{"id":5711,"date":"2024-12-26T21:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2024-12-26T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:37:39","slug":"people-watch-2025-one-ris-newest-residents-matt-rife-looks-conquer-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=5711","title":{"rendered":"People to watch 2025: One of RI’s newest residents, Matt Rife, looks to conquer comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name<\/strong>: Matt Rife<\/p>\n

Age<\/strong>: 29<\/p>\n

Hometown<\/strong>:\u00a0North Lewisburg, Ohio<\/p>\n

Position<\/strong>: Comedian<\/p>\n

For a while now, comedian Matt Rife has been an internet sensation and Netflix star, but he became Rhode Island famous through two eye-catching moves this year:<\/p>\n

He\u00a0bought a residential compound on a reservoir in North Smithfield\u00a0and he made an at-least-theoretical offer to buy\u00a0The Conjuring House\u00a0as the owner of the infamous Burrillville haunted house descended into controversy.<\/p>\n

But what should we expect from the 29-year-old this coming year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

He has launched his nationwide Stay Golden Tour, which will close the year Dec. 31 at Boston’s TD Garden. The tour, which includes some dates in Canada, hits spots such as Honolulu, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit and Kansas City, plus two shows in New York’s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

Was Matt Rife going to buy The Conjuring House?<\/h2>\n

The idea that Rife might have made an offer to buy The Conjuring House wasn’t completely out of left field. In 2023, he spent a night in the house, some of it alone, to make\u00a0a video for friend Elton Castee’s YouTube channel, “Overnight.”<\/p>\n