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5 Things to Know About DRIVE! Host Austin J Mills
There's overmuch much to Austin J. Mills than his emotion for chill cars.
The erstwhile hoops subordinate and societal media prima is hitting the roadworthy with immoderate of Hollywood's biggest stars successful E!'s caller integer bid DRIVE!. And portion he's usually asking celebrities questions astir themselves, helium shared immoderate amusive facts astir himself exclusively with E! News.
For starters, helium went viral for posting trick-shot videos during his clip arsenic a assemblage hoops subordinate astatine Baylor University. In summation to gaining "over 8 cardinal views connected YouTube, 50 cardinal views connected Instagram and 15 cardinal views connected TikTok," his viral videos besides earned him a hosting gig with the NBA.
But possibly his imagination hosting gig is to beryllium a nutrient amusement host, "kind of similar Guy Fieri," arsenic Mills stated that he's a "major foodie," contempt being a picky eater arsenic a kid.
"Two things I volition ne'er devour are cucumbers and onions," Mills revealed. "But present arsenic I get older, I privation to effort everything. I'll adjacent propulsion successful a small bulb successful determination erstwhile successful a while, arsenic agelong arsenic it's not raw."
Unlike his DRIVE! interviewees, who person amassed awesome car collections implicit the years, Mills is engaged gathering his ain postulation of 300+ sneakers. But determination is 1 circumstantial conveyance the aficionado would emotion to ain 1 day.
"A achromatic Ferrari 458 with achromatic interior," helium told E! News. "That is the dream. I would besides emotion to thrust a Lamborghini, but I consciousness similar that's a small excessively much. So, I would person to accidental Ferrari 458."
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On each occurrence of DRIVE!, Mills asks the stars astir what drives them. But erstwhile it comes to what has driven him to execute his goals implicit the years, the big revealed that it was watching his mother, Jade Mills, "grind and hustle to become, now, the biggest existent property cause successful the country."
"And due to the fact that of her success," helium added, "I privation to beryllium a precise palmy big and producer."
Learn much astir Mills' different passions—including his broadside hustle arsenic a DJ—in the afloat interrogation above.
Tune successful to caller episodes of DRIVE! Mondays astatine 8 a.m. connected E! Online and E! News' YouTube page.
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