The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 10.17 Liam Payne's Death & TMZ Backlash, Andrew Tate VS Coffeezilla, Kamala Destroyed Fox News Host, &

Episode Date: October 17, 2024

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Sup, you beautiful bastards. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show, your daily dive into the news. We have a lot to talk about today, at least seven big stories, but where we have to start is with the shocking news that One Direction's Liam Payne died in Argentina at the age of 31.

A death that, one, shocked a lot of people around the world. I mean, fans were devastated and mourning, but also, two, had people saying TMZ just bought themselves a ticket straight to hell, because in the breaking news of his death, TMZ decided to post photos apparently depicting part of Liam's body, which obviously I'm not gonna be airing on this show,

but for some context, the images were of his arm and part of his torso with the outlet initially saying, TMZ obtained a photo showing Liam's body. We're not showing his whole body, but you can clearly see his tattoos, a clock on his left forearm, and a scorpion on his abdomen.

Notably, the article no longer includes those photos with that removal following loud and intense backlash online. With people saying things like TMZ is trying to get clicks and ad money off a young man's dead body just minutes after the news of his death. Imagine being a member of Liam Payne's family and seeing this.

As well as not even confirmed whether the family know or not and you're posting images allegedly of his body? You sick fucking scumbags. And people calling this disgusting and irresponsible journalism and arguing that his family should sue. With others adding, fame is such a terrifying thing because why is there currency in a photo of a portion of a dead man's arm? And why would thousands and thousands and thousands

of people see that within an hour of a young man dying? Even the people who look like they're most worshipped and blessed are treated like spare parts for sale. Also regarding the specifics of his death, he died at the hotel that he was staying at, but we also can't say how it happened without YouTube suppressing the whole show. So the main thing I'll say is right now, it's officially unclear if it was intentional or accidental. With police saying they went to his hotel in response to an emergency call that said that there was an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. With the hotel manager telling 911, he's destroying the entire room and well, we need you to send someone please. With them later adding that the staff was

afraid he might do something. The police then saying that when they found his hotel room, it was in complete disarray with packs of supplements and over-the-counter drugs strewn about and various items being broken. The New York Post here publishing photos of the room that, again, I'm not going to be showing in this show, but in them you can see a broken TV. And this is Liam has been vocal about his struggles of substance abuse and alcoholism in the past. With this, his family also released a statement to the BBC following his death saying they are heartbroken and asked for privacy. Reports around this noting that he survived by a seven-year-old son, as well as reports noting that his death comes as there were a lot of allegations coming from his ex-fiancee Maya. Before this also reportedly issued a cease and desist order against him because he allegedly wouldn't stop

contacting her. This is earlier this year, she published a novel based on her relationship with Liam and in it, the Liam character chases her character with an ex. But they're also recently doing an interview claiming that did actually happen. The book also detailed what she said was a real experience where she gets pregnant and the Liam character says he'll leave her if she keeps it and pressures her to get an abortion at home

to keep it secret, leading to medical complications. With Maya being 18 and Liam 26 when the relationship was confirmed and she previously said that she was naive at the time and saying, I don't know if it was a power imbalance, but I feel like maybe my love was taken advantage of in a way. And then finally, most recently and possibly most notable during an interview that was published this week, Maya claimed that he would send messages

threatening or dangling his potential death as a manipulation tactic after their breakup, all of which has led to a ton of discourse. Some people now harassing Maya and blaming her for his death, but this also as others are out there defending her and are right to speak out saying no one should blame her, even if these allegations make grieving complicated for the fans. But ultimately, that's where we are with this whole situation right now. We're waiting for more details to come out.

There are a lot of discussions playing out online. So in the meantime, I gotta ask you, what are your thoughts with this whole situation? Whether it be about the death in general, what TMZ did, all this discussion around Maya, anything and everything, I'd love to hear from you in those comments down below. But then in social media drama news,

but also it feels bigger than that, we have Andrew Tate versus Coffeezilla playing out right now. Right, and as far as all this being public, it started when Andrew Tate tweeted out a screenshot of an email that Coffee apparently sent him seeking comment on a story that he's working on. And that email saying,

"'Hey Andrew, I'm reaching out for comment "'as I have a story about your crypto endorsements "'coming out, please respond in 48 hours "'to ensure I can get your answer in the video for context. With the man going on to say, last year you said you do not endorse shit coins. You've also claimed you do not have anything to do with any crypto. What changed? With the man, among other things, asking him how much he and his brother Tristan were paid to promote a coin called Roos. Also asking if he was aware it had been hacked. Then asking questions about his affiliations with other coins like RNT and Daddy, along with a

question about his previous statements about the SEC. And in sharing that email, we'll say, uh, Tate used language to insinuate CoffeeZilla is gay and then wrote Daddy. With him then continuing in another tweet saying, CoffeeZilla is gay, Daddy to the moon, R&T to the moon. Fuck that loser. Every single negative email, negative comment, and negative review on his bullshit is money I spend in the trenches. With him then posting a video saying, CoffeeZilla is a b****. This is my statement to you, CoffeeZilla. You're a f***ing b****. I guarantee I drink more coffee than you, meaning you're a fraud to begin with. Nobody likes you. Nobody's scared of your f***ing investigation. Your emails sound gay. I accidentally leaked your email address. Now everyone's calling you f***ing gay.

And apparently that last part is very true because one, Andrew literally tweeted for his followers to email him and call him gay. And two, Coffee part is very true because one, Andrew literally tweeted for his followers to email him and call him gay. And two, Coffeezilla posted the evidence himself, sharing a screenshot of his inbox, which includes tons of emails of people using homophobic language and slurs. With Coffee then writing,

I asked Andrew Tate about his crypto scams, and I think he sent the war room after me. With him then reposting the questions that he asked and saying, would still appreciate your answers. You've got my email. But for now, we'll have to wait to see if he uncovered something, what that video might hold. But until then, I'd love to know your thoughts here.

But then, we gotta talk about this news today that is a horrifying reminder that all it takes is one mistake at a hospital for a standard procedure to turn into a horror film. Right, and so the situation which NPR just pieced together through interviews takes place back in 2021 at the Baptist Health Hospital in Richmond, Kentucky. And the doctors there were preparing

for an organ retrieval operation when the nurses wheeled the donor, who had been declared brain dead, into the operating room. But as Natasha Miller, one of the doctors told NPR, after he came in, he was moving and thrashing around on the bed. When they looked closer, tears were streaming down his face as he shook his head no.

Which just to be clear here, are the medical symptoms of a man desperately trying to stop the doctors from cutting him open to take his fucking organs. So the two doctors on the case, they see this, they were shocked and naturally they refused to perform the procedure. With Miller recalling the procuring surgeon, he was like, I'm out of it.

I don't wanna have anything to do with it. It was very chaotic. Everyone was just very upset. And then she says she overheard the case coordinator for the Oregon Procurement Organization, Kentucky Oregon Donor Aff donor affiliate or CODA, call her supervisor for advice. Which you might think would come in the form of, yeah, don't cut that guy open. But according to Miller, the supervisor told the coordinator that she needed to quote,

find another doctor to do it and that quote, we were going to do this case. With Miller going on to describe the call saying, she's like, there is no one else. She's crying, the coordinator, because she's getting yelled at. Now ultimately the organ retrieval did get canceled, but it turns out the donor, 36-year-old Anthony Thomas Hoover II, also known as TJ, he woke up more than once that day. Reportedly, he was admitted to the hospital after suffering a drug overdose.

And according to organ preservationist, Nicoletta Martin, who reviewed the case file, he showed signs of life during an initial procedure known as cardiac catheterization, which is this procedure where doctors operate on a potential organ donor to see whether the heart is healthy enough to actually be donated. And reportedly, TJ woke up during that procedure

and began thrashing around on the table as well. But then instead of going, oh shit, this dude's definitely not dead, the doctors just sedated him and went on like nothing happened. With his sister Donna later telling NPR, she became concerned when he appeared to open his eyes and look around as he was being wheeled

from intensive care to the operating room. But there, she says, she and other family members were told, "'Hey, what you saw, that was just a common reflex.'" With Martin saying, "'That's everybody's worst nightmare, right? "'Being alive during surgery and knowing "'that someone is going to cut you open "'and take your body parts out.

"'That's horrifying.'" Yeah, that's literally the synopsis of a Tales from the Crypt episode that scarred me as a child, which also on the note of being scarred, Martin added, several of us that were employees needed to go to therapy. Adding, it took its toll on a lot of people, especially me.

Now with all this, it's still not entirely clear right now what went wrong that day, but the organ procurement organization has denied any wrongdoing, telling NPR, CODA does not recover organs from living patients. CODA has never pressured its team members to do so. But this notably is now the Kentucky State Attorney General is reviewing the allegations and the Federal Health Resources and

Services Administration is investigating them. And so for now, we're going to have to wait to see what happens there. But as far as TJ, he is alive, seemingly well. He lives with his sister. Presumably all his organs are still packed snugly inside his body. Though, unfortunately, he's not fully himself anymore. As Donna, who's now his legal guardian, explained, is saying that he has problems remembering, walking and talking, and that whenever she asks him about what happened at the hospital, he just responds with two simple yet chilling words.

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major media appearances left and right, with some being more unexpected than others. Vice President Kamala Harris, for example, appeared on Fox News for an interview with Brett Baier, with that being a big part of an effort that she's had to appeal to independent voters who watch that channel more than on CNN and MSNBC,

as well as, you know, trying to get more classic, moderate Republicans and conservative women who might be willing to break away from Trump. And this is we also saw Trump doing two different town hall style appearances. One that also aired on Fox News, where he took questions from an all woman audience in Georgia in a bid to try to get traction

with that demographic as polls continue to show he has a serious gender gap problem. And then the second essentially being the same style though him appearing at Univision where he spoke with Latino voters. Voters who were predicted to make up as much as 15% of eligible voters this year and are likely to play an absolutely essential

game-changing role in key swing states that have high Latino populations like Arizona and Nevada. And that also coming after Harris held her own Univision town hall last week. And when we saw both of them largely hitting their usual talking points on key topics like the economy, immigration, democracy, and other issues, there were also a number of very significant viral moments that have kind of taken over the news cycle. Like for example,

in the Fox News interview, which by the way was less of an interview and it was more like Bret Baier attacking, debating, and trying to bait Harris. With him at one point trying to get Harris to say something really negative about Trump supporters, or I try to get that Hillary Clinton deplorable moment. Why, if he's as bad as you say, that half of this country is now supporting this person who could be the 47th president of the United States, why is that happening? This is an election for president of the United States.

It's not supposed to be easy. I know, but if it's... It's not supposed to be... It is not supposed to be a cakewalk for anyone. So are they misguided? The 50 percent? Are they stupid? What is it? I would never say that about the American people. And in fact, if you listen to Donald Trump, if you watch any of his rallies, he's the one who tends to demean and belittle and diminish the American people. He's the one who talks about an enemy within, an enemy within, talking about the American people, suggesting he would turn the American military on the American people. We asked that question to the former president today. Harris Faulkner had a town hall and this is how he responded. I heard about that. They were saying I was like threatening. I'm not

threatening anybody. They're the ones doing the threatening. They do phony investigations. I've been investigated more than Alphonse Capone. He was the greatest. No, it's true. We think of it. It's called weaponization of government. It's a terrible thing. So, Brett, I'm sorry. And with all due respect, that clip was not what he has been saying about the enemy within that he has repeated when he's speaking about the American people. That's not what you just showed. He was asked about that specific clip. No, no, no, that's not what you just showed, in all fairness and respect to you. No, no, no, I'm telling you that was the question that we asked him.

You didn't show that, and here's the bottom line. He has repeated it many times, And you and I both know that. And you and I both know that he has talked about turning the American military on the American people. He has talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him. This is a democracy. And in a democracy, the president of the United States in the United States of America should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he'd lock people up for doing it. And this is what is at stake. You know, I want to break down what's going on here,

because what Harris said is completely correct. And what Fox News is doing is incredibly manipulative and misleading. Harris is explicitly referencing this comment that Trump made while literally talking to Fox News earlier this week when he was asked if he expects there to be chaos from outside agitators. And he responded. I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and destroying our country, by the way, totally destroying our country, the towns, the villages, they're being inundated. But I don't think they're the problem in terms of election day. I think the bigger problem are the people from within.

We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics. And I think they're the, and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by national guard or if really necessary, by the military. But Trump also making a similar comment at another point in that interview.

We have two enemies. We have the outside enemy and then we have the enemy from within. And the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and all these countries. With him then going on to specifically target Representative Adam Schiff,

even directly calling him the enemy within at one point, while also using antisemitic tropes. And those comments have been widely condemned as yet another instance of Trump using increasingly authoritarian rhetoric and threatening violence against his political opponents. And so by showing that different clip of Trump claiming he's not threatening anyone,

Baer and his team over at Fox News, they're trying to downplay and normalize the fact that Trump literally said he would send the military after his perceived enemies. He's talking about American politicians and American citizens in America, but also something else that Baer left out there. The fact that Trump literally made those enemy

within comments again at the same Fox News town hall that Baer is using to claim that Trump isn't making threats. It is the enemy from within and they're very dangerous. They're Marxists and communists and fascists and they're sick. They're dangerous for our country. We have China, we have Russia, we have all these countries. If you have a smart president, they can all be handled.

The more difficult are the Pelosi's, these people, they're so sick and they're so evil. It's so weird how Brett and Fox News cut that clip. Why would they do that? What a crazy accident. Because obviously Fox News and Brett, they wouldn't want to mislead their viewers. They wouldn't do that just to prove fealty

to their audience of one, right? That would be crazy. But with all that said, if you didn't watch that full interview, I'm gonna link to it down below. It's definitely worth a watch. She stands her own. She's strong doing it.

She hits really solid points when Brett Baier is not trying to talk over her. Or things like Baier trying to use almost half the interview to talk about immigration and border security, which Harris ended up using as an opportunity to raise awareness of the fact that Donald Trump killed the bipartisan border bill. Spreading the word that Democrats and even Republicans

are trying to deal with the issue, but Donald Trump has held that back so he can try to be a hero. And then also at one point he even played a Trump campaign ad that noted her previous support for prisoners receiving gender affirming surgery and claiming, as he did in the debate, that she is in favor of taxpayer-funded sex changes

for prisoners and illegal aliens. With Bayer then going on to ask. So are you still in support of using taxpayer dollars to help prison inmates or detained illegal aliens. With Bayer then going on to ask... So are you still in support of using taxpayer dollars to help prison inmates or detained illegal aliens to transition to another gender? I will follow the law. And it's a law that Donald Trump actually followed. You're probably familiar with, now it's a public report,

that under Donald Trump's administration, these surgeries were available to, on a medical necessity basis, to people in the federal prison system. And I think, frankly, that ad from the Trump campaign is a little bit of like throwing, you know, stones when you're living in a glass house. But again, you can and should watch a whole interview, come to your own conclusion, and I'll link to it down below. But then, switching gears to Trump, he had a number of viral clips, though it was for different reasons. Starting with Trump's all-woman town hall where Robert asked Harris zero questions about reproductive rights. That

topic and a disgusting response to it ended up going viral because at one point Fox News host Harris Faulkner made a comment about Amber Nicole Thurman. She's a 28-year-old mother who died a preventable death in 2022 as a result of Georgia's restrictive abortion laws according to an investigation by ProPublica. A death that many have laid at Donald Trump's feet because he put in Supreme Court justices that reversed Roe v Wade. Before Trump's town hall in Georgia, her family held a press call to talk about how her death was preventable. But when Faulkner mentioned that call to Trump, we saw this interaction. Amber Thurman's family have come out on a press call and they're doing what's called a pre-buttle to our town hall right now.

Oh, that's nice. Yeah, and I want to get better ratings, I promise. Right. So that blew up because you have the former president literally mocking the grieving family of a woman who died. And also, if you're wondering why you can hear so many people laughing at that moment, it's probably because it's since been reported that the town hall was packed with his local supporters, which is a fact that Fox did not disclose. And in fact, at times, Fox literally edited the broadcast from its original recording to take out moments where they vocally expressed support. This including cutting one woman who had asked a question mid sentence to remove a bite of her saying she was already voting for Trump, as well as cutting out

a clip where Trump asked the crowd who they were voting for with attendees, then literally chanting Trump, Trump. And with all that said, I think the clip that's gotten the most traction came from the Univision town hall. That's because of this question and answer between a man who says that he's a Republican, though no longer registered, and Donald Trump, as well as the audience reactions to it as Trump's answer. And so this guy says he wants to give Trump a chance to win back his vote, but then he hits on three things.

Your, I'm gonna say action and maybe inaction during your presidency and the last few years, sort of, you know, was a little disturbing to me. You know, what happened during January 6th and the fact that, you know, you waited so long to take action while your supporters were attacking the Capitol. Coronavirus, I thought we were, the public was misled during coronavirus and that many, many more lives could have been saved if we would have been informed better. And also people in your administration who don't support you.

I'm curious how people so close to you and your administration no longer want to support you. So why would I want to support you? If you would answer these questions for me, I would really appreciate it and give you the opportunity. Your own vice president doesn't want to support you now. And with that question, Donald Trump tries to minimize how much of his former cabinet do not support him and minimizing the situation with Pence saying he just disagrees with what he did. And then Trump significantly talking about January 6th like this. Very importantly, you had hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington. They didn't come because of me. They came because of the election. They thought the election was a rigged election, and that's why they came.

Some of those people went down to the Capitol. I said, peacefully and patriotically, nothing done wrong at all, nothing done wrong. And action was taken, strong action. Ashley Babbitt was killed. Nobody was killed. There were no guns down there. We didn't have guns. The others had guns, but we didn't have guns.

And when I say we, these are people that walked down. This was a tiny percentage of the overall, which nobody sees and nobody nobody shows. But that was a day of love from the standpoint of the millions. It's like hundreds of thousands. It could have been the largest group I've ever spoken before. They asked me to speak. I went and I spoke and I used the term peacefully and patriotically. If you look at the Democrats, what they say, you look at Maxine Waters and you look at Hillary Clinton and you look at what they say and they don't put that on. They only put Republicans on. But they couldn't get me because of the fact that I said everything's got to be peaceful and patriotic. It won't take long to tell you Neutral's ingredients. Vodka, soda, natural flavors. So, what should we talk about?

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they no longer want. And so with that, the basic principle is that the cancellation method must be, quote, at least as easy to use as the signup process. But of course, there's also more here, right? For example, the rule also requires retailers, gyms, and other businesses to get consumers consent for subscriptions, auto renewals, and free trials that convert to paid memberships.

Plus, and this is huge, businesses will be banned from forcing customers to go through some sort of chatbot or an agent to cancel subscriptions that were originally signed up to using an app or website. And finally, thank fucking God for this. For memberships that customers signed up to in person, businesses will have to offer the option to terminate them online or with a phone call. Though a big thing to keep in mind before you call that gym that's like, no, you have to come in person. The new rule will not take effect for about six months. And also in the meantime, it may be challenged in court because the FTC commissioners, they passed the final rule yesterday with three Democrats voting yes and two Republicans voting no. And in their dissenting opinion, one of the Republicans speculated that the rule quote, will likely not survive legal challenge. And of course it's the businesses that are likely to bring the challenge, one of the Republicans speculated that the rule, quote, will likely not survive legal challenge. And of course, it's the businesses that are likely to bring the

challenge, especially as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for example, has in general opposed the Biden administration's effort to crack down on junk fees, including the click to cancel rule, with them instead describing it as the FTC's latest power grab in its pursuit to micromanage business decisions. And the group also saying, not only will this rule deter businesses from providing sensible, consumer-friendly subscriptions, but it will leave Americans with fewer options, higher prices, and more headaches. And while obviously that is up for debate,

like so many things in this world, it's also notable that the rule actually seems to have overwhelming bipartisan support. In fact, according to a recent poll, it's supported by 83% of voters, including 85% of Democrats and 80% of Republicans. And beyond that, the FTC says they've been receiving thousands of complaints

about negative option and recurring subscription practices every year. And adding there that the number of complaints has been steadily increasing over the past five years with them getting nearly 70 per day on average in 2024. And personally, as you can likely tell, I'm all for it. Like I know that I mentioned the gym example, but it is insane that there are gyms out there

that are like, nope, sorry, you can't cancel unless you say that shit to my face. What, what are you talking about? Also places that yeah, make you use a chat bot or some phone and it almost seems like they're set up horribly. Like on purpose, you get frustrated and you're like, it's not even worth the time to cancel. And while this change will obviously impact some businesses

in a negative way, it's because those businesses are holding customers fucking hostage. Which call me crazy, doesn't feel like we should be defending those businesses. And huge news, the LA Catholic Church just broke a record, right, hit a milestone. Unfortunately, it is because they have now paid out over a billion dollars in sexual abuse settlements.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is announcing that they've agreed to pay an $880 million settlement to over 1300 people who accused the Catholic clergy of sexually abusing them, right, with that making it the highest single payout by a diocese ever. Though notably this is because the LA diocese beat their own previous record with them previously paying out 740 million dollars in a variety of abuse settlements. Actually this latest news brings a total payout to over 1.5 billion dollars.

And of course all of this connected to how the church has been at the center of a legal battle regarding sexual abuse for over two decades now. But those including countless allegations that the church's previous leadership seriously mishandled abuse cases. Even sometimes moving clergy known to sexually abuse children to other parishes rather than just removing them or turning them over to the police. In fact, reportedly more than 300 priests

who worked in the archdiocese in just LA have been accused of sexually abusing minors. And a key thing with all of this is that some of the claims in this settlement, they date back decades and were only able to be brought to light because of a law that was passed back in 2019, because that opened up a brief three-year window where there could actually be legal ramifications. And so with all this, you have the attorney leading the settlement

negotiations saying, these survivors have suffered for decades in the aftermath of the abuse. Dozens of the survivors have died. They are aging and many of those with knowledge of the abuse within the church are too. It was time to get this resolved. With another lawyer representing some of the plaintiffs against the church, adding that this settlement is a welcome sight, saying it's never going to be full justice when the harm is a child's life, but it's a measure of justice

and a measure of accountability that gives these survivors some sense of closure at least. And as far as the settlement and the money, one, it was approved by the archbishop, and two, he said that it'll be funded by archdiocese investments, accumulated reserves, bank financing, and other assets. With him also specifically noting

that donations designated for specific parishes, schools, or missions will not be used. And apparently part of the reason this took so long is that a critical thing in the negotiations was making sure that the settlement was something that the archdiocese could actually pay without going bankrupt. Because the bankruptcy would drastically slow down payments

actually getting to the victims. Also, as far as the archbishop and an announcement to parishioners, he apologized to the victims. Also, as far as the Archbishop in an announcement to parishioners, he apologized to the victims, saying that he hopes that the settlement can provide some healing and detailing the changes that the church has established to address the problem. With them pointing to strict background checks

and reporting requirements, as well as extensive training programs, and saying, as a result of these reforms, new cases of sexual misconduct by priests and clergy involving minors are rare in the archdiocese. No one who has been found to have harmed a minor is serving in ministry at this time, and I promise we will remain vigilant."

You know, while the settlement has been applauded, you have a lot of people saying it is a good start, but there is still a long way to go. For example, the support group, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, specifically calling for the archbishop to release all clergy files related to the sexual abuse cases,

and saying, we fear and believe there are many more survivors out there who have not yet come forward. For now, we'll have to wait to see what happens, right? we fear and believe there are many more survivors out there who have not yet come forward. For now, we'll have to wait to see what happens, right? This settlement means that there are only a few lawsuits still pending against the church. We don't know yet how those are gonna pan out, whether more are gonna pop up,

or is this actually close to the end of a decades-long legal ordeal? But then I wanna give a congratulations and also talk about yesterday. So first, congratulations to Francisco Mendez, the SeatGeek prize winner who just won $500 in our weekly SeatGeek giveaway towards his choice of SeatGeek tickets.

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a lot of people kind of impressed. This is Tech Today saying out of all the content creator apologies, I got to say that Asmongold's apology is significantly better than bringing out the uke. And Olive Little saying the Asmongold apology was kind of refreshing. I honestly hope he gets help where he needs it. Though this, as others responded, meh, just look forward to him reacting to his own apology video again and then not changing the behavior. Which I mean, on that note, Asmongold even said in that video, you know, I can say all these words, but they're words like, hold me accountable, watch my actions. And very likely people are gonna be paying attention, especially because in the comments on his apology,

a huge bulk of his audience did not like that he was apologizing or just didn't think that he needed to. Time will tell. That said, I really expect nothing from anybody in the world, especially people I don't know in real life, though I do think real change can happen. And I think people that have watched me

for over any meaningful course of the last 18 years of this show, know that it is possible. I'd want to punch previous versions of myself in the face. But then also understandably so, a lot of the top comments yesterday were about that, just that crazy body cam video. But some of those top comments, including dude is on a body cam beating a disabled man with no escalation, arrested him, lied by omission in the reports, and at arraignment, I cannot see a single reason those cops aren't in jail. Right, because the cops left out that the guy

that got this beat down was a deaf man with cerebral palsy. With also others chiming in saying, "'Cops being ready to fully attack citizens "'before there's even time for them to comprehend "'and process the question is ridiculous. "'Even if the man wasn't deaf, "'that cop went from stop to tackling the guy "'in about as much time as it would take someone to say,

"'Huh.'" And understandably, a lot of people looking at the situation going, how can you resist arrest when you have no idea you're being arrested? But yeah, ultimately, that is where today's show is going to end. Thank you for watching. I love your faces. Class is dismissed, of course, until Monday. Stay safe till then, and we'll talk more on Monday.