Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - You Never Know... | 10/22/25

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

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Blaze Radio Network. And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Who says criminals don't have a heart? A man in Florida stole a car from a gas station in Coco, Florida, by the way, and had a one-year-old child in the back seat. Seconds later, he returned the vehicle and apologized to the mother. Okay. And yet he was still arrested.

So this William Mullis, 53, is seen on surveillance video outside of a Sonoco station. And he walked toward the victim's car. And that says this is according to the arrest affidavit. Mullis drove toward the gas station exit, made a right turn on Highway 1. Seconds later, backed up, re-entered the gas station area, parked in a space in front of the gas station store. The mother of the one-year-old child ran out of the gas station store, confronted Mullis, and he said, I wouldn't have taken the car if I had known there was a baby inside. And I'm sorry, here you go.

Well, then they arrested him. Wow. I mean, he was on foot, and he apologized later, you know, when they arrested him. Okay, so I get that it's, you know, a parent's worst nightmare. You know, you leave your kid in the car and someone steals your car. why is this lady leaving her kid in the car is my question okay uh the guy realizing the kid was in there brought it right back so it's like a tempted robbery really and but he under under this uh you know he is being held and charged with a grand theft of a motor vehicle kidnapping confinement of a child

under 13 years old wow okay so he's gonna steal the cars i mean it's a tempted theft Maybe it's attempted kidnapping and confinement. Because once he realized it, he brought it back and he still gets arrested, this criminal, this guy with a heart? Now, the lady said, I have three kids. I have four grandkids. And it's a pain to take the kids out of the car when you're going in for just a short period of time. Yes, it is. But that is your duty as a mother and or grandparent.

but this kind of reinforces you never know what's going to happen and you never know who's watching you. Yes, it does. But apparently, she's not being charged because I thought it was illegal for a parent or anyone responsible for a child younger than six unattended in a vehicle. And I guess the part of that is more than 15 minutes. So it wasn't more than 15 minutes. The vehicle can't be running and the child may not be left alone if the health is in danger or other in distress. Okay. So, I mean, it wasn't 15 minutes and obviously the car was still running.

So the child was fine as far as not being in there and getting overheated, that kind of thing that you're concerned about in, well, anywhere, really, but specifically in Florida. I just think it's a, you know, it's a pain to get those kids out of the car. And I didn't want to do it is really what she's saying. and the guy realized that there was a kid and told her I wouldn't have taken it if I don't know there was a kid back there. If you'd have done what a good mother or grandmother should do and take your kid out of the car, everything would have been fine and I could have just stolen this car.

And maybe I wouldn't have stolen the car because you didn't leave it running. You wouldn't have left it running if you were taking the kid out. So, man, even criminals with a heart. get thrown in jail these days. Wow, tough times. Tough times all around. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Fat 5 Plus. Well, let's talk a little fashion. You know, you know me. I mean, I am fashion. So L'Oreal has agreed to buy Gucci for $4.7 billion. Now, I see that headline and I'm thinking, okay, well, I mean, $4.7 billion. No problem. That's a lot of money.

they can afford it. It's actually $4.7 billion cash. They are making a cash deal for $4 billion. That's pretty sweet when you have $4 billion laying around. So the sale includes Creed, the high-end perfume house, Caring, bought in 2023 for $3.5 billion, along with the long-term fragrance and beauty licenses of Gucci, Botega, Veneta, and Ballasci,

Senegia. It's Belisinaigia. I got it. L'Oreal, already the world's biggest beauty company. So they're going to take those brands under the 50-year licenses. Wow. And fully integrating Creed into its own portfolio. 4.7 billion cash. So caring is going to get a little infusion of cash because they've been struggling with some of their deals. I get it. But it's just amazing to me. So, I mean, they're talking about how the brands have been struggling because of the luxury slowdown. And they're the post-pandemic revenge spending fading. Okay, well, apparently Gucci's weakness doesn't seem to have been limited to one region.

It's carrying sales dropping in North America, Europe, and Asian, in Asia. And this may be in part, according to them, due to a shift towards quiet luxury as flashier brands like Gucci and Belisinaegia. Why can't I say that word? Belisonegia. that's not right either all right i've got to get this right it's belencia right belenziaga belencia that's what i said why can i say that word b a l e n c ia g a g a i got it balenciaga that's part of the deal okay sorry all right uh they're going to have the people are pissed and they're moving toward

quiet luxury as flashier brands like Gucci and Valenciaia. Yes. Have fallen out of favor with more minimalist consumer. So good luck. I hope it all works out. And one more fashion headline. Hermes appoints Grace Wales Bonner as menswear division creative director, making her the first black woman to lead design at a major fashion house.

So congratulations to Grace Wales Bonner as now the head of, I'm sorry, creative director of menswear and for herbes. So today during Pat Groundleashed, I do the Fat Five. That's why I do this particular Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher, Fat Five Plus.

So I give you some extra fat five. Some extra fat in your day. and I mentioned that HBO was raising their subscription prices, effective immediately. And you can go back and listen to that, and I break down the numbers. But then I find out, which is why I try to do,

if I do something on the Fat Five during Pat Gray-on-Lease program, I'm going to try not to do it here on the Fat Five Plus. But this ties in to what I did on Pat Gray-un-leashed. So I broke down how much they're going to charge effective immediately, HBO raising their prices. Okay, that's great. So then I see where Warner Brothers Discovery said that they are weighing a full or partial sale after receiving unsolicited solicited interest.

So now the HBO and CNN parent company, they did disclose potential buyers, but Skydance media, David Ellison, has expressed interest. He's the guy that I was just reading a story. at the bottom of them raising their prices. So they give you a full story about, hey, where they're raising their prices, effectively immediately, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But then it talks about where,

wait, Warner Brothers Discovery, CEO, David Zazav, explained why the company hadn't been cracking down on password sharing. Oh, okay. So, yeah, you guys, you guys, you know, this was a month ago. This was prior to the price rate. And he goes, we haven't been pushing on the password sharing and the economics yet.

Yeah, this was part of the Goldman Sachs Communicopia and Technology Conference. That is awesome. People are really starting to love HBO Max. And that's the key. We want them to fall in love with our content, with our series, and with differentiated offerings outside of the U.S. And then over time, yeah, it's a little tricky with the password sharing. We're going to begin to push on that.

But, you know, probably going to raise prices soon. So, good news. They did raise prices. And the better news is they haven't decided when the best time is to start cracking down on password sharing, just like all the other platforms, in particular Netflix. So they want you to password share right now so that people, can, you know, grow to love HBO Max

with the differentiated offerings. And then they're going to go ahead and hit you up and make you pay for your password and for more money for your subscription. That's great. Thank you. I appreciate it.

You know what? You guys should sell. Oh, they are. That's right. We're not selling. No, I'm not going to admit that we're going to sell. I'm just saying that, hey, you know, it's possible that, you know,

If somebody, look, if somebody offers us some money, we're not going to turn away. We'll go ahead and, you know, listen. Oh, okay. Well, that's great. So I guess I missed the Daytime Emmy Awards. I know. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I missed the Daytime Emmy Awards, the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards. And there were some other's a record set. David Attenborough broke a record that was just set by Dick Van derby. last year as the oldest ever winner. Dick Van Dyke won as he was 98 years old and that we gave it to Attenborough this year at 99. So next year, do I hear 100? I'll probably give it to Attenborough again.

Go ahead and let him have the record again. General Hospital, if he's still with us, won the Covenant Best Daytime Drama Series Award, took home the most awards with seven trophies, including Best Drama Actress, Nancy Lee Grand, Best Supporting Drama Actor, Jonathan Jackson, and daytime drama writing.

Other winners on the night were Secret Lives of Animals and the Drew Barrymore Show. Three awards each. Wow, Drew got three awards for that stupid show. ABC's Disney, I meant that great show. ABC's Disney Parks, magical Christmas Day parade

and Netflix Black Barbie with two wins. Drew Barrymore. Okay, let's see. what she won. She won for Daytime Talk Series attached to the Drew Barrymore Show, which was nominated in nine categories in three trophies.

Wow! The award for best Daytime Talk series went to Live with Kelly and Mark. Of course it did. I mean, how can you not give it to Kelly and Mark? And you know, outtime you had all these other awards that we're happy to, you know, congratulate the winners.

The outstanding Daytime Talks Okay, so Drew Barrymore was nominated for that. So was The View. So was the Kelly Clarkson show. So was the Jennifer Hudson show. But live with Kelly and Mark with Disney Entertainment Distribution was the winner. That is wonderful. That's good news.

So who are the... They have an outstanding culinary cultural series? Not only that. Okay, do they also have the outstanding culinary instructional series. So the winner for that was Delicious Mist Brown on the Food Network and the outstanding culinary cultural series was chasing flavor with Carla Hall on HBO Max. That is fantastic. Congratulations.

to them. Wow, I mean, how many how many, holy Carl, a fix, let's see, outstanding instructional how-to program, outstanding science and nature program, outstanding travel and adventure program, outstanding legal courtroom program, oh, okay,

outstanding legal courtroom program. The winner was HotBitch on CBS winner. Outstanding legal courtroom program. America's court with Judge Kevin Boss, Judge Judy Justice, Amazon Prime, Justice for the people with Judge Milan,

and we the people with Judge Lauren Lake, but the winner was Hot Bench. So congratulations to Hot Bench. And I told you that Nancy Lee Grand as Alexis Davis on General Hospital was the winner for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series. So the Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series actor, The winner is Paul Telfer as Zander Caracas in days of our lives. As sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.

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I've had this mung from the bottom of my throat up to the top of my nasal passages. and I can't get rid of it. It just clogs up. It won't go away. I'm sorry if I sound clogged up. If it messes with my throat, I don't know what's wrong with me.

I don't know what kind of illness I have. I don't know if it's allergies. I don't know if I'm allergic to some kind of glue or paint or light or clothes or what, but it's bugging me. And I don't like it, not one little bit. So if I sound clogged up, it's because I am. You can also subscribe to Blaze TV. BlazTV.com slash Jeffie.

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Join the Fat with Jeff Fisher, Fat 5 Plus. So you got that to look forward to every day. So who knew there was an emotional health survey? Well, I guess if you were one of the people that they surveyed, you know, right? So this new Gallup's updated emotional health survey said that almost four in 10 adults, 39% reported feeling a lot of worry during the previous day. in 2024. 37% saying they had experienced stress.

Well, duh, I think that number should be higher, actually. So only 39%, 1 in 4 and 10 reported feeling a lot of worry during the previous day. And 37% saying they had experienced stress. That's pretty good, actually, when you look at that, I feel like that's pretty good. So I went to the Gallup state of the world's emotional health 2025, and they're connecting global peace and well-being and health, which I think is, you know, wonderful. This report based on 145,000-plus interviews,

now don't be using my plus, but they did, 145,000-plus interviews across 144 countries and areas investigate for the first time the links between emotions, peace, and health. Released in partnership with the World Health Summit, this analysis finds a strong connection between negative emotions and peace. Err, you think? So what is the state of the world's emotional health, according to this study? The world is on an emotional edge.

Gallup World Poll data showed that in 2024, Oh, yeah, I just told you about the 39% adults that reported worrying for much of the previous day. That should be higher, by the way. And more than a third said they felt stressed. Yeah, than a decade ago. So that 37% is up from a decade ago, and I feel like it should be more. I just feel like it should be more. Negative emotions remain high.

Oh, okay. Fewer said they experience daily physical pain. All measures are high. than they were a decade ago. Positive emotions are steady, feeling treated with respect, 88%. Wow, that's pretty good.

Daily experiences of laughter, 73%. I hope that I am part of that that brings you your daily laughter. And feeling well-rested, 72%. Ha! It's been a long time since I've felt well-rested. I'll tell you that. Let's see, 52% of adults saying they learned something interesting the previous day

dipped slightly but remains higher than it was a decade ago. 52% said they learned something interesting the previous day. Okay. Peace-shaped emotions. Do emotions matter to people's health and peace in their countries? Of course. Peace allows health symptoms and daily life to function. By contrast, poor health.

and widespread unhappiness can fray societies and raise the risk of instability. Oh, you think? Thank you. Appreciate it. So I'm just saying, there you go. There is a coalition between the world's emotional health, global peace, well-being, and health. And that has been proven by the Gallup Global Analytics, health, emotional, health. survey. So where are you at in that survey? Are you one of the four that reported feeling a lot of worry

during the previous day? Or are you six of the ten that didn't feel a lot of worry during the previous day in 2024. And 37% of you said you had experienced stress the day before. Are you part of the 37% or the 63%

saying they had experienced stress? Not experienced stress the day before. So if you know where you stand in the emotional health survey. So Kristen Bell is facing backlash after sharing a

what they're calling it is a controversial quote. I don't know that it's only controversial because you've got to stick up your rear end from husband, Dak Shepard, to commemorate their 12th wedding anniversary. So they've been married 12 years. And they seem like they're a couple that will be together for a while,

although it's still a Hollywood couple, but they're both successful and working. So Bell posted a photo of her and Shepard hugging alongside a caption about Shepard telling her I would never kill you. Now, she was talking about her first date, or maybe not her first date, but it was a time when they were, you know,

earlier in their relationship. And she said in the caption, to the man who, happy anniversary, happy 12th wedding anniversary, to the man who once said to me, I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives. at a certain point.

Even though I'm heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would. See, now that's funny. And that's just showing that there are a couple. And did he say that? He wasn't saying that of anger. That's just a couple talking. Duh.

And so people are all wound up about that. And they are mad. I mean, she had to limit the comments because they were offended. They were offended. They were offended. And is that domestic violence? awareness man no he was just joking about to his wife come on have a little bit of a little bit of fun in your life that's all just have a little bit of fun in your relationship that's all uh and i know a lot

of a lot of people actually not a lot a few people played along um you know because they get it and uh you know only because we'd never let him get away with it See, okay, they're playing along. And I saw where Howie Mandel quipped, the official account for Dateline even chimed. Howie Mandel said he should write for Hallmark. And Dateline, the official account for Dateline commented saying screenshot it. That's funny.

They were playing along for later. So give her a break. It's just an anniversary joke line between husband and wife, okay? All right, who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Michael Steinberg. Michael Steinberg. And you're saying, Jeff, who is Michael Steinberg? Well, he's a landscaper, owner of a nursery business who became one of the nation's top department store merchants for two and a half decades. That's right. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Macy's. he was I mean he was

retirement he came out of retirement in 93 to be the chairman of Macy's I mean this guy was he traveled the world he and his wife and he was a big philanthropist and you know he was by all accounts a good man so Michael Steinberg dead

at the age of 97 now this one is no name okay there's no name on this one it happened in Dallas Texas USA this is according to Dallas Fire Rescue. Now I will say this, this is probably going to be an opening scene of 911,

no matter Nashville or 911 L.A. or whatever 911 show is up and running. This is probably going to be an opening scene. Okay. Dallas Fire Rescue. This man was pinned from the waist down when firefighters arrived. A burial vault fell off. on him at a Dallas

funeral home. You do not want that. I just want to be very clear, you do not want that. So the firefighters responded to the call about a burial vault falling on a worker at this funeral home. And the burial vault is just

you know, it's a vessel that they make them of concrete and that houses the casket and protects it from the elements. So it's either you, that goes underground and you bury that. And they put the casket inside, you bury that, or you keep it above ground, right? And so it's a burial vault.

It's not a huge vault in like the huge, you know, the hoity-toid vaults. It's just a, this is for you people down there vault. But those things are not light. They're made of concrete. I mean, they're bigger than a casket. So because the casket fits in them. Holy cow. You do not want that thing falling on you.

and it fell on him waist down. Wow. So the firefighters showed up and the first responding units were able to lift the vault using hydraulic spreaders and airbags to free the man. Now, having seen enough opening scenes

of 911 or Chicago Fire or whatever episodes you want to start the show with, off with this, this does not bode well for the human body when you get crushed, half of the crush. Your body does not like that. it you can quote me on that what's up to when your body gets crushed uh the other parts of your body that's not crushed don't like it and so he was immediately put in an ambulance and

taken to the local hospital and he later died yeah i mean it just crushed his half of his whole body very sad and i don't wish that on anyone but it happened and uh so be ready to watch that that happen on the beginning of some television show coming to a living room near you very, very soon. So rest in peace to the man who was crushed by the burial vault in Dallas, Texas. Oh, and I have to apologize to Prince Andrew. I know. I want to apologize to Prince Andrew. Okay. Yesterday, I said that they took Prince away from him, so he was just Andy. That is not true. Okay, Prince Andrew is still Prince Andrew.

They just took all his other royal titles away. Duke of York is gone. His Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Yeah, those go away. But he keeps Prince, because that's an entitlement that he got because of, well, birth from the Queen. he can't attend royal events, no Christmas gatherings,

and his ex-wife is now just Sarah. And the kids are still Princess and Princess, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, because that's bloodline. But Ferguson's not bloodline, Sarah. So it's just, yeah, Sarah just goes back to Sarah. And so, but Andrew is now Prince Andrew. That's it.

Okay, doesn't hold any more of his titles, but he does get to still be called Prince Andrew. So I apologize to the Prince because yesterday I said that he didn't get to keep Prince. And he does. So he'll be broke and he'll be living in that dump of a trailer on the back lot of some property owned by his brother. But he still will be a Prince. So I'm sorry, Prince. All right, let's do the joke of the day and get out of here.

This joke of the day came in from Denny. He emailed Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. I will say Denny's been working. He works. He sends in a number of jokes. Some of them worthy, some of them not. But he's working at it. And I appreciate that very much.

Thank you. He sends them into Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com. You can do the very same thing if you'd like. I see all your emails. I may not respond to them, but I do see them also. Thanks for sending them in. Okay. So why are there?

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