Life Will Be the Death of Me with Chelsea Handler - The Problem with Snowboarders with Olympian Scotty James

Episode Date: February 5, 2026

Scotty James joins Chelsea to talk about why his wife is the CEO of his life, his longtime rivalry and friendship with Shaun White, and argue about why snowboarders are just *cooler*.  Then: An expat in Greece needs to have a money conversation with her new man… but is it too soon? A skier wonders if she should transition to snowboarding.  And a wife-turned-Instagram Girlfriend has lost her love for the slopes.   * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at [e-mail] * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad 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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DC, I will see you there to jump things off. February 14th, Atlantic City, which I just added, Madison, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio, Denver, Colorado, Portland, Maine, Providence, Rhode Island, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 3rd, which is in Roanert Park, California, that has just been added, Chicago, of course,

Indianapolis, Indiana, Louisville, Kentucky, Albuquerque Mesa Arizona Kansas City Missouri St. Louis Missouri Minneapolis Minnesota Nashville Tennessee Charlotte North Carolina Durham North Carolina May 6th I'm doing Netflix is a joke festival I will be in Los Angeles that is a new announcement Saratoga California Monterey California Modesto California and Port Chester New York Boston Massachusetts Portland Oregon Washington and Seattle, Washington. I will be touring from February through June. Go to chelseahandler.com for tickets. If you want to come see me perform, I will be on the high and mighty tour. Hi, Catherine. Hi, Chelsea. How's it going? Well, I'm still recovering from Vegas.

I had a real quick turnaround. I did one of my shows this weekend for my residency. I had a lot of people come a lot of friends we went to dinner then we went to my show really fun working on all my new material for my new tour oh nice and then we went and gambled I won $3,500 I mean I'm unstoppable basically I've also I'm betting on the Super Bowl so that's good oh she's a sports betting girly yeah I'm bored I'm betting with sports yeah me and my new friend are betting a lot he's a gambler so I've just decided to join his gambling addiction and I'm into it as long as you keep winning, it's great. But I had a 6 a.m. flight out of Vegas. So I got home at 1.30 and then at 4.30, I was like, guys, I don't know that I'm going to make this flight. I said to my

assistants, I'm like, you guys, so, you know, have a backup one, but I don't like spending the day in Vegas. And the next direct flight back to Vancouver was at 4.45. So I went to bed at 1.30, woke up at 4.30 to make my 6.30 flight, 6.15 flight out of Vegas to Vancouver. I was drunk at the airport. I was a mess. I got to Vancouver. I spent the entire time looking at ridiculous videos of the people, that trend where people call their parents and say the police are coming, following them back to their house because they told them their parents had fallen so that when they get home to their house, their parents have to be on the ground acting like they fell down the stairs. I mean, I was laughing so hard on the flight. I was so delirious. I finally sobered up. I got

to vancouver i get off the plane and i forget i had a tote bag because carlos brings all my stuff from la so i don't have to travel with a lot but i forgot my tote bag which had my computer like all my stuff i left it in the overhead bin just completely forgot i hadn't even had bags walked all the way to customs and this woman is like miss miss you left your bag in the overhead bin and she was another passenger oh my god who ever pays attention and she didn't recognize me because she didn't say Miss Handler or Chelsea. She was just like, Miss, I brought this for you. You left it.

And I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, who pays attention to other people's luggage? Like, I don't pay attention to who's putting what in the overhead bin. It was so nice. That is really sweet. I'm like, thank you so much. I mean, it was, yeah, that was nice.

Restores your faith in humanity. I know, I know, I know. I'm a lucky girl. Yeah. Okay, I do have to ask you, what do you think about all this Beckham drama? Are you keeping up on this? A little bit.

About Victoria Beckham and the daughter-in-law? I mean, I don't really know anything about them, but it tracks from what I do know. It does. It sounds plausible. I feel like there's probably bad behavior on both sides, but I feel like the big red flag is that the son and daughter-in-law just had, like, they renewed their vows already. Like, they had a vow renewal. I'm like, when you have to do that a year or two in, I think it's curtains. It's a bad sign, I think.

Yeah, you're probably right about that. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. I don't find that much interest in that story. But I mean, yeah, it's kind of... I just like people airing their dirty laundry. That I find entertaining.

What about the Blake Lively and Taylor Swift messages? First of all, Taylor Swift comes out looking awesome once again. Yes, of course. And Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, like, oh my God. So embarrassing to have all of those texts and voice memos released. It's so embarrassing. Oh my gosh. Can you imagine?

No. Like every random thing you texted your friend? No way. No way. That is just like, stop it. Those two must be like under a curtain somewhere and like, stop, make this go away. They didn't get the Oprah advice of like, imagine I'm not on the front page of the New York Times, like whatever you're sending in a text or email. I still think about that. When I text people anything, I'm like, just imagine this is going to be public at some point because it probably will. Well, our guest today is going to the Olympics. I know. Yes, you guys, the Olympics are happening. Today's guest is a world champion and Olympic. He's so

funny too. And an Olympic snowboarder, entrepreneur, philanthropist. He's won two Olympic medals, 10 X game medals, five world half pipe championship gold medals. And he's headed to try and snag the gold this month at the Olympics in Milan Cortina. His new documentary is called Pipe Dream. It's on Netflix now. So please welcome Scotty James. Scotty James, welcome to Dear Chelsea. Hi. Hi. Thank you for having me. Thanks for taking the time to catch up during your season with the Olympics about to happen. You're having an incredible season. I know you just won again in Switzerland. So congrats on that. How are you feeling? I'm feeling good. Look, we needed to catch up, Chelsea, before the Olympics. We're approaching closely. So I just needed your

insight before we head over to Italy. But so far, the season's been great. But no, I'm feeling really good and yeah and naturally obviously getting a win under the belt this time of year is a good confidence boost so yeah looking forward to the the rest of the season I want to know all of it I want to know how you what your process is how you maintain what you do before you race I mean listen your favorite to win gold at the Olympics this year so no pressure you are a snowboarder so I take issue with that because we're going to have to discuss that etiquette as well. The only two times I've been hit on a ski mountain are by snowboarders. Two snowboarders and one happened the other day too. But first of all, okay, let's talk gold at the Olympics in

Milan Cortina. So tell me how you're feeling about it, how you look at things like this. What do you do with the pressure that is put upon you by being so good at what you do? Yeah. I mean, naturally coming into this games, it's, you know, you feel that pressure. I think there's always the pressure you put on yourself but then you know there's all this exterior pressure that people put on you to want to they want you to show up and deliver maybe the the result that they expect and that's from the fans to your country that you're representing and i think most importantly more so myself i think i do go into every event with the intent to want to do my best and put my best foot forward to win and that's the the approach with with the games but

Yeah, I mean, when you're out there wearing your country colors and you're flying the flag and there's obviously a lot more attention, you know, you feel that pressure a bit more. But I mean, it's my fifth go around now. So from the pressure perspective, but also experience, I feel a little bit more vintage, which is a good thing, I think, in this case. So, yeah, no, to be honest, I'm really excited. I feel like I've had a great preparation and the lead up's been awesome. So I just have to focus on the important things like fundamentals and making sure that I'm prepared from a practical standpoint snowboarding and the rest will do what it will do. And what happens the day of? What happens the day of a big competition?

Like, are you superstitious? What is your regimen? What is your ritual? I don't have too many rituals I necessarily do before the event, but I always wear my red gloves in the events. I guess that's a ritual. It's something that I always have. I listen to a lot of music actually when I'm training and competing as well. No specific artist, just depends how I'm feeling on the day.

Just elevator music? Wait, what's with the red gloves? Where did those come from? Is that to remind people that you're a redhead? Exactly. Yeah, yeah. Just because, you know, I got so much equipment on, you know, it's hard to see the red hair sometimes, but no, I, in 2017, I want to say, I won my first X Games gold medal and I'd

come from another event in Switzerland and I saw these red gloves, which a brand at the time had sent me. And anyway, I put the gloves on and I felt like I was coming out to fight a bit that week, a bit of strength and adversity. And I won the event and it was obviously a huge marquee event for us. And ever since then, it's been my thing. I always wear my red gloves. So it's been a fun little narrative. Oh, I like that. There was just a gambling movie that I watched with Colin Farrell where he wore gloves while he gambled but he lost all the time and I'm like how do superstitions maintain when they don't work a lot of the time you know what I mean when people are like I've got to do it this way I've got to do and it's like it's not working for you

so stop doing that he doesn't have the right gloves obviously Colin some of the red ones yeah how many pairs of red gloves do you have by the way many many many well we we make our own gloves we sell them but you know I also have I mean through a season I actually don't use that many, like one pair, they're pretty durable and good. But yeah, in a season I try and keep one pair because when I wear one pair, it's a bit superstitious. Like I'm like, I got to keep wearing them, particularly if it's a good season. So yeah. And so I know you're friends with Sean White. You guys are buddies, right? You competed a lot together and now you've, you've surpassed him. I mean, you're the greatest snowboarder of all time as we sit here today. So how does that

impact your relationship? Because I know how insecure he is. I'm just kidding. I do know how insecure he is. But we all are. We all are. That's very true. Well, if you look hard enough, everyone's got one. That's right. I think we have a good relationship, actually. I think naturally evolved over time because, you know, I was a little kid, put him on a pedestal and, you know, he's a hero. And yeah, naturally, you know, with respect to Sean, he's one of the greats in my discipline so always looked up to him and yeah from when I was a kid to watching to to I guess to try and emulate the kind of success he he had in the career and then being able to do that in my own way and then us building a relationship on the mountain obviously your competitors we

both wore our heart on our sleeves so at times there's tension to then him retiring and now you know we text and we have a good relationship so yeah it's been a fun journey I guess to say the least but uh yeah i have a lot of respect for him i think he's been amazing on the hill i want to know more about what you guys do when you what do you do when you when you win how do you celebrate because i was talking to michaela schifrin and she just like found out about champagne a year ago and i'm like sister what is the point of winning all of these and being on all these podiums and winning all of these races if you don't know how to celebrate she's like it just never occurred to us she's like i didn't even know and then once i think she celebrated once she's like oh wait wait

wait, this is actually a really good time. We should do this more often. Well, unlike Michaela Schifrin and Chelsea, you'd be very proud of me. I discovered the champagne celebrations a little while ago. Well, you're Australian, so I do believe you. I do believe you. The only people who drink more than Americans are Australians. So I get it. Exactly. Where did you grow up in Australia? I grew up in a little town about 45 minutes out of Melbourne, a city called Warrandyte. So it's a tongue twister. You can try and say it, Warrandyte. Warrandyte. Okay. I tried it and it worked. So huge success. Let me get a bottle of

champagne. Hold on one second. You're allowed into our local pub. It's like, you know, it's the rite of passage if you can say Warrandyte. So yeah, no, little town and my family still live there and I've got a house not far from there. So yeah. And so how does one get into snowboarding? I know a lot of skiing happens in Australia. People come over here. I live, I'm in Whistler, Canada right now, and this mountain is filled with Aussies. So how did you start and what age? You're like three years old, right? Yeah, I was really young when I started.

I don't even remember the first day I went on the hill. First time I kind of remember snowboarding, I would have been probably seven or eight years old, maybe 10. But I started, yeah, when I was three. At least I was on skis, I think, for a little bit, which is a bit controversial, but then transferred over to um snowboarding but yeah we i mean in australia we do have mountains we have snowy mountains you know my local resort in australia is threadbow so we we just don't have a long season so we were always having to travel overseas i actually spent a lot of time in canada

and bc we used to get a mountain called big white i went to whistler yeah yeah we loved it over there so my family weren't your typical aussie family playing tennis or going to the beach or doing you know, those summer sports that most Australians do. We were chasing the winter. So it was fun. And so at what age did you go, okay, this is going to be, I want to know how something like this happens when you start so early. Like what percentage of your parents' encouragement was it? What percentage passion was it? Like what's the ratio of how things started to get serious for you in this sport? I would say, I think others made that decision for me because, you know, so young you don't really snowboarding such a young demographic we have you know i'm now 31

and i'm competing against 18 year olds and even before that if you're you know extraordinary talent you're 16 and you know you're you're competing with the men so it's um you do have to start young and get good young so so you can start to propel yourself into the career so i really don't think i realized that it was a professional career or something that i would comprehend until I was about 13 or 12 or 13 years old but before that you know even now speaking to my parents they had to kind of realize that dream for me it is something that I obviously wanted to do but they had to create the pathway for me from when I was you know seven or eight years old obviously I had no awareness of that I was just up on the mountain enjoying what I was

doing and having fun and I still do that but they were you know creating that avenue for me if it's something that I really wanted to do down the line. So that point would have been, I would say, 12, 11 or 12 years old was when I was like, okay, I want to take that leap into realizing this as a potential profession. Because you're one of, you're the youngest of four kids. Yeah. Yeah. And so you, are you, were you the only one in your family that got that passionate about sport? Yeah. Youngest in my family of four, the most spoiled one, apparently. Me too. I'm the youngest of six and it's the best position to be in. The youngest is the best. I mean, Chelsea, look at us. We're the best. I mean, it just is what it is. But no,

I think it was 10 or 11, I propelled myself into it. I have a question about as your body is changing, when you're starting that young, I know you're pretty tall for a snowboarder. You're starting with one center of gravity and growing into a very different shaped human. What was that like and were there struggles with that? Absolutely. Yeah. I would say I'm a very differently shaped human up there on the mountain. Did you try to stunt your growth so it could be a little bit more operational for you? I guess it's not really having that much of an impact for you. So if you were shorter, who knows if you'd be able to accomplish all of these things? Yeah. I mean, it might've helped. And maybe my parents looked into that like, oh boy,

how are we going to stop this growth thing from happening? But no, it's, yeah. I mean, a lot of my competitors are 5'4", 5'3", 6'2". So it's a significant difference. And where that can be challenging is without getting into too much snowboarding lingo, the half pipe, the wall's 22 foot high. And typically when you're riding up the wall, you're hitting a lot of G force. So when you have a lower center of gravity, you naturally don't have as much force pulling you down into the ground and you can kind of just, you're just a little bit more in control. You have a bit more awareness of your you know your surroundings and for me sometimes i feel a little bit like bambi like my limbs are flying every direction and i'm trying to pull them back in

so i'm compact like the other guys but you know i'm naturally i also have some benefits whereas i'm a bit heavier so when it's snowing you know we're in a unpredictable uh profession where it snows there's wind there's a lot of variables in those conditions i'm a bit heavier so i can carry more speed. Amplitude is a big criteria in our sport. So it can be also beneficial. So I like to focus on the positives, I guess, but it is a very big difference. Yeah. Yeah. And you're married to, your wife's name is Chloe. She says she's the CEO of your life. She's an heiress to the Aston Martin fortune. So you're basically a kept man by your wife. So how does that feel as a professional athlete. Yep. She's the, she's the CEO of Scotty James, as she says, and she keeps

the trains on the tracks. Yeah. How did you lock that down, Scotty? Well, I mean, should we go down the whole, the whole story? She always says I don't tell the story in detail, but today I can make the exception of doing that. Absolutely. We have a lot of female listeners, so they definitely want the details. So yeah. Gotcha. Okay. Well, I explained it in my wedding speeches, me being Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City. And I was in New York City walking down one of the streets in New York. And I was thinking, maybe tonight's the night my love story's about to begin. And I was playing that audio in my head. Walked to a restaurant called Motel Morris in New York City. It's on the corner of, I want to say 7th and 18th, but I could be wrong. We got to the restaurant.

I met Chloe. I knew her brother actually before I met Chloe, connected us. And sure enough, here we are married with a little little guy as well and um still friends with her brother so so what was your what was your move what did you say to her when did you know that you liked her and then how did you follow up on it um i mean i think initially she was probably a bit skeptical had a very similar experience as yourself with snowboarders um her dad frankly didn't like the idea of a snowboarder. Apparently when she was younger, she was also run over by a snowboarder. So off to a bad start before I even walked into the restaurant. So approval from dad was like, big no-no. Snowboarder. Naturally over time, the accent played a bit of a role. And we both shared

a couple of bottles of wine and that helps. Yes, yes, yes. Okay. That does help. The accent And it also helps. For some reason, Americans are just like, she's American, right? Canadian. Canadian. Well, same thing. Well, actually, not now, but usually it's the same thing. But yes, yes.

We are suckers for accents. It doesn't really matter which one. Any will do. We just love an accent. So that gets you further, for sure. Hopefully. In some cases, yes. Yeah.

And now you guys have a kid. You have a one-year-old. Yeah, little Leo. He's one in a few months now. I told myself I'm not going to be the dad that says it by the months. I'm like, he's one in three months. I'm not going to be like, he's a 20-month-old. No, I'm with you on that.

It's too confusing. He's one year and a bit. That's where he's at at the moment. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. People who talk in months. I once had somebody talk to me and tell me that her child was 72 months. I was like, what?

I was like, is that five? Are you talking about, do you mean five? I mean, I don't even know what 72 months is, but it's long and I don't have time for that. Has your son hit the slopes yet? Have you put him on a snowboard yet? Not yet. No, no. I went up on the hill and I put him in a backpack and we went riding, which was really fun, but I haven't got him on the board yet. A lot of people ask me that question, but we'll see. When the time's right, he can give it a go. Absolutely. Okay. Let's move on to snowboarding and why it's, what is the problem?

when you are not a professional athlete like yourself i want to know and i don't want to shame snowboarders i'm dating with somebody who snowboards right now i'm trying to transition him to skiing but i don't know that could be a bigger commitment but what is the issue between skiers and snowboarders and where does it come from and are there different two different sets of etiquette or one set of etiquette i mean i think i think it's more so the skiers have the problem with the snowboarders, not the other way around. I mean, it's just, it's the history and. But why is there such tension? Why, why? It's like England and Ireland. Why are, why do, do you don't think snowboarders care about skiers? They don't have a problem.

They wouldn't want a snowboard only mountain. Yeah. I don't know what the, what the gripe is between the two. I don't have an agenda. I'm like, if you like the mountains and you have as much fun as I do go ahead but you know maybe snowboarders in this case where you're getting run over and you know Chloe's been run over in the past it's not built building a great strong case for us there's also mountains still in the US where you're not allowed to snowboard so yeah I actually funnily enough went and stayed at a hotel at one of those mountains before and it was quite a strange experience fighting with not going out on the hill but staying in the hotel it felt like I I was really in the wrong territory.

Where were you? At Deer Valley? Are you talking about Deer Valley? Yeah, I was there. Yeah, yeah. I know. I love it there because there are no snowboarders. I mean, I want us to get along.

I do. I just don't understand. It's like a different ilk. It's like they just come and it's so rough. And then you hear them and you can't see them. But it's not the behavior of the snowboarder, obviously. It's the behavior of the snowboarder. There's just a more of a...

We're just cooler. We're just cooler. I know, you guys think that. We have more swagger. No, we don't think it. It's just that we can talk about facts. I mean, it's important to get factual on the show. You know, we're more comfortable.

We walk around like in shoes. You know, we could wake up, roll out of our bed. It's like slippers. And I could wear those until I go to bed at night. I just also think that skiers are a little bit upset. And they're just like, they're just angry that they can't do that. Here we go. Here it comes.

I don't think we have a problem with skiers. And now he unleashes, unleashes this vitriol. How old were you when you went to your first Olympics? First Olympics, I was 15. Okay. So that's crazy. And how old were you when you left home? I left home when I was sort of pursue it when my parents decided, and myself, it was, you

know, all of us in my family collectively decided I wanted to pursue it professionally. I was 12. I was, I was really young. So it was a massive commitment from my parents to have the trust in my coach at the time and his sister to look after me, not only on the mountain, but off the mountain as well. And through that time from 12, I was able to realize a professional career in the sport. And then by 14, I was offered the opportunity to go and represent Australia, which was a unique, special experience. And, you know, fortunately making it there, I was 15 at the time and taking full advantage of all the free McDonald's in Vancouver. That's nice that you get to eat McDonald's while you're a teenager growing up. It's true. It's not the case anymore.

No, no, you can't. As soon as you're an adult, you have to stop that. But what was it like leaving your family at 12 years old? I mean, that must have been emotional and for all of you guys, for your siblings, for your parents, for you. Yeah, it was hugely emotional. And recently we just made a documentary and for the first time in a long time, you know, it was kind of the first time that I'd really heard everyone else's experience about that. I mean, it's almost been 20 years since that moment when I left Melbourne and going away

overseas on my own. And I remember being at the airport and it was just the floodgates were open. Everyone was very emotional, myself included. And all the way through the flight from Melbourne to Sydney, I was crying. And then all the way over to Europe. And yeah, I think that my parents didn't even realize how emotional I was until we watched the film recently. And then I didn't realize their side of the story until we watched it recently as well.

And my mom said to me the other day, she's like, you know if we had have known how upset you were we never would have sent you and I said to mom I was like yeah but look what we've realized like as much as as much as it was so hard in the moment and you know I do think that all extraordinary things that you want to try and accomplish takes hardship and you know that was mine but I was you know able to travel with great people and I was in a you know in a good and safe environment it was a challenging time but it's nice to reflect done now. Yeah, I would imagine it just gives you so much, A, you grow up real quick, right? And B, you just become really independent and self-sufficient at a young age, even if you do

have people helping you. Yeah, definitely. And I think, you know, even more so is, you know, the stigma with snowboarding, it's smoking, it's drinking, it's partying, it's, you know, it's, it's a wild scene still today. All things I love, all things I love and support. You should start snowboarding, Chelsea. Exactly. You can do that while you ski also, by the way, just FYI. So my parents, naturally, I mean, now I'm a dad, I would be thinking about that, the environment and the world you go into. It's evolved a lot since then, but yeah, a lot of factors for them to think about, which I'm sure they lost sleep over.

Yeah, and also, I'm sure, and also it's such a, and you're the baby on top of it, but it's also such a solitary sport. You know, it's like, I mean, I guess all these kind of mountain sports are very solitary unless you're doing, you know, like, you know, you're working together. But like, how does that impact your relationship with other athletes and how does it impact your relationship with your coaches? Like you become, is it like, would you compare it to maybe like a tennis player or do you feel more like you're on more of a team? Yeah, sure. So I think the unique thing about snowboarding or our world, which is very cool, is everyone does have a good relationship. So you're up there at the top of the pipe, for example. Some might wish each other luck. It's a little bit more, call it happy-go-lucky in the sense of being a little bit less cutthroat. I'm probably more so on the other side where I'm up there I have intention I'm not necessarily focused on making friends in that exact moment but yeah I would say that there is a sense of solitude that you have to be okay with being alone be okay with being extremely selfish about

what your endeavors are you're not you're not doing it for anyone you have to be so I guess obsessed with the craft to want to do it for yourself. I've always found my team is more so my family, other people that have helped me in my journey. That's the kind of weight that I ride with is I'm doing it because it wouldn't be satisfying enough for me if I was just up there with my own intent every week to just do it for myself. I think my team is, I want to do well for them. But yeah, you're right. It's a little bit more like a tennis player rather than a football team for sure. Yeah, that's interesting. I mean, you get to travel all over the world to train in different places. Is there anywhere you prefer never to go back to? We did world championships

in Georgia a couple of years ago. Georgia, the country? The country. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The country in Georgia. I forget the name of the mountain. We were very far from anywhere. More so, it's actually the country was cool but this where we were the weather conditions it was out there so probably there i think georgia is the country where i saw that video that went viral one year with like the the gondola where the gondola chairs were put on backwards and then they started turning they flipped it and reversed it and then people were just flying off of the gondola because it was coming around like 60 kilometers an hour it was like flipping honestly sounds like sounds like something i would have seen when i was there so it probably was yeah uh tell us about your

documentary i want to hear about that yeah it was uh it was been really fun i mean as the we made the documentary called pipe dream and came out on netflix in december 19 so it's still early days it's had its premiere which is yeah it's been awesome and yeah i think overall it's obviously incredibly rewarding to have been able to go on such an amazing platform for myself but also just for snowboarding is really exciting just to get more people hopefully more viewers and eyes and every everyone engaged in and what we're doing up here in the mountains and it was a pretty emotional like process getting it all together and obviously hearing from my family and other peers and hearing from other snowboarding competitors present in the past. And so it's

quite cool to hear a lot of people's perspective, which I actually haven't heard before. So yeah, it was a rewarding process, long process, but really, really cool. And I've never told my story like that before, which was fun to do. Yeah, I can't wait to see it. That must be really interesting to see all these people talk about you. Because I think in life, we talk about this a lot on this podcast like you don't really have time necessarily to reflect on things like especially when you're going like you're an athlete like you're training all year long literally what you have like a month off a year or something is that right a month off yeah yeah it's probably say three months because you go northern hemisphere season which starts in

october goes through to april first week of may then you have june off then you you know then the southern hemisphere winter starts so you kind of obviously is always constantly chasing winter so you get yeah a few months off a year okay so if you had to describe before we move on to the next part of that i just want to i want to know what you when you are starting and you're competing and you're listening to music to get ready once it starts what is in your head if you fall behind by a fraction of a second or you don't hit the same something that you want to hit what do you say to yourself in that moment when something doesn't land like it's supposed to land a hundred percent honestly i i reflect on in that exact moment i just say fuck it let's just go get it

done because you can spend so much time thinking about oh i should have done this better did i prepare well enough what's he gonna do you know everyone's watching everyone's expecting it's like that's what i do i just say effort and i i think there's this really amazing piece in being able to say that confidently because that's like the the best part about what i do is when you can drop in and just be so present in the moment with you know every trick and and enjoying the environment that's what i that's what i try and focus on it'll be in the case i'm sure it's similar for you if you're going out for a big gig or doing stand-up it's like you you've prepared so much you have 10 more seconds what else can you do other than just be like

like let's just get after it and see how we go and if things happen it happens and you're going to learn from it and that's what I do embrace that a lot I think that you know you do spend a lot of time preparing and you can become way too meticulous and overthinking and over over over everything that you end up actually giving yourself, you have no satisfaction because you're like, well, what was all the work for if I can't just embrace the moment? So I do focus on that. Yeah. Yeah. And do you find that that's different now as you've gotten older, that you're more in the present moment than you were when you were competing as a younger person? Definitely. A hundred percent. I think naturally, you know, still young, but

going through, you know, time when you're younger, you do spend and waste so much time thinking about things that just do not matter at all, whether that's on the mountain or off the mountain. You know, I did that. I went through that. Whereas now I'm very much, yeah, very present. You know, I know what I want to accomplish. I know who I am as a person. My two feet are on the ground and I do lean into that. Like if you had one weakness that you would, that you would like to work on or that you're working on what would that be it's a good question i um my weakness would probably be besides being a snowboarder besides being a snowboarder um it would be to be honest it's still it's funny like i even after having found such a groove in you know maybe

whatever you define success as in my case you know being able to compete really well and do well in events is still belief like you still have moments where you know you prepare so well and you're like it all I have to do is show up and put my best foot forward and land a really amazing run and it'll you know it'll go my way we're well enough and in tune enough that we know when we have the tools to win if you don't you know where you're kind of at and I still sometimes I battle with that belief of can I actually realize now what I'm trying to accomplish and have I taken the right steps to get there so I would say that that's something that I continue to work on but because as much as I feel I am working on I also think it's kind of my blessing

because then I don't take advantage of any day every opportunity is an opportunity I try and squeeze every opportunity that I can training and maybe that's that lack of belief that it makes me go overboard in term with my preparation my training so I don't know it's probably whether it's a weakness or maybe it could might not be but that would be yeah I mean circling back to the subject or the like the topic of reflection like I always think you know if there's something big high stakes in my life which is obviously very different than yours but like I always think okay think about all the things that led to you being here like think about all of where you came from so like when I talk about reflection like I know as an athlete you're you know you're moving

so fast you're training so much you you have limited time off or limited off season and it's like you you really have to take note of where you began and where you've come how far you've come you know as a reminder for anyone really in any situation it's like oh I'm the one who got myself all the way here obviously with help of coaches and support from your family etc but to and your wife, but also to really remember how far you've come. Yeah, definitely. And I think the one I always sit on a lot is the courage. I think everyone, we all have passions. We all have something that we want to realize in our lives. And I feel very fortunate that I'm one of the ones that had the courage to actually continue and go for it, particularly with the setbacks that you have

when you're young um and i think that's across a lot of people always ask me like oh who do you look up to who do you you know admire in your life and to be honest i don't have one person it's always people that i look at and i hear their story and i hear about their adversity and their courage to actually pursue what they want to do in their life and that's hard so i i do focus on that too is the the courage takes a lot of courage to actually commit to your passion in life. And I've done that, which has been rewarding and fortunately worked out, but yeah. Yeah. I always say, people always say that to me, who do you look up to? Like, who is your favorite? And I was like, well, Bill Cosby, but that didn't really work out for

me. So I have to stop mentioning it. That's not, it's not a hero anymore. Anyway, we're going to take a break and we're going to be right back with Scotty James. Okay. the new red bull dragonberry and tropic berry energizers now at mcdonald's made with freeze dried fruit and an electric burst of flavor the all-new red bull energizers now at mcdonald's this product may not be right for you high in caffeine details at mcdonald's.ca and participating canadian restaurants excluding quebec when i was 14 years old i was kidnapped and held captive for nine months i survived and i've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them i'm elizabeth smart and these are the survivor files i just remember

this low taunting voice next to my ear saying shut up don't say anything every week i'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable i knew if he woke up without a doubt he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. They're stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part

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Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicist for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman. Not that great. Actually, can you help me shape this? How about we flip it on its head? How about we flip the script? What if the surprise woman, who actually you think is the straight man, is actually the one who's acting weird?

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I was like, is that weed? Nope, it's fragile masculinity. Ben Stiller, no. Because a lot of times, out of context, people don't get it or even know what a circle is. You know what I mean? Like, they're like, oh, what's a circle? Everyone's so dumb except for you.

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And we're back with Scotty James. Okay, Scotty James is on his way to the Olympics, And this is not his first time at the Olympics. This is your fifth time at the Olympics. Fifth, yes. Vintage. Yeah, vintage. Fifth time.

My gosh. Okay, so now we take questions from callers, Scotty. Are you ready? I'm ready. You seem ready. You seem ready, yes. Catherine, what do we got? All right, well, we're going to start with a couple skiing, snowboarding questions,

but then move on to some interpersonal juicy stuff. So then we're going to move on to some gynecology questions just to keep you comfortable. Exactly, right in your wheelhouse. So we're going to start with a brand new segment, which is our one drink question. And this is just a little quickie. So our listener says, Dear Chelsea, this is not an incredibly deep question. It is about skiing. I grew up snowboarding and decided I wanted to switch to skiing after college for longevity purposes.

I visualize a 50-year-old version of myself who's a badass skier and spends a third of my year in Telluride. Here are my questions. One, what age did you start spending serious time skiing? do you think 31 is too late no two how long did it take you to feel confident on blacks with age my fearlessness has faded and i'm frustrated with how much hesitation i have going down the mountain how many lessons did you have before you felt really capable and confident to handle all terrain great questions i love it first of all i didn't start getting into skiing like seriously seriously until i was like 39 i mean i skied for my in my 30s

But I didn't start like taking like actual private instruction, which are pretty expensive. So if you can afford that, great. But if not, your fearlessness gets replaced by competency, I would say. You know, what you lose in fearlessness, you gain in competency and capability. So the more time you spend on the mountain and the more runs you do in bad conditions, in good conditions, in powder and groomers, all of it, you become a better skier. And I like I'm a really good skier now. I could ski down pretty much anything. My friends took me down something like two days ago that I was like, if I had done that 10 years ago, I would never have made it right. I would have been

like, no way. So that would have felt really good. But you know, 31, yeah, you're down. You could do whatever. I think it takes a good hundred days on a mount, but you want to get instruction from someone who knows what they're doing so you don't create really bad habits and then beat up your body right scotty whoever asked the question lost me it i transferred to skiing so no comment first of all and also to our writer in you doing the right thing by leaving snowboarding and transferring to skiing scotty and i are from two different schools of thought obviously and i support you 100 and that's it problem solved all right okay cheers is that our one drink yes and uh and i can confirm chelsea's actually looking at potentially

you you told me earlier you're looking at doing some instructing at a local resort so maybe right maybe you could take that on i gotta get my level ones first i gotta get my level one two three and four yeah double blacks yeah it takes a while to get down it but by the way once you get good at skiing a double black you don't even look at whether it's black or blue or it doesn't matter you're you're fine it's true no but to to second you you're right i think the more consistency you have and the more often you do it and the and your curiosity is where you'll win so go for it but you should stay on the board yeah all right well our first caller today is jess and she is calling in from vancouver so she says dear chelsea i've fallen up this is another skiing question but

it will make sense to you, Scotty. So I've fallen out of love with skiing. Growing up, some of my best memories were spent on the slopes, and I chose a grad school partly based on proximity to a hill. Post-COVID, I took a break from my studies and moved to Queenstown, New Zealand to work on the ski field. I got paid to ski every day and loved it. Wanting to improve, I signed up for a ski instructor exam. I really enjoy developing my technique, and Chelsea, I too ended up sleeping with my ski instructor. We're now married. My husband is a highly skilled snow sports professional, and skiing is central to his world. But within that world, I often don't feel welcome. When we're with his friends, conversation revolves almost exclusively

around ski technique and criticism of the industry, and I largely feel excluded. Being surrounded by constant evaluation has made me wonder what he thinks about my skiing, what his peers think too. It's such a visible sport, and I've seen the ego-driven underside of it. Over time, I've come to associate skiing with feeling inferior. When my husband and I do ski together, the days have slowly morphed into being about filming him for YouTube and marketing his business. I've become the cliche Instagram girlfriend. We moved to BC a couple years ago and have incredible skiing available to us. We've had conversations about this, but I find myself sabotaging ski days by offering just to film without being asked just to avoid skiing

myself. Honestly, I'd rather be in the lodge with a margarita. Chelsea, how can I build my ski self-esteem and fall back in love with the mountains again? Thanks so much, Jess. Well, Jess, it feels like you got to find a group of like women to ski with so that you don't feel like that. You got a new, I mean, it doesn't even have to be women. It just has to be people that aren't that judgy or so psychotically talking about skiing all the time. That's not fun either. Nobody wants to talk about technique all the time, unless you're Scotty and you're on your way to do the Olympics and that's all you have to talk about. Even I don't do that, I promise. Yeah, actually go back and tell them Scotty James doesn't even talk about it as much as you guys do

and he's competing in the Olympics. Yeah, when I was in New Zealand, I worked in the industry a little bit and I found some group of women that were a little bit less intense about it. So it was really fun, but I haven't quite found that here in BC and Canada. But yeah, I think that's a great idea but you know what you could find ski groups online you know there's like i'm in a ski group on saturdays like club link at whistler blackcomb where i ski we you know we have a guy that just cuts the lines for us you know when it's busy and like takes us it's fun you can do that you can join and then cyprus and grouse are in vancouver i mean that's so much fun night skiing i love that but yeah i would just change the channel like first of all stop going and recording

your boyfriend, husband, whatever he is, like, what are you, his assistant? I mean, have him go. That's not fun for anyone. I mean, do you have children? No, not yet. Exactly. That's why you shouldn't be filming anybody because he's an adult man. I mean, you know, Scotty, what do you have to say to this? Anything? I would say, firstly, you're welcome over to our side any day of the week. The snowboarding side. We can get you some snowboarding. Yeah, we can bring you in. it'll be a warm welcome secondly it's actually really interesting my ears pricked up when you said that you sometimes don't feel like you fit in into conversation it doesn't matter your level i have that same feeling in my world sometimes there's maybe a certain type of person or a

certain type of you know way that people perceive snowboarders or skiers in this case to be and if you don't fit that mold you don't really feel like you're a part of what they're doing and you know even for me I always got a bit insecure about that but I think that the second that you realize I guess who you are and what you're doing and why you're actually even out there like firstly you're just wanting to have fun and that's what anyone should be up there doing if you're not pursuing it professionally I think just find a bit of sanity and that you actually enjoy it and if people start to have a go at you about not being on their level of knowledge, who gives a shit? It doesn't matter at all. It is quite a made up sport, I suppose,

too. Unless you're in a game, you're trying to get from A to B really quickly or you're being judged on specific criteria, it is made up. So I do try to tell myself that. It doesn't really matter what I look like. I'm still having fun and that's the point. But yeah, there's definitely a little bit of ego and I think that comparison that yeah but that's men I mean that's why like don't ski with a group of men like that's just not fun you know that's your solution yeah it's like there are some exceptions yeah there are Scotty you seem like a really nice guy but again you know still a snowboarder a world champion but a snowboarder nonetheless so you just got to get you got to change the channel and decide who you're skiing with and just be honest with your

partner and be like listen it's not fun I don't feel like I want to have fun on skis I'm like losing my love have you expressed that to him by the way yeah we've talked about it a bit I think the worst season was last season just I didn't actually get a single day to ski to myself but he knows how I feel the issue is is that he's trying to make YouTube his business and I'm kind of tied into that as well right like he doesn't really have anyone else to go out with him so sometimes sometimes I kind of get pulled into that but I guess trying to make that boundary or draw that line? Find a college student.

Find a college student to do that. Yeah, okay. That's a good idea. Great idea. I wasn't going to say that, but I was going to say, you can also, you know, you do something for him

and then he does, you know, and then, okay, in exchange for that, you get to go skiing alone or you go skiing with a group of people or you go skiing and he's not allowed

to talk about skiing for the entire day. You know, like, figure out what the compromise is. While you're skiing, you're not allowed to talk about skiing while we're skiing.

For every photo or video, it's one margarita. I mean, come on. Let's go. Good negotiation. What is your drink of choice on the mountain, Scotty, when you can have a drink? When you are celebrating, what is it? Good question.

After like an event, probably champagne, actually. Yeah. I mean, I thought because they're spraying it all over you, so readily available. True. Yeah. I like a Moscow Mule on the mountain or I like a stiff margarita because I like to have a margarita juice boost at around 11. If I go out around nine, I like to stop, have a little margarita at 11 and then go back

out and have a little more bravery this is this is the olympics of skiing drinking knowledge by chelsea yeah yeah so there you go jess and hopefully i'll run into you out one of these mountains yeah yeah we're gonna go into the interior in a few weeks in february so but fun but yeah yeah oh good okay well yeah but don't lose your love you know if you love skiing like make sure you're like you've got to like garden your passions you know what i mean just like you have to like garden your relationship you have to like make sure you do what you want to do and enjoy something that you love that you like kind of got ruined by somebody else like don't let that don't let them take that away you know go and be like true to yourself and get back out

there yeah I think the idea of finding women to ski with is a good one yeah always always if you're a woman I like you know skiing with women I like women guides every I'm like if she could move her body like that then I can move my body like that you know it's easier sometimes with a woman when you are a woman yeah that's a good point okay things to think about thank you guys okay great thanks for calling in take care thanks thanks i would love to do like a thing where they had to with spectators had to compete drinking while at the olympics and then interviewing the athletes after who could do that the best and that would be me i would not lose my shit the more the more alcohol in my system the more clarity i get i mean i think that's a fair pitch i do too actually i

I don't know why I'm not doing that. I don't know. They must have hired somebody else, somebody more reliable. Okay, Catherine, what else? What else do we got? Well, our next caller is Rebecca. She says, Dear Chelsea, I am a 42-year-old who moved to a Greek island on my own just over a year ago. After nannying and waiting tables my whole life, I decided it was time to live my dream and stop waiting for my person for my life to begin.

So I used my savings to do the golden visa and buy property in Greece while giving myself a few years to really give my all to my business and gain clients. I know it will take some time to support this life financially. With a savvy budget, I can support myself with savings for another year until my business picks up or I have to go back to the US and find another nanny job. Recently, I got on a dating app and found a really great guy who's also an expat. Our relationship is quite new, but we're very compatible and we're falling fast for each other. He's in a very different financial situation. He recently retired, he's in his 50s, with plenty of money and is constantly taking lavish

vacations all over the world. At first, it sounds amazing, right? But when I really think about it, I'm not in a position to actually join him on these vacations. Even though I can work from anywhere, just paying for one splurgy meal on a trip would cost the same as my budget for two weeks here. So my question is, how and when do I approach this money conversation? Do I just turn down trips with him?

He's currently angling for a getaway to the Maldives. We're only six weeks in, so is it too soon to talk finances? Rebecca. Well, I mean, hi, Rebecca. How are you? Hi. Hi. This is our special guest, Scotty James.

He's heading to the Olympics. He's the best snowboarder of all time, so you came to the right place because he's got lots of answers for you. Has it come up yet? Have you guys been on a vacation? I mean, usually the person that wants to go on the vacation that badly is happy to pay for it. But have have you guys been on a vacation like that together, like a nice vacation yet? Yeah, we went to Vienna for New Year's. He paid for most of it, but I had to pay for my plane ticket, which wasn't that much.

But it's still significant for me. So I just kind of have to measure, like, how many times can I do that? We're going to Santorini in a couple of weeks. And again, he's paying for the trip, but I'm paying for my plane ticket. And so, yeah, it's it's, you know, I'm not really sure how to I'm not great at talking about it yet and I'm not sure because it's so new what the best way to do it is yeah well I don't think for yeah I know it's not a sexy conversation to talk about finances especially when they're like you're strapped for them but I think you should just have a very honest conversation and

just let him know like what your situation is go be like I'm sorry I'm not as established like these vacations really like even the plane ticket is a lot for me that's like my budget for however I mean plane tickets are fairly if you're in Greece and you're going to Santorini obviously that's a little bit more affordable. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. That's true. It's more that they add up. And yeah. And also just things like this summer, I don't like to be here for August because it's too hot and too crowded. So like if I were single, I would be looking for a house swap or looking to house sit, like something free that I could do. Like he keeps talking about going to the Maldives and he keeps like hinting, like, do you want to come or not? He hasn't actually

directly said that, but he said like, do you like the Maldives? Do you think you'd ever want to come? So it's like, we're not quite there yet to like plan that, but then I need to also be planning my, my life just in case we don't go. But I think you should enter this car. Listen, Scotty's married to an heiress. So he's in the same boat basically as you are. But I, it's, I think you should just bring a lightness to this conversation and be like, listen, I am excited about all of this potential and I know we're very new, but I just really want to be transparent. This should be like an in-person conversation about where you are financially, what your plan is. Like everything you just mentioned in your letter is worthwhile knowledge.

Like you moved to Greece, you have a year to set up your business, you know, or before you have to go back to the States, which you definitely don't want to do right now. So you like, you know, just be very transparent without asking or expecting, you know what I mean? Just saying like, I want to figure this out together and I don't expect you to pay for everything. I want to contribute. So what's the best way I can do that? Maybe there's a different way that you can contribute that isn't fiduciary, you know, like maybe you can, you know, I don't know, maybe you can be involved in the planning more or you could pick up the restaurants or do some more of the legwork, you know, figure out a way to contribute if he's cool with it. But I think you should just,

you know, don't make it dire. Just say, hey, I want to just start talking about this. I know it's not a sexy conversation, but I want to be transparent and I don't want to like take advantage of the situation. You know what I mean? Just be very honest. I think that gets the ball rolling in the right kind of candor and transparency, especially at the beginning of a relationship. It's important to say those things. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That's really helpful. Yeah. And then also giving him the option of like, if it doesn't work for, you know, you just bring for the vacation, like I'm totally cool to do a house swap and like, I'll see you in a month when you get back from the Maldives.

Yeah. Yeah, threaten him. Who knows who I might meet in that time. Yeah, who knows who I'm going to meet while you go to the Maldives. That always works. And congrats on having the courage to move. Totally. Try something different.

I think that takes a lot of courage. So respect for doing that. Oh, thank you. Yeah, it does. It does. To get up and move to some place where you don't know anyone and so far away, like I love that move. And I think you'll get rewarded.

I mean, Greece is always, always a good place to be. Yeah, yeah, I love it here so far. Okay, well, good. Good luck. And yeah, let us know how that conversation goes. We like follow-up calls. Okay, awesome. Yeah, thank you so much.

Thanks, Rebecca. Okay, bye. Bye-bye. We're gonna take a quick break and we're gonna be right back to wrap up with Scotty James. the new red bull dragonberry and tropic berry energizers now at mcdonald's made with freeze dried fruit and an electric burst of flavor the all-new red bull energizers now at mcdonald's

this product may not be right for you high in caffeine details at mcdonald's.ca and participating canadian restaurants excluding quebec when i was 14 years old i was kidnapped and held captive for nine months i survived and i've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them i'm elizabeth smart and these are the survivor files i just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying shut up don't say anything every week i'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable i knew if he woke up without a doubt he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about

what's taken from them. They're stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm gonna have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From best-selling

authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle.

I chose option B. I'm Julie Pinheiro and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were like, you smiled at us. Not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind,

or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back with Scotty James. Scotty, do you spend a lot of time on the mountain when you're not? Like, do you spend any time on the mountain when you're not training? Yeah, I would say when my family's around, yes.

Like, my dad loves snowboarding, so he's always keen to be on the hill. He's the guy that's up at the lift line first and waiting for the chairlift to open. So I definitely, when he's around, I'm up there just for fun and to go cruise around. But to be honest, during a competition week, I'm not on the hill too much other than competing and training. What is your meal right before you compete? I love spaghetti bolognese. Yeah, I just, I mean, probably the night before, because if I had it right before I compete, it might be a little on the heavy side. I'm already heavy, as I explained earlier.

So throwing around spaghetti bolognese in my stomach doing flips is not a great outcome. But yeah, probably that, I would say. Yeah, it's nice to have to eat spaghetti bolognese for your profession since you need to carb load and you need to get your body stored up. It's nice to have that kind of responsibility. Sure, yeah, this is true. And will your family, your family's going to be at the Olympics, yeah? Yeah, so the fam will be there, which will be really nice.

The last Olympics was in China. The country was still closed, so it was a pretty interesting experience. It was like just us. And robots. It didn't really feel like an Olympics and robots. And it was, yeah, strange. So it wasn't like, didn't really feel the energy last time. So it'll be nice to have, you know, Italy will be great.

Oh, yeah. Italy as a country. Spaghetti bolognese on hand, obviously, whenever. but no it'll be nice to have the family that'll be good okay well I cannot wait to see you win a gold medal so we will be watching it was delightful speaking with you

I hope I get to meet you someday in person maybe I'll pop by the Olympics this year who knows anything's possible if I get the job done we'll promise you one thing we're going snowboarding together and you shake on it well okay yeah

and then I'm gonna take a photo of it And be like, she's transitioned. Yes, transitioned in more ways than one. Thank you, Scotty. Thanks for being here. Thank you guys so much for having me. Appreciate it. Okay, take care.

Okay, guys, the High and Mighty Tour is about to begin. I'm in D.C., February 13th, February 14th, Atlantic City, which I just added. 15th is Norfolk, Virginia. February 19th, Madison, Wisconsin. February 20th is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. February 21st, Detroit, Michigan. February 22nd, Rama, Ontario. That's Canada for those of you who don't speak Canadian.

March 13th, Cleveland, Ohio. March 14th, Columbus, Ohio. March 15th, Cincinnati, Ohio. And then March 20th is Denver, Colorado. March 27th, Portland, Maine. March 28th, Providence, Rhode Island. March 29th, Springfield, Massachusetts. April 10th is Chicago.

I'll be at the Chicago Theater. April 11th, Indianapolis, Indiana. April 12th, Louisville, Kentucky. April 16th is Albuquerque, New Mexico. April 17th is Mesa, Arizona. April 23rd is Kansas City, Missouri. April 24th is St. Louis, Missouri. April 25th is Minneapolis, Minnesota.

April 30th, Nashville, Tennessee. May 1st is Charlotte, North Carolina. May 2nd is Durham, North Carolina. May 6th, I'm doing Netflix is a Joke Festival. I will be in Los Angeles. That is a new announcement. And May 15th, Saratoga, California. May 16th, Monterey, California.

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