Quick Facts
Biography
Ismael Prego (A Coruña, 5 October 1993), better known as Wismichu, is a YouTuber. His videos consist mostly of satirical video blogs, often characterized by a critical tone and a dark style of humour.
Biography
Ismael Prego was born in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 5 October 1993.
He moved to Madrid to study audiovisual communication, and lived there as recently as 2016.
In 2008 he began uploading videos to YouTube, initially gameplay videos. Nowadays, his videos often consist of videoblogs, prank videos, and parody videos, mostly infused with an absurdist and dark style of humour, often comparable to [adult swim]'s Rick and Morty (which he has referenced multiple times and is indeed a fan of) or the Deadpool comic series.
Prego has stated that the origin of his YouTube user name is a version of his name "Isma," short for Ismael, with his friends often calling him "Wisma". According to Prego, he initially wanted his YouTube name to be "Wisma," but at the time YouTube did not allow names of only 5 characters, so he made the name longer into Wismichu.
He has also performed live shows across Spain, often with fellow YouTuber AuronPlay.
In 2014 he had a cameo in the comedy crime film Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas.
On 12 September 2018 he announced that the shooting of his first movie, named Bocadillo, was finished. The movie stars fellow Youtubers Joaquín Albero (JoaquínPA), David Cajal (Kajal Napalm) and María Rubio (Miare's Project). It was released at the Sitges Film Festival. The trailer triumphed in views on YouTube but it received mixed reviews. On his release, the film received bad reviews, it was defined as a prank and he laughed at the press and the audience. On 17 October 2018 it was revealed he was working on a documentary film directed by Carlo Padial, and Bocadillo is a section of the documentary. It will be released in Flooxer on 31 March 2019 and will be titled as Vosotros sois mi película. The trailer was released on 10 March 2019.
He appeared in the Movistar+ TV show La Resistencia, hosted by David Broncano. It was defined as the worst interview because he broke a cup on his own accord and then run away from the set. Then he asked for forgiveness to the programm and the viewers.
From November 2018 he presents a podcast series with Kajal and Joaquín named W-Podcast where they interview contestants.
Publications
In June 2016 he published his first book Si te rindes, pierdes.
In 2017 he published his first comic Norman y Mix .
In February 2019 he published his sequel of Norman y Mix called Norman y Mix 2: Hazte villano
Controversy
Wismichu is known for his often controversial and offensive humour and content, which has led to many controversies in the past.
In May 2016, while Wismichu was on his "There's A Wismichu in Me" tour, multiple news outlets claimed that the show was incredibly offensive and inappropriate and alleged that he even "Called little girls in the audience whores, and invited them to the stage to suck him off." All of this was proven false by his audience and a video of his own, plus the fact that he gave almost 200 shows and no such complaint surfaced during any of those.
Since he started dating Ingrid, his current girlfriend, YouTuber Daniel Santome Lemus (known as Dalas Review in YouTube) has been allegedly harassing Wismichu and Ingrid. This controversy produced multiple videos by both sides, most known being Isma's own "Así es Dalas Review", a ranting, serious-toned video where he explains everything Daniel has committed behind scenes and in social networks to harass the couple. As of today, both sides still have encounters on social media.
In 2015, Wismichu's channel was shut down for several days after being reported and flagged for having "explicit sexual content." A petition on Change.org amassed over 21,000 online signatures in favor of reinstating the Wismichu channel, and it was ultimately restored.
In September 2016, Wismichu and fellow YouTuber Auronplay made a prank call to a lumber business, asking for firewood to burn down their school. A lumber company in Andalucia appeared on a news program run by Spain's Canal Sur a few days later, stating that they had filed a police report about the incident because it had negatively impacted their business. The lumber company, which according to Wismichu was not the company called in the prank video, complained of receiving a high number of prank calls after the video was uploaded, which company spokesperson said "ruined" their business.
On September 2016 Álvaro Ojeda Sacaluga, a controversial reporter and fellow YouTube user known for his often far right-leaning comments and controversial statements filed a police report against Wismichu after Wismichu jokingly claimed that he was "coming for Alvaro Ojeda" while cocking an airsoft handgun. He jokingly made it seem like he was going to murder Ojeda in his "Pokemania" video, in a segment mocking a video by Alvaro Ojeda where he called fans of the Pokémon Go app "virgins" while stating they should "stop looking at the phone and go at the beach to masturbate at scantily clad women in there". Ojeda claimed that this made him fear for his life and physical safety. The report was dropped by police because it was not classified as a threat.
In 2017, he was reported to the police for breaking a bottle over a 21-year-old's head during a political debate after a night of drinking. In a YouTube video soon after, Prego admitted that the incident had occurred.
When Ismael Prego, better known as Wismichu attacked in his own defense a Nazi ideology supremacist, Dalas Review decided to intrude and make multiple mockery of Ismael, as a result of this Wismichu uploaded his famous video "Así es Dalas Review" narrating in detail the trajectory of this platform. Over the years and the damage that according to Ismael had done to them, he also revealed that Dalas lived in Ireland (country of Europe) and that he suggested that if he was escaping from Spanish law and that Ismael finally declared that for him he had ceased to exist saying goodbye to him. After Dalas made a video desperate trying to deny the video, without evidence was born the meme of irrefutable evidence.