The Josh Innes Show - Happy Birthday, Sophie.

Episode Date: August 17, 2026

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Sophie Cunningham is right around or right below Pat McAfee in the people who annoy me rankings currently. And again, it's for obvious reasons, right? Like Sophie Cunningham is what she is, right? None of these people would have any clue who she was if she wasn't, you know, their little right-wing darling, right? Like, that's essentially what Sophie Cunningham is. She's a moderately attractive chick. You can go to Papacitos in Houston right now and probably find 10 chicks that are hotter than, than Sophie Cunningham, but like these old dudes are obsessed with her.

And she's like McAfee and that they do things that are slightly controversial and then play dumb when people are like, well, what the fuck? Like that's it's from the McAfee playbook. Again, at least I go to this on Aaron Rogers. Aaron Rogers is legitimately controversial because Aaron Rogers has opinions on things that matter. And he has opinions on things that could legitimately piss a lot of people. people off. At the end of the day, what does Sophie Cunningham do that's super controversial? She says that women should play women's sports and men should play men's sports. I mean, I'm fairly certain that most people with a brain would agree with that. Maybe not a bunch of wackos with blue hair,

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I respect that. Like, do I think that people should have grand statements about politics and shit if they're celebrities? You can if you want. I don't think it's a necessary thing. Some people would argue that in 2026 you have to stand for something or you're all for anything, right? Like, I know a lot of people have that kind of viewpoint. I don't.

But if you're going to flirt with it, you do kind of have to choose to go in. Like, you can't just be, you know, you can't put just the tip in on the political shit and then be like, oh, I don't know what I did and played down. You can't do that. And that's where McAfee pisses me off. You know, Sophie Cunningham, who, you know, does the thing about, hey, well, let's just get back to folks who know, on basketball. You know what you're doing.

You're only, the only reason Sophie Cunningham has any. level of fame is because she's a moderately attractive white chick who said something that pissed off liberals. Therefore, she's been adopted by the right wing people. And now the right wing people talk about her like she's the greatest fucking basketball player ever. They don't even watch the WNBA. They do not care about the WNBA. They usually make fun of women's sports. But now because Sophie Cunningham, who's moderately attractive, by the way, just turned 30. I don't know what some of her other parts have just turned. I would imagine the attractive parts of her probably turn four or five, not sure. But she's 30 and she's beloved by these right wing people. She

never denounces that or anything, not that you should have to, but she has been adopted, much like Caitlin Clark was adopted by these right wing media people. And they're all pawns. We've talked about this. They are certainly pawns in this game that is being played by political parties and political sides. So I just, I don't get it. I get it. I get it. Let me put it this way. I get it because I understand the way horny old right wing dudes work and you get a moderately attractive chick that shakes her ass a little bit. And, you know, their dangle start to tangle a little bit.

And they're like, oh, yeah, my God. And then she didn't say anything liberal. So she's one of us. That's basically, that was my impression of the Sophie Cunningham fan base as they masturbate to her Instagram. Actually, those guys aren't Instagram. They're on Facebook. So one of their friends has to share something on Facebook for them to see it.

They're probably in the process of getting scammed by Sophie Cunningham. Someone slides into their DMs, hey, Brad, you know how cute I always thought you were? And they're sitting there like, hey, hey, guys, Sophie Cunningham loves me and she's going to take me out of this town. Just no, Sophie Cunningham is not in love with you. And you're going to stay in Dothan, Alabama for the rest of your life. Sophie is not taking you to the big city. Uh-huh, she's in my DMs right now, and she loves me. Sophie Cunningham's in love with me.

You don't even get it. I'm leaving my wife for Sophie Cunningham. Okay. Show me Sophie Cunningham. Look, there's the messages. She said, all I got to do is send her a couple of gift cards to Lowe's. I got to send her a couple Lowe's gift cards, and then we're going to run away together. She's in love with me.

And look, she signed it Maga Barbie. She loves me, and I'm running away. So I've got to send her some gift cards, some Home Depot gift cards, and then I have to take all my wife's money and send it to her. And that's it. And she's in love with me. Look, she sent me nudes. Look, she's got a Trump tattoo on her ass. And she loves me.

She's on the list of people that I hate. But it's not just the reaction to her that makes me hate her. Like, I genuinely just don't like her. You know how sometimes the reaction people get from the world makes you dislike? them. I'm trying to think of examples. I mean, any, any, you know, star player who's had a moment in time that the media fawns over, you know, like Lynn Sanity or, uh, who was the Mormon dude, Jimmer? You know, guys like that where like they didn't really do anything to me. They just went out and played basketball and the media made them a thing that eventually made them annoying.

You know, like Tim Tebow was annoying because of the way that he was just this big story and you constantly heard about Tim Tebow. So at some point, you're just like, I'm bored with fucking Tim Tebow. seems like a nice enough guy. He hasn't done anything to make me hate him, but I hate him. That's how I feel about Sophie Cunningham, but in reverse. See, with Sophie Cunningham, she herself annoys me. Yes, like Clay Travis, you know, jerking off into a gold-toed sock over her. Like, okay, fine, like that's annoying too.

But Sophie Cunningham playing this kind of like this role of, I know I'm a nobody. I'm going to shake my ass a little bit. I'm going to say something that's controversial, kind of, and then I'm going to act like I don't understand why things are controversial, and then I'm going to play kind of dumb about it, and then like, oh, I'm going to go dance on the stage at this bar and sing Toby Keith, and then wonder why people think a magabar. Like, she herself is an annoying person, much like Pat McAfee, as we talked about with McAfee. McAfee is just an annoying person.

He plays the role of annoying person, then you say he's annoying, and you're like, you're a jerk, you don't get it. You're just part of it. Exactly. You're the guy he's singing about. No, he's just a jerk off. And that's fine. Be a jerk off.

But don't play victim. Don't be a jerk off and play victim. You know who I think does a really good job, actually, is Dave Portnoy. Now, I've got his book, and I haven't listened to it yet. I don't read books as much anymore. I just like to listen to the books on tape. Cannot wait for the Stallone book to come out. This is going to be the book of a lifetime, like the biography of Stallone and everything.

And then that movie. that's coming out. The I play Rocky movie, we're in a stalonissance right now and I'm all for it. And I haven't listened to Dave's book yet. And there are things he does that annoy me, but, you know, because he knows what he's doing and whatever. But I think ultimately, Dave is not a guy that comes out and plays the victim. Right? Like, what is the name of his book? Like, you can't cancel me or

some sort of shit like that. It's about being canceled or whatever. Whereas Pat McAfee's over here singing songs feeling sorry for himself because people say mean things to him on. social media and say he's annoying. Whereas at least Portnoy comes out. And Portnoy will every, I mean, every now and then you'll get the, I don't know what I did, whatever. But for the most part, Portnoy has thoughts.

Like, when's the last time Pat McAfee had a thought on anything to the level of Dave Portnoy? Like, Portnoy is constantly out in the public and constantly making opinions and constantly on Fox News and constantly offering things that could be legitimately controversial. not just ho-hum sports takes that he didn't really have takes on anyway. That's the biggest downside of both Sophie Cunningham and Pat is they both really like to dip their toes into the right-wing side of things. And then anytime somebody calls them on them, they kind of like back out of it a little bit. But they know they can't fully back out of it because that's where a lot of their fan base is.

Like, do you think Sophie Cunningham is loaded with like left-wing lesbian fans in the WNBA? Not quite. Her fan base is white and Republican and super duper maga. And look, whoever your fans are, those are your fans rock on, right? Like, I'm not going to judge you for who your fans are. I will judge you because you dip your toe in something. And that's what Sophie does. And that's what that's what Pat does.

They both dip their toes in this shit without fully committing to the bit. And then they want to point to you and say, you're the asshole. At least Dave Portnoy has thought. Look, I told you this earlier. At least give me Stephen A. Like, Stephen A will at least come out and have thoughts. Now, he'll have a completely different thought on the same subject the next day. And he'll flip-flop.

And white people think he's a fraud. And black people think he's a fraud. But at least he'll just, like, I don't even think he reads anything before he goes on. He just, like, I don't think he sleeps. I think he's up 24 hours a day. He's probably, like, just loaded with something that gives him all this energy. and they pull his string and he goes, but at least he has a thought on something.

And I know he has thoughts on things because he gets very dramatic and points to the camera. That's some serious shit. And I wouldn't be bothered by McAfee's lack of thoughts on things because, look, not everybody's got big, hardcore hot takes, and that's fine. I wouldn't be as bothered by it if he didn't play this role of, like,

the guy that everybody hates and the polarizing figure. like, bro, I wouldn't dislike you if not for the fact that you're playing this weird role when you don't even do anything. But I think I've made that point enough. So on my list, I dislike Sophie Cunningham. I dislike Pat McAfee. Now, who do I like?

You know who I like? I like Patricia Heaton. That's who I like. I woke up at 3 o'clock this morning. So I don't even know what time I went to sleep. I had like 16 bush lights in a couple hours last night and just pass the fuck out, went to sleep, right? Wake up, it's three in the morning.

Somehow I'm sober, by the way. It's three in the morning. I just had 16 beers a couple hours before. I wake up stone cold sober. And usually we put on the middle when we go to sleep. And that's like our go-to sleep show. It is one of the funniest fucking shows ever. If you've never watched the middle, watch the middle.

It is an underrated gem of a TV show. And it's perfect to put on. TV to go to sleep. It's just a great show. I've probably watched. We've probably cycled through all like nine seasons of that show 10 times. We just leave it on and it just goes and we pick up with it wherever it is when we go to sleep. Fantastic show. Patricia Heaton on the middle is smoking fucking hot. Even in the weird little wig they have her wearing to look like Midwest, you know, mom and even though she was probably in her damn near in her 60s making that show, hot. I love Patricia Heaton. And then now what'll happen is like I'll get these weird

Patricia Heaton ads that pop up about like, how does Patricia Heaton stay so beautiful? And like, now she looks even hotter. And she's got to be like pushing 70. And she looks fantastic. So out of people that I like, Patricia Heaton, on the middle. I like this kid in St. Louis that did three home runs in his first game. Joshua Baez, good for him. I like him.

It's hard for me to find people that I like because I think most people are the worst, particularly Sophie Cunningham and Pat McAfee. They are two special brands of the worst.