Do we like Ozzy Man (Ethan Marrell)?
Our score: 7 out of 10. A clean record and a big, real fundraiser, held back from the top only because there's so little reporting on his views.
Ozzy Man is the online name of Ethan Marrell, a social media personality from Perth. He built a following by laying sweary, deadpan Aussie commentary over viral clips, wildlife footage and sporting bloopers. By late 2019 he had about 8.6 million Facebook followers, 3.5 million YouTube subscribers and 1.3 million on Instagram.
The persona is the whole act. He has described his character as “a bogan with a heart of gold who people laugh with, rather than at”. His publisher sells him as a cheeky entertainer whose crude language may shock some viewers, and in 2019 he put out a book, Ozzy Man's Mad World, collecting his favourite moments from his first three years.
He has also been picked up by the advertising world. In 2019 he co-wrote a Lotterywest campaign for OZ Lotto in Western Australia that mimicked his commentary on winners' reactions. That's a brand deal, not a scandal, and it's the sort of mainstream work you'd expect from a comedian with that reach.
On the harm check, we found no reporting of him attacking LGBTQ+ people, women, migrants or anyone else, no court cases and no accusations in the outlets we could read. We also found no sign of a slide into conspiracy theories or culture-war grifting. Honest caveat: it's a thin file, because news outlets mostly cover his clips rather than his views, and we didn't find any recent news about him.
So we land at a comfortable yes. He's crude and cheeky, which is the product, but the one big public act we could verify was a kind one, and nothing harmful turned up. If he ever says something nasty, this card will need a rewrite.