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On March 9, 2016, Chumlee's home was raided during the course of an investigation into sexual assault allegations. He had gastric sleeve surgery, leading to him losing 160 lb (73 kg) by October 2021. He later regained the weight, weighing as much as 350 lb (160 kg) in January 2019. Chumlee's diet has enabled him to be able to ride a hovercraft he had purchased earlier in the series, which had a maximum weight restriction of 250 lb (110 kg). īy September 2013, Chumlee had altered his lifestyle habits and lost 75 lb (34 kg) in a year by exercising at a gym six days a week and improving his diet, including drinking more juice, eating more vegetables and abstaining from red meat, a change that was inspired by his father's death at age 54 from pancreatic cancer, two weeks before Pawn Stars debuted. As of 2013, he owned a collection of cars which included a Rolls-Royce Phantom, Maserati GranTurismo, Cadillac Escalade, Range Rover, and a 1964 Impala SS. He enjoys driving his 1986 Buick Regal, which he has customized with hydraulic lifts on the front and back.

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He is a fan of the TV series Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, and Breaking Bad. He is a fan of both punk rock and rap music. He also enjoys sports, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, video games, and skateboarding. Personal lifeĬhumlee enjoys collecting shoes, owning more than 200 pairs. In May 2017, Chumlee opened a candy shop, Chumlee's Candy on the Boulevard, across the street from the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. Ĭhumlee appeared as himself, alongside Rick and Corey Harrison, in the episode 'iLost My Head in Vegas', on the American TV series iCarly. Chumlee's sales of merchandise have surpassed other stars of the show due to his popularity. He sold half of his stake in the company in 2010 to Rick Harrison for $155,000, so that the shop could handle orders of his merchandise more efficiently.

As a result of the show's success, he formed his own company selling novelty items of his own design and arranged his personal appearances. Ĭhumlee emerged as the breakout cast member, and a fan favorite of the series. Chumlee has responded by explaining that he is underestimated and points to his expertise in pinball machines, which he utilizes in the second-season episode 'Pinball Wizards', much to Corey's surprise, as an example of an area in which he is knowledgeable.

In the series, he is depicted as the comic foil, often made the butt of the others' jokes for his perceived lack of intelligence and his incompetence, for which he has been referred to as a 'village idiot'. His duties include behind-the-counter work at the shop, such as testing items, loading items, and writing tickets for items purchased by customers. He worked there for five years before filming the first season of the reality television series Pawn Stars in July 2009. CareerĬhumlee began working for the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop at age 21.

As a child, he became good friends with Corey Harrison, whose father, Rick Harrison, and grandfather, Richard Harrison, opened the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in 1989. When he was about 12 years old, he was given the nickname 'Chumlee' due to his large face and chin, which prompted the father of one of his friends to remark that he looked like Chumley, the walrus from the animated TV series Tennessee Tuxedo. Russell was born on September 8, 1982, in Henderson, Nevada.

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