The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Early MLB Success & Sharpe Advice

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

C&R are back in their FSR PM Drive saddle! They talk Mets win streak, Golden Bachelor (former NFL player), & Aaron Judge as a TV character. Who gets props for early season MLB success? Plus, LeBron balls out & Shannon Sharpe has some legal issues. There's some advice from last year that has gone viral!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Why are you so happy? I mean, happy? I mean, I was happy, but now I'm trying to match your happiness. Why are you so happy? Good luck. I'm kind of happy the Yankees won for you. I'm happy about that. I was watching the Mets game on my phone at the gym,

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You don't have to celebrate it. Enjoy it while you can. It's a long season. Yeah, because you know your team's going to get hot. and called it. Just how it is. No doubt there'll be a time where the Mets lose seven or no, I'm sure. No, really? That's why you should enjoy it. I meant that.

I want to ask you a question a little off the sports grid for a second, but not really. Sure. And then I want people to start thinking about this. Let's give props. We're calling it early season props. Plus, Rich has a theory about what does the beginning of the season really mean as far as MLB? As the NBA playoffs heating up, again, I hope you had a Pacers, Thunders, Lakers sort of You know, baseball is popping. Thunders? I don't think I did.

But thanks for pointing it out and interrupting me. I think you did. Very Jersey. Appreciate it. Baseball's popping. So who are we giving props to? Because I got someone I want to nominate. And we'll go through some of the circus numbers we're seeing early in the season. But my first question is, it's mildly sports related because they just announced the Golden Bachelor.

There's a new golden bachelor and his name is Mel Owens, former University of Michigan football star turned L.A. Ram, right? Turned L.A. Ram in the 80s. He retired, had an injury, became a lawyer. He's a lawyer. And he's now slaying some old lady booty. So, no, I'm glad you said that. That's my question. If you had the opportunity, if you're a single guy or divorced and you had the opportunity to go on national television and just make out with a bunch of things. bunch of hot people. But you were criticized. The narrative is so many people hate the moves you make

and who you pick. Would you sign up if you're Mel Owens to be the Golden Bachelor? He's going to, I mean, he's going to be just going on all these cool dates and making out with old hotties. I don't think so. Is that a world you would want to be part of? He could kind of do that

in his own way. Yeah, but not to this level. With all the apps, there's old, what's the old guy dating app? Is there an old guy? You're probably on that one, right? is there an old guy dating at? What is it called? Oh, Farmers Only? Old Farmers only.

I don't know. Old McDonald's only. Oh, I know what it is. I'm sorry. Some fish left. There's several. Some fish left. Near death.com.

There's our time. There's date my age. There's a match. Yeah. All senior match. Silver singles? Are you on all of you? He's still a silver fox.

Yes, I am. And he still has that sweet resume. So he doesn't need to go on TV unless he's, unless he wants the payday, and there's nothing wrong with that either. I think it's a question, Rich, that really depends on the person. It's like, I'm not that kind of guy. I've said for years, if ABC asked me to be on Dancing with the Stars, I politely declined. Even though it's a nice payday, I'd be like, no, not my style.

And I don't want to be viewed that way. I would feel uncomfortable, and I would feel uncomfortable doing something like that. So it's a case-by-case situation just depends on who you are and how you are. and a ham like you, I could see you leaning into that, but not me. Is he on? It's almost over. That's another old person dating up. It's almost over.

It's almost over. I've fallen and I can't get up. Yeah, that's a good one. Fallen. That's the very old person app. But I asked that because I just saw the headline that they have a new golden bachelor. I think it's cool though. I think it's fun for him.

I don't watch, and I'm not saying I'm above reality TV, but my wife and I over the years have watched The Bachelor, love is blind. Danny, you've turned me on to what? Like too hot to handle, temptation island? A lot of these dumbshelers, right? Yeah. And of course, our favorite, love is blind.

That is the one I said it, yeah. So my wife and I will always joke, and my wife's like, you in your 20s would have love this because it's just a bunch of like random idiotic 20-year-old just making out and hooking up. But then what happens is you re-enter the real world and it's probably a shock. Because imagine you're the bachelor. 25 women. even if they don't like you, they're competitive juices like you.

So all these girls want to make out with you, they want to go on fantasy dates, you're propped up. You're sort of put on a pedestal. Yeah, you know, so you're in a great position of, of allure. I don't want to say power, but power too. Kind of power, but you're putting this position that,

oh, you're somebody and they need to have you. And therefore, they fall in love of you quicker as a result. We see it on all these shows. It's crazy. You had this last. bachelor who they claimed was a professional basketball player. He played professional basketball, but like in Europe and here and there. You should have seen all these ladies fighting over him.

Like he was the greatest guy that ever was. And listen, I'm sure he could be a great guy. I'm sure. My point is, if you are put in the power position of the golden or regular bachelor, it's you handing out roses and all these beautiful women like, please, I hope he gets me a rose. It's a position you'll never be in in your life again. But that'll be like go to the bar. Imagine you go to the bar, and every girl at the bar is like,

please dance at me, please buy me a drink. It's a very interesting scenario, and I just saw that the new Golden Bachelor happens to be a former football player. Well, remember this. Aside from being radio tycoons, it says it on our business card, and sports enthusiasts,

you know, we're relationship experts. It's facts. I mean, we used to be on Maxim Radio. Rich is a life coach. Says it on his business card. Life coach. We've always said in the world of dating, if you really want to impress somebody,

you take him to places or you show off where you shine the brightest, right? So if you're in a band, you invite her to your show because she's going to look at you in your element where you're most confident and you're shining the brightest. Like, oh my God, his band's going to make it. Or, you know, wherever you were the man, If it's at the pool hall, you take her there and show her your Minnesota Fats.

Whatever it is you do, you're a good dancer. You go out and dance. He's like, oh, my God. He's like John Travolta. And then she's going to fall in love with you. He's like Chris Brown. He's amazing. So wherever you shine the brightest, that's where you show off and you do your thing.

It always works. So I just wondered if you ask most grown men. And that's why these bachelors are putting in that position. These women are loving them. I'm just saying if you ask most grown men, yeah, you can be young and be on The Bachelor, or nowadays, there's the Golden Bachelor. So if you're divorced, got grown kids, or you're just a single guy that's like 50, 60, 70, there's dating shows, and I wonder, is that appealing?

Especially when everyone talks about how lonely they are and how the dating world. It's not for everybody. Every single person I talk to talks about how miserable the apps are and like, yeah, it sounds good at first, but it sucks. Well, you answer the question. Would you do it? If I was a single guy, I would love to do it. If you're Mel Owens, NFL, former NFL star, would you do something like that? God forbid your wife.

If my wife left me? Left you 20 years from now. I think Mel Owens is a guy that played in the NFL, had glory days in the 80s where he played, you know, on an NFL field. Successful lawyer since. He's older and handsome. You don't think there's a, they don't think there's something fun about saying, hey man, this guy's what, 60, 70 years old and 25 attractive older women

are all going to fight for him? Rich, would you be willing to follow the show's template, though, and cry once it's down to the final two, cry on camera and say, I just can't decide between the two. I fall in love with. There's always the promo. I fall in love with three women. Yeah, at the beginning of the season. He tried to get all three women into the overnight suite with him. The same fantasy suite.

The same fantasy suite. Can I take all three? Same night, please. I can't do it. And it shows them walking off camera. So again, I just think it's case by case. I don't think I'd be comfortable in that element because I think. think you could do the same in the privacy of your own home without being judged for

whatever it is you're doing on television. No, it's just a thought I figured I throw out there. But the payday's nice because, you know, they're not doing this for free. Yeah, but I don't, they're not getting paid a ton, but I think after the show's over, those people could do like appearances and make money. But I think it's more about just all the, you know, if you're okay and you could deal with online haters and trolls, you just get to go to cool places

and hook up with hot women. That's what The Bachelor does. It's an odd three months. And it's an accepted thing, which is crazy. You're getting to date 25 different women. So props to Mel Owens, he's the athlete of the... You know what? When we do our Express Pros Pro the Week,

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Yeah. Express Pro the week. Mel Owens. Now I want you to put your thinking cap on. So question one, is that something you would do? Hey, if you didn't have your fun as a young man, I say why not? But again, I think it depends on your personality type. I don't need that camera up my nose in a personal moment.

Rich lives for that. I mean, I'm a married guy. You're a single guy. I mean, I know you have a girlfriend, but have you found yourself single. I'm saying hypothetically, if you were in that, if you had that opportunity, you'd say no thanks. I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't want to do it. So I ask you this.

Your Mets played early today. Yankees played early today. A lot of early games today. I hate that random Thursday day off tomorrow. A lot of teams are off tomorrow. I hate that. I hate when you missed the early game. And I hate when your team's off.

They can't play every day. I don't. I expect that. Kvino wants 180. He wants 180 games. So I caught the tail end of the Yankees game today. And Judge is just being judge. Can we please just say once and for all that he might be the greatest right-handed

hitter of all time? Dude, he's batting 415. Of all time. He's one of right-handed. I said right-handed hitters. You know he hits bombs, but he's more than just hitting bombs. He's batting 4-15 now, okay? But Aaron Judge is Aaron Judge.

Everybody talks about Aaron Judge. He's a superstar. He'd be the number one answer if it wasn't for Shohei El Tani as far as popularity. And he does everything right. He's like Herman Munster and Pinch Stripes. Everything he hits, he destroys. He hits a fly ball to the wall. 415.

So forget about the bombs. These are circus numbers. But there's another guy in the Yankees who's not hitting bombs. But I'm so impressed by. and nobody's talking about it. Okay, so I want to bring it up. And it's not about the Yankees. Yankees, schmankies.

Who cares about them? Me, but not everybody, and I get it. So this is your chance to give early season prompts to whoever it is. Like, you know, I didn't expect anything from this guy. And man, he's lighting it up. Or I really like how he plays. Or, hey, you know, we haven't heard much about him. I'm telling you, I watch him day and day out.

And he's really impressive. I want to know from your experience, It's a nationwide show. We're not watching your team every night the way we're watching our team. We see the highlights. So who do you want to give early season props to? And Rich has a theory about early season props. Yeah.

And my nomination is this. And it's not Aaron Judge, even though he's having a ridiculous start. Is it a Yankee? It is a Yankee. Of course. Well, that's why I'm opening it up to everybody. I'm supposed to nominate someone else. I don't care about your Mets or Danny G's Dodgers or our boss's twins.

That's their job. It's an inclusive show. You tell me. I'm telling you. Let's chop it up. There's a guy who's been a All-Star forever, but I've never seen him play day in, day out. That's the difference.

You know who's good, but when you see him every day, it's different. It's like dating a girl. Yeah, she's great till you live with her. Then you really see the truth. I'm seeing the truth about an All-Star who's been in the league for 15 years. I knew he was great. great, but seeing him hit, I don't think he has a weakness, at least not yet. So my early season props goes to a guy that you all know that I've only experienced for the

first time this season. And his name is Paul Goldschmidt. Paul Goldschmidt, you probably look past because his name's kind of corny. I don't know. It doesn't have a ring to it. It's gold. No, batting. It's not Paul Braunschmidt.

So Paul Goldschmidt. Yeah, but he's just like an everyday, he's not, there's no flare with him. That's really it, right? He's a boring. Yeah, he's a boring star. This guy has no weakness. If you're going to say his weakness is power, his power numbers are down because he has one home run, but they're going to come and ask what the Yankees keep saying.

They're going to come. That's just going to happen. This dude is batting 383 and has 33 hits, actually 36 hits this season already, if I'm not mistaken, if we count the three today. Every time he's up, he does something impressive. I haven't seen a week at bat or like a throwaway at bat. You see dudes taking bad swings or they get caught looking. It's like, what a waste of an at bat.

This guy, first time I'm ever watching them day and day out, is so impressive. I got to give early season props to a guy who's batting 383, only second to judge who's at 415. 383 to a guy that they thought was washed. Paul Goldschmidt still got. Got it. That's my nomination. Again, early, but... Dude, he's still 383.

383. I think a couple guys that deserve props. I won't start with my team. I'll start with other teams. Oh, you're so great. Well, because, I mean, it's very easy to say a guy in your team. Oh, you're so great. You're the best. But the guy on my team would be a great answer. Pete Alonzo. I mean, the guy's lighting it up. He's has more, you know, RBI than anyone.

But I don't even look at Paul Goldschmidt really as a Yankee yet. That dude's a diamond back. So Arizona. or Cardinals. I'm giving you props to your guy. I always knew he was great, but to watch him every day is a different story. He does not throw away that bat, and he seems to be a great teammate.

He's like no hassles. And he's a guy that doesn't have a lot of flair or excitement about him. So I feel it's my duty to be like, yo, what a guy. What a guy. I know I'm 15 years late to the party, but props to him. He's only second to judge in the AL.

I think a guy, offensively, there's a couple of guys that get shoutouts. San Francisco giant Wilmer Flores. That's, yeah, he's having a season. Who's a guy that historically been like a utility guy. Best known for crying when he got dished by the Mets. Fourth outfielder type of guy, seven home runs, 25 RBI, and we're in April. Another guy. Tyler Sotom on the A's.

That's exactly who I was going to bring out. I mean, we saw him play live. The guy's got a stroke. Unknown lefty because he's on the A's. Batting 21, nine home runs, almost 20 RBI. He's a young stud. And if you want to go West Coast, Danny, I am so impressed with Yamamoto seems like any first year jitters are gone now.

And he's locked in, huh? He's been a monster. And then as far as utility players go, how about Tommy Edmund? He's tearing it up. So good. He, of course, came through clutch last season when the Dodgers equate. hired him.

Dude, I saw his stats recently, and I was like, seriously? Yeah, 19 ribby's already. You know why, too, though? Battened over 300. Yeah, the Dodgers. I don't think there's anything sexy about him. Yeah, he just, he's one of those gamers. In fact, when Shohei was away for the birth of his daughter,

they used Edmund in his place to go DH. So Edmund's really putting smiles on Dodger fan faces right now. He has eight home runs. He's batting 272, 19 RBI. and like Danny G said, just stepping up. And he's a great fielder. Oh, on a side note, I do want to give props. Like I said, seeing someone every day, like Clay Bellinger is having a crappy start, right?

But man, that dude in the field is disgustingly great. Like, he's really great. Did I say Clay? Cody. Cody Bellinger. So anyway, early season props is what we're getting at. And Rich, I know you had a theory based on our old pal Sal Licata. Yeah, Sal Likata who works in New York Radio on TV.

he had a theory and I sort of was thinking about it. I'll tell you what that is after I give one more shout out. To a guy that doesn't need it, but maybe a reminder that went healthy, you see Mike Trout's like back leading the league in offensive categories. Like a healthy Mike Trout is still. Well, do you remember what we said? We predicted just based on what we had seen that we thought it could be a nice comeback season for Trout and Christian Yelich, who had a grand slam last night.

So, you know, early season props. Mike Trout batten 287, eight home runs already. Trouts back to where he was. You know, you're same usual suspects to Kyle Schwabers and the Tatis Jr.'s hitting bombs, but just a lot of fun baseball right out the gate. But here's the question. We won't be sports stat nerdy anymore. This could apply to any sport, football, baseball, basketball.

Early on in the season, do you give much merit when you're about a fifth or even more or even less of the way in? Like right now, baseball, we've played 25 games. That's a nice sample, but still a small sample. Small sample, yeah. In football, after your first three or four games in the NFL, there's teams that are one in three, and you're like, oh. And they could just, they could turn it around, right? When do you start saying, all right, it's for real?

Because the question is right now, can you give someone credit? Well, you'd have to say like a quarter of the season. for whatever the season is, football, baseball, or basketball, because half the season, that's, now you're cutting it close. Well, you have to decide. Are you taking what's happened so far in baseball serious, meaning you can't say, man, Soto's been a bust, and then in the same sentence be like,

did you see Goldschmidt? You, I'm saying you can't discredit one without the other. You can't say, well, it's early. Yeah, if we're saying, yeah, man, Paul Goldschmidt's doing great. How much does it matter if Juan Soto's stinking it up? It's too early to really say. Yeah. So if you're saying it's too early to tell if someone sucks,

I think it's also too early to tell if someone's great. So your thoughts on that. There's always a couple of guys that get through May or June. And they're like 3.30. And then they in the season. I would say to whoever brings us up, you in this case, or Sal Lekata earlier, our old pal. I mean, but isn't it better to have a great start than not?

Yeah. I'll take that any day. No, yeah, sure. Juan Soto or any team or anybody could turn it around and have a stellar season. But I would much rather have a great start than, like you said, playing the chase from behind. Yeah. So your thoughts and some, hey, early season props. Let's hear about it.

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Before we get into something controversial, and then, of course, Dan Byers' update, before we talk Shannon Sharp. And advice you should have listened to. I do want to wrap up early season props in baseball. Do they matter? I think it's better than sucking. But early season props, I'm really impressed with,

Paul Goldschmidt. Now, the thing is, batting average doesn't really mean a whole lot in today's game. I get it. But it's still impressive to see when Aaron Judge is leading the league, leading baseball with the circus number of 415. He's batting 415, so he's not just a slugger. Our buddy, Sean, who listens on the I-Heart app out here in L.A. said, your description of Herman Munster just Rakin can't get out of his head. Just Herman Munster.

Have you seen Herman Munster play baseball? He would hit the ball and explode. That's a very obscure reference. But you love to use it. Because that's what Aaron Judge reminds me of. Now I'm going to go find a YouTube clip. It's going to be all black and white. You're going to be like, he's right.

That's Aaron Judge on the Yankees. So Judge is bat in 415. Goldschmidt is batting 3.83. Brendan Donovan of the Cardinals, 356 and Will Smith, not the failed rapper or Will Smith. Yeah. Not the rapper whose album flopped. The former actor who got, who got, I don't know, too big for his britches.

Will Smith of the Dodgers batting 350. But you don't want to keep going one more person? No. Pete Alonzo, about in 340. Well, I wasn't going to leave that out. Okay. I was going to give him his props when he came to slugging because that's really what matters, right? Yeah.

Aaron Judge, 734, your boy, polar bear, Pete, who you didn't want. Not you. Mets fans. I know. Or the Mets. 681 slugging. And then, of course, Jonathan Miranda of Tampa Bay. Kyle Tucker, Cub, 650.

Yeah, Kyle Tucker, we talked about a preseason energy in the spring. that Kyle Tucker was a top five or six MVP candidate. And people said, really, they expect big things. And Kyle Tucker in Chicago is slaying it so far. And as far as home runs, which still matter, we already talked about Tyler Soderstrom, who we saw live. This kid has a stroke. He's got nine, but Cal Raleigh, Cal Raleigh is of Seattle.

It also has nine home runs. Soderstrom of Turlock, California. Yeah. That's right. You already mentioned Tommy Edmund. has eight home runs. Fernando Tatis has eight home runs and Trout, who's having a season. It's good to see him healthy.

Eight home runs. So again, early season props just to wrap it up. Those are your league leaders. And there's some parts of baseball that are just not surprising. Like guys that are just continue to bring it. Like Danny J's Yamamoto. He lost today. He got the

no decision, but Zach Wheeler of the Phillies got 50 strikeouts already and it's April. Insane. You know, some of these guys just, you know, back to Dominator. your boy Rodon having some decent starts. And I'm going to quote Dion Sanders. I got it from him. Baseball's popping, man.

Baseball is popping again. Don't sleep on it. I know not everybody loves baseball the way we do. But it's an exciting time. It's the baseball renaissance of 2025. Lots of superstars. And they're putting up circus numbers. Now, it's good to be Aaron Judge,

but it's not so good to be Shannon Sharp today. I say that. Respect. My first thought was, listen, there's so many, I'm not, this is all alleged, so who knows what's true or not? I'll just say this. So many men in sports, entertainment, music, politics have a weakness. And that weakness is allowing what's in their pantalones to guide the way. How many times as a politician?

You know, had stories come out about, oh, he was cheating on his wife and doing all this, and he was having affairs, and he likes to be... Are you talking about Carlos Danger? Do you remember everyone from Elliott Spitzer to remember the guy in New York, Anthony Weiner, all these people. That's why I just referenced, yeah. So, I mean, and then in sports and politics, President Clinton in the White House, you know, blue dresses and cigars. I did not have sexual relations with that woman. So... Yeah, he denied it.

What are you talking about? Yeah. And then he accepted it. Oh, that's right. But my point is whether or not whatever's true or not, scandal. It's not for us to decide. It's for courts and other people to decide. But my thought is,

Shannon Sharp, you know. Well, he's adamantly denying the allegations. And whether it's true or not, again, that's not for us to decide. That's for someone with a, you know, that's not my pay grade, as I say. How many times do guys, you know, enter a territory where it's like, this can't end well? And when you're a retired athlete, how old is that and drop in his 50s? 58 or something like that, yeah. Like to be messing around with some young woman that maybe you don't know that well.

And even if you like it, kinky and rough in the bedroom, because a lot of people do, that stuff you partake with a wife or a girlfriend or someone you know and trust. By the way, you've got to learn from other people's mistakes. Again, this is all alleged, but we saw what happened to Trevor Bauer. So it's like, hey, man, you got to be more. careful, especially when you have a lot to lose, and how about just being a good guy and a good person and just be better than that?

Here's the thing. No, that's irrelevant. To be better than that. Really? I'd say you shouldn't take those chances. What I'm saying is people have kinks, but you reserve... So what? You have to lean into all of them? I mean... I don't think you do. I don't think you unleash those kinks with someone you love and trust,

whether it's a girlfriend or a wife. I don't think if you're like, yeah, I like it rough in the bedroom. That's not something you do with the one night stand when you have hundreds of millions of dollars and you're a celebrity, let alone a regular guy. You got to really use your head, not the one in your pantalones, and I think that's the problem. And if there's any advice I would give my son one day or younger men, just be careful of who

you are with. And then if he is guilty of these things allegedly, then shame on him and we'll see what happens. But I just think there's so many people that are in a position of, I got so much to lose, yet they take chances that are so ill-advised. Now, that leads us to, I agree, again, some great advice that Shannon Sharp was once given on his own show. And this was last year, if only he had paid attention and listened to Monique.

He might not be in this situation. It's gone viral. Take a listen. Now I'm looking right. Let me tell you I was Shannon need. Let me leave my life. Let me tell you what my baby need. He need him an old fat down.

We can bake good cakes, make some smothered turkey wings, who are going to rub his feet at the night time, okay, and going to have a sip of his cognac to make him feel better by the self when he come home at night. That's what Shannon need. You don't need no 26-year-old girl. You don't need no 36-year-old girl. This is your auntie talking to you.

Take your old ass and get you an old shit out there that can love your old. You're trying to hang out with these young people. You can't do it, Shannon. You just can't do it. When they want you to go for a fourth round, you're looking at her like, Listen, I need you.

You want some money to go to Starbucks? Because I can't go no further. But if you get your older girl, when you get to that forefront, she's going to say, hold on. Hold on. Let me go get you some eggs and cheese and some toast with apple butter because that's going to get your energy back up. I'm talking right to you.

Wow. Monique. Crazy. Listen to now. So I want you to start thinking about this. Advice you should have listened to. Let's get to it at 87799 on Fox. But first, an update from DB, Dan Bayer.

Hey, guys, you were talking about the busy day in baseball with both of your teams playing. Yankees stopped the Guardians 5-1, and the Mets got that 4-3 win over the Phillies in 10. New York's 7th straight win for Philadelphia. They've dropped four in a row. Tigers blink the Padre, 6-0-Reads down the Marlins 5-2, while the first game to go final was in Atlanta. 1-1, a fly ball high in the air to deep left field. This thing is clear for takeoff. It's a three-run homer.

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to you. Thanks, Stevie. And you mentioned and played the highlight from that Braves win over the Cardinals. Hey, again, we talked about how it's early. You want to give props to certain people, but at the same time, we can't overreact because it is so early, just like that. I mean, they're still under 500, but what did the Braves start? 0 and 7? 10 and 14 and playing really good baseball.

So you know that Braves team's not going to be done. That Braves team's going to be over 500 by my guess. Second week of May, over 500. All right, so advice you should have listened to a la Shannon Sharp, and your thoughts on that at 87799 on Fox. We'll do it next right here on Fox Sports Radio. Hi, Kavino and Rich. Now, it's your business struggling to balance your workforce with production demands

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you need an older woman that's going to cook for you and be there having a late night cocktail. Not a 26-year-old, nothing, that you're paying to get Starbucks. It just, it's an unfortunate story, right? Because she can't make light of her accusations. But at the same time, like we said, of you are a man or woman of power,

especially a man because it seems like, like men don't know how to keep it in their pants. We've all been guilty of making dumb decisions, but some make way dumber decisions than others. And it's politics, sports, entertainment. You see it happen all the time. What is Shannon Sharp doing in the first place? I get it.

I saw the girl. She looks hot. But that doesn't mean you need to go after every hot girl that hits on you. Dangerous, man. Nova in Vegas. What's up, man? Good afternoon. Love to show.

Thank you. I'm listening. That's probably about like my second or third time I'm ever calling me. Appreciate it. So I got a couple. I got three of them. The first one is always save some money for any day situations because you never know what could happen. And I never do.

That's the first one. Right. Second one is be careful who you have kids with because you never know how they're going to turn out after you have those kids. Did not listen. I have two beautiful daughters, but, you know, outside of that, don't know the person that I married at that time. And then the last one is to the career when you're young, otherwise you'll be chasing jobs forever. And I should have listened to that.

That was sound advice that my dad gave me. And never once did I ever pick a career, and I'm still out here chasing jobs. That's great advice and a great call, man. I just call more often. Thank you. You know what? I feel like there's been good advice I did take.

And then you think, like, thank God I did because it was. but when you think about the, it's usually with relationships. Like someone's like, you know, dude, I don't know if she's right for you. And you're like, I don't know. And then you're right. You end up getting married or having a kid with the wrong woman. And it's, you know, to put your life in a weird spot. Let's say how to Michael also in Vegas.

Hey, Mike. Hey, guys. Love the show, guys. Thank you, man. I appreciate you. Hey, so I only got one thing. I'm 50 years old, but when I was a teenager going to high school, I was studying, you know, about stocks and stock bonds and all that stuff.

and people are coming around saying, hey, you should invest in Walmart. I was like, Walmart, whatever. Well, come to find out all that public bonds and whoever got the public stocks. They're pretty much millionaires now. Thank you, God. Yeah, man, and I invested in the Mexican one, Guamar, and it didn't take off as much, man. In the 80s, didn't someone tell your dad to invest in Apple, but he just bought bananas and said? Yeah, oh, my God, my mom yells at him until this day.

So, yeah, that's great call. He put his money in an apple farm? Yeah, an Apple orchard? So other advice you should have listened to a la... He bought stuck in Moths. Monique telling Shannon Sharp to stay away from these young ladies and find himself an old lady to rub his feet. And she was right because this story is getting sticky.

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