Dear Chelsea - Try Harder with Matteo Lane
Episode Date: January 5, 2023Comic Matteo Lane joins Chelsea in NYC to talk about his love of ghost hunters, why he never wants to graduate from comedy, and the absolute worst thing you can do to a lasagna. Then: A dinner party... disaster causes a rift in a friendship. A gay man struggles to enjoy the backdoor. And a newlywed agonizes over her mother-in-law’s drunken antics - which ruined her wedding. * Check out Matteo’s new Advice Special here. * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at DearChelseaPodcast@gmail.com * Executive Producer Nick Stumpf Produced by Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brandon Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Podcast author, or individuals participating in the Podcast, and do not represent the opinions of iHeartMedia or its employees. This Podcast should not be used as medical advice, mental health advice, mental health counseling or therapy, or as imparting any health care recommendations at all. Individuals are advised to seek independent medical, counseling advice and/or therapy from a competent health care professional with respect to any medical condition, mental health issues, health inquiry or matter, including matters discussed on this Podcast. Guests and listeners should not rely on matters discussed in the Podcast and shall not act or shall refrain from acting based on information contained in the Podcast without first seeking independent medical advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oh, Happy New Year, everybody. It's 2023.
Happy 2023.
Whoever thought we'd make it this far?
Oh, my God. I did. I did. I'm so excited about 2023.
Only because of my Asterian astrologist.
What are you looking forward to?
Oh, just life, you know, all of the things.
What are you looking forward to in 2023, Catherine?
Oh, I am looking forward to doing a lot of hiking this year.
I'm very excited.
We just moved.
We're right at the base of the mountains and I'm ready to get after it.
Wow.
Hiking.
Good for you, Catherine.
I am not looking
forward to hiking this year. That is not something that I am thinking about at all. So I'm glad that
you brought that up. You like to go downhill very fast on skis, not uphill, right? Yeah, exactly.
That's right. I like to go downhill. That's what I've discovered about myself. But speaking of
it, you've been in Whistler, which is your happy place. Yes. Yes, I am. But I'm home now because I have to come home to do some press for my special Revolution,
which is out on Netflix.
Yeah.
And I'm doing press for that.
And then I'm hosting the Critics' Choice Awards next week.
So I'm here in town for a while.
I had to leave my happy place, which I'm not normally accustomed to doing in the wintertime.
I like to go for winter.
But, you know, that's okay.
I have to work because I like to go for winter. But you know, that's okay.
I have to work because I want to work. Our guest today is a really funny comedian, and he is going to make you laugh. And you can watch his advice special on YouTube. It's called,
well, it's called the advice special, and it's on YouTube. And it's Matteo Lane is the page. So
he's got mad skills. He's got tons of different skills. I mean, he speaks a bunch of different languages.
He's an artist.
He's like a chef.
He's hot.
He's gay.
And he sings opera.
So suck on that.
Matteo Lane is here, everybody.
And if you don't know who he is, you need to find out because you need to follow him
on Instagram.
This is a very talented comedian.
He's a flaming homosexual. And I say that because,
yeah, well, you can't see him, but you can't see what he's doing. But I say that because he is one.
And he is so talented. Actually, you know what he did for me recently, Catherine? I haven't told
this story yet. It was Gwyneth Paltrow's 50th birthday this year. So her assistant, Kevin,
had reached out to everyone asking for a sketch of how we see Gwyneth, to draw something of how we see Gwyneth.
And I'm like, that's like asking me to pump breast milk, you know?
Like, I was like, what?
And I remember that Matteo is not a cartoonist.
I was an oil painter and fashion illustrator for years. Like TV commercials and fashion ads and stuff.
It was how I moved to New York.
That's so crazy.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah, from the Midwest.
Where are you from?
From Chicago.
From Chicago.
Yeah, Chicago, of course.
You're from Arlington Heights specifically.
My husband is from Palatine.
Is he?
Yeah.
What high school did he go to?
He went to Palatine High School.
Okay, work.
Awesome.
Yeah.
And I'm from Oswego, Illinois.
Oswego.
I've heard of Oswego. Is that from a movie, Oswego, Illinois? Well, there's an Oswego, New York, and then an
Oswego, Illinois, maybe. Sounds like a Greek food. Yeah, it sounds like a yeast infection.
Yeah. I was based out of Chicago last week, a couple weekends ago, because I had four shows
in like Rosemont, then Rockford, then Minneapolis, and then some other city. So I was
just like, I'm so at the end of my rope with my tour in terms of energy sucks. So we just based
ourself out of Chicago and just flew each time to wherever I drove because one place was like a half
hour away because I'd already done the city of Chicago. So we spent four days in Chicago and I
was so fucking happy. I was so happy in my hotel
room. I was acting like a, like a little big girl. Like I had finally had my, cause I, I,
I just need compact things. So I had this beautiful hotel room, but I was treating it like I had just
become an adult and I was organizing my underwear and my socks in the drawers. I was like, you're
here for four nights. Get comfortable. Pack your bags. And then I was organizing my medications and my makeup.
And I was like, oh, my God, you're like, it's like you have a dollhouse and you're playing home.
Yeah.
And then I realized Amy Schumer was at the Chicago Theater the same night because we were texting one morning.
And she's like, oh, are you in Chicago?
I'm like, are you in Chicago?
And, of course, we were like two ships in the night.
So a lot of comedy comes out of Chicago people.
And we have the person here to prove it, Matteo Lane. So I was introduced to Matteo, I don't know, a year ago, maybe probably a little
bit more than a year ago. And I'm in love with you. And everyone who meets you is in love with
you because you're just such a joy and such a gift. And I can't wait for the whole world to
fucking find out about this person. But I forgot to tell you, or maybe I did tell you that Gwyneth
texted me and she was like, Yelsey, that's what she calls me. She goes, I can't believe that you drew this.
This is amazing. And I was like, I said, Esther, that's what I call her. I go, Esther, I have to
be honest. I did not draw that. I had a friend do it for me because this was an assignment that was
way outside of my wheelhouse.
But anyway, Mateo, tell us about yourself.
I want to know, okay, so you moved here to become what you said earlier.
I don't want to butcher it.
You moved here to... Well, I started doing comedy in Chicago probably like 12 years ago.
At Zany's?
Actually, the first show I did was in a gay club.
What a surprise.
No, I'm sorry.
Actually, the first time I did was in a gay club. What a surprise. No, I'm sorry. Actually, the first time was in a bar and 34 members of my family came to watch me do three minutes.
He's from a big Italian family.
Are they in the mafia?
I love that.
My grandma's family probably was.
Yeah.
But not anymore.
Just like nice Italians.
Yeah, sometimes you outgrow the mafia, I think, right?
I think you have to.
Otherwise, you're all in prison.
Yeah.
I did three minutes on Marty DeRosa's show,
he ran some show where the whole point of the show
was like you would win like sex toys or something.
I don't know.
But it was a really fun show.
I did three minutes
and I think I was just impersonating Kathy Griffin
because that's all I knew of stand-up at that time.
And I had a great time.
It was fun.
I was addicted immediately.
Yeah. Well, you put out so much material. I mean, you love to get was fun. I was addicted immediately. Yeah.
Well, you put out so much material.
I mean, you love to get on stage, right?
I do.
I was just talking to a comic the other day about this,
where it's like when you start in comedy,
you feel like the community is huge,
and then slowly but surely,
everyone sort of peels off into their own world.
Like some become writers or producers,
and they eventually give up comedy,
and you're just left with,
oh, God, it's just me and three other people I remember at open mics still doing stand up yeah in a weird way you know and I enjoy I really love doing stand-up like I love being on
stage I love writing jokes I love the the lifestyle of the comedians I love the cellar table I love
everything I'm obsessed with it I love all of it there's not a part of me that's like, I'm doing this until I get a TV show.
I'm very happy to be known as a comedian.
Oh, that's interesting because I would definitely say that I'm the opposite.
When I was starting out, I was like, I'm doing this until I get a TV show.
And then I was like, oh, I'll continue to do it.
And then I burnt myself out so hard that I had to take a break from it because I just went so hard.
And, like, with the show, with writing books, with being on tour, I don't even know how I did it when I think about that.
I don't know how you did it because I'm exhausted without having a TV show.
And you had a TV show four days, five days a week?
How many times did you guys film?
Well, yeah, four nights a week we had it.
So you had four.
I was an open mic-er then, but my dream was to be on a Chelsea Handler
panel. Oh, well, it's still going to happen. We're going to bring a TV show back and you're
going to be on the panel. Really? Oh my God. I don't want to like blow smoke up your ass the
whole time. Don't, please don't. Skip it. Nobody needs to hear that. Skipped. Well,
let's blow smoke up your ass, okay? Great. And many other things. Yeah, exactly. Let's get your
asshole primed and ready. Excuse me, listeners. Okay, we're going to get graphic here.
But how many languages do you speak, Matteo?
The way I speak English, I speak Italian.
Spanish, really proficient.
I mean, if you don't speak Spanish, I'm fluent.
If you speak Spanish, you're like, wow, he's really good.
Even though I have an Italian accent.
I sound like Mario and Luigi.
Okay.
And French and then some German.
Okay, some German. So like And French and then some German. Okay.
Some German.
So like five-ish in that world.
German is a tricky language for me because I'm a Jew.
So that hurts my ears a little bit.
I'm still not down with it. It hurts anyone's ears to be perfectly honest with you.
They were like, I was doing this citizen thing because you could get citizenship.
You know, like I have a house in Spain so I can get Spanish residency.
But because my mother was a German who fled from the war after the war, I'm able to get German citizenship.
So we've been working like my assistant has been working with this like customs attorney or immigration attorney for a couple of years to get my German citizenship.
And then when we all came down to it, I was like, OK, Canada, Spain.
I just always want some exit strategy just in case Donald Trump Jr. becomes elected one day. By the way, and then finally, the other day I'm at the Spanish consulate with
my assistant and we're like, he has to come with me to the appointment because I'm so useless by
myself. And we're sitting there and then he goes, okay, so for your German citizenship, and I was
like, do I really want a German citizenship? And he's like, well, I think you do. And I'm like,
I don't know. I just don't know. Well, Berlin's a very cool international city. They seem to have repented.
And they have definitely repented. Yeah. They take accountability for what the hell happened.
When you go to Berlin on every corner, there is a memorial talking about what happened in the
Holocaust. And there are terrible, horrifying museums that everyone should have to go to
to understand exactly what did happen and those atrocities.
Actually, I had a girlfriend that just came back, Jamie Makeup, Jamie Greenberg.
She came back from her Israel birthright trip.
And it was so funny.
She's like, you know, there's only 15 million Jews in the world.
And I was like, what?
I go, that's not right.
15 million.
And she's like, yeah, Chelsea.
And then I Googled it.
And I was like, oh, my God, that is scary.
I mean, that's why Jewish people have to say to everybody anytime they say anything, shut up.
That is not a lot of people.
No, that's not a lot of people at all.
I think the population of Italy is like 80 million and that's considered a small country.
And you just came back from Italy again.
Do you go there pretty often?
Probably like four times a year.
How fun is that?
It's great. I have like a whole group now? Probably like four times a year. How fun is that? I know.
It's great.
I have like a whole group of friends there that I hang out with.
Really?
We have three-hour dinners
and I roll cigarettes
even though I don't know how to
and just do passeggiato
and I'll do shows in Italian
with Francesco Di Carlo
who's like a great Italian comedian.
I, like you,
want to find a house in Rome.
I want to live in Italy for a little bit.
Oh, you will.
You totally will.
That's so cool. Yeah.
Yeah. And so how do you have to switch it up? Do you have to switch it up because it's a different
language? I mean, yeah, because one time the first time I went to Italy and I tried to just translate
without writing any new jokes, I was an idiot. I had this joke that like an old joke of mine about
how I went to Starbucks and they asked for my name and I said it was Matteo and she turned around and
made my drink and she literally wrote potato.
And my thought process was like, okay, when you hear potato, you stop writing on the cup.
That is when you say, I'm sorry, it's been a long day.
What is your name?
So I was like, I'll just say that.
So I started saying it in Italian.
I was in Florence, I think.
And I was like,
I was like, oh, they don't rhyme in Italian also they don't have Starbucks
in Italy so they don't even know what I'm talking about
and just a bunch of stares and then I
quickly turned into an 80s comic and I was like
the difference between Americans and Italians
are like the most hack shit in Italian
but I was just like wow I was not
prepared for the fact that I can't do any of my British
bake-off jokes.
You know what I mean?
Like I have to figure this out.
But what I find interesting about Italian audiences is that they all clap instead of
laugh, really.
They just sort of clap.
And I'm like, I don't know if they're being really polite or they're trying to acknowledge
they understand me, but there's a lot of clapping going on and I'm going to need more laughing.
Yeah, it sounds more like the Olympics.
It does.
Like holding up 7.8.
Yeah, when they're at the end,
when they dismount off of the thing,
they're like, choo-choo-choo-choo-choo,
like clapping.
Yeah.
Although if they were laughing at the Olympics,
that would be really fucked up.
Especially after how hard those people have worked.
So you go to Rome and you hang out.
What do you go for, two weeks, three weeks?
How long were you here this past time?
I was there for a week.
I brought my guy Chris, Chris Couser, who does all my social media stuff.
And we did this whole beautiful documentary of my life in Rome.
And we put it up on my YouTube page.
And we're going to have different episodes.
I cooked with this chef Luciano.
He showed us how to make carbonara.
And we had my friend Edna show us how to make risotto alla zafferone.
And all this fun cooking stuff.
And I had a fucking blast.
Oh, my God.
What a life.
You're totally going to have a place there.
I hope so.
I need to find an Italian husband is what I would like.
Well, what's the gay scene in Italy?
Do people get married there or do they just date?
Like New York, the gay scene is, I think, well, LA.
Yeah, it's very chaotic.
I mean, I feel like Midwestern, I mean,
I feel like it's true for all stereotypes for parts of the country. Like it feels like Midwestern
gays are a lot calmer than either coast of gays. And LA gays are just, it's too much. It's too
much. They're so, not too gay. They're too mean to each other. There's a lot of, it's all about
the way you look. It's all
about what you have to offer. And it's all about your standing in society. It's brutal.
Yeah. It would be like, it would be like living in a Lucky Charms box that's judging you. I mean,
that's sort of how I view West Hollywood. But, you know, to tell you the truth, I don't know.
I've been so, since doing standup, I have been in a way so removed from gay nightlife, which is not the only way gays go out, obviously.
But I'm just saying, stereotypically speaking, gays who go out and go to clubs and go to stuff, all I do is stand-up and hang out with comics.
And I did find that my self-esteem is a little better because I do find if I walk into a club, my first thought was, how do I look? Do I look good enough? Are they judging me?
Like, there's just, it's a lot of my insecurities come up. Not that it's actually happening. But if I walk into the comedy cellar, I know they respect me for my intellect. And we're going to sit down
and we're going to get messy and we're going to talk and me and Keith Robinson are going to scream
at each other and like have a fun time. So now to tell you the truth, like I haven't, I don't even
know how to go out in the gay scene anymore. Like I can't tell if I'm feeling left out or if I've purposed.
I don't know what.
I'm, like, in this weird.
I live like a straight comic in a way.
Do you know what I mean?
Well, I think that's, I mean, you raise an interesting point because I think stand-up really calcifies a different set of confidence.
Like, you have so much more to offer.
So you start identifying or when you're
going to label yourself, that becomes like the first label instead of the second or the third.
When you're stand up and that's your whole life and that's what you're known for. I think your
identity, it's like, I remember growing up, I didn't want to ever be just thought of as a dumb
blonde. You know, I wanted people to take me seriously. Now people take me a little too seriously.
You know what I mean?
I'm like, wait, no, but I'm cute too.
No, I'm not scary.
Everyone's like, she's scary.
I'm like, wait, I want to be that blonde again that wasn't that bright or loud or whatever.
But I think that stand-up cultivates, yeah, you're just confident.
I mean, it's badass to get up there and fucking by yourself with a microphone.
It is.
Now I'm so comfortable with it.
Do you ever get that feeling where you're walking out and there's thousands of people waiting for you and you're like,
what am I going to have for dinner tonight?
You know what I mean?
It's so normal now, which is good.
I think that's the best performance comes from it being completely normal on stage. I don't think nervous energy that always audiences pick up on
if the comic is nervous, so to speak.
But, yeah, I don't know.
I think audiences pick up when a comic is nervous.
I think so, for sure.
It's like an owner who's carrying their dog,
and they say the dog can feel if you're nervous.
Like they tense when you get tense.
Yeah, of course.
It's hard to see someone nervous.
Like it's not a pleasant feeling.
Nobody enjoys that
no
Matteo could also sing opera by the way
he's an opera singer
he's I mean what can't you do
date
that's about it
we're gonna find you a date on this podcast
we've hooked up a lot of people on this podcast
really
yes we actually have
yes
oh you guys we should set me up then
I'm looking for a hot man that hates me
and specifically people who wrote in being like I loved his intellect when I heard him on the podcast because obviously they can't see anybody. But also, yeah, if you're listening to this, because obviously we
have no straight men listening to this.
If you have,
if you're listening to this and you think, what kind of guy, tell me
about what kind of guy you think you're looking for.
Because I've been around you and I've seen you with a couple
of different guys and it's hard to pinpoint
a type, which I can recognize in myself.
I also don't have a type. Right.
I'm the older I get.
I'm sort of more interested in someone who's
going to make me laugh. Yeah. I mean, I know that sounds so dumb, but it is true. I'm sort of over
like my insecure 20s where I think I need someone hot to validate me in any kind of way. Like I'm
really just sort of interested. Like, does this person have anything interesting to talk about?
Yeah. And also, I think when you're a comic and you're already in like innately funny person i don't think that it necessarily you don't need
someone actually to make you laugh you need somebody who gets the joke yes like you don't
have to make the joke but you have to be in on the joke and you can't not get the joke right
because that's a turn off because it's the worst when you're when you really do have something
funny and you say it to your partner and they stare at you and you think, damn it. I wish I was with
other comics or my friend. Yeah. I sometimes I see relationships of people, gay couples,
and they travel with each other and they're with each other and they're best friends. And it's so
foreign to me. I've not had that experience yet in terms of dating where like the person's
legitimately my partner or best friend. So I do feel quite independent that way. Like, I don't know. I also now I'm so independent. I
don't know how I would customize my life for somebody else. Yeah. But that always works itself
out when you want it to. When you're really into somebody, you make compromises, you know,
you're like into them. And so that that isn't why is this bouncing up and down? It's like
reverberating just from
this. I have a screen over my microphone, you guys, and it's just been vibrating all morning
and I'm not even touching it. It's my mouth. My mouth is so powerful that it's forceful.
Oh God, yeah. Such a forceful mouth. But also somebody who takes themselves too seriously is
a hot, is such a turnoff. I think that goes hand in hand with lacking a sense of humor as people who take themselves too seriously.
That's never hot.
No.
Being funny is down on my list.
Because, of course, anyone who can make you laugh, it makes you laugh as sexy.
You like them immediately.
Anytime somebody can evoke that feeling from you.
He's laughing at my bouncy microphone.
These are like my boobies.
It's taking the place of my boobies, my screen.
I do like guys that are more shy.
I find myself more attracted to those who are introverts.
This last guy I was sort of seeing,
who I really liked and unfortunately didn't work
because of distance.
He was just like, I can't do long distance,
which I understand and I'm not here to change anybody.
But he was very shy.
And there was something about it that I kind of loved because I
I think I already get enough attention that I don't want to be with someone who also is seeking
a ton of attention like I'm also not even seeking attention outside of the stage does that make
sense yeah I sit at home and play fortnight I'm not trying to do anything you know so I like sort
of shyer guys more quiet guys yeah but don't you find more quiet guys have less to say?
Yeah, but when they start to open up is when I find it adorable.
Like this last guy was painfully shy.
And then as he opened up, I really got to see his sense of humor.
And then you almost feel more special because you're like, oh, wow, he's opening up.
Like something I've done something to help him open up.
And now he feels comfortable with me.
And I feel I have an insight on how this person functions in the world.
And I like their sense of humor.
Like, I enjoy that.
And how long did you guys date for?
Well, we dated and talked for, like, almost six months.
He lived long distance.
I met him when I was doing shows, and we just kept talking,
and then it turned into FaceTiming morning, noon, night.
Then we took vacations with each other, finally got to a point after like six months,
I was like, well, how do you feel about long distance?
And he was just honest.
He was like, I can't.
I have too many insecurities about that and I can't have someone who's far from me and
it's just not going to work.
And I was like, well, that's disappointing.
And so that's it?
That was it.
So what if you wanted to continue just seeing each other like on vacation?
That's not a thing?
To me, it probably wouldn't be great because it's like I really liked him and I expressed that and he liked me too.
And he even said like we could continue what we have.
And I'm like, well, I'm trying to make an investment.
I'm 36.
I'm trying to like make a foundation with somebody.
And so then it feels like I'm just giving you entertainment.
Right, right.
Which will make me resent you. And you'll feel cheap for that. I will feel giving you entertainment. Right. Which will make me resent you.
And you'll feel cheap for that.
I will feel cheap for that.
Right.
So the answer was no.
I want to bring up a good point because I don't think gay men are getting enough credit for nipping monkey pox in the butt.
Butt?
The saying is in the bud, but I'm going to change it to the butt for now.
It's an oxymoron.
It's how it started.
Because when the government came out, I was out to dinner with a few gay guys last night, as one does.
And they were like, yeah, we all got vaccinated right away when we found out about monkeypox.
And I was like, oh, my God, that's what happened.
Because I'm like, where's monkeypox?
I thought this was going to take off.
I was kind of looking forward to seeing what a shit show that was going to be, you know, in a real fucked up way.
Obviously, I'm glad it did take off.
And they're like, oh, it's us.
Gay men are so responsible that we all just nipped it in the bud before it became a thing.
Yeah, like most gays, we love it for something.
It becomes really big and then it's done.
There's my second monkey pox.
You can still see my second monkey pox shot.
Oh, wow.
I can't see it.
It was very interesting when that happened.
You know, at first it was like someone's like monkey pox is coming and all the gays were
like, girl, not monkey pox.
And then I met I had
five people in my life who had it and I was like okay I'm going to abstain from sex or if I do I
will have I'll be open and honest with my sexual partners and wait till the vaccine is available
and they said it it is 80 effective after four weeks and so I waited after four weeks so basically
July and August I just didn't have any sex which which might not sound like a lot, but to gay men, that's like,
yeah, I mean, no, I understand. Yeah. Yeah. That's almost like seven years to a regular person.
15. It's a long time. And I'm getting real tired of jacking off. So, you know,
sometimes I jack, I just do it like I'm going to the bank. I'm like, let's get this over with.
I just,
I'll pretend to be my own wife
and I'm like,
not tonight, honey.
I just can't.
I'm so over jacking off.
But yeah,
we all did nip it in the butt.
We did.
The rates have gone down
significantly.
No one's talking about monkeypox.
I still am talking about it
because I like,
I just,
I just can't believe
how discriminatory
that advisory was,
you know?
Yeah.
Like gay men are the only people that can, like, not the only people, but that's how you're going to get it by anal sex.
And it's like, first of all, regular people are having anal sex.
You know, non-gay people are having sex.
Like it's a trend.
It's on and people are into it big time.
And you'd be surprised if you didn't think you like it, you might surprise yourself and might like it a whole lot.
I have a lot of girlfriends in L.A. who casually are like, have you tried anal?
I'm like, oh, my God, really?
This is our conversation now?
I'm like, yes, I've tried anal.
Who hasn't tried anal?
My girlfriend's like, oh, my God, I love it.
I love it.
I'm like, first of all, shut up.
You sound like a fucking asshole.
No pun intended again.
You guys, honestly, this is like possessed.
Do you see this thing moving?
I am watching it.
I'm not touching the table or anything.
So it must just be.
We're haunted.
We're being haunted.
Bringing a ghost adventures show in here.
It's my favorite show, by the way, Ghost Adventures.
They've been on for 29 seasons.
They've not found a single ghost.
It is my favorite show.
So what are they called?
Hosted by this asshole
named Zach
and he says every episode,
my name is Zach
and I'm a demonologist.
And my joke is,
you know,
my parents were disappointed
when I told them I was gay.
I cannot imagine
if I had to sit them down
and be like,
mom and dad,
I'm going into demonology.
They'd be like, we'd rather you suck a dick.
At least it's there.
I mean, it is.
I will watch the Travel Channel is now just ghost shows.
That's it.
Zach Osborne has a ghost show.
Everyone's got one.
And I will watch it.
When I'm on the road, I turn on the Travel Channel
and just watch these assholes walk around houses for hours.
I love it.
It's so stupid.
So stupid.
And people love ghosts. Love it. They love outer
space. They love UFOs and they love aliens and ghosts. But UFOs, at least there's like a video
of a thing where like, well, what is that? That's a UFO. This ring light, that's a UFO.
That's a UFO. That's a ghost and that's a UFO. Yeah, I hate when anyone talks about anything like that.
I've felt the presence of what would probably be a ghost, but I would never even focus on it for more than 30 seconds.
Like my friend, I dated this guy who had a house up in Shelter Island and it was fucking haunted.
It was definitely haunted.
The vibe in there, the energy.
I was like, this is off.
The doors would shut all the time, slam all the time.
You'd hear footsteps creeping up the house. And I was like, this is off. The doors would shut all the time, slam all the time. You'd hear footsteps creeping up the house. And I was like, you're evil. I can tell that you're evil
and that your house is haunted. And that's why we're going to break up because you would have
a ghost in your house, you fucking weirdo. I definitely have felt that. But then people
really hyper focus on it. It's like, well, the ghost isn't going to get you. It's not going to
come and stab you. And also, we're never going to see them. No, we're not. We're never going to. My mom is Italian or Mexican. So if anyone is Italian or
Mexican, immediately you have multiple aunts in the family who speak to dead people. So, you know,
my mom has a sister that does. And it's just so funny to me. I don't believe in ghosts. Like,
no, at all. Not at all. I mean, but of course I'm scared. Like, I watched Insidious
the other night with Nicole Byer, and I literally was walking
home like, and I'm in
New York. What's Insidious? I missed that.
It was like 15 years ago, but it
is, like, the first two acts
of the movie are genuinely very scary.
It's about a kid who goes into
a coma, and
basically they find out when they get a psychic
that he's astral projecting
and the demon wants his body and he astral projected too far and the demon captured his
soul so now his body's just laying there and they have to go into that world and bring
him back.
Ah!
Chills.
It's so scary.
You have to watch it.
Astral projecting?
Yeah, like you sleep and you see yourself when you're sleeping.
So basically your soul leaves your body and you kind of walk around.
And the kid is four or five, so he thinks, oh, I'm having all these dreams.
Isn't that just sleepwalking?
No, but like the body's there.
His spirit's doing it.
Oh, okay.
Sorry.
It's like a meditation thing too, right?
Well, that is a meditation thing.
You're absolutely right.
When you meditate, because when you really get into deep meditation, you start to see your body sitting down or lying down and you can get away from it.
That's happened to me before for sure.
Well, make sure demons not coming to steal you.
I'm a ghost.
I'm a ghost that meditates.
Okay, so we've decided you like quiet guys.
That's pretty much it.
That's all we're looking for.
Funny, quiet. You can't pretty much it. That's all we're looking for. Funny, quiet.
You can't believe in ghosts. Sexually compatible. What does that mean, though? Sexually compatible?
You know, someone that turns you on, I guess. Well, chemistry. Chemistry. Yes, you're right.
That's the proper word. Yeah. Not the homosexual me being like sexual compatibility. Yeah,
like they have to like enjoy anal sex. I mean, that's a prerequisite for being gay, I think. Some don't.
No, that's true.
I have a friend who claims that he's never enjoyed anal sex.
We actually have a caller today about that very issue.
Oh.
Amazingly.
Oh, is it?
Okay, okay, great.
Thank you.
How apropos.
I guess this episode was curtailed for somebody.
It was curtailed.
Oh, that's perfect.
I love it.
Okay, well, let's get started.
We're going to give advice.
You know how this goes, right?
Yes.
We give advice.
Callers, people are fucking serious.
Okay.
So you have to put on your medical cap.
Got it.
Your psychiatry, psychologist, whatever.
I'll have my aunt's number on speed dial should we need to talk to ghosts.
I'm a farm-to-table gynecologist, so I'll take care of the female anatomy, and you're
going to take care of the male anatomy.
Got it.
And then any emotional problems, we'll just jump in together, all three of us.
Okay, I'm excited.
We'll take a quick break, and we'll be right back with Chelsea and Mateo.
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And we're back. We're back. Well, our first email comes from Rachel. For context,
she and her husband are about 35, and the couple friends in this email are late 20s, like 29.
Dear Chelsea, recently I had a friend and her husband over for what was supposed
to be a relaxing Sunday night dinner. I prepared homemade lasagna and a delicious tiramisu from
scratch. I would love to see that homemade lasagna, but go on. I am a good hostess.
Mateo already doesn't believe it. He doesn't believe it. He's like, no.
I'm a good hostess and always go above and beyond to make sure my house is spotless and my guests are comfortable.
I asked my friend what time they'd like to eat so that I could have dinner prepared accordingly.
She replied 6 p.m.
I worked for hours to shop, prepare, and cook the meal for everyone and had it ready by 6.
This already sounds annoying, by the way.
This sounds like someone who's already complaining about too much, but I'll stick with it. Yeah. You also got to have people come earlier
than you plan to eat. So you're not like sitting and eating right when they get there. But also
lasagna takes four hours to make anyways. Usually lasagna, if people come late, you throw it back
in the oven for 15 minutes and you serve. It's not like it's cut. We're not. Yeah. We're already
mad at her. I'm mad at the right. Yeah, I am too. Yeah, I hear you.
I'm vegan and my guests are not. So I prepared two lasagnas and shopped for ingredients that
I normally wouldn't buy for my household. My friend texted me at 5.52 saying they were just
leaving an event they attended earlier in the afternoon. At 6.30, she texted me again to let
me know she'd picked up her baby from the sitters and was en route to the house.
Chelsea, they arrived a whole hour later than they said they would like to sit down and eat.
Seven?
No, six.
There was the call time and they showed up at seven.
Yeah.
Pay attention, you fucking two, okay?
Fuck.
Okay, fine.
They show up, apologize, and we get ready to eat.
In an unfortunate turn of events,
her baby slipped and bumped his head. He was completely fine and uninjured, but this happened
on her husband's watch. She freaked out and proceeded to berate her husband in front of
me and my husband for the next 20 minutes. We decided to sit down and start eating.
They ended up leaving a little over an hour after they arrived. I felt completely offended that they were an hour late.
I feel that if they didn't have time to come to dinner, they shouldn't have accepted the invitation.
I also feel annoyed with my friend for choosing to react to a simple accident so negatively in my personal space.
If she needed to take a moment to collect herself, she could have gone outside or into another room to do so instead of subjecting everyone else to negativity like that.
When they left, I was angry with her. Should I confront her or just never invite them over again? Thanks for listening, Rachel. You go ahead, Matteo. Look, this woman should never mix with
Italians because Italians will be an hour late and they will fight in front of you. So make sure
she never books a ticket to Italy. And if she does, to avoid Italians at all costs. And Jewish people will also be late and argue in front of you.
I'm very comfortable.
I have 34 first cousins and we're all basically the same age.
So I grew up with lots of yelling and screaming in the house and food coming late.
But we also laughed a lot and ate really well.
I don't like people who are late, though.
That is a pet peeve of mine.
So I do back her on that. Like if you say you're going to be at six o'clock, get her at six o'clock.
That shit pisses me off. Okay. I have the opposite point of view. I don't care about the lateness. I
care about the arguing in front of people. I feel like that's inappropriate, but I also feel like
the way this letter was framed, she's, it's too much. It's just too judgy. Like, who gives a shit? First of all,
who's having dinner at six? Like, why? And if you're being a hostess, part of being a hostess
is being gracious to a degree, not to bend over backwards, you know what I mean? But someone
being late, fine, whatever. They had another situation. They had another event they were
coming from. And then fighting in front of you, I think, is the worst, more offensive infraction. But also, like, yeah, don't be friends with them.
Sounds like she rubs you the wrong way. Like, the whole tone of the letter means that you're
in a state of irritability. Yeah, you could confront her, but to what avail? Is it that
important of a friendship? If it's a really important friendship to you, yeah, you could
say something. I would focus on the fighting, not on the actual tardiness unless that happens again.
They have a kid.
You have to just kind of make accommodations for people sometimes.
And I just don't like being so anally retentive that I have all these rules about how you're supposed to behave as a guest.
Yeah, I don't like that either.
That kind of negates the friendship to begin with.
Like there's got to be room to move around.
You know, sometimes your friends are not going to do exactly what you want them to do.
So, yeah, I mean.
Also, meal-wise, do not make two different lasagnas.
That is a whole day operation.
Make something that takes the fresh ingredients you can put together that takes a half hour
so you can start cooking when they get there.
Who says we're going to eat at 6 and then expect them to get there at 6 and then come
in to sit down and start eating? Yeah, you walk through the door and sit down at the table. I
mean, that sounds annoying, too. Also, being a vegan is slightly annoying.
Like, here's the thing. If they were vegan, that would be one thing. But she's vegan. She could
have just cooked a vegan lasagna for everybody. Why not? I don't know. Let's not disgrace lasagna
any more than it was probably hard to disgrace in that oven that day anyways. You either make a lasagna or you don't. Stop it.
Once she heard about lasagna, he's like, yeah, I don't fucking believe this for one second.
Oh, I know she used cottage cheese. I know she didn't make bechamel. I know the red sauce is
from a can. I know that she didn't. I don't want to hear about it.
My mother is Mennonite and I'm from Illinois as well.
And my husband is half Italian.
His mom is North Side of Chicago Italian.
And that is one of the greatest
arguments of my marriage
is cottage cheese versus ricotta.
Who would put cottage cheese?
What side are you on?
She probably is on the cottage cheese side.
And I'll tell you why, Mateo.
Because this fucking bitch
takes hard-boiled eggs
in a big Ziploc bag on a plane.
That's what she does.
What are you doing to the rest of the flight?
No one wants to smell your hard-boiled eggs.
She's not allowed to fly on like four different airlines.
Get a protein bar.
A think bar.
I know.
I know.
She said to me, she came to Mallorca this summer, and she revealed this.
Like I wasn't going to have a reaction.
I said, excuse me, we just had gone off about bare feet on planes and how vile that is.
And then she reveals this and then sends me a photo to, you know, trigger me further of her holding a Ziploc bag with 12 hard-boiled eggs.
I said, hey, what are you doing?
She goes, it's protein.
I go, there's protein bars all throughout the airport.
You can get your protein in a variety of different ways.
You deserve to get protein powder thrown in your face and that's your protein for the airport. You can get your protein in a variety of different ways. You deserve to get protein powder thrown in your face
and that's your protein for the meal.
The weirdest thing is all of my friends,
like I posted a picture and so many of my friends were like,
oh, that time you had hard-boiled eggs,
it just like saved my life.
So many of my friends have memories of me
with hard-boiled eggs.
No, you're just remembering those. You're choosing to specifically remember the positive
outcomes of hard-boiled eggs instead of all of the negative domino effect instances and the hell
that you've put people through. It's selective memory. The fact that the TSA agents had to look
on their scanner and see 12 hard-boiled eggs go
through. I won't even eat a hard-boiled
egg, like, in a small space.
Like, you have to get rid of
the egg before you interact with the person. And also
you need, like, a five-minute window afterward.
You know what I mean? Where do you put the shells?
She probably takes the shells off before so that it all
smells even worse. No, actually, yeah, I usually do.
Yeah, yeah, she does. Listen,
she does. She's not taking the shells off.
They're peeled.
They're peeled.
It's quick, and then the bag gets sealed again.
But again, apologies.
You know what that reminds me of?
The scene in Airplane where Leslie Nielsen is it,
who keeps having hard-boiled eggs come out of his mouth,
and he keeps hatching eggs.
He's like, wah, wah, wah.
And even when he was doing that scene,
I'm like, this is so disgusting.
And those were shelled.
Yes, they were.
Because the cast and crew didn't want to smell hard-boiled eggs all day.
Well, I guess because humans lay shelled eggs.
Also, why cottage cheese?
It has no taste.
It's too wet.
And it's un disgraciato.
It's no taste. It's too wet. And it's un disgraciato. It's a disgrace.
That's how my mom's mom made it.
So that's how she made it.
But your mom's mom is wrong.
I know.
There's no way around it.
Yeah, you have no, I mean, Mennonite, what does that have to do with being Italian?
Well, we're not Italian.
That's what I'm saying.
Like, that's why we do it the wrong way.
Well, that's why you're using cottage cheese, though.
I mean, you said we're Mennonite.
Like, that's a backup for the cottage cheese.
None of this makes sense, Catherine.
Are you flavoring that?
What do you put in the cottage cheese?
Eggs.
Whatever you'd normally put into the ricotta mixture.
I'd like to hear what you normally put into it.
Well, okay, off from memory.
Eggs, oregano.
Oregano in a lasagna?
It's not a pizza sauce.
I fucking hate oregano. This is awful. I hate oregano. Oregano in a lasagna. It's not a pizza sauce. I fucking hate oregano.
This is awful.
I hate oregano.
And you know what else I don't like while we're on the topic of things that annoy me?
Rosemary.
I don't like rosemary.
No, I hate when...
I don't like cilantro.
Oh, yeah.
A lot of people don't like cilantro.
Rosemary when it's on chicken or potatoes.
That pisses me off because I love potatoes.
But when there's a rosemary, it's like this...
I used to work at this restaurant, Roasty, in Santa Monica, and they had rosemary chicken and potatoes.
And I would always be like, who thought up this dumb recipe?
And it was the biggest hit on the menu.
People fucking loved it.
And I was just like, ugh.
Rosemary reminds me of Christmas.
I guess it's that pine needle kind of like.
It does look like you cut up a Christmas tree and roasted it on some potatoes.
And smells a little bit like pine needles too.
I do like Greek potatoes, but all cooked in lemon and chicken fat.
Yeah, well, of course.
What do you have to say about that?
Chicken fat is where it's at.
What else do you put in it?
I'm sorry.
We were so rudely interrupted you because no one respects you anymore.
If I can interrupt, I want to also say that as I've known Catherine and her family,
they have some questionable variations on traditional food, like Italian food, obviously.
Why would you put cottage cheese in a lasagna?
That's ridiculous.
Oh, madone.
It's just flavor.
Ask her about the nachos, though.
What are Amish nachos, Catherine?
Let's just attack all my ethnic backgrounds.
So go on.
We've destroyed the Italian side.
Now let's move on to the Mexican side.
What have you done to them?
And just know that, obviously, it includes cottage cheese.
Ma-an again?
If my parents don't have, like, four tubs of cottage cheese in the fridge at every moment. It's like not enough.
So we lovingly call these Amish nachos. But in our family, we love to eat potato chips
with cottage cheese. That's that's how as a vehicle. I'm getting sick. I'm getting nauseous.
Honestly, this is so nauseating. I promise it's delicious. I had a boyfriend once. I'm just going to switch topics quickly. My boyfriend used to eat
potato chips, dip them in salsa, and that was an affront. I don't understand that. I was like,
whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing here? It's either ranch or straight up. You know what I mean?
You don't get to dip your potato chips in salsa. But then he would put so much salsa on the potato chip that that alone broke us up.
I was so disgusted after months and months of being exposed to this behavior.
I think we did it for years.
But at the end of it, I was like, they were like, what was the final straw?
I'm like, the potato chips and the salsa.
I was like, that's where I couldn't take it anymore.
It was so gross to see a potato chip dunked wholly in salsa.
Like the ratio didn't add up.
And they get soggy.
I broke up with a guy in college. He was beautiful, bright green eyes, like stunning. And I watched him
make cold spaghetti, heat it up and put sour cream all over it. And I literally called my cousin,
Megan. I said, I can't do it. No, no, no, no. Broke up with him. No, that's disgusting. Even now, I can't cook, but I know I can't cook.
And even when I try and make something basic, I know, like, there are rules not to break in terms of what, like, even my scrambled eggs is basically what I make, you know, on the regular.
And I know not to fuck around with that in a gross way, like, not to put too many things in.
Like, you can't put zucchinis and scrambled eggs
if you want vegetables. You can't put broccoli and scrambled eggs. All of that is gross. You
could put onions, you could put cheese, you could put tomatoes and spinach and that's it.
And then you have to draw the line. You also can't put them in a bag and bring them to the airport.
Okay, who's our next caller?
2025 is bound to be a fascinating year.
It's going to be filled with money challenges and opportunities.
I'm Joel.
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And we're the hosts of How To Money.
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Every decision, every moment feeds one of them.
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I know the power of small choices to turn your life around.
On this podcast, I sit down with thinkers, leaders, and survivors
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This podcast saved me.
It's like having a guide for the hardest parts of life.
The wolves are hungry.
What will you feed them?
Listen to The One You Feed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Well, our next caller is Marco. Marco says, Dear Chelsea and gang, I wanted to get your advice on a topic I
know is near and dear to your hearts, sex or lack thereof. As a 30 year old gay man, I have finally
come to the conclusion that I don't like sex. The thought of topping is a turnoff for me. And quite
frankly, I really don't like the idea of getting it from behind either. Ouch.
Don't get me wrong.
I have sex occasionally to meet a partner's needs, but so far it's not been enough to sustain any sort of lasting relationship.
Two months is the longest I've ever dated a guy.
This has made dating in the very daunting gay world a challenge. In the past, dates or short flings with guys always go well, but tend to go downhill once we hit the bedroom.
Yeah, obviously.
I'm shocked that two months, I mean, two months is like eight years for gay people.
Right, we talked about this.
That's good for him.
That's a long time in gay.
I get uncomfortable once we start having sex because I'm scared I won't be good at it or because I just might not be able to do it.
Most recently, I really hit it off with a guy.
We hung out almost every day for a few weeks straight, and he seemed to like me just as much
as I liked him. However, after a few unsuccessful attempts in the bedroom, he lost interest and
eventually he told me he didn't think he could foresee a future with me. He didn't tell me why,
but I can take a hint. Typically when dating, I'm not very upfront with my dates about being uncomfortable with sex.
In a world where sex is put at the forefront of all relationships, I'm very embarrassed about my lack of ability.
Please help.
Yours in Christ.
Just kidding.
Marco.
Good save, Marco.
Okay, Marco, how old?
You're 30?
Correct.
Yep.
Okay.
And so what about blowjobs?
Yeah, I'm all right with that.
It's definitely different.
I think with anal, like it's definitely more like uncomfortable with it.
Whereas blowjobs, not so much.
Okay.
But maybe your state of discomfort for it is because you haven't done it the proper way
or experienced it the proper way because you're attracted to men, right?
That's correct. Yes. And you don't like penetrating men? proper way or experienced it the proper way because you're attracted to men right that's
correct yes and you don't like penetrating men i'd prefer not to know because why just you can
be graphic if you need to be it's fine uh honestly like i just don't want to put my dick like where
shit comes out you know like maybe it's the cleanliness that's what the republicans say
yeah are you a republican i'm not
a republican don't worry about it i can understand that but well i guess mente you should probably
feel this line of questioning do you have anxiety like do you deal with anxiety generally speaking
like yes so you are full of anxiety right yeah definitely like an anxious person i've always been
yeah okay so so is it the actual act that repels you,
or is it the anxiety of having to please somebody else
or be involved sexually with somebody else
that gives you so much anxiety you feel you can't perform?
Honestly, I feel like it's definitely a mix of both.
The cleanliness, like I said, aspect to it.
Well, the cleanliness, it's like just make sure that either you douche or someone else douches,
which I hire a firehouse to come clean out my asshole before I have sex.
I mean, it's like, you know those things they use to clean the sidewalk in the morning in New York?
They're my best friends.
It's true.
I've been to his place when he's had an entire fire brigade there cleaning out his asshole.
Including the Dalmatian.
Yeah.
I think maybe, are you expressing this to your
partner, like partners you've been with? Like, look, I just want to let you know that I have a
lot of anxiety when it comes to anal. And if we are going to go there, I want to make sure that
you know that this is something that I'm having a hard time with. And then maybe just right off
the bat, being open about it will take some of the pressure away. And that's probably part of
the problem is that I'm not open about it. I always like you're open to a podcast where millions of people listen,
but not everybody, you know? Well, this is the first step. Yeah, this is a first step. I think
it's important. But I think, you know, when you're saying that you're anxiety ridden and that's a
base of your personality, probably then that is having a huge impact on your sexuality, right?
So the thing that like, what relaxes you? What do you do? What do you use as tools to relax you?
Not, I'm not talking about sex in this moment, but like in general, do you take anti-anxiety
medication? Does smoking weed relax you? What do you do? All of the above. I mean, I actually,
I just started taking some antidepressants, anti-anxiety medicine, and then marijuana also helps.
Alcohol, exercise, I'm big on that.
That always makes me feel so much better.
I think first and foremost, having more open conversations with people about it.
I think you're going to find that you're not alone.
I think other people probably feel that way.
Don't you think so, Mateo?
Yeah.
In the gay world, there's a whole spectrum of ways that people are interested in having sex. Like some people are highly sexualized, some people aren't.
And I don't think that you're not sexual. It sounds like you like all of that.
Yeah, I'm definitely attracted to them.
Yeah. I mean, so I think you want to work towards having a more healthy kind of sexual,
more sexual knowledge about yourself, worrying about what's in your asshole. Like everyone's
thinking about that, like everyone's thinking
about that, but everyone's still having anal sex. You know what I mean? I don't want anyone to have
sex with me in the butt and then hold their penis out and be covered in anything. Yeah,
that's a fear of mine, but that's not a reality. And there's a way to avoid that from happening,
right? That's not something that necessarily happens. And it's something that you can
definitely make not happen. You know what I mean? If you're taking care of the situation the situation if that person is but I think if you're more vocal about it like oh god
you know I mean this guy that just broke up with you or stopped talking to you or whatever clearly
stopped because you guys it wasn't going anywhere sexually I mean that's obvious and so in order to
prevent that from happening in the future I think you need to be a little bit more open-minded
with people and with yourself you know because you're not the only person that's felt this way.
OK. Yeah, I second that. I think there's relationships where gay men don't have anal with each other.
That's fine. I mean, that also just you decide, hey, I don't like anal. Great. Find find another partner who doesn't either.
But I'm also saying that I think you might like it if you were able to prevent your
fears from coming true. Like, I think that you have this idea that anal sex equates to one thing.
You know, let's not have to repeat that over and over because some people are eating breakfast.
People are having their first hard-boiled egg of the day.
Like, I don't want, you know, I don't want you to think that you don't like sex.
I don't believe that's true right now.
I don't think you've put it in.
How many times have you had anal sex?
Let's start there.
Honestly, probably only on two hands.
Okay.
Ten or less.
Okay, right.
And it's been done to you or you've done it to someone else?
I've never been the receiving end on it.
I've always topped.
Okay.
Well, maybe you should also try that.
You might like it.
Yeah, you might like it.
Let's suck it up.
No pun intended.
Well, you know, with enough lubrication,
it can be a very enjoyable experience.
And like I said, I want to like it.
I really do.
I just...
Then try harder.
If you want to like it and you're attracted to men and you want to have a relationship,
whether sexual or more, you know, serious,
like more than sexual and having a serious,
like intimate relationship with someone,
I think you need to have a little bit more experience, right?
And I don't think you should just go out
and have sex with a bunch of strangers, but I think you should find people that are a little
bit more like-minded or somebody who has more experience than you is going to be patient with
you as a teacher and say, oh, okay, this is how we can prevent any of those things from happening.
This is how I get myself prepared for anal sex. And this is, and you can try it with different
partners to find your comfort level because it's there somewhere. And I think this is more anxiety ridden than anything else
just by talking to you and, you know, looking at you.
For sure, yeah.
No, absolutely.
I know you're probably spot on there.
So can you do that?
Can you have more honest conversations?
Listen, if somebody says,
fuck it, you're not comfortable having anal sex,
you haven't had that many good experiences with it, then that's not the right person. But I bet
you you'll find somebody that's going to be like, oh, okay, I get it. I also used to feel that way,
or I also used to be intimidated or scared or thought I didn't want to be a bottom or a top or
whatever it is. It doesn't matter. But I just think you need to have a little bit more experience
and kind of put less pressure on yourself and experiment.
That's what sexuality is.
Finding different things that you like with different people and being open to different things.
There's so many things that I thought when I was growing up in high school that I was so judgy about.
I would never do that or I would never give a blowjob.
I'm not.
Bullshit.
All these things that are so silly.
You start to become sexually aware,
like have more sexual exposure. And it empowers you. Yeah. And then you find out the things that
you like. Some of the things I thought I hated, I really do like now. Yeah. And I think a lot of
the focus is on what you're unable to do or you're not enjoying. And I think if you can
give a spin on that and be like,
you know what, here's what turns me on. Here's what I'm into. You can drop in that you're not into some other stuff, but also like maybe with a new partner, you just focus on like,
here's what really turns me on. It's blowjobs. It's whatever else. Huddling can be a part of,
you know what I mean? There's so much else that you can do other than just like penetration.
Okay. So like reframing, give it a spin like think about what
you're into and then get really good at those things so do you go out a lot so i like i'm not
too big into like the gay scene or nothing but yeah occasionally i will go out yeah but you're
out as a gay man right uh yes that's correct okay and do you did you date on apps and do you do that stuff?
Yeah, mostly on apps, I'd say.
Which app?
Not Grindr.
Okay.
Maybe I should if that's what... Well, because Grindr leads you can be explicit.
Hello, homosexual who's not sure he likes anal, dot, dot, dot, anyone, question mark.
And you can start surveying from there.
So that's good. Yeah, but I'd use Tinder, B mark. And you can start surveying from there. Wait, so that's good.
Yeah, but I'd use Tinder, Bumble.
How does it work on Bumble?
Because usually with straight people,
it's the girl who writes first.
So in this case, is it like the bottom?
Yeah.
Bottoms on.
No, I think either way works.
Yeah.
So many gays are going to get mad at me.
They're going to say I'm bottom shaming.
And I'm a huge bottom.
So I'm a bottom. I'm a bottom too. I don't like to do anything at me. They're going to say I'm bottom shaming. And I'm a huge bottom. I'm a bottom too.
I don't like to do anything during sex.
I just like to lie there.
What do you do for work?
So I'm like a little bit of everywhere.
I work in a prison.
Shifted so quick.
No wonder you don't like anal.
I mean, that's not a great example.
I love that.
That's like two comedians.
It's a race to get to that joke.
Yeah, I guess that's maybe that's why I don't like it.
Right, because you're seeing it at the most graphic point.
Yeah.
I think the thing for you to focus on in the immediate future is to be more communicative about what you are
interested in and just front load that, right? And then you're going to, I think, draw more people in
that maybe feel the same way with you or have an experience level where they'll have the patience
to kind of learn with you and grow with you, but always front load because if you're, because that's
just going to add to your anxiety when you're keeping something from somebody and then they
get back to your house and they're expecting something to happen and you're not about to deliver that.
Then that's going to create anxiety for you and you already have anxiety.
So we want to just like take that out of the equation in any way we can.
And also based on your first and last name, do you use cottage cheese in your lasagna?
Yes.
You do?
Oh, yes.
Oh, Marco.
You don't have to be.
No, no, don't shame me.
Que esquivo,
mas shamo,
vergogno.
Do you take hard-boiled eggs
onto planes with you?
I would never do that, no.
Why, do you?
I'm sorry.
Well, Catherine does.
Yeah, she's great.
Oh, really, Catherine?
No, no, no. I would, yeah does. Oh, really, Catherine? No, I don't.
No?
That in itself would put my anxiety through the roof.
Not this being the most shameful part of the interview.
Catherine, I hope that you really leave today with a whole new set of ideas.
I do.
Because he basically just served you.
I have some changes to make in my life.
Yeah, you do.
You do.
Okay, so just chill
the fuck out, okay?
Try to chill out.
Yeah, just work on
your communication skills.
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
You know what I mean?
Honesty is the best thing.
Always, always, always
front foot with honesty.
Agreed.
Or front load.
Front foot.
I don't even know
what I'm talking about.
And good luck with you and your asshole.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Okay.
Keep us posted.
If things change, let us know.
And I want to know, like, you know, with the more experience, I think that you might enjoy
sex more than you think you might.
Because it's a very human, we're animals.
Most people want that.
You know, we want, yeah.
Okay.
Okay. I think we got it. right thanks so much marco grinder now
thank you guys i appreciate you guys thank you
bye
catherine i hope you have some time to reflect later this afternoon.
Because you know what?
He just was like, listen, I'm down with cottage cheese.
You thought you had someone on your team?
And guess what?
He was off your team two seconds later.
He was like, goodbye.
His face.
That was the first time I saw him, like, his face scrunched.
Oh, he was cute.
He was a hot mess. I loved him.
Yeah, I know. He's sweet. I wish I could adopt somebody like that was a hot mess. I loved him. He was. Yeah, I know.
He's sweet.
I wish I could adopt somebody like that and just lead them.
I know.
He's so sweet.
He's one of my favorite callers that we've had.
I was so excited to have him on.
He was sweet, yeah.
And honestly, the way he was talking to us, just talk to your partner that way.
I know.
I know.
He was talking to Chelsea Handler about not wanting anal.
Like, you can't say that in a private conversation with somebody.
Yeah, I know.
This is pretty bold. Well, some people have a lot more. Yeah, you can't say that in a private conversation with somebody. I know. This is pretty bold.
Well, some people
have a lot more,
yeah, I think it's hard.
Sometimes people have
a lot more,
a bigger issue
with saying it in the moment,
especially when it's intimacy.
People have so many issues
around intimacy.
People are fucking weird,
you know?
I mean, I've had experience
with that too
where I'm just like,
you know, like you freeze
or you don't want to disappoint.
You don't know
what the person's expecting.
I think that's it. Disappoint. You feel like you're going to disappoint. You don't know what the person's expecting. I think that's it.
You feel like you're going to disappoint the other person.
Yeah.
And you're right.
Communicating that with somebody else takes away that shame.
And you can just have honest conversations with somebody.
Yeah.
And then you can conversely go too far in the opposite direction.
Like I've had several one night stands where I was putting it out there right away.
Like just so you know, I'm here to have sex. And that's, that's backfired on me too, where guys are like,
what do you mean you're just here to have sex? It's like, well, wait, I thought that was going
to be the good thing for me to say. Like, we'll be on the same page. And guys are like, I mean,
I've had guys surprise to my surprise, be like, no, that's too forward. I don't like that. I don't
like when a woman talks like that. And you're like, okay, well, fine. So I always feel like I'm a little too honest, I think, sometimes.
But whatever.
I'm not going to change that.
No.
I don't think you should.
Okay.
So this is Khloe.
Is it this about Kris Jenner?
I mean, we can only hope.
By the way, Kris Jenner sent me a satin pillow or a silk pillow or whatever the fuck it is.
And I have to say, it's magical.
I've never had one of those because I just always thought like, I mean, I do so much shit and get so many lasers that I don't have to worry about not getting crinkles on my face when I'm sleeping because I make up for it.
I supplement it in other ways.
But this silk pillowcase or whatever her brand is, I don't know what it's called, but it's delicious.
Oh, wonderful.
I love that you call them crinkles also.
Crinkles.
I sleep on my side and I wake up
and my face looks like I've been sleeping on concrete all night.
I know.
You can get one of those pillows that have the little pads that come up
so you put your head in it.
I have one of those at my house.
And so you can't turn.
And they're really comfortable.
I have so many different pillow stipulations.
In the middle of the night I have to change it up.
Then at like three, I need a different pillow.
I still need to meet your dogs.
Oh, I know.
Hopefully before they cross over.
There are two additional pillows.
You're going to be there in LA in February.
I'll have them come to see one of your shows.
I would love that.
I'll bring them to one of your shows.
I would love that.
They'll clap softly in the background.
Oh, I miss Bert. Well,
Chloe says, Dear Chelsea, I married the love of my life a week ago today. Everything about our
wedding day was so perfect, except one thing. His mother was so far beyond disrespectful that I've
cried almost every day since just thinking about it. She showed up intoxicated and walked up to us as
we were taking pictures right before having our first look. She had a rotten attitude right off
the bat, didn't compliment me or my dress, didn't say hi, and when I complimented her on her outfit,
she blew me off. My sister complimented her as well, and she just walked away.
Even though we were ahead of schedule, the schedule that my coordinator had made,
she was trying to hurry pictures along and do things on her own timeline.
She released her family to go get dinner before the DJ had announced it was time to eat
and before my husband and I had even dished up.
She came up to us as we were walking around trying to say hello to every table,
clapping her hands at us and telling us to move it along and get the music going, even though the speeches hadn't even started and people were still
dishing up food. I was firm and told her we were going by the schedule. The speeches were hilarious
and heartfelt, though you wouldn't know it by the look on her face. She stared at us with a deadpan
look across her face the entire time they were happening. It definitely took me out of what was
supposed to be a funny and touching moment. There's more, but this email would be a college
dissertation if I kept typing. She made me feel like absolute shit, and I certainly know her true
feelings about me now. My question is, how do I handle this? I honestly never want to see her
again, but obviously that's not an option, though my husband is 100% on my side and said we aren't
going to her house for Thanksgiving.
Thank you for reading this, and I look forward to any advice that you have.
With love, Chloe.
And Chloe did mention, I said, you know, is the drinking a habitual thing with her?
And she says no, she hardly ever drinks, so that's why this was very out of character.
Oh, oh, that's a twist.
I thought for sure.
Hi, Chloe.
Hi.
Hi. Chloe, you show up at
Thanksgiving to her house. And when I say wasted, I mean, I don't even want you to be able to walk
through the front door. I agree. I think that's a great strategy. Don't worry. I think Thanksgiving
is not going to be happening. Also, are you a nurse? I am in dental hygiene school. Work.
So she's not a drinker and she just got waste?
She must have been nervous, right?
I think so.
She's just really emotional about the whole thing
because that's her only child getting married, I guess.
She should be happy that he's getting married.
See, that's what I thought.
So I was pretty, honestly, I was pretty devastated
when it just was the opposite.
I'm like, aren't you happy for us? I am.
Yeah. Yeah. I think honestly, you have to really feel pity for her because I mean, that's so sad
that she ruined the wedding for herself and for so many other people. But listen, she didn't ruin
your wedding. Don't let her ruin that day. I know you don't because you're in love and you just said
you married the love of your life. That's an unfortunate thing to have had happen. It will
be funny in a certain amount of time. Yes. I was unfortunate thing to have had happen. It will be funny in a certain
amount of time. Yes, I was going to say the same
thing, Chelsea. It's a funny story.
She's a hot mess and her like complimenting
your outfit and her not receiving the compliment
about hers. Of course she didn't. She's fucking
wasted. She can't even hear anything you're saying.
She was in a blackout
probably. Does she have any
recollection of the wedding? Do you know
from your husband?
Has he spoken to her?
Oh, there's a ghost in your house.
Do you see that?
I saw it go by.
I did see it go by.
There's a ghost that just went through your door.
I swear we just saw a shadow.
I'm sure it's the computer screen, so don't worry.
No, I love true crime and all that, so.
Okay, well, ghosts are a lot different than true crime,
but whatever.
Yeah, that. So. Okay. Well, the ghosts are a lot different than true crime, but yeah, that's true. Wow. It's got dark. It started dark story.
My God. What did your husband say to her after the wedding?
That's my thing is like, we haven't, there's been no communication really. All we had was just a text from her to my husband saying like, I should probably apologize for some things I
don't really remember. And that was it. He didn't even reply. Yeah. She doesn't know what happened.
She doesn't know what happened. I would say, listen, as a bigger person, which you obviously
are, just try to not take it so seriously what happened. It's an incident.
And you don't want to just hold all this anger and resentment towards her because she clearly obviously has issues.
She probably had a really hard time with the day, losing her son in her mind.
And she tried to, you know, help that situation by overstimulating herself. And I'm sure she regrets it.
I'm sure she's in a very deep shame spiral.
There is no way that you can act like that and not feel like an asshole afterward. You know what
I mean? Especially when you're not a drinker. She's not a normal drunk, so she's going to have
shame about it. Obviously, give it some time, but try to forgive her. Let her apologize to you in
due time. And if she doesn't, just go, you know, that was really unfortunate. It was a really
unfortunate part of the day. Luckily, it didn't ruin my day. But when I think back on that
day, I do remember that. And that's that's always going to be with me. And now you have to live with
that. But don't hold this against her for the rest of her life. You know what I mean? Not going there
for Thanksgiving. You're setting enough of a signal that's going to be devastating for her
if that's her only son. And I do think you should find a way to make it funny. I know that sounds hard to do right now,
but either get like a caricature artist to draw like your wedding with her just like
creeping in the background, drunk, clapping at birds, drinking, like pissed off.
Just in every picture.
Because there is something funny about being, not like going back to the ghost,
but you literally being haunted by a drunk woman the whole wedding and it's kind of hysterical.
I mean, yeah, I guess you're right.
Everything really rolls off my back and I laugh everything off, honestly.
So, yeah, I just hadn't really considered doing that with this situation.
Give it some, in forgiveness?
Yeah, in forgiveness.
It's funny.
We both started laughing as soon as we heard you,
your letter, not like in a way that we know it's going to be funny because all things like this
end up being hilarious, you know? So just, you're, you're going to be fine. Don't, don't harbor all
this resentment towards her. I know it's going to take a little bit of time for you to get past it.
You can be upset, but you know, try and understand where she's coming from. It's not an excuse,
but you know, then you're the bigger person and then there's really nothing to argue with.
And it might make you closer.
Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, especially if she does apologize.
It is really kind of more sad than anything else.
You know, it's just kind of pathetic.
Like that's the father or the mother of the groom.
Yeah.
The new mother-in-law of the ghost.
The way you feel about it, it will loom less large in your mind. And I love this idea of like turning it into a joke. But when I got married, we had a situation where like, it was the most rain in 150 years, the person who was going to do the videography couldn't make it. And so it was like a cousin of somebody who wound up doing it. And for some reason, they decided after I walked down the aisle, they should turn off the
camera for a little while. And so they did and then missed most of our ceremony and finally
turned it back on like in the middle of the vows sort of thing. And I was so hurt and crushed by
that that for years I didn't watch my wedding video. And then a couple years ago, I finally
watched it back and realized there was so much more of the ceremony, which was only like 20 minutes long, but there was so much more than I remembered that was there.
And it's such a happy, wonderful memory now. So like your feelings around it will change and you
you'll feel better about it. Yeah. Yeah. The most mature thing you can do is to know that you're
going to feel differently about this in a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. I guess. Yeah. This was pretty
recent. So maybe just some time.
Yeah, and be grateful.
Listen, you have a great life ahead of you.
You're with you, the love of your life.
You don't have time to harbor resentment
towards his idiot mother.
Yeah, very true.
Who cares?
Yeah.
And now you get to be married to him.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's very exciting.
Yeah, and hopefully the daughter that you,
or son that you guys create together
won't be an alcoholic like their grandmother and for christmas send her a bottle
of vodka and say i thought of you you're on every wedding anniversary you can send her a bottle of
vodka and go happy anniversary we know this is your favorite day okay yeah this already is funny to me so thank you okay take care we love you thanks chloe
oh that was great i'm glad we took that call good call me too and i i love yeah
it's like someone calls him with a serious problem the the two people are sitting here
fucking laughing laughing at the very first sentence.
But that is kind of what you need.
It's like, has anyone been to a wedding where there wasn't a drunk asshole?
That's the thing.
My mom always says something goes wrong at every single wedding, whether somebody puts
the cake in the sun and it falls over or whatever.
My sister-in-law, the pastor brought out a laser pointer in the middle of it.
Like something goes wrong and weird at every wedding.
So this is just her thing, you know?
What do you think went wrong at Tiffany Trump's wedding?
Oh, my God.
I saw the funniest thing.
I have to show you, Matteo.
You guys, I'll read this to you, Catherine.
My friend just posted something so fucking funny.
It's a picture of all of that picture of Tiffany Trump.
Okay.
She is my favorite of the Trump family.
It's hard to have a favorite
because it's like, it's really,
it's Lana Trump, Marla Maples,
Tiffany Trump in the middle,
then Melania, and then Ivanka.
So they're all standing together
and it says traditional family values.
Standing between your mom
and the chick your dad cheated on your mom with,
who is standing next to your half sister, whose mom your dad cheated on with your mom and the chick your dad cheated on your mom with, who is standing next to your half-sister,
whose mom your dad cheated on with your mom.
This is so solid.
So solid.
Excellent.
Okay.
Well, I think on that note, we're going to have to take a break and wrap it up.
Yes.
Okay.
Let's take a break. I'm going to put Mateo in the bubble bath.
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Inside you, two wolves are locked in battle.
One thrives on fear and anger and doubt.
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Every decision, every moment feeds one of them.
Which wolf are you feeding?
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I've been there, homeless, addicted, and lost.
I know the power of small choices to turn your life around.
On this podcast, I sit down with thinkers, leaders, and survivors to uncover what it takes to feed the good wolf.
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The wolves are hungry.
What will you feed them?
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I'm Jason Alexander.
And I'm Peter Tilden.
And together on the Really No Really podcast,
our mission is to get the true answers to life's baffling questions like
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We got the answer.
Will space junk block your cell signal?
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We talk with the scientist who figured out if your dog truly loves you
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Plus, does Tom Cruise really do his own stunts?
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Mr. Bryan Cranston is with us today.
How are you, too?
Hello, my friend.
Wayne Knight about Jurassic Park.
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The forces shaping markets and the economy are often hiding behind a blur of numbers.
So that's why we created The Big Take from Bloomberg Podcasts,
to give you the context you need to make sense of it all.
Every day in just 15 minutes, we dive into one global business story that matters.
You'll hear from Bloomberg journalists like Matt Levine.
A lot of this meme stock stuff is, I think, embarrassing to the SEC.
Amanda Mull, who writes our Business Week buying power column.
Very few companies who go viral are, like, totally prepared for what that means.
And Zoe Tillman, senior legal reporter.
Courts are not supposed to decide elections.
Courts are not really supposed to play
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And we're back. And we're back. Well, Mateo, we're going to wrap up,
but is there any advice you'd like from
Chelsea there is advice I'd like from you how do you handle criticism about your act
I mean there's more evidence that points to your own success than there is that points to your own detriment. For me, I have enough experience
to know that I have what I've got it. I've got the goods. And you know that you've got the goods.
So for all those like little people who want to like be in your ear or on your Instagram,
those aren't the voices that you have to care about because you could look at like 300 comments and you see one out of 300 and then we focus on that. No, you're focusing on the other 299,
right? But also what you're really focusing on is not ever paying attention to any of those
comments either way and focusing on the trust that you have in yourself as a performer.
And I think that just gets louder and louder over time. You know, the more experience you have,
the more you know that you know what's up
and that you've got the goods.
And that's all you have to say to yourself
is I've got the goods.
Okay, I like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Everyone should say that to themselves
regardless of what you do.
Yeah, that's awesome.
Even if you're at a wedding drunk.
Yeah, I've got the goods.
I've got them.
Where are they?
I just lost them.
Okay, well, Matteo, I love you so much.
I love you. Thank you so much for having me on this show.
What an entertaining, fun episode.
Yes.
It was. It was great.
Yeah, we're going to have to have Matteo come back as a regular.
Please.
Yes, please.
It really lightened things up.
Yes, and Matteo, I do follow you on Instagram, and I think you're perfect.
Oh, thank you.
Yeah, if you want to see somebody who is multi-talented and multi-faceted,
you can follow him on Instagram, TikTok, where else?
YouTube.
Go to YouTube.
He's putting out a special on YouTube soon.
That's already out.
My YouTube page, Mateo Lane.
Mateo Lane.
Oh, yeah, yeah, you guys.
Go watch his special on YouTube.
You're going to fucking thank us.
And you can find him on Netflix's comedy specials,
Stand Out and The Comedy Lineup.
Okay, have a great day. Thank you. Bye. Don't forget to watch my special on Netflix's comedy specials, Stand Out and The Comedy Lineup. Okay.
Have a great day.
Thank you.
Bye.
Don't forget to watch my special on Netflix, you guys.
Revolution.
It's a revolution.
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Hey guys, I'm Kate Max.
You might know me from my popular online series,
The Running Interview Show,
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After those runs, the conversations keep going.
That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about.
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