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Interview: Leeroy Jenkins

We have more BlizzCon 07 footage that’s going to come out, but I couldn’t resist publishing this interview now! FYI, there’s an F-word thrown in during some of the game footage, so it might be NSFW for some of you. For those that don’t know, Leeroy is definitely the most infamous WoW celebrity/character in the history of the game! For more info on Leeroy, see his page at Mahalo. Thanks to Tyler and Conrad for putting this together!

94 Responses to “Interview: Leeroy Jenkins”

  1. August 7th, 2007 | 10:37 pm

    haha, what a journalistic coup! classic.

  2. August 7th, 2007 | 10:45 pm

    That video still gets me every time. And he seems so normal in person.

  3. August 7th, 2007 | 10:52 pm

    Nice job. My first-born son will be named Leeroy.

  4. August 7th, 2007 | 10:54 pm

    Hah! Leeeeeeeeroyyy Jenkinssss. Shweet. :D

  5. Bleeber
    August 8th, 2007 | 12:14 am

    Still love that to this day.

  6. Frank
    August 8th, 2007 | 12:14 am

    Haha, awesome.

  7. August 8th, 2007 | 12:30 am

    Not just normal, cute as a bug :D

  8. Pierre
    August 8th, 2007 | 2:16 am

    Gah! You left out the “well at least I got chicken” line at the end.

  9. Cathy
    August 8th, 2007 | 3:05 am

    My life now seems complete… thanks for posting this!

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  11. August 8th, 2007 | 7:26 am

    oh wow the mother of all mmorpg screw up´s!!! i thought he was a fat little kid though… :)

  12. August 8th, 2007 | 7:34 am

    Cool! he did a bumper for The Instance for us as well. Seems like a totally nice guy.

  13. August 8th, 2007 | 8:43 am

    Love it!…classic

  14. August 8th, 2007 | 8:47 am

    At least he had chicken.

  15. Eddie G.
    August 8th, 2007 | 8:49 am

    haha awesome video, and interview

  16. August 8th, 2007 | 9:11 am

    Kudos for unmasking the most infamous WoW player on the net. Now if we can just get him and Tay Zonday to team up on a mixtape…

  17. August 8th, 2007 | 1:07 pm

    hey veronica
    i’m getting your site pimped on g4tv.com
    are you employers still afraid we’re going to steal you away from them? they should be :)

  18. August 8th, 2007 | 1:13 pm

    also, were you covering blizzcon on friday? i’m surprised i didn’t bump into you

  19. August 8th, 2007 | 1:20 pm

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  20. August 8th, 2007 | 1:29 pm

    Leeroy Jenkins: ‘Well, you know, I was hungry.’…

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  21. August 8th, 2007 | 2:32 pm

    ahaha, that made my post lunch food coma.

  22. Sonixb
    August 8th, 2007 | 2:39 pm

    That was a weak shout, and this guy’s 15 minutes of fame are over.

  23. August 8th, 2007 | 3:22 pm

    So *that’s* what he looks like. Amazing.

    Also, congrats on your Mahalo job, Veronica.

  24. August 8th, 2007 | 3:58 pm

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  25. jake
    August 8th, 2007 | 3:59 pm

    who is this girl she fine

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  27. August 8th, 2007 | 4:35 pm

    Aw, it’s nice to see some of Veronica during her hiatus. Good interview, I never quite understood the whole Leeroy Jenkins thing until now, since I’m not a gamer and never quite cared to understand it. Enlightening.

  28. Cudd
    August 8th, 2007 | 4:41 pm

    Kevin wrote, “Nice job. My first-born son will be named Leeroy.” Heck with that, my first son will be named Veronica.

  29. matt
    August 8th, 2007 | 5:08 pm

    OMFG thats funny, nice

  30. August 8th, 2007 | 5:38 pm

    Wow, who knew Leeroy Jenkins would be so cute?

  31. August 8th, 2007 | 6:19 pm

    Fancy… Now you’re on Wow Insider…

  32. August 8th, 2007 | 6:34 pm

    I’m so glad to finally have the story behind that! Thank you.

  33. August 8th, 2007 | 6:36 pm

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  34. August 8th, 2007 | 7:03 pm

    Yay V!!! I’m a guy so I don’t quit know what you mean by hot, but cool nonetheless!

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  36. Dregtal (Aggramar)
    August 8th, 2007 | 9:21 pm

    I remember going into Arathi Basin last Thanksgiving. Turns out that Paladin wearing the girly tabard was beefed out big time. Fear Leeroy. He’ll nail you in about 2 or 3 hits.

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  40. August 9th, 2007 | 7:28 am

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  41. mike
    August 9th, 2007 | 11:18 am

    who cares about this guy and WOW, that sh*ts played out, what I want to know is how veronica got so beautiful.

  42. Alex
    August 9th, 2007 | 2:43 pm

    Ahhh, it feels good to see You back on some form of internet tv.

    P.S.
    That shirt is ballin

  43. August 9th, 2007 | 3:26 pm

    That was SOFA KING AWESOME! Thanks very much Veronica!

  44. Alex
    August 9th, 2007 | 7:11 pm

    haha I just read mike’s comment… while you are a babe…. that is weird… I don’t care who you are.. still weird.. hitting on a girl.. over the internet…. who is taken…hahaha ahah man I actually laughed out loud at my own joke…. so lol.

  45. August 9th, 2007 | 7:43 pm

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  46. August 9th, 2007 | 10:03 pm

    aahhh the absolute best memory of WoW…
    brings a tear to my eye every time…

  47. August 9th, 2007 | 11:16 pm

    LOL the man, the myth… the legend. Leeeeeeroyyyy Jenkinnnnnsss Good to know what he looks like finally.

  48. August 10th, 2007 | 12:53 am

    Some reason everytime I hear the name Leroy Jenkins reminds me of the movie Boomarang where Eddie Murphy is talking about Spock..and said that Spocks last name was Jenkins.

  49. Adam
    August 10th, 2007 | 9:46 am

    Uh, yeah, it’s cool that you met Leeroy and all and showed us what he looks like, and you’re hot and all, but this really isn’t much of an interview. I mean, why not answer the questions about the video that we were all wondering about (i.e., it’s obviously a fake.. Did it really happen? was this a re-enactment or just something that was staged?)

  50. Ian
    August 10th, 2007 | 11:32 am

    wow so that is what was up with the chicken

  51. August 10th, 2007 | 8:38 pm

    Brilliant!

  52. tom
    August 11th, 2007 | 6:18 am

    Do you play on french servers veronica ?

  53. August 13th, 2007 | 7:04 am

    Wow, I’m not as nerdy as I thought; I’ve never heard of that guy before in my life.

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  55. Mine
    August 13th, 2007 | 11:33 pm

    I laughed hard at this video. Too bad it was a setup.

  56. Ptrain
    August 14th, 2007 | 8:37 pm

    too bad the whole leroy jenkins thing was set up, it was all planned and pretty much the stupidest thing i have ever seen, no group in their right minds would have taken that path in UBRS, so yeah good job

  57. August 15th, 2007 | 3:26 am

    At least he has chicken.

  58. twisty
    August 15th, 2007 | 5:52 am

    great job as usual. :)

  59. August 15th, 2007 | 8:12 am

    Your silent laugh about 10-15 seconds was soooo cute — like when kittens do those little silent meows — cute overload! ;D Anyway, looks like you’re having fun at Mahalo, Veronica — have a good one!

  60. Smash
    August 15th, 2007 | 2:39 pm

    Ummm…it’s not “At least I GOT chicken”……It’s “At least I’m NOT chicken”!

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  62. August 17th, 2007 | 8:16 pm

    LEEEEEEEEEYROOOY!!!!

    What a cool interview

  63. August 20th, 2007 | 6:02 pm

    leroy jenkins rocks, hilarious stuff. nice & original interview

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  65. August 22nd, 2007 | 11:08 am

    goddamnit leroy…

  66. August 24th, 2007 | 10:28 am

    hahaha. great job

  67. Bt
    August 25th, 2007 | 12:23 pm

    Awsome!

  68. Darth Darko
    August 26th, 2007 | 12:38 pm

    Leeroy Jenkins is most definitely a god among men.

  69. JaneLame
    August 28th, 2007 | 7:11 am

    AHAHAHAHA!

  70. Sloth!!
    August 28th, 2007 | 8:29 pm

    YES!! Leeroy!!!! Man, I wish I could meet him, atleast over WoW. lol.
    Anyways, yeah that one dude is right, you are hot. Lol, and thanks for showing us Leeroy. I think it’s amazing how he became that famous over a wipe. Lol. Welp, I think that’s all I wanna say for now…plus that video gets me every time!

    LEEEEEERRRRROOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY JENKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  71. September 2nd, 2007 | 5:36 am

    At least i have my chicken… ha the truth is though that leeroy is actually my brother.

  72. Jorkey
    September 4th, 2007 | 12:08 pm

    Come on! This gotta be fake, read G chat (on better quality you can actually see it), “WIPE TIME” and people laugh when they walk in.
    Still awesome tho.

  73. sbp
    September 7th, 2007 | 7:37 am

    im from indian, i love you leeeeeeeroyyyy

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  78. September 14th, 2007 | 10:53 am

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  79. Zack
    September 14th, 2007 | 4:03 pm

    I thought he was black…

  80. September 17th, 2007 | 2:32 pm

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  81. September 18th, 2007 | 10:14 am

    Hahahaha, I Lost the link AGES ago and it was posted back up on our forum as i like to quote Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeroy lmao ………

    Still Kick ass to this day hahahaha Classic ;)

  82. September 18th, 2007 | 8:31 pm

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  83. September 19th, 2007 | 5:59 am

    You think his fame is over?

    Everyone who ever heard the name Leroy Jenkins, will never ever forget it as long as they live. Sure he probably wont have his real name (Ben Schultz) written next to Thomas Jefferson on some memorial but he’ll be more famous than most :P

    Certainly has been for alot longer than 15 minutes now.

  84. mike
    September 19th, 2007 | 9:36 am

    I still don’t get what makes this funny. It is not like the whole crew “had” to run in to save his ass.

  85. qsdfqsdf
    September 20th, 2007 | 12:30 pm

    at least he has chicken

  86. zhang
    September 24th, 2007 | 7:40 am

    gee - come on mike? do you play WoW?
    granted - what you’d normally do is just let the noob die, don’t get into combat.. or he could of bubble-hearthed..
    but it’s just so damn funny, the whole sight of it. we’ve all been in that “OH SHI-” position before where everything lags up and you see a huge zerg of mobs then you are down…

    anyway - this guy has become immortalized - no way he will ever be forgotten..

  87. Leeroy Jenkins
    September 29th, 2007 | 3:30 am

    /bow

  88. [GM]Dave
    September 29th, 2007 | 3:33 am

    hmmm, Her face seemed very…shocked/scared when leeroy did the battle cry.

  89. October 4th, 2007 | 5:34 am

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  90. tony "leeroy wannabe" saku
    October 6th, 2007 | 7:46 am

    O.o i thought he was a black guy from the voice XD

    dam this video still gets me every time i watch it its hilarious though his pay back is funny “at least i have chicken”

  91. MONO
    October 6th, 2007 | 4:23 pm

    LOL

    WoW is a great game……

    if u dont have a life like me ;D

  92. MONO
    October 6th, 2007 | 4:26 pm

    /clap

  93. devilripper
    October 7th, 2007 | 10:30 pm

    “leroy you are just stupid as hell” - my fav line

  94. holmgang
    October 9th, 2007 | 7:54 pm

    I want proof that this is really LeeRoy himself! For all I know this could just be a publicity stunt from the interviewer (although a funny one) or just a random guy tricking the interviewer. Make him prove that it is rly him!

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