WEBVTT - Ask Tommy 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.520 Hey guys, So this week we have something a little 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:07.680 bit different for you. So, in solidarity with the SAG 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:12.080 after strike, we had some episodes banked, and the truth is, 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.200 we just don't feel comfortable airing them. We want to 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.000 stand with our actor friends. We want to release them 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.320 when hopefully everybody has a fair contract and we can celebrate. 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:22.079 And now it's just not the time. So we're going 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.239 to hang on to them. We promise you. We have 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:26.840 some great episodes coming on up, but that means this 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:28.520 week we're going to pivot a little bit. We have 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.240 other interviews coming up later. Trust me, we have great 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.720 guests in the pipeline. But for today, we thought it 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.199 would be fun if you got to know me a 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.680 little bit better. So I put out on social media 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:40.559 what do you want to know? And I have to 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.120 be honest with you. I didn't look at all of 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.080 the questions because I wanted to be surprised. So I 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.760 have my amazing producer Mike here today. He has them all. Mike, 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:50.120 how scared should I be? 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:52.280 I don't think you should be scared at all, Tommy, 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:54.680 And my first question to you is are you excited 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:56.280 to be a guest on your own podcast. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.480 That's whoa. I didn't think about it like that. It's 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.720 a little weird, a little weird to be on this 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.440 side of the of the table or the screen, I 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:06.720 should say. But uh, yeah, I think we're gonna have 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:07.960 some fun. 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.280 Yeah. I one of the interviews we were doing a 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.560 couple of weeks ago, you said something that you revealed 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:18.039 something about yourself. I can't remember specifically what it was, 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:21.080 but after we got off the interview, you were like, wow, 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.559 I can't believe I just said that. Even I feel 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.560 a little like you were a little like flustered and 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.959 a little like not embarrassed, but you were like, wow, 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.319 I just revealed that about myself, and I wasn't really 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.080 expecting to. So I am curious to see how you're 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.399 gonna feel when we throw some of these questions your way. 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.479 I don't think a lot of them are like too personal, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.840 but I think they'll be fun. And I think, you know, 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.040 this will end up being a pretty fun episode. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.160 I agree, I agree, and I say bring it on. 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:50.600 Let's see what happens. Okay, are you ready? I am ready, Mike, 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:51.360 I'm ready. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:56.120 So our first question comes to us from Todd. Shoot, Chuck, 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.200 I think I'm saying that name right. He wants to 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.520 know what it's like for you to have a relationship 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.040 in the public eye and on social social media. Plus 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.400 how much scrutiny have you and Geo faced throughout the years. 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.600 It's so amazing to have a couple like you guys 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:11.240 to look up to. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.360 Oh wow, Well, first of all, thank you, that's very kind. 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:19.400 What is it like having a relationship in the public eye. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.240 It can be a bit strange sometimes, you know. I 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.919 think Geo and I are very conscious of sharing parts 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.160 of our lives with the public for one main reason, 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.079 and that reason is visibility. And I think it's so important. 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.280 I never had that growing up, and things have gotten 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.720 progressively better over the years, but even eight years ago 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:40.960 when we got together, I still didn't see a lot 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:46.080 of openly gay relationships out there. And for us, we 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:48.840 feel that if we can show you know, our love 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.480 and our story as Geo and Tommy just living our 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.720 everyday lives, that maybe people eventually will get to a 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:58.400 place where they're more accepting of you know, everybody in 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.120 this world, or maybe we can can change perception a 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.600 little bit. So it's important for us to share those 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:08.359 glimpses into our relationships, just like any other couple would write. 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.280 We do keep things private as well. We don't put 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.800 everything out there because I think in any relationship you 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:15.920 need to have some boundaries and then you need to 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.080 have things just for yourselves. But it's important for us 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:23.000 to do that. In terms of scrutiny, I would say 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.480 on a day to day basis, we're pretty lucky. We 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.000 have a lot of people sharing love with us and 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.040 very excited for us on our journey. But of course 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.600 you do see comments here and there from people who 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:41.200 aren't necessarily supportive of a gay relationship, and that goes 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.080 for people in the community and out of the community. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.800 We have gotten scrutiny from other people who are LGBTQ plus, 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.960 which always breaks my heart because I feel like, man, 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.560 we should be championing one another and we should be 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:55.680 lifting each other up. We know what the fight is 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.960 like that we all face, and sadly, there are some 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.440 people who do want to you down in your own community. 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.160 And when we got married, we saw some of that 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.560 when there was some press related to it, and in 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.120 some of the meanest comments were actually from people in 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.840 the community. And I bring that up because I don't 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:15.560 think a lot of people talk about that. It's often 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.760 you know, straight people versus gay people or whatever the 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.560 situation may be. And trust me, it's there, and there's 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.880 a fight that has to be fought. But there's also 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.120 a lot of tearing down in our own community, and 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.599 I hope for younger generations that is something that we 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.320 don't have as much of because it's vicious and unnecessary, 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.279 and like I said, our energy needs to be channeled 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:42.000 towards equal rights and just having our basic human you know, 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.280 human needs met and we shouldn't have to worry about 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.920 what our brothers and sisters are saying in our own 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.080 community in a negative light. So with that being said, 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.560 mostly positive, some scrutiny from everyone all walks of life, 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.000 and I just hope people, for not our sake, just 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:03.240 for humanities, it can learn to not type out that 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:07.440 mean tweet or that mean comment and just celebrate one another. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:12.840 That's it, absolutely all right. Let's go to Amy Irwin. 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.520 Amy asks, well, she starts off by saying, Hi, Tommy, 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.599 who has been your favorite interview and who would you 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.000 like to interview that you haven't yet? Ooh? 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:28.640 Amy, Amy with the hard hitting questions. Gosh, favorite interview. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.800 This is a really tough one for me because I 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.560 have to say everyone I've interviewed up to this point 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.080 has been nothing but lovely and gracious. There were a 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.640 few standouts for me. Robertson Niro. I grew up in 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.960 New Jersey. I'm an Italian boy, Italian family. I watched 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.680 all his movies growing up. I mean Raging Bowl was 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:48.479 one of the reasons why I fell in love with 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.760 cinema and movie making. It took a million of those 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:55.520 courses in college. He was pretty surreal for me talking 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.920 to him. I'm a big movie fan, as you've just heard. 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.520 I loved Christopher Nole, who I just interviewed. He was 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.640 He was incredible. I'm a big fan of his movies. God, 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.360 this list goes on and on, and I would say, 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.240 if I can give you one more, who am I 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:16.160 going to give you? I'm gonna give you. Ryan Reynolds 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.040 was a really cool one, I think growing up. I 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:19.800 loved all his movies too. I don't know if you 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:23.320 ever saw Mike the movie what was it called, Just Friends? 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:24.599 Of course? 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.920 Yeah, yeah, it's a great movie him and Amy Smart right, yes, yes, 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.560 And it's a hysterical comedy. I love that growing up, 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.320 so I kept thinking about that movie when I was 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.920 interviewing him, even though it was something totally different. But 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.840 that was a really cool moment for me too. Who 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.760 do I want to interview. I'll give you the cliche, 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:43.480 I want to talk to Oprah. Who doesn't want to 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.640 talk to Oprah? I just want to bask in her goodness. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.880 But I love creatives. Surprisingly, I think a lot of 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.599 people think it's all about the movie stars and the singers, 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.479 and it's great and I love chatting with them, and 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.560 they are creatives, But I mean creatives in the sense 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.360 of the directors and the cinematapographers and the people behind 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.000 the scenes. I hope I get more of a chance 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.760 to interview because they don't necessarily make television, right like 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.600 the TV show I work on, Extra is not going 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:12.400 to really put their interviews on. But I love picking 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.320 their brains and figuring out what's going on inside their 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.920 minds that makes them choose the decisions they make when 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.720 they create their work. So I want to get more 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.600 involved on that side of course. Also, Martin Scorsese is 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.720 a huge, a huge one of mine. I mean, I 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.960 love his movies too, so he would be epic of course. 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.840 Well, I had a question a personal follow up to that, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.680 when you're interviewing people, is it more exciting to you 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:39.640 when it's somebody that is just super famous, somebody like 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.000 a Brad Pitt or something like that, who's just like, 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:46.880 you know, their reputation is worldwide, everybody knows who they are, 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.920 Tom Cruise somebody like that. Or is it more fun 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.240 for you when you get somebody who is sort of 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:56.080 like a famously good interview e Like, it seems like 0:07:56.160 --> 0:08:00.000 Ryan Reynolds, though he is super famous, is kind of 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.360 like also famous for being kind of fun to talk to. 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.880 It seems like which one kind of moves the needle 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.480 more for you when you're interviewing people. 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:13.040 Oh, I'm a sucker for a great conversation. I like 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.760 somebody who can play, who can have fun. You know, 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.720 you have to remember these actors and artists they have 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.440 to do press because it's their job. They don't do 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.760 it because I necessarily want to do it. They have 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.040 to promote the work that they're putting out there, right, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.480 So not everybody loves to give an interview or have 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.760 a conversation. There's a lot of introverted people out there. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.960 I happen to be extremely extroverted, so I try to 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.239 pull as much as I can out of those introverts 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.320 and make them feel comfortable and safe and like we 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.319 can have a great conversation without any judgment or agenda, 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.280 which is one of my tactics in interviewing. But if 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.839 somebody can show up and have fun and joke, and 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.560 the best compliment that I can get after an interview, 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.840 after putting it out on social media or after it 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.880 airs is man, it looked like two friends catching up. 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:00.960 That's my goal. 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.160 There you go, all right? Jason Gleeson now has written 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.360 in and he's got a bunch of questions, So we're 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:10.840 going to try to go through some of the best 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:15.400 ones here. I would say the first one is media related, 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:17.480 so let's go there. It's a two part question, what 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:21.679 has been the most challenging, challenging aspect of working in media? 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.720 And to follow that up, have you hit any walls 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.160 professionally because of being gay? If you have, how did 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:28.920 you overcome them? 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:34.240 Wow? Wow, Hello, Jason, let's see part one of that 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.440 questions Jason good questions. Man, Oh, you're gonna take my job? 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:43.480 I think part one of that. Oh, now my head 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.040 is my mind is do I want to start with 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:46.679 part two? Let me start a part two. Have I 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.480 hit any walls because I'm yay? The answer to that 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.480 is I cannot prove that, but I do think over 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.720 the years, I absolutely did not get picked or chosen 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:02.000 for certain things because Sally, I'm gay. Like I said, 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.880 we're in a very different time right now than we 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:08.200 were even eight years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago, 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.280 and sexuality was very much a concern as I was 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.280 coming up in this business. I graduated college in two 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.040 thousand and eight from NYU and started in this kind 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:20.480 of media career. I was doing acting and then transition 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.840 to a bunch of stuff in the business. And yeah, 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.960 I mean, let's listen. When I was acting, I absolutely 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.520 was told you're too gay, You're not gay enough, we 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.400 don't know your place. You're confusing because you quote unquote 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.679 look like a man, but you're gay. So how can 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.680 you be in a project where you're supposed to be 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.800 with a woman. So in the acting world when I 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.680 was coming up, yes, I mean one hundred percent, it 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.360 was a conversation that I was always involved with with 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.160 by the way a lot of gay executives themselves, so 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.319 that part yes. And then you know, in traditional broadcast, 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.040 again can't say for sure, but you hear things, You 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:59.040 hear whispers, you hear comments from a producer who's in 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.360 a room, or heard a comment from someone else that 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.559 shouldn't have said it, So sadly there have been obstacles. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.240 But I do think that's changing. So I don't say 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.920 that to discourage anybody. I say that people now want 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.520 people to be their true selves, and luckily we're moving 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:17.199 towards a more progressive world. So I think that you 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.320 should always show up as yourself. And if you don't 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.520 get a job because of who you are, then it's 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.040 not worth it. It's not worth it. You'll find your path, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.040 you'll get to where you're going to be. And I 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:28.760 never could have imagined I would be where I am 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.480 today as a gay, closeted kid growing up in New Jersey. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.400 So that's all to say, don't be discouraged and always 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:38.400 show up as yourself. And then part one might remind 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:39.240 me of what was Part one. 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.080 What has been the most challenging aspect of working in media. 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.280 You know, media is changing the landscape of media is 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:50.559 changing quite a bit. Social media has affected that dramatically, 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:55.000 whether for the better or the force. You know, there's 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.840 talks about TikTok having shows and being a news source 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.200 and an entertainment source one day. I mean, we don't 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.320 know where this industry is going, which right now I 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.640 will say is a challenge because a lot of people 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:09.400 in power are afraid to take risks and they want 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.640 to keep doing what they know has been working for 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.040 decades and decades and decades. But that's changing, but we 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:19.199 don't know what that change is. So for me, I'm 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.920 always someone who pitches new projects and ideas, and to 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:23.960 get someone to say yes to that is like pulling 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.120 teeth because everyone wants a safe bet. So personally, for me, 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.000 I'm an ideas guy. I come to the table with 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.560 a million ideas, and it's hard to get those taken 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:35.760 seriously because these people who make those decisions end up 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.760 going right back to what's been working forever, even though 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.760 it's not quite working in the way it once was. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.880 It's kind of what the strike is about, right, Yeah, absolutely, 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.320 all right. So we had two more that I think 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.000 we can get a little a little fun out of. 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:02.760 One of them was what was your favorite what is 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:03.520 your favorite movie? 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.800 And why? Oh my god, you can't ask me that. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.240 That is so tough. Oh that is so hard. I'm 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:14.520 gonna oh, how about this. I will give you a 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.480 favorite genre that might be surprising to people, and that 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.720 is old Hollywood movies. I wanted to get into this 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.400 business because I loved old Hollywood black and whites, even 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.839 Charlie Schapplin movies with no sound. I mean, I loved 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:33.199 watching those growing up. I mentioned Raging Bowl earlier. I 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.480 loved The Graduate, I loved Casablanca, of course, bringing up 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:41.280 baby Marlon Brando movies. I loved old Hollywood stars Ingrid 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.199 Bergman and Carry Grant, And that's what I kind of 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.960 grew up on and really pursued passionately for a while 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.800 in terms of what I would watch on my downtime. 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.680 So I'm gonna go with that old Hollywood classics. In fact, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.120 I was saying the other day I need to start 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.000 getting back into them with any free time I have 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:58.520 because I miss that genre. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.640 And then the last one. I know, it's a question, 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.800 a topic that you don't love talking about, necessarily, what 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:12.080 do you eat to stay in such great shape? 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.240 Fair question? I mean, I'm super passionate about health and 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.840 wellness and fitness. I follow mainly the Mediterranean diet, so 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:25.520 in a nutshell, lots of chicken, fish, vegetables, fruits. I 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:29.520 stay away from processed foods, sugar. I don't drink much alcohol, 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.920 you know, I don't drink so obviously or any of that. 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.480 So very clean, very boring. During the week I eat 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.000 the same thing every day almost, but obviously on weekends 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:39.880 I go out and have fun. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.320 There we go, all right, thank you for the cavalcade 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:48.280 of questions, Jason. We move on to rich Diaz, who 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.480 wants to know how do you want people to remember you? 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.360 What do you want your legacy to be? 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.920 Man, everyone's coming from my job with these questions. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.920 They're deep. Some of these are deep. 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:08.200 Great question, great question, you know. I tend to let 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:13.400 me think about this. I describe my career as a 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.800 bit all over the place. I didn't get to where 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.360 I got to today because I took one straight path, right. 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:22.480 I was acting for a while, I was in other 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.360 areas of the business. I then transitioned to hosting, and 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.120 I started on television in this you know, unscripted world, 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.520 doing like fashion segments and makeovers just to get my 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.840 in in this space. Actually, before that, I was doing 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.000 Gift Guide segments, which truth be told, I have no 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:38.560 interest in. But I said, if you can get me 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.840 on TV and I can get experience and get exposure, 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:42.400 then yes, I will go on and talk about this 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.720 toilet bowl plunger for four ninety nine that you can 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.440 get on Amazon today. Absolutely, so I kind of had 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.440 this very weird path to get to where I got 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:55.360 to today, and I'm so thankful for it because it 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.840 allowed me to tap into all these different areas of 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:04.880 the entertainment business. Can go on TV and talk about fashion, fitness, travel, health, wellness, anything, 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.440 or I can go interview the biggest celebrity in the world. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:12.000 So all that is to say that I want, no 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.680 matter what, somebody is watching me talk about wherever they 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.440 see me, television, their phone, wherever, I want them to 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.560 feel better than they felt before they started watching my segment, 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.560 my interview, my clip. And I want to just be 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:29.440 somebody who can put out feel good content that can 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.960 distract you from the everyday hardships we all face and 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:38.480 make you feel less alone in your own personal journey. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.160 And that's what I want. I want us to feel connected. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.200 I want us to feel together. I don't think we 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.280 have enough of that in this world. We are all 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.360 so much more similar than we are different, and I 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.160 think we forget that a lot. And if I can 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.560 just bring five minutes of joy to your day and 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.840 maybe turn it around by being silly on television in 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.000 an interview or telling you about some new cool fitness 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.640 trend or whatever, then I feel like I've done my job. 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:07.000 So I just want to be remembered for being a real, 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.440 genuine person who's bringing you some joy. 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:18.760 Indep man, all right. Next question comes from and if 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:23.720 I butcher this name, I'm sorry. Who birdis? Zeggers? What 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.840 is yours Geo's favorite travel destination minus Paris? 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:32.080 Oh, great question. We love Hawaii. Hawaii is very special 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.440 to us. We before the pandemic, have gone every year. 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:37.320 We're going back this year for the first time in 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.639 a while. Very excited. We tend to go to an 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.520 island called Kawaii, which is where they film Jurassic Park. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.920 It's very remote and we love that. You know, living 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.600 in New York, we crave that. We don't go away 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.240 to go to clubs and be fancy and go to 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.760 five star restaurants in our finest fashion. No, no, no, I 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:56.000 don't care about any of that. I want to be 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.280 in a bathing suit of tank top flip flops and 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.560 just chill out. So we love Hawaii for that reason. 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.399 All the hiking and outdoor adventuring and just exploring we 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.520 can do in Paris is obviously also very special. It's 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.480 where we got engaged. That's a close second, but yeah, 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:13.119 I'm gonna go with Hawaii. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:18.280 Derek Rose would like to know what gives you energy? 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:23.399 What gives me energy? Ooh, this could be interpreted in 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:25.560 a few different ways. How do you think Derek has 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:25.959 meant this? 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.800 Well, it's a good question because I think Derek Rose 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:32.920 and I think of the basketball player from that right 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:37.159 who was benched last year and perhaps needed some energy. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.160 I mean, I think that there's you could take it literally, 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:43.960 like we can go back to be a nutrition question. 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:45.760 You know, what do you what do you eat? What 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:49.520 gives you energy? Or I mean I would think it 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:57.000 maybe means what gets you motivated to be creative, to 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:02.960 be ambitious, et cetera. Hmmm, why don't we make it 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:03.520 that question? 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.960 Okay, I'll go with that. I like that what gives 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:11.119 me that motivation. You know, I'm a very routined guy. 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:15.400 I stick to my routines, and I get up and 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:19.840 I have my breakfast, and I verbally and this is 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.080 a little boo wooie, so stay with me all but 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:24.840 I verbally kind of go through the things I'm grateful 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.399 for and I say it out loud, and I just 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.480 find for me, it clears my mind. It just puts 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:32.280 me in a good frame of mind for the day. 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:34.199 I know they say one of the worst things you 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:36.720 can do is pick up your cell phone right when 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.240 you wake up. I wish I couldn't, but I have 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.240 to check my emails for work. I have to check 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.159 my phone right away. So I kind of offset that 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:49.080 by then eating my breakfast, doing my verbal gratefuls, and 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:51.600 getting in a workout, because if I don't have that 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:54.760 me time, just don't talk to me like I need 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.320 to have an hour where I can unplug, focus on 0:19:57.400 --> 0:20:00.879 my mental health and get myself really, really really in 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.159 a good frame of mind for the day. Because my 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.399 days are crazy, they're shit shows, They're all over the place. 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:10.520 So I have to do that to stay motivated. And honestly, 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:12.720 if I don't do that, I don't feel good. I 0:20:12.760 --> 0:20:15.600 feel off, and I feel weird. So that's my number one. 0:20:16.840 --> 0:20:18.240 Are you a morning workout person? 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.399 Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah. I have to start my 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:22.960 day with a morning workout. I don't like going in 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:25.840 the afternoon. If I have to, I will, but I 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.360 need to start my day, get it done, and then 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:30.720 I feel my best take on whatever's coming. 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.080 I wish I could do it. I envy you so much. 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:37.520 Hey, it's not for everyone, all right. 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:41.040 We have a question here from John Risco. What do 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.080 you and Geo like to do on your downtime? Second question, 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:47.840 would you ever consider being on Dancing with the Stars? 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:49.600 I remember seeing you dance. 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.719