Club Shay Shay - Club Shay Shay - Ralph Barbosa Part 2

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

In the second half of Ralph's conversation with Shannon, he gives advice to young comedians, reflects on meeting Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, and Adam Sandler, and even shares the story of smoking a ci...garette with Chappelle and being starstruck by how “beautiful” Kevin Hart looked.Ralph shares how it felt to take his mom and grandma out of debt after a big payday, his dream cars (a 1996 Impala SS and Nissan Skyline GTR R32), and how fame changed everything — especially when it comes to dating and getting recognized in public.He opens up about being Type 1 diabetic, how it affected his confidence growing up, and the difference between how he parents now versus how his own dad showed up. Ralph also weighs in on politics, protesting, deportations, and gives his unfiltered take on Mexicans who support Trump.And yes — he finally addresses the viral George Lopez drama, cancel culture, and why he still wants to be a comedy actor like Adam Sandler.From stand-up stages to family life to future dreams, Ralph keeps it real, funny, and refreshingly honest. Tap in for laughs, life lessons, and unexpected gems from one of the sharpest voices in comedy today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:09 Part two is underway. What advice would you give young comedians coming up in today's game? This is not only to comedians, this is to anybody trying to make it in anything that's different or non-traditional. Trying to be a singer, any type of artist.
Starting point is 00:02:28 is you got to think outside the box, man. And you got to treat it like it's your full-time. Even if you have a full-time job, you know what I mean? If you're working at subway, you've got to get all your hours. But then afterward, you've got to go and get double the hours and whatever it is your art or your craft is, man. Like, keep thinking. Just because you're punching, clock in, clock out don't mean you're going to make progress.
Starting point is 00:02:53 Right. Like, you've got to be their mind-body and soul. Yeah. Yeah, and you got to, you got to, like, strategize, man. I didn't used to strategize until I had my son. Once I had my son, all I cared about was getting in the right rooms and just kind of like making friendships with people, you know what I mean? Be ambitious but never thirsty, be confident but never cocky.
Starting point is 00:03:18 How does it feel? You told the story, open mic, they're on a handful of people. Now you're performing in front of sold-out theaters. Do you think about, do you ever, when you're alone and just you and your thoughts, do you think about like, damn, Ralph, you come a long way, bro? Nah, I don't think about it too much. I just think about the next show and hope I can make that crowd laugh. Really?
Starting point is 00:03:46 Yeah. If I sit there and think about it too much, I'm going to fuck it up. I don't even keep like, Netflix gave me the microphone that performed that with the show. I put it in the case or like, you know, I got like a little glass thing from this HBO competition I did a long time ago. Like, I don't even like keeping that. So in other words, you're not, you're not big on sentimentality. You're not big on nostalgia, huh? I mean, yeah, like for memories and stuff.
Starting point is 00:04:16 But that's a memory they gave me too. Yeah, it's a memory, but like I don't like to like, I'm not going to have like a trophy room and be like this. Like if you come to my husband, I'm going to be like, this is the trophy I want. for me. Let me get that microphone. Like, I'll give it to my dad, my grandma. Like, they can keep it if they want. But other than that, like, I don't like keeping that stuff. Do you feel like it's a blessing and a curse?
Starting point is 00:04:37 Like, a lot of the stuff, you do release some of your stuff on the internet. Do you feel like when you release something on the internet, it spreads like wildfire and it limits your ability to do said joke at a later date and time? Yeah, if I've released something online, man, you might catch me doing that joke. Like, if I do a joke, if I really, release a joke online, I might not say that joke on stage again to like two, three years later. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. But other than that, I always, I don't release it until I know I got some more fuel in the tank for the live shows. Mm-hmm. Having comedians, I love, I love comedians and I love having
Starting point is 00:05:12 them all and they tell the story. But it seems like to me, some of them like, bro, they got it so much easier now than what we had it when we were growing up because we had to put the time in. You know, you had to work on your craft and they feel like... Well, they had to go through the gatekeepers too. Like, and I... Oh, you say gatekeepers. They're gatekeepers? No, they're not gatekeepers.
Starting point is 00:05:33 No, I'm saying, but there are such things that are gatekeepers. Well, yeah, I mean, not necessarily gatekeepers, but like, like you said, like the industry, whoever's booking this, you got to go through bookers, you got to go through casting directors. Like, back then, you know, they had to, back, like, I had to build a relationship with, you know, club managers, club owners to get to do opening. gigs, right? Like, that's how it goes, whatever. But then, you know, once I started going viral, it's like, I could sell tickets. Whereas, you know, back, you know, early 2000s, 90s and before, they had to build a relationship just to get into the clubs. Well, they have to hope that maybe
Starting point is 00:06:14 this comic will throw them a bone and get them in front of this booker. Right. They got to hope that booker would throw them a bone in front of this person. So like, yeah, I know that's harder. Hey, but also, they got to do the thing like you said they got to recycle jokes over and over and over again they didn't have to burn their jokes to get to where i'm at right i had to burn like i used to write every joke in a notebook i had stacks you know what i basically yeah i basically had to burn these notebooks to get to where i'm at you know what i mean and so once i got in front of the audiences that were buying tickets to my shows like like damn like it took an hour of my material just to get here and i got to think of a whole other hour another hour you know Netflix
Starting point is 00:06:53 How do you get the Netflix special and how did that change your career, your life, basically? My manager and my agent, when I first started booking shows in L.A., like I was saying, like the Chicago ones, the L.A. ones were selling out so fast. And my manager and my agent invited a lot of industry people out there, like people from Netflix, people from Hulu, from Warner, whatever companies, you know what I mean? And Netflix, they like the show. And I think what also helped a lot, I mean, I could be wrong, you know, but I'm pretty confident what helped a lot was that Dave Chappelle co-signed, which shout out to him. Yeah, Chappelle, yeah, he's like a deal. Yeah, I think there was a rumor. This could be all wrong, you know, it's just a rumor, but there was a rumor that, like, one of the dudes who's the head of comedy of Netflix had, like, had it heard back from Chappelle in a minute or something.
Starting point is 00:07:51 And then Chappelle said something, he said something nice about me. Like, he finally texted and was like, yo, like, it was pretty funny. Right. Because Chappelle, the same week that I'm performing in LA and in front of all these industry people, Dave Chappelle just pops in, and like, that's when I met him. Wow. Just hung out and shit. Like, it was cool as sudden.
Starting point is 00:08:13 So that week just made me look so good in front of everybody, I think. You know what I mean? Have Netflix, you know, Netflix normally come with a big check. with a big check. That was a big check. What did you buy? Man. Did you get yourself anything?
Starting point is 00:08:28 I mean, when you were growing up, if you said, you know what, let's just say for the sake of argument, you're from the ages of 6 to 16. And you said, if I man, if I ever get my hands on some money, I'm going to buy what? I bought two cars. About a 1996 Impala Super Sport and I bought a 1990 Nissan Skyline GTR, R32. 32 and then I took my grandma and my mom out of debt now I like that last part but I don't know why you bought that skyline why I love that car what you go uh Tokyo drift no those don't drives they're all wheel drive come on Shannon don't be racist no but I do understand I like the
Starting point is 00:09:11 caprice the the super sport I like the 1996 it's not caprice please don't offend me it's an impala and I know they're identical whatever But it's not the same. You still have it? Yes. Actually, so that first one I bought, I remember I bought it because it had like 2,000 original miles on. Really?
Starting point is 00:09:30 Yeah. The guy who sold it to me used to go get his cuts at the barbershop I worked at. He held onto it for a year for me. I was like, bro, I'm about to pop off. I know I am. Hold on to it. Give me one year. And he gave me a year and I went and cashed them out.
Starting point is 00:09:45 But I actually sold it so that I could buy one. I bought a cheaper one from an auction because that one, I wanted to change it up and do stuff to it. But, you know, that, with 2000 original, it had like 1,600 miles, really. It's only going to keep its value if you don't drive it. Right. And I started learning. And you wanted something that you could drive. You ain't no guy that's going to get a car and sit on it.
Starting point is 00:10:10 You ain't put it in the garage. I don't want to collect. Like, I want to drive these cars, push them out. So I went and bought a cheaper one with a whole bunch of oil leaks and everything. I'm saying, me and my friend, Luis, he's here too. He's the one that really taught me how to, it's been teaching me to work on cars. We changed the suspension, all the suspension to a QA1 suspension. We took out the motor.
Starting point is 00:10:29 We were building an L.S. to put it in there. We're getting a transmission building. Why did you just keep it? The other one? Yeah, I mean, the Netflix money had broke you off. You weren't going to be hurt for that money if you had just kept sod on it? Nah, I don't want it. It's just going to sit there.
Starting point is 00:10:43 It's taking the real estate. before let me ask you a question before the Netflix thing kick you off were you making good money in comedy yeah yeah we were touring for like almost a good year before
Starting point is 00:11:03 I got the Netflix special really yeah so how many so let me ask how many shows do you do okay say you go and let's just say you're here in Vegas you're gonna do two shows right two shows tonight two shows tonight at the no one show tonight one show tomorrow But it's a bigger, it's a bigger venue, yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:20 So it's what, 2,500, 3,000 seats, 5,000? Well, and I didn't even make me feel shitty. It's 1700. Sorry, it's not living up to your expectations. No, no, I'm just saying. No, but I'm saying. 1,700 seats. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:31 Yeah. And you sold out those? Nah, I think we're close, but I don't think we're going to sell them out. I think we're right under. Where is this at, the Venetian? At the Venetian. Okay. Unless you can release this episode like in the next hour, I don't think we're going to sell up.
Starting point is 00:11:45 No, but we're going to hype it up for the Hulu special. Yeah. Yeah, that's what you, you know, the Hulu special. That's where you're going to make that bread. Yeah. Well, they already don't cut the check now. But now, but when they see you on the Hulu special, they're like, man, that dude funny, man,
Starting point is 00:11:58 let me go check him out. He's coming close by. So that's what we do. Well, I just, when you, like, and this is something Dave Chappelle told me. When you put your jokes out there on a special, it's like a funeral for your jokes, and you want the most people to see that funeral.
Starting point is 00:12:11 Yes. So, like, I want everybody to watch my Hulu special. Yes. August 8th, it's called Planet Bosa. Is it easier coming up with jokes when you're broke as opposed to when you have bread? Yeah. Oh, hungry and horny.
Starting point is 00:12:32 Now I'm, I got a belly and I'm satisfied. René Vaca, we sat down, we talked about this. He said, he brought up the scene from Rocky 3. when Mickey's telling Rock, he's like, you got civilized. Yeah. He's like, bro, he's like, we got civilized. He's like, nah, I don't think we got that civilized. Because we go out there, we still have fun, man.
Starting point is 00:12:57 Like, comedy is very, like, I don't care if I have money or not. Like, I still want to crack a joke. Right. But you said, you know, so do you have a greater appreciation for a guy, let's just say, like, a, a Chappelle, a Cat Williams, a Kevin Hart, these guys that have these big, big followings, and they've made it, and they still keep coming up with material. Yeah, yeah, I have so much respect.
Starting point is 00:13:27 Because it's kind of like an athlete. You know, an athlete that, you know, works his way up, he's hungry, he's driven, and then all of a sudden he's making 50, 60, 100 million a year, and he's still Floyd Mayweather, guy that worked his hard out of Grand Rapids come to make, You ever see those pictures of like Picasso or like whatever artist and they're like, this is them in their home studio. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:13:51 Right? Working on their art and there's just paintings everywhere. Yeah. They're some are beautiful and they're in this beautiful house. So like, yeah, I think of that when I think of like, you know, Chappelle, Cat Williams, whoever because they're still able to work on their jokes, their craft, they're still delivering. But you know, they're well off. I know they're so successful, but they're still like.
Starting point is 00:14:09 It's still driven. Yeah, and I don't, like, my biggest fears, and that's why I say every time somebody hipes me up or says something, like how you introduce me. Yeah. It's like, okay, like, yeah, I got the nice house, and I was like, but am I still filling it up with Picasso's with paintings? Like, so it's like, it just makes you want to get back to the canvas.
Starting point is 00:14:29 You said having nice rims was more important than moving out of your parents' house in your community. Yeah, hell yeah. So the cars that you bought with the money, so you only have two cars. No, I got a bunch of cars. Damn! You can only drive one! That's just the first cars I bought with Netflix money. So what's the... How many cars you have?
Starting point is 00:14:48 Two. You can only drive one? I mean, I got a 12-year-old Range Rover and a 5-year-old BMW. Damn. Let me know if everyone sell the... What kind of beamer you got? I got a 2020... Um...
Starting point is 00:15:04 What was that? A M5? A 760. 760? Man. Matt, red interior. Those are a little big for my taste. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:15 I like something a little smaller, something you can really take corners. See, there you go, nah, nah. But see, big guy, I gotta have some room. I ain't trying to be all. Nah, I need to be like... So, so what? You got a Ferrari, you got a Lambo, you got the... No, I got real cars, man.
Starting point is 00:15:32 They're about real cars! I like those cars too, but I got a real car. I got a GTR, R-35. I got a 1971 GTR I got my Impala I got a 2025 single cap F150 they call those the Mexican GTRs Did you always want a pickup truck
Starting point is 00:15:53 Did you like if I ever get some bread When I'm becoming a daughter I'm gonna get a pickup? It wasn't like I dreamed of pickups But it's like come on man everybody needs a pickup No they don't Yeah I want to pick up I thought you know I did come close
Starting point is 00:16:06 Before I got to BMW I thought about getting the you know, Shelby doesn't pick up. Yeah. Go get it. No, no, no. Go get you on. Man, I love these trucks. I got an 87 C-10.
Starting point is 00:16:21 It's getting worked on right now. We got so much work between it. Like, we're trying to get this automotive channel to keep gaining traction. Right. I mean, and we work on different cars right now. Me and my buddy are working on his 240. We just did a video with our buddy from Houston, Freddie, LSX, where we raced. We put Nause and the turbo on his little shitty 240.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Like a Nissan 240? 1989 240. It's a horrible idea he had. I used to have a 300D. Oh, yeah? 1984, yeah. Nice. See, that was it, T-Torpe.
Starting point is 00:16:54 Why did you get rid of it? Man, come on, bro. Those are the funest car. Man, that's a 40 years old now, bro. He f***ed those cars up and don't even blink twice. You know what I mean? But it was fun. It was nice.
Starting point is 00:17:06 You know, I had the collar. You know, it looked nice. yeah, we've been working on these cars, so I'm, I'm in the habit of yours. Huh? That's a passion of yours working on cars? Yeah, I love cars, man. I love driving them a lot. And so, like, we're trying to, I'm in the habit right now.
Starting point is 00:17:21 I'm just buying stuff that's going to be good for the channel and that I think it's fun. If I think it's fun, I think it's good for the channel, you know what I mean? Right. So, like, we went on our marketplace and bought this little shitty 350 Z from a crackhead, and now I'm turning into a drift car. I don't replace the whole suspension. You just gal to be talking about I'm steering your type and then now you don't turn bolts up
Starting point is 00:17:39 and turn it to turn it to a drift car. I got, yeah, like, I like, but that one's real good drive, you see what I'm saying? So it's like, I'm in the habit of buying just more cars that I think other people can, the common person can afford them and maybe do the shit that I'm doing and like, I didn't know a lot about the mechanical side.
Starting point is 00:18:00 I used to do pain and body, but I didn't really do a lot of mechanical sides, so I hope that through watching the channel, people can watch and be like, oh shit, I can do that too at my house. You got a bro. You got a lot of jobs, bro. Man, I just, look, God bless me with a mind and a working mind and a working body. So I want to utilize, man.
Starting point is 00:18:19 Like, you ever see something and you'd be like, oh, man, I kind of want to try that. No. Nah? Nothing ever. Not even yoga. You look like you do yoga. I used to do yoga and Pilates when I played, but not, nah, my tension span is not that long. I can't.
Starting point is 00:18:33 There's never been something that you're like, oh, I would like to kind of learn that. like everything that we want to learn is learnable yeah but if i had learned it now i just don't have patience so you got you have to have patience to do stuff for what you're doing yeah i think i do have patience yeah i don't mind like if i'm 45 and i want to go learn how to bake or something like i don't mind being the oldest dude in the banking class you know no i'm gonna go to i'm gonna go to the grocery store and go to the bakery department and grab that you got your first apartment oh yeah wow how about you yeah i mean you you that's the one i got with my uncle I didn't put that in the joke when I got my first apartment.
Starting point is 00:19:09 You laced that thing out, that thing with wall-to-wall furniture, you know, you got a TV. My uncle, thankfully, he had furniture. I had a mattress. Now, I had one of those, what are they called, the platform bed. Okay. You know, lower the ground, then I had, like, some dressers. My uncle lived with me and my grandma when I was a kid for, like, two months, and he decked it out. He was there for two months, but, man, he decked it out.
Starting point is 00:19:35 and he left some badass furniture. And I remember when he left, he said, anything I leave in this room, you can have it. So I was like 14 with just like high-end furniture. That was still the furniture I had when I was 23 and I got the apartment. I think till this day I've never even bought furniture. Really?
Starting point is 00:19:55 I know you ain't still got that furniture that your uncle left the house. No, no. I just let my loved ones like, they'll be like, hey, my son. stepmom or like, even my son's mom has helped me out with being like, hey, when you're out of town, like, you're going to get you some furniture. Like, you don't got shit.
Starting point is 00:20:13 And so they've, they hook it up with you. Yeah, I'll leave them some money. And then when I come back, they don't bless me. Have me understand this. You live with your family. Mm-hmm. Why you look so disappointed, Shannon? No, because I just want to know this.
Starting point is 00:20:28 Where do you live? Where you want to bring someone over. How did that work? I'm on the road, baby. So you don't never, when you go home, you don't never see nobody. I'm with my son. Okay. Yeah, I don't really, my son's jealous.
Starting point is 00:20:40 He don't like when I, I've been on a few dates back home, but my son don't like that. Yeah. Yeah. I introduced him to maybe two girls in his life, and he don't like sharing the time. Right. Because he gets so few of it with you because you're on the road so much. Yeah. Do you ever ring him on the road?
Starting point is 00:20:55 I've taken him on, like, two road gigs. Yeah. He like it? Yeah, he likes traveling. He likes Denver. He liked that they were snowing. Yeah. So good luck with that one.
Starting point is 00:21:07 Investing. You say you invested, so the money that you're making now with the Netflix stuff, you got Hulu, when you tour, you're investing in your channel. Is that where you put in your money? You buy property, so what's your investment? What's the thing to make you generational wealth? Oh man, I'm not even worried about generational wealth. I got to take care of the next generation for it.
Starting point is 00:21:30 Your kids are the generation. They ain't going to learn how to work. You know what I mean? Why am I going to leave them rich? Then how are they going to... No, I think you leave them enough, you leave them enough to do something, but not enough, to do nothing. Man, I got to leave them with as much knowledge as I possibly can and a little bit of money to make sure... A little bit of money, huh?
Starting point is 00:21:54 To make sure they don't start off at ground zero, maybe. I want to leave them with more valuable knowledge than I do with money, man. If I leave money to anybody, it's to whatever family I have that maybe isn't able to work or whatever. Right. But that's on them. Did you buy that hawk to a coin? Nah. Hell no.
Starting point is 00:22:12 That shit sounds so stupid. I don't know who bought it. But it seems like everybody else getting the coin, man, and making bread off it. They're working now or what? I thought. I did look. Did you invest in Bitcoin? Hell now.
Starting point is 00:22:27 I don't understand digital currency. I don't understand it either. And so for me, it doesn't make sense. I mean, I need to know a little something about it. And then, you know, you can't have it. You have to have the password wrote down somewhere and you get locked out of your pocket. I don't get it. Like, everybody's always looked.
Starting point is 00:22:44 And my dad's always talking about that too. It's like, you need to capitalize on every opportunity. No, you don't. Right. Like, I'm making good money. Yeah. I don't, like. Ain't no sense in chasing it.
Starting point is 00:22:55 You could be making billions. For what? Yeah. And I could be losing. Yeah, I could be losing what I have right now, man. Like I said, my belly's full, man. You met Kevin Hart at the Netflix party. What was that experience like with Kev?
Starting point is 00:23:10 How did you know about that? Yeah, that was cool, though. He was so nice. Yeah, it was just cool. He looked so beautiful. No offense to everybody else who was at that party. Right. The thing I took away the most from that party was,
Starting point is 00:23:26 it was during the festival. and every celebrity that I met at that party or that I even looked at looked pretty beat up. Yeah. Including myself. And maybe it was from party, maybe it was just from working so much.
Starting point is 00:23:42 You know, this is a crazy lifestyle. And then a lot of the celebrities I met there are way more successful than I am. I could only imagine the stresses and the work that they have. And then Dave Chappelle introduces me and he's like, Kevin, he's like, I want you to meet this guy.
Starting point is 00:23:56 And I look at Kevin Hart, and he looks so much more beautiful than everybody there and so much well nutrition. Like he's got no word, no stress. No, I think they injected him with like just nutrition before he walked in. But he was so nice. He was so cool, man. And he was just like, hey, man, people speak highly of you. Right. I don't know what to say I was so nervous.
Starting point is 00:24:16 I was like, hey, people speak highly of you too. Yeah. Kevin Hart. He got a car collection. Yeah. Have you heard about his car? Have you seen it? I've seen a car that they built for him on this one YouTube video.
Starting point is 00:24:28 Oh, you're talking about that, uh, that Plymouth, that road runner? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's sick right there. No, he got some stuff better. Ooh. Ooh. I would like to drive his cars. Kevin Hart, please invite me over to your house. No, Kim, Kev is a serious car guy.
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Starting point is 00:28:09 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. He had a cut. He had a custom cut. He got one of those from Speed Corps, one of the carbon fibers. Oh, like a full carbon fiber car. Yeah, man, that thing is fine.
Starting point is 00:28:32 That's scary right there. He's fly. Yeah, he got some stuff. We went to that Speed Vegas yesterday. Yeah. That was tight, man. That was my first time driving on like a circuit on track. It's tight.
Starting point is 00:28:43 I'm going to go see. I want to see Seema. You ever been to Seema Auto Show? Nah. I went to PRI? Yeah. It's not as big as Seema, but it's just more concentrated on, like, racing products only. But I hope I can get it to Seema this year, because, you know, you got to, like, work in the car industry to get in the...
Starting point is 00:28:58 Yeah, yeah, I'm going to try to... I hope there's a lot of girls there. You smoke with Chappelle? Yeah, hell yeah. I'm not going to... He has some good weed, he has some good stuff? I only... The weed, I didn't even take no hits of his weed at first, because I was about to go perform.
Starting point is 00:29:14 Right. And I knew he was going to watch, so I don't want to be too high in it. Right. And I'm up there in my head too much. So I was just like, nah, I'll wait. But so when I met him, I met him, I had two shows that night. Right. And I met him right before my first show, right before I went on stage.
Starting point is 00:29:32 So then I go on stage and he watches a little bit of the show. And they, in the, because that the Hollywood Improv, there's another room called The Lab, it's a small room. When that comedian in that room was wrapping up his show, Chappelle just popped in and was like, hey, anybody want to stay and hang out. Like, I'm going to just jump on stage, you know? Right. So everybody stays, you know, obviously it's Chappelle. So when I got off stage from my first show, the manager of the club was like,
Starting point is 00:29:55 hey, Chappelle said go in that room now. So I went over there, and I got on stage with him. And I smoked cigarettes with him. I had never smoked cigarettes. I had smoked cigarettes before that a couple of times. Swenson, Sela, Business. Not. I hadn't smoked enough to even choose, like, my own.
Starting point is 00:30:09 Right. My first HBO appearance got me smoking cigarettes. Right. But not regularly. Right. I was just, I appeared on HBO, but I was still very local. It didn't take me, it didn't really, like, give me a career. Right.
Starting point is 00:30:24 So I showed up to the next local open mic at home after my HBO appearance, and I had a feeling that a lot of the comics were going to ask me about it, and I got so anxious, so nervous. And comedians, a lot of comedians smoked cigarettes. Really? Yeah. So I went outside with the comedians that were smoked cigarettes, and to calm my nerves, I wouldn't smoke with them.
Starting point is 00:30:42 So I had smoked a couple cigarettes, so that when I met Chappelle, I was. just like in my first time like eh you know but yeah he I got on stage with him and uh hell yeah I was gonna smoke with him man yeah you meet chapelle he give you any advice uh not not like right off the bat uh he did tell me though he was like man you're like he's like i'm not like no teacher nothing like that but if there's anything you want to talk about or anything i could show you like just him me up so when i when i closed the deal with netflix i asked him like where the dudes and don'ts are like what's the general direction that should go in now
Starting point is 00:31:21 and he kind of gave me he sent me like these like four or five many paragraphs and was like this what you got to do this is what I recommend you do you know and yeah I think thanks to that I had a good Netflix special are there any comedians that you haven't met that you like to meet um I mean not really I wish I could have met Norman McDonald, made rest of peace to him. I thought he was really funnier. Like, I wish I could have met Bernie Mack. He has jokes that I think people would have tried to cancel him for that.
Starting point is 00:32:00 Oh, yeah, yeah, you know, back, way back when, I mean, him and prior. A person like that, though, a person that will say stuff like that on stage, I could only imagine what it was like hanging out with him. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. So I wish I could have met Bernie Mac, man. Oh, okay. Sorry.
Starting point is 00:32:16 Have you ever been star-struck by anybody? I was pretty star-struck when Chappelle walked in or when I met Kevin Hart. But at the same time, I just, you know, I mean, I don't know what it is to be star-struck. I don't know when I'm annoying somebody. Right. So maybe I have annoyed somebody, like, but like, I don't know. Like, I don't like asking for pictures because I'm like, nah, they're probably tired of it. But I don't know.
Starting point is 00:32:41 I don't know if I've necessarily been like superstar-strung. You know, Joe Rogan and everybody that I've had when I talk about Joe Rogan, they talk about from Ms. Pat to all, I mean, a lot of people talk about how Rogan helps comedians that's trying to come up. Have you ever met Rogan? Yeah, I did his show one time. By I don't, I'm supposed to do a show again. By the time this comes out, I probably would have done it already. But I'm so nervous on that show. I don't know what to talk about on the, everybody goes on that show has conspiracy theories up to Wazoo.
Starting point is 00:33:14 Or they're just like, you know, really funny and stuff. And I don't know. I don't know what to talk about on the show like that. It's too much. Like, I'll go on there. I'll talk about whatever, but I feel like I'm not giving them good conversation. Yeah, they're conspiracies. They're talking about the world is flat.
Starting point is 00:33:31 There's, you know. And then they got, like, science on, like, why flamingos can actually live barbells or something. I don't know what to talk about on there. I haven't done my research. You said that Adam Sandler, you know, you wanted to be kind of like a comedic actor like Adam Sandler. Have you ever met Adam? Once, yeah. He gave me a hug.
Starting point is 00:33:54 I just, I didn't want to let him go. I love Adam Sandler, you know what I mean? Like anybody else, like I grew up watching his movies and I had a general, my manager, my agent set up like general meetings. You know, you get to meet with like production studios and they get to know you. They'll ask you questions like, do you want to write movies? You want to write TV shows? want to act like well you know because that's how they get to know you and see if they could ever use you in anything and they told me they're like yeah we got you a meeting with with uh
Starting point is 00:34:23 happy madison so he might be there he might not be where and i'm in this meeting with these two dudes and it's pretty cool it's laid back and all of a sudden he just opens the door he's like who's this guy and i was like how you doing mr sandler's like my name's ralph barbosa with her and uh they they were they introduced me to him they're like oh yeah yeah he's got a netflix special and He was like, oh, congrats to you. He's like, is your family excited for you? I was like, man, some of them, some of them don't understand the word I'm saying, like, on stage. Like, they don't know what's going on.
Starting point is 00:34:53 Right. And he was just real cool, man. He gave me a hug and it was cool as hell. Right. Acting. Have you given up that? Nah, no, no, I had a couple acting roles. Okay.
Starting point is 00:35:04 I had one on the show Moog. Shout out to my buddy Mo Amher. Okay. I don't know if you've ever seen the show Moog. That show is like necessary right now. It's on Netflix. It's hilarious. Okay.
Starting point is 00:35:15 He wrote me in on the first episode of season two. Okay. Season one is good. Season two, I think, is even better. Season two is very necessary, especially with the things that are going on now. I think Moe, it's crazy that Moe, like, wrote this with his team and to see all the stuff that's been going on after he wrote it. It's almost like he was predicting the future. It just touches on a lot of the stuff that's heavy in America right now and the world.
Starting point is 00:35:43 right now and the world maybe you know what I mean but I was on I was on that show he wrote me in that show and I did a commercial for Verizon what I was doing in Spanish right and they didn't like the way I spoke Spanish I mean is there a way to speak Spanish apparently I speak like a country type Spanish they say my Spanish is from North Mexico which it is where my family's from right North Mexico but they were like they need to talk like a neutral Spanish and they had me me with a dialect coach and I didn't want to do it but then they gave me a lot of money so I was like all right
Starting point is 00:36:13 I was like, but don't worry, Mexicans, I'll spread this money amongst the community. George Lopez went viral. Basically, they say he was hating on you because of saying that nobody knew you. Get that. People from our community, when it should be a positive, should be uplifting. Somebody from the community got out. Instead, somebody from the community just say something negative. When you heard, I don't know if you heard it, but so I'm sure it,
Starting point is 00:36:43 If you didn't hear it directly, I'm sure some family friends or loved ones told you or relayed to you what he had said. Everybody sent me a video. How did it make you feel? I didn't care. He's a grown man. He can say whatever he wants. It's his podcast. He paid for the equipment.
Starting point is 00:36:59 You know what I mean? Also, like, I didn't, I wasn't too hurt about it because I wasn't like a big Lopez fan growing up. Right. Some of my friends were into his stand-up, but I didn't think, like, I'm not saying he's not funny. Right. you know, I just wasn't into George Lopez. So, like, you know, if it had been Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle was like, but he's Hispanic, he's from the community.
Starting point is 00:37:23 It hurts more. I ain't a lie. It hurts more when somebody from the community says something negative about me. I guess so. I don't know. They just didn't really hurt too bad, you know. He's a veteran comedian. Maybe he from South Mexico.
Starting point is 00:37:36 You can. As far as I was concerned, I'm like, look, man, I don't, like, if he wants to talk. talk shit, what the, like, I'm then, you know, but it didn't hurt me too bad. He's a veteran comedian. Like, I think he's going to go down as one of the goats, and he outranks me. He could say that stuff, like, you know what I mean? Like, I don't know what's going to happen in the future. Like, I can't just sit here and be like, ah, why are you doing that to me, George?
Starting point is 00:38:04 Like, what if when I'm his age, I'm doing the same thing? I don't know what I'm going to be like when I'm going to be hating? I hate so many people right now. Nah, I hope not. I hope not. Did you guys have a private conversation? On the phone, yeah, he called me and he apologized. And I told them I didn't even want him to apologize.
Starting point is 00:38:24 I'm like, bro, he was a . You like, okay. But he was like, no, no, no. He said, I really didn't know who you were. And he's like, I asked around about you and people had nice things to say. So he's like, my bad man. Do you believe it's important for the younger, for the older generation to give guidance or to help if asked, I'm not saying you have to go out of your way, let's just
Starting point is 00:38:48 say for the sake of argument, in 20 years from now, when you're one of the elder statement of the comedic community, do you think it's your obligation if people were to reach out to Ralph and say, hey, Ralph, hey, man, what you think? I don't know if you've seen any of my specials or any of my performances, but if any advice that you can, you know, partake on me, I would greatly appreciate it. Yeah, I think that if anybody ever wants my two cents, I'm happy to give them to you that being said I think when you and maybe you know like people always have to keep in mind that this and especially in comedy I think in comedy more than in other industries when somebody gives you advice you have to know that like it could be great advice
Starting point is 00:39:31 or it could be great advice that worked for them and it could work like nothing for you and yours because everybody's comedy style is so different my only advice to to somebody who's in comedy younger than me is like you need to be very very very introspective you need to hear how you sound and know how you come off yeah but yeah i think it's important to pass along whatever you know what are your thoughts on council culture is there a joke that you will not absolutely will not tell on stage nah i don't i don't think my jokes get that bad like if they if you if you're trying to cancel me you got to be like soft like yeah like certified soft, you know what I mean, for one of my jokes to make you want to cancel me.
Starting point is 00:40:18 But I don't, like, how can you cancel? I think to cancel somebody, they have to, like, commit a heinous crime, like, for them to really lose all their fans. Because usually the people that are trying to cancel somebody is somebody who wasn't even a fan in the first place. If a man has a comedian has a fan base, like, they're going to be fine. You can't cancel them. You're going to make his fans like him even more.
Starting point is 00:40:39 Right. Is there a, okay, is there a joke that you regret telling? Like, yeah, I probably shouldn't have told that one or told it like that. Nah, I don't even remember the half the jokes I tell. Jokes, I mean, like, if I write a good joke, like, yeah, I'm proud of it. But at the same time, it's not like a painting where I'm like, oh, no, that was my masterpiece. Like, I'm out there saying poop and bud and they like it. They like it.
Starting point is 00:41:06 They don't. Hey, my comment ain't for you. Yeah. The Mexican, I think it's name, what was it, O.T. A Mexican O.T. Yeah, that said the N-word. Mm-hmm. Mm-mm.
Starting point is 00:41:19 Mm-mm. I mean, there ain't no past. You don't get the, oh, bad, you know, I'm cool with the homies. No, bro. Yeah, I think that, I mean, I can't speak for Mexican OT, but what I will say is that, I don't know what it's like in Georgia, but in Texas. A lot of us were saying it growing up. And I think it wasn't until I started going to open mics that I realized, like, I don't think we're supposed to be saying it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:47 But I was so enclosed. Like, I was so... But you were you saying it around blacks or were you saying it around your community? No, like, we're black. Like, you think there wasn't no black people where I grew up? No, I'm just saying... We weren't saying it. Oh, like, oh, I heard this on TV.
Starting point is 00:42:02 Like, let's just say it. Like, it was just like saying bro or like the other thing. But once I started kind of... going outside of my own neighborhood, my own, like, circles, then I started realizing, like, nah, ain't not supposed to be, like, wow, I ain't know that. Yeah, so that's why, like, I get, I kind of get where OTs coming from, but at the same time, like, yeah, I mean, I'm not, like I said, I'm not going to speak for O.T. And, like, be like, he's going to say this, sure and said that.
Starting point is 00:42:25 Right. But, like, I somewhat understand what he was saying, you know what I mean? Right. Only because it's, like, where we're growing up, everybody was saying it. Like, white kids were saying it where I was growing up with other black kids. And, like, maybe some of the black kids didn't like it, but, like, nobody was saying nothing. Like, for the most part, like, it was okay there as kids. Now, as we grew up and started going into different circles, I think it was on us to kind of like...
Starting point is 00:42:54 Realizing, yeah, that ain't cool. Yeah. I'm not going to make a career saying this on stage. Joke stealing. Where are you on joke stealing? That's horrible. That's worse. Because this kind of split.
Starting point is 00:43:07 I've heard people say, look. Like, well, Mexico's saying the N-word is just a little bit worse. So, joke stealing right below Sidi. Because I've heard, you know, different people say,
Starting point is 00:43:23 might even be worse. Like, at least when you're saying in the N-word, you're not stealing someone's joke, you know what I mean? No, I think that they didn't worry. That's... But no, in seriousness, though. because I've heard different comedians say different.
Starting point is 00:43:39 Like, hold on, if that's not the only joke, or tell better jokes, and then there are some people like, no, bro, you can't do that. You cannot, you cannot take someone material. And even if you try to dress it up, even if I'm talking about a bird, you can't come back and say it was an owl, even though I was talking about an eagle and have the same premise. I think that you're going to cross-premises. no matter what with people.
Starting point is 00:44:08 Because your mind is a lot of like, I mean. But you, like, if it's, like, it can get a little, like, sketchy where you're like, ah, well, they're similar, but it's a little different. But if it's a little too similar, like, just change it. Yeah. Like, you know, like, you brought up the joke I did about aliens earlier. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:44:27 There's a comedian out of Texas, the local guy, not trying to, I'm not trying to be like, he's not famous. Right. He's a comedian who like showed me where he was like, first he tried to, I think he tried to say I stole his joke. Because the first few words were the same where we're saying like, oh yeah, I believe in aliens, but like I don't believe in them. Right. But then his joke goes kind of this way and the mind goes that way.
Starting point is 00:44:52 But it was similar enough to where like I never did the joke again. I took it offline. Right. I'm like, you know what? It's too similar. Right. And I like, I mean, I think I'm creative enough. I can think of something.
Starting point is 00:45:02 Yeah. You know? Right. But I think that if it's. like close enough, one of y'all has to stop doing it. Right. If you're a good comedian, you're going to come up with something funny anyway, like, you know, the next joke.
Starting point is 00:45:14 But like, don't. And I think older comics fight about that more than nowadays because now it's like, I post it first, I said it first. You know what I mean? Right. Like, even, because how do I know, like, if a comic in Ohio has a joke similar to mine, right but i never heard his joke or he never posted the joke and i posted mine well like i i didn't steal it right we had a similar joke ideas maybe right now if somebody posted a joke
Starting point is 00:45:47 and then i just started doing that joke word for word now that's an obvious steal that's heinz chop his head off right but back in the day i think older comedians struggled with that kind of stuff more because they used to sell each other jokes i don't think people do that in my generation right I think that was like an old school thing. So people could be like, hey, you stole that joke for such and such. And they could be like, nah, I bought it. I bought it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:07 Right. Have you ever had a joke stolen? Yeah. But it was like local and it was like not even a good joke. I don't even remember how it went, but it was. I didn't trip. My buddy West Corwin gave me the best advice on that. He's like, man, if they're stealing jokes, they're going to run out of jokes to steal someday.
Starting point is 00:46:27 Right. Like, they're going to burn out. But if you wrote a good. joke we're stealing you got it in you to write another good joke have you write do you write for other comedians nah but me and other like if i'm hanging out with comedians and they want to talk shop and be like hey help me out with this bid i'm working out and hell yeah i'll help them right and they'll help me right and like he'll hop on a phone call with me and help me who filippe sparser okay he'll help me like like you know said the joker yeah yeah now that you've made it how have you been
Starting point is 00:47:00 able to deal with fame. I don't think I'm good at whatever level of fame I have, but I mean, I don't know. I don't like that people opinion, like have opinions on like serious opinions or like serious accusations on me. They don't know who I am. They might have seen me on video for 45 seconds. And they want to comment that like, oh, he probably voted for Trump or oh, he probably voted for Biden. Did you? I didn't vote. Which is probably worse. I know both people hate that, you know what I mean? But I'd rather go, I'd rather get hate for the truth than get hate for an assumption. Right. Right. But yeah, like, I just, that's the only part of fame I don't like is when people just comment real serious assumptions or accusations
Starting point is 00:47:46 on me. They don't, off of a video, off of one video, you know what I mean? Two videos, tops. Like, man. How has it changed your life? I don't, when I'm home, I don't leave my house no more. Really? Yeah. I don't, I don't. trust I don't need something like I love my fans right I said like they've given me everything like and I and I'll always love anybody who's help but but at the same time man like I've read so many ignorant-ass comments that sometimes I'm in I'm at a Walmart and somebody to come up to me and be like hey you that guy and yeah and then there's a there's a there's a it feels even though it might be
Starting point is 00:48:26 five seconds before their next question if you feels like an hour before, I don't know if they're going to ask me for a picture or if they're going to compliment me or they're going to, or when they take long to say the next thing, I'm like, this person has so many questions they want to ask about so much bullshit I don't want to talk about. And I'm like, which way, like, what comment have you left before, bro? And I almost just want to walk out and be like, man, fuck off, bro. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:48:52 But then like, then other people come up and they're just like, oh, bro, I like you stuff. And I'm just like, oh, thank God. It's such a relief for them to just say something so quick and so nice and be gone. And just be gone, yeah, because other people, I'm like, what do you want to talk about, bro? Right. What is it that you really want to say? How is it dating now that you're famous and you got some bread and the people know you got bread?
Starting point is 00:49:16 Um, I think some, I think there's been like a couple girls here and there that I'm like, ah, I think they just think I'm rich or maybe, you know what I mean? Uh-huh. Or other girls think they don't trust me. They think that I'm not being genuine. They're like, ah, you just, you think because you're on the road, who you are, you know, you probably say this to other girls. But I also don't even have the patience for it. Like, if they don't believe me, all right, then.
Starting point is 00:49:44 You've been on some bad dates lately? Not really. I haven't really been on any dates lately. What would you consider a bad date? Consider a bad day when I meet a girl who's just kind of like, I don't know. know. Maybe it doesn't take care of her hygiene, and maybe she's just like, I've been on it. It's the biggest party of the summer. WWE SummerSlam is here, and wrestling with Freddie is all over it. We're talking wild matches, big surprises, and our boldest predictions yet.
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Starting point is 00:52:25 Season two of Good Game with Sarah Spain is underway. We just welcomed one of my favorite people and an incomparable soccer icon, Megan Rapino to the show, and we had a blast. We talked about her recent 40th birthday celebrations, co-hosting a podcast with her fiancé Sue Bird, watching former teammates retire and more. Never a dull moment with Pino. Take a listen.
Starting point is 00:52:47 What do you miss the most about being a pro athlete? The final. The final. And the locker room. I really, really, like, you just, you can't replicate, you can't get back, showing up to the locker room every morning just to shit talk. We've got more incredible guests like the legendary Candace Parker and college superstar AZ Fudd. I mean, seriously, y'all, the guest list is absolutely stacked for season two. And, you know, we're always going to keep you up to speed on all the news and happenings around the women's sports world as well.
Starting point is 00:53:17 So make sure you listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get. Get your podcast. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. I've been on a couple days where the whole time, girls, like, can you do a video for, like, my cousin? He's a big fan. And I'm like, I'm trying to eat spaghetti with you. I got a sauce on my mouth.
Starting point is 00:53:44 I'll do the video, but I'll never call them back to him. I'll never call them back on a date. Never again. We ain't ever hanging out again. you're antisocial I mean made like two of a degree you're introvert I'm introvert naturally
Starting point is 00:54:01 once I start getting comfortable with people I can come out my shell a lot but I start off on zero you know right so let me make sure ideal ideal mate ideal date what is what is where after you
Starting point is 00:54:14 what do you want an ideal date yeah ideal I don't have expectations like I feel like I won't know what the what the what the what the what the good date was until after it's done you know what I mean yeah I don't I don't you don't have you don't have you don't have a type you just like go at the flow whatever you know the flow yeah yeah one time I heard this on a on the anime you say you don't know what type of person you were
Starting point is 00:54:43 until right before you die because you weren't done living until that point yeah so like I don't know what a good date until it's done have you ever had a situation where like you said, like, they ask you to take videos or say happy, and I hate that, too. Don't get on FaceTime. Hey, can you say hey to my dad? My dad's a big pay. Can you say, my brother? I'm like, I almost, like, I didn't used to like it.
Starting point is 00:55:06 Sometimes they would just run up to you and they already have to. Yes. So I didn't used to like that. And I still kind of don't. Don't get me wrong. But I actually prefer that as were to when they come up to you and they ask you like, can you do that? And then let's say you're like, okay, yeah, I'll do it.
Starting point is 00:55:20 And they're like, okay, let me just call them. And then they got to unlock their phone. and they're nervous and they forget their code. And I'm like, bro, I got a shit to do. Yeah, I got a kid. Yes. Yes. It's like, I'm like, man.
Starting point is 00:55:31 I don't hate that necessarily, but it's just like, if you're going to. I mean, if it's not too much. Yeah. If you're going to sandbag me, like, ambush me with his face time, at least have the person on there already, bro. Like, we got to keep it moving. Guess you would never go get, you never go guess who I ran into at him. You never go guess.
Starting point is 00:55:50 Guess who it is? And then I'm right there like, oh, Oh, yeah, yeah, that's what they are, yeah, they ran into me. And you're not going to tell me what to say either. You say what I want. It's my conversation. One time this lady pulled up, like, this is my dad. I'm like, hey, your daughter's a whore.
Starting point is 00:56:09 What do you want me to say, man? I don't know you. You could be a whore. Boy, I sure hope you didn't say that. But, no, you, hey, then you're a comedian, you can say it. I'm not I don't mean But look
Starting point is 00:56:24 I think the biggest thing is that I don't mind You know Sometimes I'm in a hurry But it's like When they come up and says Oh you're going to take this picture
Starting point is 00:56:33 Oh you're going to do this What about Whatever I happen to ask Yeah Do you mind taking a picture with me They'd be like Hey do you mind Do you mind sign
Starting point is 00:56:40 Yeah How are you going to tell somebody They are Oh I got to get I got to get this picture Here's the one that bothers me Here's the one that I do hate Like this is the one
Starting point is 00:56:50 That I'm like We do this is the one that I'm like If you do this, I do not like you. It's when somebody calls me out from, like, a distance to be like, Ralph. And I look, and then they go, come in. Who the fucking are you, bro? I'm in the middle of a conversation over here with somebody. You're like, come here.
Starting point is 00:57:05 Like, I'm going to be talking with my friends and be like, sorry about this guy. Your stranger's calling me. Like, the fuck out of here, bro. Hey. Or they call you. Hey, Shannon. You're Shannon Sharp. I say, hey, you're what's up, man?
Starting point is 00:57:18 Are you Shannon? Yes, bro. You called my name. I turn around and say, yeah, what's up? And then you get close to me and say, you're sharing the shit. People forget that you're like another person too, bro. Like, I don't like when people don't believe that I'm like me, but you ask me. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:57:36 That happened on Fourth of July. I went to go buy fireworks. And one of the dudes at the catchers was like, bro, he's like, you're Ralph right. I said, yeah, man. He's like, can I get a picture? I was like, yeah, bro, no problem. And then his buddy comes up. And he's like, you're Ralph for real?
Starting point is 00:57:49 I said, yeah. He's like, don't bullshit with me. I'm like, okay, I'm not. And then he's like, nah, but for real, like, are you Ralph? I'm like, bro, it's not my job to convince you that I'm robbed. Like, if you don't believe me, I don't care. Like, if you believe me or not. He's like, nah, bro, like, prove to me your Ralph.
Starting point is 00:58:07 I'm like, nah, fuck, man. How am I going to prove it, bro? Let me call my mom bring my birth certificate. Like, if you don't believe me, what the fuck do I care? Hold on You send girls money on cash out Have I sent girls money on cash out Yeah
Starting point is 00:58:24 Nah, not it Like if I Not recently That's all row That was broke round Hold up when you If that's broke around How you got bread
Starting point is 00:58:35 To send money on cash out Broke Ralph were sending her 20 bucks And think he was doing something But here's some gas money But they're at 20 bucks They go cut it now Because they won't nail I mean
Starting point is 00:58:45 I'd be seeing the list, like, hair is like $400. Nails is like $150, and then, like, skin care. Like, I'm like, well, damn. I'd be impressed with girls that do all that. I'm like, did you pay for it all yourself? That's insane. But now, I don't be sending girls no money on cash in there. Like, if I, my last relationship, I might give her some money here and there,
Starting point is 00:59:07 but I learned my lesson. What you learned? I learned that I'm into girls who, who like to earn their own money. Now, if I was to give them a gift or something, I feel like they appreciated it more because they know the work that comes behind the, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:59:26 Yeah. But I don't, my biggest fear is that I'll date a girl who is just using me for the money and then go show off. Because, like, who go show off and be like, hey, look, he pays for this for me, he pays for that for me. I don't like that.
Starting point is 00:59:40 If I pay for something for somebody, I want them to really appreciate it. Appreciate it. And it's not for the world, and it's not for everybody. And usually the people who appreciate it are the people who have their own career. Right.
Starting point is 00:59:51 You know what I mean? Red flag. What are some of the red flags? Mm. They're breathing. Hold on. I just want to know. Do you care to share her name?
Starting point is 01:00:07 The one that's just one that done the damage that made you become so cynical. I'm not, I don't know. I'm exaggerating a lot of the cynical stuff I'm saying here. But it's like everybody has red flags. I don't know what are some like major one. I think maybe some of the major red flags is like, and look, this sucks to say. Because like if I'm on a day with a girl and she gives me the chance to sleep around the
Starting point is 01:00:31 first night, I'll probably take it. But that's probably a red flag, you know what I mean? Right. But it also doesn't, it might not mean she's a whole, maybe we did just hit it off that night. But I'm always going to wonder like, does she do this with her? She didn't sleep with every first date. How many first days has she gone on this one? What if she's wondering that about you?
Starting point is 01:00:50 Does she do this on every day? Yeah, I probably got tons of red flags. You get jealous. If someone you're seeing, they mention something that they did with their ex. Well, maybe they went bowling. Maybe they went, maybe they went this, or they did that. You get jealous? I don't get jealous, but I don't get jealous, but I don't.
Starting point is 01:01:13 But I would say that, like, if they keep bringing up their eggs, I'm going to wonder if they're trying to get a reaction at him. Yeah. And if they're doing that, I'm like, why? That's another red flag. Why do you want to get the reaction? Right. And if he was so great, why are you here with me now and not with him?
Starting point is 01:01:32 Yeah. Go f*** that guy. He sounds amazing. I want to meet him. Why? Why? You know, but you know what they're going to say, if I wanted to be with him, I would be with him, but I'm here with you. Why are you so with that? I mean, why are you so insecure? Yeah, why are you bringing up those memories? You don't see me throwing up my, well, oh, man, we used to, oh, he used to cook me breakfast, bring me breakfast in bed. We used to go watch to the movies. He used to hold hands walking on the beach. You don't want to hear that? Yeah. Oh, God forbid, I bring up my eggs on the first date. You know what I mean? Your father, you mentioned your father, obviously your uncle, you're very close to your uncle. What type of father are you to your son? I think I'm pretty stern.
Starting point is 01:02:22 I feel like when you have a kid, that it is now your responsibility to make sure that this person doesn't go out into the world and just become a piece of shit. So I want to make sure that I'm raising the kid who, who can be a good person who can be a good member of society who can be respectful to others and hold his own and you know what I mean be responsible but at the same time like I got to let him be a kid so I think I'm the type of father who's always in his head but I'm trying to have fun with my son I want him to have a childhood I want him to not worry about adult problems or like problems he's six right now right so I try to make sure he can live like a six year old but I also try to stay staring on him and make sure that he's not
Starting point is 01:03:08 not becoming this spoiled brad who's who's developing patterns that because sometimes some things it's like let him get away with that he's a kid but other things it's like nah that's a pattern yeah it can lead it worse as he gets older and he'll never break it right so like i think i'm pretty stern but fun you found out your ex was pregnant after you guys broke up i just know who you've been talking you do talk to my ex right ah so when she told you i'm pregnant did you think she was telling you that to try to get back with you? No, she was being honest. We were like on and off.
Starting point is 01:03:44 We were young. We were like, you know, 20, 21. We started dating. We were like 18, 19. That was your wife, but you didn't even know it. We, you know, we end up getting pregnant, whatever, like 20, 21. My son was like, yeah, I was like 22 when my son was born, you know. So we're just real dumb, real mature, real toxic for each other maybe.
Starting point is 01:04:14 So I don't think she, she wasn't like, oh, I'm going to do this to get back with him. You know, it was what it was, and we dealt with it. Right. You put yourself on child support. Yeah. Because she was being difficult. I might have been being difficult with her too. I don't know, but she was being, like, extra.
Starting point is 01:04:35 She was very emotional. Right. Once I had my son, all my decisions were really about him. Right. I think a lot of hers were too. And you try to take the emotion out of it. Look, I understand that, you know, look, it didn't work out between you and I and whatever the case may be. But in the best interest of him, let's try to be the best parents we can be, although we're not together.
Starting point is 01:04:58 But there's something that's never going to change. You're going to always be his mom. I will always be his dad. And we're going to have to live. We're going to be in each other's life. Forever. We're, we're, man, for a minute, I shoot like a tumor in my head. But one thing I kept reminding myself is that, like, man, we're on the same team.
Starting point is 01:05:23 Yes. You know what I mean? Yes. Which is something I feel like a lot of people need to remind themselves when they're struggling. And some people were like, man, I don't want to pay no child support because of the money or whatever. I had no problem putting it myself.
Starting point is 01:05:35 I mainly did it because we were having. a lot of conflict over scheduling. And if I was going to take my son and not, she didn't want me to like take them nowhere, whatever. And so I put myself on child support to take the power out of her hands. And it's like, I wanted my, I wanted to see my son way more than every other weekend.
Starting point is 01:05:54 I didn't want to just stick to that. But at least like this, it was like, you can't say. You can't deny just because you're mad. Right. You know what I mean? And as far as the money goes, I think I'm fortunate that my son's mom has never been irresponsible with money.
Starting point is 01:06:11 Whether I gave her, if I gave her $700 and I said, spend every dime of this only on my son, not for you, like, she will do that. And mostly, and a lot of it was out of spite too because she was like, I don't want to take your money. Yeah. You don't want to support me. Yeah. So like, I've never had a problem paying child support.
Starting point is 01:06:30 Right. How different are you as a dad than your dad was to you? I mean, I don't know. I mean, I think we're different in a lot of ways. My dad was very stern with my dad didn't like no jokes. My dad would pick me up and we'd go to like a family party and I would be my usual self. Like I'm at home and say some jokes and my dad would like raise his hand. Like he's going to smack me for like everything I said was disrespectful to my, like in my dad's eyes.
Starting point is 01:07:05 So like with my son. I think we joke a little more. I do try to tell them like, hey, don't say stuff like that, you know what I mean, on certain subjects, but like, I think for the, I think the biggest part is that, like, I can joke with my son a little more and, like, let them know it's okay to, like, speak your mind. Whereas with my dad, he's just like, you better not be thinking like that. You better not be joking like that. And she's like, God, damn, I don't know, I better just be a mute. I read that you're learning It's not necessarily your teaching
Starting point is 01:07:37 But you're learning as your son is learning Yeah for sure I don't think anybody knows how to be a parent Right There ain't because it varies I mean everybody write these books Or how to be a parent Or being a parent for dummies
Starting point is 01:07:51 Or whatever the case may be But you gotta be adaptable You got to be a parent Yeah You gotta do your best Just try your best When my son asks me questions Why is this? Why is that?
Starting point is 01:08:02 I'll answer to the best of my knowledge. If I don't know, I'll tell my son, I don't know. Let's find out. You say that when your son ask you a question, it's like a new employee trying to tell a newer employee what to do. Yeah, I'm still figuring it out myself, bro, but we'll figure it out together. But so when you get it, what do you guys like to do together? Go to the movies.
Starting point is 01:08:26 We go to the movies a lot or arcades. He loves arcades. But my son is a lot like me and the fact. When I was growing up, when I was his age, he's the same way. He loves to be at home. He don't like to go nowhere, like, unless it's to the movies. And even at that, he don't like to go to the one that's far. He's like, he's going on as close.
Starting point is 01:08:47 So, like, he loves to be at home. He loves to be in front of TV. And I watch whatever he watches. Or, like, I make sure he watches what I watch. You know what I mean? Like, but he loves to be at home or with the hot wheels. We set up little high wheels. We have little competitions on which one can.
Starting point is 01:09:02 and stay on the track along you. Stuff like that. Like, he's very homebody. Women like men, that kid. You think so? He helped you pick up with me? I think when I, like, I don't really post them now. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:09:19 You know what I mean? Because my biggest fear is that somebody will say something ignorant. Right. Like responding. So I don't really post them. But when you had the movie, just you and him or y'all going to the arcade?
Starting point is 01:09:29 Yeah, you know. Maybe, I don't know. But like, before, when I used, used to post them before I had any fame I'll post them yeah girls with response to the story will be like oh this is so cute or like whatever especially if it's like you know another like a single mom or something you know maybe feel more comfortable with you yeah well you know we ought to get together you know have our kids have a play date but I tried that once my son hated it my
Starting point is 01:09:54 son hated it really hated that other kid I wanted I dated a girl for like two months and she had a kid her kid was cooler but like man my son son hated that he would tell me he's like I don't want to hang out with them he likes being the only child yeah he has uh two sisters right through his mom yeah mom uh had two more kids after him and so like he's cool to his sisters you know whatever like yeah he has a lot of only child syndrome no it ain't that as you he wants all this time to be with you he does yeah he does like that's what that is because you said he doesn't have a problem with his other siblings but the siblings are not around
Starting point is 01:10:32 when he's with you. Yeah, well, it's just me and him. He good. He wants your undivided attention. Yeah. Which I love it. I mean, I'm for it. Good luck, getting married, having a girlfriend,
Starting point is 01:10:44 having another kid. Good luck with that. We'll see how it goes. Are you type one diabetic? Yeah, type one. When did you realize you have it? It was like six. Really?
Starting point is 01:10:57 Yeah. So you had juvenile diabetes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why does it say it like that, June? That sounds like I was like a bad kid. He's diabetic and he don't know how to act.
Starting point is 01:11:07 He's diabetic and he steals. I guess kid diabetes with it. So how have you had, I mean, how did that impact you as a child? Man, I think that made me feel weird a lot. You know what I mean? Like, I didn't want other kids to know or to ask me about it, but they would. Because like every grade, grade pretty much 10 minutes before whatever our lunch time was, I would have to go to the
Starting point is 01:11:35 nurse's office to, like, check my sugar and take insulin. And so kids, like, I would hate it. I would be, like, on edge because I would hate it. I was just anticipating the day that one of my classmates would be like, why do you leave early? Yeah. I have to tell them now. But for the most part, they would be like, oh, okay, and then, you know, they wouldn't really ask too much about it. But yeah, I definitely felt like a little weird in some classes. As I got old there, I got over it, you know what I mean? With the certain things that you couldn't eat because it would drop your insulin level or it would spike it? It was spiking, you know? I have to learn to like, I have to be very, like I have to know my body and how it reacts and so I have to feel
Starting point is 01:12:21 a lot. Like I could feel it when my sugars getting low. I could feel it when it's getting high. Some diabetes can't feel it. Right. and some can. Like, I'm very sensitive to it. So, like, yeah, there'll be times where we're at school and, like, they're doing a pizza party with snacks and cupcakes and everything. And they'll be like, why aren't you eating a cupcake?
Starting point is 01:12:38 And I'll be like, oh, I just don't want one. And you really want what? Yeah. Or there'll be other times where I'm eating one and one of the kids that already knows I'm diabetic because he's just looking out from me, but now he's putting me on the spot. He's like, you can't eat that.
Starting point is 01:12:50 Don't let him eat that. I was just like, bitch, let me get away with a cupcake. So you have one of the, those things on that you check with your phone, do you check it all the time? No, I'm trying to get one, but I got this shitty insurance right now. They can't even get the damn appointment
Starting point is 01:13:04 with the doctor, but anyway, I'm working on that right now. So, but I'm trying to think, is there a lot of sweets in a Hispanic diet? Man, there's a lot of lard and flour and milk. So I was thinking like,
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Starting point is 01:17:09 What that means is, you know, he used to cheat on my grandma in the Latin. So I have an uncle that my mom found, I think on Facebook maybe. So it's like her, what do they call it, estranged brother? Yes. He was raised by his mom, my grandpa's side chief. So that uncle was the only other relative with diabetes. My mom has it now, but she didn't get it to like adulthood. And I think my uncle did too, but like, I was the only one.
Starting point is 01:17:37 Everybody was like, how did he get diabetes? Like, no, there's no family history of it. And then we found out that it's on my grandpa's side. We found out through his bastard children. You mentioned one of your friends, Kim Flores. He died at age of 28 of cardiac arrest. When you received that call, it's horrible. 28.
Starting point is 01:17:59 We're the same age, me, Ken, and Renee. Okay. I mean, there was, I feel like there was something special about the three of us just because we were three Hispanic comedians, the exact same age, all three born in 96. Ken was from Chicago, he was Chicago, and then later on moved to Aurora. So he's from Chicago area. Moved to Aurora, Colorado? Ken did, yeah.
Starting point is 01:18:24 Okay. Ken moved there when he was a kid from Chicago. Okay. Which is, I mean, it's basically the same. Maybe not to them, you know, but for outsiders, I'm like, it's out of Chicago. Yeah, right. Renee being from California, from, like, L.A. area, being from Texas, even though we're from three different parts of the map, I felt like we all come from, like, this similar background.
Starting point is 01:18:47 We all grew up, Mexican as hell, you know, probably crazy-ass families, maybe a little traumatic. But we all grew up with the same dream and we started popping off around the same time. And so I feel like that really brought us closer together. So, yeah, it sucked, man, when I got that call. I was immediately worried about Renee because Renee and Ken were super, super close. Right. Torn together all the time. And I was on Alcatraz.
Starting point is 01:19:14 I went on that tour. I had been on it. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Yeah. I love going to San Francisco. Shout out to... Oh, I thought you was talking
Starting point is 01:19:22 about the immigration thing that they're talking about. No, no, that wasn't a thing yet. Yeah, I was like, how did you get on that? This was back in January. And I had just did a set with Renee and Ken
Starting point is 01:19:37 like not even a whole week before. Me and Renee and Ken were working on a tour together. We're working all the details to tour together. together and they you know our agents our managers routed this had this whole route to schedule all the details all the commissions everything right and the day that we're supposed to like sign off like the three of us each put our
Starting point is 01:20:05 signature on there the tour is set yeah was the day that we heard Ken And it sucked. I remember I was in San Francisco and I got and I got off the Zoom meeting with some people from FX because they saw me. They came to my show in
Starting point is 01:20:28 LA. I did a pop-up show in LA. I just filmed the Hulu special. I filmed the Hulu special the next day I go to L.A. Just to hang out and start working on new material. And I booked this show right there in L.A. and Renee comes
Starting point is 01:20:43 and he brings Ken and I'm like hey I told both of them I was like I'm gonna go on stage for like 10, 15 minutes and then I'm gonna bring y'all on stage and they're like nah nah it's your show bro
Starting point is 01:20:54 we just came to support and hang out and I was like nah that y'all are here like y'all have to like y'all have no option right and so we go on stage we end up doing like an hour
Starting point is 01:21:05 and a half getting drunk on stage bullshit it with the audience right I mean and there's a moment It's like, it was like something out of a movie, how everything's so dramatic, because there's like a moment we're on stage
Starting point is 01:21:18 and me and René are talking about how much we love Ken. And we're sandwiching him, we're hugging him. Like, you know, and a few days later, I'm in San Francisco and I have, and FX, the people from FX, the executives were at that show. I forgot they were at that show. I'm like, man, they heard us say so much stupid shit on there. I was like, probably didn't even like you.
Starting point is 01:21:42 So a few days. later I'm in San Francisco and we're in this email talking about how like hey like we need y'all to sign off on the tour days like as soon as if y'all like it because me Ken and Renee agreed that like nothing can be like nothing can move forward until the three of us talk and agree on it right so they're like hey did y'all talk about it yet they like I'm like I talked to Renee but I talked to Kane yeah I'm gonna talk to him later today like we'll see you know so I write back that email like yeah I'm gonna talk to them yeah I don't worry about it
Starting point is 01:22:15 then I hop on the Zoom call with the people from FX and they're like man they're like they you know they start off with the basic conversation how'd you get into comedy do you want to write with her and then they kind of switch gears and they're like hey they're like you and Renee and Ken on stage like that was really funny like that was hilarious they're like do you guys want to work more together like what do y'all got planned and I'm like man we're about to go on tour together right like We're about to sign off on that shit. We're about to go on Twitter again.
Starting point is 01:22:44 They're like, would you ever want to make a movie, write a show? And you know, when a comedian has his own show, it takes a lot of work. It's a lot of writing, months and years of writing, and yeses and knows here and there, you know what I mean? And that, I remember that lady straight up. She hadn't cussed the whole Zoom call. I was afraid to cuss because, you know, so like. Professional, yeah. But she started because she was like, y'all were funny.
Starting point is 01:23:07 She was like, if y'all ever wanted to make a show, y'all just write it. I'll make that shit happen. And I was like, damn. Like, I had no interest in the show, but I know Renee likes that stuff. I was like, I'm going to tell them, like, maybe they'll want to do that shit, we'll see. And so I'm like, yeah, I'm going to talk to them later today.
Starting point is 01:23:23 Like, today we have a meeting. So, like, I'm going to talk to them. And, yeah, man, to kill time, I go do that Alcatraz tour later that day. I always like that tour. I've been on it like three times. Okay. And I get the call as the tour is over.
Starting point is 01:23:37 Like, I'm waiting for the boat to come back to take it back. And I get the call about Ken. And, man, it felt like that boat was never going to f*** in the ride. Like, I just felt like I'm sitting on this stupid-ass island. Like, I don't even want to be there. But I also don't even know where to be. Like, I don't know what to do. And, yeah, like, I'm not making none of this up.
Starting point is 01:23:55 This is like, it sounds dramatic. But I remember just sitting on that boat on the way back in San Francisco, man, I see these three, like, sea, like, seagulls flying following the boat. And then one of one just goes off and then two goes this way. And I should just maybe burst into tears, man. Like, damn. But Ken was so cool and so funny. Like, I have to remember, and I know Renee feels the same way.
Starting point is 01:24:18 And like, I have to, even though we're sad, he's gone, I have to just focus on the time we did get with him and like be grateful for what we had with him. Right. You know? And his parents are so cool. I met his parents. I didn't meet his parents until after he passed away,
Starting point is 01:24:33 but they're very positive. Right. Mom was always smiling. His mom came out on stage and just. Awesome. She was, man, she was so cool. His family is so cool. cool. Everybody that I've met
Starting point is 01:24:42 that was a part of his team. It's just he had the best people around them. Transitioning. You can talk about hookers? No, no, no. The relationship between your community and my community.
Starting point is 01:24:58 There seems to be differing of opinions. Some says it's okay. Some says it's not. We see right now what's going on with the mass deportation. And they're like, Well, we need our black brothers, which is people to look like me, to be supportive. I think that's up to each individual on the own.
Starting point is 01:25:22 This is my personal opinion. I'm not saying like this is how people need to think or nothing like that. Personally, I feel like, and again, I cannot emphasize this enough. This is an opinion of a comedian who makes stupid juvenile diabetes jokes. Don't take me too serious, y'all be crucifying me for my stupid-ass little opinions. I don't think that just because you're of a color, you're obligated to support one person or another, I've met black Republicans, I've met black liberals, like, where support who you want support, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 01:26:05 I remember like when the Black Lives Matter protests were going on, it's like if you kind to stay silent, it kind of, it kind of looked bad, you know what's suck, you know what I mean? And like, not that I was out there protesting, but I do feel, I know, I know who I was in support and like what I was doing to support, you know what I mean? But now that it's like this, it's like, well, I don't think because you're black, we need you to support, but I think, hey, if you really are a supporter of, like, what's going on with, like, us in our situation, like, whether you're black, Chinese, whatever, like, like white people like I like I like to see it I appreciate it from when I see it
Starting point is 01:26:47 but I do think it's a little like when I see like black people be like man deport them I'm just like damn bro well I mean the thing is I think I look at it like this you got what you voted for if somebody tells you this is what I'm going to do you can't be surprised when they do what they said they ran on that Yeah, and I'm not going to sit here and be mad at like a black person who's supporting Trump because it's like, I'm not going to see here and be like, bro, but you're black, you've got to understand me. Like, nah, like, I got, I don't know, there's Mexican, like, you've seen it. Especially in Texas, there's so many Mexican Trump supporters and that really has my mind.
Starting point is 01:27:27 I'm like, you know what he's like said he's going to do it, it's going to break up families and X, Y, and Z? Yeah, and I don't like, I mean, my main, I don't care like I'm saying. Like, I don't care if you, I don't care what race you are. Support who you want to support. Absolutely. The only one that does, like, confuse me is when, when Mexicans are so hard on the border laws. Like, bro, like, we didn't get here 400 years ago. Right.
Starting point is 01:28:02 A lot of our people are just immigrated here. Like, you've been here like a generation and you already want to close the border. Like, bro, that's like if you just walked in the club and you're like, y'all should close now. Right. I'm here. Yeah, well, that's what that has to have. Well, I'm up here, so I take, I'll pull the ladder out the way. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:28:18 So that way you, hey, I'm here. What makes you so special, bro? I see, I get what you're saying. I totally understand. I totally understand. That's the, that's why with Mexicans, when they go super Republican, that's why I'm like, that's the only time I'm confused. Everybody else, I'm like, all right, do you. I'm sure you have your reason.
Starting point is 01:28:34 I get what you saying. What can they expect on the Hulu special? a whole lot of tomfoolery just jokes personal stories some observations some opinions I think you can expect to laugh I think you can expect to laugh
Starting point is 01:28:50 my Netflix special Nate Bargotsi gave me some good advice he's like hey put all your best jokes out there and the pressure to need more jokes is going to make you write more jokes so that's that's what I did on my Netflix that's what I did on my Hulu Personally, I might catch some backlash for saying this.
Starting point is 01:29:13 I think I like the jokes on my Hulu one better. Really? Yeah. Because my Netflix one, I was still so nervous. I was still getting used to having a following. My Hulu one, I feel like I got to go back to just be in my normal self. Right. I was like, the person who I am, it took me a while.
Starting point is 01:29:36 to like be comfortable being that on camera so when I got on Netflix I'm like oh I want to show them this because I want them to know I'm this or I don't want them to know I'm that right on Hulu I'm like look bro this is me like this who what you see is what you get what you see so like my Hulu special I'm a little more comfortable with it right I don't know how much y'all gonna respond to it I think it's better than my first one wow so I hope y'all enjoy it why do you want to be buried in pajamas Because I never, I never walked around in suits. I mean, what about, you know,
Starting point is 01:30:12 cons and, you know, black jeans and a T? I don't know. My biggest fear is that the afterlife, you have to wear the clothes you were buried in, whether I'm in, like, heaven or hell. I just want to be comfortable. You also said babies should be made to wear suits at the beginning because first impression is everything.
Starting point is 01:30:35 Yeah. Well, I mean, it's a little, like, if I go to the hospital to see your newborn baby, it needs to be an impressive baby. So, we need a little double-breasted suit. Welcome to the world, kid. You start earning your keep. Oh, man. Ralph Barbosa. Thank you, bro.
Starting point is 01:30:55 Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Yeah, big hands. Help me catch football. Hustle paid the price Want a slice Got the roll of dice That's why all my life
Starting point is 01:31:11 I've been grinding on my life Look All my life Been grinding all my life Sacrifice Hustle pay the price Want a slice Got the roll of dice
Starting point is 01:31:20 That's why All my life I've been grinding on my life I've been grinding on my life Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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