The Nick DiPaolo Show - Lee Priest | Nick Di Paolo Show #1643

Episode Date: October 23, 2024

In this episode right leaning comedian Nick Di Paolo interviews Lee Priest! Like what you hear?  Get TWICE as much "Nick Di Paolo Show", full episodes of Steven Crowder’s “Louder with Crowder” show and more on Mug Club! Sign up today to get all their content at https://Nickdip.com and use the promo code NICKDIP to get your first month FREE! SEE NICK LIVE: 11/9/24 – Bridge View Center Theater – Ottumwa, IA TIX:  https://www.nickdip.com/tour    For Tour Dates, Merch, stand-up clips and more visit https://nickdip.com 

Music playing It's an off-color remark. It's highly inappropriate. Folks you saw him, my guest, you saw him open the show, that's right, on a Wednesday, that's the great Lee Priest. You want to stick around for this episode, because we've had many guests on, nobody had more colorful stories, eight minutes into it, I'm like, Jesus, he's more of a maniac than he looks it's so goddamn funny so without further ado here's Lee Priest. My guest today ladies I've been waiting to talk to this guy

face to face for a long time because he's been a great fan of mine and he has supported this show for a long time excuse me former International Federation bodybuilder, professional bodybuilder. I mean, he's world known folks. He won his first competition when he was 13 years old. That means he was juicing when he was 12. His mom was a bodybuilder. At 19, he won Mr. Australia, moved to LA. He's done everything you can do. He's been in a few movies and whatnot. And if you want to know more about the guy, you go to Sam's Fitness on YouTube channel. And it's the great Lee Priestley. There he is in all his handsomeness. Lee, great to

talk to you. How are you? Good. Thank you. Thank you. I have to apologize that there's two of us can't to you. How are you? Good, thank you. Thank you. I have to apologize that there's two of us can't see you. Look at this ugly one. I apologize. You're not seeing double. I can't get it off. It looks like you're being sacked by JJ Watt.

That's an American football reference. So yeah, very good to talk to you. And I just want to talk before we get into politics and all that horse shit, I just want to, your journey has been pretty amazing as far as the bodybuilding stuff. And it said in your biography that your mom was a bodybuilder too. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah.

Because as you said, I started competing at 13 and by the time I was 17, my mother's like, yeah, she was like, we enjoy our food down here. If I ever get in shape, can I come on stage with you and maybe in 17? I don't want to be on stage with my mother. I'm like, yeah, you do it and I'll do it. So eight months later, she got in shape and I'm like, oh fuck, I got to go compete with my mother now. So we had to go on stage. We're actually one of the first mother and son in the world to win a title together.

And she tells the story because before we went on stage, I just won the Mr. Australia at 17 and she's on the other side of the stage. I'm on this side, I can see she's nervous. So I walk around and in one of the interviews, she goes, I thought my son was coming to give me encouragement. And I just looked at her and said, Mom, don't you fuck this up on me. And I walked away. I love it so she I mean was she like in bodybuilder shape or like swimsuit model shape or bodybuilder bodybuilder really really yeah yeah how about I don't even know if you had a dad how about your dad oh my dad well then that's the funny

story because they were married well my dad, my dad's gay. He's been with his partner for over 40 years. Oh, good. And that's why I believe in fate a lot because my mom met my dad at church. They sort of knew he was gay, but maybe they thought they could pray to gay away, who knows, whatever. So for that four years, I have a sister that's two years older than me. And then I was born and then they separated and he went on his gay way. So I said before, you know, it's a matter of timing and fate because if my mom didn't meet my dad when she did and

tried to make him straight, there would be no lead Priest. I could have been shot over some guy's back or spat out on a bathroom floor. It's like, it's all a matter of timing, Nick. I could have ended up somewhere where I shouldn't have been. You could have been a stain on the wallpaper at the highest in Melbourne. Oh my God.

Exactly. Interesting. Exactly. Interesting. I could have been in a lot of places but here I am. Let me ask you a question. Well it's funny because when I was a kid we always you know I sent away for those I got those muscle magazines and I sent away for this thing where I'd get a once a month It sent me a booklet on what to eat drink And exercises and and and it was like a real it was kind of an athlete male thing

But it's sort of I don't know if it's true in Australia but it it sort of morphed into this gay thing in the United States later on and Did you I'm just Sam trying to put you connect your dad with this did he ever go to your competitions and go hey can I meet the guy that came in fifth place because because my my real name my real name legally was McCutcheon right when I started competing I used my stepfather's name priest which was easier ah I feel like a lot of my competing three my dad the he's into so you know maybe you'll give him a woody or something but no I made him happy so he probably went home and did his did his lover extra hard that night because I used his name

you know there's a lot going on here you got your dad was Gabe um his name was McCutchen but then your stepdad's name is Priest bodybuilder Gabe. Do you see where I'm going with this? There's 19 elements that could... Uh-oh, he's got a plot. I see where you're going, Nick. I see where you're going. He's disappeared. I got the Pope. Oh, Jesus.

Stop it. Stop it. Stop that. Stop that. Stop that. The body of Christ. No, it's not at your dick. Oh, that's...

He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. He's got the Pope. Stop that The body of Christ no, it's not at your dick That's It's got the pulp for a prop I think I messed up though Nick because I think when I was nine years old, you know women to do all the way Yeah, the waxing. Yes that just come out. So my mum thought should wax the. So at nine years old, I came home from

school and you meant to put a little bit on then rip it off. My mother, she melted the whole pan of wax and she covered her legs from waist to ankles in wax. So I come home from school, she's naked, stuck in a kitchen floor covered in wax. I had to use a spatula. I had to use a spatula to get my mother off the kitchen floor. No wonder I'm fucked up. Oh my god. And she was naked. Naked. So, making your mother naked on this stuck to the kitchen floor and I got to get her off with a spatula to put her in a hot bath. Well, I was just peeling the wax off and the legs were bleeding. That's very traumatic on a gun scene.

I got a woman off with a spatula once, but it wasn't the kitchen floor. That is, oh my God, that is, I'm just picturing that. And I'm guessing she's a good, I'm guessing she's a good looking lady for some reason. Oh, no, no, no. Huh? I've never looked at my mamba that way,

but maybe if I was from the Appalachians or something, I might have found her attractive. I guess that's true I'm a third party just thinking of a naked lady on the floor. Well I I mean she was uh she was was she in bodybuilding shape when that happened or no she was kind of a chubby. No no she wasn't no she was in the normal normal normal mother shape not very attractive big I didn't I didn't get nine-year-old wood I wasn't I wasn't trying to go back to where I come from that's for sure we're talking we're talking the great Lee priestly Lee priest Lee priestly what the fuck today when I get priestly you'll be giving it up I know oh yes yes

Lee priest like let me again before we get into the other shit and it's You're thinking of 902 on that case? Oh yes, yes. Lee Priest. Let me, again, before we get into the other shit. Ed, it's always fascinated me, bodybuilding, and obviously you've got to do steroids to compete. Now, when you were 19, I mean you were already juicing, were you worrying about your liver or your kidney? It amazes me how many guys just said, fuck it, I'm going for it.

Tell me, tell me, tell me that. I guess I played football in college up at University of Maine. A lot of my fucking teammates were juicing and I'm going, you're gonna blow your kidneys out for the University of Maine? This isn't University of Miami, you fucking idiots. But I'm telling you, looking back on it, if I could do it again, I would fucking juice because I don't know, Stallone

is still alive, Schwarzenegger is still alive and you look fucking healthy. Tell me, were you a little nervous about that? Or not, you didn't even think about it? Well, I really knew because once I got to that level, and I was going professional, I knew all the other pros were doing it for the keep up, I had to take it. But I heard the large amount some of them were taking, I'm like, someone taking 2000 milligrams a week, I took 400. So when I tell people I took 400, they don't believe it. They're like, I had to be taken more.

But people with good genetics don't need a lot, but people think more is better, more is better, but it doesn't work that way. So I'd always get my blood work done, get checked out every six months, then every year, get my heart checked. So touchwood, I come out of it somewhat safely, physically, anyway, mentally, mentally I'm a fucking wreck.

But you know. Oh yeah, well, that goes with the territory. I wouldn't be talking to you if you weren't a mental wreck We don't like fuck you like that. That is a let me tell you tell your mother put some wax on that cup You uh so you said you'd get your heart checked and stuff What was that by legitimate doctors or was that some guy at the gym? get your heart checked and stuff. Was that by legitimate doctors or was that some guy at the gym charging people a hundred bucks behind the locker? Was it a real doctor? And what if it's a real doctor, what's the advice they gave you? Any? Well, I get the CT scan where they put the contrast in and they look at the heart because

most athletes have a sports and athlete heart, you have a large heart. And most people think having a bigger heart would be healthier, but actually the bigger heart is it gets weaker, so it's a catch 22. So I always get a check. They said that my last check up my heart had actually improved because pretty much steroids was the only drug I did.

I never drank, I never smoked. Wasn't until I was 42 I met a girl who introduced me to cocaine. And that was a whole who introduced me to cocaine. That was a whole, let me tell you, the first time the first time I used cocaine Nick, this is a story. I figured I'll give it a try, I'll go home so I get the cocaine on the table, I position myself on the couch, I put porn on and I'm watching the porn doing a bit of coke, now I'm yelling at the TV like you can hear me, you dirty fucking whore, take it, take it.

But I'm getting aroused, so I figured, you know what, I might as well have a wake while I'm watching it. So I go get deluged and I start tugging it, then I'm like, fuck, this makes you soft. This is fucking useless. That's right. So, hey, brainwave kicked in. I looked down at my gym shoes.

I'm like, I've got a shoelace. So I tied one end of the shoelace around the end of my cot, the other end of the coffee table, and I started stroking it like a barber sharpened on his fucking blade. I'm stroking it like that. But as I'm stroking it, I looked across, and my cat's sitting there, and I said, don't you fucking judge me as the cat's looking at me. So I'm watching porn, I'm yelling at my cat, doing cocaine and I busted out laughing thinking if I die right now this is how my mother's gonna find me with my cock tied to the coffee table, cocaine on the table. What a way to go. I was just gonna make that joke and you walked in on your mother glued to the kitchen

floor naked. That fucking made this that silly compared to what she would have found. Imagine that story telling your friend to call me. Oh my God. Yeah. You're at the funeral. Well, he died loving what he was eat. He died doing what he loved.

Titus got to some art. Oh my aching stem. Holy fucking shit. Then you moved, again we're talking to Lee Priest, bodybuilder and funny as a fuck. Then you moved to LA. How old were you when you went to LA? Because I lived in, I'm guessing you might have went to Venice Beach for the rest of the muscle head. Yeah, Venice. I lived there for one year. I thought I was going to be a star. I was in comedy about four years.

Arsenio Hall put me on a show three times. He loved me. So I told my girlfriend at the time, see you. I'm fucking going to LA. And I said, don't come out with me. I go out there. It was the worst fucking year of my life. I Venice Beach, I still to this day when I go to LA, I won't go near Venice Beach. I just had the worst

year my girlfriend I was out there but I didn't know anybody after about fucking two months I'm calling her at three in the morning, you know, it's midnight LA three where she lived. Her dad wouldn't answer the phone and go no she's out with a guy named Brian. He was really sticking it to me and shit. And I, you know, I was missing her. I didn't know anybody. I'm in a basement apartment right, right near the fucking beach on Ocean Ave or whatever the fuck it was. I'd lost, this is the only good thing about it. I was so depressed. It was like that movie swingers. My friends were trying, the one guy I knew was trying to get me out of the house to go to titty bars and I just wanted my girlfriend and

I was a sad sack of shit and I would sit in a wife beater against the wall I would even sit on my furniture I was so depressed I didn't shower and shave I think I went 11 or 12 days and I would fucking go Lee I would go running on that bike path on Venice Beach right along the ocean. I was running six miles every morning. I fucking it's the most ripped I ever got. I wasn't eating because I was depressed but I was running out of anger and I had a nice tan. I have a clip of me on the third Arsenio. I look like a fucking movie star and Dave Attell ran into me. He was out there doing some business and he almost said he didn't recognize me. When he fucking ran into me, he was out there doing some business and he almost said he didn't recognize me.

When he fucking ran into me on Venice Beach I was sitting on a bench with my head between my legs. It was, I had such a horrible time there. They would close the beach every Sunday because of gang activity. And it was just so, I'm in a basement apartment in Venice, you'd want to be seeing the ocean. I'm seeing people's feet walk by on a 108 degree day and I'm just a basement apartment in Venice, but you'd want to be seeing the ocean I'm seeing people's feet walk by on a hundred and eight degree day, and I'm just sitting there, so I just fucking Packed up went back to fucking went back to LA, but you you were hanging out with Were there some big names out there that you hooked up with was for right now of those guys out there

Oh, yeah, I trained I trained with three now a a bit and Arnold I'd see Arnold every day. No shit Like I did um when he read it is encyclopedia or bodybuilding I did a lot of photos in the book to him and as I'm training doing the photos for him I know the filter photographer stop stop and he would come over and wipe my sweat off It's a carry-on stop stop. You'd, put oil on me. I said to the photographer I said fuck the training pitches every time Arnold wipes my sweat off and puts oil on me get me photos of that so I can be like Arnold's my bitch look at him put oil on me. That is a that is fucking unbelievable. I was at Gulls Because I belonged to Gold's Gym, I'd better speak.

I started at Gold's, but then there was too many wankers in there, too many egos. So I went down to World Gym. There was just Arnold, Luke, Varignor, all the old guys like him. It was great fun there. I used to love it because Arnold had a place. Joe Gold made him a park and spas His big marble slab with his name in it. So some mornings would put flowers on it. Like he had died.

He'd come upstairs and get all fucking mad. You fucking idiot. Uh, really you don't have to get on with good was when I was at Gold's Dennis Hopper used to train there and he was a funny guy. And then he's nobody who's come up, Dennis Hopper used to train there. He was a funny guy. He'd always come up behind me and be like, I'm like what? I turn around and he's like, the paparazzi are outside, Lee. Would they recognize me today? You have on a black hat, big glasses, black pants, black t-shirt with ACTA written across the front of it.

That is unreal man. I saw Schwarzenegger once at golf. He came in and he was standing at the front desk of some shit, you know, and I just like fucking put the weights down. I'm doing like, you know, 30 pump curls. He's gonna call me a bitch. So I'm at the front desk and then he left. So did you live right on Venice Beach? Yeah, I lived right on there. The guy that owned Gold's had a place there, so I lived right on there. So the balcony was right where that bike path was. Yes. And people would ask me, what do you do for a living?

How do you afford this place? I didn't want to say I'm a bodybuilder, so I'd be like, I'm a fucking rugby player. I come from Australia. Now I'm playing with the Bell and bullshit like that they're like well you're not very tall I'm like oh but I'm fucking fast I would make up the most bullshit stories that's what everybody did in LA everybody fucking lied about what they were doing yeah we every every waitress was a fucking actor oh my god I used to

go on I used to go on auditions just to fucking meet girls i would go on audition i i remember going on audition for some commercial and i had to walk down a hallway there was another casting thing going on for tropicana sun lotion the fuck i had to run a gauntlet of girls the ugliest one was a 12 on the scale of 10 And they were all about 19 I've never I fucking bank so much of that jerked off for about a year just and of course I blew the audition But that's not the point Venice for like nine years and I used to have to do a lot of magazine cover shoots with girls And I was on the cover of muscle and and Fitness once with Joe Weider was there,

you know, Joe Weider that started the whole bodybuilding thing. Yeah. These two girls and like, I always thought it was a cliche dumb blondes, but I tell you these two, these were like fucking dumb as fucking blocks of rocks. I mean, and like, but the idea was the picture he wanted was me shirtless, my arms are out like this, the girl is sitting across the back of my neck doing the splits while I'm trying to hold her, flexing my muscles, covered in oil. I'm like, if it wasn't for her,

the giant has stuck to the back of my neck like an octopus, she would have fucking fell off, I think. It was like a suction cup. Had to... Like Jesus on the dashboard. Oh my friggin, oh I wanted to ask you about Joe Weider. Now is Joe Weider gay? No, I think his brother might have been a little, but Joe was never, Ben I heard the rumors about, but Ben was really into Napoleon. He's like Napoleon historian and Napoleon's hat and all this other stuff. And Joe Weider actually, even though Joe Weider was Jewish, he was really into Hitler.

He was into Hitler memory. Like that's. For those of you on Mug Club, stick around for the second half of the interview with Lee Priest. The rest is you you're gonna miss it, but if you don't want to, go to nickdip.com, click, sign up for, it'll tell you how to sign up for Mug Club. If you do that, you're gonna get the rest of this show, Steven Crowder's full show, which includes Alex Jones popping in and out, Brian Callan, and he's got the undercover team that breaks the national news uh... all that

and where it nicked up dot com click on the tool button and you can see that on november ninth i will be the bridgeview center theater at tom walk can't wait to be there uh... that's right november ninth so uh... for those of you who are on my club stick around here's the second half my interview with Lee Priest.

Hi, good night everybody. I'm free I'm out.