The Bobby Bones Show - Thurs Part 2: Rascal Flatts Is On! + Bobby Delivers Embarrassing News

Episode Date: October 3, 2024

Rascal Flatts is in our studio for the first time in 5 years! They tell us why they chose to get back together, about their 2025 'Life Is a Highway' tour, if they are releasing new music and more! Then, find out the embarrassing news Bobby delivered on his Instagram and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Steve Reddavits trying to put you through Black D's writing this week's next bit And Bobby's on the mic So you know what this is This is the Bobby Bones store On the Bobby Bones show now Rascal Flats Well, look at you guys back together. What a sight. What a sight. You know, I've been screaming about this for about a year now. And I don't take credit for it, but I take credit for it. Congratulations, I got you back together. Let's go. I'm not getting any percentage, though. Let's start with you, Gary. When was the call made that we should do this thing again?

It was a couple months ago, I think. Yeah. Yeah, I think my wife called you and said, you've got to get him out of that else. Yeah, Allison called. And I said, okay, all right, let's roll. So was it we should do this, let's feel it out and see if we can, everything can align, and Joe Donnell come to you, or was it like, yeah, we feel good, let's go. A little bit of all that, you know. Our management talked about it. We leaned on them because they know way more than we do with how the landscape is today. I mean, it's been five years, you know. And yeah, and they felt like next year in February through April would be good.

Did you miss it? buddy did you miss each other did you miss what what's you miss well i mean we miss i miss playing music i miss uh some of my most favorite memories in my life my adult life is being on stage with these guys so yes when it was yanked away from us in 2020 pandemic hit and everybody was kind of at a loss not to be able to put a proper um exclamation point on our career really hurt and so um you know i've said it my entire entire life, Gary is one of the best singers I've ever heard, and it's really sucks not to be standing next to that every night. So I think it was a perfect opportunity for us to go out and celebrate 25

wonderful years together. And I'm looking forward to seeing our fans because they've given us more than we could have ever imagined or hoped for. So the tour is not called a farewell tour, which by the way, you know, we're doing two days with you guys on this show. So tomorrow, tickets are on sale, and go to rascalflats.com, get tickets at 10 a.m. Eastern. We'll remind you tomorrow as well. But it's not called, hey, this is our last run. This is called the Life is a Highway Tour. So maybe we're not. Maybe this isn't a farewell. Gary? I don't know. Are you exactly? That's what I wanted to hear. You got us together. Now you're our agent. Yes. It's terrible. Yeah. You made me buy a hat when I came in. I saw he's wearing a five-monds

how much to that? It was $75. It was $75. Yeah. He tried to say something about hurricane relief and he also only put in his pocket. It's ridiculous. That's hurricane relief. Yes, I get it. I get it. Maybe this thing just is awesome and you love doing it. Maybe you just keep going. Is there a chance? This is not the end. I think that's why we didn't call it a farewell tour.

We're going to see how these 22 shows go. Let's go. We're going to stick our toe back in the water. And if the fans seem to love it and we feel like there's a demand there, who knows what will happen. Right now, the focus is on February and March of next year. Have you, Joe Don, have you rehearsed at all? All three of you guys? Have you done anything musically yet?

You know what? We did some auditions for some new bandmates. actually last Tuesday, and it went great. The three new guys, and that seems to be awesome. Not for you, not your body. The guy that's taking my place is phenomenal. I was hoping we could just AI this stuff, like holograms. No, but the rehearsals went great, and it was nice to be back with Jay and our drummer, Jim Riley,

who's been with us for 25 years the whole time, he was there. And just to play through the music again, I mean, it's a lot of music and blessed to have some songs that I think were impactful. Rusty people. Were you rusty? Oh, yeah. But I mean, you guys have played... I know, Gary, I've been doing shows.

Jayvinson, you do shows, but it's different. I've been playing keys most of the time, getting my fingers back on the bass again and into that music was... It was surreal and frightening. Did you practice before you guys did your deal together, or did you just show up and be like, we'll figure it out as we go.

We've done this many times. The night before, I kind of listened back through the music and kind of played around This is the first time the three of us have been together in the same room in five years. Right now? Right now. Right now. Yeah.

No, Gary wasn't there, actually. Classic Gary. He's kicking things off. Perfectly. Classic Gary. Yeah. Yeah. He couldn't make it, but working through musically is really what we needed to do and hire

those new band guys and it worked out great. But it, like Jay was saying, yeah, I mean, I've got a lot of cobwebs in these hands, you know, it's been a while. I've kind of gotten away from music for, you know, a lot of different reasons. but I'm back and I'm definitely trying to practice as much as I can at the house. And my son Jagger is 16. He's eaten alive with music and he's actually gotten me back into, you know, jamming with him, which has been fabulous.

Gary, do you practice singing at all? Are you good? You know, I would sing all the time. I do. I do. No, you literally do. I literally do. Like Gary's been at my house and he's like singing.

And I'm like, wow, he really does what I would do if I could sing like that. It's all the time. Does your wife ever say, hey, yo, bro, we're good. Yeah, yeah, all the time. Yeah, it's like, we got it. We got it. We're good. You love it.

You love it. I do, man. I do. Yeah, I feel like that's what God's called me to do. So I just, you know, I'm not going to stop him from doing what he's giving us. And, you know, we're so excited to see all the fans and all the, I mean, the demand has been crazy. So it's been, it's going to be a blast. What's this like for you three guys sitting here?

I didn't realize it was the first time in five years. because I think I'd be a little nervous if we hadn't done this. Like, let's say me, Amy and Lunchbox had haven't been together. We'd be together 20-something years. Well, yeah, after they said that, I thought, I can't imagine not seeing you all

or being in the same room for five years and then suddenly at an interview or coming on the show this being the first time y'all are sitting together and us doing that. Like, I'm trying to think how I would feel. A little nervous driving up here? Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

I'll be very honest about that. I've missed being around these guys. They're two of the funniest people I've ever been around in my life and just so many memories so many wonderful memories and it hasn't all been rosy I'm not gonna, you know, sugarcoat it

but it's so good to be back in the same room together and see Gary and hug him and be together again. It's really special. Like what songs do you even like to play? You have so many. Because I think, I like the ballads. Yeah, yeah.

Because I like to feel ballads. Yeah, I do too. Well, we've got plenty. You do have a lot. We had to force ourselves to put up-tempo singles out so everybody wouldn't fall asleep and they came to a show. We're going to a medley of mids and a medley of balance. So let me ask this extremely cliche question then. What's the one song you're looking forward to playing live?

I want a different answer from all three of you. Let's go to you first, Jay. Bless the Broken Road. It's always been one of my favorites. I think it showcases our blend and our harmonies just about as well as any song we've ever done. That's a good one. It's going to be a hit. Gary?

Life's the Highway. Oh, you took my answer. That song, and it's been discussed, but I think for younger listeners or fans of your music, to hear that song, and they go, that song's awesome, it's from cars, it was a big hit. It was never actually a radio song. Uh-uh. It's true. No.

It just, it pops so hard that people just started playing it randomly, and is now maybe your most streamed song ever. I think it started popping off on TikTok, and then it just started going from there, you know. It's interesting how you talk about TikTok, yeah. I saw you. I just used that accent. Were you just singing with Life's Highway? Yeah. Yeah.

And Tom Cocker just got inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. And so they called me and asked me if I'd go out there and thought I did. He killed it. He named his farm, Flats Farm, that he bought up there. Oh, yeah. Because he made so much money out of you guys. True. I wonder if he.

We just kept saying, you're welcome all night. Just you're welcome, Tom. You think he made more money off you guys doing it than him doing it? Oh, absolutely. Oh, that movie absolutely helped. Yeah. Dang, that's pretty cool. Yeah.

Do you guys make mechanical world that you left out a little bit? But mostly it goes to him. It mostly goes to him. Classic Tom Cocker and that guy gets you every time, doesn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get the sound exchange money. But it's in Canadian. It's loonies and tunis and who knows what the conversion is on that.

Do you know what year that was? Just a fun. Like what year was it, cars? 2006, I think. 0406. Yeah, I'm good for you guys. Bobby, that's the first.

Was it 06? Yeah. I think it was 06. You know what you already wrote it? 86. 91. That late? Yeah.

I didn't realize. I thought it was like much younger than that. Okay, I have more questions about this because I like the dynamic here. We're back together, a bunch of friends. You got like all the Grammys. You have all the number one songs. What else is there to do or is what else to do just to celebrate what you've done? Oh, man.

You know, what I think alluded us that we never were able to take home was entertainer the year. All of those years that we sold, you know, wonderful amounts of tickets on all those tours. We never really took that trophy home at the ACMs or the CMAs. Soor spot? I mean. Would be for me. It's hard. It's hard.

You guys were the biggest thing in pop, not only in pop, but in country at the same time. Well, it's, it's, I wouldn't say sore spot because we've been so blessed. But it's the one thing that I wish we would have been able to have achieved in our career. Do you think it's because there was jealousy because you guys had transcended where your rightful place was, and you didn't try to be this massive pop sensation? Do you think there was jealousy, and so a bit you were held back from that? There was a lot of hair envy. Let's be honest.

Our hair was on point back then. It wasn't gray. It was magnificent. The politics of the business. Who knows? All we can do is we're in charge of trying to make and write and record great music. And after that, who knows? And for me, I think like album of the year, too.

Like, you know, in 2006, and we outsold everybody that put out a record in any genre in the entire world. That's one of my favorite memories sitting beside Gary at the Grammys in Los Angeles. During a commercial break, he leaned over to me. It was just a moment that he and I shared together, and he whispered.

He said, look, there's Jay-Z, there's Beyonce, there's Lady Gaga. And I was like, yeah, this is pretty incredible. He said, now think about this. This year, we've sold more records than all of these people in this building. And it gave me chills, and it was just he and I sharing that moment together because, you know, two boys growing up in Columbus, Ohio, who would have ever dreamed that moment would come. And you still didn't win album of the year.

No, we didn't get a performance, but Paisley played Ticks. I'd like to check you for Tick. True story. We're like, what hurts the most? We couldn't even get a performance. That's funny. I was in therapy. Ticks was representing country. Let's go. Yesterday I was in therapy talking about how I have a very sore spot.

I understand I've been blessed. the same stuff you guys just said blah blah blah but i am like so irritated that i haven't hosted the acams or cms yet and i've been very close like three times and on acms now i'm like second banana riba does it i'm there with her the whole time but i'm not the host but i think both can exist where i'm really irritated and yeah and i think it's human nature it's well and you would kill it so i think it's it's it's weird that i could that you would think wow rascal fights they they have done it all all the hits all yet still when i asked the question i kind of wanted to see with a human part of you went.

Like, what is there to do? And it was, oh, we didn't have entertained of the year. Yeah. And I don't think anybody would have ever even known you didn't. Oh, yeah. I would have thought you did.

Yeah, me too. Just roll with it. That's pretty funny. Yeah. Yeah, we did. It's great. You guys, you guys, the speech was awesome.

Yeah. The Mandela effect, we won. We won. We won it several times. Okay. I'm going to ask this question in a sensitive way because I said some stuff

and I said, I hope you guys tour. I've been saying it forever, but I said, when you do do this tour, don't put out any new music for a bit. What are you guys doing? Do you do a new music? I just gotta be honest, I said that.

I want to come forth and I was like, we want you to tour. You have to get back together. Like we demand it, but don't put out new music when you do it. Let's celebrate you. Then after that tour, you'll put out new music. Well, as you well know, it gets harder and harder the longer you're together and the longer you're touring

because you compete against yourself. There are so many great songs in the catalog to play on radio that putting another new one out, just to put a new one out, seems a little an exercise in futility. So you said you're not putting a new song out? We're not.

We're not going to. Perfect. Yeah. It's the only way I would say that. I think you need to after this tour, but I think this tour is about the celebration and you guys get it back together. Yeah.

And, you know, it's really, to celebrate the fans for giving us a career. I mean, this is the silver jubilee. And we're not just talking about our hair color. I'm talking about 25 years. Jubilee! Yeah. What's like the moment you look back at,

Joe Don, Don, of you guys' career. It could be at your height or it could be when you first started to pop or when you first played your first show together that you look back and you're like, man, if there was like one moment they show, like show me a Rascal Flats moment, they showed this moment.

What would it be? Well, I mean, it's like a top 10 list for that, you know. But in all honesty, I truly mean this. Our work with Vanderbilt Children's Hospital through the years has been extraordinary. I mean, that's our legacy. and just being able to have a platform to be able to raise the kind of money we're able to raise for the hospital and to meet so many amazing families, so many amazing children.

There's some sad situations, obviously, but a lot of positive ones too. For me, that's like the ultimate, you know. Did you guys ever do Letterman? Yeah, the coldest stage in any theater in the country. Yeah, it's freezing cold. He picked the most random song off of our record because he didn't like any of our singles. He picked, I think still feels good is the one that he wanted. Album cut.

You guys played an album cut on that event? It was the title of the album too. Just for him? Just, no. The camera's a rolling there. On the show. We were there, but on the show. What about Leno?

Do you ever do Leno? Oh, yeah. Right after Joe Don showed his rear end. Yeah. Tell me that. Nobody got us on Leno. What? Where was your butt? Oh, the music video. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got it, got it. Yeah, we did all of them. Conan. I mean, I don't, there wasn't any that we didn't do. Yeah. I've still got the plaque from Leno that says, hey, Rascal flats, more butts, more showers. They gave you a plaque to say that? Yeah. That's pretty good word. That's better than the internet of the year. You just won that one. Yeah. Hanging right in my living room. One of a kind. The butt, okay. Well, I'll just use an example like FGL. Eventually they'll get back together. Eventually, they don't like each other right now. Yeah. But they'll get back together. But they'll get back together.

some point because they miss it or they miss like i don't know do you recommend that they like somehow try to keep some sort of relationship because eventually it's going to happen regardless i you know it's interesting i've had a chance to sit down with the restless road guys and several different duos over the years and especially the past four years and my advice is always to nurture your relationship and take care of of it first because a lot of crap from the outside can get in and convoluted and if you don't stay tight and you don't stay honest with each other and care about each other, you run the danger of letting the business tear you apart. And that's just the truth of it. So with Gary and I, it's a little different. We're

families. We're families. So we've always found a way to stay connected and always found a way to care about each other. And I think we found in Jodon, somebody that feels as close as family. So, you know, it's not all a bed of roses. When you're in a band for 20 plus years and you've got three distinct personalities and different opinions, you're going to have disagreements. But I feel like we did a very good job for the most of the amount of time we were together of trying to put our personal pursuits to the side and serving Rascal Flats as a whole. And I think that's why we were able to have that longevity. Now, we never had somebody that cared enough about us to say, why don't you guys take a year off, recharge yourselves, go and do some things that you guys want to do personally, get those out of the way, and then come back together in a more healthy environment. We got on the machine and the machine did not stop.

So I've been grateful for the past few years because it's made me appreciate what we were able to do together and what kind of ride we were actually on together. And now I can come back to this and go, this is really, really special and it's a big part of my life that I missed extremely over the last few years. But I'm glad we had this time because Gary got to do what he should have been doing, his own music, his own shows. Joe Don concentrated on his personal health and his well-being, and I'm so proud of him. I have to say that what this man has come through on the other side of it is remarkable, and he's a completely different person. I really, really am proud of what he's been able to do.

And then I got to do some things that I've always wanted to do. I always felt like I would be good on the other side of the business, and I've been able to try that with Red Street. So I think all of us are stronger now, and we have a greater appreciation for it maybe than we did in 2020. Joe, I think I saw a tweet from you. It was like, hey, sobriety, I liked it, whatever it was. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I remember liking it, pushing a little heart.

So what is your situation now? How long have you been sober? Three years. It's kind of crazy, but my birthday, September 13th is my actual sober date as well. So we got three years. And it's different, I'll tell you that. I'm grateful to be sober today and present. And I never dreamed that was possible.

And I wouldn't have been able to do that without this time off. I mean, this past five years, I've just, you know, I've needed it for a long time. And it was just finally time. And some really great friends in Nashville got me the help I needed. And I'm forever grateful. Once, Gary was in my house and he spit in a Mountain Dew can. First he cut the top off, like the hillbilly he is. Yeah.

With a butt or the pocket knife. And then he was there for a bit and he just spit in the can. Spin in the can. Spend the can Just left it And like a day later My wife's like Why is there a mountain dew can

With a bunch of like Dip spit in it Yeah You just told her You should have just told her You have an issue That you haven't been telling her Oh that's the greatest

memorabilia In Rascal Flats history Like I have Is it on your man I left you one out there too You got to carry spit I think people Don't understand

How country You guys are At times Because again You mentioned the hair Earlier Like, you guys were pretty. Yeah.

I think there were a lot of years you mentioned it where people didn't know what to make of us. We were a little on the pop side and scared some folks, but when we'd get into a conference room on the radio tour, people would, I remember this,

people would drill us and they'd go like, you guys don't really know country, and then we'd start singing Merle Hagg Oh, you know, as hillbilly as anybody around here. It's just all the hair was like, wow, you guys are so pretty. And we'd feel pretty with our hair high.

Look at that. That's pretty right there. Yeah, that's me. That's a cutout. I like to look at myself back on my good all days. Okay, so here's what I want to say. Rascal Flats, back on tour, starting off in February. When do you start practicing together?

When do you start doing the rehearsals? Oh, boy, in January. Yeah. Any pyro? Yeah, we've taken all of kisses stuff away from them now that they're retired. All the bells and whistles. Have you, like, done any of the, you're going to play all the hits, right? Can you get all the hits in?

We figured we'd do a whole bunch of new material. The Letterman Show? The Letterman show, y'all day. Can you play all the hits in one concert, all the number ones? I started kind of scratching out a set list the other day, and it was fun because we've been away from it for a minute. So some new things occurred to me that I never really saw before, and they were sitting right in front of me.

So I'm excited for us to get back in and start hammering away at it. And I hope Gary doesn't get mad at me for putting too many songs in a row that he has to scream in. What's the hardest song to sing for you, Gary? Every night you have to sing it Either it gets difficult because you're doing it night after night Or it's just hard to do it once I melt

Yeah, I melt would be one yeah Probably That's always up there For sure That's one of the highest ones That's why we don't do it live But they're all demanding I mean you don't know if you don't

You mean we haven't We haven't done when we are doing it You can do like Rolling Stones And they get people in the back to play the stuff Yeah Carrioki style Yeah And just like, do that.

I mean, I'm good with it. You ever heard somebody in person at you or start to sing like you and they sound just like you? Yeah. Well, I don't know about just like me. That's true. Shee from Danny Shea does. Yeah. But like, you know, the guy from Journey.

Oh, yeah. He sounds, the guy that sings now sounds just like. Yeah, Arnau. Ever heard, see anybody online that sings just like you? Yeah, you know what? The drummer, Dean Castornevo is even better than Arnell is. In Journey. Oh, yeah.

Do you know him? Oh, yeah. Yeah. As a major, like, I wouldn't have known that unless I, like, Well, he was, he's been a journey for a long time. We did a crossroads with him. And also, the super group that I put together back in 2020, he played drums on that record. And it was remarkable to hear him sing the journey stuff. I mean, they offered him the gig before Arnell. And he was like, no, it's too, too hard on a singer. I want to tell everybody, tickets go on sell tomorrow.

Get him. And so, yeah, get them. The Life is a Highway tour. Go to rascal flats.com. Lauren Elaine and Chris Lane coming out with you guys. Go watch them because if you go and they sell out every show, they'll do more shows. You heard it here. From our manager. You heard it here first. Thank you guys. I love to see you guys back together.

I'm super happy for it. Thank you, brother. And I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys back on the stage. There they are. Rascal Flats. Love you, Bobby. Thank you. A win is a win. A win is a win.

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the odds are they'll cheat in the next. Researchers found that those who were unfaithful in one relationship had three times the odds of being unfaithful in the next compared to those who had not cheated. Experts say it's because once you cross that line of having an affair, you always see it as an option because that line becomes very blurred. I would say too. Cheating sometimes is a symptom of something that you're not able to fix within yourself.

So let me run a scenario by you. Girl is in a relationship with guy. Girl cheats on guy. Girl breaks up. Guy breaks up. She's in a new relationship. She gets a new relationship with person. The guy doesn't know about the girl cheating on the last guy.

She starts to feel a bit of how she felt with the last guy. Like, I don't know. I don't really feel like myself. Starts that same cycle. Cheats on guy. And it can be flipped either way. I think a lot of times cheating is a symptom of something more than just they wanted. cheat unless it's a dude and dudes just like boobs because we're idiots. Amen. So the symptom

if it gets addressed then it could. Yes, it could be fixed. But yeah, that's from the archives of sexual behavior, which every morning before I come. It's your favorite. It's your favorite. From Inc. Magazine, keep it to yourself when it comes to your opinions. For the sake of your career, keep your opinions about politics, religion, and coworkers to yourself unless you are asked about it and feel comfortable with giving that answer. Yeah, that's tough. You may not personally like a coworker, but your boss does not need that from you. Sharing secrets or opinions may make you seem immature or rude, and that definitely hurts your chances of moving up the corporate ladder.

And depending on what slanderous thing was said, it could be grounds of, well, a lot of things, including termination. So I agree with keep your opinions to yourself unless you're asked. There is a part of people that go, well, if I share like intimate feelings, I bond closer with this person, and then maybe they give me the benefit of the doubt or if it's a boss. The problem with that is, one, they may not give you the benefit of the doubt. And two, they may disagree with you. And that's the big one. If they disagree with you, there's no chance.

Like the odds are like 30% that it helps you. And that's not the odd I want to play. Yeah, it's not worth it. So religion, politics, and other coworkers, unless you're specifically asked and you also know, if I tell you this, I'm good, right? Because you may not agree. Just keep it to yourself. Unless it's a super close in an environment, too.

States with the highest and lowest IQs. Uh-oh. No, no. It's so stupid. This is the stupidest I've ever heard. Oh, boy. What do you think the highest is? Okay, well, I can guess the lowest.

You can shut your whole. Well, only because of how you're acting right now. You can shut your whole. Somewhere on the East Coast. Yeah, New York. New York. Boston. Massachusetts.

Oh, it's a state. Yeah, we won't do low. Yeah, skip that. Let's skip that one. Yeah, let's look. And we're like, bitch, I can guess. Because. Massachusetts has the highest IQ with the average of over 100.

Oh, you know, another one sounds really smart. Pennsylvania. They smell smart because they got that pin play. They smell smart. Penn the college, the Ivy League school. Yeah, so I just assumed that to be smart there. Penn State. Oh, I forgot about that one.

So Massachusetts number one, New Hampshire, number two. The only state not in New England, because most of the top are those, is North Dakota, which has a reputation for a very strong education system. Really? Let's model our other education system. Who knew? I felt that. Anyway, low IQ, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas.

Shut up. Was Arkansas last? Well, it's like, who knows who? Just a group. Hey, who knows who's last? They're just grouped together, man. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas. It's probably alphabetical, like, backwards.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I know, but Alabama would have been last in that, that's the case. But thank you for that. See, I appreciate you looking at me. You know what, you can open your hole again. I appreciate you trying to help me a little bit there. That's from the Daily Mail. But ours is education.

They think you have a crap about schools. Like, maybe like two schools. they invest money. They still don't invest money in education the level they should in my home state. They prioritize that crap weird. Six and ten Americans have diets that contribute to inflammation. I'm new to inflammation. Like the understanding of why it's so bad.

Yeah, your body's not new to it though. Trust me, it ain't. Your body's known forever. My body has been it. Yeah. Inflamed. Just completely inflamed. The Americans are eating their way to inflammation and it puts them at risk of cancer, heart disease, other serious problems.

Amy, I'd say you're far more educated on inflammation. than me just with what you studied in your podcast. Can you just explain inflammation? Because to me it just feels like inflammation, my inside just flame out. Yeah, I mean, it can show up because of various behaviors, whether things you're eating or things you're doing to your body. What is it, though?

Like, what do you mean? Well, for, I don't know the actual medical definition. But, like, inflammation for me sometimes will show up in my face. So it's more swollen looking, can be red for other. And there can be pain associated with it. but it's your body's way of reacting to something that it doesn't like. I think the slogan of Arkansas, how I grew up in what I was eating in education, should have been Arkansas, the state of inflammation.

Because like a quality meal was like a mamm witch and some Doritos. And that was partly socioeconomic, right? We didn't have much money, but most people don't. It's not like Arkansas is a rich state. But that goes for a lot of the South. Like, we don't know. And inflammation, when you have a lot of it, that's what contributes to disease. So really?

A normal part of the body's response to injury or infection. Inflammation occurs when the body releases chemicals that trigger an immune response to fight off infection or heal damage tissue. Once the injury or infection is healed, the inflammation ends. But you're infected or, yeah, I'm new to inflammation, meaning I never knew it was a thing. And there's anti-inflammatory foods. So if you eat them, that'll help bring inflammation down. And is it as it sounds like, does something get bigger? Inflame, yes.

Like my bloating is the easy example for my dumb brain. It's like inflammation, what's it mean? Bloading. My gut. Okay, a great example for me and I can see it. Like, I can look at my body or my face and no. I'm in recovery now, but I had an eating disorder for a long time. And if I was really active in it, I can see it in my face.

Even if you're not eating? Well, my, because bulimia was part of it, so there's a purge happening. And that would cause a lot of damage to my organs, my body, my face. There was a lot of pressure. like it's not healthy at all, but I can, I look back at pictures and I can know, oh, that was probably 2015, because right after my mom died, I had my eating disorder came back after being relatively healthy for several, several years with it, but it just came back as a coping tool. Like it was a way that I would numb some of my feelings because I didn't want to feel the

pain and I can see it in my face. And some people were like, well, if my face went down, but it took, once I got into recovery, it probably took a year or two for my face to go down. Seriously? Because and I'll show you all pictures, you'll see it. My face is so puffy and it's because I was purging and I... Well, I think your face is pretty now. Well, what foods are good for inflammation?

I can tell you I have it here. Yeah, because I'm hoping Eddie can maybe eat some for his nose. No, no, no. His nose is not in flame. It's not a flame. That's natural, man. And my ears, same thing. Yeah, they're just large. And it's, uh, doctors know what to look for too. Like you can see the inflammation. Like one of my friends is a therapist and she said that sometimes her clients will lie like, oh yeah, I'm not purging or I'm not doing anything. She can see it in their face or even alcoholics.

Oh, after night of drinking, dude? Yes, you're inflamed. Yeah, big time. You wake up, you look in the mirror like, whoa. You're like, I didn't drink. Why's my head so big? Right. I have a huge head.

Yeah, but it's not inflame. Is it all the years of bologna sandwiches? No, man, that's your skull, dude. That's your bone structure. Oh, oh, I thought it was all the bologna sandwiches and white bread. Right. Dang. Anti-inflammatory foods lunchbox.

Blueberries. But it's not stuff that you. It's like we're going to like. You like them? It's like healthy food for the most part. We don't like them. He likes that quinoa. Oh, yeah.

Garlic. Okay, so a little bit of garlic's fine on stuff. Ginger, turmeric, green and black tea, pass. Who am I? Queen of England? Yeah, no thanks. Yeah, no thank you. Whole grains, fine, I think.

I don't know what that is. Kenoa. Leafy green veggies, legumes, fatty fish, and berries. There you go. The Penguin, episode two, brings in 1.6 million viewers on HBO and Max. I've not watched it. The what? The penguin? Hey, Mike D. Will you come over? I know it's not a movie, but you do.

You're like me. You like the nerdy TV shows. Yeah. And the penguin is Batman, right? Yeah, it takes place right after the Batman movie with they made with Robert Pattinson. It follows the movie? Yeah, it takes place like a few days after that movie. Cool. So Robert Patton's in it? No. It's just the penguin. Who is

Penguin? He's famous, right? Who's the guy? Colin Farrell. Colin Farrell. That's a good one. But Danny DeVito's who I think of back in the day day. But in that makeup, you can't tell it's him at all. Really? Yeah.

That'd be tough to do a movie or a show where you have to put on all that makeup all the time. I just think of Jim Carrey when he did the... Grinch. And he was like, I had to hire Navy SEALs that could teach me how to do pain training when he put it on because it was so painful. That's all that way. Yeah, Colin Farrell said he's basically done after this because it's so terrible, the process. That's so... You guys don't know this, but this is a toupee wig that I wear.

It's not my hair is not so luscious. Every morning I can't happen. But that'd be weird if all of a sudden, I was like, guys, I'm going to keep with it. So yeah, the show's killing it. So check it out. Tuesday, Reviews Day, we did on this week, Slow Horses. I did Slow Horses, the show, it's on Apple.

It's so good. We just started season two now. It's three seasons, I think season four is happening now. It's so good. If you have Apple TV or Apple, I don't know how you watch it. It's a streaming service I guess I pay for. Right.

Or maybe you can buy the episodes individually. It's British, but it's about spies. It's so good. It's like one of my top. five shows in the past few months now. So check out slow horses. Younger people sacrifice mental health for career advancement.

Hi everybody, I'm Bobby. Are you part of younger people No, but I think I did. He does that. Okay. Oh, when you're younger, you do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought it was younger generation.

No, completely sacrificed all. Hey, Amy just called you old. No, I know. We're the same age. We're the same age. Yeah, no, you're taking a shot. That's okay. New research.

Yeah, my brain's all in flame now from that. I know. Eat a berry. New research shows that the quest for professional success might be coming at the expense of people's health, especially when they're young. A recent study found that 47% of people are meant to sacrificing their mental health to get ahead in their careers. Yeah, it's a big time part of that.

And 72% say the search for stability is the key factor in determining their success. That's from Ladd Bible. To be fair, I didn't quite understand mental health. I don't think a lot of us did 15 years ago, as much as we do now. And now, if you're going to go work out your biceps or get your cardio in, like there's also a muscle that's as equal, if not more important. Yeah. Your brain.

That we don't think we should take care of as much because we weren't trained. Our culture didn't tell us what that needs to be taken care of. And that is mental health. I'm a big mental health guy. Didn't do it for a long time. I'm a big dental care guy too.

That's important too, man. I didn't do it until I'm going to just my 20s. So it's like... People don't realize. You only have one or two set of teeth, right? The baby one and then the last one, that's it. I think people do realize that, yeah. I don't know.

I think most people realize you only get... Yeah, I think most people realize. fall out and then you have one more second. I don't think anyone thinks it's like a snake skin. They just shed and replace. You feel like you brush your teeth a lot more have you thought about that. And I'm from Arkansas dude and we're dumb according to that story. And I knew that. But we're not dumb, everybody. Get off our backs. That's the news. Those were Bobby's Big. Stories.

A couple things I want to talk about. How about number one? We had Rascal Flats in and we talked about a lot of stuff. They're back together, which is super cool. And so there's J. DeMarcus. There's Gary, the lead singer. There's Joe Don and Jay plays bass and other instruments and Joe Don plays guitar. Jay's running a record label. Joe Don has had issues with sobriety and it's been pretty public and he's been sober for a while and he's, I remember when he posted that and I like it. I'm super happy for him. I'm happy there together.

We were just doing the interview earlier and this is Jay talking about Joe Don sobriety. Joe Don concentrated on his personal health and his well-being and I'm so proud of him. I have to say that what this man has come through on the other side of it is remarkable. And he's a completely different person. And I'm really, really am proud of what he's been able to do. Me too. And so, Joe Don was then talking about his sobriety. What is your situation now?

How long have you been sober? Three years. And it's kind of crazy. But my birthday, September 13th is my actual sober date as well. So we've got three years. And it's different. I'll tell you that. I'm grateful to be sober today and present.

And like, I never dreamed that was possible. And I wouldn't have been able to do that without this time off. I mean, this past five years, I've just, you know, I've needed it for a long time. It was just finally time. And some really great friends in Nashville got me the help I needed. And I'm forever grateful. I'm super happy there together.

I'm super happy Joe Don, is it a very healthy place. It's great. I'm in a great mood. I hope you go listen to the podcast. Search for the Bobby Bone Show. We did over a half hour with them. Really cool. There was a story about a husband.

And he says he's stunned because after his wife had a baby, she wanted a push present. and then a very expensive push present and then the concept of push presents comes up and I'm all for it but that's not something I think that you are legally bound to receive. A push present?

Yeah, so you know, you push out of baby and then I think it's just something that our cultured when social media happened. It was only to post stuff. It was like, you've got to push presents. Let me read your story. Amy, I want your thoughts. The young man said his pregnant wife

had been influenced by social media. He claimed the materialistic part of her, which he doesn't say all of her is that at all, said that he needed to give her diamonds. The unnamed man said his pregnant wife was influenced because a new woman that she saw got a new car and a house after giving birth. Oh, boy. Which then led her down the rabbit hole looking up push presents and what other people got.

And so then she wants diamonds for a push present. Your thoughts on a push present first? Well, I don't know what it's like to push out a baby because I would love the chance to do it, but I haven't been able to get pregnant. So I know that it is painful and it's a lot on your body. And so I think it is nice to be shown, hey, I appreciate what you've done because men, y'all don't really have to deal with a lot of that.

But I do think social media has made it far worse. I don't know that I would require a push present. And I think if we were to want everything that everybody else has and that they're showing on social media, we'd be in a lot of trouble. A push present is just made up. Yes. And I think if you want to get your wife something for anything,

it's awesome. Having a baby, great. Yeah. For showing you extra love? Great. It doesn't matter for no reason at all. Great. But nobody has owed a...

Diamond. I would think the baby is the push present. That's the present. You... Wah! Wend! Presents usually don't exhaust you. That new human life is the present.

I am not anti-push present. Oh, I am anti-the-expectation of a push present. Right. I'm not anti a, quote, baby moon. But I'm not... you don't absolutely get a baby moon because other people on social media were getting it. Right. And so I think some people see it for so long.

They think it's just a normal part of culture. I think, Amy, we feel similar about it. Lunchbox, I feel, I don't know, that you do not feel similar where it's just bad. The push president is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. You just because you're pushing a baby out of your body doesn't mean you're rewarded. You're rewarded with that human life that you created. So is he. Right, so you both get it.

Great. Congratulations. You don't get anything for pushing the baby out of your body. You wanted to get pregnant. You wanted to have a child. Maybe. Okay. But if you want to have a child, that's how it has to happen.

Right, that's how it has to happen. So you shouldn't be rewarded for doing something you wanted to do. You partook in this exercise that created a baby. So I'm not going to reward you at the end of that term with another present. That is the stupidest thing. So, hey. But are you against? Okay.

I'm against it 100%. I'm against the expectation. without there being an advanced talk of it. If someone wants to do that, say, hey, you went through a lot. I'm against, but I'm against somebody just going, well, I just had babies, I expect this. Right. That's what I'm against.

I saw on social media, this one girl got a diamond, and now I want one. So stupid. Women are so dumb. No, we're not. No, they're so dumb. Men can be dumb too. Are you against them getting one at all?

At all. At all. So you don't even, even if she didn't ask for one, but he got her one, you're like, that's stupid. That's stupid. Like, why are you getting, like, are you there? Do you get a push present too?

because you sit there or a hand present because you held her hand. What about if I just want number two? Yeah. Oh, hey. Did Scuba get a vasectomy present? I mean, that'd be a cut gift. I mean, it's the stupidest thing

our society has started adopting and then it needs to go away. But we haven't started, right? Like Valentine's Day? That's correct. But again, just the day. I think that's stupid too. I mean, everything is just something

with a meaning assigned to it. Everything. Right. Even your name. It's just some sounds we put together we've assigned it to you. But it's just some sounds. present. Just more of your thoughts, that's all.

Stupid. Thank you. I didn't know. I didn't know that's how you felt. Oh, good, good. Thanks for clarifying that. It's kind of dumb, yeah. Really dumb. How many push presents should get your wife? Zero. Yeah, my wife push out three kids. Zero presents. I think it's dumb if someone goes, I have an expectation of a push present.

I don't think it's dumb if the husband's like, and the word push presents is also dumb. But I don't think it's bad if a husband or whomever, a boyfriend, whoever knocked her up. It is like, hey, you just want to do a lot physically. I'd like to get you a little something to show you how much I appreciate like that. Because that's the present when the giver is giving it to you without you asking for it.

Yes. That makes it a gift. Your calls, we'll take them. 87777-Bobby. It does not have to be... Matter of fact, I don't want it to be about that. I'm exhausted. No, I'm just exhausted.

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Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests. What's the vibe of that when it's? It's like your star player is like, well, I want to leave. And then actually now I'm going to stick. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's like definitely happening in the WBA.

And yeah, we talk about our mistakes too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man, we got a call last night, man, you can't be rolling around the city like this tonight before games, no, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And of course, family stories. And we're like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mind, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized game with Stuy and Miles on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Luke Bryan in studio tomorrow. I mean, I want you to hear this clip because you're not really going to care because the person who's saying it is an athlete, but I think what he says, you're going to be like, oh my God. So we had, and the interview doesn't come out until tomorrow on our podcast, 25 whistles, but Calvin Johnson, one of the best wide receivers ever is on with us. And I asked him, he played for the Detroit Lions. Awesome. Asked him what his favorite piece of memorabilia was because he has a bunch behind him. Listen to his answer here. We played that snow game in Philly that year. But the significance of this game was it wasn't anything that happened in the game.

It was my parents. They came to the game. And so after the game, my mom was going to the airport and she slipped and fell. And from that, she got checked up and she found out she had pancreatic cancer. And she's still here with us today, only because, you know, she fell at that game. So she wasn't at that game. We would never know. She wouldn't be here with us today.

I got chills on my neck. Wow, wow. The fact that I was like, hey, what's the memorabilia? Like there are game balls around them. And he's like, you know what? It's not even I have a ball for, but like I thought that it was a snow game. Nobody's looking forward to it. But my mom slept on the snow and that, getting her to the hospital,

in making sure she was okay from the fall, they discovered she had pancreatic cancer, which is really. Oh, yeah, aggressive. Yeah. Yes. Wow. And she's still, because of that fall, she's here now because that's when they found it. Pretty amazing.

When they did Survivor and Jimmy Johnson, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who was at one time, like he went in just to get the physical to go on Survivor. And they found he had a heart issue. They had put a stint in his heart, but only because he was getting the physical to be on Survivor. Oh, I didn't know that. Yep. Wow. That's amazing.

So that gave me chills on back of my neck. That interview comes out tomorrow, but it wasn't even about the sports part of it. It was just that story. Speaking of sports tonight at my house, like, six central dorm dudes are driving down from a Ohio, we're going to do breaks. When we do this work, remember you? This is so much fun. We do it for like three hours.

And so me, Eddie, and the dorm dudes, you can just get on TikTok. You can get on my Instagram and you can find the page. Maybe you should watch. We do a break for three hours. People like pay a little something. Yeah, they pay like 20 bucks and they have a shot to win like a signed helmet or something. It's so much fun.

We haven't done it in months. So the ones I see posted or like the exciting ones, like you'll repost them. If I win. Yeah, yeah. Bobby Bones, look at you. You got so lucky. You got this. Helmonds. Right, but like are you ever, like is it still fun even if it opens it up and it's just like a helmet you weren't excited about?

No, it's fun if you win. It's not fun if you don't win. Oh. But you let's say you pay like. I just thought like no matter what, still something cool. Oh, if you win, it's always something cool. Okay. But if you lose, you're like, I just pay 25 bucks. Yeah. But you're paying like 25 bucks for a chance to win like a $200 helmet. And yeah, it's fine. But we're doing that tonight. My Instagram is Mr. Bobby Bones. Oh, I made a video last on my Instagram up. I saw Bradley Gilbert commented on the video. that I made last night. And he doesn't comment in anything. And I like Brantley, but he's like me. He doesn't really comment much on Instagram. What do you say? Here are the people that commented on the video,

because I was really embarrassed last night, and I posted a video on my Instagram. Chris Lane wrote, It Happens Everybody Keep Your Head Up, Champ. Kane Brown wrote, he said, not dang, but the, you know, dang, dude. Brantley Gilbert wrote, you didn't strike out on this Oscar award-winning performance at all. So I'm going to play you the first part of this video I put on Instagram.

Here you go. You guys, I never wanted to have to make one of these videos. So I just wanted to get ahead of it before it made any sort of news. It may not make the news, but I have a feeling that it will. And, yeah, it sucks. So I'll just put it out so you're not surprised. The night, for the first time ever in my life, I think I struck out in slow-pick softball. Idiot.

That's very dramatic for that. I'm so dumb. I'm humiliated. That's pretty bad, though. It was the playoffs. I was humiliated. Let me tell you what happened. And I can't stop thinking about.

I thought about it all night. Oh my gosh. I don't think I've ever struck. I don't think I've ever struck it. And I struck out. It was the playoffs. It was our softball teams playoffs. And not only that, there were a really nice group of, I'm playing.

And I go sit in the bleachers sometimes. And some listeners were like, I can see them searching for me on Google to see if it's me. Double check. Yeah, they're like, is this bio. And I can see it doing it. But I don't want to jump in and be like, it is. It's just a weird thing to do. So once they come to the.

inclusion. They go, are you by bones? And then everybody's like, oh, cool. And so I'm talking to like eight people. And they're like, do you just come out and watch games? Are you playing? I was like, are you any good? I'm like, yeah, I mean, I'm pretty good. And so I was up bat next inning. And they're all watching. And I struck out. I struck out. I struck out. You know what? I didn't go say, but I didn't go say anything to him. I grabbed my glove and went home. It was the last ending in the game. Wait. I should laugh. That's embarrassing, Amy. It's humiliating. It's humiliating. I thought about it all night. I'm thinking about it right now. I'm watching. I don't have the volume on right now because

you just played it. I hate me. I hate me. I, if I didn't know that now this is about striking out at a wreck softball game, I would. Don't minimize my trauma. I'm not. I would think that you're about to say, like.

I think I would ditty. No, I mean. Or, yeah, you're getting indicted for something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm telling you. I just added my own comment. Like, I think about it now and it makes me sick to my, I'm such a loser. And I hate me and I've retired.

I'm retiring. Were you trying to swing for the fence? Hard as I possibly could. Oh, you retired? I'm retired. I took my... You're never going to play again? Done?

I took my shoes, my pants, and my underwear and left it on the pictures mound and walked away. Oh, my. You're done. You're done. Then I got indicted for being naked in public. That's the real sad. No, it sucked, though. I was...

Sorry. It does suck. It was sucked. Especially because I was like, no, I'm pretty good. And I'm like, great. I'm pretty good. I was MVP of the Celebrity game. I know, man.

I want to tell him that after I was done. I was like, trust me, what you saw there is not. I was so embarrassed. And I went home, I told my wife, and she was like, oh, strikey. I was like, I don't want the nickname, yeah. I don't want the nickname, Strikey. Hey, but in order to know, like, how low something is, you've experienced the high. So that's why this low probably feels lower.

Oh, MVP? Yeah, like, here. This is the worst thing that's ever happened me in my life. No, it is not. Really? Mm-hmm. That's probably accurate. No, it's accurate.

It's the worst it's ever happened to me in my life. So I'd like to say I'm embarrassed of it, but I'm open about it, and I struck out in slow-pitch softball and I hate me. And what did Brantley say? Well, it wasn't a strikeout with Drosco winning performance. That's funny. I really just made that video because I thought somebody would call the show and say, and then you guys would be like, we heard you struck out.

I gave you the eight-mile treatment. No, I didn't see the video. Can't make fun of me if I made fun of myself. Ray, what do you want to do? Song or no? No, we'll go to break. I'm right. Okay, you guys call us 877-77.

Bobby, Boney, back in a minute. Bobby Bones show. Bonehead. This story comes us from Madison, Wisconsin. A woman pulled up in her driveway and she looks in the window. She goes, is that a woman in my kitchen? What is she doing in my kitchen? So she calls police.

Police arrived. And the woman had broken it into the home and found some shrimp, pasta, and was making dinner. Was the woman drunk? No, the woman said, man, I thought this lady was out of town. Oh, gosh. She was cosplaying that lady. She was being her. She had even looked at her mail, got her name.

name. That way she would have a story like, oh, Samantha gave me the keys. And it turns out Samantha didn't give her the keys. That's gutsy. I pulled up to a friend's house once and there was a lady sitting like in the room that you could see from the window. And so I was weirded out. And so I called them and said, you know there's a lady? I'm sitting right outside his house. You know there? And she was looking at me. She caught me catching her. And I said, you know there's a lady sitting right in your like big window? And he goes, I don't think there is. I said, I'm looking at her right now. She's staring right back at me. She's on the phone. And he goes, I think you're at the wrong house.

I was. I was at the wrong house. I backed out and went to his house. She was probably on the phone with the cops. She was probably on the phone with the car. Yeah. I'm Lunchbox. That's your bonehead story of the day. How'd the track meet with your son? Oh, he did great. They made it to state. Is he part of the team that is doing an event at state?

Yeah. They race on Saturday. What's his event? The two mile across the country. It's the only thing. There's only one of it. Oh, so the whole team runs at two miles. It's a cross country. Oh, so it's different than a big time. Yeah, but he was one of the qualifers. So like individually he's qualified. Well they, so you're, you're individual, but you're a team.

And so where he placed, like he was one of the top runners. Um, well, we'll find out. I don't know. I don't know who I'll be with it on Saturday. Maybe it makes the whole team go. Where do you have to go? Clarksville. It's about an hour away.

Yeah. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah. What's his nickname? Oh, moose. And he's ever since, I guess he qualified. I guess that race was on Monday or two. Yeah, it was on Monday.

And so the race is tomorrow. So all week he's been walking around the house. The Moose is on the loose. He just isn't such a good move. But he got that nickname Moose from his cross-country buddies. So they're the only ones that say it to him. So does he run two miles or is he part of a two-mile team? No, he runs two miles himself.

Do you think I could beat him? I don't know. What would you run two miles? He runs a pretty good time. I don't know. I don't know. I never run two miles. His PR is 12 minutes and 15 seconds.

In two miles. You said that. I don't think I can't beat him. Wow, that's fast. I think Lunchbox maybe he could beat him. He's getting older. I think in lunchbox his heyday, he could have beat him. That's a seven-minute mile, right?

Six and a half. It's 12, right? Six minutes, eight seconds. What do you have? Seven? Oh, he is just calculator. I round it up. I round it up just to give him a little padding.

I don't think. I wonder if I could beat him. I don't think you can. I don't think I can either. That'd be a fun bit. Me race Amy's son. For pinks. Do it.

For what are pinks? Your car versus mine. I want to win in your car. You can bet him and do He gets your car or you get his bike Oh that's exciting So I hope good luck Tell him I say good luck

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