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According to the UN, it is English Language Day. For those of you listening live, today is the 23rd of April, 2025. And it's observed on this day because this is the birthday and the death day of William Shakespeare. So he's one of the most famous playwrights who wrote in English, and he had a huge impact on modern day English. So he was born on the 23rd of April in 15. And he was pronounced dead on the 23rd of April. I'm pretty sure they didn't have that in 1616.

Now, was he flatlined? Yes. Did that happen with William Shakespeare? No, that was not invented at the time. So just have a great English day celebration. And just remember one of my favorite Shakespeare lines of all time. Amorph a phallis. Nope, that's not it.

Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Yesterday we talked about the lawsuit against Shannon Sharp for $50 million. Now, Shannon is a former NFL player, Hall of Fame player, and the plaintiff listed under the alias of Jane Doe was filed in Clark County, Nevada. and she wants $50 million. She claims that they were in a relationship for nearly two years, and it began as a rocky consensual relationship.

Oh, okay. They met in a gym in 2023. She was 19. He was 54 at the time, I think, so a couple years ago, right? Maybe he was only 51, right? Because if it was 20, 23, yeah, three or four years ago. So he was 53 or 54. and she claims that he sexually assaulted her twice

once in October of 2024 and again in January of 2025. Now Sharp has denied this through his attorneys and claims that it's filled with lies distortions and misrepresentations and will not succeed. Oh, okay. Well, he posted a video yesterday after we were done here on chewing

and had this to say about the lawsuit. To my family, friends, supporters, and colleagues, I want to speak to you directly and from the heart. Okay. This is a shakedown. I'm going to be open, transparent, and defend myself because this isn't right. This is all being orchestrated by Tony Buzzby,

who is targeted J.C. It's her attorney. Tony Busby targets black men, and I believe he's going to release a 30-second clip of a sex tape that tries to make me look guilty. We'll play that in a moment. to every stereotype you could pop. She was correct.

That video should actually be 10 minutes or so. Hey Tony, instead of releasing your edit, put the whole video out. I don't have it or I wouldn't myself. You know what happened and you're trying to manipulate the media. The encountering question took place during the day at her invitation. And now that appears to be a delivered setup. Coordinated by Gabby, also known as Carly on Onlyfans. Gabby and Tony Busby want $50 million.

What they're getting is sued for defamation. and trying to take me down. My career is all about real talk and honesty. I know my family and fans know exactly what this is about. And I'm going to be out there telling you whatever I need to say, just like I always do. I love all you guys. We love you too, Shannon.

Not really. So anyway, Jane Doe is Gabby Zuniga, a 20-year-old only fans girl who is suing Shannon Sharper. I've seen some of the only fan shots. Okay, not bad. I mean, whatever. Shannon can do whoever he wants.

Now he was talking about a video that had already been released. I mean, I saw the video that he referred to in his video saying they're going to release this video. They released about the same time.

I mean, he knew it was coming. And this is the video he's referring to that was released yesterday. I say you're just going to like get mad at and you're just going to hang up on me so I feel like... I'm not going to hang up on you. I'm not going to hang up on you.

What is that even mean? Nothing, Gabby. Nothing, Gabby. You want to be a dick to me now, so... I don't want to be... Don't manipulate me. I don't know that mercy. Already sounding like a setup.

I'm going to choke the shit out of you when I see you. Words of love from Shannon Sherry. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Come on. Get to it. Cillard.

Hello? What we doing? Well. Yeah, she's still there. Boy, it does sound manipulated, man. Sending them up. Shannon? Hello?

Oh, there we go. You know what? Get to it. You know what? Thank you. Thank you. I already took care of that for you, Shannon. I already asked her.

Well, I don't want to be choked. Oh, shut up. Yes, you do. I don't think you have a choice in the matter. See, that's, I tell you what, It's, I know I realized that the words of love from Shannon does sound, uh, it doesn't sound Shakespearean.

Yeah, Shakespeare did not say that. Oh, what happened choke the shit at you? But, take it out of context, though. Can you take something like that out of context? Well,

obviously you can't. Another thing that they found, that we found out yesterday, after his attorney was talking, is that, he claimed Shannon's attorney that he had offered her 10 million to make this go away, to settle. And yeah. Now the attorney said it was tens of millions.

So was it more than, I mean, we don't know. It was either saying 10 million or 20 million, whatever it was, to make this go away. And he was asked actually, whether it was 10 million or, multiple of 10 millions and they said that the offer was made in formal mediation session before the attorney now was involved in the case. So I don't think that counts toward this lawsuit. I don't think he can use that as any evidence at all in this suit. We'll see.

But it is interesting to know that he, why would he do that if he was not guilty? Because he wants it to go away. Look, I was with you. couple years. Now you're a nightmare. Here's 10 million or 15 or 20. Go away. I've got a new podcast deal I'm working on. I got an ESPN deal I'm working on. I need you to be gone. Okay. So whatever it takes, here's 15 million. Get out of here. That apparently was not enough. She wants 50 million. And so now who's the

Who's the one out? I don't know. It just is really, really, really weird. And I bet Shannon wishes she had settled. And she may wish that she had settled because what I've heard so far, I feel like you were setting them up with the phone call and getting them to say things you wanted him to say. And just that doesn't set well with me.

That doesn't set well with me at all. you were in a, how did you put it, a rocky consensual relationship. Does anyone ever say that? Then no one, except an attorney, would say that, oh, we were in a, they would say, yeah, no, we were in a relationship for a while, and then it got, things got, things got rocky or things got dicey. But were you in a relationship with Shannon? We were in a rocky consensual relationship.

Oh, okay. All right, fine. Then why did you stay there? Well, I was thinking about getting some money from him as well I was doing. But we'll see how it works. It's going to be fascinating to see what happens because, I mean, she wants the money. No question. But she wants her vindication, you know, to make sure that what she said was true.

And Shannon just wants it to go away. I've got contracts to sign. Go away. So if you can't sign the new contract, because of this. I don't know how much money Shannon Sharp has made over the years. So, I mean, anytime you lose $50 million, you know, puts a dent to the bank account.

Shannon probably doesn't want to lose $50 million, which is why he gave up $10 because the new deals are probably worth, you know, $100 million or more. But he just doesn't want to write the check for $50 million. Now he's pissed. I offered you $10 or $15 or $20, and you want to. want more. So we're going to fight it. It's fascinating to me. That's all.

Is it real? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if it is or not. Can I believe it if it happened? Sure. Can I believe that it was a setup? Sure. I will say, be a real shame. If something were to accidentally happen to Gabby, here is the next couple. weeks.

She doesn't look well right now. And if I'm Shannon, I'm like, boy, you do not look good. Is something wrong? Because, man, you got to go to the hospital, check out. If something does not look right with you, and just keep hammering that home, because she'll be saying that on her only fans,

I think I look fine. But he keeps telling me I look, yeah. Because he may reach over and unplug that bad boy, and Gabby just may That could happen. I could definitely happen. It's hockey season, and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats.

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It works like 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's what email is. I know. You can order a cameo from me at any time. I'm at Jeffrey JFR on the Camio app. That is not free. I will say this. To my girl, what's her name?

You know, Jane Doe, Gabby Zuniga. Gabby Zuniga or Zaniga. Z-U-N-I-G-A. Yeah, yeah. She goes by anything because only fans, she'll do anything. Anyway, she wants 50 million. So, I mean, I'm willing to take less than that. If you just want to, you know, donate some extra cash

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12, 15 million. Whatever you have. Whatever you have is fine with me. That's at Jeffrey JFR on the Cameo app. Okay, so this apparently is going to affect my skittles

and I'm a little pissed right now. Okay? So, RFK and his HHS Department are now banning eight more artificial dyes. They're going to be eliminated from medications, the nation's

food supply, by the end of next year. Wow. Okay, so we're going to lose some coloring in candy, ice cream, soft drinks, jams. All right, that's fine. Let me eat! I mean, I'm still going to eat. Don't get me wrong, but

it better not affect my skittles, okay? Because you're looking that the dyes are going to be phased out in less than two years are fd and c blue numbers one and two fdnc green number three favorite fd and c red number 40 fd and c yellow number five and six then we're also going to begin to revoke authorization of orange b citrus red number two. Okay. So, I mean,

whatever, that's fine. Go ahead. But I mean, red dye number three, that's found in candy and desserts. That's supposed to, that's going away.

And all these other dyes are for Skittles. I mean, the big companies, Pepsi and General Mills and Tyson and Kraft and Heinz and Kellogg's, they got to be scrambling a little bit because they're using this stuff

a lot. so do I want all the same color Skittles? Sure I don't care I'm going to use the dye that's still legal

but it better not affect the colors man I mean I mean it better not to detect the flavor okay the colors I'm okay fine I know you want it to be bright and shiny but if it affects the flavor of the candies

now we're in trouble If you don't need to be eating that, that stuff is grown petroleum. So, I want it to taste the way it's supposed to taste. And if the petroleum product makes it taste the way it's supposed to taste, then I'm happy with the petroleum product.

But again, I know that's just me. I got it. Just know that those dyes are going away, and they're going away very, very soon. I also saw where the FDA, they're a little busy right now. They've got, you know, they've streaming the workforce cuts a little bit. Well, that's what they're blaming it on.

So they're suspending milk quality tests in some dairy products, you know, due to a reduced capacity stemming from federal workforce cuts. Yeah, we just don't have enough people. Well, figure it out. But until then, you may run across milk that is, you know, less than regular, which I doubt is going to happen, by the way. I doubt that very much. Do you think the dairy companies want their milk to be crappy?

No. No, they do not. So they're going to have quality products. No, it's, you could drink your goat's milk all you want. Yeah. I mean, then it's dairy products. Are we counting goats milk as dairy products? Okay, just know that the quality test in some dairy products are going to be suspended.

Does it say what's going to what products? Yes, it does. It says that they also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens like the parasite cyclosopora did other food products. They're just trying to make you feel bad

because they're giving all these people to boot at the FDA. And also they suspended the proficiency testing program for grade A raw milk and finished products. And that happened. So grade A milk or fluid milk meets the highest sanitary standards. Yeah, I mean, the dairy companies are not going to want to give you bad products. So you'll be fine. Don't even worry about it.

I don't even worry about it. Quit your whining. Oh, and speaking of bird flu, I see where, um, There's a new study of 2016 bird flu strain. Okay, so there's a study on the 2016 bird flu strain. And it revealed that the virus was a single mutation from being able to bind it to receptors in human cells, becoming much more transmissible. That's no longer in circulation now. Uh-huh.

Okay. Uh, yeah, but you can applaud all you want, but there's... There's other bird flu strains in circulation. You know what? Again, I go back to quit your whining. Don't even worry about it. Everything is fine, right? Because we're getting rid of blue dye number one,

FD and C green number three, red number 40, yellow, five, and six. We're getting rid of all those. We're going to get rid of the orange bee and the citrus red number two. So we'll be fine. Oh, let's go to the break room. I need something cool to drink. Ooh, is that something green colored? No, that's a dairy product.

You know, I meant to congratulate comedian Nate Bargazzi. He is set to host, congratulations to Nate. They announced that he's going to host the 77th annual Emmy Award. So congratulations to Nate. Yeah, good for him. Now, if you're saying yourself, Nate Margotzi, who is he? If you see his picture, you'll know who he is. You'll go, oh, yeah, that guy.

The Emmys this year are going to air September 14th on CBS, and they're also going to stream live and on demand on Paramount Plus. So, of course, it's a huge honor to be asked to host such an iconic award show. Is it, though, Nate? Is it? Well, yes, that's what he said. and so he is looking to create a night that can be enjoyed by families around the world. So congratulations to Nate because good luck with that.

Good luck with that. I mean, I guess I have so many ideas how to run those award shows and they are not, they won't listen to me. They will not listen to me. They can call me anytime. I don't know why. They just call me. you know all I'm just saying is email me join the fat at the blaze.com I'm happy to

happy to help you out whatever you want you know until then go ahead Nate go ahead Nate no you know somebody in my ear my producers give us an idea then give us an idea then no no I've given you I've given this show all kinds of ideas and now that you're asking no I'm not telling you for free no I'm tired of giving free ideas out tired of free ideas all I do is sit here with no money and this studio broke giving out free ideas

so other people can go make millions of dollars if that's what you do oh okay well not today so for listeners of chewing the fat in the UK good news for you McDonald's is bringing back the 10 10

discounted menu items and three other fan favorites so you get the discounted discounted 10-10 items, but they're also bringing back, and this actually looks good. The Biscoff McFlurry,

I mean, that looks good, man. Vanilla soft-serve swirled with the Biscop biscuit crumb, and it looks good. In fact, I want one right now. And then they have the Biscop... Thank you. They have the Biscop Frape,

which is coming back. Then they have the new frozen cherry lemonade, all made with the frozen lemonade has sweet cherry flavor swirl. Man, maybe that might be all right. And they're bringing back this steakhouse stack, which is two beef patties, cheddar cheese, hold the onions, hold the red onions. I don't really want the lettuce.

I don't want the black peppercorn sauce either. I'll take the end of the bun. I want that. But the steakhouse stack, that looks good. So you got it, man. I'll take a steakhouse stack and a McFlurie, of the Biscophe McFurie. And I'll take that,

you know what? If you're going to throw the lemonade thing in, too? Yeah, go ahead. I'll have that right now. And let's just make that happen, okay? No, I don't want the Minecraft kids meal. Okay, I know what everybody wants. Everybody wants the damn Minecraft kids meal.

I don't want that. I don't want my little Minecraft toy. I know they're cool looking. I got it. And the kids meal boxes looks like a Minecraft character. It's kind of cool. I don't want that, though. So let's move on.

Yeah, there was no gladiator at McDonald's. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And we just got news that the libel case against the New York Times from Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor, former presidential candidate, vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. She was, the New York Times did not libel her. Wow, they found in favor.

The jury found in favor of the New York Times. The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict. A judge in a different jury had reached the same conclusion about Palin's defamation claims in 2022, but her lawsuit was revived by an appeals court. Palin was subduited. She left the courthouse. Yeah, I bet she was. I was got to get home to a beautiful family, kids and grandkids, get on with love.

Uh-huh. So she posted on acts that she planned to keep asking the press to quit making things up. So the 2000, Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error. And she claimed that that damaged her reputation. And the jury said, no, I was just an error in their editorial. and, you know, it didn't damage you at all. So why don't you just get out of this courtroom, okay?

Wow. I don't know if that means any money for anybody. Yeah, I know she asked for some money. It doesn't clear on how much she asked for if they were just allowing the jury to come up with a number. But I don't know who doesn't say anything about who has to pay for what, who's got to pay for the case. If we're just done with it and you all pay for yourselves.

Wow. Okay. All right. Good luck. God bless. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ. Built for breakthroughs with personalized workout plans, real-time insights, and endless ways to move. Lift with confidence. While Peloton IQ counts reps, corrects form, and tracks your progress. Let yourself run, lift, flow, and go. For the new Peloton cross-training tread plus at One Peloton.C.A. Who died today?

Who died today? Well, let's begin with 24-year-old. Sophie Ny-N-Y-W-E-I-D-E. Nywide. Yeah, Sophie, that's her. Thank you. Sophie Nywide. Is that right, Nywide?

Nywhite. Yeah, that's what I said. Okay. 24. I don't know what the cause of death was. I mean, holy cow. She appeared in Noah with Russell Crow. She was in Jessica Elbe's An Invisible Sign.

And her family said, yes, she died. She was 24. Okay, well, if you're 24 and you're kind of a star, maybe you'll let us know what the person. heard what the cause of death was. But according to the obituary, Sophie was a kind and trusting girl.

Ooh, that means, that does not bode well for the cause of death. That meant that she was open to being taken advantage of by others. Wow. Okay. A rest in peace. Anyway, rest in peace to

24-year-old Sophie Nywhite. That's what I said. 24. years of age, dead. Then we have Mike Patrick. Mike Patrick, ESPN Play-by-Play Voice for 36 years, dead at the age of 80. Mike Pan, he spent 36 years as play-by-play commentator for ESPN

and was the NFL Network's voice for Sunday night football for 18 seasons, has died at the age of 80. He, they claim that he died of natural causes. Okay. rest in peace to Mike Patrick, dead at the age of 80. And since we're in, who died today? It's been nine years since Prince died. Amazing.

I saw a post from The Sting. And he talked about how it's been nine years since we lost Prince. Purple Rain's soundtrack topped the Billboard chart for 24 weeks, and he boasted Purple Rain, 1984. At one point, Prince simultaneously boasted the number one, album, single, and film in the U.S. That had only been accomplished by Elvis and the Beatles. Wow, that's amazing.

I loved Prince. I don't know that I remembered that fun fact about Prince. So at one time in 1984, Prince had the number one album, the number one single, and the number one film in the United States. Pretty impressive. So still continue to rest in peace, Prince, who dead. already nine years ago.

He was 57 when he passed away of an accidental fentanyl overdose. And it's not fentanyl, it's fentanyl. Okay, yeah, okay. It was still an accidental death. Oh, and I see where Bill Owens, he's not dead, but he's the executive producer of 60 Minutes, he is resigning from the program, telling staffers that he had lost his ability

to make independent decisions about the show. Over the past months, it has, I'll become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it. Oh, okay. To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 minutes, make-up stories, right for the audience, you know, lie to them. So having to defend this show and what we stand for from every angle over time with everything I could, I'm stepping aside so the show can move forward. Yeah, that's nice of you. I mean, you were already in settlement talks with Donald Trump over the lawsuit

in the way you put together your interview with Kamala Harris. Remember that? Edited debacle where you, you know, I know that you were doing, you know, your independent decision making for 60 minutes for 60 minutes. But, you know, whatever, that's fine, right? Because you just wanted to help Kamala become president. That's all. It didn't matter that she looked like an idiot.

And you did the best you could to make her sound like an actual, I don't know, human being that could speak. And that didn't go over very well. So plus Paramount Global needs administration approval for its proposed merger with Skydance. So they want this to go away and they want you to go away with it. And he is Bill Owens. the executive producer Bill has led 60 minutes with unwavering integrity, curiosity, and a deep commitment to the truth. Uh-huh. That was Wendy McMahon, the president and the CEO of CBS News and the stations.

Weird title. And stations. Has championed the kind of journalism that informs, enlightens, and often changes the national conversation. Yeah. Well, you can't be around here anymore, Bill. So take care. And a couple of big companies are starting. to sell off parts of their company.

I see where right aid is preparing to sell itself in pieces, it claims, ahead of a possible second bankruptcy. So you've got that going for you. If you're looking to, you know, maybe buy a right aid or two, maybe you can, you know, now it might be the time to pull that off. And then I see where Boeing is going to sell parts of its digital aviation business to a private equity. firm, this Toma Bravo.

Is it Thoma Bravo? It's T-H-O-M-A. Thoma Bravo. In an all-cash deal. Thoma-Bravo is going to fork over $10 billion. Oh, man, that's nice of them. And it's good for Boeing to come up with a little bit of cash from, I guess it's Thoma Bravo.

If I'm saying that incorrectly, I apologize. But you have $10 billion in cash, so you'll be okay. So Boeing is starting to sell off parts of his business as well. Interesting, isn't it? Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. What? Sounds like Ojo time. Play Ojo? Great idea.

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Wow. Times are getting tough in Japan as well. Japan has resorted. This is according to reports they've resorted to importing rice from its neighbor for the first time since 1999 amid a shortage. So they're getting South Korean rice shipped into Japan. man the Japanese people could not be happy about that. So on top of being priced here, due to tariffs on their own rice, foreign rice is typically taboo for Japanese consumers who prefer homegrown varieties of the grain

that is central to the country's national identity. Early this month, rice prices in Japan supermarkets more than doubled from the year before, making imported rice look attractive. South Korean suppliers shipped two tons of rice to Japan this month and 20 more reportedly on the way. Apparently it's a drop in the bucket, though, for a rice-loving nation. Last month, the Japanese government auctioned off 142,000 tons, 142,000 tons of rice from a strategic stockpile to ease the shortage. Wow.

So there's a rice scarcity in Japan now? I bet you it's climate change Well, record heat And that is hampered harvest Uh-huh Meanwhile demand swelled from a period of panic Buying during natural disaster Warnings last summer

And an influx of tourists Eager to impress servers Hate those people Those tourists that are coming to this country And eating our rice, damn it And so apparently Tourists are buying too much rice stuff And so they're now

considering easing import restrictions on American rice and soybeans to appease President Trump. Yeah, no kidding with the tariff war going on. How about you do that? Plus, you need the rice. What's to appease Donald Trump? You need the rice. You're getting it from South Korea now.

So Japan, the rice capital. I mean, they have a rice strategic stockpile that they're releasing from now and they're getting rice from South Korea. and soon the United States. So be careful.

You travel to Japan. You may not be getting the Japan rice that you thought you were. And I know that we care about the, you know, the Japanese rice. And I want Japan to be able to import some of our rice and soybeans as well. I know. That's the deal. But, you know, the deal with these tariffs, man, China's the big boy on the block, right? It's the United States and China.

And they have not come to the table yet. Now, according to our president, he is confident that that will happen. But I know that since we have, you know, escalating trade war, you know, our Treasury Secretary, Scott Besson, has said that other countries should make deals with the U.S., and then we'll approach China together. We'll make a deal with the U.S., and we'll all approach China together. China has said that we do not like that idea at all. Other countries don't be entering into agreements with the U.S. at the expense of China's interests. So, okay, good luck.

I hope it all works out. I want it to all work out. But the big boy is the United States and China. And while, yes, I agree that all the other countries should, you know, make deals with the U.S. and come together. And then they can, and everybody can make their, you know, concessions to China. You know, are we going to all show up on China's door and say, we believe you should make a deal with all of us with this way?

China will not like that one bit. So prices will probably go up because of it and we'll be going to lose products because of it. And I don't like that, especially pharmaceuticals. If that starts happening, we are in deep doo-doo. With pharmaceuticals start disappearing because China stops making them and shipping them to the U.S. we are in deep doo-doo in this country and there's going to be a lot of people paying the price for it and I don't like that, not one little bit.

But the one thing that'll make you a little bit happier is looking up at the sky on Friday morning, April 25th, 2025. And you look up at the sky on Friday morning and Venus, Saturn, and the moon will briefly align during a rare triple conjunction to resemble a smiley face. So when you look at it from the planet Earth, it'll look like a smiley face. And it will offer its grin for about an hour near the eastern horizon before the sun begins to rise.

So about 5.30 a.m. Eastern look up. And as you'll be able to see, look up toward the moon. And you should be able to see Venus and Saturn. And it will look like a smiley face in the sky. And won't that be, won't that bring a smile to your face? because it will bring a smile to my face. And it'll just be a beautiful thing to see the smiley face in the sky with our moon, Venus, and Saturn. All right, let's get out of here.

I'll go with the joke of the day today. This was a joke of the day sent from John, who sent an email to Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. Now, John didn't take credit for this. He said that he was borrowing the joke that he had heard. and so since I'm a huge you know the only reason I'm doing this joke is because it's you know I like gladiator the movie

gladiator to the movies and you know the name Maximus and I like you know I like gladiator movies okay that's the only reason I'm doing this so what did Spartacus say when the lion ate his wife I don't know what did Spartacus say when the lion

ate his wife nothing he was gladiator see because no you got it stream and subscribe to more blaze media content at the blaze.com slash podcasts