Jimmy Gambles
Nelk Boys crew member from Mississauga, Ontario, who left an airport security job to join the group, known as its Send Coordinator and a regular target of its pranks.
Comedy · Instagram · Updated Nov 3, 2026
Jimmy Gambles is a member of the Nelk Boys crew known as the group’s Send Coordinator, a regular target of its pranks and the chirper in its golf videos. He worked in airport security before he met Kyle Forgeard and joined the crew, per the chapter notes of his April 2025 interview on the Basement Talk podcast, and the Hot Black Coffee podcast introduced him as the newest member of the Nelk Boys in February 2021. Since then he has appeared in the group’s videos, traveled with the crew and gone on outside podcasts to talk about life inside NELK. As of November 2026 he has not announced leaving: his Threads profile still tags @nelkboys, @happydad and @fullsendpodcast, and The Journey Podcast introduced him in March 2026 as “Jimmy Gambles from NELK / Full Send.”
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Questions people ask
Who is Jimmy Gambles?
Jimmy Gambles is a member of the Nelk Boys crew, the prank group behind Full Send and Happy Dad, and as of November 2026 his Threads profile still tags @nelkboys, @happydad and @fullsendpodcast. The Hot Black Coffee podcast introduced him on February 25, 2021 as “the newest member to join the Nelk Boys the Send Coordinator himself,” and its notes say he talked about his time as a security officer. He has told his story on several podcasts since, including Money Buys Happiness in March 2022, Basement Talk in April 2025 and The Journey Podcast in March 2026.
Is Jimmy Gambles still in Nelk?
Yes, as far as the public record shows: as of November 2026 Jimmy Gambles has not announced leaving NELK, and NELK has not announced a departure. His Threads profile still lists @nelkboys, @happydad and @fullsendpodcast as its whole bio. On March 16, 2026, The Journey Podcast introduced him as “Jimmy Gambles from NELK / Full Send,” with chapters titled “Jimmy’s Role Inside NELK” and “The Future Of NELK.” He is not among the four current members Famous Birthdays lists on its NELK page, and it has no page of its own for him, so that list does not settle the question either way.
What happened to Jimmy Gambles?
As of November 2026, Jimmy Gambles has not announced any change with NELK, and we found no report that he left, was fired or stepped back. What is public: his 2026 appearances were on outside podcasts. On February 25, 2026 he was the guest on InYour20’s Show for an episode titled “The Dark Side of NELK: Gambles on Trust, Partying & Regret”, and on June 7, 2026 he was on The Break Talk. We have not verified what he said in either, so we do not characterize it. The group itself had a public year, including SteveWillDoIt’s equity dispute with the company and an April 15, 2026 Full Send episode titled “Nelk Boys Break Silence Over BUYOUT Rumors,” per the podcast’s feed. Back in April 2025, the notes for his Basement Talk interview list a chapter on his job security with NELK.
Why is Jimmy Gambles in Nelk? How did he join?
Jimmy Gambles joined NELK through Kyle Forgeard, the group’s founder, after working in airport security, per the notes of his podcast interviews; NELK itself has not published a reason. A May 12, 2023 clip from Money Buys Happiness, “How Jimmy Gambles Joined The NELK BOYS”, says “Jimmy explains how he met Kyle Forgeard and being convinced to quit his job and join NELK.” The April 2025 Basement Talk notes list chapters on “Jimmy’s past job: airport security nightmares” and “How Jimmy got connected with Kyle & joined the crew,” and Hot Black Coffee’s notes from February 2021 mention his time as a security officer. More on the founder is on our Kyle Forgeard entry.
What does Jimmy Gambles do for Nelk?
Jimmy Gambles works behind and in front of NELK’s cameras: Hot Black Coffee called him the group’s Send Coordinator in February 2021, and the April 2025 Basement Talk notes describe his role in golf videos as “the professional chirper.” The same notes list chapters on getting pranked by the team “again and again,” promoting Happy Dad at events, traveling with podcast equipment, jokes about a “CEO” title, and producing the Full Send episode with O.J. Simpson, which the podcast’s feed dates to December 18, 2022. He has also talked about the hate he gets from NELK fans, in a May 15, 2022 clip on the Full Send Podcast’s own clips channel, “Jimmy Gambles On Dealing With Hate From NELK Fans...”, and in the Basement Talk chapter “Dealing with online hate and turning into a character.” His stories about SteveWillDoIt come up in both his 2025 and 2026 interviews.
How old is Jimmy Gambles from Nelk? How tall is he?
Jimmy Gambles has not published a birthdate as of November 2026, and we found no Famous Birthdays page for him, so we do not list an age. He has not published a height either, and we do not guess.
What is Jimmy Gambles’ real name?
Jimmy Gambles has not published a legal name in anything we could source as of November 2026, and no outlet we accept has printed one, so we do not list it. He goes by Jimmy Gambles on Instagram and Threads. He has explained where the name came from on podcasts: the Money Buys Happiness notes from March 2022 list “how he got his name,” and The Journey Podcast has a March 2026 chapter titled “The Origin Of ‘Jimmy Gambles.’” We have not verified his account, so we do not repeat it.
Where is Jimmy Gambles from? Is he Canadian?
Jimmy Gambles is from Mississauga, Ontario, in Canada, per the Money Buys Happiness podcast, whose March 24, 2022 episode notes call him “the Mississauga native.” He has not published where he lives now, and we do not cover that.
Where can I watch Jimmy Gambles?
As of November 2026, Jimmy Gambles appears in NELK’s videos on the NELK channel and the Full Send Podcast world rather than on a YouTube channel of his own that we could find, and he posts on Instagram and Threads as @jimmy.gambles. His long interviews about NELK are on Hot Black Coffee (February 2021), Money Buys Happiness (March 2022), Basement Talk (April 2025), InYour20’s Show (February 2026), The Journey Podcast (March 2026) and The Break Talk (June 2026).
What is Jimmy Gambles’ net worth?
Jimmy Gambles does not publish a number and neither do we.
Is Jimmy Gambles engaged? Who is his girlfriend, or what about his family?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Jimmy Gambles?
As of November 2026, no agent or manager is named publicly for Jimmy Gambles; his work runs through NELK and its Full Send and Happy Dad brands. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people keep asking who he is and whether he is still in NELK, and his own podcast interviews answer most of it. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Jimmy Gambles. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. He is support cast, and the format uses him that way. NELK videos need someone inside the crew to absorb the joke, and by his own interviews’ notes he gets pranked by his team as often as strangers do, chirps from the side in the golf videos and handles the jobs around the shoot. He is not the headliner and has not tried to be.
Why it travels. His reach rides on the group’s channels rather than his own, which is why his Threads account sits at about 13,600 followers. What travels for him personally is the insider story: smaller podcasts book him to talk about Kyle Forgeard, SteveWillDoIt and life inside NELK, and those episodes are titled around the group, not him.
Brand fit. Happy Dad and the Full Send brands are his lane, and Basement Talk’s notes say he promotes Happy Dad at events. Outside brands would reach him through NELK rather than a solo deal, since his own following is small next to the group’s. Brands that want a polished, scripted spokesperson are not the fit.
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Sources: Jimmy Gambles’ Threads profile and Instagram; Hot Black Coffee, February 25, 2021; Money Buys Happiness, March 24, 2022 and its May 12, 2023 clip; Basement Talk, April 14, 2025, on iHeart and YouTube; InYour20’s Show, February 25, 2026; The Journey Podcast, March 16, 2026; The Break Talk, June 7, 2026; FULL SEND Podcast Clips, May 15, 2022; Full Send Podcast feed; NELK and Full Send Podcast on YouTube; Famous Birthdays on NELK. Follower count read from Threads, November 2026.
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