KFC Radio - Eddie Gets Real About the Recent Barstool Chicago Drama - Full Episode

Episode Date: June 5, 2023

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Hey, KFC Radio listeners, you can find every episode of KFC Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Basically, like how it happened, you know, we, like, going over the show and when the split happened, I was like, hey, because essentially what happened in December, we had a conversation. all right bang bang your boy eddie's in the building this is uh as we're recording this this is dozen weeks so we got a lot of different personalities in as we're recording this this is a dozen weeks so we got a lot of different personalities in so we're going to try to get

a bunch of interviews so we can put them out throughout the summer and always a delight Eddie it's great it's great to be it's a comfortable couch too

you like it? yeah it's a good one this one's less comfortable I was going to say my couch sucks it looks a lot less comfortable yeah and it is

I'm a couch guy dude so I got a couch from my new house i went all out i was like i want the couch and everybody says to go to restoration hardware and get the dream couch or something like that dream cloud or something like that that shit sucks and you're basic as fuck if you get that i got uh it's it's called big sir uh like the the what's that? That's like the California skiing. Skiing, is that right? It's huge, bro.

It's got like. That's what I was thinking. Like the chase part of the couch, like the L part, is like quadruple wide. Like my kids could like sleep on it as a bed. So anyway, it takes forever for couches to get delivered in general. And now, extra with the way the world is. So finally, it's supposed to come the other day. Did you build the theater?

I know you're talking about it. No, no, no. There's a lot of things I wanted to do. And then when you get a house, it's like, that's just not possible. Or that's going to cost you a lot. Or that's just silly. You know what I mean? But this is just for the main room.

There's a fireplace. I got a fat fucking TV that the guy who came to mount it was like, your TV is massive. And the wall is like made out of – it's like made of plaster and it's not the right type. He was like, he's too big. He's going to fall. But the day the couch was supposed to get delivered, they fucking rip a hole in it with the forklift, picking it up and putting it on the couch. And so they couldn't send like the main piece of the couch. And they're like, yeah, we'll send you the next one July 12th.

It's like, bro, it's early May. They're still doing that supply chain shit? I think in general, furniture, even prior to all this, was always like six to eight weeks sort of shit. And then with this... Dude, every fucking corporation's goddamned. Give a mouse a cookie. For real. Give them one little excuse.

Oh, pandemic! Bro, how is your fucking warehouses and delivery still fucked up by the pandemic? How is that possible? What is going on? I feel bad, but you never want to be the asshole being like, this is bullshit. They definitely are at this point.

If you're taking long, yeah, it's just... Every company is like that. People are just saying, more people have said supply chain in the last two years than in They definitely are at this point. Like, if you're taking long, yeah, it's just, you know. Every company is like that. Supply chain. Supply chain. People are just saying more people have said supply chain in the last two years than in the rest of humankind combined. I was saying it with the – I was at the vet the other day, and I fucking – it was like – it was a sign on the wall. It was like, if you yell at us, we'll kill ourselves. It was like, all right.

I mean, like, it was like we're all enduring hard times, blah, blah, blah. I was like, not anymore. We're not anymore. Shut the fuck up. I get to yell at you again. Yeah. Go back to being an asshole. Give me a break.

This is it. So we've got something to discuss. What do we discuss? We've got to discuss. There's got to be a lot of things. There's a lot of things to discuss. We'll start with the state of Chicago because I've got to answer a fucking million questions about the state of New York and the Chicago move, which has been trumped up to be this like barstool schism where it's like before and after the Chicago move.

But I think kind of what's getting lost is that like there already was a barstool Chicago. Yeah. And you guys are already doing your thing like at headquarters, at a real office with multiple legitimate shows. And so a lot of people are talking about the people moving to Chicago and the people staying in New York, and not a lot of people are talking about the people already in Chicago. So where are you guys at as far as that goes? Because I'll be honest, if it was me, I would feel a little bit like, we're already doing this.

Like, what the fuck, you know? Yeah, there is. Like, of course, there there's gonna be maybe a little bit of that thought sometimes right but um at the end of the day i think like all of us are looking forward to like new toys to play with yeah because it's do you mean humans i was gonna say because around new york it means that means human toys correct um but you know what i mean like here's the thing like i'm sure you guys love doing kfc radio together but i'm sure you love you know going to do the skit show with

sass you know and i'm sure you love doing i'm gonna go solo i'm gonna go hit the radio room and i'm doing an hour of the kevin clancy show so there is an aspect where it's like it's going to be fun to mix it up with people because right now and want to be like, oh, we got you that out. What's going on? It's like, dude, there's three of us. It's not a place where shit's going on all the time. And you've said this before, what New York has become now, it is a place where people show up, they use the resources, and they leave. So we largely are doing that now but so we don't really we've never really had that barstool vibe where like you show up and everyone's like buzzing or like the top of the day

for sure for sure for sure there's there's aspects where it's like well i like this like i like doing the show like whatever and then the whole world kind of expands but but you're right i get that for sure yeah what what you know what it is we We always say, like, everything becomes work. Like, we're even talking about it now, trying to redesign this office. And I want, like, a bunch of different shit to do. Like, a heavy bag to hit, a fucking pop-a-shot, a poker table, a pool table, a dartboard, all these things. Because I think the new wave is going to be just having people come in your office and hang out and get content that way. But after like two weeks, the people who see those things every day stop using them. People who come in are like, oh, cool, there's a shuffleboard.

Let's play. If you see the shuffleboard every day, you don't play shuffleboard every day. But same thing with the office. You see these people every day, so you don't think like let me make a video with them. Let me collaborate with them. Let me try to make some content with them. Let me prank them. Let me just, like you said, play with the office. You see these people every day, so you don't think, like, let me make a video with them. Let me collaborate with them. Let me try to make some content with them. Let me prank them. Let me, you know, just, like you said, play with the toys.

But it's on you to do that, to use it. So, like, you know, when you have the thing or the person or whatever, you know, when you do it day after day after day, eventually you're just like, let me show up, do my thing, and leave. Exactly. When that's going to get stale for you, it's going to get thing, and leave. When that's going to get stale for you, it's going to get stale for the audience, it's going to get stale for everybody. But it is hard to keep it new. It's like a relationship. You've got to keep fucking.

Like right now, because everyone's in town for a dozen, last night I was on Instagram Live with fucking Compton and JP doing shirtless push-ups. I'd fucking kill myself. If like, well,

that's the thing. That was every day. Like it's so fun. Yeah. Growing out. And then there are other times we were like, I just want to fucking see. That's why,

you know, as corny as it is. And we've been crushing HR recently. What'd you guys think of all the HR stuff going on at parcel? I mean, it's, it's a little different for us.

Cause we're disassociated out there, but it, every, everything we see, it's like, Oh, I guess, I guess this is happening. You know, we're, we're a little different for us because we're disassociated out there, but everything we see, it's like, oh, I guess this is happening. Yeah. You know, we're a little able to, like, not, like, pay attention as much.

Sure. Because we don't really have to see these people. Yeah, I mean... I know you guys don't give a fuck either. I don't give a fuck until I see them and I see the way they look at me and I'm like, oh, you guys take it really seriously. Yeah.

Like, I mean, I'm making fun of you, but, like, I don't fucking... At the end of the day, I don't care. But it is fucking ridiculous because guess what? You know how goddamn corporate this place is now? Yeah, I mean, dude making fun of you But like I don't fucking At the end of the day I don't care But it is fucking ridiculous Because guess what You want to know How goddamn corporate This place is now

Yeah I mean dude It's like It is We were talking about it Before we even started Do you know how long We've been trying to hang A chalkboard up

Yeah Three months We just like can't Just give me the chalkboard I'll hang it up Right They're putting like A work order

And it's just like Everything And here's the problem though When you signed up at barstool in 09 10 11 12 whatever you you knew you had to have thick skin coming in and that you were going to be content yes now like if you sign up for hr you probably should be told like hey there's a chance you'll end up on camera or end up on the subject of a blog or whatever. But to be fair to us, we're not like – I don't name them. No, no, no.

I talk about them as a whole. Yeah, we're never signaling people out. We don't put their face on there. We don't put them in the video. Because guess what? I couldn't even name them if I wanted to. I don't know who it is. Well, that's the bigger point.

But you don't come in – you come in now just thinking like I have a job at a media company. And it's like we're still a little different. I hope at least. We better be because otherwise we're just like everybody else. I mean – We're just everybody else yeah not not there's still there are still differences for sure where we and i think it comes from our content bosses being do whatever you want that still exists yeah for the most part you can't like you like i mean the mincey thing would never happen anywhere else in the world you know correct so there are still like

holy shit these guys are wild but then there's a lot of just like it did happen like the next day since he started a trend yeah yeah that was crazy that guy just got fired last night oh yeah the ace guy yeah yeah oh oh oh yeah yeah yeah i thought you're talking about in barstool because it did happen again right away oh yeah yeah and i thought you meant someone but you know i mean though if you wanted to start you know uh johnny rockets and kevin the kevin and it was like all mets and red socks baseball and you want to say fuck kfc radio you could do that yeah yeah you know what i mean like that would be the greatest yes i don't know honestly you probably would unfortunately they'd be like oh a baseball show about baseball we can sell that rather than like oh you want to have fabulous, fantastic conversations with the funniest people in the world? We don't really get it, though.

So we're not going to sell it. I had a salesperson ask me a couple months ago. They're like, all right, so can you explain what dog walk is? And I'm just like, bro, I've done a thousand episodes. Yeah. They asked us. Just listen once. Yeah. Do we still do voicemails. Yeah.

Do you still do voicemails? Yeah. Oh, they did? It's like they don't know a single. I don't need you to be. I think we actually should have experts. I think we should have dedicated salespeople. We've talked about that a thousand times here and it never happens.

But I understand that's difficult because there's a hundred different shows. That would be a hundred different salespeople. That's a lot of commission. That's a lot of salary. So I get it can't be dedicated yeah but maybe familiarize yourself a little bit maybe listen to like a couple episodes maybe you sell you sell three you sell three you sell three like i don't know because the way it is now it's just like we i think i think salespeople go like i'm gonna go sell part of my take million dollars worth of game uh Brianna and Dave. And that's it.

And that's the thing, too, is what I was going to say. And it is what it is. This is not a complaint, but it's just true. And you say, like, people coming over. It's like, at the end of the day, like, they really only care about a couple of top brands. It's just a fact. And I get that, but I don't. Because there just needs to be a different system then where it's like if every salesperson is just like, I'm going to get mine off of these four brands, then there's really no reason for us to be here. If you just said instead of doing that, you get all of the commission from over here, I think they would probably make more money.

I really do. Oh, well, it's just it makes it hard to send the end of the year meetings. And they're like, did you know we get like 80 something percent of our dollars come from these five brands like well i wonder why yeah yeah like that and don't get me wrong like they're also fucking monsters and they are pulling in the most views and all that shit but it's like all everything is angled towards them and towards gambling and towards that and then it's kind of like okay well yeah have you guys thought about that because you guys do a little gamble but you don't you're not towards gambling and towards that. Then it's kind of like, okay, well. Yeah. Have you guys thought about that?

Because you guys do a little gambling, but you're not like, I wouldn't say you're super gambling. Yeah. No, I mean. Super gambling. Super gambling. Because obviously there are people who do gambling, there are people who do other kinds of content. And you guys kind of do, you guys actually, I would say, do the best bridge.

Like doing half and half? A little bit. You're like, all right, we do like regular stuff and also yes which i like because we got one show that's a little more sportsy and then we got one that's whatever it's a free-for-all so i do like that but i don't even say it's like like the gambling stuff like all right the streams are sold but besides that like there's not like really like gambling like pick central i think they got some ads once in a while but there's nothing like crazy selling if you're on the gambling side totally at least from what i've seen yeah i uh

i know there's probably a lot of money in it i can't stand live streams anymore doing them with no i think they're just the worst i think they're like the fun that it used to be is like gone and it's just the worst like you're saying like like a gambling like a like a electric chair yeah okay yeah but the og electric chairs i think were like always important with people you know people you care about and now it's like you know someone freaking out over like their 50 over that missed or something like that and or a frank freak out or whatever and it's just like i mean i guess people watch them and the money is still there. So like, God bless you, keep doing it. I honestly, like if you told me like, you know,

we could make this many more dollars at KFC Radio right now if you did them, but you had to like live stream all the time with all these people, I really think I'd say no. I can't, I mean, I just can't muster up the, the last one I did was the last straw where it was like the, it was the game three of that play-in series. And I just left the stream and came in here, and I was like, I'm not doing this.

I agree with you. I just think it could be altered. It used to be about your bet. I don't care about you losing a bet. I care about knowing that you watched this team for like 30 years, and you're finally happy, and now you're going to get crushed. I get that. I understand that sort of shit. Or Frankie Varelli kissing his dad and shit like that.

That stuff's cool, but when there's fucking 60 guys, we were just gambling. Oh my God. It could be altered. I think. Right. Because we've done the whole like wide shot, a bunch of guys in a couch,

but I do sometimes like watching, like, like Rogan does, like the, the, they just watch you see that bullshit. Yeah. And it's kind of a podcast while they watch.

A watch along companion show. Yes. Second screen, blah, blah, blah, is like people putting an effort into a show yeah sitting there and i'm talking about doing it like if there's audience members that are like i made the same bet as these guys and i'm sweating along with them so i like that by all means watch it i'm talking about being in them i'm like if if you want to have a

conversation about what's going on right now and we can kind of talk a little bit but then it becomes like dude shut up my fucking bets on the line it's like okay yeah yeah yeah correct but like the cubs play the bets today if we were watching the game right now and we were just having this conversation yeah it's like oh alonzo went deep like yeah he's been you know they don't you know it's there there is it there is a spot to do it but we just do it kind of weird also that it's kind of a micro macro thing macrocosm for for all of Barstool of like – what you're talking about is like let's collaborate and cooperate and talk about shit together. And instead it's just like I got mine. I'm going to do me and I think there needs to be some – I mean I've said this a million times. So I know people have heard it.

But there was – it's weird. As much as Barstool was like every man for himself there it was always like doing shit together you know what i mean even with it if within that video within that contest or whatever we were against each other there was still like content happening together whereas now it's it just seems like siloed off in different brands or whatever but um game time the exclusive ticketing partner of barstool sports created by fans for fans game time is a ticketing app that makes it easier than ever to score last minute deals on tickets to sports concerts and shows and they guarantee the lowest price must see summer event was taylor swift anybody who was trying to get in the door

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I heard this thing is like a fucking airplane hangar. It's huge. 40,000 square feet. What is this square feet? Do you know? Because you could have told me this is 30,000 square feet, and I would have believed you. I would guess it's...

Is this like 10? I have no idea. I would have guessed, yeah. I would have guessed close to that. To 10? No, I would have guessed like 30. Because everyone's acting like Chicago dwarfs this in size. Yeah, it's definitely bigger than the pros, it's definitely bigger than both floors.

It's probably bigger than both floors. Rico was saying it's like ceilings 100 feet tall, and there's no hallways and shit. It's just like open. It's very much a warehouse thing. So it's like a big box. Yeah, when All-Star Weekend was there for the NBA in 2020, I think Nike used it as a showcase for high school kids. So there was a full basketball court there and shit. I thought my first apartment in New York was 1100 square feet.

And I would have guessed this is 30 of my apartments, but I don't know how math works. So I don't know. Square feet, square feet. Forget about it. Yeah. No, dude,

forget about it. Cause I do think it includes ceilings and like airspace as well as footage on the floor and all that. I think, I don't know, but I think that would be cubic feet. Okay. Cubic feet is including the – yeah.

Yeah. So anyway. So you're moving to that big monstrosity. Yeah. But you're still going to just do your same shit and hopefully with mixing people in or whatever. Yeah. But you don't have any new shows planned with people coming or anything like that?

You kind of got to test the water, right? You got to see what everyone wants to do. Like you said, if there's a day to have a fucking push-up contest with Will Compton, that shit just kind of comes. And we'll see how it goes because we've just never had that opportunity with toys. Who are you least looking forward to moving in? That's a good question. I love Chicago.

So it's an easy city to dump on. And listen, as someone who's been, I've never dumped in New York. And I know you don't give a fuck. You're the number one dumper. But White Sox Dave has done his fair share of dumping on this city. So, like, if people are kind of dumping it, that's going to kind of rub me the wrong way. Yeah. I won't like that.

I can see that for sure. The big dumper. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Because, I mean. You guys are so funny about the

city you guys it's like it's like a family member it's like it is yeah but it's like it's you know it's just a city man i get that i get that but it's um i don't know you don't you don't see i i think i i think that's i think a lot of people have that i think yeah i i i guess i'm in the minority on that. I don't get it. Dude, I'll watch a movie filmed in Massachusetts. And I'm not the most Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Massachusetts guy. But I'll watch a movie filmed in Massachusetts.

I'll be like, that's a state car. You know what the thing is? I think that's exactly what it is. Every movie is in New York. Because New York is kind of the epicenter of everything you're at when you grow up here yes you're just used to that and you don't have like there's no reason to like defend new york because it just it's new york you know what i mean like it's already kind of accepted that it's like the financial capital and the biggest in times square

and you know the lot like All that shit just already happens. This sounds like I'm arguing for my city, but it's like we were already number one. We're already the top. It's like there's no reason to... Who cares if people from Boston or Chicago are trying to talk shit about New York? They'll be here one day. That sort of thing.

I always say to people, I'm someone who's not from New York, but I like New York very much. When people are like, you like it here? I'm like, yeah. There are a lot of lists. And it's number one on all of them.

I'm not the only person who likes it. As much as I make fun of it, I'll never leave it. It's similar to Barstool. It's like I'll fucking trash on it and there are things that I hate about it. But I'm here for a reason. For sure. And I guess because it's weird, it is a big city, but it still does have a small-town feel. And I know that sounds... Chicago or New York?

Chicago does, I would say. New York, actually, as much as people would not think that, when you live in New York, you stay in your neighborhood, and that's it. So, like, there are parts of the city I've never been to. Yeah. Like, never been to. 100%.

And never will, probably. City Island, right? Yeah, but that's, like, you know... I get that, but listen, if something cool happened there or if someone... Oh, yeah, yeah. You would definitely rep that. So that is what I was going to say is neighborhoods become city vibe. Like people from Brooklyn rep Brooklyn.

People from the Bronx rep the Bronx. It's a borough thing because honestly the boroughs are the size of cities. Like Brooklyn's like the fifth biggest city in the country if it was a city. It's fucking nuts. So I do get that a little bit, but it is funny when the whole garage thing was hilarious.

Guys hanging in garages is just the Chicago thing. It is kind of a thing because a lot of where you grow up in the northwest side of the city, the houses are just small. So you just need more room. Well, yeah.

But other people have Chicago. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. I'm not arguing with that. I'm just giving you reason. That's all I'm doing.

That's all I'm doing. Are you feeling a little bit like – I feel like you were kind of the leader of Chicago. Are you feeling a little bit like that's going to go away? I mean, sure, definitely. I mean, Dan's two at the company, so it's like – naturally, that's just how it happens. If the president moves to Texas. Does that happen a lot in sports where someone trades for – I know captains get traded, but do they become the captain? Yeah, it's kind of like LeBron and Wade or something when he went to the Heat.

Then it was like, oh, you know what I mean? When I think sports, I think in terms of hockey. I'm thinking like taking the sea off for a new person. I don't know. Yeah, I mean it's probably not as extreme as that, but it's like this is my team now. I've been to Charlie Conway. Yeah, there you go. Thanks.

Charlie Conway. Yeah, there you go. Thanks. Charlie Conway. Are you – is that – that could potentially be a good thing. Like are you happy about that or did you like your role as kind of like – if there was like a decision to be made or if I needed something from Chicago or if – I don't know. If we needed a representative of whatever, it was Eddie. No, but here's the thing though. It's kind of always been that way too yeah we've we've always we've always shared the bears we've always shared all

all we've always showed the cubs the blackhawks you know whatever but if there was a big something that happened a reaction like that was no i'm not saying that i'm saying more like work-wise logistics like employee and like your job wise like they're you guys are all great i'm just saying if i needed something i i don't think I would hit up chief first. I think it would hit up first. For sure. For sure. And now,

you know, that, that kind of responsibility probably dissipates a little bit. Yeah. It's going to be, it's definitely going to be weird, but I also, I'm still thinking of is like,

if you need something from our brand, like I would still be the guy, you know what I mean? So, well, I also think that you guys will still be the authentic Chicago guys that like – Yeah, for sure. Who's on the ground all these years.

Yeah, and I hope to have that conversation with Dan at some point because I don't like – just truth be told, how long are these people going to stay? Are they lifelong Chicagoans? I don't know. Like, hey, I'm going to be there. You know what I mean? Right, right. I'm here for a long while.

Have you talked with him much at all? No, not much. Yeah, I feel like that is a good... When is everyone moving? Dude, it's already happened. Vassoli's here last week. That's when I saw that. I saw, like, I think I talked to Hank.

That's a game changer. Hank is, like, he's going in June, I think. I thought you guys were in August. I didn't realize it was happening, like, now. I think there's, like, two waves, kind of. I think there's, like, an early June, like, early summer, and then a September. I think it's, like, the rest of people are going. Spiders come in June. Yeah, I think, like, Nick waves. I think there's like an early June, like early summer, and then a September. I think it's like the rest of people are going.

Spiders come in June. Yeah, I think Nick and them are coming in August. So it's just like trickling in. When's the office? They say September 1, but we checked it out recently and there was nothing done yet. You know what? I've said this a million times.

Oddly enough, every time there's an office situation i do the same thing i'm like this is like a fucking war zone and we're talking about new york city or chicago um construction which is like not the the fastest thing in the world and they usually nail it they usually get it like to the day yeah so i don't know if yeah i'm hopeful they probably won't have all like the bells and whistles up that's normal though right right yeah you start to add that kind of stuff in exactly but no i mean hey like like dan he always he's always been open like i want to go back and you know for a while i was like oh fuck maybe he will never come back and then he's coming back and like i said before it's kind of like you you watch like a friend from high school go to college and it's like oh fuck like you know what

i mean and then like he's like oh he's coming back. Did you ever have ideas or thoughts of coming here? I'll be honest. I would love for you guys to swap. I think you guys would fit in. Just come here. We're doing what we're going to do in New York. Obviously, you guys are Chicago guys, so you need that element. But the rest of your content, I think, fits here really well.

Yeah. No, I think we would definitely mix it in. I mean,ave is one in a million you know white tax dave is just he's he's unbelievable he really is like when you talk about you fucked him on this blue jeans thing dude he spoke like a mom from like 40 years ago i don't know why he said that but they were doing some sort of closed draft and he said blue jeans and they they took it to mean like light blue jeans rather than just like jeans. You have to specify. You're just fucking him.

I said to be. I mean, it's a weird way to talk. You have blue jeans? I said to be as specific as possible. But so you took it to mean like this, like light blue? Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. And you fucked him on like just regular jeans?

Oh, yeah. You fucked him. That's just like, yeah, we're just going to fuck White Sox fans again. That's great and because it's like oh he didn't show like I saw tweets today

like the integrity of the draft has been ruined you guys know what he meant oh yeah people people are really mad yeah people are pissed which I love

those people are so important they are you need them for shows for regular shows I hate those people for shows that were

were being silly and being stupid, you need people to freak out about cheating on the dozen. You need people to freak out about draft integrity. Otherwise, what are we doing? When I see them,

I'm like, oh no, I don't care. It's fine. You got fucked. Oh yeah, when they're arguing for you, it's like, whatever, dude. It was fun that way. Exactly.

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that's ever been handled at Barstool, I think. It's kind of weird. We're in this limbo where you guys addressed it, but it's not being addressed. Carl then put out a seven-minute video that was one of the wackiest things I've ever seen. I didn't know what was going on there. There was really no response. There was no response to

your guys talking about it and then no response to his attempt to respond. But to sum it up for people who don't know, it seems like the foursome of you, Carl, Chief, and White Sox Dave, there's been issues for a while with the three of you and Carl. Yeah. And I think people in-house would know that there was always something brewing there. I don't think the fans really knew.

Did the fans know? Would Reddit people know? And the real losers know? The people who are really... If you were a Marshall Chicago diehard, you knew. You know what I mean? If you were casually, you're like, ah, that seems a little weird. If you just checked in and out, probably not.

And then it came to a head this, what, like a couple weeks ago? Or a week ago you guys decided yeah what was the what was the impetus to be like we're putting it out there it was a couple things that were you know we we had received um i mean because listen it's all out there so um there was we we received a dm like a couple months ago right about him like he was dming like random people and and we're like all right like brush it off like not enough yet like you know what i mean because like unfortunately we did kind of know that this is probably inevitably going to happen yeah you know well you had already kind of like fractured a little bit we did but it was under the guys kind of like i'm gonna go do baseball

and we're gonna do our thing but that was all yeah but like that was a lot of issues like you guys know like the human element like you know it's just like you don't want to like bury something like that's not no well some you know sure we don't there are some people who do sure yeah there are some people like i just i i did not want to do that i had you know no interest in doing that and you know some people say why not like obviously what you said what it like if what you say is true like he deserved deserved it, but it's like, yeah, but it's still like, that's the difference between people who,

the difference between you and him, you know what I mean? Like there's people who kind of sometimes act shitty and people don't. It's like, I, I'm not going to act shitty because someone else actually, cause it's like the two wrongs will make a right sort of thing. I was texting with chief after you guys put out your mid show episode.

And I was like, I said, it's got to feel good to, because you don't want to do it. You never want to do it, but it's also like when someone tees it up for you, we're like, well, I'm in the right, so I guess I'll just knock this out of the park while I'm here. Yeah, that feels good. That's the good side of waiting as long as you wait because you got all the backup you need. You got receipts. You got instances where you can explain. You got evidence. All that shit where it's like, we don't want to do this

but if we're going to do it and you're going to question me on it or push back on it, I can tell you. But it is the worst part of working here. 100% of the shit I ever do here. I'm just fucking around around i don't want to have like a real debate about but but that's what just what happens when you work in an office and

when you work closely with people like it does get well this place is unique in in that like any office you work in there's going to be office drama and then you throw in cameras you throw in uh basically like Hollywood now. We're in the entertainment business. There's going to be backstabbing and splitting throats and stepping on people. And then you throw in this dynamic of all the fans think that we're all best friends. And it's like, why in the world would that be true? Why would you think that we're all best friends?

No, I get that. Bro, when I found out, I remember the first time my dad told me that early Red Sox days – Players didn't get along? I think it's a phrase that's used with a million different teams, but it's like 30 players, 30 cabs. I was like, they all go party after the game? What the fuck are you talking about? But that's what I mean. Granted, I was very young i think if you like i guess you have to remember

that people consume barstool like for fun and there's the weirdos who are on like reddit who know all the all this shit but then there are the people who would just be like those guys do a show together of course they're friends why would they do a show if they're not friends and then but then if you do take a minute to just like think about the way every fucking radio duo has ever broken up every even that every band breaks up every you know that even surprised me like later in life when um it was uh when mike and mike broke up and then it was like the rumor that they didn't talk unless they were on air and i was like what the fuck that's insane and you and i don't only talk air, but we have like most of our real conversations on air.

Yeah, yeah. But I mean like, I mean those guys, I heard rumors that like with Mike and Dog, that there would be times where like they wouldn't, it would be like Mike talks on air. Like I talk, then you talk. Like they wouldn't even like cross talk at some point. They do the Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson.

Yeah, yeah. And maybe that's like, you know, maybe that's not true. I don't know for sure. Can I just say something real quick? Sorry.

I'm so sore. Yeah, Charlie Rose? From those pushups? I bet. You're too old to be doing that shit. It's crazy.

It's like muscles, it's like up here. Bro, pushups are impossible. I'm just trying to find my zen. It just hurts so bad. Oh yeah,

that's on you. You're too old to be doing pushups and shit. That hurts. That hurts a lot. So're too old to be doing push-ups and shit. That hurts. So you put it out there. Carl had physically

that's the thing that jumps out at me. I think at some point Dave said like 10 years he's been physically attacking him. Over the course of 10 years there was a couple instances i think there was i think there were a couple instances that to me i think like you guys are a lot of barstool i think the story of barstool when you if you really ever if you ever one day really tell the full full full story is there are a lot of people here who have

very long fuses who really put up with a lot of shit when they could have said a lot of shit about a lot of people like there's a lot of times where i'm like boy i could just like say some things but i don't and i think you guys but i think a breaking point would be for if somebody like if that person physically ever crossed the line and then did it multiple times, I would air that motherfucker out. Yeah. I think, as someone who likes to get violent, I'm going to defend Carl. You would never.

No, I would never. In a million years, you would never. I only beat up people who consent. Not beat up, but I only wrestle people who consent. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My violence is consent. Sorry, that's part of the new New York office. Like, if I want to wrestle, you got to wrestle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My violence is consensual. Sorry, that's part of the new New York office. Like, if I want to wrestle, you got to wrestle.

You should start a wrestling team, though. It's not that you have to wrestle. Yeah, as soon as KB gets out of here, I'll start wrestling. Single a time. Start from mom. Go to the middle. So he made his response video that was like seven-minute filibuster. I love that video.

It was amazing. I got to say, it was the best video I've ever seen. I mean, it was so weird. Thatibuster. I love that video. It was amazing. That was the best video since Vince said the N-word. It was borderline like a manic episode. I didn't know what he was saying. But he forgave you guys. You're forgiven. You guys are all forgiven. But there was really nothing of substance there.

Have you guys responded to that thing either publicly or privately? No. Are you going to? No, I don't think we will. Let it lie? There's nothing to address in our minds. I think the truth is out there.

X-Files over here. Yeah, I mean, you know what I mean? But you've got to understand from a fan point of view, it's not like this has not really been hashed out or discussed you know what i mean it's like this actually is like kind of my perfect um because i you know i knew some things i'd heard some things and uh but i'm obviously not super aware so like i'm perfectly in the middle right now of a co-worker who completely understands that you're like i just want to fucking be done with this and a fan who's like dude tell me more tell me more yeah yeah this is this is kind of my first

life because even stuff that happens here in this office i know it all so i'm not like for sure to be like what else happened like i know everything that happened right if something right and but like you guys are obviously separated so i'm like and also a little bit i get the sense because there's shit that i've had or would have to and I'm like, I'd rather just fucking not do that. But you got to understand there are fans who are like – You work here and like some people, don't like some people, do consume some content, don't consume some content. So you see some shit. You're like, whatever.

There are people who are probably like, this was my like everyday entertainment. And now all of a sudden within like these two videos, everything is gone. That's done and it's like but without really ever having you know i said to start this it was handled differently than any other barstool drama because usually you're on the day porno show you're pulled into radio or there's it's like a fucking you know slobber knocker drag out fight of some of some regard uh this you know is just more like well they did it it's out there but but you know it's like lingering i feel like yeah i mean being on an island we've really been able to conduct our business how we want right right we've had

full control of the remote so um and and especially now there is no real show to hash it out on anymore because dave doesn't do his podcast. But it's one of those things where at least people had a couple months of us doing content separately, like not really knowing anything, I guess, even though, like I said, I was there. He was still on the drafts though, right? No. No? It was fully split.

They did the dozen, but that was it. I remember that. I think that was kind of my first inkling. Maybe it was a little before. That week we spent out there last summer where I remember I was in the office. I forget where I came from. I might have come from a Chicklets Cup thing or something like that, but I came separate

from you guys. That's why I got to the office first. I was just like, oh boy. This is a weird vibe. I don't know what's happening. Cut that with a knife, dude. That was a weird vibe i don't know what cut that with a knife dude that was a weird that was like um right before churning barstool new york tension in the air yeah like before we all were like all right whatever like it worked so we can be friends again yeah where we the three of us

me dan and dave were just like that was a weird weird vibe out there yeah and like the truth is it get better once you separated? Oh, yeah. Yeah, you could feel the difference there? Oh, yeah, for sure. The willingness to do stuff just became open again. There were so many things that would get stopped at the door because it's like, oh, no, I'm not doing that.

I don't want to do this with X. Even just doing something you all want to do. Nope. We uh even just like just doing something you all want to do nope like we said like everything feels like work eventually and there are some days where like i don't feel like recording but it seems like that would be every day we're like i don't want to fucking dude doing this shit working in an office with somebody you don't like is tough doing like content yeah having to do a live show and doing fucking jokes and and shit with somebody like yeah that's why i said there's a lot of people with a lot of like a long fuse who are really like pretty pretty selfless

who you know all that shit where it's like we uh we could really like you deserve credit for that you know yeah and i guess that's where barcel does kind of have us over a barrel in a sense because like if the show sold then it's like ah fuck i'm not gonna give up my you know what i mean yeah well cash rules baby you know exactly and then it's i mean don't get me wrong like i said we are in hollywood and if you think about like there are fucking billion dollar movie budgets that fall apart because like a co-worker co-star is like yeah i'm out i don't want to do this you know and we just usually put our heads down and get through it and then you you know you reach some sort of breaking point. Or usually I think before things have blown up in other instances, people move off of shows.

They change the show. They transfer this or that. And it's like before the blow up. And you guys just had to ride it into the ground. But so he, in his video, the one thing he did clearly say was baseless accusations. So he's just saying you guys are lying. Yes. And I don't – I mean what specifically?

So what are we accusing him of doing? Obviously, so – That's why his video was weird, not – Yeah. If you're going to say it's baseless accusations, you almost have to address what the accusations are and how they're not true. So he's just like this is all not true. We didn't fight. I didn't – I wasn't like backstabbing. I wasn not true. We didn't fight. I wasn't backstabbing.

I wasn't this. I wasn't that. But without saying so. Yeah, I mean, that's just not the case. Like, I don't know. Yeah, I mean, he's Costanza-ing this. Yeah, and like. He's got two solariums.

He's going to Hamptons. Maybe the situations are different in his perspective. Like, that could be it. Sure, there's two sides. But yeah, I mean, I guess usually when there's like three people Maybe the situations are different in his perspective. That could be it. Sure, there's two sides. I guess usually when there's three people and seemingly heaps of evidence. Yeah, three on a whole office. Behind the producer. There's a lot.

There's a lot. There's a lot of... I'll tell you what, this reminds me a lot of the Chicago 7. That's what I think. I think a lot of things being played in one direction, maybe it's not right. Yeah, and it's 10 years a long time dude that's so i didn't realize it's 10 like a long time that's a career worth of putting up yeah you know five five really elbow to elbow but you know five of like oh watch party here and uh you know with this that there an instant here yeah there uh but five five years around the same set of people's a long

time yeah or 10 years sorry but you know so you just that is that the last it'll be you think i don't know i truthfully i i you know like there was like clearly there was there was like what are you gonna do you're gonna sit there and tell stories for five hours you know like what like if the fans are like yes yeah i was sure that's the same exact thing as i was describing earlier where like when i was texting the chief afterwards i was like i loved how like right away you were just like anyway dave you fucking lost your wallet this weekend i was like yeah as a barcelona employee i was like that's funny like that's how i do it and then as a fan i was like come on give me, give me more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, for sure. And that's why I basically, like how it happened, you know,

we were going over the show, and when the split happened, I was like, hey. Because essentially what happened in December, we had a conversation. We got these brand, what are they called? Like the brand strategy team. Have you ever talked to them? Probably. Probably some made-up name. So they're going over these things. They're like let's you know let's try this let's try that

like you know we we'd love for your numbers to grow more like they're a little down here a little and they're like and i'm just sitting there and like i'm like there's one way to do this i looked up and and you know two guys can't even look at one guy you know and i'm like hey i'm like hey i'm just like hey uh we could we could change this segment we could change this cadence we could do this we could do that but at this at the end of the day we're not going to get through that door with the with this cast like it's just not gonna happen it's not gonna happen you could change everything but the crux of the issue will always remain and it's that nobody gets along you know yeah and so that's well nobody gets along you know yeah and so that's

well nobody gets along with one person correct correct correct there's yes you guys all get along great yes yeah the crux of the issue is can't get like you know can't get along with you and uh i was like so i think i i think the best course of action is to is to make a split you know and i was like hey like it's a good move by you that's a leadership move it sucks to be the one to finally go that's a fuck bro but it's a good move by you. That's a leadership move. It sucks to be the one to finally go, bro. But it's like you seize that moment, because that is the moment where it's like, you know, we've kind of had not a similar situation,

but just like we're thinking about tweaking this and that, and it's like, there's like wholesale things that need to happen before we even start worrying about the little itty-bitty shit, you know? For sure. Like, Kevin, it was so tiresome, man. Like, it's so tiresome. Because I was pretty good at, once the mics the mics went on, let's have a show. And I don't fault Dave and Chief for like I can't get past it.

You know what I mean? I can't fault them for that. I think what we do is more rare. Yeah. Like most people could not and should not. And you shouldn't expect them to. Yeah. And I couldn't fault them because it's like, all right,

I'm not going to tell you how to feel about how you were treated and how whatever. And don't get me wrong. We've gone at it. One-on-one, we've gone at it before too. But I was kind of able to be like, and, you know, he was, dude, he was so instrumental, pivotal, and the snake drafts taking off. And, like, he could do content, you know. And I was really the only one where I was just kind kind of i was the guy kind of bridging it and i was just like i can't like tie myself to

this anymore if it's gonna be so you know such a teeter i do remember a conversation um where i was like you know what are you guys gonna do i think i was talking to chief about it i don't remember who it was but they were like it's you know like we content wise like you gotta have them and i was kind of like i don't know about that like i think there's you have to be an exceptional level talent to go to be that to continue to do content when it's that much of a weight on everybody else and i don't know if if any any of you were on the level or any of us that's like you know like wit would have to put up with biz and vice versa like that kind of shit you know what i mean like yeah anybody else is yeah anybody

else is like you know but but yeah so that i got to that point and i was like hey like No, no, I love that. You know, Dave is just challenges. But yeah, so it got to that point and I was like, hey, and I basically stood up and I said that and then everyone's kind of like, okay, so this is what we're going to do. I was like, yeah, but it doesn't have to be this big salacious thing. Let's try to make it happen. Let's try to do this

and save face and whatever. And we did that. You're a good man for that. Because also, you know, let's try to, like, do this and, like, save face and whatever. And we did that. Well, you're a good man for that. Because also, you know, I mean, it's a chance to, like, do a little bit of a, like, victory lap where I told you so. It's a chance to get views. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a chance to air, get all your fucking, all that, like, all that pent up, like, I told you, or, like, I hid this for you and I, like, fucked you out. But to still want

to do it like quiet is uh pretty admirable yeah and that's what when it when friday morning when all that shit broke and it was you know like wildfire i walked in she's my guy i was like hey like you got the ball like whatever you want to do i'm following like i'm i'm in i'm with you was he like the center of it well yeah because he was the one. The DMs were coming after him. Yeah, specifically about him. Yeah, and I was like, hey, I'm not, like, I'm not, you know, I'm following you. Whatever you want to do, like, I support you.

I remember early on some stoolies with DM, and, you know, when it was, like, me versus Dave, they would, like, have my back, and I'd have a conversation, and I remember being like, this would look bad. This like like i'm talking about like the fucking combine or the punt catching and it's me versus him and this person's like supporting me so i'm like yeah like fuck that fuck dave like thank you for having my back back and forth and i was like but wait a minute i'm talking to a total stranger yeah yeah and i'm just kind of like venting and it doesn't in my head the way this is going doesn't look bad but if you were just look at those if someone sent that and said look what he's saying about dave on his back you could i could

see it being like you know wait a minute fuck you you know so i was like i'm not talking about anybody anymore with anybody who i don't even fucking know the dm thing is weird because like you want to connect with fans and some people people are intense and want to connect like that, and those are your diehards. Yes. But it's like, I don't even fucking know you. Yeah, and I'm sure it's been tough for him not to tell it either, even though the other side made him look like he just went off

and did his own thing. I'm sure it's been tough for him not to kind of sit back and be. And that was really like, we sat there, and when it came to changing the name, for him to kind of sit back and be. And that was really like we sat there and, you know, when it came to changing the name, we liked the name Redline Radio, but I stepped back. I was like, hey, guys, I know there's a big rift and we don't like him, but he did have a name.

He did have a hand and started that name. Like it would make me absolutely sick if I, like, lost my show. Sure. And that was also something that has been discussed. I still call it too mad, man. Ashton Kutcher ran with that ball too. But that's my, but again, I mean, you guys are going above and beyond to accommodate as much as you can.

Cause it does sound like you're in the right. It does sound like you could, you know, do all of these things if you wanted to. Once you start crossing the line of like physically attacking people, yelling at fans, all this, all that shit. Like, I don't think you really have a leg to stand on you could have i think taken the show you could have yeah you could have done all that and the fact that you're kind of holding back is you know you're right and maybe it's as nice as you can yeah maybe it was too uh i don't know too too courteous of of me and you know of us but taking the high roads probably always yeah i just maybe there's a part of you feeling right now like oh i wish i could just too courteous of me and, you know, of us, but... Taking the high road's probably always... Yeah, I just...

Maybe there's a part of you feeling right now like, oh, I wish I could just fucking... But... Yeah, it's without any doubt. And it doesn't even seem that way right now, and I think as time goes on, it'll only feel less.

Like, I think you'll be happy that you just weren't... You can lay your head at night, you know what I mean? Yeah, and that's the thing. Like, even addressing it again, it was not under the intent of, like, let's fucking bury...

It was just like, hey, we're just gonna tell the truth. Yeah, right. We're just gonna... Again, that's what he was saying about it. Yeah, we're just gonna tell you... It's not he said, she like, let's fucking bury. It was just like, hey, we're just going to tell the truth. Yeah, right. We're just going to. Again, that's what he was saying about. We're just going to tell you. It's not he said, she said. You want to open the door.

It's like the truth he said. Correct. Very slowly walk through with my chest out. Yeah. But I was good sitting on separate sides. Totally. Correct. Exactly.

And so that's why it's like, all right, you made your bed. What do you think happens now? What do I think happens? Does he come to the new office? Well, you want to know the fucking crazy part about it? Like I said, I have always kind of been like – it's about the content. It's about the content. If it's good, let's just kind of, you know, whatever.

And so he was back. We recorded a snake draft the day before with him. Wow. No. Yes. And, you know, Chief and Dave weren't thrilled. And I was like, hey, like, you know, I'll own it. Like, you know, Chief and Dave weren't thrilled. And I was like, hey, like, you know, I'll own it. Like, you know, whatever.

I was like, but in my brain, like, I'm trying to, you know, we're trying to move forward. Like, I'm trying to get numbers. We're trying to just, you know, just put out good shit. And I was like, you know, that's my bad. I probably should have consulted the guys beforehand. And then sure enough, the next day this breaks, I was like, well, that's not fucking Aaron. Like, he's not, you know. You're not going to prop him up anymore.

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there's no way someone will work with him again in earnest he might be able to find another I guess things are so siloed off that it's like and people are just about

getting their numbers and if they but again that's what i mean like if he was a super talent like yeah but i don't know if he's enough of a like a of a level to you know you're gonna alienate yourself from these guys and anybody else who's on their side you're gonna you're gonna you're gonna throw yourself into that fire you better fucking have a great ass show and I don't think that's really going to be the case you know what I mean and I also just think from like a personal point of view it's just like

you know people talking about you and gossip and I don't know it's definitely going to be because I was pretty cordial with him even when he came back from Arizona and then it's now I don't know how it's going to be when I see him I really don't I think we already asked this but there's been no communication whatsoever?

No, zero. Zero. Zero. At least for me, and definitely for the other two, because I would be the one if anything. Yeah, there's been zero. I don't know what happens, man. I really don't know what happens.

I guess I probably would. I'd probably just be like, I just gonna go totally it speaks volumes to volume to that you're so disconnected but you're still comfortable saying all this because you guys even here it's traveled like how it was totally you know and like you guys made one of the worst kept secrets yeah you know within house yeah you guys have seen someone you know there's people in new york who have felt that fucking thunder yeah and it's like it's not yeah i've been like i've been out with people and then like ah he's coming i'm like what do you mean yeah like they're talking about it like fucking wyatt erp like tom i'm coming to hell's car right what do you mean it changed the

vibe dramatically so yeah all right well i do think you guys handled it as respectfully as possible. I don't know whether it's good, bad, if it was right or wrong, the best way to handle it or not. I think time will tell. I think it's certainly the nicest way to handle it. Yeah. I do think sometimes people deserve to be aired the fuck out. Yeah. And he probably did probably does right

yeah but the fact that you guys are not i think speaks volumes to the way you guys do things and i don't kind of if you believe in what goes around comes around and karma and all that shit that like i don't know you know hopefully good things come back to you that way for for handling it the right way i don't i don't know i i agree with all that um and i don't know if this is something you guys check or care about. What has the feedback been for how you handled it? Honestly, I don't – I like read my – I don't really read around anymore. You know what I mean?

Like I actually talked to you about reading around. I think I talked to you last summer. If I could have – if I could snap my fingers and have one thing happen at this company, it would be for everybody to stop reading. Reddit to stop reading. It's amazing how to stop reading Reddit, to stop reading. It's amazing how different it is once you stop reading. You will be a different employee. You will be a different human. You will make more money. And it's so, it's not like getting healthy.

It doesn't take time. No, it's instant. Three days. Instant. Three days, you're dry. You're like, oh. But it also is like, it kind of like a addiction in the sense of like you're not going to stop until you're really ready you can be like okay i'm gonna stop reading comments

i'm gonna stop going to the reddit page i'm gonna stop reading twitter but you're like yeah you won't stop it's really right the day you're like this is harming me and i don't want to do it anymore you stop and you're like why did i ever do that it's like a breakup oh yeah i dated that person are you fucking kidding me the day you're fed up, yeah, you're just like, I can't. I'm out. You know what I mean? So that's why I remember talking to you about that. And you talk around people who – and you know who really is true about it.

Who's not. But yeah, no. So I truthfully haven't seen any – I've just seen my mentions. Yeah. That's it. I even went cold on that, which I don't think that would mean much of a change. Maybe a little bit. That made a difference for me.

It is. I got rid of my – I gave up my password. I started a new Twitter that's a burner that I don't tweet from and I don't have mentions but I still use it for like a timeline.

Oh, no shit. But I don't get any incoming mentions and it's just beautiful. It does just, it just skews how you look at something when you put out something.

I've talked about this so I don't want to do a whole thing on it but just like when we first put out Out of Order. Out of order i was like i like this and i don't like if it's a if the first response is fuck this it sucks and that could just be some asshole they need to watch that would just fuck with my brain yeah he said it so he was just like when i film these everyone in the room that i respect and know is funny and trust if they think things are funny

all of them are laughing. Yeah. Then I did it like that. And that's like, that's who should matter. You're right. And I saw you. Why are you going to listen to the 10 jamokes on Twitter who might be talking shit when the funniest people on the internet are in the room right

now and they're all laughing. Yeah. And I think I've seen Louie say it on a podcast where he's just like, you know, it's just a bunch of guys trying to make their buddies laugh. You know what I mean? Like, it's really like,

like if I was like, ah, fuck their buddies laugh. You know what I mean? Like, it's really like, like, if I was like, ah, fuck, fuck Nick. You know what I mean? But if that's in text and that's, like, on a comment, Nick's like, damn, I fucking bust my ass for KFC. You know what I mean? Like, that hurt. But it's just, it's such a throwaway. Like, ah, fuck Nick. You know what I mean?

You really got to, you got to, if you do read and consume, you got to keep it through that lens of, like, everybody's just fucking around. You can't be the sensitive one either, you know, for sure. Or just acknowledge that you probably might be sensitive every now and then. Cause you're human. For sure. Cause I was,

I was, you know, not to be like a fucking overly sensitive pussy, but like, I was pretty bummed with the reaction when the Portnoy show ended, you know? And it was just like, I,

it was a show where it was started because it was necessary. And look at it now without it. It's fucking chaos. You know what I mean? We tried to pick up the slack to do stuff like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's not the same without Dave. You guys know that.

And it's just not. But you know what? That was also a lot of the way Dave ended it. The Team Portnoy minions kind of take the leader's vibe. And he was like, I don't need this. We don't need this we don't need this and they were just like okay sounds good yeah whereas like there's a lot of people who fucking still want that show for sure for sure and it was the thing that's the thing is when like the the idea for starting it was like man dave the series is over dave just had the craziest summer of his life i was like they're like he should be talking somewhere

even if it's for an hour a week you know and the stoolie in me like took over and i was like we need like this is barcelona needs this are you crazy we didn't hear dave going nuts on this guy or that guy here are the gotham needs yeah exactly like we need like it's really needed and then it's like when it when it ends everyone oh they're fucked it's your and it's like jesus dude i was like i was just that was like an extra thing i still got my two other like yeah yeah i was doing that like for you guys yes exactly that was like, that was like an extra thing. I still got my two other – Yeah, yeah. I was doing that like for you guys. Yes, exactly. That was like – yeah. Well, no good deed goes unpunished sort of thing. Yeah, not to sound like a fucking humanitarian for doing a show with Dave Portman.

You get my point where it was like – that was kind of just something that was necessary. And I think now people really – That was my favorite thing when Eddie won Barstool Survivor based on being the everyman who like – he deserves this win because he doesn't have a big win at Barstool. And then after the fact, everyone who was on Survivor was like, Eddie has a show with Dave? Eddie's like Dave's right-hand man. Eddie's on private jets. Like what's going on? And Eddie played it right.

I forget what I was going to say. Well, we got to wrap it up anyway because I want to try to get Kirk in here so I think you handled it well man I think that was a true sign of leadership and a true sign of just like being a fucking compassionate human who's left on the internet because there's not many of those

so I hope it comes back around in the form of more views and more content and people respecting you guys in Chicago and what you views and more content and people respecting you guys in chicago and what you've done and and i hope people remember and and still continue with you guys as like the chicago dudes because you're the you know the most authentic chicago experience and the shit that like yeah you know you did a good job building that i hope it continues there i appreciate it man i i really took a lot of pride of being a chicago guy yeah and uh i hope it

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