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Michael Rainey Jr & Gianni Paolo saw Knicks win LIVE, World Cup & Dating Q&A EP 88 | The Crew Has It

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Michael Rainey Jr & Gianni Paolo saw Knicks win LIVE, World Cup & Dating Q&A EP 88 | The Crew Has It

The host shares a reflective and energetic recap of the NBA championship journey, emphasizing the joy, camaraderie, and fan engagement that defined the season. Key highlights include the thrilling Game 5 victory, the memorable trip to Texas, and the excitement of the New York championship parade, where the host and team interacted with fans, attended events, and participated in a lively float. The narrative includes humorous anecdotes, such as a scare at the Mexico City airport over TSA checks, and a connection to the global appeal of soccer, particularly the underdog success of Cape Verde. The episode also features playful commentary on World Cup dynamics, including the strange popularity of certain nationalities and the absurdity of AI-generated lists. It transitions into promotional segments for various brands like Prize Picks, FUME, and Rocket Money, promoting financial wellness, habit-breaking tools, and sports betting. The conversation concludes with lighthearted speculation on future adventures, including a potential "Cape Verde trip" and a fun discussion about favorite sports and personal passions, such as golf, pickleball, and entertainment careers. Throughout, the tone remains upbeat, humorous, and deeply connected to the fans, celebrating both professional achievements and the personal joy of travel and shared experiences.

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- What's the biggest purchase you've ever regretted? You could say it's the Birken, it's fine. - Yeah, probably that is it, probably that. (laughing) - Probably that. (upbeat music) - Last ones of the Airborne Vine Breakfast. - Vine Breakfast. (upbeat music) - Day one, day one. (upbeat music) - Look at this, the boys are back. We haven't had a solo episode in three months. We had all these like promises, like we're gonna do daily advice in this and that, but there was just so many cool guests that we've had, and we still have like three or four banked right now, but we're like, so much has happened, the boys got to catch up with the fans. - It's been going, it's a lot been going on, as a new champion, you know what I'm saying? It's been a lot to do, you know, it's been a lot of running around, a lot of celebrating, so yeah, as a champion, I gotta catch you guys up with how being a champion feels, you know what I'm saying? - All right, but like you guys saw, we obviously, we went to the game five, which-- - Shout out to PricePace. - Shout out to PricePace. I called before game four that they were winning at game five. Did I not-- - Yeah, you definitely did. You called me, was it game three? I think you game three, you called me and you was like, he was like, "Yo, the boys." He's like, "Yo, I know we want to get a sweep." He's like, "But they got to lose one. They got to lose one." And this would be the perfect game for them to lose. And I'm like, "Bro, nah." And then he's like, "Look, they're gonna lose, they're gonna lose one game. They're gonna win the next one at home." And then they're gonna go to San Antonio and winning the San Antonio. He literally called me, "I don't know if Adda, if Davis third or Adam Silver sent him the script, maybe he was going on." He knew exactly what was about to happen. But we literally had the best time. Like, dude, how unbelievable was that night? That I was crazy. Going to Texas, we went to Austin, we children also for a little bit, had the best barbecue ever, by the way. Terry Blacks. - Terry Blacks. Terry Blacks, you know, that food was so good. I know. I was full for like two days. Then we went to San Antonio. The next-- was it the next day? It was the next day after we ate, yeah. So we went the next day. It was in San Antonio. It was a hostile territory. But you know, surprisingly, like the San Antonio fans were mad and nice. They were mad, cool. They were so mad, love. They were not mad, love. They were never mad, dude. They were coming up and be like, "Hey, like, can we get a picture?" Also, like, can you guys just like not win tonight? Can you like win the New York? They were so nice. Yeah, they was like, I, they was just like, don't win tonight. Yeah, you guys could win the New York. Just don't win tonight. I'm like, I'm sorry. The only reason we going back to New York was the parade. Yeah. Okay, let's get into that. 'Cause obviously, like, I didn't-- I wasn't at the parade. I went to Guadalajara for the World Cup. So I want to hear about, like, dude, you were on the float. You were on everything. I want to hear all about it. Iso Boom, shout out to MSG. They show love, especially if you go to the games. And they know, like, you actually support the team. They restarted Julie. They was like, all right, we have buses and floats. Meet us at MSG at 7 in the morning. And then we're going to roll out from there. And yeah, we went to MSG, we met up at MSG. Then we went to the hall and all that. We had, like, breakfast and everything with the team. And everybody else supports the team and everything. Everybody was there. Literally, everybody, Fadjo, Ben Stiller was there. I sat next to Ben Stiller on the boat. I know, I saw that. That's my guy right there. Yo, he's the cool-- Yo, he's the coolest guy. I know, he's always recording on his phone. Sideways, he'll always. Because he's not recording it for Instagram. He's recording as a filmmaker. He's got that one, you know? And he's doing the documentary, too. So I think a lot of his phone footage might be in it, too. Oh, that's sick. Yeah, for the next year. So yeah, we was there. He was chilling. And then they put-- they did it kind of weird because they split up everybody. They put a lot of, I guess they would say, the celebrity supporters in different buses and floats. So we all ended up scattered around in different buses and floats. I ended up on one of the buses with the MSG's sponsors and the partners and everything. And then Duce McBride, his brother, we became pretty cool since the championship and everything. And then I was like, yo, bro. I was like, how far-- how far is you guys just float from the back bus? And he was just like, yo, bro, I don't know. Just pull up. We got mad space. I was like, all right, bet. So I hopped off the bus. Because the bus that I was on, I didn't really know anybody on it. So it was kind of boring. It was fun. We was throwing t-shirts at the crowd and everything. But I didn't really know any of them. So Duce McBride's brother, he told me to pull up. But we got into McBride's float, bro. It was crazy. Yo, McBride is like me, bro. He's so turned up. He probably spent a total of throughout the whole parade. Since I hopped onto the float, he probably spent a total of eight minutes actually on the float. Every two seconds, he was hopping off, going to one side of the crowd, going to the other side of the crowd, throwing shirts, taking pictures, going crazy. He was turned right. He was throwing mad love to the fans. So I think next year, he's already one of the fan favorites. Every time he shoots the ball, boo. Like next year, he's going to be crazy. Because he's throwing mad love to the fans. So it was crazy, bro. Every time his float was going by, the entire crowd is like, "Doo." Really? So I'll let you know that. This probably feels crazy for this dude, bro. It was a movie. It was a movie. Jose Alvarado seems like a movie, too, bro. That video-- it's my favorite video of the whole thing. He's like, I'm telling my kid I dropped 40. Bro, he's the best, bro. He was like, he's, I'm telling my kid I dropped 40. It's so funny. It's so funny. That was tough. It runs into a little more laid back, huh? Because obviously, we interact with him when we go to the games, and they come see us. I'm like, you spent real time with the boys. You also went to that party that I'm so mad that I miss. But it was like, no phones, no anything. But you went there. And that was a movie, too. So I'm like, you spent real time with him, bro. JB is actually turned, right? Yeah, he's just got to be around-- I feel like he's kind of like me, in a way. He got to kind of be comfortable with him. He's around first. And then he's just like, bro, he be turned, bro. JB was turning up at that party. He was lit. When I see him, he was like, he was going crazy. Then he saw me, he was like, oh, shit. I guess he didn't expect me to pull up, but I pulled up. He was chilling, bro. It was crazy, bro. JB, OG, OG, OG, OG, OG, low-key turns out, too. I think he go, oh, yeah. Surprisingly, yeah. How did I say that? Yeah, they were mom. Yeah, they was going crazy. And who was that, like, A-Buggie? I saw A-Buggie was there. Yeah, A-Buggie was there. Jazz Chisholm was there. I met Jazz Chisholm at that party. Food Boss was there, too. How was he? Food Boss was there, yeah. Food Boss was there. Who else was there? A-Sap Ferg. It was lit. Yeah, that party was lit. Just in New York, just in New York party, like, yeah. New York party, for sure. And the craziest part about-- because it was just like, crazy. It has a couple of me and JB. When he was like, yo, I'll change you. Oh, with your watch. Yeah, so me and Mons McBride, we was on his float. And then he was like, yo, let's go to JB's float real quick. Like, come on, like, come with me to JB's float. And as we're going to JB's float, JB is getting off of his float and like, going to the crowd and showing his trophy. So that's when I was like, we're crying. I'm like, yeah, MVP, MVP. And then he didn't realize who was recording. And then he saw, and then he saw my watch. He was like, he was like-- He might change him to JB's house. I was like, he can't add his shit. I was like, he can't add his, bro. Yeah, just give me the trophy. Yeah, just give me the trophy, you know, fix James. You know, Robert, you know what I'm saying? Also, you guys saw the video, but shout out, Cat. Right when they won, brings the trophy over to us. We touched it. I felt like a different man after I talked to that thing. Yeah, now, Cat, you know, Cat is really-- like, he's really the go for it. I'm not going to lie to him. I love Cat, bro. Because Cat, like, yo, he'd be so locked in at the games. But like, almost every game that I've been to, like, he always comes to me and says, what's up. Like, whether it's like mid game or after the game, he just shows my love. But shout out to Cat, man, that's the guys, right? Bro, that team is just like the most awesome group of people. Like, that nobody deserved that championship more than them. Not for sure. They definitely deserved that, bro. They did it for New York, and they, like-- and they had that in the back of their minds the whole time. Like, they not only did they want their championship, obviously, they wanted to be champions, but they was like, no, we got to do this for New York. So, yeah, those are the guys right there. I'm not going to-- No, I have formal-- I did go to the World Cup in Guadalajara, which was sick. You've been watching a lot of the games, right? Because I've been looking at your prize picks. You've been betting on some of them. Yeah, bro, I've been going crazy. Yo, bro, this, yo, this World Cup is lit this year. I know it's this World Cup is lit. The last World Cup that I watched, obviously, was 2022. Yeah, I was in Jamaica. I was in Jamaica watching that. That was a crazy World Cup, too. But members, you were in LA, too, because member, we were playing soccer at Dog Pound, watching the game on the screen. Remember that? It was like Croatia was playing. I have this distinct memory of you came to LA that week or something. I think I know he's just on the way, yeah. Was that-- that was 2022? That was the last World Cup. Yeah, because it's every four years. It's like the Olympics, right? It's every way. Yeah, that is true, that is true. Yeah, but the World Cup leaves spinning for like-- it would be going on for a long time. Because I remember watching-- I remember watching a Taipei and Messi go at it in Jamaica, and the Jamaicans were going crazy. Are they not in it this year? Hell, no, we didn't qualify. Man, neither did Italy. Yeah, it's crazy, because we didn't qualify because-- I think because they tied with a Kursal? Yeah, a Kursal? Yeah, a Kursal. Yeah, and then Kursal didn't do anything in the World Cup. So we definitely could have took their spot. But I don't know, man, tying with a Kursal was kind of crazy. I like how I'm already. record boys, we gotta lock in bro. - Dude, Italy's not even in it either. And we were like a contender, like three world cups ago. I'm like, we didn't even qualify. - And it's a lot more teams this year too, I think. I think it's more teams than it's ever been. So that's another reason it's mad entertaining too. - Yeah. - Like the U.S.A. vs Turkey game killed me bro. - Yeah, they lost right at the end, but that game didn't even matter, right? - I don't think it mattered for them, but it was just like, I was just sick about it. - But here's the thing, like I'm not even really going for a U.S.A. for this. I like the smaller countries. - I was like, open up 'cause I put money on that. - Oh, that's fair. I like the underdog story. I was gonna put money on Curacao to win that game 'cause it was like 22 to one odds of them to win. So like you bet 100 hours, you win like 2200. And then I saw the video of them pulling up in the bus with no windows in anything. - Oh my God, I can't put money on it. - Yeah, but hold on, Mike just put up something on the screen. - I was just about to say. - I know, it says the top 10 countries with the baddest girls in the World Cup. - Let's go through this right now. - What are we doing here? - 10 Netherlands. - Okay. - Nine Bosnia, I could see that. Eight Morocco for sure. - Yeah, for sure, Morocco. - Eight though, that's crazy. - I know, I would think that would be higher. Eight Morocco. - That's a little bit. - Seven Norway. - Okay. - I think Norwegian girls are cute, but like they're always like kind of cute. - Yeah. - Like I always feel like I'm like, "Oh, like you're missing something." - Yeah, it's kind of on the gale. It's like a little fine line. It's like, "Oh, you find something." - Yeah, you're cute, but like, what's the, yeah. I would go Morocco over Norway, but definitely Morocco over Norway. - Seven Norway, six Brazil for sure. - Yeah. - I mean, that's a no, that's a no. - Cape Verde is coming in soon. - Five Argentina. - Four Switzerland. Okay, my god, that girl is jeez. - Oh my god, that's gotta be AI. - Could you get that? - Yeah. - Three Kira, Kira Cow. - Okay, where is Kira Cow? - Kira Cow, I don't know how to pronounce it in number one. Number two, I think it's someone in the Caribbean. - And the Caribbean. - That girl is fired. - This is AI. - Yeah, those guys have the AI. - Yeah, that got the AI. - She's like, perfect. - Keep going. - Two Columbia, yeah, for sure. - One is Cape Verde. - Do you think it's Cape Verde one? - It's gonna be Cape Verde. - All right, sure. - Proatio? - What? - Wow, Cape Verde's not even on the list. - Cape Verde is not in the, not, this is fake. This is bad list, bro. This is a terrible list. - Croatio is fired, though. There is some fire, Croatian girls. But did you see the goalie of Cape Verde? - Yeah, bro, he went crazy his first game. He got like 10 million followers. - I think he's got like 15 now. He got a shot out against Spain. - Yeah, he was doing his thing. And then the funniest part of it all, he followed like 2,000 girls and they were all baddies. - Oh wait, I saw it. - That's hilarious. - But bro, Cape Verde not being on that list has kind of hurt my heart, bro. - You think that would be number one for you? - 100%. You haven't been seeing what's going on? - I have a little bit. What up y'all, we're gonna take a quick break from the episode. And we're gonna talk to you about our awesome friends at prize picks. - All right, yeah, NBA Finals are a full swing right now. You know, they start on Wednesday. You know, I got all my money on the next minute. - Now you guys already know how simple the app is, but if you don't, I'm about to tell you. 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Tell them the boys sent you, use the promo code Crew back to the episode. - Yo bro, I made a post the other day because I was looking at all the World Cup stuff on my TikTok and it was just like Cape Verde was just literally taking over my whole FYP bro. And I'm like, damn Cape Verde, that team is full of 99 overalls. I'm not talking about the team though. I'm just talking about the country bro. Yo bro, it's like almost every Cape Verde and girl is bad bro, like I don't understand. I don't know what's going on out there. It's crazy. - We might have to do a business trip. - That's why I'm trying. - So I'm trying. - I think we might have to do a business trip. Live podcast and Cape Verter something like that, I don't know. - Please. - We'll see. - So who, I picked two teams. Who do you wanna win the World Cup and who do you think is gonna win the World Cup? Who do I want to win the World Cup? - Mm. - Ah, that's a good question. Honestly, I'm gonna have to go Argentina bro. - That you wanna win. - Yeah, that won't work. - A lot of people are gonna be like, "Oh, I'm crazy, but Messi is. " - Dude, he's going crazy. - He's him bro. - He's him bro. - Had tricks, then doubles, then the game right after, like he's going crazy. - But what I don't understand is, you could probably answer this maybe better than me 'cause I like, I watch a little bit of soccer but obviously like through Declan and Arsenal's like kind of whatever, but it's all I really watch. But he, so he went to the US league, right? In Miami. Why is he not getting 78 goals in night? Like isn't that league ways less than the Premier League? - I don't know, I think, 'cause I honestly, I haven't been watching it, I haven't been watching it, but I think personally, from a standpoint of just like kind of watching what Messi be doing, bro. I don't think he's trying to go crazy like that. I feel like, 'cause Messi's also a playmaker too, like he could score goals when the man honestly, whenever he wants, but I think he's just, you know, he's just, you know, making plays and just, he's just vibing, bro. - Yeah, he's just in the World Cup. - Yeah, he's just chilling, bro, to be honest with you. - Or he was having fun in Miami, but now it's World Cup, he's like, all right, I want to ring. - Now he's bought a lock in, yeah. - Has he ever won? Has he ever won the World Cup? - I think he won in 2022. - Oh, they won, what are you doing here against France? - Yeah, right. - Yeah, against France, yeah. That was the craziest game. That was when Killian and Bobby, he scored two goals in two minutes. It was some crazy like that. Yeah, I was, yo, that was a crazy game. I was watching that in Jamaica, yo, 'cause the amount of fans that Messi has in Jamaica is insane, bro. - That's crazy. - They love Messi out there. But right now, Jamaica's team, since they didn't qualify, Jamaica's team is Brazil. Like Brazil is Jamaican. - Oh, that's funny. - Yeah, yeah, they love Brazil right now. - Yeah, I think with prize picks, I'm just more locked in at all sports right now. Bro, that weekend, the NBA finals, it was the White House card, the Stanley Cup finals, the NBA finals. - Yo, you had a lot of tickets over here. You was going crazy. - You made some bank that weekend. - I made bank that weekend, but I've been on a little bit of a cold streak sense. - Not me too, me too, me too. Like the, bro, 'cause I feel like football or soccer, for the Americans and stuff. I think it's like, it's so unpredictable, bro. It's so unpredictable. - It's hard. - And I don't like the tie. - Yeah, bro, that'd be killing me. 'Cause every time I'm like, yo, I'm my bet on the tie, but it's very unlikely the game ties. Like when it was England versus Ghana, I bet on England. 'Cause I'm like, there's no way, there's no way England does it at least get a goal or something against Ghana, bro. And it's zero, zero, zero. - I know I'm waiting 'til, waiting 'til there needs to be a win. - Yeah, 'cause a lot of these games, some of them, they don't really need to win. They just need their points to, you know, to advance. - Yeah. - But right now, I'm not gonna lie. I feel bad for Cape Verde, they advance. This is like, I think this is the first time ever in the World Cup. - I love that. See, now I wanna root for them. I love a underdog. - Yeah, I've been wanting to root for them since I seen how fun the ladies are from there. But, aside from that, yeah, this is the first time in the World Cup and the advance to knockout round. That's crazy. The advance to knockout round. But, it's after them, they're playing messy next. So, they might be fucked. I know. See, I do, you know what I love most about the World Cup? And it's been most of my for you page. It's like, bro, it's bringing together A, the world, but bro, I love it. - It's the best. I love it. - And people are loving America, which is what I also love. 'Cause when we were in San Antonio, we were driving from San Antonio to Austin. I was like, I wanna go to Bucky so bad. We didn't make it happen because we missed the exit and we're tired, we just yelled for four hours. But, we're seeing like, People from like Japan and all this stuff go to Bucky's and like being Texas, being like, I love Texas. Like look at this kid. - I was just, I was just about to bring this up bro. There was, I seen a video of the people from Japan. They went to Terry Black. - Yeah, this is a place that we went to, Terry Blacks. - Yeah. (laughing) - It's not original sauce here, like this. - I know that she loved this. - She's been doing everything. - Oh my God. - And them. - I know there's your change in the world. - Oh man. (laughing) - That's your first ever buy the Texas bar. (laughing) - That was us with the way. - Yeah, that was literally us. - That was us with the way. - That's how good that place is. But so this is like, the thing that I love about the world cup is like, bro, people are coming to America and being like, why is everyone shitin' on America? This place is amazing. Yeah, of course it's amazing, okay? - Well, I'm not gonna say we're not number one for a reason, right? - Right. - America is a great place, like granted like, there's flaws in every country, like no place is perfect. But like, I love that everyone A is coming to America and loving it. And B, bro, I feel like the world is the most connected. It's ever been in this very moment. - Well, I love it. I see in every, like, all the nationalities, seeing everybody just, like, they just tell everybody is loving each other, whether no matter what team they're going for, like, everybody's just kicking it. Like, I just saw a video, I think it was yesterday. There was, like, this guy, he ran into, like, five of Norway fans. And on, he took them to, like, have a burger. I think it was somewhere in the city. And they were just, like, they were chopping it up. And then, like, one of the Norway fans, they made, like, a funny ass joke about New Jersey. He roasted New Jersey. And there was, like, and then the American guy was like, "Hey, what do you know about roasted New Jersey?" Like, you were actually a New Yorker. - Is this the right here taking more weeks to eat cheeseburgers for the first time? - Yes, yes, that's it. I think that's it right there. See, this dude, this is just what I love. This is it. Oh, they're doing the row thing. Yo, did you see in Times Square? - Yes. Bro, the Norwegians are crazy. Bro, they're insane. And that Holland guy is sick. - Excuse me, excuse me. Are y'all here for the World Cup? - Yeah, we are. - Would you mind if I took you to go get some American food? - No, no, no, no, no. - It really does. 'Cause I love when I go to another country, and I get to experience their stuff. So this makes me so happy. (laughing) - Wow, it's something special. (laughing) - Is that because you're living in New York? (laughing) - Wow, that's funny. - Bro, see, I love this so much, dude. Like, it just makes me so happy. 'Cause I love when I go to like, when I went to Denmark and Copenhagen, and I just love the people and the food was so great. It just makes me happy. I just love stuff like that. - I saw a guy on the beach. - He said he's bringing back a ranch. - Oh, I did see that. Yeah, yeah, we were talking about you. - Germany, I got something like that. - Yeah, he was a German kid. And he's like, "What's one thing you're gonna take "with you in your heart coming back?" And he's like, "I'm bringing ranch, brother." (laughing) - I'll blame him. - Yeah, I went to Mexico, Me and Theo Vaughan shot out. Bro, he called me on, I think we went on Thursday. He called me on Monday. He's like, "Hey, man, you wanna go to Guadalajara?" And at this point, I didn't really know that the World Cup was in Mexico too. I just thought it was like, I saw a game in Vancouver and I saw America. And he's like, "Yeah, man, Mexico is playing "in Guadalajara, it's about to be crazy." Like, "You wanna go?" And I was like, "You know me, I'm down for any adventure." - Yeah, he was out. - We had podcasts banked. I'm like, "Brother, I'm in." He, like, we book flights, we flew there. - Bro, seeing those Mexican fans are nuts. - They go crazy. Did you go, were you at the game with A1-3Zip? - No, they won one zip, I think, against Korea. That was the game that I went to. Bro, that energy and that stadium, that city's dope. Like, we didn't really get to explore, explore much, but like, that city is so dope. Like, it's just like so cool. Like, you just dry by and like, there's just like little like soccer fields on the side of like, freeways, where people are just playing at all hours of day, dude, it was just so quiet. - Yeah, that's fine. - I loved it. I mean, I think I liked Mexico City more, but I like, I would go back to Guadalajara for sure. - Have you been to Mexico? - What was the main, like, none of it been ever? - No, no, I've been once. I've been once for my guy, Mark Canton's wedding. - Oh, yes. That was just, yeah, that was one of those. - I think it was, I think it was too long. - Yeah. - One of the two, one of the two, I don't remember, but all I remember was just drinking a bunch of tequila, bro. Like, as soon as you get there, bro, they like, they give you a fucking, a whole train. - Everywhere. - Take a shot, take a shot. And you can't not take the shot, bro. Like, you got to take the tequila. - Dude, we went to this restaurant. It was the nicest restaurant I ever been to in my life. It was like this whole art gallery. I forgot, it was, I think it was called Bruno, or maybe something. But I will say, the food was amazing, but the food at the game was the, was some of the worst food I've ever had. - They just have at the game. - There was like soup, but like, it was in like, a serving train, I'm like, this is the wrong. Like, I'm like, you're Mexico. You guys have some of the best food in the world. Like, you guys blew it. So I will say that stadium did blow out with the food, but everything else, like, the workers there were so nice. Like, everyone was so hospitable. Like, I did love everything about it. What up guys, we're gonna take a quick break from the episode, and we're gonna talk to you about our friends at FUME. FUME is a flavored air device designed to help people quit vaping and smoke by breaking the hand-in-mouth pattern. It's simple, natural, and honestly kind of genius. No nicotine, no batteries, no vapor. 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Make sure you say that the boys sent you back to the episode. How different was like Wadalahara compared to like Mexico City? Like what was the major differences that you were like? I don't know, I'd say it was a little similar. Mexico City is like a way bigger of a like, I think it just felt like more expansive. Like it was more, dude, there's a story that I, bro, this is crazy, which I didn't bring any jewelry to Wadalahara. 'Cause I was like, even though we had security guards and everything the whole time, I was like, I don't even need to like wear a chain or watch or anything. I just left everything at home. Because the last time I went to Mexico City. So, remember, I was sure I was sure. shooting that movie in Mexico City. And then I flew back to New York. We went to the next game. And then we walked out dirt at the Drake concert. So I was like, I need my, you know, I need a chain and watch for this. So I brought my stuff to Mexico City. When I came back from New York to finish the last piece of that movie, bro, this was at the Mexico City airport. And I had, I didn't want to wear my watches on my, like while I was in the airport or on the plane. So it was just all in my bag. But they check every bag like before you leave through customs. It like goes through this one last scanner and they go through it. The TSA agents in Mexico, stop me. They pulled out my watch and my chain. And they like bring it into like another room and they start like looking at it and all this shit. And then they come up to me and they go, is this yours? And I'm like, yeah, like why wouldn't it be mine? And they're like, yeah, but how do we know it's yours? And I was like, oh my God. What the fuck bro? So I think, like think quick, I go to my Instagram, I go to my Instagram and I zoom in on my watch. And I'm like, this is how, like this was the, you know, the diamond one. And I was like, this is how you know it's my watch. And they were like, yeah, but like that could be Photoshop or anything. But they saw that, I forgot which photo it was. It had like 100,000 likes on it. And they were like, they start talking to like, are you famous in America? And I was like, yeah, yeah, I am famous in America actually. And then they got nervous. And then they like put it all together and back in the thing. So I'm like, dude, it made me scare because I'm like, could you imagine how they catch a little lick, right? It was about to be like, no, it's not yours. We got to confiscate it. Is that not crazy? Yeah, that's why that's why. They were like, how do we know it's yours? So now think about some of maybe people that go there, that like, can't, don't have that luxury of like, maybe having a voice or whatever. But like, that was one thing that was crazy about Mexico. And then so then when I was going to Guadalajara, dude, they stopped me and they bring me in a room out of the TSA thing. And they like, they like were going through my bags. I'm like, what are you guys looking for? And they were like, drugs. Like, they were like drugs and like, I'm like, drugs. What do you mean you're looking for drugs? All the drugs are in Mexico. (laughs) I would be the only guy to ever exist to bring drugs from the USA into Mexico. If I want a drug, I'd get him here. I would go anywhere and get him here. Why would I bring drugs into Mexico? That was like the boat. And I've never really had any problems at TSA. So I thought I would have me shit on my pants. Bro, both times in Mexico, I mean, obviously like, they were very nice and like hospitable. And like, they weren't like dicks or anything. But like, both times go in and out of Mexico. They stopped me. I'm like, what is it about my face that looks like I'm trafficking drugs or something? You have enough to be shaken down for something. Like if they look at someone who doesn't have anything, what could they shake out of me? Yeah, I guess that's fair. You look like something that, hey, maybe he's got five uncles named Benjamin Franklin that he's gonna introduce me to so he can keep going. I guess that's fair to you. They also went up to me at a party like a year ago. I think I made a TikTok from it. And they were like, they were like, do you sell Coke or anything? Do you have Coke anyone? I'm like, no. I'm like, why would I look? And I'm like, oh, I did play a drug dealer on TV for six years, so it doesn't make sense, I guess, you know? I'm like, why me? But I'm like, okay, I guess, you know? That's all the damn though. They was trying to shake you down, my boy. Oh, it's crazy. I'm like, what is it? They're trying to shake the boy down. All right, we could get into some current events. We did promise people we'll do a little dating stuff. But me and Michael came up with like a fun list to like talk about and like some things because like, obviously we're gonna be filming stuff, you know, over. We do have some crazy guests coming up. A list, Oscar winner, NBA champions. We're about to go on a generational run which is why I feel like we needed another solo to pop. Like, I know the fans love these. So like, well, we're gonna do these a little bit. Try and do them a little bit more. Michael's gonna be filming. I'm gonna be filming. So like, you know, we might not be able to match up with guest schedule. So we're gonna try and do solos a little bit more to, you know, connect with the fans and talk to you guys. But we have like a list of like funny and cool questions that like we were gonna ask each other. If money didn't matter, what would you do for a job? If money didn't matter, what would I do for a job? Oh, that's a good ask question. Oh my God. Oh, damn. I would do so much, bro. I would do actually so much. Like, if you like one, a hundred mill tomorrow. Like, but you had to have a job to keep the money. What would you do? I'll probably be like a coach, like a sports coach. Like any sport though. That's cool. Like something like that has to do with like a sports team. Like it don't got to be a coach. But like something has to do with a sports team. That's one, that's one of the options. And then another option probably be a, bro, just make me. Well, this is, I don't know if this is a job. It's more like a profession, but make me a race car driver. Just make me a race car driver. Yeah, you honestly, you could do what Frankie Mutez did. You could be like a box car. Because when he, I think his last show that he did was Malcolm in the middle. Like obviously he went on that generational run where he was like, uh, Agent Cody Banks and all this stuff. But he's a professional race car driver. And I think he did crack NASCAR recently. But I could be wrong. Yeah. So what did he, did he start, did he start in NASCAR? He started very down. He was like box car. And then he think, think he like went up and went up. And, and I think he did crack NASCAR recently. Damn, I got to see, I got to see what, I got to see his story. Because there's another actor that's, um, they actually did, uh, his name, uh, Michael Fazbinder, bro, he did, he did the 24 hour race. Did he? Yeah. He did 24 hours. Do we try and do like the full run stuff like where we, you know, the, you know, the bull run or like, you know, I'm talking about where they, they, they, they race from, or they don't race. But like they do like a whole drive from like cannonball run, cannonball, cannonball, cannonball. Yeah. That's it is fine. We should do that. That's it is fine. We need sponsors that want to sponsor the boys. But you know how equipped your car has to be for that shit. I know. Isn't cannonball illegal? I don't know. Is it illegal? Yeah. Yeah. To race as fast as you can across the country. I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Yeah. It is illegal as hell. Like, bro, the cars that are like set up for it, they have like radar jammers. They have like signal jammed like, bro, if you look, if you look at it, I'm going to send you a video, bro. If you look at a video of a cannonball car, there's like, there's like three, four different screens in the car just to show you like where the cops are on, like on your radar, like all type of crazy, bro, like they they have like some real crazy intricate setups, bro. Yeah. But we need to see a prize pick so get us a like a like a Lambo and prize pick it out. And we'll just go across country and we've zippin' past on the freaking I-95. They're like, yeah, that's Michael and Gianni. Yeah. Yeah. I think I would be, I love entertainment so I would still do like podcasting and I would still do like acting and all that stuff. But I think I've been getting into pickleball and golf, which I'd love. I've been golfing. I've been going to the driving range every day and hitting balls. How is golf? How is golf? How is golf? I think I'm lucky because I was a hockey player. So like my swing is like my swing, I'm already driving like 250, 300 yards. And like my irons, I'm hitting like 200 to 250 yards already. I'm slicing the drives a lot. But my dude, I'm seeing videos of like Kevin Hart and he's like, golf is a slice of happiness. He's like, if you're stressed, just golf and I'm like, okay, like he sold me. Like I got to start golfing. And I've been playing pickleball, which I started a love too. It's like a lot of fun. I know I made fun of DaVinci and I made fun of Alex for playing pickleball. But I have been. I definitely made fun of them too. Yeah. I was, when we went to the World Cup game, the friendly match between Norway and Morocco, DaVinci was talking us about pickleball and I'm like, bro, I'm like, bro, you have to be the widest black person I know. But he was telling me, because him and Riefer are talking about it, because Riefer, he plays paddleball. So it's kind of like champs. Yeah, it's really the same. But like they were like, they were like mad, amped up talking about it. I'm like, bro, you guys in New York, you gotta do the handball, Doc. Yeah. That's what he was talking about. Handball too. He was talking about handball too. And they was just like talking about like, they'd be like, yeah, I'm in the kitchen. I'll be cooking up in the kitchen. I'm like, what the fuck is the kitchen, bro, I'm like, what are you not talking about? I was so lost. Yeah, the kitchen's like this thing in like the right kind of like, yeah, you can't like step into it or some crazy. Yeah, it was fun. Dude, it is fun. You're athletic. You'd be good at it. And I know we're working on hopefully getting you out here for that, for an episode we have coming up. But we'll go, we'll go play pickleball. Dude, it is really fun. I did hate it. Yeah, I'm trying to play pickleball and drink apparel spritzes, man. Dude. Yeah, I know. Dude, shout out PXG. They sent me a full set, like a $6,000 golf set. Like it was unbelievable. You just use my clubs and we'll go hit some balls. We can go to my house club and go and go, dude, it's so fun. Yeah. Yo, I was just watching, I was just on TikTok and there's just like, um, this is girl that goes viral. Oh, the guy said like crazy shit to her, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm like, yo, yo, yo, let's go play ball. Yeah, it would probably be pickleball or golf for me or, um, I'd be a professional prize picks better, but, um, I lose all the time, so, but it is fun to put in the parlays. It does make like the games and this isn't like an ad read. Like we do enough ad reads for them, but it is so fun, the like took it makes you intense like into the game. You're like, uh, you'll go yesterday, yesterday I was. I bet on the Iran and Egypt game and um. - It was zero, zero, right? Did it end in zero zero? - No, it ended in one, one, one. But Iran scored like a, they scored a crazy ass goal in the next few times and they called it back. And like when they scored, I literally just collapsed. I was like, I was like, I was sick. And then they called it back and I just jumped off. I was like, yes! But I still lost my back 'cause I had Egypt winning rather than a time. - Yeah, it is like, you're like, oh my God, it's unbelievable. Like I'm over here cheering for Egypt and Iran. But like, I've never even watched them play a game. - I saw a game yesterday and it ended in zero zero. I'm like, I'd be pissed if I flew to Guadalajara and it was just a zero zero game. - That was, I think it was the Cape Verde game yesterday. - Yeah, I'm like, oh my God. - I think it ended a zero zero. I think all the games have been ties, but they went through, so. - And I have two, I know we have a lot of things to cover this episode, but we'll give the fans a two hour episode if we want. But two qualms I have with soccer, off sides, I don't like the off sides in soccer. I don't like it only because I don't fully understand it. Like, I understand it to a certain extent, but like, I don't really get it. - You just have to, you just can't pass the last defender, but I'm like, so the last defender can just be as up as he wants to be? - Yeah, yeah, that's what he tries. And then like, yo, he was off side by like half of his foot. Like, not even his whole sneaker, bro, just half of his boot, bro, like he was off side. - It'd be so much more exciting if it was hockey rules. And it's just like, once it's passed that blue line and the ball's dumped in, it's go time. - I would love that, but I think it would, it would change the game a lot, but like, I'm just like, I don't like the off sides. There's so many off sides, and it's also like, random, no one really knows it's off sides. Like in hockey, like, it's a media off sides. If it's off sides, it's off sides, you know what I mean? And the other thing, I respect soccer players so much. I think they're unbelievable athletes. It's so fun to watch. Stop flopping. It's enough. - You did it so funny. - You didn't get shot. And then, like, bro, I've seen stuff where like, a guy will be laying on the field for like a minute and a half, and he's, the ball is going back and forth. His team is playing, and he's still laying on the field. And then all of a sudden, 30 seconds later, he's just running at full speed. - Full speed. - Full speed, it's embarrassing. Like, you lose all your aura. - Let's see if he can be dying, bro. I'm like, come on, bro. And every time most of the player falls, I'm like, he's about to get up and run full speed. - It's ridiculous. Like, it's so dramatic. I'm like, get up. Dude, hockey players are getting-- - It's crazy though, 'cause they got to do it sometimes, 'cause they really won't get that cold. But it'd be so funny when they do it and still don't get the cold. - Yeah, but then like a minute goes by. Like, bro, you didn't get the call. Just get up, but like, it's just like, you just lose all aura. And hockey, they have an embellishing call. And they call it a lot. Like, if you like, sometimes they'll call the penalty and an embellishment. So like, if you actually gave someone a penalty, like if you hit someone whatever in the face with a stick, it'll hurt. But if you like throw your head back and go like that, the rest will be like, that's an embellishment. Like, you're going to the box too. So you can get cut open in the lip and bleed everywhere, but then like, you tried to sell that way too hard. They'll call you a penalty. - What the fuck? - Yeah, it's tough. - NBA football. - Yeah, it's tough. - Are they doing that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Who's flopping? - In the NBA. - Oh, no, they've been flopping for years. It's bad, bro. - Yeah. - It's so bad, bro. NBA flopping is like. I don't know, I think it's worse than the soccer. - I think it's worse than the soccer. - No, dude, there's nothing worse than the soccer. My god. - No, the soccer is pretty bad, 'cause they literally, you really literally think of dude, like, tours, fucking meniscus, or his fucking Achilles, and he's getting up, running full speed, tensing things. It's kind of bad. - It's insane. - What's one luxury that you'll always pay for? Me, first class flights, or private, but I don't usually pay for it. - First class flights, I think are like, I can't, like a middle seat, I'm like, I'll pay the money. Like, I have to. It's hard. I need comfort. - Yeah, I would say first class flight, bro. - Yeah. - I would say the same, like, now that you say it, like, there was a lot of other things I was thinking about. But yeah, first class flight is just the best, 'cause like, you get there, you get to the airport, you don't gotta get there, hell it early. Like, you can just, you check in. Especially if you're not like, checking the bag, like, you just, you check in real quick, and you can just walk straight into board, and like, right there, just walk straight onto the plane. - I think I would rather pay, like, if I had $2,000 for a trip to spend, I would rather pay $1,800, and then get like, a really shitty hotel, 'cause my answer was gonna be, my answer was gonna be like, a nice hotel room, and then, then you just said, like, a first class flight, I'd rather pay for the first class flight. - Yeah, I mean, it's just the comfort of the flight. - 'Cause, bro, if I'm on a trip, and I'm on like a vacation, I don't wanna be in my hotel room that much anyway. So, like, I don't give a fuck. - Yeah, I play way more money than flying than staying, to be honest. - The first class is just like, it's just the best, bro. It's just like, it's so, you don't have to think as much. You can turn your brain off a little bit. - You board first. - I first class, you gotta like, damn, like, I'm in what, group three, group five, whatever. Then you gotta like, worry about getting a space to put your bag, because everybody's putting their bags in the front of the plane, all type of bullshit, like, it gets annoying, and then like, yeah, sitting in between two people that are just far in the whole time, like-- - Bro, like, yeah, fuck, bro. - Yeah, planes, planes. - I'm so sick, when I book last minute, and then there's no first class, I'm like, fuck, bro. - I know, I'm like-- - I know, I love how we see like divas, but like, realistically, I would, if, you know, most people would probably-- - You can ask anybody in the world, I feel like they would probably say that too, especially if they travel a lot. - Yeah. - They'll definitely say first class. - First class is definitely up there. - Yeah, first class, we're sure. You could say it's the Birkin, it's fine. - Yeah, probably that. (laughs) - Probably that. - That's hilarious. - Yeah, I'll see that. - Well, how funny was it when five posts of that too? - Oh my God, I'm like, yo, I'm like, dial five. - I was like, five is like, damn, just thinking about it. Just thinking about it on it, bro. He know, he's pebbin' and I'm like, damn. He's just fuckin' with my play, bro. - Actually, you wanna know the coolest thing that's ever happened? Five called me on Monday. We talked for like an hour on the phone. And he said, he's like, your, he was talking about both of us, but he was like, your, one of the characters, like he said that you're one of the only guys that you're cooler than your character on power. That's what he said to me. And I was like, oh my God, that's going on my gravestone. - That's hot. - He's like a lot of times people come to power and their characters are a lot cooler. They're drug dealer, they're this, that he's like, you're one of the only guys that like, obviously, you're talking about you to be like, you're like, you guys are like, cooler than your characters on power. - I could agree with that. - I could definitely agree with that. - 100% out of it the same. - And by the way, if you get a phone call from 50, expect to be on the phone for at least an hour. - At least an hour, at least, at least. And then he'll sit there and like, wait like a couple minutes and like, you were just like, wait in there too and then he'll like, just go into something else. But. - And he'll be like, yeah, in this shit. - Yeah. - And he'll be like, see, this is what I, like a lot of people, like they'll only post about the negative self, about 50 or about the negative, like the trolling and this and that. Bro, he'd be calling you and me. I don't think he calls DaVinci, 'cause he didn't really care about him. But he'd be calling you and me and he'll just be like, like, he'd call me on money. He's like, I got some new heat for you. I got some new heat for you. Like, like, that's what he does. He looks out for like us and like, this is also another thing I wanna talk about. - 50 to go, bro. - It is, like, so no actor, we've talked about this before, but like no actor, really, if you get cast in power, you don't have an allegiance to have to like, be team G unit or like, fuck Rick Ross or like all this up. You don't have to do that. You're not obligated to do that. But, if you do what me and Michael do, if you go to the club with five and spend time with him, if you're, you get a green light gang chain and you're like a part of that thing, then I feel like you're, there's an expectation to hold up as like, you know, but like if you're like Cory Jekoma who played my brother on power, like, you don't have to be like, fuck Rick Ross, you know? But like if you're going out to the club and partying and getting free bottles and going on 50s jet and going to these places, it's fuck Rick Ross. - It's, it's your, you know what I mean? How do you feel about that? - No, 100%. I mean, like, bro, like, it's just like, 'cause 50 is big on the bro, it's just like a loyalty thing, you know what I'm saying? Like if you, if you kick it in with five and you know you're doing certain things and, you know, and join certain things to a certain extent. - Right. - Both of, you know, 50s, you know, strength, you know what I'm saying? Like it's just, it's really only right, you know what I'm saying? Like, like, fuck Rick Ross. - Yeah, and I'm not calling out any other actors who have potentially been at parties or gotten paid by other people or done these things. Like, I'm not calling anyone out. I'm just saying, you, you don't have an obligation to be, if you're on a power show, to be, you know, 50s, you know, I'm team Gina. I'm this nut, you have no obligation. If you're going to the club and you're getting the bottles and you're going to the parties and you're going to, humor and harmony, that's when you have the obligation to be team Gina. - Well, listen, I've been team Gina since I was born. - Yeah, I was just about to say, I've been team Gina since I was seven years old. - I'm like, he's a, I've got to do rock pick in a team, like, I was team Gina since then. - We've been team Gina, baby. - Come on. - Okay, Mike, would you rather win an Oscar, a Grammy, or an NBA championship Super Bowl? - I already won an NBA championship this year, so. I'm gonna have to go with it. I'm gonna have to go with Grammy. I mean, no, no, no, I'm gonna have to go Oscar. - Yeah, you got to go Oscar. - Yeah, I'll go Oscar. Grammy is cool, but like, you win in an Oscar. It's like, damn, like, that's different. - I know, the Michael B. Jordan pick was hard of him at in and out. - Come on, bro. Shit like that, you were in the Oscar, but you're him to a different extent. - After you win your Oscar, 'cause it's in LA, so you gotta be in LA, where are you going? What's the first place you're going after after you win the Oscar? - First place I'm going after I win the Oscar, it has to be, calling me think on this, let me think on this. 'Cause Michael B. Jordan already took it. - I'll give you a second to think, and I'll say mine. - Because my birthday party was so fire, I love, this is what Dave Chappelle just did. I think they all went to the World Cup, or whatever, and then they all mobbed to the comedy store, or they went somewhere, and then they all went to the comedy store, and all like Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, they all went up back to back to back, and we're all hanging out. I would bring all my people to the Lafactory, because they treated me so well for my birthday, it was the best night. I would just, I would bring my Oscar, and I would just go see, I would call my favorite comics, Theo. - That's fine. - As they'll be pulled up, I'd sit on stage, and we just have a fun evening of whoever's also in the audience, but also I'd bring 200 people, that's where I go Lafactory. - I like that, I like that. See, you have a place that means a lot to you, MLA, obviously, 'cause you've been there for such a long time, and two, you spent X amount of time in these places. - Yeah, okay, we take the jet back to New York, where are you going? - Yeah, all right, we take the jet back to New York. See, now we talking. (laughing) - All right, so boom, we gotta, honestly, we gotta go to Starless, you know what I'm saying? (laughing) We gotta go to Starless. Honestly, no, we gotta go to Vanity, bro. We gotta go to Vanity. I don't think you'd never been to Vanity with Vanity. - I don't think so. - Oh, man, I love Vanity. We ain't Vanity till nine in the morning. - All right, but then we gotta go to Starless, at some point, and then we'll go to Vanity. - Yeah, at some point, we gotta go to Starless. Then we gotta go, like, we gotta go to, probably like Julan. I probably say Julan too, 'cause I just went, I just recently went back to Julan after a long time. - I like Julan too. - It's so good. And Julan was really the first restaurant that was like private room. You could do what the hell you want. You could be in there just kicking it, like, have a group of people, like, just vibe. So I'll say Julan, that's like a OG spot. And then, yeah, probably, yeah. Probably Julan, and then go to another spot, and then go to Vanity or something. - The most fun, when we went to Starless, the funny story we had there. I don't know if I talked about this on the skill episode. We were in New York, and stood skill-a. He was like, oh, we should just pop in and start. It's like, I don't really, like, go out like that. Like, I don't really, like, he just kept being like, yeah, I don't really go out, or like, I'm not really, I'm not a strip club kind of guy, like, all this stuff. And I was like, I think he's captain, but like, whatever. Bro, he walked in, he's the first picture on the wall. He's got like, three strippers in money on him. There's a full cut out of him on the wall. And then I was like, oh, what up? They were calling him by his first name. - I'm like, bro, this is crazy. - It was his homecoming, bro. - It was like literally like his homecoming. It was the funniest ever. Then he's in there playing focus at Google. - Yeah, the girls are like twerking on me. He's just like, on his phone, like, bro. This guy, so he's a movie. - Skill is the fun. He's like, actually, like, he's one of the funniest people I've ever been around. And he don't even be trying to be funny. Like, he's just funniest, bro. - Okay, be anonymous with 100 million, or be famous with 10 million. Anonymous with 100 million. Oh my God, you know what you could do with 100 million? And nobody knows who you are? - Yeah, that's true. - You could get a little away with a lot. - I know, but you do get a lot of free shit being famous too, though. - But bro, how much free shit do I need if I have 100 million? Like, I don't need, I don't need nothing free, brother. You know, I get to the spot, whatever, here, take it, here, take it. - Yeah, that's actually true. Like, you realistically, like, the same amount of thing is like, if you go to the line of a club, and you're like, Michael Rainey Jr., or me, they'll be like, okay, yeah, we got you. Like, we'll bring you in. But like, you know, they might give you a bottle, but you're still, the bill's still gonna come to like, you know, five, six, nine, whatever. Or, if you have a spot. - Yeah, yeah, it depends on what spot. But if you walk in and you have 100 million, and they don't know who you are, they may be a big wait in line. You'd be like, I'll give you 10K right now. Give me a table bottle, whatever. That, it don't even matter because the money is, even if you do that. I literally seen this shit having her first hand. I'm not gonna say who it happened to, 'cause it was honestly one of the funniest shit ever. We was, I think it was, we was at Dre's in Vegas. And like, we were like, going into Dre's. - Shout out Dre's. - All right, pay Vegas. But they still have after hours. - So they was, there was like, hold on. Just give me like two minutes. I'm gonna make sure you Gucci by my block. And then like, somebody that was like, with somebody that I was with, he was like, yo, he took out like three bands out of his body. He's like, yo, just, yo, just get us in. I got three bands right here. And then dude looked at him and he was like, shit don't move me bro. I was like, oh my God. - No way. - I was like, the guy that pointed that? - Yeah, he looked at the dude. He was like, that shit don't move me bro. - Wow. - That was a big ass or a camera right there. (laughing) - Wow, that's actually, I looked, I was like, oh shit, I'm like this. - Was I there? Was I there? - Were you there? - I think. - 'Cause I know like, obviously like, I know Dustin Dre, like, I, you know. - No, I don't think you were there, I don't think you were there. - No, no, Dustin too. - Nah yeah, but if you were there, you would have definitely remembered that. - Yeah, that's a good one. - I'm so curious who it is, you got to tell me ask. - I got you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you. - Oh, this is a good one for you, Mike. Would you, would you rather give up your phone or your car for a year? - Well, we got a few of those so you could take one of the cars, take the black truck or something. - No, no, everything. No, you say, your car, not your cars. (laughing) - All right, that's fair. - Wait, no, no, no. - I don't think I did, but if I had to be all the cars, given up my phone for a whole year, it's crazy. - It's so hard. - You might look weird, but you could walk around with an iPad. There's compromises, there's solutions around this. - You're like an iPad kid, does that have restaurant with it? That's so funny. - Yeah, you could just be, you know, you could just have your iPad or whatever. - Yeah. - What's your mount rush more of fast food? What's your three favorite fast foods? - Oh, this is a good one, this is it. - I didn't get into fast food realistically until recently. I was, I just never liked it that much, but I don't know, I just kind of like got into it in the past year, I love 'em. It's like, I got into it like it's a sport. (laughing) - Yeah, go first. I know it's KFC, Jamaica. Jamaica KFC's number one. - Yeah, Jamaica KFC. It got to be McDonald's, even though me and McDonald's kind of fell off, I don't know. - Dude, I'm actually wearing a McDonald's branded thing. - I haven't, I haven't had McDonald's in a good minute. But bro, McDonald's breakfast is so amazing, bro. Oh my god. - Yeah, it really is. - It's so sick and she's a bit brittle, but yeah. - Yeah, to make KFC, McDonald's. I had to say Chick-fil-A. - Yeah, Chick-fil-A is going to Chick-fil-A. I also fell off with Chick-fil-A, I haven't had that in a minute. How many more, how many more do I have? Canes, maybe you think canes is in there? - Mount Rushmore's four. - Is it four? - It's four damn, I thought I had five. Canes, yeah, canes is a great go-to. I'm not gonna lie. - But the canes near my house, bro, it gives me indigestion. Like I get like, but then every time I go to a canes event, shot out of canes, they throw the best parties and the best events. It's always top notch. It was at Doberk's house a week ago. Had canes, unbelievable. - It's for a location. - Bro, the one by my house, dude, I couldn't sleep the other night. It hurt so bad. I'm like, I can't do the one by my house. Because there's a canes by my house that is good sometimes. - They've got it again on it. - But the canes in Times Square in New York, it's always busing. - Who else told me that? - Did you tell me that? - Yes, yeah, I told you that. - Oh, right. - The canes in New York in Times Square is always busing. Always busing. So yeah, KFC Jamaica, McDonald's, Chick-fil-A. I'll probably say canes. But then again, what do I really eat a lot of fast food when it comes to fast food? Oh man. I gotta say Wendy's. I gotta say Wendy's. Wendy's carried me through. Yeah, Wendy's carried me through our high school, bro. We used to go to Wendy's. I swear to God, we used to go to Wendy's every single day during high school, bro. I didn't eat Chick-fil-A the most, but yeah. - Yeah. - You used to get it to set all the time. - Yeah. But Wendy's though, high school days, bro. I never went to school, granite. But when the bros got to school, everybody was going to Wendy's. We was old meeting up at Wendy's. I would be done with all my work matter early, three hours before everybody's done that school. And I'm just sitting there chilling waiting for everybody to get out so we could all go to Wendy's. Wendy's definitely carried you. - Fire. - What's the best concert you've ever been there? - Oh, oh man. Damn, this is crazy. This is a good question. 'Cause this concerts that I've been to as a genuine fan, and in this concert that I've just been to, you get the whole other experience, so it's different. Obviously, any 50 concert that I've ever been to. - I think London, for me, was the best one. - London was, yeah, London. 'Cause he always brings us out and all of that. So that alone is like unbeatable. - That Tottenham Stadium, where was like 70,000 people? - Bro, that was crazy. - Bro, that was, that's probably like my number. My number one as like that. But my first concert was probably my favorite one. I've ever been there. - I would probably say, I went to a future show when he had just came out with Perforine mixtape, and that was like, and that was that tour, that was the only time he said he was ever gonna perform anything from Perforine. So I think, yeah, I'll have to say that, 'cause I was genuinely just like in there as a fan. It was crazy. like it was it was fire and that was when I was like really bumping future like heavy space yeah it was a crazy I think mine was probably my first concert hot night 2006 Providence Rhode Island Lil Wayne dropped Lollipop two weeks before oh my gosh oh my god like like it was my it's my first concert ever and it was like who else was on that I probably listened to that song like a hundred times in a row when that song first came out me and my cousin DJ we would not listen to any of this song bro I don't think I think at that point I was my first concert I was eighth grade seventh or eighth grade I had never seen a celebrity before I'd never been to a concert I don't I don't think I've ever seen a celebrity so like I don't think my my brain as like a 10-year-old or however old I was like you know 12 could wrap my mind around seeing him so I was like there's no way he's gonna be here right so and then he bro when he I don't know what song he came out to but like it was insane and then he ended with Lollipop and he did it twice dude it was the loudest I think that I've ever heard anything that's insane yeah that's fine that was like my first concert and I think I also got to say a lot of the like ASAP shows to like yeah those early New York ASAP shows are popping like the whole like when it was the whole the whole ASAP it would like bring out Smoky Margella or like even like like Yams Day like Yams Day those were those those shows were honestly some of the craziest like concerts I've been to like Yams Day um yeah I'll say to Yams Day I can't forget about Yams Day Yams Day was crazy that was like when everyone was just like really like coming up like Usian them was coming up coming up like really in there like prime prime play with Cardi like crazy shit like that like I remember on one of the Yams days I took a I was on the stage and I took a flick of a Cardi and ASAP Taiwan I was like yo I'm really like on the stage with you like it was just crazy that was like one of the one days I came to realization I'm like damn like I'm outside I know it's kind of funny like when you like have the realization like even like I mean my older brother went to to MGK show last night and he posted like obviously I did that bit with him where I was like the streamer and then also I just directed his video and they played both on the screen I'm like damn this is like crazy like yeah like sometimes it's a hit with a moment but then like once you see it out you're like oh this is kind of crazy like I feel like we have that moment we have those moments a lot more than normal actors because like we get to do lit shit because of power like most people on most shows like don't get to do lit shit like that you know not yeah we get to do like yeah we do it we do a lot of fun stuff yeah I'm so great we shut up five we're honestly like we're like we're blessed yeah yeah it's a different type of it's a different type of fun over here for the boys yeah okay these are these are two good ones texting or calling texting yeah you're texting I'm more of a voice no guy because you could get your opinion out quicker but you don't have to be beholden on the phone yeah that's the thing like my attention span is like too short like I should be I'll be doing a whole bunch of stuff and then like being on the phone I'm just like yeah yeah yeah I'm like ADHD bro and you want to like yeah I got it okay I will definitely say Texan though I agree um is it okay to recline your sea on an airplane for sure yeah bro that's what I'm saying but like I see people get in fights on planes I don't know if you've seen this on TikTok we're like people get in legitimate fights and I'm like like someone will hit the person in front of them because they recline I'm like it reclines you pay for it to recline like like what am I supposed to do and it's really not even inconvenience in you that much because when people recline they're seeing in front of me like I don't care like yeah it's not like in your face people said it's bad plane etiquette it's like what do you mean the seat reclines I'm reclining it bad plane etiquette is not using everything at your disposal right if you watch the crew as it and you and you think that reclining a seat on a plane I comment on this video and tell us why you think it's bad etiquette like that's insane yeah I need to I need to see the yeah I need to see the explanation line as bad because there's no way there's actual real life real people that really think that that's that has a thing I never knew that dude it's I've been seen viral recently I'm like I didn't even know like it was that I think people have thrown hands over it's crazy people be throwing hands over the reclining seat on the plane yeah but what am I supposed to do sit up right the whole five hours I'm on this plane like what the hell bro are you good and this is why this is why I always pay for the luxury first class you need the first class especially if I'm going to California and I'm saying I can lay down the lay flat Delta 1 bro and now at LAX and JFK they got the Delta 1 check-in so you can go to your own security go through everything I think it's it's the number one thing I like to spend my money on I'm not that bougie I think that's my bougie thing about this is certain things that you just like you you got to spend money on and not think about it like yeah especially like traveling one and like while you're out the country there's certain things you spend money on that you just don't like you just don't think about it like you're out of the country you're never gonna experience this again yeah most likely so like spend the money but the money will come back I agree if you think the money will come back it'll come back yeah what athlete do you think could become the biggest movie star oh that's a good question uh right now not a lot of martian york neck what what no no no martial on lynch oh yeah that's actually already got his foot in the door right now he got his foot in the door and I hate tough like he's actually a great actor so I'll say martial on lynch but someone that hasn't been on the screen yet oh that's a good question uh probably Josh Hart yeah Josh Hart probably Anthony Edwards yeah Anthony Edwards funny as hell technically has been in a movie oh he has he has he has he has he was in hustle he has been in the movie he has been in the movie but um yeah Josh Hart those laugh funny I'm gonna say my guy Declan Rice but people don't because he's very impressed people more and like oh well I see that video and I went in the comments Jamaican rap I went in the comments and I see someone say Declan Rice and B dude oh Declan Rice and B's yeah that he died I think I think bro is it this one I mean now he has a bunch of them wow this has 200,000 likes I can't see it right now okay but that video is hilarious bro no it wasn't this one there's one of him in the club it was one way he's like oh that's but I got to meet this guy Michael that's one of the other one of him mom and I think he's like at the club or something right or it's this like I had like a show or something like that like this one in the red shirt yeah the right there to the right to the right to the right of that oh no I don't think it's that one no it's the one next to it the one to the right thing is that one right there yeah that's so I think I just saw this one this is it was this event but I think he's singing the difference he's a movie dog but I will say him because he's like kind of reserved like because bro those those primarily athletes like have you know it's they're like run that like the UK in that city like that's their whole like thing he's one of the funniest guys I know oh he's so funny I think he would be a great actor and he's a good performer yeah yeah like I mean he's just like got the mic he's just like he don't care yeah he probably he'll be a good actor because like you can't you can't be like challenged he doesn't seem shy all right this is a good one to end with for this and then we're going to dating and then we'll wrap it up we love you dude this is so fun we should do this more now we gotta do this a lot more sports moment you'll never forget that was like me and me and like like looked at each other you're actually at the half they were down by how much we were down by like 13 I think I do was 19 I think it was a little more it was like six I think it was 16 16 to be exact and you were a little defeated bro I was devastated I'm like there's no way we came here and they're about to like Mike I look to you with full conviction I said they're winning this game not yeah you said that like you said that so confidently I'm like I hope so is you I hope you're I said you're right they're winning this game I promise you like I have and then the funniest part the funniest part of it all the two ladies in front of us they were die hard San Antonio fans like die hard shout out to them by the way they were super cool I love them but they were talking hot they was talking that shit I'm like damn I'm like there's no way we bought to lose and I got them right in front of me and they talking crazy I remember at one point she was talking crazy and then I was like and I was like you know why why didn't they call the foul or something like that and she was like she's like oh you're always he's like y'all always crying for a foul like I'm like bro y'all be foul and she was like scoreboard scoreboard I look up they up 13 I'm like damn I can't just say nothing that great I see like scoreboard scoreboard but I say I bet bro we started coming back we up and I told I said don't don't forget what happened game for us she was like she was like that was game for this is a whole new game I say I don't let history repeat it so I better hold this week and then once we started to come back we were yelling in their ears I was going crazy I'm not the type of guy to shit on an athlete because I know high pressure situations I know like being an actor like if someone like bro this shit is not easy it's a lot it's a lot easier than it looks like being a performer, being an athlete. - Oh for sure. - Dearen Fox might have had money on the next. - Yeah, shout out to you. He's one of the boys. He might be the best guy ever. And like I feel for him and like if I ran into him, like I would like, you know, this is a pro at, he's making fucking how much money? Like nothing but respect him? - Or make a 50 million year, bro. He has a max contract over there. - Every time he got the ball, I was like, thank God. - Every time they gave him the ball. - Bro, that last, like what, was it like a six, seven minute stretch bro? He went like, oh for seven or oh for six was some crazy stuff like that. - I couldn't believe they didn't take him out. And I felt bad for him 'cause I like, but as a Nick fan, I'm like, give the ball to Fox where I kept yelling in their ears. Every time Dearen Fox had the ball, I'm like, thank you before he didn't shoot it. And then he'd miss and I'm like, bro, we just had the best time. That's a sports comment. Seeing them win, we go down on the court. We touch the trophy, you and me together. We were in the car, silence driving home. We were just like, bro, I can't believe it. - Yeah, that's definitely top sports moment of ever. - I don't think it'll ever, ever. Especially like when we really realized it, like when we realized like they won. Like you were recording and I'm in the background. I'm like, oh my God, we won a champion show. Oh my God, we won a champion show. - It was like a champion, like I've been a Nick, like you've been a Nick fan since your whole life. I think I'm like a Nick fan for like five, six years. And I was so emotional about like, I think it was because you were there and like, you know, we were there together and like the whole thing, it just happened like, I think that's why I was so emotional. Obviously like it was so excited for the next, but like it was more like everything together. And I was like, don't cry, don't cry. I was like so emotional. I was like, this was the best moment like I could have ever had. - Bro, it was yeah, it was crazy. It was crazy. I was like, in the back of your video, I said, we won a fucking champion show. I thought we won a fucking champion show. - It was crazy. - That was it, yeah, that was definitely the best. So it's a cat. Let us just a trophy. Fresh off the court. He let us just the Larry O'Brien trophy. - Crazy man. - The court. - Crazy man ever. All right, we'll get into some dating advice and then we'll get out of here for you guys. - Yeah, dating advice from the boys. You guys don't want to miss this. - Okay, here's the thing. Here's what I will say. I, I gotta be good. All right, fuck you guys. You know what? Fuck the crew eyes fans. Someone clipped me saying, I'll never have a girlfriend. I love hanging with the boys. Someone clipped it. It has like a million views now. - Oh, I saw that, I saw that. I saw that. - And now every time a girl searches my name and TikTok, it's like the top thing. So I'm like raising up a girl a little bit and she'll go, it's been sent to me four times where it's been like, oh yeah, what about this? You don't want a girlfriend, huh? And I'm like, oh, fuck. I gotta get that video taken down. - It's AI. - Yeah, it's AI. - That's the best bill I've ever did, it's AI. - But I will say, okay, I've hung out with a couple of different girls at this point. I'm like three percent more open to a relationship than I was. I thought she was about to say something. - I thought you were way closer. I thought you were way closer. - Oh, you were like 30%. - Yeah, 3% is good progress for you though. - I will say the other night, I don't want to be. The other night, I hung out with a girl that for four years, I mean, she was in a relationship for that long. But for four years, I was like, this girl's like, so like I love her, like all this stuff. And I will say, I hung out with her and it was unbelievable. - Yeah, that's those be the ones, like the ones that you had to wait for, you had to let me get a little bit. - So I'm like, I'm like three percent more open to a relationship. But again, we've been traveling. I was in Guadalajara. We went to the NBA finals. I'm like, would I be able to do those things in a relationship? Would my girlfriend be okay with that? - Can she play golf and pickle ball? - True. - That is true. But the thing is thinking about all the right things here. Well look, I'm thinking about the reality of it. (laughing) If you genuinely feel, if you're dealing with a girl and you genuinely feel that you can't go to the NBA finals to see the next winning championship with the bro, she got to go. She's done. - Oh, harder per se. - She's done. - But like, here's the thing, 'cause Miles is in a relationship. Shout out Miles Koi's movie producer. Love 'em the best. He's in a relationship and what I've, because like I talked to him, you know, all the time, every week we play hockey together, all this stuff, you know, now golf. And we talk a lot about stuff and you have to concede on something. So if you go to NBA finals, then you gotta, you know, have date night with the girl, all this stuff. Me, I do stuff like three, four, five times a week. I would just be having to, like, all the time be like, go out, do these things four days a week. And then the next four days I'm like, trying to like, date night, bag, this, you know? - Yeah, but then you get no use time. - Yeah, that is true. That is true. And then it's like, especially as a Virgo, like me, bro, like I definitely like having like that, you know, like you said, like that, you time could just chill, like, you know. Sometimes you don't even wanna leave the crib. Sometimes you wanna be in a crib, watch movies and just like, you know, like think about certain things. So yeah, yeah, that is true. You gotta concede sometimes. You gotta like, if you spend like three days away, then you gotta spend three days there. And it's like, eh, eh. But then again, like, no, I don't know. I don't know sure if that's okay with not spending, that's okay with me being away for six days. 'Cause what the hell are you doing when I'm not there? - I know, see, that's the thing with me too. If I'm with a girl, I'm all in. - It's bad. - I'm not the type of guy that, like, even like some of my homies, they're with a girl, and they like won't talk to them for, like, they'll have a girlfriend. They won't talk to them for like a day or like, they won't see them for like a week. And I'm like, that's so weird to me. - Yeah, now if you gotta go for it, you're not talking for the entire day, that's a little bit weird, I can't. - Bro, Brandon does that. And I'm like, bro, like, I'm like, that's a little OD. Like, at least like, see how the day's going, like, she at least gotta see how my days, I gotta see how her days going. At least a little something, like, a whole day not talking as well. - Yeah, like, if you're like, we're waiting, like, I need like a good morning text. I need like a good night, face time. Like, yeah, that's a little bit crazy. And then not seeing each other, I mean, the not seeing each other for a week thing, I'm like, I'm not really too, like, opposed to that 'cause like, sometimes you, like, what if you're like filming like overseas and then you're like, yeah, that's different. - Yeah, that's different. - That's different. So like, that's fine, but like, yeah, nah. Not talking for a whole day. Not seeing each other for a whole week, depending on what the situation is, whatever the circumstances are, is kind of acceptable and then certain circumstances, is kind of unacceptable. - I actually think the most beneficial thing of having a girlfriend as an actor is when you're traveling a lot. And like, 'cause if she can come with you, like, if you got your girlfriend at the hotel with you or wherever you're staying, and then you go to set all day, but like you could, you kind of have like, a support system is like, acting's a very lonely job. If you're not together, we're not filming power. Like, we're going to do a movie overseas. Like, it can get lonely as fuck. So that, I think that's the benefit of having a girlfriend. Are you, since our last conversation, this is gonna get clipped, but like, since our last conversation, are you more apt to have a girlfriend or less? I'm about three percent more now. - Um, right now I'm just, yeah, nah. - You're the same right now. - Yeah, I'm just chilling, probably three percent. Yeah, probably two percent. 'Cause one, I'm just not like, you know what I'm saying? - Yeah, we're just living life. But I will say, I opened up to it a little bit. So, please clip this and put this as the number one. Gianni is ready for a relationship, okay? - Three percent. - There's another girl that I've been trying a little bit, I'd like her a little. I think she's, is she a Disney girl? Is she a little Disney girl, that I've been like, we been talking to her a little bit, but she just won't, she's fired. - She thinks, 'cause she's on close friends. So she's like, oh, if you're on it, bro. - I mean, any girl that you want, you can't have her in your close friends. - But I need, but here's the thing. If I get a girlfriend, she needs to know the real me. I can't, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - But I can let her know that I'll change, I can change. - It's certain, it's certain adjustments that could be made. But is she carrying a hand of the close friends in here? Like, I mean, I've got to be able to handle you, right? - If you're my person, like, if I'm dating someone, I see marriage with you, you're my rock. Like, you need to know the full me. I can't be hiding anything from you. - Yeah, yeah, that's fair, that's fair. I like that, I like that. - All right, we'll get into a couple of dating questions and then we'll get out of here. So, I don't, this is actually a question where I can say the person's name because, but others, I'll leave it out because I don't want them to, yeah, I don't want to make it hot for them. So, her drug of choice said, what are some wrongs a couple can return from and some wrongs that there's no going back from? I think, I think, I think if the guy cheats, you guys could, you guys could come back, but I think if the girl treats, it's a rat. - I agree, and we're gonna be under a sub-serious fire for you, but it's very realistic. - It is. - It's very, very realistic. - Tell them why we feel that way, Michael. - I so look. When a man cheats, like, he could literally cheat with no, like, nothing attached, like, no fit, like, nothing, like, no emotion, not even-- - And I'm not saying that this is what we do or what, what we plan, nothing, we just see, we've just had conversations about it. - It's conversations about it. And then, like, is this the reality as well? So, like, a man could just, yeah, he could just, like, bro, 'cause even a dude, that's not in relationship. He could do, he could, like, get with a girl and not have no, like, an emotional ties on anything, any type of feelings for a girl, whatever, and just, like, he could literally forget about him. For, I feel like, for a woman, a lot of women are gonna be like, oh, no, a woman could do the same thing. No, it's not, it's not, it's not. - Yeah, if a woman cheats, I don't think she's in love with you anymore. Or, she's not in love with her man, number one. And number two, like, she's just one submitting to a whole 'nother dude, like, that's crazy. [BLANK_AUDIO] like just to throw them my shorties and meaning to a whole other dude, a whole other dude conquering my shorties and feel brother. I know. That's crazy. Yeah. It's way more, it takes way more for a woman to let a man hit than it does for a man to just be like, all right, I'm about to hit this little shorty real quick. Like you know what I'm saying? Like, it sounds crazy, it sounds crazy, but it's really the reality. And like, it's like it's a little experience. Yeah, a girl, if a girl cheats on a guy, I just don't think she's in love with you anymore. Or you guys are in serious trouble, the relationship. I don't think they're, they're coming back. Now, now there's not to say that you can't come back from it because there are couples who obviously have and, you know, a woman and she and they've come back and maybe they've been stronger than ever, but it's tough. Not me, buddy. Yeah. What if, okay, Mike, if you go, hold on, question. Did you see that? Did you see that, um, did you see that clip of Haja Davis? And, um, oh, I said to you, because we were in San Antonio. I was working out in the gym, bro. Yeah, he said he's like, come on, haha. Yeah, yeah, Shannon Sharpe. Come on. Yeah, come on, haha. He let some, he, uh, he cooked his, his girl. Is that a bad way to say? Or he, he watched his, his girl, um, was a spectator, bro. Okay. Here's the thing. So you had him 22 to, yes. Yeah, bro. Here's the thing. It's crazy. You're at that age and you're been married for so long. And your sex life is stale. I could, uh, I'm going to be on Haja side a little bit. I could see how, like, to save the relationship a little bit, maybe you have to try something different. Now is it that? I don't know. I ain't a lot. Wait, continue, continue. No, but, but no, no, don't say what you're going to say. I don't think letting another man blast your shorty is the way to say this. I just don't, especially you watching it too. It's just like, come on, bro. Yeah. Cause one, like, come on, haha, come on, haha. Cause look one, like, cause one, if you, if you know what I'm saying, like, unless, you know, you're shorty, like, yeah, I got like a whole little something going on. Nine times out of 10, if I'm married for X amount of years, probably more than like four, five years, it might get, like, you might be getting a little repetitive. Yeah, bring it to the, into the girl and don't bring a guy into the, come on, bro. And then you watch it and then you watch your girl have things done to her that she's not used to being done to her. Cause no, imagine you're making like a safe kind of, yeah, bro, like, nah, that she had it made with you. She's like, I'm in heaven. You're like, oh, fuck. Yeah. Like she ain't never, she ain't never twitched like that when you, you know what I'm saying? She ain't never made that type of, like, that's, that's demoralizing, bro. No. But so what, what did he end the conversation with? He said that there are, there, didn't he apologize to his wife afterwards? It's like I shouldn't have said that. Yeah. Cause I think I, I guess he was saying it was a joke. I don't think it was a joke. He was going way to a, to in detail, bro. Yeah. I think he like apologized to his shorty for like making a public or something like that. I don't know. But um, come on. Ha ha. Come on. Ha ha. If you caught your girl texting another guy, could you come back from that? Possibly. Yeah. But like at the same time, like, uh, cause like, what are you doing? Like everybody in the truss kind of goes, yeah, the truss is cooked with number one. And then number two, like, like everyone know you my shorty, like, what are you doing? Yeah. Here's the thing what I will say about being in the public eye, you know, and like, like some guys will try and get with your girl just because they could say, just because they know that you're sure. Yeah. I text you. Like a rainy, junior's girl. Exactly. So I feel like that's such a, that's more, like that alone is just like, that's, that's a win for him. That's a win for him. So you give another nigga's wins. Like, nah, you're done. Like, ha ha. Like, what are you talking about? Yeah. I think the texting though, you, you could come back from if, if you know, but, but the cheating. I don't think you can. Nah. Cheating is cooked. It's cooked. I don't know. That's, that's bad. Okay. I won't say this girl's at because I don't want to make it hot for her if she's doing this thing. But she said, is it okay to normalize dating different people, but making them think they're the only one. It's all I've done, sweetheart. All right. I'm kidding. Okay. I'm kidding. Um, hell no. One, because you're just making it harder for yourself, like, yeah. If you just, if I say you're dating like two, three people or whatever, or like, not even dating, or just like kind of entertaining and seeing where everything goes, like, if you keep it a buck with all three of them, like, yo, I'm, like, we're not like a hundred percent serious. And then like, I'm also like, you know what I'm saying? I'm talking to this person a little bit, like, so it makes it a little bit easier for you because then you don't have nothing like you, because if you got everyone thinking they're the only one, then you got that stuff to keep up with. Like, you got to, you got to be a great liar. Number one. I have energy in you to be a great liar. Like, that's mad work. That's a lot of work, bro. Bro, I, I don't know. I have a friend. I'm not going to say his name, who is in multiple relationships. And I'm like, I don't know how you do it, dog. That's too much work, bro. That's too much work. That's like, nah. Mm-hmm. Because then like, that's like, bro, you, you, you go on a date today, then you got a nine times, I tend to go on another date tomorrow to be like, oh, yeah, I was busy yesterday, but I couldn't. It's everyday. Like, it's everyday thing. Like, that's too much work. Like, if you keep it a hundred, like, yo, bro, like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, my issue is, is I'm a love bomber a little bit. So I'll be like, all in on one girl, one night. And then I'll be out the next night. And I'll see like a different girl, not saying that, like, I'm in a relationship with her. I'm talking her. And I'll be like, oh, my God, I'll date this girl, I love her. And then I'll see another girl the next night. And I'm like, oh, my God, I love this girl. Like, I'm like a love bomber, but it doesn't come from a place of, like, being a player. It comes from a place of, like, I have, like, tunnel vision. And then I'm like, no, no, no, no, I love this girl. And then all of a sudden, like, you know, that's kind of my issue. Yeah. You guys are going to come. Oh, fuck! You guys are going to cut this. And then, like, now, every girl that I go on a date with from here on out was going to be cool. What about this, you have tunnel vision? You're going to love bombing now. Whatever. I'm an open book. Thank you. Here's, here's what I've conceded on. And, you know, we can kind of end on this where I feel like I have, I'm okay with not being happy in a relationship-wise, because I felt like I was put on this earth to, I don't know if I've said this in the podcast before, but I truly feel this way. I was put on this earth to be an entertainer. I was put on this earth to be an actor. I was put on this earth, you know, for this podcast to make people's lives better, even if it's, you know, five people, ten people, just for an hour out of their day or they watch a power or they watch a movie, that they can escape. Like I truly believe that that's why I was put on this earth. I was like that in high school, I was an entertainer at the lunch table with my friends. And even if I made them laugh for 20 minutes, that made me happy. It makes me happy making people laugh. And like, even my close friends is something so small. People are like, this makes my day of like me doing that stuff. I was put on this earth to do that. So like my older brother, I feel like he feels like he was put on this earth to have a family or, or other people feel like they were put on this earth to be with another person that's their match. I feel like I'm put on this earth to be an entertainer. So you guys can clip that and put that up and be like, whatever. And I'll never be happy in love. And I don't think I'll ever be happy in a relationship ever because I'm pursuing this thing of being great at it and doing this and, and, and entertaining people, making people laugh, this is my thing, what I was put on the earth for. I wasn't put on the earth to be in a relationship. That's how I feel. That's what I'll say. I must say that's what I, I can't combat that as well say that. You know, like he said, some people have put on earth for different things. Yeah. Like he said, he's not put on earth to be the perfect guy for somebody. Right. That's a better way to put it. Like I, I'll fuck up. Like I'll be in a relationship with someone. I'll hang out with the girl. I will fuck up because like I'm not good at it. Like I think I'm very good at podcasting. I'm very good at acting. I love my job. I love everything I do. I'm a fucking entertainer. You know me. If I'm at a dinner table with 15 people, I'm crushing. That's my thing. That's the thing that I'm good at. I'm not good at with, with girls feelings and, and being there for them. I'm not put on earth for that. So like, I'm pretty bad at this shit. Right. Yeah. Do you feel you're like, what do you feel? Or do you feel like you're kind of both or, or you're still learning and growing like? I might be still learning. I might still be growing. I still got a few, I got a few years to go, but I'm kind of in the same boat like, like at least right now. Like I'm not, like I know for sure, like I'm not going to be the best boyfriend to anybody right now. So I'm just like, I'm not really trying to be that. Like, I'm not saying nobody up for no disappointment. Right. Like it is what it is. Like I'm, you know, if we, if we have a good relationship, then we have a good relationship, but I'm, we're, yeah, I'm not, I'm not going to be the perfect. I feel like to be in a relationship, you generally have to be the perfect person for that person. Yes. And the time that you guys are doing each other and I can't be the perfect person for anybody right now. Simply just of the fact, like it's just not really, it's not really my objective. Like obviously a lot of people would be like, okay, I want to have a girlfriend. I want to settle down by this time that I don't have a time stamp on it. So it's just like, yeah, I don't know. Right now is just like, yeah, bro. I know I need like a fly by girlfriend right now. Like I need a girl that's like, you can go do whatever you want. I'll come call to you when you need a little emotional support. She can't hook up with anyone else, but I can, I can, you know, go enter Tangible and do what I do, but, but she just needs to kind of be mine, you know? Yeah. Yeah. In a perfect world that is just, yeah, yeah, but it's never like that, you know? Yeah. No. No. No. No. This is so fun. Fuck. She's a piece of shit. (laughs) She's a piece of shit. Should we call her? I'll just be saying her name, no, I won't. - No, no, no. - Let me get one more good one. Don't mess with her pimping. She got her shit going on right now. See, we can't be mad at her, you know what I'm saying? - This is a good one for us. - I know the girl. - Not again. - I've been seeing this girl for three months. We haven't had the exclusivity talk. She's upset, I still follow girls I used to talk to. Is she overreacting or am I? How do you feel about the unfollow? They still follow the like, the, those things. Oh. It's another tough one. - How old? - Yeah, okay, go on, go on, go on, go on. Sorry. - 'Cause one, he's talking to Shorty for what he said, three months? - Yeah, he said three months. - They haven't had the exclusivity talk. So they're not exclusive. - Yeah, too soon. - She's mad that he follows the certain type of people. Like, as you said that he messed with or talked to before. - Yeah, that he talked to before. This might be the Curricound goalie we're talking about. (laughs) - And the whole K-Bride. - My boyfriend just got 15 million, oh yeah, K-Bride. My boyfriend just got 15 million dollars and followed 200,000 women. Like, or 2,000 women. - I mean, if they haven't had the exclusivity talk then it's all fair game. She could follow who he wants. He could follow who he wants. He could do what they want. I mean, obviously they do certain things that keeps it in the respect for both of them. But like, if they haven't had the exclusivity talk, they both can do whatever the hell they want, realistically, I'm seeing. But now if you guys are exclusive and then like, if you're a significant other has a problem with you following certain people, then that's just what you're significant other has a problem with and if you choose to respect it, good for you. If you don't choose to respect the year you're significant, others are not gonna be happy. So, you know, I mean, if they are not exclusive, then you're not exclusive. If you're good, my boy, do what you please. - My mess with her. - Mess with her. - You get in a relationship tomorrow, okay? The situation, the scenario. Are you unfollowing girls that you used to talk to or mess with or whatever? (laughing) - It depends on how serious it was. I honestly like-- - Is you unfollowing anyone? - Which account? - Yeah. - Where's one to do a mic or anything? Yeah, you know what I mean? - It's two different ones. Not 20s. I would say, yeah, I probably would. Just to like, just to remove like all like temptation or anything. - Yeah, it's a good point. - Because like if I'm still following like 20 girls that I was like kind of like talking to a little bit here and there, like even if I wasn't talking to them seriously and like I'm in a relationship and I'm just like, I'm just growing and I always see them on my shit. Yeah, it's a recipe for disaster. Y'all gotta go. - My issue is, I think I don't like being told what to do. - Yeah, I hate being told what to do. I probably do it before it even becomes a thing. - Right, if she starts offing like, you gotta unfollow this girl, I'm like, I'm not doing it. - I'm not doing it. - No, I'm not doing it. - But I probably would unfollow a couple girls but yeah, I don't need to follow this girl, you know? Maybe a couple girls I met, a couple, you know. - Yeah, I would say the same thing, yeah. - Yeah, no, yes, like that. I'm gonna do, I'm gonna eliminate all chances for that conversation to come up. 'Cause if it comes up nine times out of 10, I'm like, for what? You don't even know why I follow the girl, like, you know what I'm saying? - So like, yeah, nah. But for the most part, yeah, I'll just get rid of them just 'cause, just 'cause, like-- - Yeah, no temptation. - Yeah, no temptation is recipe for disaster. You can take it out of here. - Yeah. - Get that shit out of here. - All right, dude, we gotta do this once a month. I think three. - Honestly, yeah. - I think we do three guests, one solo a month, 'cause this is so fun. We do weekend. - Yeah, this is for fun. - That might be the good method. That might be the good formula. 'Cause this is, yo, there's so much they're going on in the world. - So much, we like, and then we could like, we could just get questions from, you know, from the viewers about everything. - Yeah. - Yeah, I said this question about everything. Not just like dating, but the dating stuff is pretty cool because we're like, you guys is like marriage counselors. - Yeah, we're horrible at it, but we're terrible, but we're entertaining, and we're gonna give you some good answers. Maybe not as many as the bad ones, but, you know, we're gonna help you out a little bit, just a little bit. - Also, you could, like, I love how much you're, you love talking in the solo episode. I love it. I'm like, give me more. - Yeah. - It's the best. - I know. - Sometimes it's hard when you're not in the room or like whatever. - Well, especially like, yeah, especially in the room, 'cause like, I'm like, cutting people off. Like, and then like-- - I do it all the time. - I just did it right now. Who cares? - Yeah. - Cut people off. It's a conversation. We're having fun. If the fans get, like, oh, you cut people off. We're having a conversation, we're having fun. - That is true, though. You look, you do got a cut people off. 'Cause like, if you think about something and then you wait for them to finish talking, nine times out of 10, you forget it by the end of the-- - The best podcast or speech. - The best podcast or speech. - It's just like, conversations, woven in and out, this and that. It's all good. - Yeah. - Well, this is so fun. I love it. Give us a little crew, has it? - Listen, man, the crew has it. You have it. - It's celebrating right now. I'm sorry. - Adjihani Vipil, you know how it is. We love you guys. Thank you so much for tuning in. We appreciate it. Please don't clip all this stuff. (laughs) Woo! - Woo! - Woo! - Woo! - Woo! - Woo! - Woo! - Last ones of the Airport Bind Breakfast. - Bind Breakfast. - Bind Breakfast. (upbeat music)

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The host reflects on the emotional and physical highs of winning an NBA championship, including memorable moments at the championship game and the celebratory parade in New York.
  2. The team highlights the fan engagement and hospitality they experienced during the trip to Texas, including fun interactions with fans in San Antonio and Austin, and the excitement of being on a float during the parade.
  3. The conversation touches on the World Cup, with deep admiration for underdog teams like Cape Verde, and a humorous critique of lists ranking "best girls" in the tournament, calling them AI-generated and inaccurate.

Summary:

The host shares a reflective and energetic recap of the NBA championship journey, emphasizing the joy, camaraderie, and fan engagement that defined the season. Key highlights include the thrilling Game 5 victory, the memorable trip to Texas, and the excitement of the New York championship parade, where the host and team interacted with fans, attended events, and participated in a lively float. The narrative includes humorous anecdotes, such as a scare at the Mexico City airport over TSA checks, and a connection to the global appeal of soccer, particularly the underdog success of Cape Verde.

The episode also features playful commentary on World Cup dynamics, including the strange popularity of certain nationalities and the absurdity of AI-generated lists. It transitions into promotional segments for various brands like Prize Picks, FUME, and Rocket Money, promoting financial wellness, habit-breaking tools, and sports betting. The conversation concludes with lighthearted speculation on future adventures, including a potential "Cape Verde trip" and a fun discussion about favorite sports and personal passions, such as golf, pickleball, and entertainment careers.

Throughout, the tone remains upbeat, humorous, and deeply connected to the fans, celebrating both professional achievements and the personal joy of travel and shared experiences.

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The most memorable experience was the parade in New York, where the speaker was on a float with Duce McBride, who was extremely energetic, throwing shirts and taking pictures with fans, making it one of the most exciting moments of the trip.

Yes, the speaker attended the World Cup in Guadalajara and described it as an incredible experience, noting the excitement and the strong fan engagement with the teams and local culture.

The most surprising aspect was the unexpected rise of Cape Verde, which advanced to the knockout round and received widespread attention, especially from fans who found the country's culture and female figures particularly compelling.

The speaker didn't like the offside rule, finding it confusing and overly random, and believed it could be improved by adopting hockey-style rules that make the game more exciting and straightforward.

The speaker says first-class flights are their top luxury, citing the comfort, convenience, and freedom from stress during travel as key reasons.

The speaker appreciated the global unity and hospitality of fans from different countries, noting how they celebrated each other and created joyful, inclusive moments, like sharing food and making fun jokes.

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