The Adam and Dr. Drew Show - Classic #1700: Jason Momoa Vs Chris Pratt Pt. 1

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

Adam and Drew hear from a man going through the process of adopting in Germany and someone with thoughts on Jason Momoa. Next they take a dive into the speaking style of Willie Wilson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Well, time for another throwback. This is from March 2023. We hear from a man going through a process of adopting in Germany and someone who has thoughts on Jason Momoa. And then we take a dive into the speaking style of Willie Wilson. Sounds obscure, but it is not. Enjoy this throwback episode from March 23. Recorded live at Corolla One Studios with Adam Corolla and board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky. You're listening to the Adam and Dr. Drew show. Yeah, get it on, got to get on a choice, but get on my, my, my, my, Dr. Drew's board, fudge, fudge, fudge packer. Oh my god. Industrial or union?

Your scab fudge packer. You were placed when the union went on strike. I always used to say, you know, people go, they'd use this term like, take a look backstage and see how the sausage is made. And I would say, you know, I really don't like that term because sausage, it just, it feels like a little homoerotic or something to me. Why don't we just say, see how the fudge is packed? Yeah, that was much less so.

Yeah. All right much less so. Yeah. All right. Speaking of. Well, hey. Yeah. Quiet. Quiet. Before we go to calls.

All right. We'll go to calls. But I've been thinking, I'm thinking about this scapegoating thing and the cartooning and all that. Maybe there's not much more to say about it. But I noticed a long time ago that the way audiences relate to celebrity is by rendering them into cartoons. Back when we did Celebrity Rehab, I noticed that everyone had a name that they used publicly that wasn't their real name.

Their persona was quite different from how they projected themselves. And I remember when Steve-O, back in like, Jesus, 2011 or something, had an episode where they thought he had a cardiomyopathy and might need a cardiac transplant, and he came on Loveline and people were like, hey Steve, I'm sorry about your heart. Anyway, about my penis. It was like, whoa. And they were just treating him like not as a non-entity, non-person. And I thought, geez, this is interesting how much it is the case that the people that people watch

immediately are sort of rendered into cartoons. But now they've started to make cartoons out of anybody that impinges on them or disagrees with them so to take away their humanity so they can attack them as nonhumans, which is really the fundamental mechanisms of scapegoating, which at its core is a narcissistic process. And so again, all roads lead to narcissism.

But I don't think we talk enough about the scapegoating mechanism because it's how people hurt other people. They gather together, much as they did at the law school in Stanford and go at somebody. Uh, it's, it's the, but you know, the guillotine, whatever you name it through history, it's always been the same. And as a chorus always comes out, the guillotine comes out in populations that have had lots of trauma, then lots of entitlement. Yeah, I've talked about it on and off the air to you for a long time. It's a micro thing. It's a personal thing

it's also sort of a macro structural sort of thing which is I Think here's what a lot of it I'm totally convinced. This is really what it is. Okay you It's envy is what it is. I mean, really. Yes, that's what it is. You are doing something that you realize is not the coolest. Yeah, what? But I'm the coolest. You are taking money from the government when you're

able to work. You're taking money from another individual when you're able to work. You're taking money from another individual when you're able to work. You are suing a boss, even though you know there was no real discrimination. You're doing something that is wrong. And you're aware of it, to some degree. So what do you do? Everybody who steals an apple from Whole Foods, what's the first thing they say? Oh, these guys are so expensive, they gouge everybody.

It's immediately about the other person. They have insurance. How it doesn't affect, they have insurance, you know, whatever. You see politicians saying it about businesses that were burned down. Everyone constantly does the other big, he's not going to miss it. It's a lot of like, you know, oh, you're right. You sued Elon Musk for wrongful termination, even though it wasn't wrongful termination. But what's 2 million bucks to Elon Musk?

It's a drop in the bucket. It's like 10 cents. Okay. Why are you spending so much time about the other side and how it affects them? And how it's nothing to them? How about you? What are you doing?

You took the money. You brought up the frivolous lawsuit. That was you. Why are you spending? I mean, Drew, I don't spend time on the other side. I just go, I got screwed out of this or I deserve that I don't go there. It's because so-and-so is bad If you see too much so-and-so is bad, they're usually setting the table for their immoral behavior. Oh

Of course, it's justified. The other person is bad. I mean, of course Yeah, there you go My point is is what's that have to do with you? It's the golden rule right you take care make everybody bad and you act out on them. Isn't that the rule? All right. Let me tell you about Adam over here 37 from Germany in the process of adopting Gentlemen yeah Hey guys Nice. What's going on? Gentlemen? Yeah. Hey guys. Here so I called probably been three years ago

and my wife and I were having trouble conceiving and even replayed a clip from our call on ACS where the German government would then pay for fertility treatments after our third miscarriage. My wife has now had her third and we've been to a bunch of treatment and we're not a genetic match. They say you know the way our abortions have happened I've given blood and sperm and everything and they

just the doctors here don't think it's possible. She's 38 so you know time is waiting. Wait wait wait wait wait what do mean not not a genetic match was that mean it means that my wife had all four abortions within the first like seven or eight weeks and for whatever reason they don't think that her and i will be a match you're saying so i do you quite spontaneous abortions.

Yes. Spontaneous abortions, yeah. I understand. That's an insane thing to do unless they did genetic testing and then genetic counseling. Did they do that? We went down to a clinic a couple of hours away from here and did blood work and went back six weeks later. and like I said, German is my second language. I didn't totally understand

it. We're not the point that we're adopting though and that's, I guess, where my question is more. Because we're pretty, we're happy taking this route. But my question is now that we're talking to it, there's no private adoption agencies in Germany. Everything is done through the government or through the state. And they're talking about, you know, how do you all feel about adopting a kid who might have,

and history and prostitution, a history with addiction, a history of maybe if it's an older kid based on our age. Having listened to hundreds of hours of Love Line, I have more concerns than my wife about adopting a kid who maybe was traumatized and is not super young. Yeah. Yeah. I'd end up being like Colin Kaepernick. I mean, probably not that bad, but I would dare you to be bad. Wait a second. For example, why you're talking about adopting a 12 year old who may have been abused or like what age are we kind of talking about

here? So we obviously don't get a pick. I've said the younger the better, but you know my wife is kind of more of the mind of oh we can help this kid out, we can provide a stable home, you know, we can kind of rescue a kid and I'm a bit more concerned about that. Yeah, that that's a fantasy, right? You can make things better for that kid, but, but it's going to be, you're going to need lots of therapeutic services and it's, it's really challenging.

For sure. Uh, if she's up for that, but loving a child, a stable environment for a child only does so much, depending on the history and all, and the genetics and things. And I think you're also saying you're worried about the genetic heritage, which like anything else with humans, only about 60% of who somebody is, is dependent on genetics, generally speaking. So genes are not destiny. I think you can be a little more, maybe liberal is the right word,

in sort of approaching young children that have genetic backgrounds that are problematic, provided there's not been any in utero injuries, which is the other issue if you're dealing, you know, from people with bad, you know, bad substance problems and that kind of thing. But these are all really serious concerns. And do you have to do it there? Can you apply to a private place? We could, and I think we could afford it as well. We could come back to the States and do more of a private adoption. We don't have an address in the States anymore.

My mom is quite old. My father's passed away and you know, it's this is home now. I get it's hard man. These are these are challenging questions because philosophically also you don't want to you know, it's a hard thing to turn away from when people are in need also. And you're somebody that might help solve the problem. It's very difficult philosophically. I understand.

But your thinking is correct. At least you can be rest assured your thinking is good. And you're trying to figure out how to do this in such a way that it can turn out well. And that's just keep your wits about you as you make these choices. Okay, well, I wish I had something more. out well and that's just keep your wits about you as you make these choices. Okay well I wish I had something more discreet to tell you. Your wife really needs to have her eyes open as to what the implications are of adopting a younger person who's been severely traumatized.

Not even severely traumatized, it's just that people have this fantasy that love and nurturing and stability heals all and it doesn't it doesn't heal much it just makes the possibility of healing possible it's kind of a fairy tale that we've spun for a lot of years a lot of sort of Disney and and Hallmark and they've all sort of spun this thing. You know, we've always kind of done that and that is not true. Well, it's not impossible. That's the horrible thing. Well, it's not impossible.

I would argue it's not much different than a severe physical injury. You can put them into a place that has a tub with a door on it and a handicap ramp and it can definitely work on this thing. But they still have this injury and you have to work on it. You have to work on it. And be prepared to trade in the Miata for a van with a lift in it. Right. Exactly. To trade in the Miata for a van with a lift in it, right? Exactly All right, Drew we got another call here this is an I do it from Sacramento Doug Hey Adam Drew, how you guys doing? What's going on Doug?

Going on and two quick things before I called and just shut me up if you want to get to my call One Jason Amoa is a douche. You always like ask people like I'm curious to be the douche He's a total douche in real life. You know douche bag. He seems douchey, but I don't know for sure How do you know? What kind of informs me on that is like I think it was Is that more Republican actor who does like those seal movies Chris something Chris pine. Oh Chris. Yeah, sorry You're thinking of

Guardians of the Galaxy Chris yeah, Chris Pratt Chris Pratt. I said Chris posted a picture on Instagram like like two years ago or something like that and he had like a bottle water His hand and the Mo is like dude really? bottle water and I wrote this thing and it was just weird like he how we called him out in public and like Yeah, so do she was just like Chris Pratt is religious. I think he's pretty Catholic and any hunts so that's enough

So what what it ends up what ends up happening as I tell drew all the time Hollywood sort of they don't have the goods on him like they don't see him wearing a MAGA hat or find out that he's a Republican or votes Republican they just kind of go like You hunt yeah, and you go to church. Yeah, and you're against school lockdowns. Yeah, okay We got a profile on you Yeah, we know who you are But we can't really say anything because there's really nothing but we can we'll take some jabs Because we get it. Yeah, you go to church and you like venison. It's an issue. By the way, you're right about everything COVID. So I like the fact that

everyone who was right about all the COVID shit now is a scarlet letter. That person's an agitator. That's right. The scarlet letter is not right or wrong about covid it is you're an agitator You do not go along with shit. That's incorrect. Just because it's so tiresome. Are you tired? I'm so tired I'm not i'm liberated by because everyone can suck my dick That's the way I feel about it. If more people would join me Then we would suck your dick or being like the coolest We wouldn't have this problem. That's what I'm saying.

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