The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler - George Perez - PerezDew

Episode Date: August 19, 2024

My HoneyDew this week is comedian George Perez! Check out his podcast, George Perez Stories. George joins me to highlight the lowlights of his experience being a father while incarcerated and the dynamics of raising his kids after being released. George opens up about the emotional impact of being separated from his family and the challenges of explaining to his kids why he couldn’t come home yet. We dive into the complexities George faced when reintegrating into society and the influence his experience had on raising his kids, hoping to prevent them from following the same path. SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON, The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! You now get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! Sign up for a year and get a month free! https://www.patreon.com/TheHoneyDew What’s your story?? Submit at [e-mail] CATCH ME ON TOUR https://www.ryansickler.com/tour Austin, TX - Sep. 13th Dallas, TX - Sep. 14th La Jolla, CA - Sep. 20th & 21st Salt Lake City, UT - Sep. 27th Denver, CO - Sep. 28th Chicago, IL - Oct. 11th & 12th Detroit, MI - Nov. 8th Minneapolis, MN - Nov. 9th Madison, WI - Nov. 15th & 16th Portland, OR - Nov. 23rd Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Dec. 6th Tampa, FL - Dec. 7th Tempe, AZ - Dec. 20th and 21st Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ http://ryansickler.com/ https://thehoneydewpodcast.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE CRABFEAST PODCAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crabfeast-with-ryan-sickler-and-jay-larson/id1452403187 SPONSORS: Seed -Support your gut this summer with Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. Go to https://www.Seed.com/HONEYDEW and use code 25HONEYDEW to get 25% off your first month. Rocket Money -Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to https://www.RocketMoney.com/HONEYDEW

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That's the biz you guys what we're doing over here. We highlight the low lights. And I always say these are the stories behind the storytellers. I'm very excited to have this guest back on the honey. Ladies and gentlemen, George Perez. Hey, what's up, brother? So glad to be back, doggy. So glad. My favorite non-celly celly ever, bro.

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It comes out every Tuesday at nine 15 West coast time. And yeah, I'm running a daycare next door to strip clubs looking for investors. So that's it. That is, I hope that's true. It's such a good idea. No, there was this strip club. How's that never happened or has it? No.

How's that never happened for those young ladies working hard over there? They need some daycares of jobs. That's not a bad idea. Looking for investors. That's better than the strip club next to the car wash. You know what I mean? And the daycare, it's all day long. I need daycare from a whole shift.

You know what I mean? Cars gonna be in and out 15, 20. I need, I need jog. I just, I don't know. I was thinking of something like that. I think that's a great fucking idea. Um, well already, I'm, I'm stoked to have you here. Uh, but I do want to talk to you about something because you're, you're a dad. I know you're a devoted dad too. We were at the store a few weeks ago and you're

like, look, man, my daughter has gone to prom and she's showed me the picture. You're so proud. She's so beautiful. And then I'm seeing my nine-year-old, oh God, it goes in a second. Oh, it's gone, brother. So I wanted to talk to you about being a father, not just being a father, but a man who's gone to prison, who's seen the ugliest of the ugly and now has come out, put himself on a straight path that more goes like this,

but it's still straight. It's like a... I don't get a DU this, but it's still straight. It's like a... I don't get a DUI, but I drive straight enough. That's what I'm saying. But also, like the fear and the anxiety of never wanting your baby to see that element of life, the people inside those walls, those actual, those bars, all that shit.

Like, what does that do to you? Wow. How old were you, let me ask you this, how old were you when you became a dad? 18. 18, so you're a kid. Yeah, I was 19, well, I was 19 because my son was born, no, I was 18, my son was born five days before my birthday.

Okay. Yeah, and. So your son's older. Yeah, he's 18 years younger than me. And then how old's your daughter? I mean, how old were you when you had your daughter? When I had my daughter, I was 30. Oh wow. So you waited a long time. I had my, man, I'm so ashamed of this brother. I was in prison when my daughter was born. This is what I wanted to ask you. That was like, yeah, like I,

I was in county jail because I was facing, being a comedian, remember the story I said on Rogan? They see me on TV, whatever, so now I'm in the county and what happens is you're in county because you're waiting to get a bus to go upstate. And I just remember like the county jail is maybe like 15 minutes from my house. And I called and they were like,

hey, she's in labor right now. So I got like 10 honey buns. I told her we're gonna make a cake to celebrate my daughter being born today. Like we made like a little spread. In prison? Yeah, this is in jail. Oh, in the jail.

Yeah. But wait, so is in jail. Oh, the jail. Yeah. But wait. So when you go to jail, you already know, she must be what, nine months or close to? Yeah, it's close. So you know you're gonna, well, because of court. You might miss this. Oh yeah, I knew I was gonna miss it.

And it was just like. And so now you're in jail, they tell you she's in labor, and then she's born that day, that you're in jail. Yeah. And then you make a in labor and then she's born that day. Yeah that you're in jail. Yeah, and then you Make a prison and then so I made a jail celebration cake. They let you do that Oh, yeah, I mean not that they let us I was just like yo dog. I have all this stuff I need to celebrate and plus I know I'm gonna catch the chain So when you catch the chain for that mean the chain that means you're gonna go up say you're gonna be chained up Okay, that's what I wondered you catch the chain from that. What's that mean? The chain that means you're going to go up, you're going to be chained up.

Okay, that's what I wondered. You're like jangos. Yeah, hands and feet. Hands and feet. Yeah. And with everybody else too. And yeah, man. I was like, I need to get rid of all this food.

I can't take it with me. So boom, dude, we had a cake, we had burritos. Yeah, no soda. That was welcome to the world celebration meal, huh? Yeah, you know, Ryan, it was tough, man, because I already had kids before that and I had full custody of my son. That really broke me.

It's just like, I remember dropping off at school, dropping him off at school going, look, I gotta go to court today. If I don't pick you up at five, your uncle's gonna be here. And now, dude, he tells me this all the time. He goes, hey, dad, don't ever tell me that shit again. I'll pick you up at five.

Because it's like, and then I remember I lost at court and then I called him and I was just like, hey man, you know, of course you're gonna cry. He was crying and I just thought, hey, we both had the man up right now. I'm sorry I put this burden on you man, but like I'll be home. Your uncle's gonna take care of you

and that's when the transition goes. Feel me? Cause now you're hurting someone that should not be hurt. But also he understands my mom's a piece of shit. This guy's doing construction, doing all kinds of stuff to make sure, like I don't get bullied by my clothes at school. You know?

And yeah, bro, then after that, you wipe those tears, get shackled up and you go back. And then, yeah, man, it was, I also had another, I had another son as well, Andres, and he really wasn't talking to him. He was more kind of mad, you know, everyone takes it different cause he was my 50, like, dude, I got three babies moms.

Okay. Oh, you have three kids with three, no, I got four kids with three girls. All right. And like the first one doesn't count cause I got custody. So we never see her. I never even got child support from this chick ever. You don't talk to her or anything? She's lost.

She has like nine other kids from like eight other guys. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. With a Sean Camp jersey. Ha ha! Sean Kemp. Ha ha! Yeah, bro. Like, you know, I don't know how to say it,

but like, I was responsible, but I wasn't. I was kind of like a mediocre dad at that time. Just like, all right, fool. You're gonna have good food, but I'm gonna be doing this and that. Like, I left him a lot of responsibility, you know what I mean? Dad wasn't home.

And dad's a rolling stone. He tells me, he goes, dude, you know how many girls you bring over to the house? And I was like, they used to all give me stuff. Yeah, well anyways, moving on to that, to being a positive parent. Yeah, well anyways, moving on to that, to being a positive parent. Yeah, man. I had another daughter as well named Amy that came into my life later and...

So how many do you have when you actually go to prison? Four. Okay, so your baby, your youngest is born when you're in jail then. And the other one's one. Yes. So. Yeah, I'm not her biological father, but I'm her brother's dad and her biological father's not in the picture.

So to her, I'm dad no matter what. Like she tried to take me on Jerry Spinger once. Yeah, because she was so young. She goes, dude, just go to Jerry Springer and they'll tell they'll tell you you're my dad. I did almost cry. Damn, because they don't understand the concept. How they're going to shred your whole family apart on TV and celebrate it. So yeah, that's just that, Ryan. That's what I had to deal with just by going to prison. Now I'm there and I can't. Yeah, what happens inside prison?

How often are you allowed to call your children or see your kids? Like how's that work? That's a great question. Is it weekly? Is it daily for calls, weekly for visits? There's no phone calls in prison. None? No.

So that's only jail shit, huh? Yeah, unless you have a cell phone. Are you allowed to have a cell phone in there? That's six Gs. Is it really? And then if you get caught with it, it's like 190 days more, because you could not be planning an escape and all that.

Right, right. They throw the major on you. So, I mean, I take it back. Yeah, there is phone calls in prison, but it's not like, hey guard, take me to the phone. It's a structured program and then mostly. And you have to earn it? Yeah, you have to have, you have to be like a program inmate.

Cause if you're in the shoe or you're in the disciplinary, there's no phone. But I was lucky. I was in a lower yard at this time, a level two yard. And they have the phone where you just make collect calls. It's changed now. I think it's free now. But when I was in prison.

I've gotten a few collect calls in prison. First time I got one, I'm not even bullshit. And it came across the caller ID. That's how long ago it was on my home phone. And it said, it said prison, but I had never seen it come across. And I'm going, who the fuck is Pryson? You know what I mean?

I pick it up like, hello. And they're like, you have a collect call from, and it's like, Joey, at such and such prison. I'm like, oh, prison. I'm like, oh, yeah. I'm like, you're in prison. What the fuck happened? Yeah. So yeah, man, I mean, you don't want to burden your family. These phone calls are like 20, 30 bucks. And imagine if you do that every day. Yeah.

And then you're not there. They don't have your income. But, you know, I left a little money. I told I told all of them I had three cars at the time, and I told the baby's mom I was with, hey, sell that fucking car, and I told my other baby's mom, you sell that car, and trust me, I'm gonna find a way to try to send

at least 100 bucks home a month or whatever, and they were just like, nah, nah, nah, you're good, you're good, cause. And how like no no no you're good you're good because how long do you know you're in there for well they tell that that's why you go to a reception yard you talk to a counselor and a counselor evaluates you and then they tell you check it out so when you're in the county they don't they give you double time so like if you did six months in the county it's a year and a half. In prison?

No, it's your credits, because prison's gonna give you a release date. Because now when you go to prison, your crime dictates it. If you did a non-violent crime, it's 50, since my crime was so violent, they're like, you're doing 85%. Fuck what the county said.

Oh, I see. They overrule that shit. Yeah, they were like, you're doing 85% fuck what the county said. Oh, I see. They overrule that. Yeah. And it was like, uh, yeah, you going to be in here for, uh, I'm like three. I'm like, I'm going to do a year and a half that you're doing two years in 10 months. So, yeah. And you did all that time or did you get out a little or no, no two years

in 10 months at 34 months. Yes. So you don't even see your daughter, your youngest. Obviously you don't see all your kids. I did. You did, did they bring her in? Yes, so yeah, so now when you're in prison, you have to fill out a form and it gets approved.

Like if your mom's an immigrant, she ain't coming in. If there was any, like you have to be accepted by the board to come in. And yeah, man, the first time I see I held my daughter was on my birthday in prison. In prison. I have the pictures on me because we took a Polaroid and a bro. I was so nervous, man. And it was. Let me ask you this mentality, too, cause now you're holding this, this human you've never met before.

I'm sure you're crying. I can't. That's the thing I wanted to ask you. Yeah. That's the thing you're in a fucking, you're in a goddamn zoo. And if you show any fucking weakness, I mean, it's not bad.

Regardless. I'm just saying the mentality of trying to like fight, fight this fucking love and all of the emotions I'm missing. Yeah, I'm sorry. I love you. I'm happy. And then these motherfuckers seeing this guy cry. Is that is that a problem? It's not a problem. And it is a problem. I've been schooled about prison.

All my friends been there, close people that I love, and they schooled me, they were like, check it out, dog. When you show emotion, you give another man a chance to critique you. Now, if this fool critiques you in a way you don't like, now you're gonna look like a bitch, because you didn't handle. So he was like, try to keep your emotion to a minimum.

No horseplay unless it's fools you grew up with because now you're fighting someone. Just allowed to make jokes, that's about it. You know how hard it is for a fool like me. So you couldn't crack jokes and laugh. You couldn't roast. Because laughs are an emotion. Yeah, you couldn't roast a homie though.

I see, because that motherfucker gets pissed and you better. He's like, hey, you disrespect me in front of everybody, dog. I was like, well, fool, you do look like Clint Eastwood. Ha ha! I mean, but now if it's a home, it teeter totters, okay? Because I was roasting fools that I knew I grew up with. There's people in there that you're like,

dude, there was a guy in there that, his brother played professional baseball, so could he, dog. Brian Betzel, shout out to Brian Betzel. His brother played professional baseball, so could he, dog. Brian Bettsal, shout out to Brian Bettsal, his brother played for the Angels. Me and this guy grew up since kindergarten, and he's in there with me. And he's like, dude, I just seen you on MTV in Showtime. What are you doing here?

I just saw your brother play for the Angels, boy. What are you doing in here? Exactly. Yeah, uh, yeah, brother, but yeah, man. So, so how, how many more times you get to see your daughter when you're in prison, you've seen her once. Yeah. Well, I'm going to, I'm going to break it down to you. So there's so many inmates that there's these, uh, you have a number, your CDC number, and the last three numbers dictate when you get to go,

how they end, they put them in a chart. So I got the every last week of the month. So dude, I got lucky, man. My other kids are like, look, I'm not going through this. They came once and they're like, I don't know. And where were you? Where were you locked up? Where I could get visits with CRC.

He was in Norco. It was a good yard. How far is that for the family to drive to though? Only 45, though. Boom, all right. Yeah, I got lucky. I mean, shit. I got lucky.

Yeah, that's from here to Burbank in traffic. Yeah, I got lucky. It's right by the Ontario Improv. Oh, of course it is. You don't even know, the guards there were like, I seen you in Ontario. All bad, dude, yeah. So yeah, man, but I'll never forget

the first time I met my daughter. The night before, I spit shined my shoes, ironed everything. And it just, it was weird though, Ryan, because this little girl, man, looked like me and just like, she knew who I was, man. And after that, I was like, yeah, dog, I'm not gonna stab nobody over here. Like, I'm coming home, man.

Like, you know, like, I'm gonna be on my best behavior unless another man tries to come get some. I mean, if you're gonna, if it's life or death, you know, it's self-defense. Yeah. You know, and, uh, I got lucky, man. A lot of fools when I was a prisoner, like, Hey dog, we need you out of here. Chill player.

Like you're representing us now, George. There's no buddy on stage that has been to prison and walked the main line. Wait, hold up there. There's a mentality among the prisoners in there that, hey, you can be one of us out there and go rep us and we want you out of here? Yeah. Wow. I've never considered that mentality.

I've always considered like you're in here with one of us and it's, you know, survival of the fittest. It is, but it was just- I always thought they'd hate if you get out, like jealous that somebody would get out. Of course, of course, but this guy's seen something in me. I know it's what's up to homeboy sleeps from bass. From where sleeps from Bassett with cell block. No, we were in

the same yard. And sleep, what he called sleep. He just has that like, I'm asleep. Look, but a righteous man, gentlemen. And he's doing great right now. That's interesting to be in that place and tell you to be, hey, get out there. No, he pulled me up and he goes, this is the crazy part about this guy.

We used to give visitation together. And we were on the yard and he goes, I remember how you approached me. He goes, I don't mean to interrupt into your program. I just want to introduce myself. My name is Big Sleeps, I'm from Basset. You're a shotgun for Moran, right? I said, yeah.

He goes, you're also George Perez? I said, yeah. I was, yeah, man, my son seen you at a visit and he was just in shock. He told me you're like a famous comedian. I was like, right now I'm not a comedian, homie. I'm one of us. I don't want those.

And he was like, that's righteous. But he goes, hey man, I just want to say, wow, I've never met someone. He was like, I've been here for 17 years. Oh my God, yeah. He ain't never met anybody that's done something. He was like, how do you rate Jolt? And he became like my, and he was like my little mentor.

He was like, hey, come here, I mean, chill. Something's gonna happen today, stand by me. And I was like, what? And then he was just like, yo dog. And then check this out. So next time I go to visit, my daughter runs to him. Like, what's up? And he was like, hey homie, is it okay if,

cause you know, it's pure respect. Is it okay? And I was like, yeah, yes, you can pick my daughter up. And then the inmates, the cops separate you cause they probably think it's a drug deal going down. They're like, Oh, the good old, my daughter, grab it out of her back pocket. I mean, you know what I mean? But that, you know what they've seen that before for sure.

They had to have seen that before. Man, that's a good one too. Go hug your dad and drugs all up in the baby's diaper. Dude, I know strippers that I said DJ had a strip club and next to our strip club was a liquor store and that guy sold more drugs than he sold chips. To all the strippers. And then he would be like, he was showing me the videos, ate all that bitch, this old scoundrel right there.

She has her kid coming with the envelope and I give the envelope back to her kid with some chips and walks out. You know, you know where that wouldn't happen? At your daycare right next door. That shit ain't going down at your daycare, bro. We keep it only up and up over here at the daycare. Yeah, man. But yeah, you know, first time I took her on a slide, I was in prison, swing. Wait, they let them go out on the yard? No, so you're in a different visiting section. And when you're on the visiting section,

that's when all the prison politics goes away. Every race is just like, look, we're with our family right now. So right now- So then there's no worry about crossing lines with the black guys and the Mexican guys and the white guys and all that out there. It's everyone's. Amen. We're with it. I didn't know that existed either.

If you don't want to lose that right. Yeah. They could take that right away. Was that what? Who did what? But everybody's out there and they have like a swing set for kids. Yeah. OK. And my daughter was just like, I was like, wow, man. And how so. So wait, I'm sorry. Let me go jump back a second. You meet her a couple months after she's born, right?

No, August or what's August? What's after August? October, November, December, January, February, eight months. So you meet her eight months. Yeah. And then when do you get to see her again? Few months later. Probably every other her eight months. Yeah. And then when do you get to see her again? Few months later, probably every other month, every other month. Yeah, because

it gets expensive or sometimes like, every like, three weeks. What gets expensive? Just driving out and doing it and all that. You know, they're taking the day off. Yeah. I didn't think of that. You got to take the day off work and all that. Yeah. And is it not it never goes down on a Saturday or Sunday? Sometimes people don't get in because you know, and yeah, bro. And uh, sometimes, yeah, it's sometimes the yard goes down and they're just like, Hey, visits are over. You guys want to stab fucking ten people

But not but like on the yard so like they have to lose those cops to come over here and maintain what so that gotta get Shut down. Yeah, so I Don't know man. I mean so your daughter gets to know you in prison first. Yeah, your youngest does yeah it gets sadder though, bro, when like, now she's talking and she's just like, hey, how come you're not coming home with us? And that's when you're just like, fuck this, I gotta shed some tears.

You know, I'm just like, Just motherfucking allergies. I'll be blaming it on allergies like a motherfucker out there saying it'll stab me. I'm in the army right now No, I'll just say hey, you know, I'm gonna be home soon right now i'm working And you know the the hardest thing is to lie in your kid's face Later on she was like hey

Yeah Yeah, she thought this was a place where you worked. Yeah. You know, it's a trip, man, because my kids didn't want to come either Ryan, because it's a full strip search, a full pat down. Just to come see you? Yeah.

Your wife, your loved ones, everybody. Even if you're, what happens if you're like 15? They full on strip search. I think it's like underwear on, but like they go through all your clothes and all. Obviously to make sure you're not bringing something in. Hey, these are all rules. We're supplying this for you.

If you want to come in, this is how we do it. Yeah. You know? And yeah, but you know, I think my kids appreciated me for this. I wrote a letter every day to each and single one of them. I told myself, if you're waiting for me, you're gonna come home every day and be like,

oh shit, this is what dad did today. Like, I go, this is what I did today. I did 113 burpees at six in the morning. Yeah. Thanks for the magazines you guys sent. You know, that's what I'm thinking about. And you know, that's one thing, man. I miss being so positive in my head. Prison had me so positive.

I was just like, dude. Even in the middle of all that missing the family and everything, you were able to stay positive. Yeah, because if you go to the yard with the blues, you're gonna catch something and get more time and get in trouble. So I was just like, oh, I hate this. You know what I mean? I was just like, I got something to catch something and get more time and get in trouble. So I just say, Oh, hey, you know what I mean? I was just like, I got something to go home to, man.

Damn, they still they still want me because, you know, you're kind of like, damn, she's going to meet someone else. I'm going to come home to a stepdaddy. So, yeah. So then when do you get out? How old your youngest when you get out finally? She's going to be three, two and a half. Yeah.

And you go right home to her? Right home to her. Picks me up, all my kids pick me up. Oh that's nice, so they all did come for that. Yeah, that's when the tears came out. Oh I'll bet. And it was weird, cause I was still prison programmed. I remember like telling my kids,

hey is it okay if I roll the window down? They're like. They were like. Yeah, don't wanna offend anybody. I was like, all right. Yeah, man. And you know how it is, man. It's like, damn.

I didn't wanna sit in the front seat, bro. It was trippy. And then like everyone has their hand on me. And it's, dude, it's crazy, man. You know? Hey, I'm not crying. I'll fight anybody. Yeah, bro.

Yeah, man. It was the best feeling ever, bro. Cause like, you're really an animal. You're in a cage, you're told what to do. When to do it, how to do it, where to do it. And anytime that animal bites back at the foal hole in the cage, they come back at you harder. Sometimes I bit back, you know, I had some bad stuff

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That was the craziest one. Like to like, I can't stand. Yeah, but sheriffs are different. What happened there? A sheriff doesn't treat you with respect like a prison guard does because the sheriff doesn't I can't stand sheriffs. Yeah, but sheriffs are different. A riot would happen there. A sheriff doesn't treat you with respect like a prison guard does because a sheriff doesn't live with you. You're only there till you go to the big boys.

That makes sense to me too. I get that. You're going to be out of here soon so fuck off. Thank you. These guys are like, I'm going to deal with you for 10 years so let's figure this shit out. How you doing? Good morning. Boom. These fools are like, you know what I mean?

That's so the prison guards would say how are you doing? Good morning? Oh Okay, Eve even when they like say you raid myself The guard would be like if you were a respectful fool be like hey, we're doing a search I need you fools to step outside pat us down handcuff us and just be like some of your stuff's gonna be on the floor I'm not gonna put pictures. I won't step, some of your stuff's gonna be on the floor. I'm not gonna put pictures on, I won't step on anything of your loving. I gotta do my job, fella.

Thank you, sir. Not thank you, sir, you just be like, gracias, or whatever. And they go through all your shit, and then you'll come back, you're like, ah. But the sheriff's the one in there ripping shit all the way. Oh, you're not allowed to hang stuff up at the wall. They don't understand, like, dude, this gets me through my day.

You know, it's a mental, but yeah. So what, tell me about this riot. Oh, wow. Us and the blacks, I guess the blacks disrespected somebody and at night it happened. It was just, you know, I was like, hey man, there's a hundred of us and there's 20 of them, eh?

After that fool walks around the second time, we're gonna kick it and everybody better be up. And I just remember like, laying there going, damn. Wait, real quick, you said the guy walks by a second time, you talking about the guard, after he makes his second pass? So they do count, and then we kick it, and then we act like we're asleep,

and then they go to the back and they get their drink, tea, whatever. We've watched what they do. And then soon as that, yeah, dude. And like, so say this is a prison, I sleep here. When I was found, I was found. And a county riot, they don't have like, they do have the shields and all that, but they're more like, they got paintball guns with mace in them. So I had like welts all, I was, I got lit up.

And then yeah, that's's that's when I spent dude, I spent Fourth of July in the hole because I remember being yet or whatever. Yeah, the whole you just one man cell you don't give you a razor or nothing. How long are you in there? I did 30 days and you don't get anything. Is there is there a sunlight in there? Any kind of light coming like a Slit you see this gray in that gray. Yeah, that's the only thing that's it cuz you gotta get a little

Isn't like 30 days where I grew up I could see like the bridge So it's it's kind of by like Angel Stadium, that river bed. So you could see the fireworks and all that. And I just remember like... You could see the 4th of July fireworks from a hole. Yeah. That's sad as fuck, dude. You talk about the real definition

of freedom going on outside, dude. I didn't even think of that. That's what we're celebrating. Our independence and our freedom. And you're locked up looking at it from prison. That's absurd. Oh, shit, dude. But to me, it was kind of like, oh, wow.

Usually it's dark. It's kind of dark, oh, wow. Usually it's dark. It's kind of dark too. You could just see the fire. Oh, so there I see that's providing enough light. Yeah. I see, I see. Yeah, man. Yeah. Dude, did I tell you that when I was in the county,

one of my ex girlfriends visited me too. And her and like my pregnant girlfriend. Together? Yeah, and she was like, I go, dude, I didn't invite you. I told her, I'm like, you can tell her to leave. You know, this is us right here. Yeah, and that was, as evil as it sounds, it was kind of good, like my baby's mom was like, oh, okay.

It's me and him right now. Like, hey, we're not together. Me and my baby's mother, but. Are you together with any of them? No. That was a quick ass no, bro. No, but she was there for me, bro. Straight up.

Mentally, emotionally, and financially, she was there, man. There. I always give her that. They all come to get you, and financially, she was there, man, there. I always give her that. They all come to get you and you're headed home. Where do you go in first? Eat? No, first, I need to take a shower. And I told you fools, iron my clothes,

because when you leave prison, you're leaving in the worst outfit. Aren't you leaving whatever you got in there with? No. No. They do this thing called mail-ins where they, that you can get shoes or shirt, but it's all wrinkled and it's sitting in a package and people steal it.

It's the hustle. Hey, look, I found these boxes. They were brand new Levi's. Then you take it back to your, and then you start selling. It's what anything is to be sold. So I will just say, hey, you guys got my outfit? Boom, showered, clean, use my, finally a deodorant

that I know, you know what I mean? And just, oh. I'm taking a deep breath, yeah. Wherever you guys wanna go, tell my family. They take me to downtown Disney. Is that where you all went? Every race. I'm not used to being around every race.

I don't think about that either. Everybody's there. Everybody's bumping in here. Bumpster. Ha ha ha ha ha. That's probably the worst place to take you. My kid just hugs me, he's like, what's wrong? I go, dude, dude, dude, dude, I need a beer.

Let's get out of here. Sorry guys, I can't do this, right? I can't do this. You could just see me, you know? Like, like, like you, like, like you ever see a pet bull that's lost? I'll bite somebody right now, dog. I need a leash.

Someone get, guide me out of here. They take me to a Mexican restaurant. My kids like about 16 and 12. I'm like, hey, you guys are gonna have a beer with your dad today. Nah, did you let them? Yeah, they were like, oh. I was more buzzed than them. I haven't had a good.

Yeah. You know that after that, you know. All right. So let's talk about now that shift where your daughter's a grown lady. Now she's about to graduate from high school. One of my daughters just graduated from high school. She's in Ireland right now. Okay.

Amy. And then my other daughter, Davina, the point I went to go see me in prison, she's going to graduate next year. And she, who you showed me at prom, whose picture I see for prom. That was both of them, I think. Okay. Yeah. Um, so that's what I wanted to ask you. Like, as a dad who's seen that and been through all that,

does it fucking terrify you that your kids ever go there? Because here's the thing. It doesn't need to be the path that you took to go to prison. You could accidentally, not accidentally, you could drink and drive, prison. You could work in a bank, steal a little money, prison. You know what I mean? There's a lot of ways to get to prison. So it doesn't have to be, well, I didn't take dad's path,

but you still took a path. So does it fucking freak you out? I think they know, you know, one of my kids got caught up in that, the one that I raised. And I can't get mad at him because he idolized me. So he's tatted up like me, but he's straight. And you know, get mad at him because he idolized me. So he's tatted up like me, but he's straight,

and you know, he has a lot of pain in him, man. His mother is never there. Like he told me the last time he seen his mom, she walked, he goes, I haven't seen my mom in eight years. And I seen her at the family reunion, and she walked by me and was just like, hey, that's it. To her own kid. That she hasn't seen in eight hey, that's it. Her own kid.

That she hasn't seen in eight years. That's crazy. Cause it's her, she's not mentally there. I was gonna say that is mental illness. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's mental illness for sure. And so, you know, I told that for, hey man, I know you have a lot of hurt and pain in your brother,

but there's other ways to channel this. You know what I mean? And plus like Yeah, he was wild man, but he he knows you know has he has other family members have been a prison And I just told that for like dude. It's it's not where to be. It's I mean I'm gonna lie I Really loved that I went to prison because of the person I was at that time. It was it prison showed me like this is it You better come out here and be a good dad, be responsible. And you're good.

So you think if, if you don't go to prison, are you dead? If you don't go to prison, is George Perez dead? George Perez isn't here. George Perez was two, I was young and back then I was doing so good clubs were paying way better. So now it was young party and animal. And I was doing so good, clubs were paying way better, and I was young, partying animal, and I didn't know the consequences of when you beat somebody up. And now, I'm like, oh, I can't be fighting no more, dog. I'll get seven years minimum now. And you don't wanna lose that.

And I told my kids that, and I even told my daughters, I was like, my job is to make sure you guys never work at a strip club. kids that and I even told my daughters I was like you know like my job is to make sure you guys never work at a strip club. Yeah. And to marry a man, never go to prison. Yeah. That's not like me, but if he is like me, he has the morals that I have. What's up? And I feel bad cause my daughters are like cool nerds. Do they date guys like you? No, they date, uh, complete opposite nerds. No, not kind of nerds, but one of my daughters, she's, Do they date guys like you? No. They date? Complete opposite.

Nerds? No, not kind of nerds, but one of my daughters, she has a boyfriend, he's like a emo kind of guy. Oh no. Listen, I've put myself in 16 year old V shoes coming over to meet you right now, and I'd be nervous as fuck. If I was, and I had a little edge to me, if I was an emo kid, I'd be scared.

Can I tell you what they planned it. This is the best question ever. So my daughter goes, I want you to meet my boyfriend. At 14, she goes, hey, you said if a guy wants to date me, he has to come meet you and ask. I said, yeah. She goes, do me a favor. She gave me like, she made me dress like a substitute teacher.

To make you wear long sleeves. Long sleeve polo, and I had slacks on. And you were cool doing it? Said, I got your back, cause you know what, you show me you trust me, so no. Well done, dad. You right? You were like, hey man, I said, do bring them.

Me and her brothers were right there, and this fool showed up with his mom, his dad, his grandma, his grandpa. Whoa. Yeah. He was so scared. I was looking at it from the point, like he was so serious. He's like, I'm bringing the crew, but he was terrified.

Your daughter must've been like, look, I gotta tell you about my dad. You know, I would love to have been a fly on the wall for the conversations they're having before they meet you. You know, he would love to have been a fly on the wall for the conversations they're having before they meet you. You know, like he went to prison, and then, and then. Yeah, and plus the crazy part is, is like, her parents know me and my comedy. Oh, they did. See, it's Orange County.

I got juice in there. I'm not Michael Jackson, but I'm like, I'm Ralph Tresbee, I'm not Bobby Brown. Ralph, that's my favorite dude from New Edition. That's my favorite, I'm Ralph Tresman. I'm not Bobby Brown. Ralph Tresman, that's my favorite dude from New Edition. That's my favorite, I love Ralph Tresman. Ha ha ha ha ha. You don't want to be Bobby Brown anyway. Look how that turned out.

Exactly. You gotta be Ralph Tresman. Oh yeah, sorry. Oh, it's so good, dude, that voice, I love it. That's an iconic voice. Oh yeah. That's an iconic voice. All right, sorry, go voice. That's an iconic voice. Oh yeah. That's an iconic voice. All right, sorry, go ahead.

Nah, you're good. I love this kid, man. He's scared. He's not a player. He's not a mean, you, smooth, wise guy. Yeah, with a chip on his shoulder. Coming over going, I'm so Mr. Pering. Yeah.

He's in there like, I like this girl so much, I'm willing to be here and be so scared. And I was even just like, you know, I gave everybody water, introduced myself, did the comedy, talked to the parents, awesome parents, man. And I just, I told them straight up, I go, look, I'm gonna be honest with you guys.

I trust my daughter's judgment. And you should trust your son's judgment. My daughter's awesome. She's not, there's not gonna be no alcohol around them. And she your son's judgment. My daughter's awesome. She's not there's gonna be no alcohol around them and she knows what's up and If you hurt her because you don't want to be with her no more i'm acceptable by that but any physical or any That like other stuff. Sorry, man. You see pops i'm not gonna come to you. I'm gonna come to pops and pops I know you respect what i'm saying because I respect everything you're saying And i'm gonna come with you and we're gonna go to him

So then after that I was like you guys can hang out in the room as long as the doors open you're allowed in this house as long as I'm here and sometimes I'm gonna be moody broke cuz I went to prison I've never seen another person hold my daughter's hand. So I'm gonna be a little like, around me, just be respectful. That's it.

Yeah. And then they broke up, bro. How fast? That young love shit. A year and a half later. That's a long time for a young kid. She came home devastated, and I told her what happened.

I said, you know what, man? That guy's a man. He told you he was just, you were his first love, he wanted to try something new. I go, that guy's a man. And they got back together, dog. Did they? Are they still together?

Yeah. No way. Yeah, and I was just like, hey man, that, you know what I mean? Like, that's cool. I like it how, you know what I mean? Cause dude, you know how that is, man. You don't want to meet all kinds of boys

your daughter brings home and all that. No, especially if it's one after the other. Fuck that. I've only met one dog. That's great. Yeah. That is great. I think about it all the time.

I think about my daughter at the table with her husband and they're pregnant. And I still, my thoughts gonna be like, even if it was one time, like this son of a bitch had sex with my kid. You know what I mean? You can't help it. Even if it was one time to create my grandson,

I still be like, I don't like how this went down though. How'd that happen? How'd that happen? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, man. Dude, fathers out there that are in your daughter's lives, a lot of fathers don't get to be in their daughter's lives because the mother blocks them out.

You know what I mean? And I had to fight that, bro, with one. So it's just like, dude, I love my son, but it's just a different bond. You know how I love my son, but it's just a different bond. Like, you know how I'm like, I love my dad, but I love my mom, dude. And I'm pretty sure my dad loves me, but he's like, no, I love your sister, dog.

It's just that protect, right? Big time, yeah. You think slash hope your son could get out there. And it's not that your daughter can't, you just gotta teach her a different way. That's the thing. And the thing you gotta watch out for the most is the dudes. The Ryans and the Georgians.

Yeah, for sure. That's what they gotta watch out for. Yeah, I mean, do you know how many houses I went to, bro? I just remember like meeting dads. Cause my dad was like, hey, fool, don't bring no girl to this house unless you met her dad. Cause if a guy comes knocking on this door,

I'm gonna beat your ass. Oh really? Yeah. That was his rule. He was just like, when I fucking. See I had no parents from 16 on, so I'm going over to girlfriends houses for like homecoming and stuff,

and I don't got anybody coming for pictures. You know what I'm saying? That's just, it's just me and a risk or something. Oh wow, what happened to your parents? Well my dad died when I was saying, it's just me and a risk or something. Oh, wow. What happened to your parents? Well, my dad died when I was 16, but my mom split before that. So when he died, we had, long story short, we had a choice to either go live with my grandmother,

my dad's mom, but she was right outside the city, or stay in our high school where we knew everybody. Didn't have to start over and everything. So we chose that, but we had to live with our mom who didn't want us. So me and my two brothers stay in one bedroom and she just left and lived with her boyfriend. So for two and a half years,

it's just the three of us in this little apartment and we were the kids in your school that didn't have parents and that's where everybody went. That's who we were in kids in your school that didn't have parents. And that's where everybody went. Dude. That's who we were in high school. Monday to Sunday, there were no shotgun Sundays over there. There were none of those at our place. But there was shotgun and beers.

Like it was, and the rules too were. You grew up fast, brother. Very fast. And the thing was sports matter to us. And if you didn't get good grades, you couldn't play sports. And we were like, we're not going to fuck this up. So we all helped each other because you might play basketball. I'm wrestling. You might be playing baseball. I'm a cross. But if our grades suffer, none of us get to play. If we don't show up at school, we don't get to play. So we were like,

look, we got this because of this ugly ass shit that went down, we kind of got this golden opportunity. And the parents, my to this day, I'm still friends with all these dudes. And I'm like, would you ever let your kids and we're all like, oh, no. Yeah. But we were good. Never got arrested. Cops came, never got locked up. Always in school, always attendance. We played it right. We blew a hooky here and there, you know, do a pool party, cause we could. You got the little rascals. Yeah, we were those kids.

So if I went to homecoming, it's just me coming over. Right? You know, my mom, my dad aren't coming over, or grandparents, it's just me rolling up, and I'm meeting dads, solo and shit. Do the dads know your situation? Everybody knows. Like my dad was popular enough.

Our high school was. His second kid. Yeah. Yeah. Stay away from that kid and the parents. You can go to think about that. You're like, I'd be like, wait, he doesn't have any parents and he has a place where you could go

with no parental supervision. Nope. Yeah. No, he can come here and that's what I would do. I go to their houses. That's what's Nope. Yeah. He can come here. And that's what I would do. I go to their houses. That's what's up. Yeah. But anyway, we were that that place. So I would just always have to meet. You know, I only had a couple of girlfriends in high school.

I had to go meet their dads, but they knew they knew what was going on over there. Yeah. I mean, it got back. I mean, all the parents were on board like your parents would be like, you can go. But if I get a call from a school that you're not there, if your grades suffer, if you're fucking off, that shit's over. Yeah. We were like, and we all did it. All of them. There were there were a dozen people there every day.

That's what I was telling you about the Nintendo. We'll talk about that too. Out there, the Nintendo fights and shit. I have five brothers. You have five brothers. You have five brothers? All a year apart. Damn. Except for me, because my mom had her tubes tied.

So I came out four years later. How? That she didn't have it undone? No, my dad must've had like some- He must've had concrete sperm busted through that. Yeah, he had sperm with MapQuest. Wrecking ball right through. Are you serious? And I'm the 15th of his 16th kid.

Your dad has 16 kids. Yeah. From five other women. Good God. Yeah. So yo dog. So you did, you sort of stayed in that lane but dialed the numbers way to fuck back. Oh yeah. Yeah. No, I have all my brothers. I'm the only one that has what kids at all other baby's moms. Oh, you're only they're married or whatever. Just have one. I'm the only kid my dad raised. Really? Yeah. Of all his kids, of all his last one. No, because, uh, his first kids, the first 10, he wasn't with the moms. He stayed with my mom, but he was working so much.

He had one job for child support and the other job for us. And then he was never around because he was still out being McDaddy as well. He was like, stay off. I see you guys all week. I'm done. He was still that dude. So when he retired, I was 13. So he's just like, oh, you ain't dressing like that. He was still that dude. So when he retired, I was 13. So he's just like, oh, you ain't dressing like that. You ain't dressed like me. He was just like, he would cheat on my mom

and take me everywhere. What? Hell yeah. What are you doing? Just playing at the house. Talking to anybody's nieces and just, sup, what's up? Who gots Mike Tyson's punch out over here?

Right? Like he introduced me to that. He was just like, hey, here's 20 bucks. Go play with those kids. We're at a party right now. I'm like, dude, we're in Van Nuys. Like, yeah. So he got, he instilled that in me.

I have that. Is he still around? Is he alive? He passed? Pops passed right before I went to prison. Oh, so, okay. So he never met your youngest. Nah, man.

Nah. It would have been an honor because she looks just like my mom. Does she? She looks just like my mom and like has her. My mom's the reason I'm a comedian. That's the funny one in the family. It's her, huh?

Tear you up. Horos the funny one in the family. Is she a ter, huh? Ter, you a porous master, dog. Oh yeah. Cause she gotta remember, all my brothers had a lot of girlfriends too. So she's like been through it. You know, I would be like, hey mama, can I have this girl? She's like, look, if that fucking door's not,

if I hear anything, I don't even know. I don't, she knew what was gonna go down. And I remember one time she was like, look, if that fucking door's not, if I hear anything, I don't even know. I don't, I don't, she knew what was gonna go down. I remember one time she was like, she caught me having sex and I was like 15. She caught you where? She kicked the door in my room. She kicked the door and she was just like, hey, Georgia can't play no more.

Ha ha! That's what she said to the girl. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. That's what she said to the girl. That girl had to be terrified. And I was like, nah, my dad said I can have her over. And my dad was like, yeah. My dad was more like, I ain't tripping on your grades.

Did you mow the lawn? Did you do this? It's yours. Yeah, he's like, hey, he mowed the lawn, mopped the house, did everything, cleaned the car. Why can't? I'm teaching this kid how to be responsible so when he does have a girlfriend, a real one, he's gonna know what's up.

Now, he told me a lot like that. I appreciate that about a man, but they never told me he loved me, you know? He was... Your dad never said the words I love you his whole life. My dad was more stoic than the word stoic. Wow.

For all the Cholo fans out there, stoic means to yourself. He did not crack jokes to his family, only with his buddies. Did you ever see him cry? One time I seen him cry because he was a truck driver. And he told me that he goes, yeah, I was he used to work for the Orange County register it's a newspaper and said he was driving on the five freeway and he there was an accident he was the first one on the scene and he goes I seen a baby with his head cut off and you could just see the tears he was just like and I think it was a trip and I just hugged him, bro. And that's when like he punched me.

He's like, get the. Ah, ah. Yeah, and I was like, dude. You just saw a moment and hugged him and he punched you. Yeah. Ah. Yeah. He was like, yeah.

And then I remember my brothers were just like tripping. They're like, you made dad cry for what? I was like, you made him cry. Yeah, you did. And I was like, no, yeah. Like, you made dad cry. And I was like, you made him cry. And I was like, no, yeah. Like, you can understand this. We're fighting for this guy's attention. Like all my other brothers are like scholars and my dad's like, yeah. So let me ask you this. Where, at what point does a fucking hard ass ex-con

does a fucking hard ass ex con like yourself put away the toxic masculinity, the I can't cry bullshit? When do you finally let your shoulders down and say, look, it is OK to to have these emotions and not be like my dad, like, get the fuck off me. We don't we don't cry. Like when how does someone like you even get to that point being raised like that and then go into the institution and all that shit. You know, just coming home brother and seeing my kids not give up and not give up on themselves. Cause a lot of time kids will hurt themselves

to show you I'm hurting. And they're so emotional with me bro. Like we still to this day, me and my kids cry together. Do you? Cause dude, I'm a good dad bro. My kids 26 and my kids cry together. Do you? Because, dude, I'm a good dad, bro. My kid's 26 and my other kid's 23. They just moved back in with me. They're like, dude, I don't wanna live with my friends,

I'd rather live with you, dude. Is that cool? And I was like, what? You guys wanna live with me, dude? Yeah, bro. So it's like, and then like, we'll just be like drinking. So just the three of you together now? Yeah.

Yeah. And one of my daughters is gonna go to college, so my daughters are 50-50. By now that she's 18, she'll start coming over whenever, you know what I mean? It's just mom had to keep them 50-50 to get the check. You know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, they want them more to get more check.

The more days they have with them, the bigger the check. So, but that's done with. But yeah, man, dude, I showed my daughters the other day stand by me and I cried. Oh yeah. They were just like, I was just like, I was like, this made me a kid. Oh man, like I cry all the time now, bro.

I don't know what it is. Somebody told me it's prison PTSD. Cause like. It might be, dude. Yeah, like I get a, dude I cried. Like I get up, I get them. Did I cry watching Rudy the other day? What? Rudy. Well, how can you not cry watching?

Yeah. I'm just, yeah. Or music. It's crazy. I'm the same way. How old are you now? 47. See I'm 51 and I get emotional over shit too, man. I just picked my daughter up at camp the other day and she's on the beach and she's got a baseball hat on. She doesn't wear it often.

I'm just sitting there smiling like, look at her fucking, she looks pretty good under her ball cap, man. Go for her, she's having fun and I'm over there getting all teary-eyed. She's like, dad, can I get ice cream? And I'm like, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, that's it, yeah. Wait till you teach her how to drive, bro. That was crazy. I already got her driving. I let her drive in our parking garage. She sits on my lap and I let her, I don't tell her anything. I say, look, and these are new cars, too.

You know what I mean? I'm like, this is a push down button, park and break, you know? And I'm like, I said, I'll control the pedals. I'm not saying nothing. You do everything else. She parks it. When was the first time like she emotionally broke you? What like when she did something you're gonna do I'll tell you this got me So when I was in the hospital last year for all that time and I didn't get to see her

We went to I was promoting my special and it was her spring break it happened to be. So I flew her to Austin with me and we went and stayed at Tom and Christina's and Tom was on the road, but she and I stayed at Christina, the guest house. Our kids played together for a couple of days and everything. And I stayed in the hotel the first night and she just said something about me being in the hospital. She's like, I'm so glad you're out of the hospital being in the hospital, you know, and she's like, I'm so glad you're out of the hospital. I was like, you were scared, huh?

And she just rolled over and she grabbed my neck and she started crying. And she said, you made it out, dad. You made it out. And I was like, and then I just I lost it. I was like, I fucking made it out. I know. And then I'm thinking like because I would get emails from her teacher. Her teacher said, hey, you're you're still telling me you're not doing so good. And I was like, I haven't told her the extent.

I'm just keeping it to dad's backs. Messed up. Yeah. I didn't tell her all the other shit. And now she knows and she I don't know. I know she doesn't still fully understand because when she hears blood and clots, she's like, oh, it's gross. I don't want to hear it. But yeah, man, that broke me. You made it out. Got me so fucking bad. I was like, I got the shaking and hearing a fucking little kids, you know, like, because my dad didn't make it out.

My dad did not make it out. I was like, man, I wish I wish I had this. You know what I mean? Like, man, kids throw real. You don't even know you have these feelings. Yeah. Did your dad work a lot? Yeah. All the time. He worked for Pan Am. He's a crew chief in no way at the national airport. And I mean, what's that movie? Catch Me If You Can. Yeah. That's right. Pan Am. Yeah. Yeah. My my

my other daughter made me cry this last Father's Day What she do just like not in front of nobody but uh She was just like you're not my stepdad. You're the dad that stepped up Wow. Yeah Yeah, she's a right cards. Oh, that's fucking She Yeah. She should write cards, bro. That's fucking bad. She's very like she don't play, bro. She's like she's so competitive and so like she's she's do. She's so smart. Both of them. Yeah, man. That was good for you, dude.

I'm glad you made it out. I want to be a grandfather, Ryan. I hear that. I say that all the time. I want to be something my dad never was. I want to be an old man. I wanna be a grandpa though, Ryan. I hear that. I say that all the time. I wanna be something my dad never was. I wanna be an old man. I wanna be a grandfather. My dad died at 42. Wow, I'm so sorry. I mean, and here's the thing,

I say this all the time, like I'm 51. I still don't feel older than him. You know what I mean? I don't think I'm ever gonna feel older than my dad. Does that make any sense at all? Like that's like the guy. Well, he died young. That very young.

Yeah. 42 and what he had almost took me out. That's why. So now I got to get my daughter tested because it's genetic. Yeah. So she's got to know about this shit, but at least it almost killed me, but at least we figured it the fuck out. Yes.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Bro, I love you, man. Thank you. I love you too. Thank you for coming on here. saying? Yeah. Brother, I love you, man. Thank you. I love you too, brother. Thank you for coming on here. Promote whatever you'd like one more time, please.

I'm looking for an investor, guys. Dude, that's a gold. What are we gonna call it? I don't know, we're gonna put our heads together and think about it. Do you wanna make money in the day? We care about your kids. We care.

We care. W-E-E care. We care about your kids. We care. W-E-E care. We care. We care. We care. Yo everybody, once again, George P. Comedy. I want to give a shout out to all my kids. Giving you kids, they're so competitive for my love.

I love it. I'm going my oldest, youngest to oldest, Davina, Amy, Andres, and Georgie. I love you guys without you. I would never be the person I'm at or who I am. And honestly, you guys are the reason me and Ryan are so close as well. That's nice.

It's true, bro, because we both have daughters. And I remember you telling me, you're like, I love that she wants to spend time with her boyfriend. I got her more. You were like, I ain't trying to go clubbing or nothing. I want to be with my kid. I'm like, that's all I am now. Yeah.

Go hang out with your boyfriend. Take your vacations. I'll take our daughter. Straight up. Dude, I don't know if I didn't mean to interrupt you, but if you've ever seen this, Deion Sanders, I can't remember how many kids he has. He has like five and he does a system where he's like,

hey, George, my number one right now. But he tells them it's always up, you know what I mean? The position's jockey. So you're number three on the list right now. You know what I mean? But step up, bro. You could come to number one. So he're number three on the list right now, you know what I mean? But step up, bro, you could come to number one. So he always has him in a competitive lineup like that. I know all my kids, they're like, I'm number one.

They don't even care. But they know, they know. I'm pretty fair, I love him though. I love, dude, I love it. I really love it. My boys, dude, you guys are my backbone, my strength, but these girls showed me how to be more emotional, more care, and they made me a better person to women.

Agreed. I wanted a daughter. I mean, I grew up with two brothers, all boy cousins and shit. And no sisters. Yeah, testosterone and ten balls and just aggressive, aggressive. And I really knew having a daughter would calm me down.

I needed to calm the fuck down too, take the aggression that you don't even realize you have until you get around ladies and you're like, y'all don't just wrestle and fight. You know what I mean? Like, no, we don't do that. Like, oh, okay. You're human over here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So she would teach me patience and like sit down and do these meticulous little things or or see something out the window. But look at that. I'm like, I've passed that thing a thousand times. I've never looked at it like you just described it. Yeah. Love that shit. I love it. Yeah. Good for you, brother. Thank you. Thank you, brother. All day. Always. And as always, Ryan Sickler on all your social media, RyanSickler.com. My fall dates are up. Come out and see me.

If I'm in your town when you're around, tickets are on my website for all shows at RyanSickler.com. We'll talk to y'all next week. Thanks for watching!