The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - SLINGING CANDLES Ft. Juju Green ｜ Episode 191

00:00:00.000 I used to be a sales associate at Bath and Body Works.

00:00:04.200 How do you know this?

00:00:05.980 How?

00:00:06.320 What?

00:00:07.180 I feel like you would sling a candle like nobody's business.

00:00:10.920 I feel like you would kill sales.

00:00:18.080 Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show.

00:00:21.480 Starring me, your fave.

00:00:22.540 Everybody knows me who cares about me.

00:00:24.120 On to the guest.

00:00:25.420 Today we have for our next installment of the spooky season,

00:00:28.140 the one, the only, the hilarious, the iconically talented Juju Green,

00:00:32.100 a.k.a. Straw Hat Goofy.

00:00:33.800 Hi, guys.

00:00:34.800 How's it going?

00:00:35.680 Hello.

00:00:36.100 I care about you.

00:00:37.040 Oh, thank you.

00:00:37.600 Like, very much.

00:00:38.680 Thank you, because nobody here does.

00:00:41.520 As she says, she's got family, sisters.

00:00:44.260 None of the people behind this camera care about.

00:00:46.300 Nobody here.

00:00:47.480 It's just us all.

00:00:48.540 You know what?

00:00:48.840 All we need is each other right here.

00:00:50.120 Exactly.

00:00:50.500 We're good.

00:00:51.000 This episode is presented to you by eBay.

00:00:53.960 Tell me if I'm alone here.

00:00:55.560 But shopping used to feel more fun before all of the algorithm fed blah in the endless sea of dupes. 0.95

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00:01:21.000 Things people love.

00:01:22.740 A fish and a burger.

00:01:23.640 A fish and a burger.

00:01:24.680 Who would have thought?

00:01:25.360 Two best friends.

00:01:26.220 Hey, you just like called yourself like the fish from Spongebob.

00:01:30.080 Yes.

00:01:30.280 The bikini bottom.

00:01:30.880 I'm giving narrator.

00:01:32.080 Am I a Krabby Patty?

00:01:34.520 Wow.

00:01:34.960 I think.

00:01:35.640 Oh, yes.

00:01:36.620 Krabby Patty in the fish report.

00:01:38.000 We did not plan this at all.

00:01:40.020 Listen, I'm about to.

00:01:40.680 And nobody's Spongebob because that's basic.

00:01:42.600 Yeah, we went niche.

00:01:44.040 Who wants to go with Spongebob?

00:01:45.280 We went with like niche concept costumes.

00:01:47.280 Exactly.

00:01:47.680 It's the my leg guy.

00:01:49.020 Yeah, exactly.

00:01:50.480 You go with Mrs. Puff.

00:01:51.760 Right.

00:01:52.060 You know, you go, oh, the chocolate, the chocolate, like fish.

00:01:55.460 Yeah.

00:01:55.740 My favorite side character would be the guy who's like, my diet Dr. Kel.

00:02:00.860 That guy.

00:02:02.180 He stole me because I can't eat without a drink.

00:02:04.340 Yeah.

00:02:04.860 So I too would berate the pizza worker if he forgot my big drink.

00:02:07.920 Honestly, fair.

00:02:08.520 This is like before DoorDash was a thing.

00:02:10.120 Right.

00:02:10.340 It's like, bro, I called you.

00:02:11.740 You said you go order.

00:02:12.880 There's a storm outside.

00:02:14.020 It took them legit like two days to get to them.

00:02:16.660 Like, I would be pissed off too.

00:02:18.580 Exactly.

00:02:19.240 All that and you forget my drink.

00:02:21.480 Exactly.

00:02:22.080 All that hoopla for nothing.

00:02:23.680 Come on.

00:02:24.040 Hoopla.

00:02:24.440 Anyways, I am happy to have you on the show.

00:02:27.580 I'm happy to be here.

00:02:27.880 Thank you so much for coming here.

00:02:29.160 You and I, we go way back.

00:02:30.500 We go like, it feels like the beginning of like TikTok as we know it.

00:02:33.900 I know.

00:02:34.260 We go way back to that.

00:02:34.620 We were in the same wave, I feel like.

00:02:36.460 Yeah.

00:02:36.580 And I like that.

00:02:37.200 Same like draft class.

00:02:38.140 Yeah, exactly.

00:02:39.720 You and I both went round one.

00:02:41.180 I think so.

00:02:41.860 Yeah, round one.

00:02:42.480 I think, I think like you went like one.

00:02:44.440 I feel like I'm like 12.

00:02:46.320 Like, you know, I feel like, I feel like I'm like, you know.

00:02:49.460 You're tripping.

00:02:49.960 Listen, 12 is good.

00:02:51.240 12 is good.

00:02:51.980 I think Kobe was like 13.

00:02:53.460 I know.

00:02:53.720 Now we, now we, we're seeing your, like, I guess have seniority.

00:02:57.600 I think so.

00:02:58.160 We're seeing your citizens, honestly, on TikTok.

00:03:00.040 Senior citizens is what I was thinking a little bit.

00:03:00.960 I've been called unk many a time.

00:03:02.580 You and me both.

00:03:03.960 I'm sick of it.

00:03:05.500 Honestly, I don't mind.

00:03:06.700 Like, my hairline's starting to recede.

00:03:08.540 Like, I'm, I'm starting to reach.

00:03:09.760 I don't think so.

00:03:10.700 I mean, I'm just so conscious about it.

00:03:12.500 That's it.

00:03:12.720 Well, my daughter basically calls it out. 1.00

00:03:14.500 She's terrified of me being bald.

00:03:16.120 Like, every time I get a haircut, she's like, no.

00:03:18.120 No, don't do it.

00:03:19.360 And I'm like, why do you think that?

00:03:20.300 She says, because you're already kind of bald.

00:03:22.000 She's like, I can see it.

00:03:23.260 Obviously, I have eyes.

00:03:24.060 Because you're looking from my chest up.

00:03:25.640 You can't see the rest.

00:03:26.240 Yeah, you don't know what's going on back there.

00:03:27.740 You know what I'm saying?

00:03:27.940 You're too small.

00:03:28.500 So, I'm just like, I'm just embracing it preemptively before it gets, like, real bad.

00:03:32.440 Honestly, I call it power bald.

00:03:34.340 Like, my man obviously has really long hair.

00:03:36.740 But he told me, like, the second it starts to wean even a little, picking the whole head.

00:03:43.340 And then he's going to grow the beard longer.

00:03:45.860 That's what I was going to do.

00:03:47.240 Yeah.

00:03:47.360 So, he has a plan.

00:03:48.220 I was like, if I shave this, this is about to go crazy.

00:03:49.440 Yeah.

00:03:49.700 And my dad's bald.

00:03:51.020 Oh, you're good.

00:03:52.520 I've got permission from all bald people.

00:03:53.600 Okay.

00:03:53.980 You guys are setting, like, family precedents.

00:03:56.000 Yeah.

00:03:56.260 My dad's bald.

00:03:57.460 He was, like, over it.

00:03:58.900 Don't need it anymore.

00:03:59.880 Yeah.

00:04:00.040 My dad's bald, too. 0.99

00:04:01.300 Bald as hell. 1.00

00:04:01.860 Exactly. 0.94

00:04:02.400 And bald dads are great dads.

00:04:03.920 My dad was in prison for my whole life.

00:04:05.860 So, it's fine.

00:04:09.360 You're still, I'm sure you would have been a great dad.

00:04:12.140 And will be a great dad sometimes.

00:04:13.800 Exactly.

00:04:14.300 He's great now.

00:04:15.340 Okay, perfect.

00:04:15.780 Like, you know, he's really great.

00:04:16.800 He's awesome.

00:04:17.220 I love that.

00:04:17.420 Yeah.

00:04:17.760 I love that.

00:04:20.800 But, thankfully, you're not bald yet.

00:04:22.700 I think you've got a great hairline still.

00:04:23.900 Not yet.

00:04:24.360 As long as I'm not, like, Tyler Perry's definition of, like, a black man in America. 0.89

00:04:29.300 Because they're always mean, they're always bald, and they're always dark-skinned. 1.00

00:04:32.520 So, I feel like I'm fighting against the Tyler Perry stereotype.

00:04:36.040 You're all hang on just a little bit longer.

00:04:37.420 Just a little bit longer.

00:04:38.620 My niceness goes away with the hairline, apparently.

00:04:42.140 Well, speaking of our senior class, when we were drafted many a year ago, you've been

00:04:48.200 very busy.

00:04:49.020 I've been very busy.

00:04:50.040 I feel like I've been busy for a while.

00:04:50.680 The movie guy.

00:04:51.260 Everyone's favorite movie guy.

00:04:52.440 Well, I don't know about everyone's favorite.

00:04:53.860 But, like, hopefully, I'm, like, enough people's movie guy.

00:04:56.820 Absolutely.

00:04:57.640 I've been doing a lot and working really hard to, like, cement this.

00:05:01.220 Because, you know, social media is fleeting.

00:05:03.000 Like, it always feels like it's going to go away.

00:05:05.180 The TikTok we have.

00:05:06.240 How many scares now?

00:05:07.140 I know.

00:05:07.760 For real.

00:05:08.120 I lost count at this point.

00:05:09.340 I lost count.

00:05:09.880 To be honest, every day it's, like, it's going to be deleted tomorrow.

00:05:13.060 And at this point, I'm, like, all right.

00:05:14.980 Yeah, at this point, I'm, like, just do it already.

00:05:17.160 Just do it.

00:05:18.080 Quit edging me.

00:05:19.520 Just do it already.

00:05:20.460 And I don't like to be edged.

00:05:21.840 I don't appreciate it.

00:05:22.940 I mean, sometimes.

00:05:24.620 But, like, in this sense, I'm, like, please, just stop.

00:05:27.100 We've been edging for, like, a good while.

00:05:29.040 And so, with that in mind, I've always just kind of, like, tried to separate myself from, like, you know, just being TikTok.

00:05:35.020 Because I still love TikTok.

00:05:35.940 Totally.

00:05:36.320 I still love making TikToks.

00:05:37.600 It's just, like, you know, how do I expand?

00:05:40.080 Yeah.

00:05:40.540 Diversify.

00:05:41.400 How do I diversify?

00:05:42.800 You've done really well at doing that.

00:05:44.820 Thank you. 1.00

00:05:45.420 Like, with the podcast, your fucking book. 1.00

00:05:46.760 Thank you. 1.00

00:05:47.160 Like, come on.

00:05:47.620 Period.

00:05:48.080 I feel like, like, you've transcended what social media can be, right?

00:05:53.600 Oh, thank you.

00:05:54.500 I appreciate that.

00:05:55.300 I feel the same about you.

00:05:56.780 You know, it's so, like, how do you feel?

00:05:58.940 Like, because I don't want to interview you on your own podcast.

00:06:00.800 No, it's okay.

00:06:01.660 How do you feel, like, being where you're at now?

00:06:03.960 Do you feel like you've transcended?

00:06:06.060 Like, are you, like, in the, or do you just feel, like, normal and you're just trying to maintain?

00:06:10.120 I feel, at this point in my career, I feel like I'm in purgatory.

00:06:13.360 I'm in, like, a middle area.

00:06:14.980 Yeah.

00:06:15.280 So, like, I'm not quite, like, oh, that girl on TikTok.

00:06:18.440 I'm a little bit past that now.

00:06:20.420 But you've been to just as many award shows as I've been to.

00:06:23.920 Right.

00:06:24.300 We're not quite there.

00:06:25.180 I don't know about that.

00:06:26.220 We've been to quite a few events, like, premieres, all that stuff.

00:06:29.180 And, you know, like, when you go there, of course they invite us because people watch us.

00:06:33.060 Yeah, yeah.

00:06:33.500 But then when you get in those rooms with higher level talent, we're just the help.

00:06:37.800 Yeah, yeah.

00:06:38.480 That's when you get the rude awakening of just kind of, like, people, you guys who watch

00:06:42.680 me on your phones think, like, we're big.

00:06:45.160 Like, you know, we have all these things going for us.

00:06:47.100 But then when you're, like, standing face to face with someone like Leonardo DiCaprio

00:06:50.500 or The Rock and they have no idea who you are, what you do, or where you come from, you're

00:06:54.520 just kind of like, okay, that's where I am.

00:06:56.540 Yeah, you're like, right there in the middle.

00:06:58.340 There's levels to this.

00:06:59.200 Yeah, in that weird spot.

00:07:00.620 Yeah, but I feel like, you know, we can appreciate the levels, if that makes sense.

00:07:05.320 I agree.

00:07:05.860 I feel like there's categories of, like, these type of things.

00:07:08.680 Like, you may not watch sports, but that still doesn't mean someone like a Kevin Durant is

00:07:13.280 not, like, the highest performing guy there.

00:07:15.860 Right, exactly.

00:07:16.980 So I feel like in our kind of, like, stratosphere, you can consider us the top dogs and there are

00:07:22.780 people who really just only consume content from that stratosphere.

00:07:26.120 And that's really cool.

00:07:27.720 But when it comes to, like, intermingling, like you said, like, being the help in certain

00:07:31.220 situations, there's levels to this, you know?

00:07:33.360 It's true.

00:07:33.980 And it's also, like, it's driven by ego more than anything, in my opinion.

00:07:37.680 Oh, 100%.

00:07:38.080 We've been in enough rooms now to know, like, that's more ego than anything.

00:07:41.220 Because obviously there's a reason why we're in the room.

00:07:43.160 But I joke all the time because I say, like, honestly, like, high, high, high level talent,

00:07:48.200 like, what you would consider your average celebrity.

00:07:50.600 Right.

00:07:50.960 They're actually more oftentimes than not a lot nicer, in my opinion, than, like, reality

00:07:56.520 star people.

00:07:57.720 Yeah.

00:07:58.280 Reality star people, like, we're in different buckets, right?

00:08:01.120 Like, we're social people.

00:08:02.240 There's reality star people.

00:08:03.460 There's, like, actual A-level talent.

00:08:05.660 Yeah.

00:08:06.080 And then we're all kind of mixed in between in these rooms.

00:08:09.300 And I was, like, the only people that have ever been rude to me, like, in my experience

00:08:13.640 thus far, have been reality stars.

00:08:16.440 I can see that.

00:08:16.780 Because they think they're more famous than us.

00:08:19.240 And I think we're the same, if we're being real.

00:08:21.740 Like, I feel like we're on the same level.

00:08:23.080 Yeah.

00:08:23.300 I feel like that, too.

00:08:24.380 Because I feel like we're all just living in a reality.

00:08:27.020 Right.

00:08:27.300 None of this is real.

00:08:28.380 We're all putting our lives online, right?

00:08:29.820 And none of these things are real.

00:08:31.380 But I think, like, there is a level of just kind of, like, once you get that taste of fame,

00:08:36.480 it's like, what are you going to do with it, right?

00:08:37.800 Right.

00:08:37.940 Or who are you going to become once you get that little taste?

00:08:40.100 Right.

00:08:40.480 Some people will hit, like, 10,000 followers on Instagram and say, like, I'm an influencer.

00:08:44.860 Can you count me my meal?

00:08:46.220 And it's like, wait a minute.

00:08:48.100 Who are you?

00:08:48.940 Like, I'm sorry.

00:08:49.660 Like, what?

00:08:50.340 Like, you know?

00:08:51.140 And they somehow, there's, like, a delusion of, like, oh, because of these 10K, I'm just

00:08:56.220 as big as Huda or just as big as Dwayne.

00:08:59.740 Like, you should know who I am.

00:09:01.120 They're like, what?

00:09:01.800 I had that one viral video.

00:09:03.180 So, of course, you've seen it, right?

00:09:04.540 Right.

00:09:04.800 And for me, I've always tried to stay grounded when I, like, I know where I come from, right?

00:09:10.660 Like, I know I'm just a guy who just puts out, like, fun movie videos.

00:09:14.460 I'm just off the top of the dome.

00:09:16.200 It's really not that deep for me.

00:09:18.020 So, like, whenever I hear people be like, oh, you think you're so much bigger than what

00:09:21.640 you are.

00:09:21.960 I'm like, I really not.

00:09:22.640 My self-esteem is so low.

00:09:23.860 I never do.

00:09:25.060 Never.

00:09:25.440 Trust me.

00:09:26.020 Never.

00:09:26.220 Well, and also, too, like, sometimes when, because we've worked carpets, like, you and

00:09:29.600 I, sometimes when I work carpets, like, you know, like, stars are online like us.

00:09:34.240 Yeah.

00:09:34.340 Like, they're on TikTok like us. 0.55

00:09:35.460 So, they do have brain rot. 0.95

00:09:36.780 Every now and then you have that overlap.

00:09:38.160 Yeah.

00:09:38.420 And they're like, oh, my God, I love your stuff.

00:09:40.480 I think you're so funny.

00:09:41.360 I think you're so cool.

00:09:42.920 And sometimes when I'm, you know, when you work in those little press pits, you sit

00:09:46.120 in those little pig pens and then you're, like, shoulder to shoulder with everybody.

00:09:50.700 Yeah.

00:09:50.920 And so, sometimes when A-level talent will recognize me and they're like, oh, my God,

00:09:54.960 I love your stuff.

00:09:55.980 And they walk away.

00:09:56.820 Enough times it happens.

00:09:58.180 People next to me will be like, what do you do?

00:10:00.060 What do you do?

00:10:00.700 Yeah.

00:10:02.600 I literally go, honestly, nothing interesting.

00:10:04.820 Like, I literally tell them, I tell wiener jokes on the internet. 0.97

00:10:07.300 Like, that's pretty much it.

00:10:08.340 You're really good at it, too.

00:10:09.280 That's the start and stop of it, to be honest. 1.00

00:10:10.500 I mean, when you're telling wiener jokes and someone like LeBron James is like, fuck 0.99

00:10:14.080 yeah, this girl right here. 0.99

00:10:15.780 They're like, I love this girl.

00:10:17.160 That's dope. 0.93

00:10:17.900 And that's honestly where the real magic happens.

00:10:20.080 I agree.

00:10:20.580 I think so.

00:10:21.620 Because I feel like we put those A-list level talent on such a level that we dehumanize

00:10:27.400 them a little bit.

00:10:27.980 I agree.

00:10:28.380 And I feel like the fact that they do watch us and they do get that brain rot and they

00:10:32.500 acknowledge it, that's where the true humanization comes from.

00:10:35.860 And that's where it's like, oh, we're all people just kind of existing.

00:10:38.580 And it's more fun that way.

00:10:39.820 It is way more fun that way.

00:10:40.980 Like, they really, I feel like they genuinely appreciate when you pop those bubbles for

00:10:44.400 them.

00:10:44.820 Yeah.

00:10:45.040 And you just talk to them like they're, I literally said, I was like, I like talking to them like 0.99

00:10:48.520 they're just some regular bitch on the street. 1.00

00:10:49.940 Right. 1.00

00:10:50.220 That's how I like talking to them because that's how I talk to everybody.

00:10:52.680 Yep.

00:10:52.960 I greet everybody the same.

00:10:54.060 Everybody has the same level of candor from me and fervor.

00:10:56.900 And I think that makes it more fun and interesting.

00:10:58.820 And that's what makes them more open to you.

00:11:00.220 I agree.

00:11:00.740 I think you're a great interviewer, too.

00:11:02.040 So I feel like that's why they liken to you as well.

00:11:04.260 Yeah. 0.99

00:11:04.380 Because I don't give a fuck. 0.99

00:11:05.500 Me either. 0.99

00:11:06.160 I don't give a damn.

00:11:09.060 I don't care about anything.

00:11:10.760 I just told this story for the first time online.

00:11:13.900 And I'm going to tell it to you because I'm going to hold on to this forever.

00:11:18.120 I out famous Pedro Pascal one time.

00:11:20.380 No way.

00:11:21.020 I did.

00:11:21.620 I did.

00:11:21.980 You cucked Pedro Pascal?

00:11:23.320 I cucked Pedro Pascal.

00:11:24.600 I kind of did.

00:11:25.700 Cucked on my bucket list. 0.99

00:11:26.720 I'm going to cuck him so bad. 0.99

00:11:27.800 Pedro, let me know. 0.98

00:11:28.640 I wasn't.

00:11:29.100 Listen, Pedro, let me know if you remember this and let this happen.

00:11:33.020 I'll clear my schedule.

00:11:33.680 All right.

00:11:34.220 But this was like a couple of years ago.

00:11:36.640 And it was at this after party that I snuck into for Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

00:11:40.880 OK, G.

00:11:41.540 And my friend, I think you know her, Liv Pearsall.

00:11:45.040 Oh, yeah, yeah.

00:11:45.480 Yeah.

00:11:45.800 We were there together.

00:11:46.840 And she was just kind of like, I really want to meet Pedro.

00:11:48.920 Like, he's really cool.

00:11:49.900 And like, but she's like, I don't know how to approach a famous person.

00:11:52.520 Right. 0.99

00:11:52.980 And I was like, I don't give a fuck. 0.99

00:11:54.460 Like, follow me. 1.00

00:11:55.560 I'll talk to him.

00:11:56.320 And then I'll just scoot you in there. 0.99

00:11:58.140 You are so friendly.

00:11:59.500 You're like, so outgoing at those parties.

00:12:01.240 I see you work in those rooms.

00:12:02.340 Listen, I just dance.

00:12:03.880 That's all.

00:12:05.540 I go there.

00:12:06.420 I look for the dance floor.

00:12:07.520 And no alcohol either, too.

00:12:08.640 Just all like vibes.

00:12:09.420 I know.

00:12:09.820 It's true.

00:12:10.480 You're purely off vibes.

00:12:12.500 That's how I live my life.

00:12:13.860 That's just how I like to get down.

00:12:15.520 So we go over there.

00:12:17.220 And like, Pedro's like surrounded by a circle of people.

00:12:19.780 And like, everyone's trying to get his photo.

00:12:21.320 And he's like, Pedro's like one of the nicest celebrities.

00:12:25.400 I've only ever seen him from afar.

00:12:26.960 I've never met him.

00:12:27.660 But he is nice.

00:12:27.720 Yeah, real deal, real article.

00:12:28.900 And one of the nicest, most genuine celebrities I've ever seen.

00:12:31.340 It's like almost he doesn't realize he's a celebrity still.

00:12:33.660 That's sweet.

00:12:34.360 I love that.

00:12:34.900 So he's there.

00:12:36.220 He's got his hands like this.

00:12:37.320 And he's just smiling at everyone the whole time.

00:12:39.120 He's taking everyone one by one, giving them their time.

00:12:41.280 And then finally, this woman, she walks up to him and says, hey, my son's a really big

00:12:45.080 fan of you.

00:12:45.600 He loves The Mandalorian.

00:12:46.640 Can he take a picture with you?

00:12:47.780 He goes, yeah, of course.

00:12:48.840 Like, bring him over.

00:12:49.620 Yeah.

00:12:49.780 So, like, Pedro's here.

00:12:51.860 Kid is here.

00:12:52.760 I'm, like, in the middle watching this happen.

00:12:54.700 Yeah. 1.00

00:12:55.180 As the kid's crossing over, he, like, sees me out the corner of his eye, flips his shit. 1.00

00:12:59.740 Like, oh, my God, you're strong, goofy. 0.99

00:13:01.440 Like, I love your movie.

00:13:02.420 And he runs from where he was going to me.

00:13:04.920 He says, oh, my God, can I get a photo?

00:13:06.300 Like, I'm so happy that you did it.

00:13:07.580 And at this point, like, I'm looking at Pedro.

00:13:10.640 And Pedro's, like, got this eyebrow raised.

00:13:12.020 Like, huh?

00:13:13.220 What?

00:13:13.720 Like, what's happening?

00:13:14.560 Who is this?

00:13:15.180 Right.

00:13:15.760 And I'm, like, you know what?

00:13:17.300 Let me work this situation to the best I can.

00:13:20.640 So, I look at the kid and I say, of course, you can take a photo with me, man.

00:13:23.320 Just go ahead and take a photo with Pedro first.

00:13:24.900 And then come back.

00:13:26.200 You're all, do you want to get your fans first?

00:13:27.700 Yeah, get your fans.

00:13:29.500 Like, you can take them, bro.

00:13:30.580 You can take them, Pedro, right?

00:13:31.340 Yeah, yeah.

00:13:31.480 You can share fans.

00:13:32.140 Right, for real.

00:13:32.380 You can be Escavo brothers here.

00:13:33.420 And so, he takes a photo with him, runs back to me, takes a photo, like, gives me a, like,

00:13:37.920 dap of whatever, walks away.

00:13:39.540 And then now it's just me, Pedro, my friend Liv, and maybe, like, a couple other people.

00:13:43.240 He, like, literally just kind of, like, scoots over to me like this and goes, I'm sorry,

00:13:47.360 who are you?

00:13:48.240 And I'm, like, well, again, I just make videos.

00:13:51.400 Who, me?

00:13:51.920 Yeah, like, who, me?

00:13:52.980 Like, he probably just saw a couple of my Marvel videos and he likes them on TikTok.

00:13:56.300 And we really got to have a genuine conversation about movies, like, the whole ecosystem of,

00:14:01.300 like, creators of movies and stuff like that.

00:14:02.880 And then we partied for the rest of the night with me, him, and Tiffany Haddish.

00:14:05.700 It was really dope.

00:14:06.560 It was really dope.

00:14:07.560 That's so deep.

00:14:08.160 Yeah.

00:14:08.520 That's so funny.

00:14:09.360 I recently went to a party.

00:14:12.340 I got invited to, like, a party and there was a lot, a lot of famous people there.

00:14:16.500 And I took my girlfriend and we were, like, we were hanging out, having a good time.

00:14:20.940 And then, but mind you, like, there was, like, the most famous people I've seen in a

00:14:25.740 while, like, in a house party setting.

00:14:27.540 And it was, like, Trevor Noah was there.

00:14:30.160 Like, Mahershala Ali was there.

00:14:31.300 Like, everyone, everyone who's anyone was there, which was cool.

00:14:34.760 And I was sitting at the table with my friend and we were talking.

00:14:37.320 And then this girl came over and she was, like, I can't believe you're here. 0.99

00:14:42.480 And she was, like, oh, my fucking God. 0.99

00:14:45.100 Like, she was, like, literally, she's, like, I'm sorry. 0.99

00:14:46.840 I have to freak out.

00:14:47.780 I have to freak out for just a second.

00:14:49.380 And I didn't, I didn't know her.

00:14:50.460 Like, I didn't know who she was.

00:14:52.080 And I was, like, oh, girl, you can freak out whatever you do, whatever you want.

00:14:55.420 And then she was, like, I'm such a big fan.

00:14:57.400 I've followed you since 2021.

00:14:58.980 Like, she's, like, giving me all this rundown of my, like, history.

00:15:01.860 Like, she was, like, the very first video I ever saw of you was this one.

00:15:05.080 And that's a video I didn't even remember. 0.99

00:15:06.720 I fucking did. 1.00

00:15:07.340 So I was, like, holy shit. 1.00

00:15:08.820 Okay, like, a ground floor fan, period. 0.99

00:15:10.680 You are day one A1.

00:15:12.360 Yeah, yeah, for real.

00:15:13.560 And her and I were just keying about it.

00:15:15.100 And I was, like, she goes, I am so, I can go home.

00:15:18.920 Like, I'm so excited.

00:15:20.260 And she goes, you're, like, the most famous person in the world to me in this party.

00:15:23.100 And I said, hey, make sure you tell Trevor Noah that.

00:15:25.120 Because he was sitting right next to us.

00:15:26.360 I was, like, go tell him that.

00:15:27.120 Use that cachet.

00:15:28.240 Yeah, go tell him.

00:15:29.160 Like, he's not better than me.

00:15:30.580 Go tell him.

00:15:30.640 Can you say that again?

00:15:31.480 Let's just do it over here.

00:15:33.120 Yeah, do it a little bit closer to him.

00:15:34.880 Let him know. 1.00

00:15:35.880 But I love shit like that. 1.00

00:15:37.140 It's great. 1.00

00:15:37.660 It's really fun.

00:15:38.480 And it is honestly a conversation starter.

00:15:40.700 Yeah, 100%.

00:15:41.300 I would say, especially for other talent to see you and be, like, yeah, what do you do?

00:15:46.240 Yeah.

00:15:46.620 Because they're, like, I feel like I should know you if someone freaks out like that about you.

00:15:50.160 And I think, like, it's a double-edged sword because, like, that's, like, the, because I'm guessing this was in L.A.

00:15:55.360 Like, where it's happening.

00:15:56.240 It's, like, the double-edged sword of L.A. where it's, like, oh, you're, people know you.

00:16:00.220 So I should know you.

00:16:01.360 Like, let's start a relationship because, like, you know, you're someone.

00:16:03.560 So what do you do?

00:16:05.460 Exactly.

00:16:05.820 And, like, you know, I feel gross sometimes when that happens.

00:16:09.960 But a lot of times when, like, people walk up to me and, like, you know, they're showing me appreciation for what I do, I go, like, oh, wow.

00:16:15.140 Like, you watch it.

00:16:16.440 Like, you know, and that's always, like, the goal, right?

00:16:18.920 Whenever we make things.

00:16:20.180 I never got into this to, like, become, like, famous or anything like that.

00:16:25.280 I just wanted to put my opinions out there.

00:16:27.040 I agree.

00:16:27.540 So, you know what I'm saying?

00:16:29.440 Like, that's literally the bedrock of what we do is just, let's just put up what is on our minds right here.

00:16:33.480 Right.

00:16:34.180 It's never, like, to gain anything from it.

00:16:36.920 Right. 1.00

00:16:37.280 And so whenever, like, somebody does tell me, especially when it's, like, a high-level person that says, like, I fuck with your shit. 1.00

00:16:43.220 Yeah. 1.00

00:16:43.540 I'd be like, really? 0.99

00:16:44.980 Like, I just threw that shit out, like, on a whim just because, like, I don't have anybody else to talk about it with. 0.99

00:16:49.780 Right. 0.99

00:16:50.100 And I want to know, like, from you, like, who's, like, the biggest person?

00:16:54.240 Actually, no. 1.00

00:16:54.860 Fuck that. 1.00

00:16:55.660 Who was the first person that, like, walked up to you and was like, oh, my God, like, I am such a fan of what you do. 1.00

00:17:01.780 And you were just like, you?

00:17:04.640 Ooh.

00:17:05.920 Well, you answer first.

00:17:07.040 I would like to know the same thing for you if you have one.

00:17:09.240 Yeah.

00:17:09.560 I do have one.

00:17:10.620 Please, please.

00:17:10.780 And I'll never forget it.

00:17:12.440 Please do.

00:17:12.740 It was AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys.

00:17:14.660 It was the most random thing.

00:17:20.560 I was so – it was at my first ever red carpet.

00:17:22.880 It was for Dwayne Johnson.

00:17:24.560 Funny we were talking about him.

00:17:25.600 Oh, love him, yeah.

00:17:26.580 It was Jungle Cruise.

00:17:27.740 Okay, too.

00:17:28.240 And it was at Disneyland, someplace that I used to work at.

00:17:30.480 So I'm kind of, like, already having all these emotions, like, going back to a place that I used to work at.

00:17:34.540 Yeah, it feels like a full circle.

00:17:35.060 Like, it's a whole full circle thing.

00:17:36.380 So cool.

00:17:36.460 I'm seeing all my coworkers and everything while also just trying to be out the way.

00:17:40.140 It's my first red carpet.

00:17:41.180 I don't want to step on nobody's toes.

00:17:42.640 Yeah.

00:17:42.660 I'm just trying to stay out the way.

00:17:44.220 So, and my friend Taya, I kept asking her, like, am I doing all right?

00:17:47.040 Am I looking good?

00:17:48.480 She goes, yeah, you're fine.

00:17:49.220 You're fine.

00:17:50.140 And out of nowhere, I hear someone just go, straw hat goofy. 0.99

00:17:54.500 I go, what the fuck was that? 0.98

00:17:56.120 And I thought I did something wrong. 0.99

00:17:57.640 You said not my government name.

00:17:58.900 Oh, my – no.

00:17:59.540 I was like, oh, no.

00:18:00.400 What?

00:18:00.960 Who's coming for me?

00:18:02.260 And I turn around, and I just see AJ just, like, beelining it towards me.

00:18:07.080 And for a minute, I'm thinking to myself, because he still looks like the bad boy in the group. 0.99

00:18:10.660 So I'm thinking, like, I'm about to get my ass kicked. 0.99

00:18:12.120 Like, honestly. 0.99

00:18:12.820 Like, I thought I said something about a movie that somebody had beef with.

00:18:16.540 And he, like, comes up, gasped me up, and says, AJ from the Backstreet Boys, I wanted 0.99

00:18:20.540 to say I love your shit, love what you're doing with the Marvel shit. 1.00

00:18:22.960 Every time something Marvel comes out, I just want to let you know I'm on that shit, like, 1.00

00:18:26.140 first day. 0.99

00:18:26.680 And I'm just like –

00:18:28.480 He's honestly so real for that because I lean on YouTube for those opinions.

00:18:31.820 Well, I appreciate that.

00:18:32.320 The Marvel stuff especially.

00:18:33.560 I was always like, well, I got to see what straw hat says first.

00:18:35.980 Well, I really appreciate that.

00:18:37.560 Like, again, it's a double-edged sword for me because I'm just like, don't always lean

00:18:42.640 into what I say.

00:18:43.540 Like, I don't want to be the end-all, be-all of, like, the opinion on that.

00:18:47.440 Yeah.

00:18:47.700 Because then that creates, like, people say, well, what makes him, like, the foremost voice

00:18:51.620 on it?

00:18:51.900 Nothing at all.

00:18:52.040 Just the love of the game.

00:18:52.920 Yeah, just the love of the game, right?

00:18:54.040 And so, like, I tell people, hey, get multiple sources.

00:18:57.620 Yeah.

00:18:58.100 Well, that's why I love you.

00:18:59.520 I love Jay Stoobes.

00:19:00.620 I love Cinema Joe.

00:19:01.720 Oh, my God.

00:19:02.260 Kit Lazer is like, oh.

00:19:03.420 Well, yeah.

00:19:03.940 And we're always aligned.

00:19:05.500 That's why.

00:19:06.060 Like, I'm always like, this is how I felt.

00:19:08.140 I'm going to go watch their videos and see if they felt the same way.

00:19:10.460 And we have similar tastes.

00:19:11.380 Yes.

00:19:11.720 Like, we have very similar tastes.

00:19:12.820 Jay Stoobes, too.

00:19:13.700 Like, she –

00:19:14.220 Oh, my girl, Jay Stoobes.

00:19:15.740 Yeah.

00:19:15.920 And both of you guys – and same with Cinema Joe, too.

00:19:18.100 I feel, like, brave.

00:19:19.700 Sometimes you guys don't say what everyone wants you to say, especially when you work in movies.

00:19:24.040 You have to be careful about reviews, but you also have to be honest.

00:19:26.240 Yeah. 0.99

00:19:26.620 So, that's what I fuck with you guys, especially, is because you guys are still very honest. 0.99

00:19:30.620 Even if you're working with them, you're still very honest. 0.99

00:19:32.720 You have to be.

00:19:33.280 Yeah.

00:19:33.480 Like, I need the integrity of the review.

00:19:35.460 Thank you.

00:19:35.960 So, that's why I appreciate y'all.

00:19:36.960 I'll tell you a story about me that me and Cinema Joe, like, shared on a carpet one time.

00:19:41.820 This is a little bit of tea, and I won't say names.

00:19:43.880 That's how much tea this is, right?

00:19:45.320 You know who you are.

00:19:46.440 Right.

00:19:46.620 But a certain movie came out on a certain platform, and it didn't do well.

00:19:54.540 It was not a good movie.

00:19:55.980 I would just flat out and say it wasn't a good movie.

00:19:57.620 Yeah.

00:19:57.800 Now, this movie had multiple parts to it.

00:20:00.680 And in my review, I said, this movie feels like a rev-up, not a complete piece of work.

00:20:07.320 Yeah.

00:20:07.520 And I don't think I can fully say how I feel about this movie until the other piece of this work comes out.

00:20:13.920 But that being said, here's what I felt about the movie, da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

00:20:17.020 And that's fair.

00:20:17.740 And it's fair, right?

00:20:19.000 So, fast forward, I get invited by this service to, like, be on the red carpet, ask some questions to a bunch of talent for a bunch of different projects.

00:20:27.280 Yeah.

00:20:27.700 And for this particular project, I had the director of it and then the star of it.

00:20:32.360 Yeah.

00:20:32.620 And as we get closer, I realized that the director was crossed out.

00:20:37.360 And I go, um, excuse me, why is this director crossed out?

00:20:40.700 And they told me, oh, they basically specifically requested that they do not talk to you.

00:20:45.440 Oh, my God.

00:20:47.580 And so, I was like, okay.

00:20:49.200 So, I saw the director.

00:20:50.100 They came out.

00:20:50.580 They talked to everybody else except for me and Cinema Joe, two people who had very similar reviews on this project. 0.75

00:20:58.100 You bitched out.

00:20:59.200 We literally. 0.96

00:21:00.940 You bitched out.

00:21:02.280 Sorry.

00:21:03.220 Like, oh, okay, you're going to put art out but don't like when it's critiqued.

00:21:05.940 And the thing is, too, is that, like, I like this director a lot.

00:21:11.560 I feel like they've made great work.

00:21:13.380 I felt like they've made terrible work.

00:21:15.220 I went to bat for a lot of work that I consider to be great.

00:21:18.620 And I've also, like, held them to the fire and said, like, this isn't necessarily the best thing you could have done.

00:21:22.960 And so, but what that told me is if you're truly tapped in online and you saw that review, maybe you should have, like, tapped into how I feel about you personally.

00:21:32.060 Right.

00:21:32.380 Because if you would know that, again, I'm a big fan of what you do.

00:21:35.400 Yeah.

00:21:35.560 I think you are a, like, staple in the industry at this point.

00:21:39.780 I don't think you're never going to, I'm not going to take your job away from a bad review.

00:21:42.520 Right.

00:21:43.020 You know what I'm saying?

00:21:43.540 My one video is not going to unravel it.

00:21:45.220 It's not going to unravel it.

00:21:46.160 And, like, at the end of the day, like, I know this is a passing project that there are fans of it.

00:21:50.560 So, like, you know, the fact that they were, like, oh, yeah, we're not going to talk to you and you.

00:21:55.740 Explicitly.

00:21:56.620 Explicitly.

00:21:57.020 And it was the moment where I saw the director pass Joe and I look at him and I, like, do my paper like this and he gives me the, like, both of us.

00:22:06.320 And we were just kind of like, okay, cool.

00:22:07.620 And that's, you know, like, that's the cost of, like, integrity.

00:22:11.360 Right. 0.95

00:22:11.560 Like, sometimes directors who, like, got a little bit of a stick up their butt, like, they get really sensitive. 0.96

00:22:17.220 Which you should. 0.87

00:22:18.080 Like, you know, it's your piece of work.

00:22:19.480 Like, you know.

00:22:19.720 Well, yeah, you can feel defensive. 1.00

00:22:21.440 But I think, like, bitching out of an interview like that, just on some mean girl shit. 1.00

00:22:25.020 Because that's not, that has nothing to do with, like, you can not like the review and you can still pretend. 0.99

00:22:29.180 Yeah. 0.97

00:22:29.600 Because what are the odds you're going to be, like, why is your movie, why was your movie so ass? 0.99

00:22:32.740 Yeah. 0.97

00:22:33.120 Like, probably low.

00:22:34.240 Considering the review, I feel like even when you and Cinema Joe, for example, when you're, like, not that big of a fan of it.

00:22:41.040 Like, it's still a very kind review.

00:22:43.800 Yeah. 0.99

00:22:44.060 Like, you're not, like, this movie fucking sucked. 0.99

00:22:46.160 And that's the separation. 0.99

00:22:47.340 I agree.

00:22:47.940 It's professionalism, right?

00:22:48.940 It's a professionalism.

00:22:49.800 There's a decorum about it.

00:22:50.980 Like, hey, I didn't love this.

00:22:52.700 But these are some aspects that I did like.

00:22:55.440 Exactly.

00:22:56.020 And I feel like people who try to, because we talk about ego, people who try to do what we do.

00:23:01.760 Right?

00:23:02.160 Like, I think they have this thing in their mind of, like, if you're not, like, completely blasting a movie, you're not being honest.

00:23:09.780 Right? 0.99

00:23:10.020 Like, if you're not talking shit on this movie, you're not being honest. 0.99

00:23:12.240 I saw Jay Soop talking about that the other day. 0.99

00:23:13.820 You know what I'm saying?

00:23:14.460 Yeah.

00:23:14.660 It's, like, it's the era of hating everything or loving everything.

00:23:17.420 Or loving everything.

00:23:18.020 Yeah.

00:23:18.140 But there's no room for the in-between.

00:23:19.540 Yeah.

00:23:19.720 And, like, I'm a positive person. 1.00

00:23:20.840 Like, I'm not trying to sit out here and, like, hate shit. 0.99

00:23:23.000 Right? 0.99

00:23:23.200 Like, I will, like, call out a bad movie and say, like, I have questions.

00:23:28.660 Like, why is this?

00:23:29.200 Why is this?

00:23:29.560 Why is this?

00:23:30.080 Yeah.

00:23:30.520 I don't really like this.

00:23:31.760 Now, I do realize that some of the movies that I consider terrible, people may love.

00:23:35.160 Yeah.

00:23:35.300 And I go into every review with that in mind. 0.97

00:23:37.240 So, I'm not going to shit on somebody and yuck their yum. 0.97

00:23:39.700 You know what I'm saying? 0.99

00:23:40.040 Right.

00:23:40.280 Exactly.

00:23:40.960 And so, like, you're not speaking to intellect of someone who does enjoy it.

00:23:44.380 Right.

00:23:44.860 You're just, like, this wasn't my cup of tea.

00:23:46.780 Exactly.

00:23:47.140 Which is a fair movie review, to be honest.

00:23:49.480 And it's fair. 0.95

00:23:49.940 And some movie reviewers are way fucking meaner than that. 0.97

00:23:52.540 Oh, my God. 0.90

00:23:53.280 Yeah.

00:23:53.600 Like, sometimes I just go, like, did the director do something to you? 0.98

00:23:57.420 Yeah, you're all, damn, it wasn't that bad. 0.98

00:23:58.960 It wasn't that bad. 0.98

00:24:00.400 Like, and, like, I feel, and, like, you know, there's a place online.

00:24:03.740 It's an echo chamber and it's filled with, like, a bunch of, like, horrible people where 1.00

00:24:07.200 they come on and they just say, this is, like, the most awful piece of shit 1.00

00:24:09.940 I ever saw in my life. 1.00

00:24:10.860 Like, I'm dumber for watching it, things of that sort.

00:24:13.040 And it's interesting. 0.55

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00:24:31.500 Painting.

00:24:32.000 Like, you know, it is funny to see somebody tear down a movie, but at the same time, like,

00:24:35.580 people make this.

00:24:36.780 Right.

00:24:36.940 People put a lot of, it's art.

00:24:38.880 People put a lot of their time into making something like this.

00:24:41.400 And a lot of times, like, the result is not always their fault.

00:24:44.520 Yeah.

00:24:44.900 Right.

00:24:45.160 So, like, there's people that I talk to in the industry, and I will say names of these

00:24:49.740 people.

00:24:50.480 Ryan Coogler.

00:24:51.380 Yeah.

00:24:52.620 Love Ryan Coogler.

00:24:52.800 Told me straight up.

00:24:54.300 Straight up.

00:24:54.900 He was like, bro, we're friends. 0.99

00:24:56.400 But, like, when I make some shit, like, I need you to tell me. 0.99

00:24:59.880 Yeah. 0.99

00:25:00.080 If it's horrible, I need you to tell me.

00:25:02.200 And I'm like, well, that's one, being a professional with integrity does.

00:25:06.320 And two, that's what a good friend would do, right?

00:25:08.760 Yeah.

00:25:09.000 Like, just be like, hey, like.

00:25:10.220 Be honest.

00:25:10.860 I didn't like it.

00:25:11.580 And so, we talk about him a little bit.

00:25:14.860 Tyreek is also one of those people, because you saw the reviews for him and whatnot.

00:25:18.120 Yeah, yeah.

00:25:18.600 And I feel like Marlon and his kind of, like, reactions to the reviews and everything was

00:25:22.460 just beautifully well said.

00:25:23.600 Yeah.

00:25:23.740 And, like, they take it in strife.

00:25:25.140 And with a supreme understanding, which is kind of, like, not everything is going to

00:25:28.000 be a hit.

00:25:28.560 But, like, who knows?

00:25:30.140 Maybe even further down the line, there may be some appreciation for it, right?

00:25:33.740 And I remember, you know, I was hanging out with Tyreek right after I had seen the movie.

00:25:37.920 Yeah.

00:25:38.500 And, but this is before the movie had, like, it's why it released.

00:25:41.400 So, he knows I've seen the movie.

00:25:42.580 Yeah.

00:25:42.880 And he's watched me for a while.

00:25:44.320 Yeah.

00:25:44.680 And he says that he loves that I'm very honest.

00:25:46.460 So, he kind of keeps asking me, what did you think about the movie?

00:25:49.660 And I was just kind of like, do you want me to tell you right now?

00:25:53.080 And you want me to be real, yes?

00:25:54.120 I can be real with you right now, how I feel about the movie.

00:25:57.360 And he was just kind of, actually, I just want to, like, save it for, like, when it actually,

00:25:59.920 like, blows up and everything.

00:26:01.260 And, you know, movie comes out.

00:26:02.380 I give my review.

00:26:03.420 And it's not like, oh, this movie's, like, the best thing ever.

00:26:05.400 It's fair review.

00:26:05.820 And I saw your review.

00:26:06.720 Yeah.

00:26:06.960 Yeah.

00:26:07.140 It was fair.

00:26:07.700 It's fair.

00:26:08.380 And, you know, we were texting, like, right after.

00:26:10.460 And, you know, we were just having, like, a normal conversation.

00:26:13.100 And, like, I said, like, the one thing that we could take away from this is that people

00:26:17.480 love you, Tyreek, as a performer, as a person, like, this press tour that you've been

00:26:21.280 on through this whole time.

00:26:22.080 Like, people have attached themselves to you.

00:26:24.160 And, like, regardless of what people feel about this movie, your star power is proven.

00:26:29.040 Yeah.

00:26:29.320 Right?

00:26:29.680 And I think that's, like, and I think that's something that, like, we should hold on to.

00:26:33.120 Right?

00:26:33.560 Totally.

00:26:34.080 And he says something along the lines of, I'm a team player.

00:26:38.800 This is bigger than me.

00:26:40.020 Right?

00:26:40.560 Like, his ego isn't tied to how well a movie does or how great it is.

00:26:44.780 Yeah.

00:26:45.140 He's grateful for the experience.

00:26:46.680 I would be.

00:26:47.380 So, you know what I'm saying?

00:26:48.200 Yeah.

00:26:48.560 Yeah.

00:26:48.680 And so, like, even with my opinions on his movie.

00:26:52.080 Mm-hmm.

00:26:52.480 He knows I'm going to keep it real with him.

00:26:53.740 Yeah.

00:26:54.220 And he knows that at the end of the day, he's going to try his best to just make something

00:26:58.460 dope.

00:26:58.960 Absolutely.

00:26:59.380 So, like, with people like Ryan, people like Tyreek or in this industry and, like, they

00:27:02.640 make things and they don't take opinions personal.

00:27:05.280 Mm-hmm.

00:27:05.620 Those are the type of people that I feel like, like, are, like, the cream of the crop.

00:27:09.720 Absolutely.

00:27:10.260 I agree.

00:27:10.740 You know?

00:27:10.980 And the ones who will last, there will be longevity there.

00:27:13.280 Exactly.

00:27:13.700 Because they're not too proud to, like, take constructive feedback, I guess I would say.

00:27:19.000 Mm-hmm.

00:27:19.180 Not necessarily criticism, because nobody enjoys criticism.

00:27:22.480 But, like, I think constructive feedback is, like, yeah.

00:27:24.140 Yeah.

00:27:24.320 But there is something to be said, though, about, like, a director passing you up specifically.

00:27:28.600 Like, that's purely ego.

00:27:30.360 Yeah.

00:27:30.740 100%. 0.99

00:27:30.980 So, I'm like, your ego is too big to even fucking fake it. 0.98

00:27:33.900 Like, come on, dude. 0.98

00:27:34.680 What did it?

00:27:34.960 Act like you've been there.

00:27:35.840 You know what I'm saying?

00:27:36.440 The sad part about it is, is that this director is going to, they're going to keep getting

00:27:39.740 jobs.

00:27:40.140 Yeah.

00:27:40.320 Right?

00:27:40.640 Like, but I just hope that they grow out of it.

00:27:45.980 Yeah.

00:27:46.660 That's all, that's, that's, like, all I can say.

00:27:48.780 Grow past that.

00:27:49.440 Just grow past it.

00:27:50.360 Evolve past that.

00:27:51.340 Because at this point, I'm just kind of like, man, you've made great things.

00:27:55.760 Yeah.

00:27:55.920 Like, you've done, you've had a really great career up to this point.

00:27:58.660 I would have thought you would have learned about that by now.

00:28:00.800 Yeah, like, known at least.

00:28:02.020 And that's what the disappointment.

00:28:02.620 What it feels like to get a couple knocks.

00:28:04.400 Exactly.

00:28:04.760 And I'm like, that was the most disappointing thing about it.

00:28:07.420 Where it's just kind of like, you, I could either take it as he is that precious about

00:28:12.360 his work.

00:28:12.780 Right.

00:28:13.100 And maybe that's just him writing and dying on his work. 0.99

00:28:15.920 Or that's just him being a big ass baby. 0.99

00:28:17.880 You know? 0.99

00:28:18.540 That's why I said it.

00:28:19.240 I'm leaning towards that one.

00:28:20.260 I just literally cut, like, I kept saying nay, but now I said him. 0.99

00:28:23.440 So now everybody knows it's a he. 0.94

00:28:24.740 So I just cut it in half.

00:28:26.000 Well, you know what?

00:28:26.620 I would say, too, that does speak, though, to the power of you and, like, Cinema Joe's, like,

00:28:31.500 platforms. 0.99

00:28:32.300 Because they fucking see it. 0.99

00:28:33.800 Like, and it matters because a lot of people see it. 1.00

00:28:36.260 And that's why they get so fucking butthurt about it. 0.98

00:28:39.140 Because a lot of people are going to see it. 0.97

00:28:41.440 But this actually leads to my next question, because I was going to ask you how you felt

00:28:46.120 about, like, this kind of polarization of critiquing art, where it's like, you either

00:28:51.060 everyone has to love it, and if you go against it, you're fucked up in some way, or everybody 0.99

00:28:56.320 dog shits it. 0.99

00:28:57.360 And then if you like it, or like something about it, they're like, oh, okay, Dick Rider. 1.00

00:29:02.520 Okay.

00:29:03.280 Like, I know that the movie scene on TikTok has been tainted with this, like, it's all just

00:29:08.000 complete lack of critical thinking, or like, a forming of your own personal opinion.

00:29:12.260 Like, that's something I'm always thinking.

00:29:13.880 I'm like, I have my opinions, but I want to go see what my favorite movie reviewers think,

00:29:18.220 too.

00:29:18.240 Yeah, it's always good to bounce off of each other.

00:29:19.760 Like, I have my opinions, I just want to know what they think, and maybe they align, maybe

00:29:24.020 they don't.

00:29:24.720 Yeah.

00:29:24.920 But I've already formed my own, because I have my own brain that critical thinks.

00:29:29.320 It's good for discussion.

00:29:30.620 Yeah.

00:29:30.920 Right?

00:29:31.300 And like, I feel, and I'm definitely getting into that question.

00:29:34.680 I love this question.

00:29:36.520 It's, one, it's TikTok.

00:29:39.180 Yeah.

00:29:39.400 Right?

00:29:39.720 Like, as you know, there's a spectrum of TikTok, there's either supreme hate or supreme

00:29:43.400 love.

00:29:43.660 Yeah.

00:29:43.920 Right?

00:29:44.560 And a lot of people don't have any room for in between, and everyone's doing it for the

00:29:47.560 clicks and everything.

00:29:48.460 Right.

00:29:48.560 The hate, unfortunately, on TikTok gets more views.

00:29:50.900 It gets more views, right?

00:29:52.260 Even if, and you could, I could tell from a mile away when someone doesn't believe what

00:29:55.280 they're saying or hating on it so hard.

00:29:56.920 I could just tell.

00:29:57.780 Like, and I, and I, back then I used to like call it out and be like, bro, be genuine.

00:30:02.180 And they like regurgitate the same talking points.

00:30:04.340 The same talking points that they heard from everybody else.

00:30:06.100 Right?

00:30:06.860 That's why I always just like asking why.

00:30:09.060 Like, when they say, when they give a critique, like very surface of like, oh, the pacing was

00:30:12.140 bad.

00:30:12.820 How?

00:30:13.380 Yeah.

00:30:13.760 Right?

00:30:14.020 Like, I love asking, like, in what way?

00:30:15.960 Like, let's talk about it.

00:30:16.880 Right?

00:30:17.080 But like, I came up, like, you know, going to a movie theater and then afterwards me

00:30:21.300 and my friends will sit in front of the car and just talk about the movie.

00:30:24.360 Right?

00:30:24.640 Yeah, yeah.

00:30:25.260 And like, it is kind of fun that, you know, one didn't like the movie and then the other

00:30:29.200 one did.

00:30:29.680 Yeah, I agree.

00:30:29.940 And you're like, oh, well tell me why.

00:30:30.900 And it's like, it's cool when you're with your friends.

00:30:32.400 Because no matter how, like, contentious it may look, like, it's all love at the end of

00:30:37.160 the day.

00:30:37.580 And like, it's a fun conversation.

00:30:39.620 You know what I'm saying?

00:30:40.400 But the internet is the internet.

00:30:41.740 And like, it becomes, it's not two people like sitting outside theaters now like a million

00:30:46.300 and everybody has something different to say.

00:30:48.220 Yeah.

00:30:48.480 But in terms of like, aligning my opinion with other people or like feeling like I have

00:30:53.880 to, like, you know, I've loved, I've liked movies a lot, like The Flash.

00:30:58.240 I came out of The Flash being like, oh, I liked it a lot.

00:31:00.480 And obviously it was not received well at all, like at all.

00:31:04.600 And I'm cool with being alone.

00:31:06.060 Right.

00:31:06.500 And I'm cool with that. 1.00

00:31:07.520 Well, that's why I fuck with your reviews. 1.00

00:31:08.880 You know? 1.00

00:31:09.100 Because you're like, yeah, you're standing on it.

00:31:10.480 I'm standing on business.

00:31:11.480 Yeah.

00:31:11.860 You know what I'm saying?

00:31:12.480 Like, and so, and I have my personal reasons.

00:31:14.600 Yeah.

00:31:14.960 And what I find is like, it doesn't matter a lot of the time what your personal reasons

00:31:19.960 are.

00:31:20.300 As soon as they hear that you like something that they hate, raps.

00:31:24.320 Game over.

00:31:24.560 They're like, you don't understand art.

00:31:26.540 You don't understand art.

00:31:27.220 You don't know how to analyze.

00:31:28.660 You don't know anything.

00:31:29.560 Yeah.

00:31:29.720 And I've been very clear that everything that I watch and all my opinions come from my own personal

00:31:33.860 experience.

00:31:34.540 Right.

00:31:34.800 Like when I say like, I like the flash and I say like, Hey, the father son dynamic, like

00:31:40.100 the parental aspect of it, the emotional core of the story is what I gravitate towards because

00:31:44.200 I'm an emotional movie watcher.

00:31:45.540 Yeah.

00:31:45.980 That's what I mean by that.

00:31:47.160 Right.

00:31:47.380 You can't tell me I'm wrong.

00:31:48.900 Right.

00:31:49.360 Exactly.

00:31:50.540 I think that's everyone's problem.

00:31:52.240 It's like, everybody wants to be right.

00:31:53.820 Everybody wants to say you're wrong.

00:31:54.720 They want to tell you your opinions wrong.

00:31:56.260 Yeah.

00:31:56.520 That's not how opinions work.

00:31:57.560 But you want to know the realty though.

00:31:59.380 It's jealousy.

00:32:00.540 Yeah.

00:32:00.940 It's, it's 100% jealousy because, because talking about movies is something that everybody

00:32:06.280 can do.

00:32:07.480 Yeah.

00:32:07.740 Right.

00:32:07.960 Like you can get on there and like give your opinions and everything.

00:32:10.100 Yep.

00:32:10.560 And you're going to wonder why people are getting more opportunities that you want doing the

00:32:15.900 same thing that you're doing.

00:32:17.160 Right.

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00:32:54.220 Like I remember somebody called me the Drake of movie TikTok one time. 0.99

00:32:59.660 That's fucked up. 0.97

00:33:00.800 Somebody called me the Drake of movie TikTok. 1.00

00:33:02.560 And he was wearing this ugly ass like bonnet and shit. 1.00

00:33:05.160 Like it was like a Gengar bonnet. 1.00

00:33:06.540 And I was like, I was like fucking Gengar bonnet. 1.00

00:33:08.340 Fuck you, bro. 1.00

00:33:08.820 But I wanted to dive into that. 1.00

00:33:11.200 Like what did he mean by that, right?

00:33:12.620 And this was like in the throes of like the Drake and Kendrick like this and everything.

00:33:16.460 And so I was like, what do you mean by the Drake of movie TikTok?

00:33:19.220 Okay, Drake is super popular, like worldwide.

00:33:22.480 I wouldn't say I'm worldwide popular, but like I'm pretty popular in comparison on TikTok.

00:33:26.420 Yeah, in the movie sphere especially.

00:33:28.520 You know what I'm saying?

00:33:29.640 And Drake is always accused of not fully being a part of black culture and therefore not being

00:33:35.500 a part of the hip hop like rap game.

00:33:37.180 Like he thinks it, right?

00:33:38.100 Like he just takes from everything else and he just kind of fakes it to make it.

00:33:41.220 And so I was like, okay.

00:33:42.340 So the Drake of movie TikTok would be like someone who is not like your typical film bro.

00:33:48.380 Like I'm faking it or like I'm just a popular choice.

00:33:51.140 Like I don't know about real film, which is a film bro way of thinking.

00:33:55.280 Yeah.

00:33:55.680 Like that's what I was going to say.

00:33:56.860 That's ironic.

00:33:57.500 It's very ironic because it's like, because it's like, I remember one dude made a comment

00:34:01.140 that was like, oh, I bet you he only watches like the biggest 20 movies of the year.

00:34:08.200 Like he doesn't know anything about this like 1938 French film. 0.99

00:34:11.700 What the fuck are you talking about? 0.99

00:34:13.060 It's like, what are you talking about, bro? 1.00

00:34:14.560 Like, it's just kind of like, and then the ones who go like, you didn't see this movie

00:34:19.860 because it's not on your letterbox.

00:34:21.440 I use letterbox every day.

00:34:23.200 And I'm just kind of like, and you could just clearly tell that they're comparing themselves

00:34:27.260 to me and wondering why they're not me.

00:34:29.360 This is a projection.

00:34:30.640 This is all, and it's all a projection, right?

00:34:32.520 And it's always those opinions are very like, I hated it.

00:34:36.420 This is why.

00:34:37.180 And then they're like, it's nothing like this film. 0.99

00:34:39.220 And they'll bring up a fucking black and white silent film from wherever the fuck. 0.99

00:34:43.860 And you're like, that movie is ass because I don't like it because of this. 1.00

00:34:46.460 And then they're like, you don't get art. 0.98

00:34:48.080 You don't get people.

00:34:49.760 It's literally like the contrarian mentality.

00:34:52.480 I think that's exactly what it is.

00:34:53.740 It's like, and because you're not like, I hate things that other people universally love.

00:34:59.260 All of a sudden they're like, oh, Dick Ryder, you're just doing this because it's, or actually

00:35:03.040 I liked it.

00:35:03.680 Or actually I liked it.

00:35:04.380 Maybe I enjoyed it.

00:35:05.160 Maybe I genuinely enjoy it.

00:35:06.420 Like, like, like I have a lot of fun telling people that Cars 2 is not good.

00:35:11.300 Like, it's awful.

00:35:12.160 I have, I have a lot of fun telling people that.

00:35:14.320 I didn't care for Cars 2 either.

00:35:15.800 Listen, I think a majority of people would take that Cars 2.

00:35:18.600 Yeah, Cars 1 banks.

00:35:19.780 Cars 2, not very good.

00:35:20.660 Cars 1 is okay for me.

00:35:22.960 It's like, okay.

00:35:24.320 Like, like, like.

00:35:25.540 Yeah, Republican propaganda.

00:35:26.540 I don't really love it either.

00:35:27.400 I, I, and I, and I've been very clear about this.

00:35:29.860 I don't trust Maynard at all.

00:35:31.960 He's already, like, as someone who grew up in Compton, a redneck, like, character for 0.99

00:35:36.280 me did, don't fuck with. 0.99

00:35:37.920 I never fuck with Hank from King of the Hill. 1.00

00:35:39.660 I don't fuck with Maynard. 1.00

00:35:40.660 I don't fuck with characters that just give me, like, redneck. 1.00

00:35:43.160 And that's my opinion. 1.00

00:35:43.920 And that's my opinion.

00:35:45.040 Like, it's just my personal upbringing.

00:35:46.640 I see that.

00:35:47.260 I'm just kind of like, he just seems like he's.

00:35:49.400 You know what's mine about that?

00:35:50.320 I don't like, I don't care for Lion King.

00:35:52.480 Oh. 0.98

00:35:53.120 And people really fucking hate when I say that. 0.98

00:35:55.980 This is interesting. 0.98

00:35:57.020 Yeah.

00:35:57.280 I don't hate you, but like, I'm curious now.

00:35:59.100 It's just not my favorite one, and here's why.

00:36:02.480 It's very, it's very simple.

00:36:04.300 I can't relate to the animals.

00:36:06.060 Okay.

00:36:06.360 Like, if I'm watching and, like, when, you know, when him and the second one, when him,

00:36:10.020 or no, is it the first one?

00:36:11.180 When him and Nala are, like, frolicking. 1.00

00:36:13.620 Yeah, fucking. 1.00

00:36:14.380 Is that the first one or the second one? 1.00

00:36:15.220 Yeah, the first one, yeah.

00:36:16.200 Okay, okay, so when they're doing that and they're like, oh my God, how romantic.

00:36:20.040 You're like, they're animals.

00:36:21.100 They're animals.

00:36:22.240 I can't be, I'm not a big cat.

00:36:23.700 I can't relate to that.

00:36:25.200 Like, I got a big cat.

00:36:26.340 Just kidding.

00:36:26.620 Like, but I'm not a big cat.

00:36:29.300 I can't relate to that.

00:36:30.380 So, like, literally, literally when they made the live action one, I went and saw it in

00:36:34.440 theaters.

00:36:34.860 The only reason I did was because Beyonce was in it, and I'm being so literal and very

00:36:38.660 serious about that.

00:36:39.280 I'm being honest.

00:36:40.260 That is the only reason I saw it, and I did not enjoy it. 0.99

00:36:42.580 Because, again, I don't fuck with the animals like that. 0.99

00:36:44.440 I didn't enjoy it either. 0.99

00:36:45.220 I just don't.

00:36:45.820 I can't relate to them.

00:36:46.660 I get it.

00:36:47.200 I have trouble connecting to them.

00:36:48.580 Meanwhile, I'm being strangely turned on by Nala's doomy eyes that she gives Simba in that 1.00

00:36:52.940 moment.

00:36:53.020 Well, it's like teenage Simba.

00:36:54.120 It was like, I mean, teenage Simba.

00:36:55.780 Women love teenage Simba. 0.99

00:36:56.920 The mane, the way they did his mane, like the hair.

00:36:59.300 And I saw why they make them look more human-like because of the eyeballs.

00:37:02.520 It's the eyes.

00:37:03.200 It's the eyes.

00:37:03.920 Yeah, I get it.

00:37:04.100 Like, women with those eyes, like, Jesus Christ. 1.00

00:37:06.340 Like, oh my God.

00:37:07.560 I know, but I get it.

00:37:08.420 When you're like, I have a lot of fun telling people Cars 2 isn't good.

00:37:11.060 I do.

00:37:11.600 And it's nothing personal.

00:37:12.800 It's just like, I will tell you why I don't like Cars 2.

00:37:15.140 Right.

00:37:15.420 And you could tell me why you do like Cars 2.

00:37:17.260 And I'm not going to fault you for that, right?

00:37:18.840 I'm just going to say my reasons for not liking Cars 2 is my reasons, right?

00:37:23.660 And, like, people who just try to be like, oh, you're just trying to be different or you're

00:37:29.240 just trying to, I'm just like, it's not a, what do I have to gain from doing that, right?

00:37:33.200 You also have a ton of opinions that align with the masses, too.

00:37:36.720 You know?

00:37:37.060 Like, a lot of really popular movies, you're like, I loved it.

00:37:40.140 Here's why.

00:37:40.800 It's not like you're going the opposite way every single time.

00:37:43.900 Exactly.

00:37:44.420 But when you like things that are universally loved, they're like, oh.

00:37:47.720 Oh, of course you do.

00:37:49.420 Yeah.

00:37:49.880 Have you been, there's this guy that's been popping up on my TikTok a lot recently, and

00:37:53.240 he does a lot of, like, the, like, skits where he talks directly to camera as, like,

00:37:56.860 the guy in LA that you meet at a party.

00:37:58.980 Oh, yes, yes.

00:37:59.760 I have seen him.

00:38:00.340 He is good.

00:38:01.580 And it's very painful to watch.

00:38:03.500 Yeah.

00:38:03.700 Because, like, I've had many of experiences like that.

00:38:05.540 Me, too.

00:38:05.840 And it's like, oh, when you meet that film bro at the party, it's like, oh, you like

00:38:09.400 the movie.

00:38:10.320 Why?

00:38:11.100 Oh, you don't know why.

00:38:12.640 Oh, wow.

00:38:13.120 It's like, you like pizza, but you don't know the flavors, the texture.

00:38:15.960 You're like, I like pizza.

00:38:17.600 It's like, oh, my God. 0.99

00:38:19.000 That is how it fucking feels. 0.99

00:38:20.160 And that's how it feels. 0.99

00:38:21.340 It's exhausting.

00:38:22.300 That's why I was curious what your opinion was on, but now that makes more sense.

00:38:25.900 I think, too, with the hate thing that you said, like, hate gets more clicks and views.

00:38:29.240 Yeah.

00:38:29.700 Especially when you hate things that are popular.

00:38:31.880 And so people are like, but then that's the thing, too.

00:38:34.100 Even if you grow that following, if you just hate every single thing that comes out, you're

00:38:38.200 still not going to get an opportunity that you get.

00:38:39.840 No.

00:38:40.120 Because no one's going to want you there.

00:38:41.640 Say it again.

00:38:42.380 Like, say it again.

00:38:43.560 And I'm not saying that, like, you need to like more things to get opportunities.

00:38:47.000 Just be a little bit more, like, kind about it.

00:38:50.300 Balanced.

00:38:50.500 A little bit more balanced.

00:38:51.580 And then when you explain your hate, like, I will watch a video where somebody explains

00:38:55.720 in depth why they don't like something and why it doesn't work for them.

00:38:58.620 Yeah.

00:38:58.820 Because I feel like whenever we watch movies, we learn a little bit more about not just

00:39:02.820 ourselves, but each other.

00:39:03.860 Right.

00:39:04.220 So if you're telling me what you don't like about a movie in depth and the reasons why,

00:39:07.920 and you can say something like, oh, I can't relate to this bit because personally,

00:39:11.320 I grew up with this and this and this and that.

00:39:12.460 Right.

00:39:12.780 I'm like, that's interesting.

00:39:14.020 I will watch that teardown of a movie because it's kind, it's well thought out.

00:39:17.840 And I feel like that's a very interesting way to come at a movie.

00:39:20.460 Yeah.

00:39:20.480 And it's not just like, I don't like it.

00:39:22.460 I don't like it. 1.00

00:39:23.240 It sucks. 0.99

00:39:24.120 Yeah. 0.99

00:39:24.440 Like, you know, I didn't like this.

00:39:26.220 I agree.

00:39:27.220 I like watching very nuanced breakdowns of things.

00:39:29.840 This is, these are the reasons why it didn't really work for me.

00:39:32.680 Right.

00:39:33.100 And I think too, like you said, you can still be like, have integrity in your reviews

00:39:38.040 and not be like a big pushover for like studios and still get invited to things.

00:39:43.160 Yeah.

00:39:43.580 Right.

00:39:43.880 Yeah.

00:39:44.200 Because they still want you there because you're still clocking the views.

00:39:46.220 I've, so that's all that matters.

00:39:48.780 Am I going to say this?

00:39:49.780 I'm going to say this right now.

00:39:51.700 I, I, okay.

00:39:54.100 So I did a review for Five Nights at Freddy's.

00:39:57.440 I didn't think it was a good movie.

00:39:59.120 Right.

00:39:59.700 I did not.

00:40:00.920 Cult following.

00:40:01.620 Right.

00:40:01.800 The FNAF fans.

00:40:03.320 Huge.

00:40:03.860 Right.

00:40:04.360 And I, and I like, I, you know, I see their fandom for FNAF the same way I see my

00:40:09.280 fandom for One Piece.

00:40:10.480 Like I'm a huge, like cult follower for One Piece.

00:40:12.400 Right.

00:40:12.620 Right.

00:40:12.820 Right.

00:40:12.960 Please watch One Piece.

00:40:14.180 Anyway.

00:40:15.120 But I didn't give a good review for the Five Nights at Freddy's.

00:40:18.100 Yeah.

00:40:18.340 The first one.

00:40:18.820 But it wasn't like a teardown or nothing like that.

00:40:20.660 I was just kind of like, it seems like it would be great for the fans.

00:40:23.040 I'm glad that the fans have it.

00:40:24.300 Yeah.

00:40:24.600 I just don't, I just think it could have been more rated R.

00:40:26.900 You know, I just give the full, the full rundown.

00:40:29.400 Universal asked me to host my first Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con for Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

00:40:36.140 For Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

00:40:37.780 They said, we can trust this one.

00:40:39.200 We can, we can trust him. 0.97

00:40:41.340 And there was a, and there was a moment where I fucked up in the middle of this big panel. 0.97

00:40:46.800 Right. 0.81

00:40:47.140 And mind you, like Hall H sits 6,500 people. 1.00

00:40:50.420 Damn. 0.99

00:40:51.220 All of them FNAF fans. 1.00

00:40:52.340 Yeah.

00:40:52.800 Hardcore FNAF fans.

00:40:53.900 And I'm talking to the whole cast of season two and everybody's like really great and everything.

00:40:57.780 And I'm not going to sit up here and pretend that like, I'm like the biggest fan or whatever.

00:41:01.720 But I am going to say like, what you guys do for these fans, like it's amazing, it's incredible.

00:41:05.900 Like the animatronic work is like really dope, this, this, and that.

00:41:08.300 So in the middle of this, I say like, they give me a question because they give you questions as well as like questions of your own.

00:41:13.860 Yeah.

00:41:14.080 And they give me a question to ask, which is like, if you could walk through San Diego Comic-Con in a animatronic costume as a disguise, who would it be?

00:41:22.020 And they all give these really great answers.

00:41:23.860 Some of them are like, the crowd is cheering for some of the answers.

00:41:26.520 And I'm thinking, this is like a really good question.

00:41:28.620 And then Josh Hutchinson looks at me and says, which one would you choose, Juju?

00:41:33.540 I don't know the names of nobody in this movie.

00:41:37.840 I just know Freddie, I know Cupcake, and Chica. 0.97

00:41:40.640 That's it.

00:41:41.240 Yeah.

00:41:41.580 They've already said Freddie, Cupcake, and Chica.

00:41:43.940 Well, I too would pick Freddie.

00:41:46.100 I literally said, I got main character energy, so I'm going to go with Freddie.

00:41:49.400 And everyone clapped and everyone did the thing. 0.99

00:41:51.060 And I was just like, oh shit. 1.00

00:41:52.040 You got to see quick on your feet. 1.00

00:41:53.200 Next question.

00:41:53.820 Yeah.

00:41:54.340 Next question.

00:41:54.880 I've been in those exact situations before.

00:41:57.980 And I'm like, what's my favorite part?

00:41:59.600 Oh God, where do I start?

00:42:01.420 But let's talk about this though.

00:42:02.500 Because I think, because we see interviewers and moderators, they go into these spaces like red carpets and junkets and stuff unprepared.

00:42:12.020 Yeah.

00:42:12.300 Right.

00:42:12.460 We've seen like, it seems like, and I feel like this is just the internet just giving us that on the For You page or whatever.

00:42:16.560 But we've seen like, almost a rise of interviewers who are ill-equipped to interview.

00:42:20.780 Yeah.

00:42:21.580 And a lot of it, you could just tell it's just no research.

00:42:24.100 Right.

00:42:24.400 Like, you saw what happened to Babyface at the Grammys.

00:42:27.560 Yes.

00:42:27.720 At the Grammys.

00:42:28.400 Right?

00:42:28.860 Yes, I did.

00:42:29.660 And I was at the Grammys too.

00:42:31.120 And I was like, Babyface, I would have never done that to you.

00:42:33.280 Never.

00:42:33.860 I also beat Babyface in Uno. 1.00

00:42:35.460 Oh, what?

00:42:35.940 At a Questlove game night party. 1.00

00:42:37.760 I worked his shit in Uno. 1.00

00:42:39.620 Flex your shit. 1.00

00:42:40.440 Sorry. 1.00

00:42:40.640 Flex your shit, Drew. 1.00

00:42:41.480 Him and Rachel Ziegler. 1.00

00:42:42.820 Dogged both of them.

00:42:43.720 Sorry. 1.00

00:42:44.280 Oh, shit. 0.99

00:42:44.720 Go ahead. 1.00

00:42:45.020 Okay.

00:42:46.120 All right.

00:42:46.660 That beats my Pedro story.

00:42:48.200 Like, how good is it that we have these stories to tell?

00:42:50.620 It's kind of insane.

00:42:51.820 Yeah. 0.99

00:42:52.100 No, when I'm in there, I'm like, what the fuck am I doing here? 0.90

00:42:54.520 What am I doing here? 0.98

00:42:55.560 How did this even happen?

00:42:55.680 I got behind enemy lines, guys.

00:42:57.760 I'm approaching horsing in this industry.

00:42:59.500 I'm just trying not to get caught.

00:43:00.620 Right.

00:43:00.980 Just trying not to get caught.

00:43:01.200 I'm staying one step ahead.

00:43:03.560 Yeah, the rise of incompetence.

00:43:04.860 With the rise of ill-equipped and common sense and things of that sort.

00:43:08.000 And even if I don't know something, I'm still going to study the fuck out of it.

00:43:12.220 Me too.

00:43:12.620 I'm going to do all the research days before.

00:43:15.520 Same.

00:43:15.860 So I know at least enough to have the conversation.

00:43:18.760 When I started working in advertising, the first thing I learned in my first couple months

00:43:23.760 was you're going to get brands that you're not interested in.

00:43:27.220 It's your job to find something that interests you.

00:43:30.780 So that way you can sell that to other people.

00:43:32.700 It's very cheap.

00:43:33.260 And so with Five Nights at Freddy's, I was like, okay, I didn't like the movie.

00:43:36.600 I know Universal saw that I didn't like the movie.

00:43:39.060 But how can I interest myself in Five Nights at Freddy's?

00:43:41.920 How can I get myself excited for Five Nights at Freddy's too?

00:43:44.260 Absolutely.

00:43:44.960 I literally studied like MatPat videos and like Twitch streamers who will play the game.

00:43:50.060 And I like fully dove into the lore, like what fans were saying on Reddit.

00:43:53.780 And so by that time I got on that panel, I was very well prepared.

00:43:57.240 Yeah.

00:43:57.720 Except for that, like, which animatronic would I like?

00:44:00.100 Except for the superficial thing like names.

00:44:01.940 I was not prepared for that.

00:44:02.980 I was so deep.

00:44:04.660 I forgot the surface.

00:44:05.940 And that was the crazy thing.

00:44:07.120 That's why I said you went so far deep. 1.00

00:44:08.700 I forgot fucking names. 0.98

00:44:09.980 And so like what I appreciate about you is that like, like before knowing you, I didn't 0.98

00:44:15.400 know how much you knew about movies or how much you knew about like celebrity or pop culture

00:44:18.820 in general.

00:44:19.460 Right.

00:44:19.720 But I always, whenever I would see you interview somebody, you interact with somebody, I could

00:44:23.460 always tell you were prepared.

00:44:24.620 Thank you.

00:44:25.200 And so like, I feel like preparation in this business is like everything.

00:44:29.140 And I feel like we just don't have a lot, or at least we're not seeing a lot of it

00:44:32.560 right now.

00:44:32.860 I agree.

00:44:33.280 And I think too, like to your point about like ill-equipped people, like people who

00:44:37.220 aren't just not good interviewers, you know, this always happens, especially when we're

00:44:40.480 on carpets where it's like this conversation of like, why the fuck are influencers interviewing 0.97

00:44:43.920 people? 0.91

00:44:44.480 Yeah.

00:44:44.760 Which like, I think there is validity to that argument.

00:44:47.560 Yeah.

00:44:47.740 And it depends on who you ask.

00:44:49.120 You can't just get anybody.

00:44:50.140 Right.

00:44:50.540 Exactly.

00:44:51.020 Like, just cause it's like, it works the same way just cause you have a million followers,

00:44:54.840 a million plus followers doesn't mean you can talk to people just because you can

00:44:58.060 talk to people doesn't mean you can make it clippy and funny for TikTok.

00:45:00.700 So it's like, it's a very, you know, like squares and rectangle situation to me, especially

00:45:05.480 because I do have a journalism degree.

00:45:07.520 Right.

00:45:07.860 So I did learn how to interview literally.

00:45:10.320 Um, so I do have the literal qualifications to be an interviewer.

00:45:13.740 Communications baby. 0.98

00:45:14.540 That being said though, I don't think you need those like fucking badges in order to do it. 0.98

00:45:20.160 I really do think a huge part of it is being personable. 0.95

00:45:23.600 Like being, I was like the ability to like having a degree, having the training is cool. 0.98

00:45:29.620 Um, but that's not going to guarantee you don't eat shit on carpets or you don't offend 0.96

00:45:34.360 people or you don't like, you can't relate to them. 0.99

00:45:37.060 Right.

00:45:37.760 Well, it's just, it's just, there's no guarantee either way, because the ability to read a

00:45:41.780 room is like far more important in these rooms than it would be for that.

00:45:45.620 Like it's the ability to liken yourself to someone for 15 seconds and get something worth

00:45:51.740 putting.

00:45:52.320 Yeah.

00:45:52.560 That's a skill.

00:45:53.280 I was like that.

00:45:53.880 And that's something that comes, I think it's like naturally to people and also like honed over

00:45:58.040 time, like people skills, right?

00:45:59.380 Yeah.

00:45:59.620 Not everybody has them.

00:46:00.800 That's why sometimes you'll see influencers that are terrible interviewers.

00:46:03.880 Sometimes you'll see actual journalists as terrible interviewers.

00:46:07.340 Yeah.

00:46:07.600 Cause a lot of journalists, right.

00:46:09.200 They don't interview.

00:46:10.060 That's very different.

00:46:10.900 Yeah.

00:46:11.160 Like on carpets and in front of cameras.

00:46:13.140 Right.

00:46:13.400 And it's like you said, it's like being in front of people and like being able to feel

00:46:17.360 the energy of the person in front of you and like matching that energy and not everybody

00:46:21.260 can match that.

00:46:22.240 Right.

00:46:22.500 Exactly.

00:46:22.720 Like, you know, like there's this, uh, there's this one interviewer who got into some hot

00:46:26.740 water and he's been doing it for like ever.

00:46:28.620 Like he's so big to the point where he gets cameos and like shows as himself.

00:46:32.500 Yeah.

00:46:32.680 Like that's how good he is.

00:46:34.340 But, uh, he recently got into some hot water when he had that interview with a chase infinity.

00:46:38.640 Okay.

00:46:38.960 When he, it was, mind you, this is her first feature length film like ever.

00:46:42.860 It's like, it's in LA first record.

00:46:44.640 I don't know if it's her first record, but she's just in the moment.

00:46:47.240 Like it's crazy.

00:46:47.980 And he's a seasoned interviewer and he acts her straight up, what is it like to call Leonardo

00:46:53.060 DiCaprio daddy?

00:46:55.040 And it's like, you know, and it's like, and I'm like, you've been doing this for a while.

00:47:03.960 Like for a good while.

00:47:05.820 And not, not one part of your brain was like, that's inappropriate.

00:47:08.420 That's inappropriate.

00:47:10.340 Not one part.

00:47:11.520 Huh?

00:47:11.760 And, and like, that's, you're so right though. 0.99

00:47:13.720 Look at Juliana Rancic when she said that shit about Zendaya at the Oscars. 0.97

00:47:17.080 You know, a trained interviewer, someone who was, has a master's in journalism. 0.98

00:47:20.640 And I think that goes to what you're saying.

00:47:21.800 And like, it doesn't matter, like how much you study for it, what your degree is in. 0.99

00:47:25.260 Like, it doesn't always guarantee that you're not going to eat shit. 1.00

00:47:28.060 Right. 1.00

00:47:28.440 Like, or do something awful that's, that lives forever.

00:47:31.560 Which is why I think, but I did, I did think of this recently when you were talking about

00:47:36.160 the five nights, five nights at Freddy's thing.

00:47:38.140 A few years ago, I did something for only murders.

00:47:41.220 Okay.

00:47:41.840 Did you watch only murders?

00:47:43.200 Well, I went, okay, here's the thing.

00:47:44.680 I went to the premiere of season two.

00:47:47.180 I watched the first two episodes outside of that.

00:47:51.220 I didn't even watch season one.

00:47:52.340 And that's not, it's not because I hate the show.

00:47:54.540 I like, I don't watch anything new ever really.

00:47:56.900 So I get it.

00:47:57.780 I'm like, I'm like what Chris Fleming calls a culture scavenger.

00:48:00.580 Like after everybody's done with it, I go and I rummage through the garbage and then

00:48:04.320 I go and I look and I'm like, yes, yes.

00:48:06.060 I'm going to look at it now.

00:48:06.960 Like that is really how I, how I watch it.

00:48:08.580 I do that a lot too.

00:48:09.400 Wow.

00:48:09.680 With TV anyway.

00:48:10.500 I do that a lot with TV.

00:48:11.280 With TV especially.

00:48:11.720 I do it.

00:48:12.340 So I'm like, I, I, I did the premiere.

00:48:15.240 I went and watched it.

00:48:16.080 I took my mom and sister.

00:48:16.900 It was fun.

00:48:17.220 Cause they loved the show.

00:48:18.300 Yeah.

00:48:18.800 Fast forward, like a year later, I get invited to do something for Hulu for this show, but

00:48:24.340 it's like an after show and it's being taped by Hulu.

00:48:26.940 And they were like, it's for season three.

00:48:29.020 I said three.

00:48:30.080 Cause in my head, I was like, I just went to two.

00:48:32.140 And like, that was like, that was a year ago.

00:48:33.600 And they were like, they said, Oh, okay.

00:48:35.280 We're going to send you the first three episodes of season three.

00:48:38.280 But it's like an after show where like, I have to know a lot about, like I have to know

00:48:42.220 all the details of everything. 0.99

00:48:43.540 And I was like, Holy fuck. 1.00

00:48:45.560 I have to watch two seasons of a show. 1.00

00:48:47.480 How long did you have until I had like three days?

00:48:50.820 Oh, so then of course I left it till the last day.

00:48:52.860 And then I was like, I can do it.

00:48:54.200 It's fine.

00:48:54.520 I went to college.

00:48:55.120 I can easily do this.

00:48:55.940 And then I put it on season one, episode one, I'm watching 45 minutes in, I fall asleep.

00:49:04.060 I wake up at two in the morning. 1.00

00:49:05.280 I said, Holy fuck. 0.99

00:49:06.380 I have to get up at six. 1.00

00:49:07.460 Oh no.

00:49:07.920 And so then what I did was I went on Wikipedia and I read the summaries for every single episode.

00:49:14.220 And then I watched the first three episodes of season three.

00:49:16.660 And I said, got it, got it done.

00:49:18.520 Studied up.

00:49:19.240 I'm good to go.

00:49:20.420 And everything else I'll fill with jokes.

00:49:22.540 Perfect.

00:49:22.960 Okay.

00:49:23.280 And so I went completely prepared because I was like, got it, got it, got it.

00:49:26.540 I like had everything.

00:49:27.820 I like wrote down names.

00:49:29.020 Right.

00:49:29.340 I was like taking notes.

00:49:30.200 I was like, okay, okay, perfect.

00:49:31.020 This is good.

00:49:31.820 And it's supposed to be like fun.

00:49:33.340 Yeah.

00:49:33.600 Like it's supposed to be like a fun little, like, what would you do?

00:49:35.880 Don't take it too serious.

00:49:36.920 Yeah.

00:49:37.280 Like, and that's another thing.

00:49:38.640 Like, we're not saving the world.

00:49:40.660 No, for real.

00:49:41.580 This is such a made up job.

00:49:42.940 You know?

00:49:43.400 That I'm like, it's okay.

00:49:44.620 It's okay.

00:49:45.120 It'll be fine.

00:49:45.520 Like, you know, even, I feel like even if you weren't like a fan in any capacity, right?

00:49:51.460 And you just went on YouTube and watched like the recaps of seasons.

00:49:54.460 Right.

00:49:54.720 And then like go on Wikipedia pages or even just like, oh, what are the most iconic moments

00:50:00.240 that people talk about?

00:50:01.620 Right.

00:50:01.980 And you could just go in there and be like, yo, this was a lot of fun.

00:50:04.420 Let's talk about this.

00:50:05.240 Yeah.

00:50:05.380 And I was like, and you know what?

00:50:06.320 I did love this part.

00:50:07.860 Yeah.

00:50:08.100 And I was being genuine because I studied up.

00:50:10.520 I made sure.

00:50:11.560 And that's good.

00:50:12.120 That's some good stuff right there.

00:50:13.440 Okay.

00:50:13.600 We're going to hard pivot a little bit.

00:50:15.040 Oh, I love some fun facts.

00:50:16.320 I have some fun facts about you.

00:50:18.440 Oh, I got fun facts.

00:50:19.780 Okay.

00:50:20.340 This first one says, before moving, reviewing movies, Juju worked as a copywriter at an ad

00:50:26.560 agency, which you just said.

00:50:27.860 Yep.

00:50:28.120 How did you like that job?

00:50:29.400 I love that job.

00:50:30.220 Yeah.

00:50:30.460 It was so great.

00:50:31.220 It had its hard days because, you know, it's still corporate America and as a creative,

00:50:38.780 there's so, it sucks when there's so many rungs of like approvals to get through.

00:50:42.740 Like you see ads all the time and you ask yourself like, how did it get through this many hands

00:50:46.660 of approval?

00:50:47.880 That's real.

00:50:48.620 You're like, you're like, it goes through a certain amount of hands and then like the

00:50:51.980 message gets jumbled along the way.

00:50:54.140 Right.

00:50:54.700 It's just, it can get very disheartening.

00:50:57.280 Right.

00:50:57.360 So when you saw that Sydney Sweeney thing, you said.

00:50:59.280 Listen, listen, listen, I know where, I know where it went, went south.

00:51:04.500 There needs to be someone in the room to say something.

00:51:06.940 There needs to be someone in the room to say something.

00:51:08.420 You know what I'll say too?

00:51:08.680 And this applies to both of us on carpets.

00:51:10.540 That's also another reason why you need more people of color.

00:51:12.920 Yes.

00:51:13.340 Yes.

00:51:13.540 You need more diversity in interviewers because they will not offend people of color.

00:51:18.020 Yes.

00:51:18.460 Because we get it.

00:51:19.160 Honestly, when they see people of color on that, they're more excited.

00:51:21.960 They're like, yo, they're like, yeah, let's go, let's talk.

00:51:24.460 That's so true.

00:51:25.200 Brother.

00:51:25.820 That's so true.

00:51:26.560 I met.

00:51:26.840 The video of you dapping up Ryan Coogler at Wakanda 2 was at the premiere, the second

00:51:32.440 Wakanda one.

00:51:33.080 Yeah.

00:51:33.280 That was the second one.

00:51:34.260 Yeah.

00:51:35.040 And listen, I just wanted to tell him straight up like, hey, man, I just appreciate everything

00:51:39.340 that you do.

00:51:40.220 And like, he didn't know me in the moment.

00:51:42.480 Like, it took him maybe like 20 seconds to like figure it out that he watched me already.

00:51:46.380 Yeah. 0.99

00:51:46.700 But he was just kind of like, oh, yeah, fuck yeah, bro. 0.99

00:51:48.560 Like, shoot, what's your name? 0.99

00:51:49.340 Where you from?

00:51:49.760 And we're just chopping it up.

00:51:51.340 And I knew that's because we were brothers.

00:51:53.120 Like, you know, I knew that that got me into that situation.

00:51:57.360 Me and the rock.

00:51:57.940 You know?

00:51:58.360 Oh, my God.

00:51:59.000 That's why I said me with the rock.

00:52:00.880 I'm just, he saw that.

00:52:01.840 He saw your tats.

00:52:02.420 He said, yeah.

00:52:03.280 He said, what's your last name?

00:52:04.280 I said, yeah.

00:52:05.280 My brother in Christ.

00:52:06.500 How are you?

00:52:07.360 Nice to meet you.

00:52:08.140 And that's really cool.

00:52:09.680 But to like go back to like the advertising thing, like I love that job.

00:52:13.780 Like I went to school for that job.

00:52:16.660 Like I went to school for advertising and it was a long roundabout way to get there.

00:52:22.860 But once I was there, like the people that I worked with was amazing.

00:52:25.520 I started working there when my daughter was born.

00:52:27.860 So every year Mark there was like around the same time as my daughter's birthday.

00:52:31.160 So like I have a very like fond memory of that place.

00:52:34.000 And then super duper fun fact is that once I left, just recently this year, they asked

00:52:40.700 me to come back to like do a commercial with them.

00:52:42.960 Oh, my God.

00:52:43.500 How cute.

00:52:43.980 So I did a commercial playing myself.

00:52:45.320 That's so fun.

00:52:45.920 Working with them.

00:52:46.600 So that was actually really cool.

00:52:47.680 That's so deep.

00:52:48.760 Yeah.

00:52:49.140 I love that.

00:52:50.460 That's so fun.

00:52:51.600 Yeah.

00:52:51.800 That was cool.

00:52:52.600 The NFL has not asked me to do anything.

00:52:55.640 They're mad at me.

00:52:57.060 Really?

00:52:57.600 Really?

00:52:57.740 They fired me.

00:52:58.780 Well, that was the job I had before I started doing this.

00:53:00.940 Okay.

00:53:01.420 Then I got fired.

00:53:02.420 RIP.

00:53:02.780 Oh, my God. 1.00

00:53:03.700 But I did do, and I'll say this because fuck it. 1.00

00:53:06.000 What are they going to do? 1.00

00:53:06.740 What are they going to do?

00:53:07.500 What are they going to do?

00:53:08.340 NFL?

00:53:09.180 Me getting afraid.

00:53:11.040 What are they going to do?

00:53:11.980 Red dot on my forehead already.

00:53:14.160 Well, I went to Pro Bowl like I think three years ago, two, three years ago.

00:53:18.680 What was interesting though is like I went through Meta, which I love.

00:53:21.980 I loved working with Meta.

00:53:22.960 They were wonderful.

00:53:24.640 And we were going to Pro Bowl, but they invited me and my man like individually, which I thought

00:53:29.340 was nice because you couldn't bring plus one.

00:53:30.720 So I was like, okay, T, we can go together.

00:53:32.360 And then it was like kind of dragging, like giving me the information.

00:53:35.840 And then my manager called me and was like, yeah, so here's the thing.

00:53:40.340 They're like nervous about me being there because I've talked about being fired from there.

00:53:45.500 Oh.

00:53:46.000 And I was like, well, what am I going to do?

00:53:47.980 Right.

00:53:48.200 I'm not going to tear this whole place down.

00:53:49.820 Go live and be like, these are the people that fired me. 0.99

00:53:52.120 Like, what am I going to fucking do? 0.99

00:53:53.320 You're the NFL. 0.98

00:53:54.280 Yeah.

00:53:54.480 What is going to happen?

00:53:55.800 What's the worst that happened?

00:53:56.620 It's literally fine.

00:53:57.680 I mean, if anybody had the power to tear down the NFL, listen, it will be Drew of Wallen.

00:54:01.280 I'm working on it.

00:54:02.440 I'm going on the inside.

00:54:03.680 This is why they got nervous.

00:54:04.780 This is why they hate me.

00:54:05.460 This is why they got nervous.

00:54:06.300 And they literally just, they expressly like said they didn't like how I was describing

00:54:11.020 leaving the NFL, even though that is exactly what happened to me.

00:54:15.220 Yeah.

00:54:15.240 Yeah.

00:54:15.500 So I'm like, okay.

00:54:16.440 We don't like this true thing that you were.

00:54:17.800 Yeah.

00:54:18.200 Which is funny because I went and like we had a lot of fun.

00:54:21.240 It was like really cool.

00:54:22.220 I'm not going to, I'm not going to say anything, do any, relax.

00:54:25.460 Come on.

00:54:25.700 And honestly, that was when my manager told me, I think it's really funny that certain

00:54:29.460 brands are, are like afraid of me.

00:54:31.220 Like they're like a healthy dose of fear.

00:54:33.720 I think is good for everyone.

00:54:35.320 Of course.

00:54:35.700 Yeah.

00:54:36.180 So yeah, for real.

00:54:37.880 So that's why I thought it was funny when I pivoted to the NBA, like when the NBA asked 0.96

00:54:41.680 me to be in the commercial last year, I was like, fuck yeah, dude, I'd love to do 0.95

00:54:45.860 that with you. 0.98

00:54:47.760 Way better league.

00:54:49.040 Yeah.

00:54:49.240 Way better.

00:54:50.360 Way better sport.

00:54:51.320 But they're afraid of me.

00:54:52.440 So that's why they just don't really care for me talking about being fired, even though

00:54:55.820 that's what happened to me.

00:54:56.960 I think it would be more embarrassing if I said like, oh, I chose to leave.

00:55:00.080 And then they were like, no, we didn't. 1.00

00:55:01.160 We fired that bitch. 1.00

00:55:02.340 That would have been funny. 1.00

00:55:03.000 Honestly, then you would have been like, well, let's tell the full story.

00:55:05.980 I was just trying to be nice.

00:55:07.660 I was just trying to be cool.

00:55:08.580 I know one of my first videos I ever made before I started like really leaning into making

00:55:12.620 fun of men.

00:55:13.220 Yeah.

00:55:13.440 I made one about like, because someone had made a funny skit of like, this is how it feels to

00:55:18.740 be like in your mid-20s, like pitching social ideas to older people.

00:55:22.460 Yeah.

00:55:22.940 That was my whole job at the NFL. 0.94

00:55:25.040 I'm sitting there dead ass in like nine to five, like office attire.

00:55:30.820 I'm going, no, like ice in the veins is like, it's funny. 0.97

00:55:34.620 Like kids are going to get it.

00:55:35.480 They'll get it.

00:55:35.980 Trust me.

00:55:36.260 I get it.

00:55:36.440 They're just like, what does it mean?

00:55:37.700 Yeah.

00:55:38.120 They're like, I don't get it.

00:55:39.720 And I'm like, you're not supposed to get it.

00:55:41.980 And like, they're supposed to.

00:55:43.500 Yeah.

00:55:43.720 And I literally would explain like ice in the vein.

00:55:46.000 Like I'm telling you right now, Lamar Jackson is really into it.

00:55:49.020 He's going to.

00:55:49.620 And that was like, I do that sometimes.

00:55:51.420 Hello.

00:55:52.140 It's such an athlete thing.

00:55:53.600 And I was like, really trying to explain it to them.

00:55:55.240 And they were like, they just weren't having it.

00:55:56.860 And then I remember another one I was pitching forever was, um, Andy Reed, like the head coach

00:56:02.320 of the Kansas city chiefs.

00:56:03.520 Yeah.

00:56:03.720 I was trying to do a thing where I made him the Lorax.

00:56:06.220 Like I was like, I want to Photoshop him looking like Lorax and you can make the chiefs, the

00:56:09.720 trees and he protects the trees.

00:56:11.100 And like, I was like me explaining that at 24 to like a 50 year old woman.

00:56:17.180 And I'm like, you see, here's the thing that animated movie.

00:56:21.060 They're like the Lorax.

00:56:22.620 I'm like, yeah, he looks like the Lorax.

00:56:26.840 I'm actually, I don't know if I've ever told this story on here and I'm forgive me if I

00:56:30.480 have, I repeat myself all the time.

00:56:31.600 Sorry.

00:56:31.940 You tried doing this 200 episodes.

00:56:33.880 Anyways, there was one where the chiefs won a big game. 0.98

00:56:36.960 This was like at the start of their fucking the tyranny that they've been holding. 0.98

00:56:41.340 I don't even watch football, but I've been enjoying that tyranny. 0.99

00:56:44.060 I like dynasties.

00:56:45.540 I'm like, that's cool.

00:56:45.960 Yeah.

00:56:46.400 So they, when this was like at the start of it, they had, they'd won a game, a really

00:56:50.720 important game.

00:56:51.360 And then Andy Reid was in a press conference after.

00:56:53.580 And they asked him, because I think it was like the, to go to the conference championship

00:56:57.360 and they were like, what are you going to do?

00:56:58.920 Like now that you won again, like, what are you going to do?

00:57:01.120 And he said, I'm going to go home and eat some Kahlua pork.

00:57:04.200 That was it.

00:57:05.000 That was all he said.

00:57:06.060 Yeah.

00:57:06.300 And then he was like, thanks everyone.

00:57:07.800 And then he left. 1.00

00:57:08.480 And he's known for saying silly, weird shit like that. 0.99

00:57:11.440 I had to beg my boss to let me clip that and put it into a meme of some kind. 0.99

00:57:18.560 I'm going to go home, eat some Kahlua pork.

00:57:20.660 That's gold.

00:57:21.380 That's great. 1.00

00:57:21.800 She was literally like, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 0.99

00:57:25.040 I told her, it's funny. 0.99

00:57:27.180 Like people are going to laugh.

00:57:28.320 Did people laugh during that?

00:57:28.880 Yeah. 1.00

00:57:29.080 So I fought on the hill for that one stupid ass quote. 1.00

00:57:32.360 I fought on the hill. 1.00

00:57:33.320 I won the battle, right?

00:57:35.520 I won the battle.

00:57:36.340 Yeah.

00:57:36.620 And that thing went viral.

00:57:37.460 That was one of the only things that went viral.

00:57:38.940 And I was like, nobody listens to me.

00:57:41.040 Please tell me your petty bone came out on that one too. 0.99

00:57:42.800 Yeah.

00:57:43.000 And I was like, well, it's doing really well.

00:57:44.580 The post is doing very well.

00:57:46.140 He retweeted it.

00:57:47.240 So she was hating.

00:57:47.940 I was like, the chief's account did retweet it. 1.00

00:57:49.860 I bet you she was hating like a motherfucker too. 1.00

00:57:52.120 I bet you. 1.00

00:57:52.980 Oh yeah.

00:57:53.320 Because she ended up firing me a couple months later.

00:57:55.240 That's how it happened.

00:57:56.720 Yeah.

00:57:57.000 Wow. 1.00

00:57:57.340 It was just a lot of shit like that. 1.00

00:57:58.680 Okay. 1.00

00:57:59.100 But it was just the most asinine way of me. 0.80

00:58:02.480 It felt like a humiliation ritual of me just being like, if they had the jokes they have 0.90

00:58:07.800 now on TikTok, I would have been terrorizing that office.

00:58:10.900 Oh my gosh.

00:58:11.780 I would have been terrorized.

00:58:12.900 Did you see that guy that was like, Flo?

00:58:14.500 Flo?

00:58:14.960 Did you see that guy?

00:58:15.720 No.

00:58:17.380 Me?

00:58:17.740 The only person in the universe watching that one is basically a guy teaching people

00:58:21.620 like agility and stuff, but it was like the silliest moves.

00:58:25.120 I'm not even kidding.

00:58:25.980 I would be terrorizing the NFL's TikTok if I was working there still.

00:58:28.520 Honestly, you should.

00:58:29.400 Good thing they got rid of me.

00:58:30.540 I mean, it's a blessing.

00:58:32.220 They kicked me overboard.

00:58:33.260 You gave me PTSD because like I have a very similar story like working in advertising.

00:58:39.000 And again, I love everybody who was on that team.

00:58:41.120 It was a very stressful account.

00:58:42.200 It was for Team USA.

00:58:43.340 Okay.

00:58:43.780 And this was during the Olympics in Tokyo.

00:58:46.080 Okay.

00:58:46.380 Right?

00:58:46.600 And so I had this like really dope idea and I still stand by this idea of being dope 0.99

00:58:51.620 as shit. 0.99

00:58:52.240 It was like, okay, we're in Japan. 1.00

00:58:54.000 Yeah.

00:58:54.200 Right? 1.00

00:58:54.780 Athletes all love fucking anime. 1.00

00:58:57.000 Yeah. 1.00

00:58:57.400 That's true.

00:58:57.980 What if we really leaned into the whole anime aspect of this whole like Japanese, this

00:59:01.840 Tokyo Olympics?

00:59:02.840 And so I said, what if like, you know, I don't know how much anime you watch, but-

00:59:06.420 Not a ton.

00:59:07.160 Okay.

00:59:07.660 So-

00:59:07.900 My man watches a ton though.

00:59:08.760 In anime, you've probably seen this, like the openings and closings of animes are iconic.

00:59:14.900 Yeah.

00:59:15.160 Like they get like a full production, separate animation style.

00:59:18.540 They get like actual big stars to sing the songs.

00:59:20.720 Like it's a whole thing.

00:59:22.360 Okay.

00:59:22.680 To the point where people will have rankings of their favorite openings and endings.

00:59:25.780 Right?

00:59:25.980 Yeah.

00:59:26.080 Now, I was proposing that for the opening and closing ceremonies, we would have an animated

00:59:32.740 like opening ceremony that was all animated, like animated.

00:59:36.540 Yeah.

00:59:37.060 For Team USA.

00:59:38.240 Yeah.

00:59:38.400 Right?

00:59:38.680 And then at the closing ceremonies, we will have a closing as well.

00:59:41.200 That's so cool.

00:59:41.620 I was like, we can create a whole song.

00:59:43.680 We can like tap this.

00:59:44.300 And it's a bit you can carry throughout the Olympics.

00:59:45.800 And we can carry throughout the Olympics.

00:59:47.100 Yeah.

00:59:47.380 And then I was like, also like a big thing with like the sports in general, like the highlight

00:59:51.840 reels.

00:59:52.220 If you miss a sport, you can actually see the highlight reel.

00:59:53.800 But what if we got anime animators to animate the highlight reels of the day in an anime

01:00:00.760 style?

01:00:01.080 Make them look like, yeah, that's so sick.

01:00:01.820 Like make a whole thing.

01:00:03.160 And so they were just kind of like, yeah, but does anime, is it really popular like that?

01:00:07.440 Do people really care about it?

01:00:08.760 They're like, keep alert. 0.99

01:00:09.580 And I'm just like, please, God damn it. 0.99

01:00:13.300 We will go down in history. 0.99

01:00:14.780 It's true.

01:00:15.600 Because Bleacher Report does it all the time now.

01:00:17.300 And Bleacher Report.

01:00:18.120 They do it all the time.

01:00:19.020 Thank you for saying this.

01:00:19.740 Yeah, they ripped your bit. 1.00

01:00:21.520 A lot of people ripped my fucking bit. 0.99

01:00:23.800 And what we ended up doing, it was like the super watered down version of it. 0.99

01:00:28.080 We took like highlights from the day and like they just basically put like LED lights surrounding

01:00:32.760 the people.

01:00:33.220 That's even worse when they don't do it the right way.

01:00:35.080 You're like, just don't do it at all.

01:00:36.040 It was like a 90s skateboard like video.

01:00:38.780 That's what it felt like.

01:00:39.460 Oh, not the same then.

01:00:40.220 And so I was just kind of like, listen, I'll make it happen because it's my job.

01:00:43.140 But like y'all know where I want this to go.

01:00:45.080 Yeah.

01:00:45.320 Mind you, we also got an animator to do a Kevin Durant dunk in animation style. 1.00

01:00:49.400 And that shit looked fucking like straight out of the Dragon Ball Z six shit. 0.99

01:00:52.140 And they were like, yeah, we're not really feeling this. 1.00

01:00:55.760 So after it was all.

01:00:56.440 They don't see the vision.

01:00:57.880 So during the whole like the whole ceremony of like the Olympics.

01:01:02.160 Yeah.

01:01:02.560 Athletes were coming out doing like iconic poses from anime characters and stuff like that.

01:01:06.940 And everybody's like like paying homage to anime.

01:01:09.080 Yeah.

01:01:09.440 And then like a bunch of brands was also coming out doing some anime stuff.

01:01:12.120 And I'm like, we could have kicked this off.

01:01:14.340 Nobody listens to me.

01:01:15.460 And then the petty in this.

01:01:16.400 And that's where you need to take your genius elsewhere.

01:01:18.100 That's how I was like when I started to realize like y'all not listening.

01:01:21.460 Like y'all don't want to.

01:01:22.900 Y'all don't want to hear me.

01:01:23.960 Y'all just want to dance.

01:01:24.660 Yeah, wait, that actually reminds me when I was working at the NFL.

01:01:29.520 This was right when the second.

01:01:33.360 What's the last one where Iron Man dies?

01:01:35.280 I forget the name of Avengers Endgame.

01:01:37.220 Yeah.

01:01:37.420 Endgame.

01:01:37.900 This was right when Endgame came out.

01:01:39.820 And there was like this wave of like there was like the first female referee, the first 0.76

01:01:44.820 like female like coordinator, like assistant coordinator, first female. 1.00

01:01:48.760 Like there was a lot of women in there. 1.00

01:01:51.040 I see where this is going.

01:01:51.980 Yeah.

01:01:52.160 And I literally pitched, I was like, let's do the Marvel scene with all the women. 1.00

01:01:57.040 But we'll put the faces of these women on them because I was supposed to target women. 1.00

01:02:02.060 Like that was my fucking job. 0.99

01:02:03.520 And they were telling me because it's like superheroes. 0.99

01:02:06.760 I don't know if everyone wants.

01:02:08.320 I said this was the biggest superhero movie of all time.

01:02:11.580 Yeah. 0.99

01:02:11.840 And then, you know, and then I saw fucking Bleacher Report. 0.98

01:02:14.760 And I was like, are you kidding me? 0.96

01:02:18.240 So they ripped off my bit, too.

01:02:20.100 That's my point. 0.99

01:02:20.860 Fucking Bleacher Report. 1.00

01:02:21.280 They're watching us. 1.00

01:02:22.380 Fucking Bleacher Report. 1.00

01:02:22.780 There's cameras everywhere watching us. 0.99

01:02:24.260 I really did think I was like, I have to go over there because they're taking funny ideas.

01:02:28.460 And nobody wants to take my funny ideas.

01:02:30.120 Honestly, kill over at Bleacher Report.

01:02:32.460 Just stay clear, Jack.

01:02:33.740 And I even said this, too, in an interview recently that the NFL, like, I told them because TikTok was growing at the time I was working there.

01:02:42.180 And I said, you should start a TikTok.

01:02:44.040 Like, I think it's really important. 0.95

01:02:45.180 And they straight up told me, that's stupid because that app's not going to be around for much longer. 0.96

01:02:51.600 Right. 1.00

01:02:52.220 Right.

01:02:52.720 And now every time I see a checkmark next to the NFL TikTok, I swipe.

01:02:59.080 Sometimes I watch it.

01:03:00.060 Don't even block them.

01:03:00.840 You just want the satisfaction of what I'm swiping away.

01:03:03.740 It's like the equivalent of, like, a flip phone and, like, closing it.

01:03:06.680 I want them to feel my swipe.

01:03:08.400 You want them to feel that swipe.

01:03:09.140 I want them to feel me skip them.

01:03:10.960 Okay.

01:03:11.340 We'll go through more of these fun facts.

01:03:13.280 Oh, yes, please.

01:03:14.100 You also played high school varsity basketball.

01:03:16.320 I did.

01:03:16.940 What were you, point guard?

01:03:18.040 No, I wish.

01:03:18.820 I didn't have the handles for a point guard.

01:03:20.340 What were you?

01:03:20.820 I was a shooting guard, small forward combo.

01:03:23.340 Okay.

01:03:23.940 Yeah.

01:03:24.440 T-Fast.

01:03:25.260 Love that.

01:03:26.040 Loved it.

01:03:26.400 It says, your first feature film role is the voice of a gym teacher in the movie Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken.

01:03:32.840 So cute.

01:03:33.500 But I remember you posting about that.

01:03:35.560 How was it doing voiceover work?

01:03:37.320 Honestly, it was a lot of fun.

01:03:38.720 It was a lot.

01:03:39.140 It was one line.

01:03:40.420 But it was, like, it was still the biggest blast that I've ever had.

01:03:43.500 Still, though.

01:03:44.200 Because, like, you walk in and, you know, they have, like, the screen up there with, like, your character.

01:03:48.840 Cute.

01:03:49.700 They gave you a whole script, which is nice of them because they literally just have the one line.

01:03:53.140 For my keepsake.

01:03:54.380 For my little keepsake, which I still have.

01:03:56.320 Yeah.

01:03:56.840 And, you know, I just have to go in there and say one line maybe, like, 45 times in different ways.

01:04:02.180 Okay.

01:04:02.440 And I was like, dang, this is, like, hard because I got to work on different inflections on just the same thing.

01:04:05.380 And intonation and all that.

01:04:06.780 Yeah.

01:04:07.040 And I didn't know which one they were going to pick.

01:04:08.640 Right?

01:04:08.880 So, I was kind of, like, waiting to see the movie.

01:04:10.560 Like, oh, I wonder which one that they used.

01:04:12.020 And I like the one that they used.

01:04:12.980 It was pretty cool.

01:04:13.580 Okay.

01:04:14.040 It's okay.

01:04:14.660 IMDb credit regardless.

01:04:16.820 Hey.

01:04:17.140 And I was setting out for that.

01:04:18.460 I was like, that's pretty cool that I actually got one.

01:04:20.380 Yeah.

01:04:20.740 But the cutest thing of the whole thing, though, is that whenever my daughter would see a billboard.

01:04:25.840 Yeah.

01:04:26.120 Because, you know, this was, like, a couple years ago.

01:04:27.500 For the cracking.

01:04:28.160 So, she's, like, around, like, five.

01:04:28.920 She would always go, that's the daddy movie. 0.88

01:04:31.020 Right?

01:04:31.520 Oh, cute.

01:04:31.620 And so, she would love the movie.

01:04:33.560 And then, one day, I woke up.

01:04:35.560 And I woke up, and sometimes on the weekend, she has a habit of, like, waking up a couple

01:04:39.240 hours before me.

01:04:40.280 And she'll be in the living room, and she'll be watching TV or whatever.

01:04:43.480 And all I heard was my voice saying the line over and over and over again on a loop, followed

01:04:48.500 by laughter.

01:04:49.500 So, it would just be like, he's a legend.

01:04:53.780 He's a legend.

01:04:55.920 So, I thought that was, like, a really surreal moment that my daughter woke up to watch the

01:05:00.120 movie and watch my one line over and over and over again.

01:05:02.740 I love that.

01:05:03.020 Do you think you'll want to do more voiceover work?

01:05:04.640 If somebody asked me, I would.

01:05:06.180 I think you would be great with voiceover work.

01:05:07.720 I think that's awesome.

01:05:08.640 Thank you.

01:05:09.340 Okay, this next one says, you simultaneously worked at Disneyland, Amazon, and went to

01:05:13.500 college all at the same time? 0.99

01:05:15.060 How did you fucking know this? 0.98

01:05:17.140 I don't think I've ever talked about this, like, publicly. 0.99

01:05:20.320 Did we talk about this?

01:05:21.460 No.

01:05:21.880 No?

01:05:22.340 No.

01:05:22.900 I have Nardwar on my team. 0.93

01:05:23.620 You got Nardwar?

01:05:24.600 Yeah.

01:05:25.040 I'm about to say.

01:05:26.460 Like, yes, I did.

01:05:27.800 Yeah.

01:05:28.280 I worked.

01:05:28.560 OKT.

01:05:29.000 I worked at Disneyland full time, and then I really needed money, because the relationship

01:05:36.800 that I was in at the time, like, I was the only one who was able to get work, and, like,

01:05:39.600 I really wanted to, like, move out of my parents' house, because I was about to have my daughter.

01:05:42.740 Yeah.

01:05:43.120 And so I was, like, under the gun.

01:05:44.660 Like, I was really under the gun.

01:05:46.000 And so...

01:05:46.540 It was crazy.

01:05:47.340 Two jobs and going to school.

01:05:48.640 And going to school.

01:05:49.280 Look at you, Superdad.

01:05:50.500 Yeah.

01:05:50.800 You know, I try.

01:05:51.600 Love that.

01:05:51.980 You know, it's my...

01:05:52.820 It's the best title that I can wear.

01:05:54.600 Oh, I love that.

01:05:54.960 And, like, it all led to, like, something good.

01:05:57.320 Yeah.

01:05:57.820 Yeah.

01:05:58.180 It was stressful, though.

01:05:58.520 What'd you do at Disneyland?

01:05:59.560 I worked in the stores.

01:06:01.160 Cute.

01:06:01.640 So, like, people say, like, retail is bad, which it is.

01:06:04.200 Retail is, like, a horrible service job.

01:06:06.980 Nowhere near, like, the food industry.

01:06:09.180 Food service, yeah.

01:06:10.020 But Disney service?

01:06:13.180 Whole other animal.

01:06:13.820 I was gonna say, dude.

01:06:15.060 Whole other animal.

01:06:15.760 That feels like a whole category and lane of its own.

01:06:18.820 I...

01:06:19.220 Of terrible.

01:06:19.880 During the strike, when I couldn't talk about movies, I made quite a few videos just recounting

01:06:23.700 Disneyland stories.

01:06:25.000 And there's a lot that I can still tell.

01:06:27.000 Like, I got a lot in the bank.

01:06:28.280 Because people at Disneyland...

01:06:30.040 Listen.

01:06:30.780 From the guests to the people who work there, everybody's a character.

01:06:36.040 There's this one guy.

01:06:37.240 I call him my nemesis. 1.00

01:06:38.560 His name is fucking Don. 1.00

01:06:39.720 Fuck Don to the max. 1.00

01:06:41.220 Like, I will get on every soapbox and say, fuck Don at Disneyland. 1.00

01:06:44.100 And I was so happy to find out that years later... 1.00

01:06:46.600 I also, like, talked shit to him when I arrived as a special guest. 0.97

01:06:48.980 I pulled up with my, like... 0.99

01:06:50.120 Yeah.

01:06:50.460 Like, hey, Don.

01:06:51.060 Yeah, you know, I'm just here.

01:06:52.140 Like, on Disney's Don.

01:06:53.040 You know, they put me up in the hotel.

01:06:54.440 What up, Don? 1.00

01:06:55.520 You thought I wasn't gonna be shit? 1.00

01:06:56.980 Don? 1.00

01:06:57.280 Well, guess what?

01:06:58.380 Give me those toys over there.

01:07:00.060 Like, you know what I'm saying?

01:07:01.060 So...

01:07:01.260 Yeah.

01:07:01.420 But I found out later, as I was making this video, from my co-workers who discovered the

01:07:06.420 video that he got fired. 1.00

01:07:07.700 Shit. 1.00

01:07:07.960 And not just fired, he got escorted by security. 1.00

01:07:10.540 Oh, my God.

01:07:11.200 Off of the campus.

01:07:12.040 Now, it's one thing if you're a guest and you get escorted.

01:07:14.300 Right.

01:07:14.800 If you're a cast member in costume getting escorted by security off, that's not a good look.

01:07:19.980 Oh, God.

01:07:20.840 And I was...

01:07:22.040 And then you heard that and you went...

01:07:23.800 If there was a grave, I'd be dancing on it.

01:07:26.100 If there was a grave, I'd be dancing on it.

01:07:28.000 For me, when things like that happen, when karma, like, really works out for me and I'm

01:07:31.720 like, the universe doesn't play about me.

01:07:32.940 I knew it.

01:07:33.540 Yeah.

01:07:33.700 Whenever that happens, I'm like, God, play my walk-up song.

01:07:37.840 That's what that...

01:07:38.460 Go and watch my walk-up song.

01:07:40.140 Yeah.

01:07:40.260 Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. 0.72

01:07:43.060 Every tongue that rises against me shall fall.

01:07:46.780 You to Don.

01:07:48.080 Yeah.

01:07:48.480 Well, yeah. 1.00

01:07:48.840 Fuck Don. 1.00

01:07:49.340 But everybody else that I work with, though, like, super great. 1.00

01:07:52.140 Like, they're...

01:07:52.560 Like, honestly, the Disney family is, like, unlike any other.

01:07:54.760 I love...

01:07:54.880 Like, I'm still close with a lot of those people.

01:07:55.960 And I love that you get...

01:07:56.860 It is really full circle that you work with Disney a lot and get to go back and stuff. 0.95

01:08:00.740 That's so fucking cool.

01:08:01.680 I hosted a live stream for their 100th anniversary on my birthday. 0.96

01:08:05.720 And while I was in advertising, I did pitch, like, the 100 Years of Wonder line.

01:08:11.420 So it all just kind of...

01:08:12.420 Look at you!

01:08:13.940 That was a very emotional moment for me.

01:08:15.560 That's like...

01:08:16.600 Universe.

01:08:17.120 Universe does not play about me.

01:08:18.800 Play my walk-up music.

01:08:19.680 Yeah.

01:08:20.520 Exactly. 1.00

01:08:21.760 Dude, Amanda, you're so stupid. 1.00

01:08:23.620 One of the facts on here says, we once ran into you at California Adventure at the Lamplight Lounge. 1.00

01:08:27.980 Yeah. 1.00

01:08:28.820 You're so stupid. 1.00

01:08:31.240 That's a fact. 1.00

01:08:33.100 That is, in fact, a fun fact. 1.00

01:08:34.700 That is a fucking fact. 0.99

01:08:35.220 We did run into each other. 0.99

01:08:36.740 It was a great run-in.

01:08:37.820 It was.

01:08:38.300 It was a great run-in.

01:08:39.120 I loved it.

01:08:39.200 You had your whole family.

01:08:40.000 I had my whole family.

01:08:40.940 I thought that was like...

01:08:41.920 It was the Avengers crossover that nobody knew happened.

01:08:46.400 It's like the Rocky Apollo Creed fight where the movie ends and you don't know who won

01:08:49.940 the fight.

01:08:50.540 It was one of those.

01:08:51.640 That's very true.

01:08:52.500 I look very fondly.

01:08:53.320 Your mom was like, oh, I don't know if you remember.

01:08:54.740 I remember you, mom.

01:08:55.980 Yeah.

01:08:56.460 Like, I remember.

01:08:56.880 Well, and also, obviously, as you know, me and my sister are both creators.

01:09:00.300 You've been my brother's favorite creator for years.

01:09:02.980 Really?

01:09:03.320 Yeah, I've been a creator for a long time.

01:09:05.340 Yeah.

01:09:05.540 No.

01:09:06.000 No, you're his favorite one.

01:09:07.920 He's always like...

01:09:09.260 Really?

01:09:09.600 I'm your brother's favorite creator?

01:09:10.480 Yeah.

01:09:10.740 My brother loves your Marvel stuff and loves your movie reviews.

01:09:13.920 Oh, my God.

01:09:14.380 That lit.

01:09:15.160 I'm in on the family.

01:09:15.200 And that you love anime because he loves anime, too.

01:09:17.340 Does he like One Piece?

01:09:18.500 He does love One Piece.

01:09:19.600 Can I ask you a question, though?

01:09:20.640 Yeah.

01:09:20.800 Would you classify Avatar The Last Airbender as an anime or no?

01:09:24.860 I would say anime-inspired.

01:09:26.340 Okay.

01:09:26.680 I would say anime-inspired.

01:09:27.440 Because I think he told me the difference is that's going to piss me off because I was

01:09:31.040 literally telling him it is.

01:09:32.260 And he's like, no, it's not.

01:09:33.420 Like, my brother's still like, no, it's not.

01:09:35.000 It has to be made in Japan.

01:09:35.880 And I'm like, okay, well...

01:09:37.400 Yeah.

01:09:38.160 Okay.

01:09:39.140 That's where we get into, like, a slippery slope, though, because it's like, it doesn't

01:09:43.340 just have to be in Japan.

01:09:44.500 Like, what if I made something animated in Japan and does that make it animated?

01:09:48.600 Hello.

01:09:49.140 Right?

01:09:49.540 Thank you.

01:09:50.100 So, like, that's a slippery slope to go on.

01:09:51.360 But I will say, like, it is made over here and it is, like, it's like, because then when

01:09:56.020 we talk about this, it's Boondock's anime.

01:09:58.620 Tea.

01:09:59.660 Okay.

01:10:00.020 And we're going to have to put that up into the conversation as well.

01:10:02.160 And that's an anime-inspired...

01:10:04.260 They have very anime-like reactions and stuff, too, in Boondock.

01:10:07.060 Everything about it.

01:10:07.540 That's very true.

01:10:07.840 Everything about it.

01:10:08.700 Like, from the fighting to, like, the themes to everything.

01:10:10.640 That's so true.

01:10:11.000 It's very anime.

01:10:11.980 Okay, tea.

01:10:12.700 I feel better.

01:10:13.380 I'm going to rub that in my brother's face.

01:10:14.880 Yeah.

01:10:15.140 I think Afro Samurai... 1.00

01:10:16.280 And correct me if I'm wrong, anime fans.

01:10:17.740 Like, I'm not, like, that deep into it.

01:10:19.700 But I think Afro Samurai, the anime, was inspired from a Boondocks-like moment.

01:10:23.440 Tea.

01:10:23.920 So...

01:10:24.400 Okay.

01:10:25.340 I do think Avatar, The Last Airbender, I really do think that's one of the greatest shows

01:10:29.560 ever made.

01:10:29.960 I think it's one of my favorite shows.

01:10:31.780 Me, too.

01:10:32.400 Regardless of animation or whatever.

01:10:34.460 Same.

01:10:34.500 Everything about it.

01:10:35.280 My gosh.

01:10:35.400 It's perfection.

01:10:35.980 I have no notes from start to end.

01:10:38.080 I remember watching it when I was a kid.

01:10:39.780 Yeah.

01:10:40.020 I re-watched it recently.

01:10:41.320 Yeah.

01:10:41.660 Because I watched the entire thing with my brother.

01:10:43.520 And then my man had never seen it.

01:10:45.260 So we watched the entire thing, I think, earlier this year.

01:10:48.440 Oh, my God.

01:10:49.360 I would move to tears on so many episodes.

01:10:51.280 I was so sad when we finished. 1.00

01:10:52.740 Bro, it is a sad fucking show. 1.00

01:10:55.020 It is. 1.00

01:10:55.500 It's so good.

01:10:56.240 And, like, it's so good.

01:10:57.180 Like, I still say, like, Zuko has one of the best arcs.

01:10:59.840 Right.

01:11:00.280 In fiction.

01:11:01.040 Period.

01:11:01.140 And can I tell you something? 0.99

01:11:02.140 The fact that Katara and Aang got together in the end makes my ass itch. 0.99

01:11:06.380 Yeah. 0.99

01:11:06.680 I'll be so real.

01:11:07.620 That's the one, actually.

01:11:08.740 You're a Zutara. 1.00

01:11:09.020 You're a Zutara. 1.00

01:11:09.520 Yeah.

01:11:09.700 That is one of the one notes I do have, actually, is that was the wrong choice.

01:11:12.940 Okay.

01:11:13.480 Well.

01:11:13.960 That should have been brother or sister.

01:11:15.340 We're on opposite sides here.

01:11:15.940 Are you really?

01:11:16.540 We're on opposite sides.

01:11:17.060 Now, I understand her and Zuko.

01:11:18.660 I do understand it.

01:11:19.620 Right.

01:11:19.780 But, like, the story that we were, I feel like in another universe, yes, that makes perfect

01:11:24.080 sense.

01:11:24.360 That's true.

01:11:24.580 I think it does.

01:11:25.440 But I feel like for the story that we are given, like, I think Aang, he doesn't deserve 0.98

01:11:31.660 Katara or nothing like that.

01:11:32.880 Right.

01:11:33.080 I just feel like they just had a better growth.

01:11:34.740 They need each other.

01:11:35.700 I feel like they've had a better growth.

01:11:36.800 And as someone who's, like, dating someone who's, like, older, I'm like, that's fine.

01:11:40.100 Like, it's cool.

01:11:41.260 You're biased.

01:11:42.020 I'm a little biased.

01:11:43.120 I'm a little biased.

01:11:43.760 Just kidding.

01:11:44.200 Well, I thought this way before me and my girlfriend got together.

01:11:46.580 But also, like, I've always saw my, like, Aang is, like, me.

01:11:50.300 Right?

01:11:50.660 Like, I've always saw him, like, I'm just the kid who just wants, like, the hot older

01:11:53.920 girl.

01:11:55.040 So, I'm going to ride for Aang. 0.97

01:11:56.820 Like, like.

01:11:57.100 But Zuko does have one of the best character arcs ever.

01:11:58.960 He does.

01:11:59.640 He does.

01:12:00.040 100%.

01:12:00.360 Oh, my gosh.

01:12:00.940 The development of it is beautiful.

01:12:02.100 Yeah, man.

01:12:02.780 Perfect.

01:12:03.360 Love it.

01:12:03.760 Love me some Zuko.

01:12:04.800 Okay.

01:12:05.100 And then last fun one is that you used to work at, used to be a sales associate at Bath and

01:12:09.400 Body Works.

01:12:12.080 How do you know this?

01:12:13.800 How?

01:12:14.240 What?

01:12:14.600 I feel like you would, you would sling a candle like nobody's business.

01:12:18.720 I feel like you would kill sales at a Bath and Body Works.

01:12:21.260 I really do feel that way.

01:12:22.620 This was such a. 0.95

01:12:23.460 I feel like you would kill in that job. 0.94

01:12:24.680 I did kill in that job. 0.77

01:12:26.340 Like, you're correct. 0.84

01:12:27.940 I sling some of that.

01:12:28.960 I sling some, what was it called?

01:12:30.040 Midnight wood.

01:12:30.900 Yeah.

01:12:31.320 That sounds very dirty.

01:12:32.880 But midnight wood lotion.

01:12:34.540 I was like, yo, this is like, yo, man.

01:12:36.520 Yeah.

01:12:36.860 Don't we smell good with this? 0.94

01:12:37.740 But it was actually a very shitty experience. 0.95

01:12:40.960 Like, and it was a very short lived experience. 0.90

01:12:42.920 I bet.

01:12:43.200 I'm very shocked because I never talk about it.

01:12:44.820 Well, you know what?

01:12:45.200 You conquered it too quickly.

01:12:46.200 Probably.

01:12:47.000 They hate, they hate when you rise too quickly.

01:12:49.500 I think so.

01:12:50.060 Well, maybe it was, I literally worked there for maybe like a month and it was like one

01:12:54.760 of those like on-call jobs.

01:12:56.160 So they were like, don't make any plans because we can call you at any time.

01:12:58.800 Right, right, right.

01:12:59.420 And I only maybe worked like once or twice a week.

01:13:01.960 And I mainly got the job because like one, it was my first ever job.

01:13:05.800 And then two, Black Friday was coming up.

01:13:08.620 So I'm thinking I'm about to get like paid.

01:13:10.400 Yeah, yeah.

01:13:10.840 I'm after Body Works during Black Friday, like time and a half.

01:13:13.780 Like we're about to be rolling in it.

01:13:15.000 First job, hell yeah.

01:13:16.280 They didn't, they called me in for that Black Friday.

01:13:18.760 I worked two hours and they told me to go home, which I think is illegal.

01:13:23.340 Which I think is illegal.

01:13:24.360 Looking back now, I think that's illegal.

01:13:26.480 I think so.

01:13:27.720 And I didn't know any better.

01:13:28.800 I was just kind of like, okay, sure.

01:13:30.560 I go home.

01:13:32.020 And again, I'm- 0.99

01:13:32.980 I bet that job sucks though. 0.98

01:13:34.000 I bet. 0.97

01:13:34.940 I was on call for four years.

01:13:38.600 I was still logged in to the like system and I kept looking at my schedule.

01:13:42.260 No job, no job, no job, no job. 1.00

01:13:43.660 What the fuck? 0.99

01:13:44.400 And I've been waiting to get called in for four years. 1.00

01:13:46.380 And I'm still waiting now.

01:13:47.920 And I'm still, like I'm still waiting to this day.

01:13:50.640 Watch them call you in now.

01:13:51.600 After Body Works.

01:13:52.740 Because technically I'm still an employee probably, maybe.

01:13:55.140 But I did go in one day and like I was logged out finally.

01:13:58.220 But it was like four years.

01:13:59.400 I'm already at Disneyland at this point. 1.00

01:14:01.280 I'm just like, I forgot about this shit. 0.99

01:14:03.840 And so, yeah. 0.99

01:14:04.480 Well, I just feel like you could sell anything, honestly.

01:14:06.480 Well, thank you.

01:14:07.020 It's all about like-

01:14:08.500 Charisma.

01:14:08.960 It's all about that charisma, you know?

01:14:10.680 Yeah.

01:14:10.760 Like I go over the top in my service shop. 1.00

01:14:13.100 I just sing songs and shit and do trivia and do bullshit like that. 0.99

01:14:16.360 And they eat that up in Bath & Body Works. 1.00

01:14:18.280 They eat that.

01:14:19.100 Not the employees, but the guests.

01:14:22.080 No, no, no.

01:14:22.140 But the customers.

01:14:22.800 But the customers love it.

01:14:23.920 You want me to sing your song about lotion?

01:14:25.260 Sure.

01:14:25.560 Oh, yeah.

01:14:26.000 Absolutely.

01:14:26.520 A bunch of older moms perusing.

01:14:29.080 That's your bread and body right there. 0.78

01:14:29.900 If I wasn't in a relationship, I would have cleaned up nicely with the mom demographic. 0.96

01:14:35.200 I would have been real popular in that Bath & Body Works.

01:14:36.680 Would have been real popular with the moms. 0.99

01:14:39.640 Well, that brings us to the end of our amazing episode.

01:14:44.420 I was enjoying this.

01:14:45.300 It was.

01:14:45.740 It was so fun.

01:14:46.380 Time flies.

01:14:47.140 It really does.

01:14:47.660 Honestly, we're having a key.

01:14:48.700 I know. 1.00

01:14:49.780 Shit. 1.00

01:14:50.600 I know you've done junkets where they say like, oh, you have five minutes. 1.00

01:14:53.400 Right.

01:14:53.500 And then you ask, you get through half of the question and it's up. 1.00

01:14:57.280 You're like, oh, shit. 1.00

01:14:58.040 Oh, God. 1.00

01:14:58.640 Sorry.

01:14:58.880 I'm a talker.

01:14:59.520 Yeah.

01:14:59.760 That's what I always say.

01:15:00.600 I'm like, sorry, y'all.

01:15:01.400 I'm a yapper.

01:15:02.260 My bad. 0.99

01:15:02.340 Big ass yapper over here, too. 1.00

01:15:03.720 But can I say this before we get out of here? 0.98

01:15:05.400 Yes, of course.

01:15:06.000 I have held on to this for years now.

01:15:10.520 You actually invited me to come on your podcast when you first started.

01:15:15.300 Oh, yeah.

01:15:15.840 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:15:15.880 I think I was going to be like the third or fourth guest or something like that.

01:15:18.820 Boots on the ground.

01:15:19.620 Yeah.

01:15:19.960 And I can't remember what happened.

01:15:22.140 I think I thought it was the day after.

01:15:25.080 Yeah.

01:15:25.900 Scheduling mishap, I think.

01:15:26.860 Scheduling mishap.

01:15:27.520 I think something was going on with my daughter at that time.

01:15:29.700 And so my mind was just completely somewhere else.

01:15:31.840 Yeah.

01:15:32.020 And I think I got a text from you that was like, hey, we're here.

01:15:35.560 And I looked at it hours late.

01:15:37.460 Like, I think it was like three hours late.

01:15:39.060 And I was like, what?

01:15:41.820 And for the love of Christ, I thought you hated me for the longest time.

01:15:45.820 I thought like, I think it took me like a year.

01:15:48.400 You did text me back, though.

01:15:49.480 I did text you back.

01:15:50.140 You said it was cool.

01:15:51.120 Yeah.

01:15:51.360 But like, I sit in things, right?

01:15:53.120 And I was like, and I hadn't seen you for like a year after that.

01:15:56.620 Yeah. 0.99

01:15:56.980 And so I was just like, damn. 0.99

01:15:57.980 We were passing ships for a while. 0.99

01:15:59.100 Like, it was like we were going to things, but I would get there after you left or whatever.

01:16:03.180 Literally.

01:16:03.620 And then sometimes we would run into each other.

01:16:04.960 But that was like, eat me up for like a while.

01:16:07.020 Oh, man.

01:16:07.520 And so.

01:16:08.280 I'm so sorry to hear that.

01:16:09.240 No, but.

01:16:09.580 It's been a long time.

01:16:10.240 It was a long time.

01:16:11.720 It was a long time.

01:16:12.740 But when we saw each other again, eventually, like everything was still like all good and

01:16:15.740 everything.

01:16:16.320 Absolutely.

01:16:16.820 But at the same time, like, again, I love your podcast.

01:16:18.860 Like, I love your show and I love everything that you've done.

01:16:21.300 And I kept thinking to myself, like, I let her down.

01:16:24.160 Like, I let her down when she needs me most.

01:16:26.840 Well, you made it up to me by coming back on a spooky episode.

01:16:30.120 Once I got the call, I was like, yes, like clear everything.

01:16:33.920 Like, I'm coming.

01:16:34.580 I got to.

01:16:35.520 So I know.

01:16:35.960 And I've had horse blinders on for three years.

01:16:37.900 So I know what's going on.

01:16:39.600 Tunnel vision.

01:16:40.160 I never know what's happening ever.

01:16:41.660 Guys, what you need to understand about us is that we are so under the water.

01:16:46.800 That is the only way to survive.

01:16:48.380 Literally.

01:16:48.880 And that's literally how we get through.

01:16:50.720 It's true.

01:16:51.360 And so how many mistakes do you have?

01:16:53.460 I have like over 100 right now.

01:16:55.320 You want me to tell you mine?

01:16:57.160 Yeah, go ahead.

01:16:58.780 I have like 140 last I looked, but.

01:17:01.420 That's very cute.

01:17:02.200 It's too far back.

01:17:03.280 I can't keep going.

01:17:04.260 Oh, wait.

01:17:04.740 My girlfriend actually like just like, like actually read them.

01:17:08.200 So.

01:17:08.380 Okay.

01:17:08.880 So this is, this is nice.

01:17:10.180 I have 183.

01:17:11.500 Okay.

01:17:11.940 Not too bad.

01:17:12.220 It used to be 1,200.

01:17:13.380 It was 1,200.

01:17:14.520 That's my emails.

01:17:15.800 That's a whole nother thing.

01:17:16.420 Oh, emails.

01:17:17.000 Yeah.

01:17:17.200 I have like over 8,000 unread.

01:17:18.940 You know.

01:17:19.720 I'm working through them.

01:17:20.640 Listen, the amount of people that I imagine beating down your door and just getting ignored

01:17:24.940 by you is like, honestly, keep them wanting it.

01:17:27.300 Keep them wanting it.

01:17:28.320 Like, oh, she's so hard to get. 0.99

01:17:29.500 I'm just trying to stay alive.

01:17:30.640 You know, I have to stay.

01:17:31.800 I have to keep my head above water.

01:17:32.980 But thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us.

01:17:35.860 Thank you for inviting me. 0.95

01:17:36.240 I fucking love you, man. 0.96

01:17:37.040 I love you too. 0.99

01:17:37.720 I think we're, we're riding it together.

01:17:39.480 Well, I mean.

01:17:39.820 We're on the path together.

01:17:41.060 We are on this path.

01:17:41.580 Same draft class.

01:17:42.220 Yeah.

01:17:42.820 Yeah, for real.

01:17:43.980 And we're still alive, period.

01:17:45.440 We're still, we're still kicking y'all.

01:17:47.480 Thank God. 1.00

01:17:48.060 Our haters are really sitting there in the comment section just kind of like, oh, fuck 1.00

01:17:51.800 both of these people. 1.00

01:17:52.480 I know.

01:17:52.980 For real.

01:17:53.740 Yeah.

01:17:54.000 You and I both.

01:17:54.960 Yeah.

01:17:55.120 We both get hate like that randomly.

01:17:57.100 We could, that's a whole nother podcast.

01:17:57.940 Yeah.

01:17:58.140 When people get bored, they really pick on the two of us or try to anyway.

01:18:01.380 It's fine.

01:18:01.940 We can't hear it. 0.99

01:18:02.600 We're too busy doing shit like this. 0.99

01:18:03.740 Don't hurt our pockets. 0.99

01:18:04.520 Don't hurt our opportunities.

01:18:05.380 For real.

01:18:05.420 Don't worry.

01:18:05.800 Don't worry about me.

01:18:06.780 You know what I mean?

01:18:07.500 I'm just sitting here with Leonardo DiCaprio.

01:18:09.300 Talk about his new movie.

01:18:10.660 For real.

01:18:11.260 You know. 1.00

01:18:11.800 Shit. 1.00

01:18:12.240 It's shit. 1.00

01:18:12.740 Tell him. 1.00

01:18:13.100 But I fell off.

01:18:13.840 If that's where falling off is.

01:18:16.660 Sure.

01:18:17.060 Sure.

01:18:17.460 Sure.

01:18:17.920 Well, thank you so much for coming.

01:18:19.340 I think you're amazing.

01:18:20.360 Thank you.

01:18:20.480 And I'm so happy that you're getting even more involved in the movie scene.

01:18:24.300 I really do think they need more people like you.

01:18:26.140 Thank you.

01:18:26.420 And I'm really glad that you're there.

01:18:27.620 Well, the world needs more Drew.

01:18:29.240 Period.

01:18:29.860 For real.

01:18:30.340 And I want to make sure it keeps happening against everyone's will.

01:18:35.080 Force it down their throat.

01:18:36.840 Exactly.

01:18:37.460 Thank you so much for tuning into this episode of the comment section show.

01:18:40.480 Thank you to my amazing guest, Straw Hat Goofy, a.k.a. Juju.

01:18:43.100 Where can everybody find you?

01:18:44.840 Do I look at this camera right here?

01:18:45.920 Yes.

01:18:46.320 That one's yours.

01:18:47.000 What's up, everybody?

01:18:48.180 I'm your movie guy, hopefully, Straw Hat Goofy.

01:18:50.500 You can find me at Straw Hat Goofy everywhere.

01:18:52.960 That's Straw underscore hat underscore Goofy.

01:18:54.860 And I also host a podcast called Get Wrecked with Straw Hat Goofy on iHeartRadio.

01:18:59.000 Period.

01:18:59.460 We have Shola Mariduena, a.k.a. Blue Beetle, coming through this week. 1.00

01:19:02.220 So make sure you guys check it out.

01:19:03.420 How exciting.

01:19:04.740 Make sure y'all go check out Juju on everything.

01:19:06.200 I already know most of you are.

01:19:07.940 But for the two, three, four, five people that maybe haven't, make sure you follow Straw Hat

01:19:12.580 on literally everything.

01:19:13.620 He's amazing and so talented.

01:19:15.920 And we're lucky to have him.

01:19:16.940 Thank you again for coming.

01:19:18.060 And thank you all so much for tuning in.

01:19:19.260 Don't forget new episodes of the comment section drop every Wednesday.

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01:19:27.380 Thank you so much for tuning in.

01:19:28.520 Thank you to my amazing guest, Straw Hat Goofy.

01:19:30.240 And I'll see you next week.

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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - October 15, 2025

SLINGING CANDLES Ft. Juju Green ｜ Episode 191

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