japan and China with them in October 2025. His Instagram has about 975,000 followers.
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Questions people ask
Who is Jesse Sebastiani?
Jesse Sebastiani is a Canadian creator and a founding member of Nelk, the prank channel behind Full Send. Famous Birthdays lists him as a former Nelk member who made videos with Kyle Forgeard, notes that he was on MTV as a teenager, and names “Coke Prank on Cops” as their most viral video. He goes by MTV Jesse online. Since leaving Nelk in 2022 he has made vlogs for his own network, Sunday, and a personal video journal on YouTube.
Why did Jesse Sebastiani leave Nelk? Did Jesse leave Nelk?
Yes. He stepped back in stages. By 2020 he was in fewer Nelk videos; in a February 2021 interview on Bootleg Kev’s podcast, as reported by Distractify, he described it as a shift to focusing on Full Send, the group’s merch business, rather than a break. In November 2022 Tubefilter reported that he had sold his share of Nelk. It wrote that once his shares were sold he said there was “no bad blood” with the group but they had “creative differences,” calling his next step a “fresh start” and a “new chapter.” In January 2020 he had also posted about the cost of fame, writing that he hated “being such a target” (Dexerto).
What happened to Jesse Sebastiani? What is he doing now?
After Nelk he launched Sunday in late 2022, which Tubefilter described as a mix of content studio, merch brand and venture studio built around weekly vlogs. The Sunday channel posted numbered episodes into mid 2024 and its last upload was in November 2024. His personal channel, MTVJESSE, carried weekly episodes through 2025, including one titled “Booked My First Acting Role!” on October 1, 2025. In January 2026 he posted “IM BACK” after a gap, and on July 24, 2026 he started a weekly series, “Street Skating in My 30’s.” Both channels link to Bloody Sunday, a Los Angeles streetwear label whose latest drop went up in July 2026.
Is Jesse Sebastiani still friends with Nelk?
By every public sign, yes. Tubefilter quoted him in 2022 saying there was “no bad blood.” In October 2025 he posted “JAPAN NELK TRIP!!”, and his November 3, 2025 video describes “three weeks in Asia traveling through Japan and China with the Nelk Boys.” On March 12, 2026 he posted “NELK X STEVE BEEF (MY TAKE)”, about SteveWillDoIt’s public dispute with Nelk. We have not verified what he says in it, so we do not characterize it.
Where is Jesse Sebastiani from?
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, per Famous Birthdays, which says he later moved to Los Angeles. Tubefilter calls him a Canada native. In August 2025 he posted a video titled “MOVING TO NEW YORK!”, and his November 2025 upload says he was “back in LA now.”
How old is Jesse Sebastiani?
He is 33. Famous Birthdays gives his birthday as June 27, 1993.
What is Jesse Sebastiani’s real name? Why is he called MTV Jesse?
Jesse Sebastiani is his real name, printed by Tubefilter and Dexerto. Online he goes by MTV Jesse, and his personal YouTube channel is named MTVJESSE. Famous Birthdays says he was on an MTV reality show before Nelk; he has not published an explanation of the nickname that we could source.
What about Jesse Sebastiani’s family or personal life?
Not something we cover.
Where can I watch Jesse Sebastiani?
YouTube @mtvjessetalks for his personal vlogs and the skating series, the Sunday channel for the 2022 to 2024 episodes, and Instagram @mtvjesse. His early prank years are in Nelk’s own back catalog.
What is Jesse Sebastiani’s net worth?
He does not publish a number and neither do we.
Who represents Jesse Sebastiani?
No agent or manager is named publicly that we could find. His Sunday videos list a business inquiries email at Sunday Studios. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people keep asking why he left Nelk, and most of the answer is on the record. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Jesse Sebastiani. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. The current format is a diary: he talks to the camera about where his head is at, then goes and does the thing, lately skating street spots once a week. It works because his audience already knows him from the loudest years of Nelk and is curious what the quieter version looks like.
Why it travels. Nelk is the engine. His uploads usually land in the thousands of views, while the ones about Nelk travel much further: his video on the Steve and Nelk dispute passed 120,000, and the Nelk trip vlogs outperform the rest. Each new Nelk storyline sends people back to search the founding member who left.
Brand fit. Skate, streetwear and creator-led apparel fit what he already makes, and his Sunday channel has a video titled “Zumiez Deal.” His posting has been irregular, so anyone approaching him should plan around a creator who works at his own pace, with his own label as the priority.
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Sources: Tubefilter, November 2022; Dexerto, January 2020; Distractify, updated August 2023; Famous Birthdays; Jesse Sebastiani’s MTVJESSE YouTube, including “JAPAN NELK TRIP!!”, “Back From Nelk CHINA Trip” and “NELK X STEVE BEEF (MY TAKE)”; the Sunday YouTube; Bloody Sunday. Follower counts via Social Blade and YouTube, October 2026.
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