The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: I'm Not Gonna Contribute to Your Foolishness (Feat. Kobie Turner)

Episode Date: December 10, 2024

We have breaking news emerging this morning that the Miami Heat are listening to trade offers for Jimmy Butler. We bring in failed game show host, Jeremy Taché, and his much more handsome successor, Izzy Guttierez, to break down what this could mean for the future of the Heat. Greg Cote says the Heat should be looking to trade Jimmy right now, but does he mean right now or in February? Then, it's time for Stugotz's weekend observations that include the return of Army-Navy, the Dolphins being back in the mix, who is really America's Team and The Green Lizard. Then, Los Angeles Rams' defensive lineman, Kobie Turner, joins the show to discuss his experience as 'Goo' on The Masked Singer. Will Billy be able to get him to reveal who The Wasp is? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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podcasts anywhere you get them Amazon Music Spotify Apple Sirius XM Channel 85 as well we've got breaking news here that I want to get to our experts on because we've got a lot of Miami Heat and basketball experts around here Shams and Barry Jackson of the Miami Hero Miami Herald say that the Miami Heat are open to listening to trade offers for Jimmy Butler. He is open to playing for Dallas, Houston, and Golden State. According to Shoms, the Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler and making a deal if the proposal is right.

League sources told ESPN and Butler's agent Bernie Lee has indicated in league circles that Butler is open to destinations such as two of the texas teams houston and dallas and golden state is a neck uh... native of houston uh... he's believed to want to to win that right now uh... i mean among what's available in golden state is trying to get another star for staff that one makes a lot of sense but i can't see pat riley making a trade that doesn't bring back someone who is better than jimmy butler who makes sense, but I can't see Pat Riley making a trade that doesn't bring back Someone who is better than Jimmy Butler who makes his team better I don't see Pat Riley playing for tomorrow's so that Jimmy Butler gets to win now

So what do you see from among the packages that Houston and Dallas and Golden State would have that would make Miami either the same Or better than they are right now without Jimmy Butler Well all the teams that would wanna acquire him are looking at him as an upgrade, right? As a something, a missing piece to take them over the top. So you're not gonna give away a foundational piece for the piece that's gonna take you over the top because that just moves you back.

The thing that Miami has to face, we could say that Pat Riley never does, takes a step back or whatever, but the reality that they're facing is that Jimmy Butler can opt out after this season, and so you're risking use it or lose it. So basically, maybe they're not going to get a player that's better than Jimmy Butler, but I can see them making a deal to get players, players giving us more depth, giving us more options and flexibility.

I'm assuming that a third team would have to be involved because I'm assuming that Pat Riley's gonna be as win now as Jimmy Butler is and as Steph Curry is. Look, they're not win now as it is, right? We can agree to that. Miami, right now, you're not gonna win now, right? A deal can be done where it's not necessarily, hey, young guys, unproven guys, picks.

A deal can be done where it's like, okay, we got a bunch of solid players to fill out our rotations, so we are still roughly in the same place as we were competitively. Maybe we got a couple assets on the side as well for the future. I think that is a possibility

That's not a necessary Detonation which is what Greg was asking don't they have to blow it up? I don't think they're gonna blow it up But I also don't think they're gonna get a player as good as Jimmy Butler back in a deal right now It would have to involve a third team because I'm not not well But none of those other teams are gonna give up a player better than Jimmy Butler to get Jimmy Butler But I'm saying that even with a third team. I don player better than Jimmy Butler to get Jimmy Butler. But I'm saying that even with a third team,

I don't think you're going to get like this amazing player out of it. I just don't. But Dan is thinking then the deal won't happen because Riley isn't playing for tomorrow. He's not playing for the future. But it is a depreciated asset from this respect. It's a very expensive contract.

It is expiring. It's a time bomb. It might expire if he decides to opt out and he's 35 years old like that's I'm not I don't know how much you're getting for Jimmy Butler It's the worst kind of time bomb by the way Because if it expires and you're still holding it blows up we could have got something for him, right? If he doesn't opt out meaning you got another year you got to pay him 52 million dollars next year and how many of us raise your hands if you

think he's gonna be better next year than he is this year let's go out to our heat temperature room here where Jeremy Tash a failed game show host joins us to give us the homerific perspective on the Miami Heat what do you have certainly you don't agree that the Miami Heat are not in win now mode, right? You don't agree with that, do you? I think the Heat are pretty much always in win now mode. The thing that's interesting is I don't think, Dan,

that if a Jimmy Butler trade was made, that it would necessarily be to acquire another superstar right now. If you look at the teams, whether it's Golden State, Houston in particular, or Dallas, those teams would be sending back a variety of assets that my assumption would be that he would play through the rest of their season,

giving some of these young guys, Jaime Jaquez, would step right into the role that Jimmy Butler is playing offensively. They'd continue to have Bam and Tyler as those building blocks, and then try to use all of those assets they acquire to make a move this off season for another. Oh, wow. So you've got you guys have them conceding the season. Well,

I don't I don't think that's going to happen. I think there's also when you look at Shams's report, there's a huge difference when you're looking at language in all of these reports between listening to offers and pursuing offers and And Houston and Dallas and Golden State are names we heard this off season that, hey, Jimmy's open to being traded. Jimmy wants an extension. None of this is all that new in terms of the information

that we already knew. It's just a matter of it being reported right now by Shams that's forcing us to have the conversation. Ironically, it's as the Heat are on their sort of best stretch of the season with wins in the last three games. What Jeremy is saying is absolutely right. Listen to the verbiage, and the verbiage in these things matters every single time.

The Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler and making a deal if the proposal is right. And then later on it says, Bernie Lee has indicated in league circles that Butler is open to destinations such as the two Texas teams. So when you are talking like that, it isn't like Jeremy said, it isn't like an aggressive,

we gotta move this guy, we gotta do something. It is, okay, it's not a hey, absolutely not hang up the phone when you call asking about them. I want more experienced veteran analysis. Izzy, what do you have here for us on what it is that we're talking about? Even though Jeremy has more information,

he's got some other things that he wants to say. Greg Cody's contribution is to just drop his thermos. I was like, what is this? I wasn't dropping my thermos. What was that sound? Is he, what were you saying? What did you have to say about what we're talking about? Yeah, I'm always here for you, Dan. I'm here to say what Jeremy doesn't really want to say.

This is old news, man. This has been out there for a minute. We've already known that the Miami Heat would be, they'd be silly not to do this. They'd be terrible team not to do this, an organization not to do this. The guy has a terrible team not to do this, an organization not to do this. The guy has told you he's going to be a free agent next year, you have to assess the situation.

You have to see what teams are going to offer you. It doesn't mean that they're going to take anything. It also doesn't mean that they are not looking for other trades that don't involve Jimmy Butler, Dan. Other trades that would assure you they are in win now mode. They're still assessing the situation. Their defense has looked a lot better.

Amin told you that their offense has been in the top 10. They've basically switched and said, hey, if we're gonna win, it's not gonna be with 43s. It's gonna be with defense that turns into offense. They're currently looking like that team that you don't wanna face in a seven game series. So nothing's been decided with Jimmy Butler.

All due respect to Sean. Jeremy, what you were saying I agree with though. If you have Spoh and Pat Riley, you ain't playing for tomorrow. And I don't even know if perhaps they should fold their hand because the Gulf is so big between where the Celtics are and where they are that they, I'm not even sure that it's the wise thing to do,

but I don't see Spoh and Riley playing for tomorrow's. I don't think that they are playing for tomorrow. I think that when you're looking at this conversation, it's about what might happen come the trade deadline, right? Like this doesn't mean that there's some sort of trade that's eminent, it's bringing up a conversation that those teams are interested in Jimmy Butler, that Bernie Lee has said,

hey, he'd be open if he's gonna get traded to those few teams, that the Heat are willing to listen. But this is more likely than not the type of saga that plays out right until the trade deadline. And there's a long way to go in this season. If the Heat are 10 games over 500 playing great basketball, looking like a contender in their conference, maybe outside of Boston, more likely than not,

Jimmy Butler stays. But if this whole thing falls apart, he's playing poorly, the team's playing poorly, Tyler Hero isn't playing at the all-star level that he's been playing thus far this season, and everything looks like it's coming to an end, it'd probably be beneficial to both parties to move on with a couple of months left in the season and go from there.

I mean, you're not close. You're not close to where Boston is. You're not. No, I mean, that's my point. When you're saying Pat's not going to do a deal, I say it may not be up to him, right? Like at this point, you know, you can either hold on to this thing and just peter your way back to the play-in and maybe give someone a run for their money in the first round, or you can be proactive and

start doing something that can impact next season and the seasons beyond. The current iteration of the Heat is going nowhere. It's spinning its wheels. It's not gaining ground on the rest of the East. It's a Gulf from Boston. You have to do something. The time is now. You have to get something for Jimmy Butler. There's no question.

The time is now. The time is absolutely. Right now. The time. Not right now, but before the trade deadline. Yeah, absolutely. The time is now. Before February. The time is now. Yes. Right now, trade Jimmy Butler. Stronger than Izzy is he stronger than a mean stronger than Jeremy Greg

Go ahead get something for a Greg coding better long time Well, that's different long time Miami Herald columnist Greg Cody is saying the time is now trade Jimmy Butler You have to get something for him right now becomes a free agent right now But I don't know why you're emphasizing right now. Obviously you said said it. You said the time is now. I'm quoting you. Okay, by the way, I didn't drop my thermos. The time is now. He did it. He didn't drop his thermos.

The time is before the trade deadline. Before he off-towed for free agency. Is the time now or is the time February? I'm not gonna contribute to your foolishness. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. That a boy? The time is now. Ha ha ha ha ha.

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in defense of this great nation. This game is so big, it gets its own weekend. Triple options, mutual respect, an iconic flyover that will send chills down your spine. And Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it, Army Navy is back. He is so mad. So mad.

What are you mad about? I'm just putting you down on, are you saying they need to trade him right now and you were being slippery? You kept repeating the phrase right now. Yeah, he did. Obviously, by right now, I mean before the trade deadline, before he becomes a free agent and they get zero for him

But I'm you have buyers for Jimmy market right Jimmy Butler right now Explore it take the best deal get something now rather than nothing right now Jack Is mad yeah, he's not here for any of our foolishness. No. You guys are making this worse, you know that. Thank you, Billy. I mean, he has been dead serious since we started talking

about his Hall of Fame vote. He has not had an unserious thought since then. Well, the damn veterans committee is undoing his hard work. What's the points? Let's get back to face rubbing. We're on video now, Dad. You can show us.

We didn't get to see it in the pre-show. Yeah, I'm not in the mood. You have to be in the mood to face rubbing. We're on video now, dad. You can show us. We didn't get to see it in the pre-show. Yeah, I'm not in the mood. You have to be in the mood to do it. Put it on the poll at LevitageShow. Do you have to be in the mood to face rub your face? The thing about a face rub is like, you could be in a good mood and do the face rub because it's soothing or like a bad mood.

You're like, I need a face rub right now. Dan's doing it. Yeah, it can be an expression of exasperation. Yeah, many moves. See, that's an amateur face rub. Yeah, too much fingertips. That's an amateur. Wait, is it more palm?

He does it with like, he gets his whole hand in there. You gotta use both full hands. Look, we got him doing it, he said he wasn't gonna do it and now he's doing it. Well, he sees someone who's not an expert. He's like, I got it. Right, you gotta show them how. Show them the ropes.

I'm just learning. Tariq Hill, good to see you again. Arch Manning wins that game. Army Navy, no losers, Dan, just winners. I still believe there's a chance for Alabama to get in. Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Is there still a chance Alabama will surprise you and win the national championship? I won't believe the committee didn't put Alabama in until those games start.

I want to rub my face. Feels pretty good. If you bet on James Franklin in a big game, you have nobody but yourself to blame. Well, who else would you blame if you were the one making the bet? James Franklin. Okay. I mean, I do it all the time. I bet on James Franklin.

He loses. I yell at James Franklin. I should be yelling at myself. That's all. It's my fault. I fell for it. If you bet, put it on the pole, Juju, if you bet on James Franklin to win a big game Should you just start screaming at the mirror?

Good thing we spent five hours last week debating Alabama versus Miami for that final playoff spot I'm well spent Jesus If you have a quarterback whose last name is Manning and don't play the quarterback whose last name is Manning You have no one but yourself to blame. I Mean, what are you doing? There's a Manning on the roster plays quarterback. Yeah, that's right The witching hour in December where good losses turn into bad wins, and bad wins turn into good losses. How about that?

Carolina Panthers, the hottest team on a three-game losing streak in NFL history. Carolina playing close games at this point in the season is a giant surprise. Bryce Young has mastered the game winning drive that doesn't actually win you the game. He leaves just enough time on the clock for the other quarterback to come out and get the victory. It's amazing. He wins while losing. He's unbelievable. They should surround him with some talents. I'm happy for Bryce Young, aren't you? I am. I mean, he looks like someone who's more competent over the last three games than I ever thought he was going to look in an NFL uniform

once they benched him. The B in Boise State stands for bye. I can't watch a game on the blue turf for more than a minute without getting a headache put on the pole Juju does the blue turf give you a headache army winning the American Conference poetic hey Cowboys just so we're clear you're not America's team. Dan, you know what the A in Army stands for? America's team. Wow, you got it. Yeah. You've been tricking me the last couple of weeks. I know, I know. You've been leading me. I figured that's why you would guess something outlandish and I was gonna come back and just say Army. Yeah, you're really throwing me off of my game

by throwing that bait out there again and again the last couple of weeks just for me to get it wrong. The committee should be embarrassed for leaving army out. Ward Manuel should have to go to every single cadet's door, door to door, knock on their door, and tell them to their face, you're not good enough. No thank you for your service is what he should have to do. Go door to door and say no thank you for your service. Texas, Georgia, the rare game with two backups who are better than the two starters. Dan, if you listen carefully, you can hear Bill Belichick sniffing around. He's got a big schnoz.

Belichick's recruiting pitch would be to sit on your couch and very slowly put each of his eight rings on while not saying a single word. I mean four of those are Brady's, it doesn't matter, we digress, but that's what you do, right? If you're Belichick Just put him on his girlfriend follow UNC football on Instagram. Oh boy. It's over Jordan Hudson done deal a 72 year old Bill Belichick You can't fault Carolina for trying to get younger

Chapel Hill more like Chapel bill If Belichick coaches Carolina, I fully expect Matt Castle to be the backup quarterback. Josh McDaniels, UNC offensive coordinator, collision course. The Chiefs can't keep getting away with it. If there's a way to win, the Chiefs will find it. Jameis Winston giveth, Jameis Winston taketh. Dan, that big sigh of relief you heard over the weekend was every team in the playoff realizing they don't have to do it against Alabama.

I can't decide if I like a 12-team playoff. Losing a conference championship game is supposed to end your season. I didn't like it. I don't like championship weekend. I mean the whole thing's a mess. I have no idea who's who, who's playing who, what team is in what conference. I have no idea. This is confusing. College football used to be easy. If you lose, lose early. Otherwise don't lose at all! Put it on the poll please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Is change hard for old people? That's what's happening.

You want college football the way that you used to have it and now just you don't, you don't, you're too lazy to be bothered with where are people playing, let me just check the internet. Things have changed, so now you're complaining about it. It's what old people do when they're faced with change. I like four teams. I do. I like when these games meant something.

I like when Ohio State losing to Michigan would end Ohio State's season. Ohio State could still win a national championship. I don't like that. I mean, it doesn't count unless you beat Michigan. They have made the regular season somewhat less interesting by having all the teams lose two and three times, yes. Thank you. You agree?

This year, yes. If George Steinbrenner was alive, I can guarantee you one thing. Juan Soto would not be a New York Met. Who would be out if we were still doing it as four? Who would it be, Notre Dame at five? Who's at five? Oh, Notre Dame's in. Like who, if Ohio's seven.

But who's at five? The five and the 12 matchup is what? If we were still doing four, we would be eliminating everybody. Well, Boise State wouldn't be in. Would Ohio State, but would Ohio State be in? If we were still doing four, we would be eliminating everybody. Well, Boise State wouldn't be in. Would Ohio State, but would Ohio State be in? If we were doing. So Georgia's in, they won the SEC Championship game,

Oregon's obviously in, right? If you're doing the CFP rankings numerically, not by the seedings, it would be Oregon, Georgia, Texas, Penn State are the top four in the CFP. Not based on the bracket. So Ohio State wouldn't be in even though they beat Penn State and have the same record as Penn State. Juan Soto, good luck without the short porch.

Taylor. Juan Soto, have fun when it isn't Aaron Judge behind you anymore and it's Mark Ventious. Taylor. Taylor's walking around with a North Carolina hoodie that he cut the sleeves off of and he's dying for anyone to notice that he's doing like an homage to Bill Belichick. He's gonna break the story. He literally came up to me was like look. Yeah he's telling people to look because no one's caught on to what he did.

Les Taylor. The Mets committed more money to Juan Soto than the Pirates have to their entire roster over the last decade. It's amazing. Miami Dolphins. Back in the mix. What do you think? I saw the in the hunt graphic,

which I have to be careful about when I say it, in the hunt, and it's the colts and the dolphins, it's six and seven. And the colts have the easier schedule. Ah, that's why the Broncos are in play, we'll get to that later. But the colts play the Broncos this weekend. Yeah, but you want the Broncos to win that.

I'll tell you why later. No, you do know, I'm telling you, you know. Well, you told me already. He doesn't retain things, Billy. You tell them. I was trying to play along with the show, man. I was trying to be a good teammate. That's what you were doing.

The Colts schedule is easier than the Dolphins schedule. I can't believe that all the Dolphins have to do is win against a Houston team that's on a bye to 14 weeks into the season, get to mediocrity. That's what this season was supposed to be about. The quarterback missed four games. We've been on this. Hey, you were so ready to pounce on them

if they lost to the Jets on Sunday the way they should have. If you're trying to tank, it doesn't get much better than Drew Locke. He's the only one in the league who could still throw up the 9 for 31, right? There's no one else playing quarterback who does that as well as Drew Locke does. Tua is 6-0 versus the Jets. You know what that means, right, Dan?

He has their number. Now that I'm thinking about it, Drew Locke should hold out. Drew Locke is as important to a team trying to tank as Joe Burrow is to a team trying to win. How about that? A tanking quarterback, a new position. TQB. Oh, man. 82 points in a Big Ten Championship game. Just feels Oh Man 82 points in a Big Ten championship game just feels wrong The more punts it really does here come the Bruins I

Can't see puka Nakua without singing Greg Cody's song I can't Me neither. I thought I was the only one Kirby smart song. I can't. Me neither. I thought I was the only one. Kirby Smart. Remember when you said everyone forgot about you and nobody believed in you. That was cute. Arizona State wins the big 12. Oregon wins the big 10 and yet the Pac-12 was the conference that got dismantled. Pittsburgh Steelers lead the NFL in grit. Taylor Heinecke is a charger. The Green Lizard. New York Jets, that's how you lose a game. Well done.

Show me one person who thinks SMU would beat Alabama and I'll show you, a liar. No one thinks that. Juan Soto turned down 440 million only to sign for 765 million. You know what he did, Dano? I do not. He bet on himself. I'm sorry.

Amin knew that and I didn't. Wow. I wish Amin had gotten in there. He had it. He was lip-syncing. I thought you were going to do it. He was trying to cheat and give it to me and I didn't read his lips correctly and he won 765 million dollars to hit a baseball holy hell

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that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugats. Oh It's a good call. Thank you And plus it doesn't matter who's hitting it like you're not tailing her to a particular name You know all that jazz, you know, you don't gotta do that This is the done libertar show with the Stu guards Got a number of things to get to over the rest of the show we have a guest that's joining us from The masked singer we're not gonna tell you who that is yet

But it's an athlete and we're also going to talk you who that is yet, but it's an athlete. And we're also going to talk about that story that everybody's been talking about, which is the murder in the street of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare and the subsequent arrest of now an Ivy League student named Luigi. So we're going to talk to somebody who has done some of the reporting on this. And it felt a little bit, seeing the internet sort of enjoy murder. It felt a bit like the movie Natural Born Killers, where the curiosity around trying to find out who would do this over the healthcare calamity that we have in America. And it is a calamity, Stu G Gads because I will tell you having spent 10 months every day in a hospital That I really felt bad as I walked through Sickness and death for all the people who can't afford

What it is that's happening in those hospitals that is so unreasonably priced if you don't have insurance So we are going to talk about that story in a little bit. You're surprised that there's so much interest in this story because like Dateline 2020, these shows get amazing ratings. People are intrigued by stuff like this. I'm not surprised that there's this much interest. I'm not surprised by the craze around murderers content, which is just engulfing people.

And I understand why this one is interesting to people. The part that I was a little bit surprised by is murder as a source, murder in the street as a source for jokes and a fascination around the murderer that makes it feel like the murderer is a celebrity the way that Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis were in Natural Born Killers. It feels a little dystopian.

Yeah, I mean like there's a lot of stuff going on. There's obviously the angst of people are feeling over healthcare prices and this particular firm has denied more claims than any other as a percentage than any other of the healthcare firms. So there's that. There's also the overall desensitization that we have as a society towards tragedy. We're all running to the internet to make jokes.

And then the fact that the alleged killer is both pretty handsome and has a name that's straight out of central casting. His name might as well be Spaghetti Lasagna. Right. Yeah, what is the last name? It's Mangione, Mangione, Luigi? Luigi Mangione. Luigi Mangione. What is the last name? It's man G Oni man G Oni Luigi. Luigi man G Oni. Luigi man G Oni. Um,

Sam Morrill had a very funny tweet where he had the picture of day of Tommy DeVito's agent and he says, yes, I represent Luigi man G Oni. We will get to that story in a little bit, but I want to clear the room right now for a man who's got 14 sacks in a couple of seasons. He's got a hundred, more than a hundred tackles. The Rams can beat anybody. They showed you that on Sunday. And he's got an exceptional nickname,

the conductor that I want to get to in a second. But off the field, he surprised, Billy, how surprised were you by this? You're a masked singer aficionado. How surprised were you by the Kobe Turner reveal as Goo? Shocked. I was in shock and awe that Kobe was Goo. Okay.

I had no idea Kobe had Goo in him. Alright, so Goo joins us now. Kobe, it is nice to see you. Take us through how you ended up on this show, why you ended up on this show, what your love of singing is, and through this whole story, please. And thank you again for joining us. Yeah, no, I'm so excited to be here.

So I have an incredible marketing agent, Clint, and he hit us up. I remember it's one day me and my fiance were just sitting on the couch here at home, and he texts us and he's like, "'Would you guys like to be on the Masked Singer? We're like, absolutely. And so we're calling him and we're like,

what is going on right now? But so he kind of set up all of the details. Like you said, I've been singing for a very long time, really my whole life. And I've done multiple a cappella groups, choirs, I've conducted pieces, I've arranged songs, composed songs, so the whole nine. I've performed different songs.

So music has always been a huge part of my life and being able to be out here in California, it's been cool to continue to be able to have that be a part of my life. But yeah, it was just a crazy, crazy, crazy experience to be able to have that opportunity to be goo. It really led on another side of myself and you know I truly had a blast. So you've had obviously many personal and career highlights. You got drafted in the NFL, you got cast on the shows, you were saying where would you rank the feeling of in episode 6 of this season of The Masked Singer when you were saying, where would you rank the feeling of in episode six of this season the Masked Singer when you were about to be eliminated and reveal yourself, I guess, take off your mask, where would you rank the feeling when

you were about to take it off of Jenny hitting the ding-dong keep it on bell to save you from elimination? Yeah, no, it's up there. It's up there for sure. To just be able to, one, be on that stage. I felt like I had my best performance that night doing House of the Rising Sun. And to be able to- That's a good song. That's my go-to karaoke song. It's a good song. It's awesome.

It's awesome. And it fit in perfectly with 1960s night. And then to be able to go and battle up against the Wasps when I felt like it was a really, really close battle. You beat the Wasps, honestly. Like, I don't know what the judges were thinking that night that you were voted to go out. And thankfully, Jenny saved you with the ding dong, keep it on, Bell.

But I mean, you had a better performance in the Wasp. I would say I agree as well. But you live, you learn and you kind of just grow from it. But one, to be able to, you know, share the stage with the Wasp, you know, he sounds like he's a really, really But one, to be able to share the stage with the Wasp, he sounds like he's a really, really talented guy and a guy who is probably really, really known in the music world.

So to be able to share that stage, I remember we even had some fun moments. We were dancing at the commercial break. But to just know that I was able to stay another episode. It's a ridiculous sentence. The whole thing is a ridiculous sentence. Who's the Wasp? Just tell us. Yeah, just tell us.

He's probably very well known. Tell us who it is. Do we know who the Wasp is? He can't tell us who the Wasp is. Just tell us. It's just us and friends. He can't tell us who the Wasp is. Look at the size of those hands.

Look how small the coffee cup is. I know. I thought that was a thimble. If that person were to slap you in the face, you would not wake up for a month. Wake up in the past. So where were your nerves on this? Because you're a singer, was this something that was all celebration for you?

Just something that you were wandering around? How is this my life? So a lot of it was to just be able to be in that moment. It was super cool. But definitely early on, I was some of the most nervous. I was nervous too, as we kind of got going and as the competition started to ramp up. But really, it was just a matter of me figuring out how to move in that thing. I mean, every single step I took was like double the HP. So like I had no stamina whenever I had to move in that costume, but I loved it. And to be able to integrate that as a part of myself, to be able to integrate the movements that I had in that costume as a part of myself and to figure out really how to sing. So there's some nerves, but really for me to be able to just let it all out each and every night.

Like I had to sing full out. A lot of times I'll try and throw in some falsetto or throw in some mix or figure out what I want to do with any given song. But with every single song, I kind of had to go full out because the costume is so heavy and so big that if I'm not going full out, something's going to crack or something's going to be super breathy. So it ended up just being this big moment of release because there's not many times in life where you can just sing full out to have a full production behind you and just go for it and just have the time of your life. So for me again it was it was so much fun to just be there. To be able to share in all of those moments with my fiance. She's my number one support. And she's the most incredible person, the most incredible support system

that I could ever ask for. And to just be there and take in all of those moments with her and to have so much fun, to get working with the crew that we had. And, you know, GU team is a for life thing, man. Those moments that we shared and that we created, that was something incredible. Put it on the poll please,

that LeBittard show is Goo Life a forever thing? Coby, that was all beautiful, but back to the Wasp for a second. Let's play a game that I like to call Buzz Off. So this is how it works. We're all gonna guess who the Wasp is. And if we're right, you just do a buzz. You don't say yes or no, you just buzz. And if we're wrong, you tell you just do a business. You don't say yes or you just

He's and if we're wrong you tell us to buzz off. Okay, not gonna do Frank Ocean, right? He's not doing this. I'm not losing my bread. Tell us the buzz off You can tell Billy the buzz off to are you are you a love song guy with your fiance? Might you serenade her? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've written a bunch of songs about her too. You know, most of the songs that I've written when I was in college was about our long distance relationship because we were long distance for six years.

High school sweethearts. So, oh yeah, I sing to her all the time. And then she can sing a little bit too when she's not too nervous. You know, sometimes I'll get to serenade myself. I'll play some piano for her. I'll play some guitar and just sit back and enjoy the moment of her singing to me. So I will see. I'm trying to get her to sing to me at the at our at our wedding coming up, but I don't know if she's going for it. Well, to put you on just the spot slightly, I don't know how comfortable you are with

acapella, but can we get a little something that your fiance might hear if Kobe is feeling particularly romantic? Hmm. Uh, there's so many different songs. There's this song that I wrote for her called Home that I can actually I can grab my guitar really fast Yeah, do that though. Is it us sure? Please stop Billy Like just please stop he's gonna he's not gonna want to lose his money. He's getting the guitar for us

Do you have something for him here? Me? Yeah I was gonna ask if you know at his wedding if he had gotten the wasps to come sing with the wasp sing Well, I don't know you should let me love you. Okay, that possible We have no clue what the wasp was saying honestly I think that we're gonna figure out what the wasp is saying in a couple of weeks You ever wear the costume in the bedroom now we're talking You see oh, I I don't have the costume with me I was oh no

I know to be able to wear those boots this past Sunday was was crazy crazy crazy But no goo is goo is such a big guy. I couldn't even barely put him through my door if I wanted to Wow Yeah, Jason Tarullo Please Billy, please stop doing that. I appreciate it. Go ahead. Kobe has been fighting people for money all his life. You're not going to be able to trick him into him losing his money. You're not getting me. You're not getting me. Let's see what we've got here, Kobe, and thank you for partaking in our nonsense. I appreciate you doing this for us. No, this is honestly so much fun. But yeah, this is a song I wrote called Home. I'll just do a little bit of it. The voice is kind of raw in the morning, but we'll see what comes

up. I'm going. Fishing your skin on these nights, love. Life is a drive, you're my ride along. That's why I'm thinking of you every time I'm gone. And then I'll skip around. They say home is where your heart is. Mine's been yours since when you came on your way. On that day I knew for you being mine. Now, there's no, no, our love's not like those feelings.

We've got ups and downs and pieces that I can see light at the end when I look in those eyes. So that's all you guys will get to know. And I can see light at the end when I look in the sky. So that's all you guys will get to know. We are swooning, we are swooning. We love you more than your fiance. I wanna marry you. I love you. Yes, yes, I wanna be held by those giant hands.

Taye Diggs. You guys are awesome, oh my God. Kobe, thank you for being on with us. We appreciate the time and congratulations on all your success, sir. Thank you, so good to be here. Mario. Stop it, Billy.

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