The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 10.11 Unexpected Dave Chappelle Scandal Fallout, Ariana Grande BetterHelp Controversy, & More

Episode Date: October 11, 2021

Shoutout to Keeps! Go to https://www.keeps.com/defranco to get 50% off your first order of hair loss treatment. ✩ THE OCTOBER DROP IS HERE!!! -  https://beautifulbastard.com GET IT WHILE YOU CAN! Only a few days left and then it's gone forever ever everrrr Watch More News: https://youtu.be/SEYSEThjphw TEXT ME! [phone] Get More Phil: https://linktr.ee/PhilipDeFranco -- 00:00 - Celebrities Honor World Mental Health Day 03:34 - Netflix Responds to Dave Chappelle Controversy in Internal Memo 05:39 - Sponsor 06:23 - Navy Engineer Charged For Attempting to Sell Submarine Secrets to Foreign Power 08:21 - DC's New Superman Comes Out As Bisexual 09:27 - Southwest Cancels Thousands of Flights 10:47 - Biden Becomes First President To Issue Proclamation Marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day -- ✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩ Celebrities Honor World Mental Health Day: https://roguerocket.com/2021/10/11/celebrities-world-mental-health-day/ Netflix Responds to Dave Chappelle Controversy in Internal Memo: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/11/22720724/netflix-suspends-trans-employee-tweeted-dave-chappelle-the-closer Navy Engineer Charged For Attempting to Sell Submarine Secrets to Foreign Power: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/politics/espionage-nuclear-submarine-fbi.html DC's New Superman Comes Out As Bisexual: https://screenrant.com/superman-bisexual-jon-kent-dc-comics-confirms/?utm_content=buffer72d71&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=SR-TW&utm_campaign=SR-TW Southwest Cancels Thousands of Flights: https://roguerocket.com/2021/10/11/southwest-flights-canceled/ Biden Becomes First President To Issue Proclamation Marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day: https://roguerocket.com/2021/10/11/biden-proclamation-indigenous-peoples-day/ ✩ STORIES NOT IN TODAY’S SHOW ✩ R. Kelly’s Music Sales Jumped Over 500% After His Conviction: https://roguerocket.com/2021/10/11/r-kellys-music-sales-jumped-over-500/ —————————— Executive Producer: Amanda Morones Edited by: James Girardier, Julie Goldberg, Maxwell Enright Art Department: Brian Borst, William Crespo Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Cory Ray, Brian Espinoza, Maddie Crichton, Lili Stenn, Neena Pesqueda Production Team: Zack Taylor, Emma Leid ———————————— #DeFranco #ArianaGrande #Netflix ———————————— Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sup you beautiful bastards! Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show and this is your final friendly reminder, the last shilling. You only have a few hours left if you wanna get in on the beautiful bastard October drop. I'm talking about those awesome emotionally exhausted tie-dyes,

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thank you for making this the biggest and most successful drop we have done to date. But with that said, welcome back to the show. Hit that like button if you want me to punch you in the throat, you weirdo. And let's just jump into it. And y'all, the first thing that we have to talk about today is World Mental Health Day,

as well as a controversy that came along with it, but World Mental Health Day, which was technically yesterday, but I didn't have a show. Really, any opportunity I can get to take that swing to let you know that you are not alone with the shit you're dealing with, I want to take. Whether it be anything with your mental health, something with depression, I mean, anxiety disorders, don't get enough attention. In fact, according to the ADAA, anxiety disorders just in the US affect 40 million Americans over the age of 18. That's 18.1% of the population.

You know, you look at those numbers and it's like, wow, the thing that makes so many of us feel alone is actually a thing that should be bringing us together because so many of us suffer with it. Which is also why I commend the increasing number of celebrities who have shared their mental health struggles showing what you could view as hopeful or maybe depressing, that no matter what level of success you have in this life, that you can still suffer.

You know, this year, some of the names we saw popping up in headlines, Olivia Rodrigo opening up about therapy, Selena Gomez spreading the word that seven out of 10 Gen Zers are more likely to report experiencing depression symptoms compared to other generations, Bella Hadid teaming up with a company to donate to a nonprofit, and then finally, one of the biggest,

and it ends up being controversial, is Ariana Grande. And that's because Ariana Grande ended up continuing her partnership with BetterHelp by announcing that she's donating $5 million in free therapy on the platform. Also, just to be completely clear, because I do not want to relive the worst time of my life ever, I haven't been sponsored

by BetterHelp for years, even though I could make an insane amount of money. And not because I ever found it to be a scam, but rather because I've seen more therapists speaking out about the service and that's made me keep my distance. But notably for Ariana Grande, this was a massive jump from her initial involvement. I mean, the last time we talked about her partnership,

she was donating a million dollars in therapy. So with this even bigger donation, she wrote, "'I acknowledge that there are very real barriers "'when it comes to accessing mental health resources, "'and while this is only one small gesture "'and a much larger systemic problem remains, "'I wanted to do this again with better help "'in hopes of bringing access to a few more people "'and perhaps inspiring a few of you This is only one small gesture and a much larger systemic problem remains. I wanted to do this again with better help

in hopes of bringing access to a few more people and perhaps inspiring a few of you to try something new and prioritize your own healing. And to be as fair as possible, I am not saying yay or nay regarding this service. I think with, especially with something like this, you should do your own research. Look at testimonials and recommendations,

whether it be for a better help, a talk space. I've been recently getting a lot of advertisements for Cerebral or if you can get a therapist in person. Because I truly believe, I understand why you might be skeptical of therapy, but I truly think the therapy works. Whether it be about getting that poison out of your head, or, you know, getting tools and tricks

to be able to better understand and deal with yourself. So with this story, I want to end it on, I guess, three questions. One, I don't know how old specifically you are, but do you feel like the conversation around mental health has changed drastically over your lifetime? Two, what are your thoughts around the controversy with Ariana Grande, right?

Do you think ultimately she's trying to do a net good, so it's good, or do you have concerns? Are you angry? And finally, three, if you've used a telehealth service, what have your experiences been? Good, bad, whatever, whether it be better health, talk space, cerebral, there's probably a million by now. Has it been good, bad?

Have you had to have several different therapists to find the right fit? I'd love to hear from you. Because while I do think there is no full replacement for in-person therapy, I think the last two years showed us there is an important need for remote services. Then, this morning on Twitter, I asked y'all, what would you like me to cover?

And one of the things that kept popping up was an update on the Dave Chappelle situation. There was a lot of controversy regarding things he said about trans people in his newest special. With that, we saw people criticizing Chappelle in Netflix, but also people defending the two. Now today, the update we're seeing, as The Verge put it, Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted

about Dave Chappelle's special. And you might remember that employee, we featured part of their thread last week, commenting on the special. But I also want to point out that that headline, I'm gonna say, I'm gonna give them a benefit of the doubt, is somewhat misleading by what it does not include. Because you have to click into the article to find out,

Netflix suspended Field along with two other employees for trying to attend a director level meeting they weren't invited to. As The Verge further explains, in a statement emailed to The Verge, a Netflix spokesperson pushed back against the idea that Field was suspended for tweeting, saying, it is absolutely untrue to say

that we have suspended any employee for tweeting about this show. Our employees are encouraged to disagree openly and we support their right to do so." Also of note with this story, if you've been wondering, you know, how are Netflix top level execs speaking with staff, answering questions? Reportedly Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos

responded to employee questions in an internal email, writing, it never feels good when people are hurting, especially our colleagues. Also noting they're not going to remove this special and adding, several of you have also asked where we draw the line on hate. We don't allow titles on Netflix "'that are designed to incite hate or violence,

"'and we don't believe the closer crosses that line.'" And continuing, "'I recognize, however, that distinguishing "'between commentary and harm is hard, "'especially with standup comedy, "'which exists to push boundaries. "'Some people find the art of standup to be mean-spirited, "'but our members enjoy it,

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Then we absolutely have to talk about this spy shit in the news. So according to a release from the Department of Justice, Jonathan Tobe, who served as a nuclear engineer, worked with his wife, Diana, to sell classified documents to a foreign country, and both have now been charged with violations of the Atomic Energy Act.

With the release saying that for roughly a year, Jonathan worked to sell restricted data concerning the design of nuclear powered warships to a person they believed was a representative for a foreign power. However, one should know it, the person they were actually communicating with was an undercover FBI agent.

With the Department of Justice saying that back in April of 2020, he sent a package to an unnamed foreign government that contained a sample of restricted data, along with instructions on how to forge a covert relationship where the government could purchase more data. Then, according to a complaint, the FBI obtained that package in December,

then starting to contact Jonathan via email by posing as a representative of that country. The correspondence continuing for months, involving an agreement to sell the data for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. And in June of 2021, the FBI actually sent Jonathan $10,000 in crypto in what was described as a good faith payment.

And then just a few weeks later, both he and his wife traveled to West Virginia so John could leave an SD card in a dead drop location while Diana was the lookout. Reportedly placing an SD card in a dead drop location while Diana was the lookout. Reportedly placing that SD card in a peanut butter sandwich. Then you have the undercover agent sending him another $20,000 so that Jonathan would give him a decryption key for the SD card,

which the FBI found did in fact have restricted data related to submarine nuclear reactors. This then continued into August where a similar exchange happened where Jonathan made another SD drop, receiving $70,000 this time and sending the decryption key. All that led to this last Saturday where the FBI arrested the couple at what they thought was another prearranged dead drop. Hey, if everything is as the DOJ says it is, I'm glad these two got caught. But the main thing that stands out to me here, and I blame spy movies

for messing up my brain on this, how is this so affordable? Like when I hear restricted data on nuclear submarine reactors, I'm like, Oh, that's like $10 million. But John's doing the equivalent of blowing someone for $5 in a parking lot. Understand, I'm not saying a treasonous act like this is okay, but I also think it's not okay to sell yourself short. You need to know your worth.

John, Diana, you were selling out your country for not even a down payment on a house in California. Also, I can't resist this transition. On the note of sucking dick, we should talk about Superman. And that is because today social media has a spotlight on DC now confirming that John Kent, DC's new Superman, is bisexual. While I am not personally bothered by it,

a lot of people have a lot of thoughts on the matter. Some cheering on this move, saying it's incredibly important, we need more inclusion, we need people to be able to see themselves in the art they consume. But on the other side, you have people saying this is just DC trying to win woke points or trying to push an agenda. Also, I think we just need to take a moment to be like, okay, if different iterations of superheroes are expected to exist in a multiverse of infinite possibilities where a skateboard riding lizard version of Superman can exist, why are we like, but I draw the line at kissing boys?

What that alien does in his private times is his own damn business. But all of that said, another transition here, a big happy national coming out day to all you beautiful bastards who decide to come out or not. If you already took that courageous step, I hope the people around you don't suck and they love you still for who you are because nothing's really changed.

For those of you who are not out there, just remember you are no less brave and I hope you're able to come out whenever you feel ready and just know that you're not less of a person. You're dope. Possibly, you might suck in other ways. You might like well-done steaks with ketchup. I don't know. Then we've got to talk about the scientific breakthrough that came out over the weekend, right? The news that it turns out there is something worse than having to fly Southwest,

and that is having your Southwest flight canceled at the last minute. With Southwest canceling more than 1,800 flights over the past few days, and originally you had Southwest saying, this is bad weather in Florida. There was an FAA imposed air traffic management program to blame, but the company executive also assuring people that none of this was due to staffing issues. Which the FAA responded, and I'll paraphrase here, bitch, why are you lying? Saying, yeah, bad weather did cause a few hours of delays

for some flights across the South. However, saying the issue was resolved. And then adding, some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place. And so because of that discrepancy of people theorizing, hey, is this connected to unvaxxed employees? Especially since we saw Southwest Pilot Union

asking the court on Friday to temporarily block the airlines COVID-19 vaccination requirement. With people like Senator Ted Cruz tweeting Joe Biden's illegal vaccine mandate at work, suddenly we're short on pilots and air traffic controllers. However, with that, a company spokesperson and the labor union that represents Southwest Pilots have denied those theories, and instead saying this just snowballed, right? With the original delays Friday leading to a snowball

effect on Saturday and Sunday. And in fact, reportedly Southwest even had to apologize to their employees for not being able to get all of them hotel rooms over the weekend. And those apologies may end up being one of many more, because even this morning, things are not better. They've already canceled another 350 flights as of recording this, delaying nearly 600 more. And then we should definitely talk about Indigenous Peoples Day as well, as a debate around President Biden

now becoming the first president to formally recognize the day, saying in a proclamation that the day will be observed alongside Columbus Day, which was established by Congress and adding, "'We must never forget the centuries long campaign "'of violence, displacement, assimilation, and terror "'wrought upon native communities and tribal nations throughout our country.

Today, we acknowledge the significant sacrifices made by Native peoples to this country and recognize their many ongoing contributions to our nation. Also, in a twin proclamation for Columbus Day, Biden applauded the contributions of Italian Americans while also acknowledging the violence Columbus and other explorers brought, saying, Today, we also acknowledge the painful history of wrongs and atrocities that many European explorers inflicted on tribal nations and indigenous communities. And continuing, on this day,

we recognize this painful past and recommit ourselves to investing in native communities, upholding our solemn and sacred commitments to tribal sovereignty and pursuing a brighter future centered on dignity, respect, justice, and opportunity for all people. And so with all that, you had a number of people happy, but also notably plenty of people argue

that just observing the day doesn't go far enough. Noting that none of Biden's words made Indigenous Peoples Day a federal holiday, many pointing out that still, even with Biden, no American president has ever apologized for how the country treated Native Americans throughout history. And saying, well, the visibility here is huge, right?

Because they've struggled for so long being invisible to mainstream society. They still experience continued discrimination and many of their groups are disproportionately impacted by climate change, gender-based violence, the pandemic, and other health issues among other things. And you know, ultimately this is where today's story and show ends, of course, with this,

whether it be this final story, the first one, anything in between. I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below. Also, a last little reminder, you only have a few hours left if you wanna get something from beautifulbastard.com. But as always, my name is Philip DeFranco.

You've just been filled in. I love yo faces and I'll see you tomorrow.