So True with Caleb Hearon - Stavros Halkias Loves Meat
Episode Date: September 26, 2024Welcome back! This week’s guest is the hilarious and handsome Stavros Halkias! Stavros and Caleb talk The Sopranos, their night out together in London, Ravens vs. Chiefs, Stavros' upcoming ...movie Let's Start a Cult, and much more! Join our Patreon for an exclusive extended interview with Stavros and other bonus content! https://patreon.com/SoTruePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow Stavros! @stavvybaby2 Follow the show! @sooootruepod Follow Caleb! @calebsaysthings Produced by Chance Nichols @chanceisloud Recorded at Headgum Studios in New York CitySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Don't listen to the allegations, folks. What Caleb is saying, he's coming out in support of the stuff coming out.
None of it's true.
Hey, folks.
None of it's true.
Wait, who are you voting for?
You know, well, since RFK dropped out of the race, I'm still kind of weighing my options.
What's going on, brother?
What's up on, brother?
What's up, bro?
Thanks for having me.
Well, it's good to see you again.
The last time I saw you, we had a classic fat guy evening.
We did.
We were in London.
We were in London.
We went to dinner together, and we did one of my favorite things to do with another fat guy. Yes.
Which is to go to dinner and go, let's just order a lot.
We'll take stuff home.
Yeah, yeah.
Not a scintilla of rice.
Made it in the take-home container.
20 minutes later, the server's picking up licked clean plates.
We ate so much at this Indian restaurant,
the owner legitimately tried to recruit us for breakfast there the next day.
That sounds like a joke.
He handed us a fucking flyer.
He was like, fellas, we got a great breakfast.
I'm not kidding.
And maybe he does this, that's part of his thing.
He did this to us three separate times.
He clocked us on the way in.
Yeah.
Just gave us the first one.
Yeah.
Saw what we were doing.
Saw the kind of damage that was taking place.
Saw that after we had ordered 20 things, Stavi pulled the waiter back over and said, another thing.
Brother, I'm going to need that.
What was it?
I forget exactly.
It was a dip of some kind.
Yeah, you added some kind of dip
But man
What a
Yeah so he's in the middle
And then literally on the way out
It was like
I gotta insist boys
You gotta come
He was like
You gotta check us out
Fellas
You're gonna love to see us again tomorrow
And honestly if I wasn't an hour
Cause I was working like an hour outside of London
I might have gone solo
You were in the neighborhood
But you know
You had been there a while You would have gone back and not told me a hundred percent wow
a hundred percent i would you are a shady character you are a shady character my friendship
with you here's the thing here's the thing i didn't want to drag you down because even in our
fat guy meal you were kind of keeping it cleaner than i thought i got i don't want to put you i
don't want to put you on blast you didn't eat any carbs you were kind of keeping it cleaner than I thought. I don't want to put you on blast. You didn't eat any carbs.
You were kind of eating meat.
Stop.
Maybe you fried okra.
But I ordered an extra rice thinking, what are we doing here?
One rice?
Who the fuck?
I saw what was happening.
I was like, we're not.
And then this motherfucker doesn't even take a rice.
I don't take a rice.
I ate 1.75 rices.
I disappointed you.
And the naan.
No naan for you. And it was kind of like, okay, I see what you're doing here. I thought we were75 rices. I disappointed you at the Fat Guy dinner. No naan for you.
And it was kind of like, okay, I see what you're doing here.
I thought we were letting it fly.
You think, okay, you're going to accuse me of being a Fat Guy trainer.
I see your big ass popping up on Instagram lifting weights.
Fucking squatting in a gym room.
Do you know how betrayed I feel when I see this shit?
No, no, no.
Because you think I'm trying to be fat.
Then I'll be fat.
I'm trying to become like the ultimate Fat Guy.
I'm trying to evolve fat, then I'll be fat. I'm trying to become like the ultimate fat guy. I'm trying to evolve into the next fat guy
because the strongest, the best, in my opinion,
the platonic ideal of an aging fat guy
is big arms, little titties.
You know what I mean?
Like, not no titties, by the way.
I said little titties.
Small, eight cups.
Small titties, like, belly's staying,
but it's a little smaller.
You know what I mean?
Kind of a bouncer build.
Yeah.
Like, that is the, like, that's what I want to, like, get into.
Still taking down meats and cheeses and whatever you got, but, like, got to be strong.
Got to be strong.
What age are you planning on clocking out, you think?
I was, you know, in my youth, in my youth, I was like, let's get to 62.
But I would like to see the tail end of my 60s at this point.
Yeah.
I want to live a little more than I thought I wanted to.
Because as a fat guy, it really is the coward in your youth.
It's like, let me just treat my body so bad, it will eventually kill me.
Yeah, exactly.
And let me have some burgers on the way out.
But I guess, unfortunately, somehow I've been tricked into enjoying life. eventually kill me yeah exactly and let me have some burgers on the way out but i guess
unfortunately somehow i've been tricked into enjoying life so i'd like to bump it up to
maybe even 70 who knows just just turn it on the gas burner a little bit more every night
it really is dude it's such a like so many of my fat friends would we would just be
menaces in our 20s i see a lot of these
motherfuckers are like what have i done i want to live i have a wife i have children and so i see
them dude i see there's a lot there's a big there's a big loose skin contingent amongst my
friends right now they look great but they're like nah i can't go out let me tell you something
i haven't seen these guys but I'm confident they don't look great.
Better than they did, bro.
Don't tell me.
One of them is handsome.
One of them does look good.
Shout out Peter Muth.
One of them is handsome.
I will not put the others on record, though.
He's a cute guy, though.
He's a cutie. Got himself a hot wife.
And here's the other thing.
It was very interesting because I don't want to put him on blast but he's the man fuck whatever pete's cool
he was this is he realized he wanted to live
and lost weight and then and then he met like a cool hot woman and i don't know maybe she was
divorced or something and she was like they went on a couple days she's like what's like why aren't you you know they got married when they're 40 or something she was like
what's going on here because you're not divorced like you're a cool guy and he has just be like i
was one of the fattest men of all time until two years ago he was like he was like that's what
that's why i that's the catch but not a bad look by the way if you're looking for a second husband
get a fat guy who suddenly decided he wanted to to see his 70s that's your that's the catch. But not a bad look, by the way. If you're looking for a second husband, get a fat guy who suddenly decided
he wanted to see his 70s.
That's your next chapter.
Because you got a good guy frozen in carbonite that way.
He's in there.
He's not solo.
Well, we're handing you a block of marble.
You just need to get him down to the Y
and see what's going on in there.
If you really want to buy low,
get him when he's fat as shit.
You know what I mean?
Change him. Change him up. Change him from the inside. Because I do think fat boys are the easiest. Absolutely. And see what's going on under there. And if you really want to buy low, get him when he's fat as shit. Yeah. You know what I mean? Change him.
Change him up.
Change him from the inside.
Because I do think fat boys
are the easiest to change.
We want someone to care so bad.
We want someone to take,
you know what I mean?
It's like,
you're not going to change
the hot guy with a fucking
leather jacket.
No, he's chill.
He's got a pussy on his motorcycle.
He's good.
You know what I mean?
You might change a fat guy
with a heart of gold though.
How long have we been recording right now?
Five minutes.
I just want to make sure, because I was wondering when you'd bring up pussy.
I didn't say eating.
I said getting.
And you just ruined your sample.
You know what I mean?
Now I know I'm being observed.
Now I know.
Because we would have gotten there, you know, probably within the next 12.
But now I know to fucking be cagey about it don't bring it up at all never done it never
will dude what am i one of the coolest things ever happened to me as a fat guy
recently and this is actually kind of sad to say because it didn't really
happen to be sharing I was at dinner with friends in London don't worry about
it you know I love a chic lifestyle yeah you really do I'm like like I'm in London
I'm like what is this he's just like I'm in London. I'm like, what is this?
He's just like, I'm in London too.
I was like, why?
He's like, just hanging out.
I was like, what?
I'm just in Europe for six weeks.
What are you, a fucking divorcee?
Pretty much. Yeah, yeah.
I was at dinner, and we were talking.
Somehow we got on the subject of the best sex we've ever had.
And my friend, a beautiful thin woman with no worries uh we accept
we won't hold it against her yeah yeah yeah a beautiful thin woman she go i was saying basically
some one of the one of the thin people in the group had said my sex hasn't been that great
lately i like to be thrown around a little bit and it's not happening and i was like
tell me you are not fucking enough fat people yeah a big guy i'll throw you around absolutely
toss her out knowing what's going on right actually has to yeah
Yeah, you're down there, and you gotta get over there
Absolutely, but Tasha over there
And so I said you're not in the fucking enough fat guys in my beautiful thin friend goes the best sex ever had in my life
Was a fat guy that's awesome, and she meant it and I literally stopped almost cried. I I feel that same pride
I don't know your friend. I don't know this guy. It's just nice to hear I said I said
Will you please call him
and tell him that?
And you know the good thing?
You know what's crazy about that?
No way he was fully hard.
You know what I mean?
It wasn't dick.
Are you not getting fully hard?
Come on, man.
Stop.
I mean, it's fully.
Fully?
I'm trying to hit a nice 85%
and then we're good.
You're getting,
I mean, no disrespect.
I'm getting 100%.
Wow.
Yeah, I don't.
You must have great,
you're younger than me too though
Yeah by a lot
Give me seven years
Yeah
Let's relax
These are also fat guy years
It's like dog years
So I guess it does multiply
Yeah
So even though it's seven years
In fat guy years
I'm like 14 years older than you
Something like that
Yeah
Oh my god
That's funny
No she
Yeah she said best sex of her life
And I
I felt
I literally woke up happy For like the next three days about it.
I'm going to be buzzing about this.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
I was like, that's great.
Yeah.
I also did, I had a, I was talking recently to a female friend who's not getting dicked
down the way she needs to by her guy.
Oh, she's in a relationship.
Well, kind of.
It's like a situation.
And she's like, the sex isn't quite there.
And I'm like, well, what's wrong?
And she's like, the penetrative sex is not working and i'm like well he's a fool then
because if you're not good at penetrative sex you have to know what your skills are absolutely it's
like a madden player you need to up this one if that one's not like daredevil dude my note it's
like his sight is gone my dick i'm not relying on it i need all my other senses in the bedroom
you know what i mean it's like it's that's so you know and that's why you know the advent of dick pills has been huge yeah because then you you you spend your
sexual development as daredevil not being able to see and all of a sudden you got some eyes
when you want them yeah i mean it's like if detective monk wasn't autistic absolutely yeah
yeah what if all of a sudden was just a charmer?
What if Monk was at a wedding just slow dancing with your grandma and a little girl?
And everyone would be like, aw, Monk is so cute.
The little girl's on his shoes.
He just winks at you.
He spent all those years developing his autistic superpowers, and then he figured out how to deal with people.
And now all of a sudden.
Then small talk.
Then small talk.
That'd be huge, yeah.
Small talk and an adept way of navigating social situations.
Yes, absolutely.
Oh, my God.
So you were in London, and then you've got a movie coming out.
Got a movie coming out, yeah.
What is it called?
Let's Start a Cult.
This is the first time I've promoted it, so I'm like, fuck, what's it called? Let's Start a Cult. Yeah is the first time I've promoted it so I'm like fuck what's it called?
Let's Start a Cult.
Yeah it's fun.
It's a little cult movie.
It's really dumb.
Just a tight
90 minute
stupid ass movie dude.
Where's it coming out?
Theaters.
October 24th.
Theaters!
Theaters.
It's going to come out
in at least two theaters.
Yeah.
They don't do that anymore.
And then it counts as theaters.
Yeah.
We're doing
New York
like bigger cities,
and then hopefully people go to see it,
and then it comes out in more places.
I'll be fucking, I'll be popping up in random shows.
I'm trying to like force this to be just a moderate success.
I just want some people to see it.
Yeah, dude, it's crazy.
It's kind of weird.
At every step, I did not think the movie was going to
happen it was like a production company hit my friend ben kitnick up who directed it and we'd
done like a short and he was of the movie of the movie we did a short version just for fun we just
kind of hit uh an airbnb for a weekend and just shot whatever the fuck we could and then they
were like hey we want to make this movie and And we're like, all right, whatever.
Like, no way this happens.
Nothing.
Movies don't get made, and we're nobody.
Especially indie movies.
Yeah, indie comedy.
Nobody's making fucking dumbass comedies anymore.
And then just at every step of the way, they were like, okay, great.
We like the script.
We're like, so they're like, go write a script.
So we wrote a script.
They're like, this is good.
We were like, really?
Okay.
And then they're like, all right, give us some dates. And I was like, hey, I'm on tour. I'm filming a script. So we wrote a script. They're like, this is good. We were like, really? Okay. And then they're like, all right, give us some dates.
And I was like, hey, I'm on tour.
I'm filming a special.
Like, I really only have the month of June.
And they were like, great.
We love June.
What?
And then I was like, all right,
but we have to cast,
and we tried to cast like some of our friends,
and they were like, cool.
And it was just like, wait,
I have to fucking be in a movie now like I've
never acted it I never shocked hearing this yeah yeah it's going for anyone no
no no and it was cheap as fuck don't get me wrong it was like we made it for like
well under a million bucks but you know yeah that makes sense yeah yeah but it
was like still it was fun as shit and it you know and again just dumb as hell the
main thing I'm mad about is that, to spoil a little bit of this,
my biggest problem with the movie
is that they didn't let me use my real nuts in it
because I did want to show my balls
and I had to use prosthetic nuts,
which it's tough when you're an artist, man,
and you're in the machine.
They just chew you up
and they just kind of disrespect your sacred vision.
You're like the John Lennon of nut sex.
Why did you have to use
prosthetics i think for some kind of like your nuts were too gross they were too maybe beautiful
it was kind of like how they had to cut that colin farrell sex scene out of a movie because
his dick was too awesome and like guys were getting pissed off when they saw it which i
think happened or i'm just it was such a colin farrell man that i just thought that but sort of
like that they're like this is too beautiful
a bag
for people
for people to be able
to focus on the rest
of the movie
I saw
I think so
is Colin Farrell
playing the penguin
that's why I just saw
him do an interview
he just had a
like two days ago
he had an interview
where he was like
he wore a fat suit
for it
yeah
and he did an interview
where he was like
I fucking hated
putting on that suit
yeah yeah yeah
and I'm like
dude you can't do
an interview
complaining about
the fat suit when no one wanted you to do that.
It can't be what you do.
I know that one was hard for me because it's like,
I do love Colin Farrell so much, but it's like he is taking,
there's so many things because it's like, it's a dumb idea.
It's like, oh, the penguin without Batman, who gives a fuck, right?
So that's like like I'd be like
alright fuck that
but then
he was good in the movie
it's like he is good at it
which is fucked
but it's also like
taking food out of
an actor's mouth
which I don't like
but Colin Farrell
is the man
and it is good
even though it sucks
as an idea
because he's so good
and so it's like
nothing
it just
I didn't know how to feel about it
and then you're telling me this where he's complaining about getting able to zip out of our bodies essentially
Imagine if like we could do this
We're just like we got abs and lighter huge and again a huge dick
You're the revolutionary they count on brother
You're the guy that they're you're the guy that they're okay with
You're not you're gonna let Colin Farrell wear that fat suit
I will I honestly will yeah
And I'm a moderate voice I'm gonna try and change them from within Yeah you're not you're gonna let colin farrell wear that fat suit i will i honestly will yeah and i'm a moderate voice i'm gonna try and change them from within yeah you know what i mean
hey colin farrell's gonna play the lead fat guy that's toby we need a cab driver yeah yeah are
you interested brother are you free that's the thing we just need more let's just get the ball
rolling with more fat mob guys yeah okay yes golden age for fat i mean italians in particular
but the sopranos one of the fattest shows
Of all time
Yeah
Like it's more
I think it's more of a fat show
Than an Italian show
If you think about it
Yeah
How many characters
Were fat as shit
Dude why do you think
I love that show
It's the best right
And they're always
They're always like
Fucking licking their finger
After eating a sausage
Yeah
With their bare hand
That's awesome
Yeah
They're all
It's like fat cheaters
Fat like
You even got
You got a fat gay guy, right? We got Vito
I mean not that she goes good for him
Sorry to spoil it he gets beaten to death with a potty pot
He gets cruelly
Poshed to death
You got a fat gay guy
Cuts a filet tarte or popping out of a closet
Look you'll always have the Johnny Cakes episode.
You know what I mean?
We have that.
You have that.
They made him a leather gay, which is, you know, representation for somebody.
Pretty funny.
Yeah, no worries.
Yeah, it really is the most, like, what do gay guys like?
Like, you can tell it's an Italian writer's room.
It's like, yeah, put him in a fucking little cap.
You know, gay shit.
I also love Sopranos fans being like Tony wasn't cool
With killing him
And it's like
Truly everyone being like
We need to murder this guy
For being gay
And Tony being like
Let's fucking move on
Yeah yeah yeah
He's like
I'm on the fence
And they're like
He progressive icon
It's like
He's one of the worst people
Of all time
Like that's
People are so fucking dumb
They're like
No I like him
So he's good.
It's like no he's a piece of shit but it's still a good show.
Yeah you can still like a bad guy in the show.
It's a show.
It's a show.
Oh God that's so funny.
I know that you want this movie to be successful because you ignore me largely about coming
on this show.
Not ignore.
And hanging out.
Not ignore.
And then who saw you out on another continent, you fucking piece of shit?
I took a fucking hour train from Marleybone or wherever the fuck I was.
I don't know what the fuck the place.
They're all Marlow or some bullshit.
All these London names or English names are fucking stupid.
Yeah, we had to go to Shoreditch.
Yeah, yeah, Shoreditch, Maidenhead.
Yeah, from Maidenhead to Shoreditch, I took a fucking hour, 15-minute train to have Indian food
and be accosted by a small business owner.
Try to get recruited to eat every meal there.
So I don't want to hear it from you.
You then, after that meal, accused me of walking you through the gayborhood.
So that I could get recognized by fans.
You did, yeah.
You got recognized.
Two people said hi to me and Stavi said, you son of a bitch.
You walked me through the gay neighborhood. so you could run the numbers up yeah yeah so you
could run the who recognized who yeah i mean the thing is both of us it's like if you sort of think
you know us it's us yeah you know what i mean it's not like is that caleb or is that stuff it's like
who the fuck else looks like this i've thought about i mean i've really thought about like
you know how some people who don't want to be recognized uh like famous people put on like
we'll put like a hat and sunglasses and a mask i'm like i could do every single one of those things
if you know my uh silhouette yeah you pretty much there's not a lot of six three four hundred pound
gay guys sauntering around park slope yeah that You're going to be like, well, that's that guy.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Yeah, for some reason I was like, well, I had to cut my hair.
No one will be able to know who the fuck I am anymore.
I literally had that thought.
I was like, great, haircut.
No one will know who I am.
It's like, no.
No, but they got you dead to rights.
Yeah.
We also had another great meal together in Kansas City.
Yes, we did.
I took you to barbecue.
Yes, we did.
I took you to an easy spot because it was on the way from the airport i didn't take you to a legendary
but it was great it was great yeah worst kent city barbecue is better than like most cities
barbecue yeah and this place was i would say yeah it was good it just it was like newer but it wasn't
but it was fucking awesome and uh but it was sort of i don't know if you know this it was the low
point that got me to change my life did you know that i did that
meal is literally where i was like i can't keep living like this i'm not even kidding after that
meal i was like i have to lose 100 pounds you spent you spent one evening with me in kansas city
i need to make a change yeah 12 hours in your shoes i was like nah i'm not built for this man you lived
like a missourian for one hour and you said i'm starting with the man in the mirror i'm making a
change i'm not even kidding because and i you know i'm not gonna bring it but sort of bring it up but
i was i had a nice show there i was so fucked up off this barbecue that I was like sweating profusely. And look, I also, my rider, I get a rotisserie chicken.
Okay?
And that's going to sound fat, but it's actually pretty.
It's smart.
It's smart.
It's a good source of protein.
It fills you up.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Very nutritious, right?
I'm not not going to have my rotisserie chicken even though I had a huge barbecue lunch.
You know what I mean?
When I'm going to fucking let it go to waste.
And I'll give you credit, great flavors of rotisserie chicken in Kansas City.
Yeah.
It was a different, like, something I haven't experienced.
Some kind of Italian herbs type of situation.
Yeah.
And the guy got me, there was a sweet and hot one.
Good stuff.
He's given you multiple chickens?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They went above and beyond.
Shout out to the Midland.
Yeah, rock on.
It was awesome.
And I had a show. It was good. You know, I'm still, I'm a pro, baby. Shout out to the Midland. Yeah, rock on. It was awesome. And I had a show.
It was good.
You know, I'm still, I'm a pro, baby.
The audience has no idea that I'm, you know, moments away from shitting myself at any,
I can't get too physical with the act out because it might go bad, right?
Right.
Still have a great show.
Get a DM from a pretty attractive young lady that wants to meet up, let's say.
Right?
And let's just say there was no...
It wasn't even like, let's go out for a drink.
She was pretty right to business.
You got the gay guy treatment for one night.
I legitimately got the gay guy treatment.
Just literally a DM that's like, I'd like to fuck you.
100%.
It was along those lines.
Right?
And I feel so bad that I'm like I'm literally like
I'm like fucking eat gray et you know at this point right because of what you've done to me
because of the fucking first of all I'm not gonna keep letting this slide you said what you've done
to me and I lived like you for an hour cut to we're at the restaurant I'm about to order like
a sensible dinner and stuff he's like we'll have uh 13 spare ribs for the table can we get a fucking uh what are these
fried cheese balls all about it wasn't you but you didn't help okay i walked a horse to the river
maybe but you drank i was you know what i was going to eat at fuck what was it some hilarious
chain you were gonna eat at yard house yard house was it? Some hilarious chain. You were going to eat at Yard House.
Yard House.
Yeah, yeah.
Because they got a couple salads.
I know what to do there to just keep me afloat, right?
And you were like, your exact words were, if you eat at Yard House, I'll fuck myself.
Those were your words verbatim.
I'm not making that up.
I meant to.
I was like, all right.
You're right.
I didn't need much convincing.
Fine.
Anyway, I'm getting this DM and I'm like, yeah, come over.
And then I'm like, instantly I'm like, like my stomach's rumbling.
I'm like, no chance I could even.
It would be embarrassing for a woman to see me in this state.
And I had to like, I don't even know what I said.
I might have just, I might have been so distraught and embarrassed.
I was just honest.
I was like, I'm so sorry, but I have had too much barbecue to have sex with you.
I might have said that.
That is dark.
And from that day forward, I was like, I can't live.
This is over.
This chapter of my life ends here in Kansas City.
I cannot.
And honestly, I have since then. I've lost a little weight. I've started And honestly, I have, you know, since then.
I've lost a little weight.
I've started lifting to become a fat, strong guy.
So we're still not where I want to be.
But yes, I can never allow a meal to stop me from getting sucked off ever again.
That's kind of my, that's on my vision board.
Let me tell you something.
I've never eaten too much smoked meats to get head.
To receive.
Step your shit up, babe.
Step your shit up.
That's, again, that's your fat guy points.
It's like, yeah, you showed me.
You showed me.
You brought me to the arena, and I put up fucking.
You put up numbers.
I put up a fucking no-hitter.
It was a perfect game, dude.
But I do have this problem.
I'm fatter in my heart than I am in the rest of my organs.
I really could be in a larger body.
Like, if I had your frame, you would not be able to fit in that chair, bro.
You would be fucking humongous.
Thank God the Lord limited me with a five.
I should be like 130 pounds. Like I am
three times what my body
should be. I'm like, my family's
not that big. You know what I mean? I'm 5'7".
But I am pushing it to
the limit.
I got pedal to the metal over here.
Oh shit. Wait, we were
talking about, we can't talk about being fat for the whole episode.
You're right, you're right. Which we will.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you're talking about the movie and we've talked about this a little episode. You're right, you're right. Which we will. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But you're talking about the movie.
Yes.
We've talked about this a little bit off mic, but I want it on the record.
Sure.
I ask people on this show a lot.
Don't listen to the allegations, folks.
What Caleb is saying, he's coming out in support of the stuff coming out.
None of it's true.
Hey, folks.
None of it's true.
Wait, who are you voting for?
You know, well, since RFK dropped out of the race, I'm still kind of weighing my options.
Yeah.
I lost my number one guy.
Oh, shit.
I do think it's iconic.
I wasn't going to talk about politics, but Jill Stein just continuously ragging on people who have won elections is so fucking funny to me.
I'm not even plugged into the Jill Stein news.
Dude, it's awesome.
She's going on podcasts and being like, AOC's a crook.
That's awesome.
It's like, AOC has won some elections.
You really can't go to bat with these people, honey.
You're doing nothing.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Is Jill Green Party?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I will say this.
I convinced, as a sixth grader, I convinced my mother to vote for Ralph Nader in the Bush-Gore election.
If people want to blame somebody, we were in Maryland.
We weren't in Florida.
But still, I believe in the Green Party, I guess.
So don't talk shit on my bitch, Jill.
You know what I mean?
I haven't checked in,
but I was a Nader boy
as a 12-year-old.
I would love to believe
in the Green Party,
but the only problem
with the Green Party really
is that they're so fucking stupid.
They're so inept.
They literally filed Jill.
They forgot to file her
as a presidential candidate
in one state,
and they filed her
as a referendum.
And can I tell you,
I like to see myself in my political parties i'm not having a grasp of paperwork you're kind of navigating a
bureaucracy absolutely no i haven't checked in since ralph i was i do fuck with ralph nader but
i'm not i don't go to bat for jill stein i don't really know what she's about yeah i don't know
what she's about but no what i was actually gonna ask about. But no, what I was actually going to ask you, I ask people on this show
a lot,
is what do you want?
What are you trying to do?
Okay, so you have
huge, incredible
Netflix special.
Thank you, buddy.
So good.
Appreciate it.
Huge hit.
Thank you.
Yeah, you sell out
wherever you go.
Big tour.
You're doing a big bus
tour next year.
Yep, yep.
Coming soon.
You can have
kind of whatever you want.
What do you want?
Yeah, it's kind of crazy.
I don't know.
It's kind of weird. I don't know. It's kind of weird.
I don't even know how this happened.
Like, I truly, I started doing open mics when I was 19 because I just didn't want to get a job.
And then it's like you're 35 and you have no other skills, but shit's going good.
And you're like, all right, I guess.
I guess I'm doing this.
I guess this is it.
I don't know, dude.
I just want to fucking.
I guess I'm doing this.
I guess this is it.
I don't know, dude.
I just want to fucking... I guess the best part of making it or whatever is you don't have to do anything.
I'm trying to turn shit down.
Yeah.
That is what I've...
And I've already turned some stuff down this year, and that's what's allowed me to kind
of take a little time off, chill a little bit, feel healthier.
I'm still working, but I'm feeling better about it.
So I just want to have a fucking good ass time i mean it's pure like
i'm not maybe not hedonism i was gonna say it's feeling like hedonism no because that's the last
two years were like all doing all this shit it was like i was working way too hard and saying
yes to everything and then getting so fucked up to counterbalance it so it was like extreme
working hard as shit or like getting insanely fucked up and eating like a fucking animal you know what i
mean eating 12 spare ribs as a little pre rotisserie chicken snack um and so i'm just trying to get a
little balance and be like damn my life fucking rocks and so why should i be stressed out about
some you know i don't want to work hard. I just want to do cool shit.
I want to chill out.
I found out acting, it's like, damn, dude, these motherfuckers, like, prepare and, like, have to just be on set forever.
You have to just be ready to go whenever the fuck they say.
I used to think stand-up was hard.
I was like, oh, this shit is the easiest thing in the fucking world, dude.
Yeah.
And so I'm just gonna i'm like
you know what i love stand-up that's i realized that so i'm just gonna yeah just chill out live
in a fucking cool place i want to actually spend time in new york so after the tour's over i'm
gonna get like a fucking i want to i want to live like bruce wayne in new york for a couple years
just get a sick sick apartment and just like yeah just have a good time honestly make cool shit
like i'd love
to be able to you know i liked what i liked about making the movie was uh uh you could you know i
got to cast some of my friends i got to hang out with people and stand up is so fucking lonely
you're just on the road i mean my best friend's my tour manager so that's fun but the cool thing
about movies is like yeah what if you know and maybe i'll even say it i'm trying to work on
a fat camp movie so i could get all my fat friends in the movie dude let's i mean who do you think
hey who do you think yeah who's getting a phone call yeah yeah yeah we need a bitchy gay counselor
like we need oxygen on this movie
absolutely but but yeah dude i just just wanna so do stand up
hang out
and then like
do projects that are fun
with my friends
and
that's why I want this movie
to be
I don't want this to be
like a fucking smash hit
I just want it to be like
okay maybe next time
somebody will give me
two million dollars
to make a movie
so that
cause it was
we had to do it all
in like three weeks
we were working like
16 hour days
under a million
a million sounds like a lot because it is a lot of to do it all in like three weeks. We were working like 16 hours a day. Under a million is, a million sounds like a lot
because it is a lot of money.
Yeah.
But making a full-length feature film for a million dollars
is fucking psycho.
Yeah, it sucked.
It was like, and thank God I like,
I wrote the movie with my friends, so I knew my lines,
but I was like, dude, if this was somebody else's movie
and I had to fucking, like I just, I was like,
this is too much work.
I don't remember.
I would not have remembered this fucking shit. So yeah, I just want to do, yeah, I just want I was like, this is too much work. I don't remember. I would not have remembered this fucking shit.
So, yeah, I just want to do, yeah, I just want to just make slightly bigger projects.
I never, I don't really want to get, like, ultra famous.
That seems fucking annoying.
But this is fine.
Just hang out.
Become my own grill master.
Be in the uncle zone.
Dude.
You know?
Well, maybe we'll, that'll be, like, me soft testing whether I want kids.
Like, my brother is trying to, you know, have some kids uh my best friend just had a kid he's
he's like two at this point so it's fun being like hanging out doing like right you know real
life shit and realizing you know stand up and entertainment shit is bullshit and it doesn't
make you feel good like even if you succeed you're like oh oh this
is cool but my life sucks dick you know what i mean like i'm not happy i mean it's cool but
yeah the the i've had too much brisket to get hard so is it worth anything the biggest career
wins will not be as cool as just hanging out with your buddies like that is just like legitimately
last night so i'm about to leave for a while. One of my buddies is going to Australia for work.
One of my buddies is going to Japan for a while.
And so we hadn't seen each other and we just got together, fucking got some steaks.
And then we just started fucking like, honestly, it was like old Greek.
We were all, three of us are Greek, one is Albanian.
It was all like old Balkan guys.
We started watching VMA highlights.
We're just watching the sexy girl singers and
just like getting like soft like just uh an acceptable level of horny with your boys watching
like fucking i don't know carol g or like um uh there was some new couple new bands i don't know
what their names but those gals can carry a tune and dance you know what i'm saying we ended up watching
and then we went back to the memory lane we were watching like the boy is mine from vmas of our
youth and i remember and we were just sharing like i was like dude i was a fat eight-year-old being
like they're singing about me like pretending monica and brandy were like like i would just
listen to that song and be like yeah hot girls will say sing about me like this someday like be pretending i
was the object of their affection but just doing that with the boys so much better than i would
kill to know eight-year-old stavi he was yeah i was i was a pretty fun i would love to know that
guy yeah yeah i think we would cause some mayhem absolutely i know we would have wrecked it i've
seen your baby pictures dude like i've seen you as a little kid.
Us together would be a big problem.
We would have gotten into some trouble.
Let's just say if we were at, like, a baptism with an open Shirley Temple and dessert bar.
Oh, boy.
Oh, boy.
That was my first binge eating was, like, going to a baptism or a wedding as a fat kid and being like no one's gonna stop me from getting dessert there's just unlimited dessert on this table pieces of pie
my friend i would literally be like sick from overeating pie it was awesome dude i had recalled
a memory the other day of i was telling somebody about this might have been chance but i was
telling somebody that i when i was was a freshman in high school, they
needed someone to commentate
the middle school football games.
And they're like, Caleb,
I was on the football team and
we didn't play at the same time.
Hell yeah.
I was your nose tackle. Were you? I was your adversary.
While you were protecting, I was
trying to wreak havoc. Trying to get in there and cause
some mess in the backfield.
Trying to penetrate the pocket.
Absolutely, dude.
Dude, they had me commentate the middle school games.
And about, I would say, I had the job for two weeks.
And then they came to me and were like, you're let go from this.
And the reason is because I was being too colorful.
Like, I was being, I was like was like Ooh The wide receiver's brought down
By a gaggle of bulldogs
On that one
I literally remember
Googling thesaurus
That's awesome
And trying to come up
With different
Like words for group
And tackle
Wow
And two weeks in there
Like it's just not
What we need
That's crazy
Yeah
And so wait
It was
It was the older kids games
No it was the younger kids
Younger kids games
Yeah
Okay okay that's fine
Yeah I was like Just up in the little booth at the high school.
Yeah.
No, that is, I mean, I remember kind of a similar thing where the first time, in hindsight,
you're like, oh, this is who I always should have been was there was the talent show, and
I didn't want to be in it.
I remember the year before there was some drama
they kind of forced me and my boys were going to be the Backstreet Boys and they forced this
fucking loser into our group and we tried to ice him out and then they called our parents so
I was done with the whole all the drama you know what I mean I was like I was like if I can't do
it my way I'm fucking out okay a little div wasn't in the talent show and they were like we
need someone to host it and I hosted a talent show in like fourth grade and it
was like an unreal buzz dude and i was truly like commenting like kind of
roasting people and they were like i was like holy fuck this is awesome and i just for whatever
reason as a little kid then i'm like no i'm a jock now i'm fucking cool you know what i mean for
years i pretended i didn't want to do that shit but it's like you know like little i'm sure you
were having a great time commentating up there in that booth dude oh i had a blast yeah and then
same thing yeah i know you were playing football at baltating up there in that booth, dude. Oh, I had a blast. Yeah. And then same thing. Yeah, I know you were playing football at Baltimore Polytechnic.
That's right.
I know you were clocked in.
Someone set up Wikipedia.
Hey, I'm in there.
I know everything there is to know about Stavi.
Yeah, dude, same thing.
I was like, I just want to be like, you know what actually legitimately such a mind fuck for me was?
My freshman year, I was playing football, and the JV and varsity guys like all practiced together and then like after I was so terrified
leading up to the first summer
of football because for summer
like two days it was like everyone
showers together afterwards and I knew I was gay
at this point and I was like there's gonna be Boner
City for this guy right here
the hottest guys in my school are all showering together
and I have to be in there
or I have to be branded as like the
most disgusting freak who
got in his car sweaty and went home right right so I'm like what is it are you gonna be the guy
who got a boner in the shower right or are you gonna be like fucking pigpen yeah like disgusting
little creature yeah you're like oh I'm just thinking about chicks guys yeah don't mind me
I'm thinking about Caitlin I wish Caitlin was here I love her opinions on the world.
Don't we all get off to her opinions on the world?
Don't we all have the same taste in music as Jessica?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I was so scared.
And then I was like, fuck it.
I just have to go take a shower because it's better to probably be rumored gay than disgusting.
Of course, of course.
And I went in there and immediately the first thing they do, they all get naked.
And then they put on Greatest Hits by Cher. And I went in there and immediately the first thing they do, they all get, they get naked
and then they put on a greatest hits by Cher and sing along.
Like, like ironically, like they were like, isn't it funny that we're listening to Cher?
And I was like, in my head, I'm like, I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
Cause I love this song.
And then they're all like smacking.
I'm not even kidding.
Like smacking each other on the, on the ass I'm not even kidding, like smacking each other
on the ass.
And I was like,
they're touching each other
naked singing Cher.
Yeah, yeah.
And I still believed in God
at the time.
And I was like,
I legitimately am being like tested.
It's like,
what are you going to do, brother?
You're at a crossroads.
One of them like shapeshifts
into like a demon.
You're like,
join us, Caleb.
Sing Cher and touch our asses.
I was like, and touch our asses.
I was like, and I would love to.
That sounds amazing.
The hottest, like I remember specifically three of the senior guys were like three of the hottest guys I'd ever seen in my life up to this point.
So the JV and the varsity were all doing this at the same time?
It's a small school.
Okay.
Yeah.
The graduating class was like 70.
Okay.
So we barely, a lot of the schools around us played eight man.
Oh, wow.
We barely had enough to have an 11 man team. Okay.
So we got beat a lot.
But yeah, the hottest guys I've seen in my life up to this point, naked together, fucking
running around like pinching each other.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Listening to Cher, I was like, what is going on?
And by the way, homophobic.
Oh, yeah.
So homophobic that it's like funny to be like they're like we can't
be gay so we're gonna do gay shit yeah we're not gay i'll fucking my friend yeah yeah you think
i'm gay it literally is that mark walberg bit and the other guys you remember that where he learns
how to dance ironically yeah yeah and he's just to make fun of gay people it's legitimate like
they're good at singing share yeah they're it's a fun environment in there. I'm having a blast in the shower as a gay guy.
It's so close to the Equinox steam room in there.
It's one degree away from being that.
The only difference is that, and by the way, some of those guys were fooling around for sure.
Not in there, but I know some of those guys were messing around.
I hooked up with some of those guys.
Hell yeah, dude.
I know what was going on.
It's a happy ending.
Well, it's not a happy ending.
It's not a happy ending because the only difference is they're mean to you afterwards. Yeah, yeah, dude. Like, I know what was going on. So it's a happy ending. Well, it's not a happy ending. It's not a happy
ending because the only difference is they're
mean to you afterwards. Yeah, right, right.
But you got a nut off. Listen,
I know that's tough, but I didn't fuck at all in high school.
So if I would have fucked
a hot girl, then she would have called me a fat little
pig. I would have been like,
thank you, that's part of the bar. Turnabout is fair play.
Exactly.
All is fair, my queen's fair my queen absolutely absolutely
cost of doing business i i remember this is very funny because we had similar um worries but mine
was just because i had a little uncircumcised penis it wasn't about being gay i was like fuck
i hope we don't have to shower these guys were fucking and the guys walking around naked had
truly some of the largest dicks i've ever seen in my life. Of course.
Where I was like, what?
They're the first ones to get undressed.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, I was like, are we even like, are we the same type of person?
Like, what is going on here?
How is that possible how gigantic your dong is?
But same thing where it was like some of those guys were like, would be over the top,
like kind of pretending to be
like you know smack each other's ass with towels and stuff like that as a bit yeah but luckily
baltimore city uh baltimore city public schools the showers were not up to code so you like i was
like fuck i hope we don't have to do it they're like sorry boys showers are like lead infested
you drop to your knees and i was like thank god yeah yeah yeah dude
all the nervous
changing I did
like in gym
I was like
I don't wanna
I don't wanna have to do this
but thank god
no showering for me
that was my out
you were out on that
yeah
thank god Baltimore
is a shithole
absolutely
thank god
thank god our
infrastructure is crumbling
although we're on the way up baby
yo yo
Ravens are almost beating the Chiefs every season at this point.
Fuck you.
Shut the fuck up.
Fuck you.
You piece of shit.
I hate you.
I hate Mahomes.
I hate Kelsey.
For sure.
God, fucking pieces of shit.
That's crazy because I love Lamar Jackson.
He's awesome, Eduardo.
He's the best.
He's cool.
Yeah, he rocks.
Don't fucking patronize me.
Sorry, he does. I love Lamar, you fucking piece of shit. I'm not like you. I'm a bigger man. He's awesome. He's the best. He's cool. Yeah, he rocks. Don't fucking patronize me. Sorry, he does.
I love Lamar.
I do.
You fucking piece of shit.
I'm not like you.
I'm a bigger man.
Oh, my God.
This is so annoying.
Zay Flowers is my boy.
He's cool.
He's awesome.
It's so fucking annoying.
I'll never.
Why'd you have to bring that up, man?
Now I'm pissed off.
I was at that game, too.
Last year?
Last year, I was at the game.
It was one of the worst moments of my life.
You and my friend Jack Martin both.
Do you know Jack?
I don't know Jack.
Jack's an actor.
He's great.
He's a huge Ravens fan.
Oh, cool.
You guys should be connected.
I love it.
I'm going to get the boys together.
Get us together.
We're going to the same games.
Get us together.
He's watching you on screen holding a handgun or whatever the fuck.
It is funny.
Whatever you're doing for that organization.
I can't believe it
they have stavi holding the fucking pistol on the big screen
anytime i see it i'm like can we get some regulation on this
is there a network exec who cares about this at all i love my city dude
baltimore rules dude it's so easy to be the most famous guy from baltimore
it's like baltimore like, who we got?
We got a comedian with a switchblade.
Should we put him on a billboard?
I know.
I'm hoping the gun makes it into official team.
At this point, is it not?
No, it's just an unofficial meme amongst fans.
I definitely did pitch.
I literally pitched a bit with a switchblade.
And they were like, no.
They were like, no.
And they were like, you. They were like, no.
And they were like, you can say makeshift weapon.
Like, I had to, like, fight them for how explicit I could be about the weapons I had.
And even still, they're like, we do know that our fans are going to want to hear something about a weapon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can say makeshift weapon.
That'll get them going.
Yeah, I mean, the Ravens rock because they're like, look, for us, don't curse when it's official, but do whatever the fuck you want.
Because it was just like, I cannot believe that they have embraced the bullshit I do online.
It's great.
It's like the dumbest, most racist guy from Baltimore giving commentary on the games.
And they're like, yep, bring them, put them on the Jumbotron.
Hey, free tickets for life brother
yeah yeah
this is our year baby
we're gonna put it together
you're gonna crumble
I can feel it
Travis Kelsey
not even
his head is in the game
he's doing development deals
he's getting ready
for his fucking
Amazon
straight to fucking
prime action movie career
yeah
okay
his head's not in the game
I'm not gonna deny that
thank you
all we need him to do
is be a distraction
and have two people guarding him so
that Hollywood Brown,
Rasheed Rice and fucking Xavier Worthy can.
It is.
It's so annoying that Hollywood also,
we drafted him.
I loved him as well.
And he's got a great name.
If he catch a touchdown on us,
I will be pissed.
Yeah.
I will take it out on you personally.
You'll come to me.
I'll come to you.
And I just am rooting.
So I don't want to even give you the satisfaction of telling you all me. I'll come to you. And I just am rooting so...
I don't want to even give you the satisfaction of telling you all this.
I know.
You don't have to say it.
We know now.
God damn it, dude.
They've turned me into a pure hater.
I can't even demur at all.
I want nothing but pain and suffering for the entire Chiefs organization.
We had it.
We went through it.
I am rooting for the downfall.
Yeah, but you got plenty.
You got enough.
Yeah.
You got enough Super Bowls.
That's the thing is everyone was willing to give us like one or two.
First too great.
That organization's been through a lot.
First too great.
If you win this year.
Dude, I'm jealous that the Ravens have embraced you.
I can't get the Chiefs to call me.
They've got Rob Riggle doing everything.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You're fucked.
They got a lot of celebrities.
They got a lot.
The guy from Modern Family who's just you.
There's literally an older fucking version of you with a successful fucking family, wholesome career.
You're fucked.
Yeah, fuck you.
That's what you get.
Eric Stonestreet is a straight guy, first of all.
Okay.
Shout out Eric for heterosexuality.
Thank you for your service, King.
Yeah, but you know what I'm saying.
Paul Rudd, Heidi Gardner.
Paul Rudd.
Jason Sudeikis.
Jason Sudeikis, but you know. They got all these. Theyd, Heidi Gardner, Jason Sudeikis. Paul Rudd, I know he's straight, but, you know.
They just, they got all these, they got all these.
That's even, that's good.
That's even more salt in the wound.
Straight guy pretending to be gay gets all your fucking shine.
Yeah, I can't tell you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you and the Chiefs.
I'm so happy.
A big gay guy's taking your stolen valor.
I'm taking personal fucking wins since I can't beat the organization.
I just want you to suffer.
Yeah.
You're trying to take me down on the podcast where you admitted that you ate too much pork to get head.
Trying to take my stock down.
I'm an open book, baby.
You decided you were going to take me down after you tried to bond over not being able to get hard.
Honestly, you're a medical marvel, bro.
With that, I want to test your circulation.
I want you on those machines with the fucking, you know, the thing.
Like, I want to see you running.
Like in a fucking movie.
Yes, exactly.
I got the shit hooked up to my chest.
My titties are bouncing in the wind.
We don't get it.
He's fat as fuck, but his dick is hard.
I've never seen anything like people taking their fucking glasses off.
Like, well, this can't be right.
Reboot the machine.
Sir, I've checked it four times.
It's what it says.
Oh, my God.
Oh, shit.
You have any idea what this means?
They just have you fucking hooked up to a machine.
They're injecting your stem cells into other fat guys.
I make my own boner pills
your scientists were so concerned with whether or not they could
didn't even consider now every fat guy's hard
they're fucking menaces you know what the dxl changing rooms are looking like
i don't like the way people in DXL talk to me.
You don't like it?
No.
I love it.
They talk to me like a chubby chaser on a dating app.
See, you don't like it because maybe you've experienced that.
As a straight man, I think it's nice.
Yeah, you're doing it.
I like feeling coveted by them.
I do get the vibe that they would f*** me off if I asked.
For real.
Man or woman, by the way.
By the way? Yeah way yeah either one they
that they all project that vibe if you see a skinny gay guy working at a dxl let me tell you
brother yeah you could bust his walls down at any moment you could take him in the stock room and
have your way he's not in there because he loves fashion he's not in there for a passion for cargo
pants he doesn't want fucking the khakis with the most pleats you've ever seen in your life.
He doesn't just love Coca-Cola branded t-shirts.
He's got an ulterior motive.
Absolutely.
Yeah, he doesn't love nun bush dress shoes.
No, the only big and tall store I've ever felt comfortable in was in Paris.
It was like the one big and tall store in Paris.
And I think it's called 6XL.
Like it's like XXXXXL.
That's awesome.
And it's a tiny little shop like on the east bank.
But it's adorable.
And I went there once because it was too cold in Paris and I hadn't packed a coat.
And I was like, I got to find a coat in Europe for a fat guy.
This is the one store that exists?
Truly.
There's nothing else.
People are coming in from Brussels.
Basically.
Yeah.
People are doing a fucking hajj pilgrimage to this place.
Fat guys are like sweating through public transit on the fucking Amtrak, their version
of the Eurostar.
So I go in there and there's this older black lady, like a French lady, and she doesn't
speak much English, but she could say Los Angeles, New York City, and beautiful at any size.
That's awesome.
Oh, beautiful at any size.
Love that.
And so she said New York, and I said Los Angeles, and she said Los Angeles, beautiful at any
size.
And then I would try something on, and she would go beautiful at any size.
Awesome.
And I loved that.
That's great.
I really connected with her.
Language barrier.
I got out a translator, because I wanted to talk to her. And so I started putting things into French.
And I'm like, best places to eat around here?
Yeah.
Where do your guys go?
When you see guys come in here with takeout bags, where do they come from?
You know?
We had a blast.
Yeah.
Me and her.
You walk out of there and it's like, you know how when you touch a statue and it's like
the points people touch is gold?
Yeah, like before it's tested.
The sidewalk out of there just goes directly to every restaurant
within four blocks. You just have to follow the
path. There's like pavement beaten down.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You follow
to a croissant, to like just
a Burger King and fucking McDonald's.
I was going to say croissant, nice try.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to a Taco Bell.
You know, bakeries.
That's a great place to be a fat guy, France.
I'm in the bakeries. I'm in the boulangerie.
Absolutely.
I'm in there doing shit.
Yeah.
Checking things out.
I love Paris.
Yeah.
I didn't like it so much, but I don't know.
It's a little too...
The fact that they even have a big and tall store actually surprised me.
Yeah.
It's not a fat-friendly place.
No.
Which is interesting because all their food is so fattening.
Yeah.
It kind of makes you feel crazy.
You almost feel gaslit.
You do.
How are you all eating butter every day?
Constantly.
Steaks basted in butter.
You know, baguettes with meats and cheeses and, you know, Gruyere cheese and all this
kind of shit.
And all of you are skinny.
It's weird.
It doesn't make sense.
Some of my favorite, I love, people either love or hate Paris, I've noticed.
And a lot of fat people hate Paris.
I love to conquer a place that doesn't want me.
I love to feel like I've exerted my will over a city.
The city hates fat people.
Absolutely.
I love to walk around as a jolly fat American.
Yes, yes, yes.
I smile, I say howdy to people.
I like them to know that I'm enjoying myself.
I respect that.
I say howdy, y'all.
I like them to know.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm exerting my will over Paris.
Yeah, interesting.
Hmm.
I'm having a good time in there.
Yeah.
Slavi, I have a question for you.
Please.
Big question on the pod.
Absolutely.
Name of the show.
Yes.
What's so true to you?
Ooh.
What's something that's so true to you lately?
What's a hill you would die on recently?
Very interesting.
Wow.
It's very rare that you do a podcast and it becomes clear you haven't ever watched a whole
episode of it.
Yeah.
You know, you've got it.
This is sort of like your little test to see.
I've watched some. Hey, it's no
worries, brother. If you think I'm sitting through a full Stavis world...
Yeah, after
about 26 minutes in your apartment...
Trust and
believe I'm moving on to music videos.
It's in beautiful Santorini, Greece.
Everyone can tell we report it's
on location what is so true to me yeah what's on your mind you know we kind of talked about it a
little bit in in london but what is so true unfortunately is that all the advice people
tell you about feeling better and getting healthier is just true.
You always want a little secret.
You always want a little something,
but it's like,
eat a couple more veggies.
Go on a walk.
Go on a fucking walk.
Drink a glass of water.
Drink one.
Work out every,
like I was sick this week and I couldn't work out.
I feel atrocious.
Yeah.
I want to work out,
like I want to go lift weights
in a way that like,
you know,
you used to want to do drugs and it's like, but it's good for you. Yeah. And want to work out, like, I want to go lift weights in a way that, like, you know, you used to want to do drugs, and it's like, but it's good for you.
Yeah.
And it's just, it's both freeing, but it's also like, ah, fuck, there really is no secret.
It's a nightmare.
You just kind of have to constantly sort of work at it.
Yeah.
And that, unfortunately, is very true.
This is a somber so true.
Oh, it's one of the saddest we've had.
I never expected it from someone I trust so much.
I packed fucking salmon and broccoli after this.
Yeah.
You know, if I had my ways about me, I'd have a nice little lunch here in Manhattan.
But just going to fucking get my Omega 3s and eat some broccoli and go about my business.
I think touring taught me this as well.
Because I would, I'd be like, oh, let me grab some Thai for lunch or something.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then my stomach hurts so bad that I don't want to do the show.
Yeah.
Yeah, you know what would have been smart?
A fucking salad and some grilled chicken.
You idiot.
You're like a fucking child.
It's like I'm home alone.
Yeah.
You know?
Yeah, absolutely.
Like just have a salad.
Truly like two years ago I started like when I feel depressed, like start truly just like working through my little list of like I'm going to call someone I haven't talked to in a salad. Truly, like, two years ago, I started, like, when I feel depressed, like, start truly just, like, working through my little list of, like, I'm going to call someone I haven't talked to in a while.
Yes, dude.
I'm going to have a glass of water and go on a walk.
Yeah.
And it enrages me that it works.
It sucks that it works.
20 minutes into the walk, I'll be so blissful, and I'll catch myself being blissful, and I'll be like, you idiot.
Yeah, I know.
This is what you needed?
I know, dude.
I've been sober this year, too.
Like, I was just like, that helps. I've been taught, you know. This is what you needed? I know, dude. I've been sober this year, too. Like, I was just like, that helps.
I've been taught, you know, call my family.
That's good.
All that shit's good for you.
That's nice, it turns out.
It's nice to do that.
Yeah, dude.
So, yeah, unfortunately, you just got to do a bunch of boring bullshit, and it's good,
and it feels good.
That is so true.
Thank you, man.
Thank you for saying that.
Hey, that was beautiful, brother.
Here's the thing.
It's important within the plus side.
And this is just,
only fat people listen to this part, by the way.
Yeah.
Let's rewind.
I don't have thin fans.
Okay, great.
Yeah.
Put that,
because this is sort of like,
we could talk amongst ourselves.
Yeah.
Vegetables actually are good for us.
Polite company.
Polite company.
It's like, yeah,
but I don't want to enthuse the people
that smile when they see you go to the gym.
The people that, like, tear up when they see you on a fucking elliptical.
This ain't for you.
Get out of here.
Okay?
Stop praising us because we're at the fucking gym.
We're just having, you know, we're just going to do that.
But, yes, it's important that within the community we admit to ourselves.
It's great to be, you know, I love being a plus-size king.
I would never trade it for anything.
But, you know, I feel a little better-size king. I would never trade it for anything, but, you know,
I feel a little better now that I've been eating vegetables for six months.
All things in balance.
All things in balance, yeah.
All things in balance.
Absolutely.
Maybe we don't need to eat a critical mass amount of brisket.
Yes.
At every meal.
I think that part of my life is over, actually.
Yeah, I started actually ordering the right amount at steakhouses.
Yeah. And the first time I measured out how much of a ribeye you're supposed to eat,
I was in tears.
I grilled the most beautiful ribeye you've ever seen in your life,
and I was like...
And then I was like, all right, six ounces.
I was like, this is how much?
And it was like, I cut it once.
I was like, okay.
I had to cut it three times.
It was in thirds was the appropriate amount,
and it was a devastating realization.
But you know what?
I didn't wake up in the middle of the night sweating
after eating the whole fucking thing.
You know what I mean?
So I've been eating that amount.
You can still have what you like,
but maybe just the amount you should.
Dude, one of my all-time favorite treats is because i'm on the
same wave that you're honestly it's like i'm eating less i'm moving more yeah i'm not trying
to lose weight i'm chilling on that yeah but i am just trying to feel good all the time uh whatever
that means yeah but one of my favorite things but specifically when i'm in kansas city and
specifically if my friend kevin is in town as well is i like to get a little bit high like two hits of a joint love that just the
tiniest like a like a a highness has like wafted over i love that yeah i love that and go to texas
roadhouse and order and order a big ass steak and some fucking green beans and mashed potatoes
and a sweet tea and the last time i went in there to do this i got a little too high i did like
two too many hits so i'm like i'm like I'm like buzzing walking into the Texas Roadhouse.
And one of the fattest guys I've ever seen yelled out and was like,
Caleb Heron?
Brother, you mind if I get a pic?
And I was like, yeah, man.
And he didn't post it.
If he posted the picture, he didn't tag me in it.
But the picture of me had to be like.
Yeah. It's like scared and like starving
and then my server so then it kicked off a whole thing where the server was like so what are you
famous or something and i was like no no that's an old friend and she was like no it's not and i
was like god damn it yeah yeah now i have to have a rapport. And I usually love a rapport, but keep in mind, I'm like clinically high.
So high.
Yeah.
All you want is your fucking New York strip.
I want a fucking, yeah, I want a ribeye and some A1 sauce.
Oh, A1.
So I can go to town.
You fucking piece of shit.
I'll eat it with Heinz 57.
Oh, stop it, man.
Come on.
You're better than this.
I'm not.
Once every month or two, I'll go in there and do a little damage at the TX Roadhouse.
Yeah.
I like to – I just – I still eat the same way, but I'm like it's just a better version of the trash I used to eat.
Yeah.
I guess respect for you for still delving into those depths.
I do.
I test the – I'd say once every – probably every two months.
Yeah.
I go in there and just really – I tip a hat to the old me.
Absolutely. I say, hey, brother, maybe it's just that Texas Roadhouse was not important to me.
Maybe maybe I need to check out. We were a Chili's family. Yeah.
A triple dipper. Yeah. Honey, chicken, crisper, Southwest egg rolls, some sliders.
Oh, yeah. You think I'm not the skillet queso at Chili's?
I remember that swap. That was a big moment for me when I got the nerve to order a New York strip.
Yeah.
Because that was my father's order.
Yeah.
And I was like, today I was like, it was like a moment where it was like, you know, everything stops.
And we kind of wait to see if my dad will allow it.
And he's like.
He gives me a solemn nod.
Yeah.
And it's like, that's a fat bar mitzvah.
True.
It's when your dad lets you order a ribeye and chilies for the first time.
He goes, he excuses himself to the bathroom, cries in the mirror.
My boy is finally a man.
No more chicken tenders.
He asks you to get a job the next week.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I was already working with him.
I was a horrible employee. What were you you doing my dad's a carpenter so he was just like i was just like
in theory i would help him i would sweep i would help him move shit yeah but i was mostly just like
watching martin and his little the tv that like you had to calibrate still yeah it was like like
the way you did a radio it was like a shitty antenna tv and i would be like oh yeah i have
i'm gonna go get a drink and i would just watch full episodes of martin until he was like where the fuck are you and i
would just chill in the bathroom bathroom was like kind of far away so i would just like take a
magazine and just like read in the bathroom until he caught me i was so bad at being an employee
dude one of the best one of the best things that ever happened to me in a workplace ever i don't
know why that story made me think of it was one one of the office jobs I had in Chicago where I was an admin assistant.
There was this guy that I worked with.
I won't say his name, but we'll call him Jay.
Jay Leno.
Jay Leno.
I'm going for Jay Leno.
Yeah.
Sleeping out back for stage time at the advertising firm.
This guy, Jay, I fucking loved this guy.
And he was like, I wouldn't say he's gullible, but when he got, he ended up getting scammed.
And when he got scammed, no one was like, oh, they got Jay.
Everyone was like, yeah.
And he basically, our CEO emailed him and said, Jay, I need you to run to the store right now and get me $2,000 of Google Play gift cards.
Oh, my God.
My company card is missing.
I'll reimburse you.
Insane.
And so he ran out and got $2,000.
Didn't run that by anyone.
Nope.
I was like, hey, have you guys heard from Ted?
Yeah.
It's being kind of weird over email.
Yeah, I got an email from Mitch, and he needs me to run and get Google Play gift cards.
I don't know.
And he did.
He got the Google Play gift cards.
And then everyone, he had the receipt was, like, this long.
And Janan, the, like, head admin head admin assistant, walked around with the receipt to everyone and was like,
did you guys hear what Jay did?
Like truly was like showing the receipt to everyone.
It was awesome.
Poor Jay.
So then we had to try and find creative ways to use these Google Play gift cards and like rewards for our –
Oh, really?
Yeah, we had to do something with them.
Yeah.
With $2,000.
Damn, that's crazy.
They weren't going to leave Jay on the hook
That's a nice company
Yeah
I was 100% assuming Jay was fucked
Yeah
I was like well
Sorry Jay
Yeah I don't know
Dip into that college fund for your kid
I don't know man
Yeah yeah yeah
Find a grocery store that accepts Google Play
Yeah you better strike a deal with your landlord
Yeah
We're not covering that.
Oh, my God.
Well, Stav, it was so good to have you, brother.
Dude, thank you so much.
Is there anything you want to tell the people?
Just October 25th, Let's Start a Cult comes out.
And then it'll probably be a couple weeks after that.
Go see it in theaters if you can.
And then we're going to figure out some, you know, it'll probably be up for rent a couple weeks after that.
But, yeah, that's pretty much it, man.
I got a tour at some point.
I'll announce that after the movie, and I'll be on the road in 25, a bunch.
But find me on the internet, Stavi Baby, Stavi Baby 2.
That's it, dude.
Follow Stavi everywhere.
We love you.
Thanks for coming in, dude.
Thank you.
Love you, brother.