The GaTa Episode

♪♪ Well, he's up there pissing. You want to be down here kissing? -I like that. -That's good. Smart. -That was sweet. -Oh! Speaking of sweet, I have made a bit of a DoorDash order. -Ooh! -Yeah. Thick order. -I didn't know you ordered DoorDash. -I did. I got all of Gaeta's favorite food. -Huh. -Yeah. I got burger. I got orange chicken. I got the candy he likes. I really did every single thing that he would -- -Got anything else in there? -I got so much stuff. -Oh, wow. You really do. -Yeah, you might be thinking, "Well, Dave, you don't do this for every guest. Why are you doing it for this guest?" I wasn't thinking that, but now I am. Gaeta's been there for me my entire career. Truly, my entire career. So, today, I'm there for him. The fact that I can get this, and I got, like, candy he's talking about. The diversity of offerings will put it away, you know? Yeah. I feel like you can eat whatever you want. Your weight really never fluctuates. -It fluctuates. My weight -- -I'm literally 13 pounds more -My weight fluctuates. -than my website. -My weight fluctuates. 13 pounds. -You don't look 13 pounds more. I know, 'cause I'm hiding it more. I'm wearing, like, looser shirts. Like, my face would show it. I'm normally this or 17 pounds heavier than this. I've seen your weight fluctuate. Basically, I'm either this or I eat whatever I want, -and I'll gain 17 pounds. -Hey, guys, guys, you ready? -I've never seen yours. -10, 9, 8, 7. -I know what you're gonna do. -. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. -Ugh. -Why would you not do one? -Someone's here. Mochi. -I don't know who's coming to -- Someone's here. I think I might have -- That one feels like a splatter hat. - - -Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. -I feel like you've been in, like, 3,000 movies now. -I beat the -- I -- -You're so good. -Wow. -I was ready to die in that shot. - -Every moment of your life is insane. -Oh, yeah. - -Hey, Mr. Douglass, get out of here. Somebody just got hit by a bus. -I told you. You're not -- ♪ Stacking money, rock my Lopez with a penny ♪ ♪ Camera's on me when I'm hanging out with Benny ♪ ♪ Made millions with Dave, yeah, they really can't ♪ ♪ forget me ♪ ♪ You gotta take what I'm giving, don't be picky ♪ -Welcome, Gator. -How's it going, man? -Welcome. You've been here so many times. -Oh, yeah, for sure, man. Y'all got it looking dope in here, too. -Can I -- Okay. -That's so good. -Can I get you a beverage? -Oh, yeah, I'm down. I'll take some water or something. -Water? -Yeah. -Did you get about 8 to 12 inches taller? -8 to 12? -I like your outfit, Gator. -Man, you look like a giant, huh? -You do look tall. -Wow. -Thank you, thank you. This is a bummy day, but I'm glad y'all like my outfit. -It's not a bummy day. You wore this to look cool 'cause you knew you were gonna be filming this. -Oh, yeah, but I'm just saying, it's like a laid-back look. -It's not like -- -He's just a laid-back cool. -Hey, Dave, he's just a regular guy like me and you. -Yeah, man, we hangin'. We chillin'. -Gator, you want spark? -These are my hangout clothes. -Still water? -Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll take a sip. -You and Gator have the same teeth. -I'm gonna go with the label. -Oh, yeah. -Unless they're pants. -No unnecessary branding. -Kristen and Gator have the same teeth. -I would love to have your teeth. I would take your teeth in a second. -I love 'em, though. -They look the same. -No, his are whiter than mine. -I shaved down a lot to get these, and it was whooped. -Will you show me? -They were whooped in places that you couldn't see, though. -Yeah, it was a lot of candy, a lot of sugar. -It's like my underbite. -They wasn't -- My teeth wasn't -- Not that they wasn't straight. It was just I needed to take care of them better. -What do you think about mine? They look pretty glad, huh? -Man, they look natural. -You know, it's little things. -You think I should get some? -Oh, you know, it might change your personality. You might start acting different. -But you did. You smile way more. -Hey, man. -No, he always -- -What about Dave? Should he get his there? -No, he got a good smile. You know what I'm saying? He look healthy. -Why is he doing that? -He can go to the dentist, and they gonna be like, "Yeah, he healthy. He good." -You could add a little bit of whiteness. -I was chipped. -A little bit of white? -I was missing. -I mean, I'm chipped. -I can't even tell. -Chipped, chipped. -Nah. -There's something receding. -You ain't chipped to where you missing nothing. You good. -Yeah, it is. Look. -I'm talking about, like, missing a whole tooth type. -You were missing a whole tooth type? -Yeah, it was bad. -Do you think you'd ever get a facelift or anything? -Man, I be seeing people be getting them, too. -Would you ever get surgery? -They be stretching their back. It's called Forever 35. -Would you ever get any surgery? -Nah, unless I was a health requirement. -Would you ever shave your head? -I was thinking about rebranding. -Really? -Yeah, I was. -No. -I was. I'm like, "Man." -No way. -Let me see. Just pull it all back. Let me just see. -I was thinking about it. -You would look so cool with just a shave to have. -But I was thinking, like, "Damn, maybe I'd be able to put myself in a position and get, you know, this type of trick cracking, different type of looks, different type of, you know what I'm saying, roles, different type of -- But also, I feel like a lot of my strength is in my hair, 'cause there's nobody on TV or in movies that got my type of, you know what I'm saying, image and, you know, delivery the way I'm delivering. So I'm like, "Man, I might as well keep milking the image." But, you know -- -Is it hard being, like, a working actor? -Definitely, bro. -It's hard? -Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, 'cause, you know, you're always being judged by people that you would never even meet, you know? They might see something that you did, and they judge you off that, or they could see a self-tape that you do, and they're like, "Ah, you know, they're not really looking at the other stuff that you did and been known for." So, you know, it's just constant judgment. But I go in there confident. I got a lot of roles off self-tapes, like, you know, Poker Face, I got that. Self-reliance, I got that off of -- -You got booked for another movie? -Yeah, I got booked for one. -You have no real context, though, because you really weren't an actor, became an actor in a big show, and then you have no real idea how often -- -You sound like the casting lady that was just judging me the other day. She's like, "Tell me about your acting background." I'm like, "I've never been to Julia Arts." She's like, "Yeah, so tell me about it." She's all like, "What do you study? What do you --" I'm like, "Man, I love film." I was like, "I'm a performer. I'm an entertainer." That's what I told her. -But it is crazy. And then he was in, like, the biggest movie of the year, that one. -I know. -The one with Sidney Sweeney. -Well, you got -- You get work. -Nah, definitely. -It's so hard to -- So many actors don't even get their, like, break until they're, like, 40, like, 50. -Nah, for sure. You definitely got to be, I'll just say, in the right position at the right time. And I always think about it like this now, because I do a lot of self-tapes. I just think about, if the role is for you, the role is for you. 'Cause some directors and producers, they have a particular person, a particular look in their head already when they're looking for this role. I'm just a unique character, I'll just say, like, in the industry. And I think that's why I get a lot of work, too, though, because people know that I'm passionate, I'm funny, I'm easy to work with, I'm a joy to be around. So that's why I think I get booked. -Your tape, like, your game tape from Dave is, like, I've never seen the highlight reel. It's probably an unbelievable highlight reel. -Oh, yeah, bro, I be telling UTA, man, send that, man. I know y'all got season three in there, got season two in season one. -It's, like, all these, like, incredible one-of-one one-liners, and he's, like, crying. -It's like him with Brad Pitt. -I think about that all the time, man. Like, a lot of people don't even get those type of moments, man. -I was so happy when it was us and Brad. -Yeah, that shit was crazy, for sure, hell yeah. That shit was wild working with him, man. That shit was tight. -Do you just, like -- Isn't it so crazy? Your whole life, I beat the odds. -Do you feel like everything you faced in life, in real life, has made you able to, like, navigate the entertainment industry better? -Yeah, I feel like real life helped me navigate through the industry and the entertainment business and stuff like that, but I also feel like it probably makes me act a certain way or, you know, develop a trust and -- -What do you mean? -Looking into certain situations, and you got to be -- You know, you got to think more positive sometimes, because sometimes in real life, you always be thinking about, "Oh, what if? What could go wrong?" But sometimes in your career, you just need to be always positive and think it's always going to work out instead of versus thinking negative, you know? -Yeah. -It's like a double-edged sword. -But I think you have a pretty positive outlook. -Nah, for sure, 'cause I know how to take the good with the bad and, you know, make it look lovely. -Oh, my God, there's so many times, like -- Look, I -- Watching you a week before you guys were about to shoot "Dave" when you had, like, an episode, and I'm like, "How's he going to pull it together?" And then, like, somehow, you did. -Nah, for sure, that was a serious moment and was so crazy. Just standing in this kitchen is, like -- -This is where it happened, right there. -Yeah, it's crazy. -We went in there. I literally -- -No, and then right here, when he was doing push-ups. -Well, are you comfortable? -Okay, here's the story. -Are you comfortable? Can you talk? -Bro, I walked in here early in the morning, got out this bed, went in this closet, put on a fur coat, found some glasses, went outside, started listening to Diana Ross, came back in here, started going into some Asian regime, acting like Bruce Lee. That shit was crazy, bro. -Did you feel happy? -I was definitely happy, but -- - -but it was, like, a rushed happy, like, a instant happy, 'cause I was feeling too good at, like, 7:00 a.m., 6:45. -But did it feel -- Did you feel, like, the danger in it? Did you feel the negative, like, "Oh, maybe I'm playing with fire here right now"? -Definitely did. -Yeah. -When I start, you know, getting into a combative little back-and-forth with you, when you was looking at me weird, when I'm looking at you in the eye and I'm all juiced up, when I noticed that I took all that energy from the bedroom to here to out on the balcony to the front to the middle of the street, that's when I knew I was like, "Oh, yeah, I'm bugging." -So you can feel when it get -- 'Cause I -- This is, like, a very naive thing to say, not understanding it at all. I feel like sometimes that feeling of feeling like you feel really good about yourself and you feel -- I'm like, "Well, that would be nice to feel." Like, if I could feel like that, I'd feel good, but then you can tell when it's gotten past the point. -Yeah, but you got to -- You got to put, like, a -- Like, let's say, a cap on the energy. Can't just keep on going up, you know? -Yeah. -'Cause that's when things get real difficult. They're real dangerous. You start hurting people's feelings, saying stuff you don't mean. -Yeah. -I just want to provide the context for the listening audience. The story that we're describing -- Basically, we were about to cast the characters in the show. Gaeta was my real friend. You know, I was making a story about my life. He got the part. He had never acted before. Everything was going so well. Obviously, he has a history of these types of things happening. And then about five days before we were about to start shooting the entire thing -- By the way, the network's like, "You're gonna hire, like, a non-actor?" It was like -- -He hired, like, all non-actors. -I was like, "Trust me. Like, it's gonna be great. No problem." And then right before, like, about four days before, he started acting in a way that I'd never seen him act. And I realized what was happening. And then I called his sister, and we had to -- And then I thought, "Oh, my God." He's like, "We brought you to, like, this --" I don't even know what you'd call that. It's like a wellness facility. -Avalon Medical Center. -Yeah. My dad went there. -The thing about that moment -- So, you know, you slept -- Like, I could feel that something was coming, and then you slept over it the night before. that night before, then I woke up in the morning by you playing Diana Ross. It's my house. Yeah. Here. I woke up to, it's my house by Diana Ross. I come down here. He was like, by himself, like, doing all this. And I think what was probably happening was, like, you. Bro, it was all over. It was all the anxiety. Were you also probably charged by the show coming up, the anxiety of the show coming up, and you think it was just, it kind of, like, triggered? I was just probably, you know, juiced up off of the show. Yeah. You know, knowing that I was headed in a direction that I knew that could change my life forever, you know? Like, I never. I mean, I feel like, who wouldn't be amped up? Yeah, but, you know what I'm saying? You don't want to go off the ledge. You want to know how to contain it, man. I was going crazy that day. Like, when my life coach came, when I met him for the first time, I was just talking trash to him. Oh, yeah, what's that guy's name? I loved him. Oh, Taylor. Taylor. Where is he now? Do you ever talk to him? He's still working. Yeah, I'll be talking to him casually here and there, you know, checking in with him. He was so sweet. Yeah, he was a good dude. Before being told that you had it, did you just feel like people misunderstand you when you're, like, in a good mood? Or, like, when you're feeling good, did you just feel misunderstood? Like, why are people judging? No, I definitely felt like that, but I also felt like that was kind of, like, part of my personality, my disorder, even when I didn't know what it was. Like, just me being energetic and having fun, being the life of the party. For sure. I used to go out and, oh, talk to a thousand people, like, get a bunch of stuff going. Like, the way I function is more than a normal person in a social setting. Yeah. That's just because of my disorder and energy. Like, you got to be, like, socially wired to be able to talk to five people, go back, do your normal thing, go over here, go get this accomplished. Like, I'll just always be trying to do a lot. A lot of people can't do a million things at one time. Totally. And I'm always that person that's just trying to. And you thought it was just your personality. Yeah, yeah, exactly. But it is. But it is. But it's the positive. Yeah, but my disorder amps it up, though. How old were you? I probably was, like, 22, 23, 24, probably, when I found out. Between 22 and 24 when I found out. How did it happen? Man, I actually was, um. I had stopped traveling, and I stopped working with Tyga, Class Heroes, and all that shit. I fell apart. I was back on the block. I was depressed. I didn't know what to do. I started going out, started drinking. Xanax was a thing that people was doing, so I was trying it. Boom. I tried it, had a wild, crazy night, came back to the house, woke up in the morning, fainted in front of my mom. Mom took me to the hospital. They're like, okay, what's wrong with him? He got anxiety, blah, blah, blah. So they prescribed me Xanax and a Lanzapin. So that was the first start to me even growing up. Going to the hospital and stuff. So after that, I would not be taking the Lanzapin and the Xanax they gave me. Then I wigged out one night on the block. My mom's name called the sheriff. Is that when you broke the laptop? Yeah, broke the laptop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I was with drinking and alcohol, and then once they checked me in, they're like, man, we need to do blood work, all that, blah, blah, blah. Had me on a 72-hour hold, drew my blood. They're like, oh, you're bipolar. You got to take this, that, and the third for the rest of your life. You want to sit down? Yeah, I would love to sit down. You want anything handjob, anything? Do you ever find that your legs, just can't take it anymore, standing? Man, we standing on business 24-7. We got to. Ten toes down. Sometimes my legs can't stand on business anymore, and my legs just want to relax. Okay, so what were you saying back to the beginning? Yeah, Gayda, you're. You're sitting next to me? Yeah, this is where I sit sometimes. Man, let's go back to the beginning, man. You graduated high school. Graduated high school. What happened next? Graduated Crenshaw High School. Ran into a local artist out here. He go by the name of Tiger. I was working with him. Big artist. Yeah, big artist, man. We was doing music and shit. We had like a crew called GED, ISE. That's getting every dollar, grinding every day, getting educated daily. We got a schoolboy Q with us. And we was just like a local camaraderie, man. We was doing our thing. Tiger got blessed with an amazing opportunity. We was walking down Melrose. We saw Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes. I seen him. I'm like, yo, that's the dude that's saying, take a look at my girlfriend. And then I'm like, yo, go up to him. So he gave him the mixtape. Boom. They stay in contact. Trav liked what he saw from Tiger. Then we get a call six months later. He hit up Tiger like, yo, come on tour. Crush Management. Take Tiger on the road. Boom. Now Tiger cracking. So he had got an opportunity to do a show with him in Frisco. So Trav flew me and Tiger to Frisco. Boom. Now we going on tour. Next thing you know, we at the VMA Awards. We see Lil Wayne. I'm like, damn, Tiger, you need to give him all your songs, man. He go up to Tiger. So you're Tiger's hype man at this point. Yeah, I'm his hype man at the time. And then Wayne was right there. And I'm like, yo, just walk up to him. Tell him you're his favorite rapper. You're our favorite rapper. So he did that. And then he got his email. And then he started sending music to Wayne. And then Wayne just flew him out. And then didn't Lil Wayne pick you up one time from the airport or something? Or am I making that up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He did. Well, we went to Florida or Atlanta somewhere. It was me and Tiger. Wayne pulled up in the Maybach with his driver, Mr. G. I jump in the front seat. Tiger jump in the back seat. We ride all around. Matter of fact, we was everywhere with that dude for like a hell of years, you know. And so. It was so dope to see that Tiger is still, Wayne is still cool to this day. Like, I like that shit. That shit is dope. Doesn't Schoolboy Q have your logo tattooed on it? It was theirs. It was theirs. Yeah, yeah, it's ours, man. He got this right here, GED. I still be repping it. I got it on my ring. But yeah, he got it right here. Don't you have songs with like Lil Wayne, too? Yeah. Yeah, I got songs with Weezy, bro. How about Kendrick Lamar? That manifested. You got songs with Kendrick? Yeah, I got a song with Kendrick. A lot of people don't know that, though. How do you have a song with Kendrick Lamar? That song called Summer Girl. It was me, Tiger, Kendrick, and Schoolboy Q. Isn't that unbelievable? That shit's crazy, bro. Tell them the story where you were woken up by Lil Wayne to get on a song. Oh, yeah, that was in Miami. We was at Hit Factory. Tiger was working with Wayne at the time. We was having a crazy long night. Wayne was going through like hella beats and shit. I'm sleeping there, like, because he worked till like crazy early in the morning. So I just remember I was in there. He woke me up like, yo, get on this song, bud. And I'm like, hell yeah. I'm juiced. He asked you to get on the song, bro. You could look at it. He looked this shit up. It's still to this day on YouTube, bro. Me and her. Just featuring Lil Wayne. You imagine being woken up, not even having any expectation to be rapping with Lil Wayne, and then you wake up and Lil Wayne's sitting there, he's like, get on this song. I just like the fact that, you know what I'm saying, I was able to rock out in them type of settings and just not even be scared, just be fearless. Like, damn, this is the best rapper in the world right here. Like, working with my boy, then the opportunity arrives for me to get on them songs, and I'm like, hell yeah, let's go. That's insane. For Wayne to be like, yeah, let him in. Let him in the booth. Like, them studios expensive. Like, you know what I'm saying? My favorite thing is wherever we go, whatever tour we're on or whatever, any people that kind of have experienced him from his first run with Tyga and whatnot, they all know they had a falling out and he hit rock bottom, and whenever they see him again back in this new position, I can see how proud they are. Nah, for sure. And it just speaks to how much everyone likes you. Have you seen Tyga post your fallout? Yeah, definitely. I've seen him several times, you know, being in the game with Dave. You know, he rocking festivals, you know what I'm saying? We'll see him, you know what I'm saying, while he's passing. Unspoken tension. Unspoken tension. Or we'll be on the cruise ship. He had a show on a cruise ship. I think there's unspoken tension, but who knows what he. There has to be. You guys were close, you had a falling out, you stopped talking, and then you never really addressed it or talked about it. You dap each other up now, right? Have you seen him? Yeah, I done been places with him, and we'll be backstage. Like, I remember, I'll never forget, it was like the Chris Brown tour, and Tyga was performing, and this is when he was dating. He was with Kylie at the time, and my boy, who was his DJ, SB at the time, he invited me, so I go to the show, saw love, I'm back there, and then I see the crowd start moving backstage, and then when I look, it was Tyga walking through with Kylie and security, and then, you know, he walk up to me, say what's up and shit, but, you know, the energy just always be, you know what I'm saying, it's like, kind of like an unspoken thing. It's like, man, why did you guys fall out? I don't even know, bro. He doesn't even know. That's the cold part. Can you not just text him? Wait, you don't even know? No, he stopped, he just basically one day just stopped responding. He was just replying to texts, and it was just, there was no communication. I stopped getting invited to, I stopped getting invited to, like, the music videos and shit. Like, that's when I knew shit was weird. Did you, like, fuck his girl or something? Nah, hell nah. I ain't never smashed his chick, no, none of that, bro. What do you think it could be? Like, we had, like, a dope relationship, bro. Like, we was really, you know what I'm saying, on some shit, but I don't know. How could someone just stop, like, no words? That's why I love y'all, man. Y'all my brothers, bro. Like, you know, maybe it's probably because we from two different cultures, or maybe because like, maybe when you're working with people, they probably see you as competition, or you never know. Like, you never know somebody. Yeah, that could never stop talking. What they're thinking, or somebody's selfish needs. But me, I've always been a team player. That's why I'm down to, you know, support people, hype whoever up, you know what I'm saying? I ain't never afraid to put myself in the back so the team could win, you know what I mean? If you saw him, would you be friendly with him? Like, are you interested? I ain't got no hate, man. Yeah. Like, I'm always bigging up tea, you know what I'm saying? I'm always screaming about the good days. Yeah, yeah. Like, when I was on No Jumper, when I was on Blad TV doing interviews, people asked me about this in the media. Oh, really? Yeah, I'm always shining a positive light. I don't never say nothing negative about him, because he basically was a great friend to me at a certain time, even though it didn't work out. But I was able to travel the world, go to Japan, and for a lot of adults I knew. I was on MTV, Jimmy Kimmel. You have a positive experience. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, everything happened for a reason. It was life-changing. Yeah. It's true. And we would never have met had that never happened. The only reason that I met Gator is because Gator's mad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My manager was Tyga's manager, so when I needed a hype man for the first time, he was like, well, I know a guy who was Tyga, so that's the only reason we even know each other. Yeah, and I learned a lot from the little nigga, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Just learning how to be a star, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah, there's no bad blood. Gator, I love you so much. I know. Gator, do you love us? Yeah, hell yeah, bro. I got this nigga tatted on me, bro. Like a GD, you get what I'm saying? I know. I was waiting. I was waiting. I love Gator so much. Which picture of him do you have tatted on you? He has my logo. No, he wanted to get his face. I thought you had his face. No, he wanted to get it on his head. He was at the tattoo parlor being like, I'm about to get this done. I said, Gator, we put this in the show because it was so- Yeah, that shit was crazy. I was going to do it though, man, you know what I'm saying? I appreciate that. That's my dog, man, for sure. But, you know, I ended up getting it right here. Way smarter choice, you know, now that I turned out to be an actor and shit. Yeah. You know, the day that I met Gator, he brought in a fake crew. Oh, yeah, I remember that. As if he was, like, just always being documented. Like, I was a star, bro. I need some of that. Gator walks in. I was trying to stream before the streamers. Yeah. I was showing everything. I was, like, recording in, like, honestly, like, a nine-to-five, like, workspace. It was, like, a publishing company. And I was, like, in their site. Those are your jingle puns. Yeah, exactly. Gator walks in, and he goes, like, hello, everybody. Like, how's everyone's day going? Good to see you. Like, that was the first thing he did. Everyone, like, looks up from their computers, and it was so funny. It was like the mayor came. Yeah. Domino's time. Oh. Mmm. I love Domino's crunchy thin crust, because it's crunchy. It's crunchy, and they put the, mmm, on the side of the box. I know why they do it, because I feel like I want to make that sound whenever I eat it. I really do. Mmm. It's a piece I love. It's a piece I adore. Can you just zoom in real quick and just listen to this? Crunch. I mean, we love you because you're from Michigan. We love you. Oh, yeah. Domino's is. Well, yeah. But we love the consumer anywhere. Can I say one last thing? Of course. Dom. Nose. Domino's? In-nose. Yeah. We respect you. Chuck, are you telling me it's time for Yahoo Scout? Been time, and I got a debate already pulled up that I want the answer for. Do most people make their own sauce, Yahoo Scout? First sentence. Most people rely on packaged products. Nearly 9 in 10 people use store-bought sauces or marinades. Now, Chuck, I'd like you to read the second sentence. However, homemade sauce usually stands at 6 in 10 people. Thank you, Yahoo Scout. Majority rules. Meaning both methods coexist among American households. I don't want to hear it. Scout.com, you mother. Scout.com. I like telling y'all stuff, bro. You can tell us anything. Nah, for sure. I'll tell y'all everything. This is therapeutic right here. I feel like we having a real session, bro. A real vibe out right here. Do you find talking through your problems helps you, like, manage them emotionally? Yeah, I definitely talk myself through stuff. You know, I'm the type that'll get up in the mirror. And ramble and be like, okay, what am I going to do now? This is what I got to do. This is what I'm going through. Like, yeah, I definitely talk myself through my problems. But I'm a firm believer of action. You got to do something about it. You can't just, you know what I'm saying? You literally talk to yourself in the mirror? Yeah, hell yeah. No, I don't. I should. I say stuff to myself. You do not. You really do? Yeah, I do it too. Like, when I threw this fiddle, I got in the mirror like, yeah, I'm him. You say, yeah, I'm him. Yeah, like, this is what's going on. Did you ever kiss the mirror as a child? I don't got that far back in the memory. You don't remember kissing mirrors? No, I did. I used to kiss in the shower. I used to kiss the wall of the shower. Oh, I did too. And I'd practice. Wait, so am I alone? My son be doing that to mirrors, though. Really? Yeah, be watching him. What's it like having a son? Man, it's a great feeling, bro. I like it, man. Because, you know, I never had a dad. So I really take pride in it, you know? Yeah, because he loves you so much. He's a daddy's boy for sure. Does he now, like, have a personality? Yeah. You know when a baby is like a baby, they're just like a blob? Nah, yeah, I know what you mean, bro. But, yeah, he definitely got a personality, man. I be making him laugh and shit, bro. It's just crazy. What's your go-to thing to make him laugh? I like blowing in his face or poking his belly, giving him the tickles. Torture. Torture. He's like, I like blowing in his face or poking his belly, giving him the tickles. Yeah, nah, for real. He a good, funny guy, man. Does he make you soft? Nah, for sure. But he also definitely bring out the man in me. Yeah. He does? Tell me about what it does to you psychologically, having a kid. I feel like it totally has to, like, be an ever-present thing in your brain. Well, for me, it just makes me more highly alert. I'm more calculative. I calculate things better. You know, as far as, you know, time goes, goofing off, fucking around, I really find myself saying, hey, man, is chilling with the homies and doing this, that, and the third really important, or could I just be with my son, you know, watching his special moments, you know? So I just be watching my time more, you know, just making sure that I'm with him, seeing him take his first steps, seeing him crawl, do all that type of stuff. But it just makes me think more. Slow me down a little bit, make the energy more balanced. What's the hardest part of being a father? Looking at that doo-doo casserole every morning, that doo-doo casserole, looking at that diaper looking all green and mushy, like, that shit is wild, man. What's his favorite food? He likes mangoes, tomatoes. He likes bone marrow. We be giving him a little, the bones, the ribs. He be having a little steak bite. He's got a good palate. Yeah, he still be off the milk, too, the formula. Do you cook for him? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, his mom do. I said, oh, maybe we should have Gator cook. Gator cooks a lot, like, on his Instagram. And he said, never cook. I didn't say he never cooks. I just said cooking isn't the way, like, it's big for, like, Matty. No, he says he's bomb at cooking. I did a tomahawk last night, and I did, like, a— I think you're a griller. No, but he does other stuff. He makes, like, mac and cheese. Yeah, mac and cheese. My girl do all the sides. I handle all the meatballs. Yeah. You do handle a lot of meat. Yeah, I handle a lot of meat. You've been handling meat since—do you have to say paws after it? Just say I handle the meat. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, I guess it's just— What do you think paws is doing? It's helping you. I gotta tell you, paws has been around for a long time. I know. It's made its way back. I feel like it left for about eight years. Yeah, and then they changed it to no-diddy. Man. I never really seen no-diddy used. No-diddy is huge. Killer and Mace keeping paws alive. Yeah, of course. Yeah. They're keeping paws alive, for sure. Killer, Cam, and Mace. Paws? Yeah. This is gonna—bro, this is crazy. That's crazy. You don't know paws? Paws. So, basically, if you happen to—and, you know, this is not something I created. I'm just explaining it to you. If you happen to say something that could be misconstrued as gay, like Gaeta just said, like, I handle all the meat, and then he went, paws. So, it's very common. I'm still—I'm so far back. My favorite is Young M.A. says paws. Young M.A. says paws. It's crazy. That shit is so sick. I've never heard it. I've only ever heard that— You've never heard someone say paws? No, I've heard what they said originally. Gaeta, say some other slang words, and she has to ask what it is. Like some sayings. I might know bet. I told her bet. I knew bet. Say some other ones. I know about bet from you, I think. I ain't messing with the ops. Yeah. Operations. No. No. Operations. I thought that was like, I'm not getting into it. What do you think the ops are? I'm not messing with the ops. No, the ops. Like, I'm not getting into the operations of that. No, but who are the ops? No, no, no. She's wrong. She's saying, I don't want to get into the logistics of the operations. Yeah. Who are the ops? The men. The opposition. The man. The opposition. Yeah. I think it's like the same gist. I'm not getting into the operations. No. I'm not messing with the man. I'm not messing with the enemies. The enemies. Oh, dude. Okay, okay. Say some other ones. I got an enemigo. What? What? Enemigo. What's that? An ant-amigo? Enemigo. Enemigo. What's that? Enemy. Oh, it's a friend and a frenemy. Can you just make that up or something? No, enemigo is a real thing. I don't know. But why would it be? No one's heard that one. No, it's a friend and an enemy. It's a friend and an enemy. Okay, what else? That's a frenemy. It's a frenemigo. Man, that slang is crazy. No cap. She doesn't really know about it. Yeah, I do. Cap. No cap. Like, we're not going to take it further than this. What? No, like cap. Like, if you were to say something and I say cap, what does that mean? We're done. Hard stop. What? That's what it means, too. Hard stop. You're done. You're done. It's done. Yeah, cap just means, like, you're lying. That's funny. That's funny. Yeah, that's the same thing. Cap is, like, you're lying. Stop. Hard stop. No, cap is, you're lying. How do you know it? Because I'm just, I'm an active member of society. What's a stat? A what? A stack. Of cash. Yeah, that's all it is. Like, I'm rich. What's a band? Yeah, what's a band? It's the rubber band around the thick. No, no, but what's a. Oh, that was kind of close. Or what's a tick? It's not? No, a band is a stack. Yeah. A band is money. A band and a stack are the same thing. Well, I think a band is $1,000. I think a stack is also $1,000. But a band is a stack, too. Like, a stack is $1,000. I don't know if a stack was $1,000. Because you need a rubber band to keep a lot of the money together? What's a C-note? A stack could be a stack of a whole lot of money. What's a C-note? I don't even know that. $100 bell. It's C on the piano. $100 bell. $100. What's a ticket? Oh, that means you got the first pass ticket straight to the good stuff. Is a ticket a million? Yep. Half a ticket's $500. That's an M. I thought it meant, like, that's a ticket. Like, you got, like, a pass. You got some. You got them. You got them. You won the lottery. You got it. I like bet. I think bet's my favorite. Bet is here. That's some real slick fly 80s talk. The kids now say W. Yes, they do. Well, that's a different thing, but yeah. That's slang. W. Is that not slang? W's in your chat. Oh, yeah. There's so many that I don't know that are crazy. We should play the number game with Gaeta. I love the numbers game. You, like, basically, I'm terrible at reading. You want me to explain it? Yeah. Okay, you'd close your eyes. We would all agree on a number. Oh, okay, okay, okay. No, then you'd ask me. You'd say, you'd ask each of us one question, which, you know, for me, you might say a rapper. And if my number was 10, I would say Drake. If my number was 3, I would say, I'm not going to insult another human being. Me, you would say, I'm a 10. Kristen. If you, however. Close your eyes. Yeah, I got to get the question. Let me see. Okay, I'm going to go in the bathroom and say what the number is to everyone. Okay. What's the number? Hold on one sec. The number for the listeners is 8. Okay, he can open up. All right, Kata. So now you just, one by one, ask each of us a question about something that we apply a 1 through 10 ranking to. To? To. To. And then, through our ranking, you'll have some sort of an understanding. And then you'll take a guess. Okay. All right, here we go. Watch. She knows. This is like rank your two favorite football teams. See, check. Understand. Okay. I'm going to go check. I'm going to go. I told you. You're not. Get back. Let's get back to it. Wow, that was a wild one. Kato, what's the craziest thing you've ever done for money? I think I was in the studio one time while he had an interview, and I pulled my pants down on some funny shit. Mike Hurts said, what, he said, like, I'll pay you like $500 if we were just in like. He was like, start undressing, man. It was actually, you know, like we were just in a random radio station. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it was just like, I was in there doing the interview, and him and Mike Hurts were just like in the side. And Mike Hurts was like, I'll pay you like $500 if you just like strip down to your boxers right now without saying a word about anyone. And Kato just went, okay. And then. And. And started taking off his shirt and stripped down to his boxers, just sat there in his boxers. No one said anything to him. He put his thing back on. For how long? Fast, it was fast. It was crazy. That's so cool. That shit was crazy, man. I remember one time we were on tour. I'll never forget it. We were like, he went out one night, and he like hung out with a girl, and he hung out with a girl. And the next morning, like they went shopping together, and she like bought him some really expensive thing. And he was like, man, I'm charging women to hang out with me from now on. And he said, I shouldn't be hanging out with anyone if I'm not getting paid. He really, he was, it was the happiest I've ever seen him to like be spoiled by a woman that he was fucking. That was crazy, man. Tour life is crazy, man, for sure. We didn't have some crazy moments. I remember when the RV roof got ripped off, we had to have a funnel with the water and the rain coming in. Why did it get ripped off? He went under a bridge and didn't clear it. Oh, I thought you meant, in my head, this is so crazy. You guys were driving on tour, and your tour bus driver didn't tour. Mike Hurts. A fucking hole in the roof. It ripped off? Mike Hurts, remember when he like reversed, and like he like shattered the hole on the first day? It was the last day. Yeah, the last day of the tour. What do you have to turn in? He did the whole tour, and then he reversed it. He fucked the bumper up. Yeah. Remember when we was at Frisco, and he broke the window in the front seat? I remember, yeah. That was crazy. You guys should have been filming your tours. Man, that shit was crazy, man. One time, Gator and Mike Hurts got into such an argument, they were arguing about something, I forgot. They just like, Mike's Hard Lemonade. I know what they're arguing about. Mike's Hard Lemonade? What was the argument there? I was performing. I had like a small little Mike's Hard Lemonade thing, and you can tell the story if you want. Yeah, because you know, every city and shit, I'll be, you know what I'm saying, bundling up, getting the weed together and all that, so I had weed come to the venue, but when the kid came, he just got there, and he just started, you know, looking around for like me, but he couldn't find me, so he saw the Mike's Hard Lemonade employees, and he's like, yo, Gator's here. I got weed for him. So the fucking people went back to Dickie Manager, and it was like, yo, people are here for weed, for Gator, and they're screaming to see where he's at and shit, and then Hertz was just like, what the fuck, bro? Like, these fucking people coming to me, you got weed coming up here and shit. I'm like, bro, you told me to get the weed so we could all smoke. That shit was crazy, but it was just the fact that, you know, I ain't gonna lie, though. Even in that moment, it was just, you know what I'm saying, kind of my fault. I could have handled it better, you know what I'm saying? It was kind of tacky to have him get, you know what I'm saying, questioned by the people that's paying my boy and shit, because at the end of the day, me bringing the weed. I guess I didn't look at it that way. To me, I was like, well. I don't blame you for it. I saw two perspectives, you know? I saw his perspective while he was mad, because you want to come out with a clean image. You don't want to look like a rapper just getting the town weed from a, you know what I'm saying? Do you remember how it ended? Yeah, I fucking broke a bottle, I think. Did I, like, grab the bottle? They were arguing, screaming, screaming, and Gator was just like, we can get a crack at whoever you want to get. He just shouted at a glass bottle and said, like, we can do whatever you want to do. And my crush was like, you're a fucking ridiculous kid. I don't even want to see you. He went and, like, walked out of the place. He cracked a bottle. He cracked a bottle. It really feels like it's episode one. That's cool. Was he mad? Yeah. Bruh. I was ready to die in that shit. Yeah. Chuck, what do you mean? I was like, oh. Too far. We had so many moments like that. It was too far. Dude, I remember when he was living around here, I had changed the lock, so. Oh, yeah. That was funny. Tell me. Bruh. He went out of town, right? And I was, like, crashing in his back house, you know, because I was staying over at Dave's house. And while Mike was gone, I had got locked out of his door. So when his door got locked, I'm like, fuck, I can't get back in. The window unlocked. So I called a locksmith, and he changed the locks. But when he changed the locks, it didn't have, you know, the right shit that Hertz had, the key and all that. And I didn't tell Hertz. So when he came, this shit wasn't the regular key that he had. And I'm like, yo, I had got the locks. And he's like, what the fuck, man? It was like a brotherly thing. Did you have fun? No, definitely, man, because it helped me grow and become better, you know? Like, because I had so many moments where I snap and shit, you know what I'm saying? But just to be able to look back on that shit and be like, oh, okay, that's what triggered me. Oh, okay, I shouldn't have been acting like this at a Mike's Heart Lemonade. I should have handled it better. Even when you would snap or whatever, and when you and Mike Hertz would have these things, basically, like, 10 minutes later, they'd be sitting on the couch smoking a joint. You felt close with Mike that you felt like you wouldn't have done it. Like, you just, yeah. It was like big bro, you know what I'm saying? Big bro type of relationship, you know what I'm saying? And at the end of the day, when you get mad at your loved one, you know what I'm saying, you got to wreak your soul. You can't just let that energy just slide, you know what I'm saying? We working together, spending time together, so. You're spending so much time, and you're in such close quarters. Yeah, might as well make the best out of it, but shit, arguments gonna happen, though, you know? People frustrated and shit. Sometimes I think arguments make friendships or, like, relationships. It makes people closer. Like, I mean, obviously within reason, but I think sometimes it's, like, a nice way to feel like you're in a, you're in, like, a safe relationship if you're both able to kind of express your emotional state. But also, at the same time, you know, words are so powerful, you can say things where you can never come back from that. Yeah. I believe in that, too, you know what I'm saying? For sure, yeah. Like, there's certain things you're just not supposed to say to somebody or whatever, you know what I'm saying? But. I remember when you were having that manic episode before we started shooting Dave, your sister said, you need to know something. Yeah. He's going to say some things to you that are going to be so mean you just can't even, like, react. Like, you flipped out at me about the umbrella. Do you remember it? Yeah, hell yeah. That was what triggered me. It was sitting out there, and I remember that. It was all, he bought me an umbrella one day because it was raining. I didn't have it. I forget what it was. It was, it was just, it's a, and I still have the umbrella. It's, like, significant, but I. That shit was fly, too. It was clear, ain't it? No, it's black. It was black? I thought it was clear. No, it's polka dot. It's polka dot black. It is, there we go. But he was like, what the fuck is this doing outside? I said, the umbrella? He said, yeah, I bought you this umbrella, and you're just going to leave it sitting outside? I said, yeah, it's an umbrella. I said, it's raining. It's got no use inside. You told me about this? He told me about it once. I still have the umbrella, and can I be honest with you, Gaeta? The umbrella is sitting in my garage on the ground, and sometimes I get nervous that you're going to come over and think that the umbrella is not in a good enough spot. It's, like, it's in a, it's in a very distant, an attitude of combativeness. Yeah, it was just a rage. Yeah. It made me cry. I was so, because I'd never seen it. It was one of my best friends going through it, and then I also felt all the stress of, like, what's going to happen in two days when I have to show up on set for my TV show all about my life? I remember, I remember how you were calling me that day trying to get the same place where we put my dad in. Like, it was like. And what's so crazy about it, now that I look back on that time, you know what I'm saying, I'm able to really look at the moment and be like, I was being selfish. I will tell you that. But you were feeling a lot of emotions that you were, like, you're, like, wrapped up. Just as a man, though. Like, you literally made it. Then you came back. So, just as a man, though, I could respectively say, like, I was being selfish. For sure, yeah. I didn't care about nobody else's emotions. It wasn't up to you. Of course, but it's not, it's. Yeah, but still, though. You were self-sabotaging yourself out of anxiety. It was like your brain, like, couldn't deal with the anxiety, so it, like, went to, like, defense mode, like, ruined the whole thing. I think that people defend, like, Dave, I think the reason that everyone's being, like, it wasn't because, because I understand how you can be, like, yeah, but in that moment, I know that I was feeling selfish, and then how you're, like, no, but I know it wasn't you. I just feel like it's because you know that his character isn't selfish, but in moments, he is. Like, you just know as a person that Gator's not that way. And then he came, then he had to, they had to, like, re-figure out what his perfect medication thing was, and then on that, so sometimes he would get so kind of sedated, and so then he would come to set, and I would be, like, he would be, like, he would be so sedated, and I would be, like, Gator, are you going to be able to shoot this scene? And he'd be, like, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then we would start shooting, and he became, like, Michael, it was, like, Willis, the footage of him, and the fact that he was, like, literally in a facility, like, 48 hours prior, and then he was on all new medication. I saw him right before we started shooting. The fact that you were able to do all that stuff is, like, a truly legendary performance, season one of Dave, that I feel like people don't even know how, like, you were, like, landing emotionally as you were filming the whole thing. And then now that I got to recap that, it's just, like, damn, I really was going through a lot, because when I first got out of the hospital, the facility out there in Malibu, Avalon, Dickie got me an Airbnb and FX. They worked together. I was in the Airbnb for, like, a couple months just to get the medicine right. I had a nurse and shit every day, taking medicine, eating smoothies and shit, so I really changed my lifestyle around, like, gunna. I got on some healthy shit. It was crazy. I remember Dave was like this. He was like. Yeah, he saved my life, bro. And you were hiding it from the network, too. Well, I didn't want them to be like, there's a problem here. Like, it's my first thing ever. Yeah. The first day. Nah, for sure. But then we told them, and then they were so supportive. Nah, they was. They really were. They gave you the money back, right? Yeah. Yeah, that was so fucking smooth, They reimbursed me. They did? Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah, that was dope. I really appreciate that, because they could have said, "Man, we don't know about this. Man, fuck him. Let's get somebody else in here," or whatever, but the fact that I was able to adjust though, that is amazing, man. I don't really look at it like that. Rob Markman: Dude, you were at a crossroads in life in that moment. Nah, for sure. Rob Markman: If it went that way, and then all of a sudden you didn't get that show, it's so- The only thing about it is though, it's just like, "Okay, we did that. We did this. I got the opportunity to do another movie," but no matter where you are as an artist or a creator, you're always going to find yourself at a crossroad. It's just about when. Rob Markman: Yeah. Yeah. Rob Markman: Can I say something about Airbnb real quick? Sure, Jack. Rob Markman: Kristen, I know that you've been mentioning that you wanted to have some sort of commemorative party with all the guests, and I haven't ever believed in that concept until now, because I just found this whole western town. Wow. Rob Markman: Would you show the community? Oh, yeah. Rob Markman: Show the community. Who's the community? Rob Markman: Just the viewership. Look at- Rob Markman: I mean, this is a western town. Wow. I would love to do this. Rob Markman: This is like you walk around, you turn this corner, you got Blake Griffin dribbling. You turn that corner, you got Sean O'Malley shadow boxing. And it all has to be western. Maybe everybody wears western-themed clothes. Rob Markman: Yeah. It's kind of an ask, because it's not that close to LA, and then we're telling them to dress up, but either way, book a home today on the Airbnb platform. What's your crossroad now? Rob Markman: Right now, it's just being focused every day consistently, being a dad, putting that as number one, and shit, just staying inspired, bro. Speaking of inspired. Rob Markman: You got to stay inspired, bro. You think you're a good freestyler? Rob Markman: Speaking of which, I got a microphone inside my hand. You want to do something real west coast for us? Rob Markman: Which I got? Can I hype man you? Rob Markman: Let's tee it up. Which I got? Rob Markman: Let's go. Gage is the best hype man in the world. I feel like I need to- Rob Markman: Don't do it yet. Don't do it yet. Yeah. Rob Markman: Doesn't he have such a good voice? Now. Rob Markman: Do you guys know this? What? What? Rob Markman: Weenie in the butt. Do you know it? No. What's weenie in the butt? Rob Markman: It's from Family Guy. It's so funny. I think it's Family Guy. Yeah. Rob Markman: I like that. Now for your starting lineup. Rob Markman: Oh, wow. It's incredible. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Rob Markman: At 5'6". At 5'6". White Lightning. Rob Markman: Yahey. Yahey. Yahey. These are yours. Rob Markman: A biggity bee. Don't clamorize. Rob Markman: What? What? Rob Markman: I never see the booty booty bounce like that. Okay, wait. Rob Markman: I don't know how to not glance. Rob Markman: Why are there so many? Did you bring these? No, I did. Rob Markman: Okay, guys. Let me hear this track. Rob Markman: Get over here. No, no. You're just straight in. Headphones on. Headphones on? Rob Markman: Yeah. Get it. Rob Markman: In your hand. I'm just letting you know two things before you do it. Rob Markman: Jump check. Yeah. One, we decided since it's you, we wanted to bring a West Coast flavor to it. Rob Markman: Yeah, let's do it. Rob Markman: B, your footwork can be captured if you feel like showing any of your footwork. Oh, yeah. Let me see what you got going. Rob Markman: One, two, three. Wait. I can't hear it. Yeah. I like this. Rob Markman: It's so low. Yeah. Okay. Look. Look. Uh. I'm stacking money. Rock my loafers with a penny. Camera's on me. When I'm hanging out with Benny. Made millions with Dave. Yeah. They really can't forget me. You got to take what I'm giving. Don't be picky. There you go. It's Mr. Bipolar. I really been cold like Yachty in Minnesota. Uh. I got two-minute movies. Yup. This ain't happened overnight. Uh. I did it just right. You can tell by the ice. I'm living the life and all my friends is white. Uh. Yeah. I'm really that nice. I came here and I ain't about to do it twice. Uh. Yeah. I'm going off the top. Rob Markman: Off the top. Off the top. Rob Markman: Going off the top. Man, they know I don't stop. Never. Rob Markman: Uh. I'm in the field. I'm a legend. Call me Junior Seiya. Can't copy my style, homie. Not even with no AI. I'm a real player. Uh. Huh. Yeah. Take it to the Himalayas. And I'm west coast riding. Sliding. Yeah. Uh. Huh. Fuck Biden. You know I'm doing it. Rob Markman: Fuck Biden. Rob Markman: You don't like Biden? Yeah. Uh. I can't do it. Rob Markman: Yeah. That's it right there, man. Rob Markman: All right, Chuck. You want to freestyle? Rob Markman: Kristen. You try one. Right now. Freestyle. Right now. I think Kristen has it in her. For that one. I'm sorry. I got to do that. I got to do that. I got to do that. I got to do that. No. Say words. No. That's good. I can't. I can't say words. I can't freestyle. Rob Markman: Do the shiba. Do the other thing. Okay. Do shiba. You guys act like it's so easy to freestyle. Rob Markman: Do the other thing. Do the other style. Do the shiba duba. I can't. I can only do it when I feel it. I can't say words. Freestyling is so hard. Rob Markman: Yeah. It's so hard. It's so hard when you have to freestyle. Rob Markman: Sounds like an old '90s song. You got to go late. You got to go late. Rob Markman: Look. Today is Monday. Geeking on Sunday. Designing everything. Walk on the runway. Oh, man. Even Robin want to know how I feel to be Batman one day. I'm going to stand on it. Yeah, I got a plan on it. Walk in the club. I'm going to drop some bands on it. Rob Markman: 100 grand. Shorty got ass. I put my hands on it. Rob Markman: 10 grand. Yeah. I'm the man. I'm the man. I'm the man. I can't do it. I can only do songs. Okay, Gator, we're going to give you a word, and you're going to freestyle, okay? Okay, Gator, you ready? One. What's the word? Pimples. Pimples. Yeah, my shorty got dimples. I'm out here popping like a pimple. Keep it simple, yeah. Okay, hot dog, hot dog. You're not the man, you need to stop, dog. Catch up, no hot dog. Oh, I like that. I like that, okay. That was really good. Okay, testicles, testicles. Yeah, you know I'm the besticle. Watch my testicles. Okay, now I'm watching it. Turnicet, turnicet. Turnicet? I'm been in a corner, pulled up white crib with a kit. That man down, get him a turnicet. I like that. What's a turnicet? Turnicet's like the thing that. Stop the blood, I'm showing love. Hell yeah, this is what I does. Wait, give me some words. Let me see if I can do words. Okay, okay. Gentrification. It's never easy. Everybody's sleazy, you got the hotels coming, the whites are here. Gentrification's coming, and it's near. Teeth. Oh, good grief. My teeth, I gotta get them clean next week. That was good. Okay, okay, okay. That was good. Lips. Lips, chits, dancing girls. Everybody knows I'm handsome. When I see the lips on the shaft, I twitch, I twitch, I come at last. I laugh, I twitch, I come, I fuck, I'm rich. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Weed. No weed can't glamorize. The ad sales partners will be scandalized. Y'all are crazy, man. I think the weed's taking over the production. Okay, this is stupid, we're done. That was fun. Why are you so tall right now? I'm ready, man. I'm ready. What are you ready for? Man, we ready every day, bro. Gator, what was the best day of your life? Best day of my life? Being born. Oh, wow. Do you remember? Nah, but just being born, like, just think about that, though. Yeah. That's the best day of your life. I mean, you popped out all the flesh. I'm here. Yeah. Gator, it don't matter. That's the best thing I've ever heard. We've asked so many people that question. Like, it don't matter. What's the worst day of your life so far? Man, the worst day was just not knowing my mom and dad, bro. That's the worst shit as a kid. Yeah. For sure. I know he's thinking right now, that's not a day. Nah, but that's. Well, no, no, no, that's not what I was thinking. That's not a day. Wait, but you don't know your mom or your dad? Nah, not my biological. Really? Yeah, really. Tell me, I. Oh, you don't know this story? No, no, here, let's sit down. I want to. Yeah, that's like some shit. I just need to sit down because I think my. You can't. Ardor might split in half and I might be bleeding out. That's crazy, right? Wait, tell them the story. No, my mom and dad just died when I was younger. They was doing drugs and stuff. And then, you know, my dad's sister adopted me. That's my auntie, who I call my mom. And then, you know, I got my cousin, Stacy, who's really my sister. You know? That's the real story. So you're both your parents. Did you ever meet them? Yeah, I probably was with them when I was younger and stuff. When did they die? How old were you? I think I was real, real small. Probably like 18 months for one. And they both died at the same time? No, no, no. I don't know who died first. I got to ask my real sister. Like, when did they tell you about that your biological mother was dead? I was really young, man. Probably about like, shit. I don't know. I don't want to say the wrong age, but between 8 and 11 or something like that. Is that something like you think. Do you think about that a lot? Like, do you think about, man, I wonder what, like, my mom or dad, like, my biological mom and dad are like, or no? You kind of. Um, no, I really don't think about it, but. You can't even miss them because you never knew them. Yeah, exactly. That's why I'm like, that's like the craziest feeling ever. And then it's just like knowing that you come from two people, and then you only get to see pictures of them when you become. I'm an adult and shit, you know what I'm saying? I just got some pictures of my parents. - You've never had pictures of them before? - No, not really. I only probably got these pictures a couple years ago. - Oh, wow. - Yeah, it's crazy. - What'd you think? - I was just like, damn, my dad's swagged out. He got the leather suit on. - He looks cool. - He got the leather hat. Hell yeah, he got the cigarette. My mom's right there. They're in some jukebox joint or something, sitting there. - Looking cool. - Yeah, looking cool. My dad was just looking dope as fuck, bro. - Do you ever ask people about your dad that knew him? - Yeah, I ask my uncle all the time. - What does he say? - He'll be telling me, man, your dad was cool, fun, smart, educated, you know? - What did they die of? - I think my dad had pneumonia. - Wow. - And then my mom, I think she died 'cause of some complications and stuff, 'cause of drug addiction and shit. - Wow. - Yeah. - So your mom's, or your dad's sister or your mom's sister raised you? - My dad's sister raised me. - You love her so much. - Hell yeah. I brought her to set, too. - That's your mom? - Yeah, that's my mom. - Yeah, I got her tatted right here. - Yeah, the lady you always call your mom, that's her. - Yeah, I got her name right here and everything, man. - How old was she when he died? Was she like the same age? - Yeah, I think so. - Is she so proud of you? - Nah, for sure. Hell yeah. - Is your family so proud of you? - Nah, hell yeah, man. 'Cause I got a great support system with Betty and Stacey, my mom and sister. They done always supported me, man. I always remind them if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to live the life that I'm living. I'm living now, 'cause they always believed in me. They put me in sports at a young age. They always made sure I was straight, good. I never had to feel like I didn't have as a kid, you know? My momma done worked so hard for me, so, yup. - I love your sister. - Hell yeah, Stacey. - Oh yeah, I've met your sister. She's great. - I met her, too. - That's dope, man. - She keeps it so real. - Yeah, for sure, man. Something so real. - She like, can't even, it's like so, she wears her realness on her sleeve, I love it. - Yeah, so real, it's like, oh man, think I might cry today, you know what I'm saying? She be keeping it real. She be on it, man. I love her, though. She keep me in check, though, too, for sure. Like, let me know when I'm fucking up. Let me know when I, you know what I'm saying? Everything. Everything that a sister supposed to be. But I always say to people, like, I got two moms, though. 'Cause Stacey really like my mom, too, you know? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah. Have you ever experienced any paranormal activity? - Nah, hell nah, I ain't. - Do you believe in paranoia? - I ain't experienced none, but I did a show about it. - What happened? - With Kesha. I went to go see some paranormal activity, some house where they say Houdini lived at and shit like that. - Oh, the one in LA? - No, in Frisco. There's a house out there where they say Antoine LeVay, he was like a devil worshiper. He had like satanic rituals and shit. But it's like some famous house out there in Frisco. But yeah, I got an episode out. Like, I did like a couple years ago, like around Halloween time. Kesha got a show about paranormal shit, but that's the closest shit I ever came to it. - Oh, wow. - You've been in so many things. It's crazy. - Oh, I be gandering. I be wiggling, bro. I be trying to, you know what I'm saying? Put the paint where it ain't, you know what I'm saying? - I like put the paint where it ain't. - Hey, Gator. If you were on death row and you could only have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, what are the things you're asking for? And they'll give you anything. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You get three meals. - And you get to be hungry for all three. - And you get to be so hungry. - So for breakfast, we gonna go with some eggs, potatoes, some chopped up sausage. Then for lunch, we gonna go with like, you know what I'm saying, a camisade burrito. - Camisade? - No, you get to have whatever you want. - Yeah, we're gonna go with-- - Like the cafeteria burrito? - Yeah, oh, no, oh, if you're talking about-- - Death row, death row. - No, no, you don't have to have jail food. - I was like, you want the burrito that they give you? - So, so, did they serve the other stuff in jail? - She said, anything you want. - No, no, I know. - All right, so for breakfast then, if that's the case-- - It's your dream world. - I'm gonna get me a smoothie. - Really? - For breakfast. - Death row, your last day? - It's your last day. - Yeah, but get me a lava flow smoothie. - What's a lava flow? - It's like strawberry, banana, pineapple, peanut butter. It's from Juicing Up. Shout out, Juicing Up. - Are they paying? - It's bomb, though, bro. You gotta put whey protein in it. - You wouldn't eat so much food that you like-- - Whey protein? It's your last meal. - Yeah, you said breakfast, let's do dinner. - But you would still just have a smoothie for your last breakfast? - You don't want the egg? - No, no, you gotta have the smoothie. Look, I would get potatoes. - Yeah, okay. - And the smoothie? - I would get some eggs. Like fried scrambled eggs. And then I would get probably a boiled egg or two, 'cause I love boiled eggs. - Me too. - Ew. - They smell good. - I love 'em. - I love boiled eggs as well. - I'm with you, Gary, I'm with you, Benny. - I like boiled eggs. - They smell like shit. - Tuna smells like shit. - And then I would get me a plain piece of toast for my breakfast just to have, and then I have an English muffin just to have. Then I have orange juice, cranberry juice. Then I'll probably, since it's death row, I'll probably drink some milk, go out with a glass of milk. Then for lunch, look, for lunch I'll probably ask for something like hibachi or something. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like something kind of heavy or some rice and shit. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Glossy-ass. - I'll throw the shrimp in your mouth. - Beef and chicken. - Yeah. - And I'll have some scrambled up fried-ass veggies on the side looking real crazy off the grill. And then I'll definitely put in some teriyaki or orange type of chicken sauce on top of that. - Yeah. - And then for dinner, I'm gonna go with a prime rib. - Prime rib? Nothing else, just prime rib? - No, look, prime rib with a medium, sick, mild steak on the side, medium well-done. - Okay, okay. - So two steaks? - Yeah. - You love steak? - No, look, get me prime rib. - No, just prime rib, like the slice. - Yeah, prime rib. - Yeah, it's like sliced meat. - Put some barbecue on that shit. - Yeah, yeah, okay. - You know what I mean, slice that shit up. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Then I would get like a filet, six ounce. Then I'll probably do some mashed potatoes or some corn. - Any noodles? - And then I'll take, no, no noodles, nah. Then I would get like a nice glass of Zinfandel. - Ooh. - It's death row. - Yeah. - So Zinfandel, you know what I'm saying, so I can have that player speech, talk to myself, like, you know what I'm saying? - Yeah, yeah. - Are you talking to yourself on your way out? - Hell yeah. - How would you choose to die? - Man, I wouldn't want to choose no way, you know what I'm saying? I would probably just let the state let me pick, but. - Let me ask you this, actor to actor. Steven Spielberg calls you, he goes, "Gayda, I want you to be in this movie. "It's set in 1720." - That's, we got a conflict already. My hair, you know what I'm saying, we gotta keep my hair in consideration. - Oh, yeah. - What am I doing, am I cutting it, or? - He says, yeah. - Look how on point I am. - It's the opportunity of a lifetime. - Would you cut your hair for the role? - Hell yeah, for a role, I already thought about that a million times. - Well, here's, I guess, the question-- - He says you have to suck me in. - Like, I feel like when I talk to you about wanting roles, you always say things like, I want to get, and I respect it, and this is a true actor, but you're like, I want to get a role that's not even like me. I want to become like a hacker, or like a scientist, or blah, blah, blah. For me, the thought of taking roles that are really far from who I am as a person just seemed really stressful. So, season three was like 1750, you're-- - It's 1960, and, you're Jimi Hendrix, and you're accepting the award for the Grammys, but a woman is coming up that you slept with, and you have to get her off the stage. Like, you have to tell her to get off the stage in the classiest way possible while you're accepting your award. - That's a very specific scenario. - That's a crazy scene right there. - Okay, so you're accepting your award. - Yeah. - Album of the year, Jimi Hendrix. - Woo! - I just want to thank all my fans for making me feel this elegance and this euphoria tonight. - Gita, you fucked me! - We're sorry, but that universe, that's not a world we're living in right now. - Yeah! - I would like to thank you, everybody, for tuning in to my strings and my chords. And they've been making me feel excellent. So, everybody tonight, have a good time, and just please enjoy yourself. And remember, rock and roll is family. - Yeah! - That was great. - That was so good. - Should we do, now, okay. - I don't know what the fuck Jimi Hendrix talked about, but I love that. - Yeah, it felt-- - He didn't even talk like that. - No, I felt it. - Okay, okay. - It was great, I loved it. - I could never do that. - Okay, okay. Kristen, you come up with his new scenario. - 2004, you're in high school, and you walk outside, and you see a bus just hit a student. - Yep. - Oh, man. - There you go. - That's crazy. - And it was your best friend. - All right, Mr. Reed. Hey, thanks for the class, bro. Man, I feel good to be outside, man. Jesus, man, class been fucking me up the whole time. - Damn! Hey, Mr. Douglas, get out of here! Oh, shit, people coming up! We gotta talk to you guys about Olipop, because they have a caramel apple flavor. - Whoa. - It's good. - Wow, packed with flavor. - Truly packed. - Very interesting. I'll be honest. I saw these cans. I was a little scared, 'cause I don't tend to love caramel. - This might be the best one they've made. - I am in love with this drink. - I kind of forgot we were even, I was just-- - I don't like caramel corn. - I'll just keep chugging it over here. - Not only does it taste better than every soda, it's actually got nine grams of fiber. - So it's healthier. - Mm-hmm. - What are you doing? Like, if you're not doing this, you're living wrong. - Buy any two cans of Olipop in store, and they'll pay you back for one. Any flavor, any retailer. Go to-- - Drinkolipop.com/fks. Favorite episode from Dave that's not Heitman, the breakthrough, most important, episode but that's not that one because I know that you're going to pick that one and by the way that one deserves to be your favorite and it probably is of course your favorite because you did an unbelievable job that episode people I have waitresses remember we were out to dinner literally a waitress said I just want to say that episode of TV and I just felt guilty she was crying and being like thank you so much for doing that and I thought at least you should be thanking him like he's yeah that's one of my favorite episodes but my favorite other than that oh man that's tough because it's did you even watch any of the others probably the Brad Pitt one right no not necessarily that's the season finale the Rick Rubin episode that's my favorite when you're talking to yourself in the studio that's my favorite when you got the ball we were just watching when the head you were in the back what was that that's my favorite episode of the whole series me too what are your top three Chuck top three yeah I can really only top five top five top five are all the nines and tens except for like I can only have I mean there's six of those no but Sam real quick episode in no particular order although I think the Rick Rubin one's my favorite besides that they're all kind of jumbled for me basically season one episode nine is the one where I go to the wedding and we have the auto tune at the beginning and the auto tune at the end I love that one the season one finale with the breakfast club and of course uh the season two episode nine which is the Rick Rubin one yeah season two episode ten which is the one where Gaeta like is crying our relationship we have like our fight yeah that was crazy and then all and you think that you're like crying watching it and then you go up the thing and you're performing it's like the ending works so perfectly I love that that ending is unreal yeah that was crazy um the Brad Pitt one is the fourth one and then that was crazy and then uh wait is that five I have those or five those are some of my favorites too I remember I knew when we were obviously friends for years that you were gonna be so good at being like funny and charming on the show I did not necessarily know that you'd be able to like be so emotionally vulnerably incredible like and have like you asked me to do a breakdown crying scene it's not necessarily gonna go nearly as well as with you I just knew that if I put you in any position where you had to be emotional that you'd deliver the best possible scene a human being could ever deliver nah thank you for seeing that in me too cause bro what I'm saying is I didn't see that in you I took a total guess you happened to with the emotional scenes yeah you happened to be better than everyone you're like so much better than David I took a risk one time and I saw it and I was like oh my god the way he can do it is unbelievable and then I was like I knew he could do it and then every time you were like a secret weapon even the second time I thought maybe that first time was a total fluke and I thought how's he gonna do this again he did it again and I was like oh my god he does it every single time every time you would cry yeah I know you would fully cry I know you're incredible yeah man it's like one of my crazy talents that I feel like I got people might call it a talent but shit man I'd really be crying though you gotta take yourself somewhere to do that how do you get yourself to cry I just think about the good stuff think about the bad stuff put it all together and then it just gives you like an uneasy feeling so it makes it easy for you to break down emotionally that's kind of like it's crazy you do it so well yeah I like just try to think about some of the best shit cause you know you know you ever heard that saying tears of joy yeah yeah so you can think about some of the best shit that's going on and then you gotta think about some of the worst shit at the same time and then it just gonna start coming out wow a wise man when you met me and you got in the game with me you did not did you envision being an actor not at all hell no I didn't even know you had this up your sleeve bro to even be able to put yourself in a position I didn't even believe I'm gonna do it showy you just thought I wasn't a big rapper I knew he had genius but I just didn't see like oh the TV show shit coming right away like you know what I'm saying cause he was still digging at the rap game going crazy my first day meeting him he said he was gonna have the biggest show in the world my first day meeting him see that's hard see cause he was already digging that this was in 2000 I was so caught up in the the raps and going on tour and all I was you know what I'm saying amazed with that you saw me as a fearless MC the gander I was amazed with that you know what I'm saying but to be able to think outside that box that's what you good at bro so that's dope you know what I'm saying converted your career into making a TV show do you see me as a fearless MC nah for sure I can't wait till you unleash all this new shit bro get it let's go 10 years from now what's happening in your life your dream scenario my dream scenario number one that everybody in my family is still alive still healthy you know what I'm saying shit hopefully couple cribs paid off you know what I'm saying I'm a king in college I'm doing well I got successful projects you know my mom and sisters still thriving shit just want peace and happiness man just make sure I'm handling my business as somebody that would be 10 years older that's it just want to be in a better position just mentally spiritually you know what I'm saying just want to be better in 10 years all around taller? shit yeah I can't get no taller you don't need to get taller he's a great guy I like being 6'2 I feel like I'm ready you know what I'm saying you've been to this house you know definitely way more than any guest that we've ever actually had on this thing you're a true icon guest of this home gayed up great man great rapper great actor great father great style great friend great friend great smoothie drinker friends on three one two three friends you