Amelia Dimoldenberg closes up 'Chicken Shop Date' after 12 years: 'Time to move on'

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Set us as preferred Social media star Amelia Dimoldenberg is making way for a new chapter, ending her beloved celebrity interview series “Chicken Shop Date” after more than a decade.The British personality, who has disarmed A-list celebrities with her deadpan delivery and brought her distinct interview style to the Oscars red carpet, announced on Thursday that the final episodes of “Chicken Shop Date” are imminent and that new work is on the horizon.

“I never thought I’d stop Chicken Shop Date, I thought maybe it would be a part of me forever, and in some way it always will,” Dimoldenberg, 32, said in her Instagram announcement, “but I feel like it’s now time to move on from this adventure and onto a new one.”Dimoldenberg began “Chicken Shop Date” as a teenager.It first manifested as a column in a youth publication before the host eventually took it to YouTube in 2014.

In the years since moving to the online platform, Dimoldenberg became a viral sensation, sitting down for chats and chicken with stars including Cher, Keke Palmer, Charli XCX, Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Garfield.She has published and produced, via her production company Dimz Inc., more than 100 episodes, with the series’ final installments on the way.

Awards As she gears up for her third stint on the red carpet at Hollywood’s biggest awards show, the ‘Chicken Shop Date’ host is expanding into feature films, Super Bowl ads and more.In her Instagram caption, the host reflected on her celebrity subjects over the years.“I’ve spent my entire twenties sitting across from the most incredible people, people I’d always dreamt of meeting,” she wrote.

“All of them charmed me (some more than others) and I definitely charmed them.”She also wrote that “Chicken Shop Date” has been her “very own romcom” and also refle...