The interview between the Wikipedia founder and a podcast lasts 45 seconds. The blame for this is a “stupid” question posed by the host. Meanwhile, the podcast has also commented on the strange interview.
The German political podcast “Young and Naive” wanted to conduct an interview with Wikipedia founder and co-founder Jimmy Wales. However, after just under a minute, the interview was already over, as Wales stormed out of the room angrily, leaving a rather stunned host behind.
The English-language magazine PCGamer already refers to the conversation as “the shortest interview” that has ever happened.
The interview with the Wikipedia founder is over after 50 seconds
What kind of interview was that? Officially, host Tilo Jung wanted to conduct an interview with the founder of Wikipedia.
After Wales introduced himself as the “founder of Wikipedia,” Jung asked whether he was the founder or co-founder. But Wales seemed to have no desire to answer this question. Instead, he replied in the conversation:
I don’t care. That’s the dumbest question in the world.
But Jung doesn’t give up, pressing on, as he presumably expects more from it, and asks: “What is the situation?” However, Jung receives no real answer to this.
Whether Jimmy Wales has commented on the situation is currently unknown. If we know more, we will update our article.
Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe, a Twitch streamer and YouTuber, also conducted a memorable interview some time ago. At Europe’s largest sports business event, he introduced himself as “Mr. Knabe,” the head of the LoL team Eintracht Spandau. However, the host eventually interrupts the interview: Head of the LoL team Eintracht Spandau gives serious interview on Twitch – annoys host until he interrupts
Jung tries once more, presumably seeing an interesting story behind it. But Wales ultimately loses his temper and explains:
I’ll say it again: It doesn’t matter. I’ve answered your question four times.
Instead of continuing the interview normally, Wales finally stands up, looks at the host, and says: “You know what? I’m done. Thank you.” With these words, he leaves the room and leaves Jung behind. When Jung asks Wales, as he walks past him, what is wrong, Wales only responds over his shoulder: “That’s stupid. Don’t ask me stupid questions.”
Although the interview is over, the exchange between Jung and Wales is not finished yet. Because when Jung asks a moment later: “How can that be stupid?”, Wales can be heard saying somewhere off camera: “That’s a dumb question.”
We have embedded the short YouTube video here for you. Check it out for yourself:
The podcast’s statement sees the fault with Wales and not with the question
How did it end? The interview on YouTube has, at this time, been viewed about 100,000 times (as of November 16, 2025, 12:30 PM). The channel has since officially commented on the short interview, stating that they did everything right. They clearly see the fault with Wales and not the host:
Jimmy Wales left the studio after the first question. He had introduced himself as the “founder of Wikipedia.” On Wikipedia itself, he is referred to as “co-founder.” It is, of course, a factual difference whether I am the sole founder of a company or if I co-founded it with others. Jimmy Wales called this question “the dumbest question he has ever heard;” it has nothing to do with facts, and that’s why he ended the interview.
In fact, however, the question followed Wikipedia’s claims to factual accuracy, which Wales did not want to fulfill in relation to himself. We regret that he ended the conversation after 50 seconds – journalistically, this question was completely correct.
Whether Jimmy Wales has commented on the situation is currently unknown. If we know more, we will update our article.
Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe, a Twitch streamer and YouTuber, also conducted a memorable interview some time ago. At Europe’s largest sports business event, he introduced himself as “Mr. Knabe,” the head of the LoL team Eintracht Spandau. However, the host eventually interrupts the interview: Head of the LoL team Eintracht Spandau gives serious interview on Twitch – annoys host until he interrupts
