WEBVTT - Phantom Rain Cancels Ice Ice Baby 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:06.400 Hey, folks, it is Sunday, June twenty eighth, and Ice 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:09.960 got rained out. Don't even know how that's possible. There 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:14.000 is an added bit of humiliation having to do with Yes, 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:19.520 the Great America State Fair happening in DC, that's all 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:22.120 about President Trump. And with that, welcome to this episode 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:23.680 of Amy and TJ. This made me sad. 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:25.319 This made me, This made be sad. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:30.280 This sad because look, whatever however you felt about this 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.520 two hundred and fiftieth celebration on the mall, this Great 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:37.800 American Fair that has turned into basically a massive pro 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:44.199 Trump rally, look, Vanilla Ice was excited, like genuinely enthusiastic, 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:49.959 Yeah about having an opportunity to celebrate a song that 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.800 he's known for, a song that just about every American 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.200 can sing. And it felt like he it was like 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.880 a comeback for him almost in a way. He was 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.920 pumped when everybody else was like, nah, no thanks. 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:07.640 And now Robes the day he was supposed to perform, 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:12.760 which was last night, Robes, after all of this back 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.880 and forth and controversy and people bowing out, the night 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:21.240 was finally here for him to perform, and he didn't 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:21.600 get to. 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.640 And I really don't understand why the anseled the official 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.600 reason possible thunderstorms. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.840 They just said inclement weather. Baby, we have the official 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.119 statement that they put out, but they said inclement weather 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:40.280 now robes the UFC fight. There were literal we could 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:41.800 see lightning almost in the disc. 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.080 There was a lightning strike six miles away, which actually 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:49.680 was within the radius or the distance where they were 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:54.840 supposed to actually suspend or pause the celebrations. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:55.320 Which they didn't. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:02:01.480 And there were massive meteorologists like giving out reports saying 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.040 this could be bad, this could be ugly. 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.560 And still they did not cancel. 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.720 They did not pause, they did not delay anything based 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:11.880 on all those weather reports. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.119 But they canceled Vanilla Ice last night. Yes, the Great 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.520 America State Fair which kicked off last Thursday. Was it 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.560 right with Trump's big speech? 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:19.000 Right? 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.960 And you all certainly remember there were so many artists 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:23.720 we go down the list in a second, but a 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.400 number of artists when they first announced this, as soon 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.480 as they announced that these artists were going to perform, 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.880 those artists got backlash. Some of them said I didn't 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:32.840 know about this, and they had all kinds of reasons 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:37.760 for it, but just about everybody backed out within some 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.480 of them within hours, some of them certainly within days. 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.959 But there were only two robes that were left over. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.240 Florida still hasn't said a word. But then there was 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.240 one more Robes who not only said he was going 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.960 to show up, he was excited to do so. He 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.960 was enthusiastic the whole time Robes. He never talked about politics. 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.840 He talked about a party that guy was supposed to 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:00.679 perform last night, And to be honest with you, I 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:01.400 was looking forward to it. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:07.160 I was too, I really look and I was excited 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:08.119 that he was excited. 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:12.760 Enthusiasm is in short supply, I feel like these days. 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:16.320 And so when I see someone who's genuinely enthusiastic about 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:22.200 something as inclusive as music, I'm on board and I 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.720 can get behind them. And regardless of where he's performing 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.480 or in what context he's performing, he was doing so 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.760 I do believe out of the love of entertaining, not 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.560 about politics, not about anything else. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:38.640 And he says it was also about the love of 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:39.200 his country. 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.120 So for those two reasons, yeah, I'm one hundred percent 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:42.960 behind Vanilla Ice. 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:44.640 You can you can take them to task, you could 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.360 question them for it, so you could say it's not. 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.880 He just wanted it as a business opportunity. You can 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:54.000 say all kinds of things robes, but his energy around 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.000 this and to he didn't dip a toe anywhere into 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:02.080 any controversy. He's stuck to theme. If you will music party, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.160 we're gonna dance like with chin eaters. He's stuck to it. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.880 So Robes. For that reason. After all of this, the 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.040 show Folks was canceled. He was supposed to perform last 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:17.920 night at the Great American State Fair. The show was canceled. Robes. 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.400 It was canceled. I think it was less than two 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.240 hours before he was supposed to go on. And the 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:28.200 reason they gave was weather. Now, plenty of people immediately 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.960 jumped on and said, wait, what the actual hell, And 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.880 they suggested there was another reason beyond weather. Weather became 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:40.400 robes for them, a convenient excuse for canceling Ventila's concert 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.039 because they were worried about optics. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:46.000 Yes, some people have said that they believe the real 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.920 reason why this concert was canceled was the threat of 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.680 low attendance. Look, there would be big visuals. This was 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.320 in fact, we'll we'll get to his audio. But before 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:59.000 shortly before, as things were getting prepped and ready for 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:02.120 this big concert. Vanilla Ice actually went on social media 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.640 and was pumped up and excited about the concert tonight, 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.400 and he did a three sixty kind of showing where 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.880 concert goers would gather on the mall and it's a huge, 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.480 wide expanse, and so if not a lot of people 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:19.640 showed up, or not as many people as they would 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.960 like to have showed up, if there was a small audience, 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.000 it would have been ridiculed. And so a lot of 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.960 people feel like that is the real reason why they 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.280 canceled the concert. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.480 Though, I mean, what would it be they directed at 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.560 Trump they were worried about, but wouldn't it be all 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.480 Why not? Why wouldn't he be worried Vanilla Ice that 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.719 he was the one that would be ridiculed. Why wouldn't 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.560 they put it off on him and show they didn't 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:45.480 come to his show. 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.080 But they asked him to perform. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.200 And if they asked someone to perform, who couldn't actually 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.320 deliver an audience, that's still on them. And look, I 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:57.000 think one of the big reasons why people are saying 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.440 that this is the real reason behind the cancelation is 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.159 that Freedom to Fifty's website makes it very clear. They 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:07.320 promise on their website that all the events will go 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.920 on rain or shine. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:11.760 Had a game but the people in the back, Yes. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.839 The website promises that all events will go on rain 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:20.360 or shine, and I also have they actually put up 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.520 Variety did a whole article on this. What the meteorologist 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.240 was saying leading up to this event the NBC four 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:32.200 in DC. This is the exact quote from the meteorologist tonight, 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.599 A few evening storms. Not everybody sees rain tonight. It's 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.200 not like widespread thunderstorms are moving through. We're really not 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.640 having any concern for severe weather. And then the prediction 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.280 was that there may be scattered showers in the early 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:51.320 morning hours. And by the way, no measurable rain actually 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.240 occurred in DC last night. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.720 Okay, so they got it wrong. So the event organizers, 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.719 they roll the dice. They rolled them big, and they 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.600 got it. This is what you have to do. Here's 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.480 the thing, though, Rose, we know this very very well 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:09.160 in all of our years in events and whatnot. It 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:13.320 has to be a high bar to cancel. Yeah, because 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:18.160 all the work, the effort, the stage, getting people in place, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.520 get i mean get all that goes into putting a 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.480 concert on, you do everything in your power to keep 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.440 from canceling, right yet and everything. 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.440 He was there on the mall with his folks setting up, 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:29.440 it was all happening. 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.800 A sprinkle does not rise to the level at all. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.840 It's not even close what they're trying to describe as 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.240 rising to the level of canceling a concert. Roe. It 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.400 just doesn't a sprinkle. 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.000 No. I feel so bad for Vanilla Ice right now. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.320 Isn't that crazy to say? Through all this we don't 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.640 know him personally, We don't know his politics, we don't 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.840 know much about his life. We know a song, we 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.360 know one song, and we know robes that he was 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.720 excited about. And I didn't realize how much I appreciated 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:04.440 into now how much throughout this whole back and forth 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.880 about the Great American State Fair and cancelations that Vanilla 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.440 Ice has been the voice of reason in it. 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:10.960 You and I have talked about this. 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:15.640 He just he ignored the noise, he ignored the negativity, 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:20.040 and he just continued to lead with. 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:21.520 Joy and enthusiasm. 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.760 He was on Fox News, he was pumping this stuff, 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.600 he was making the rounds, he was selling the concert himself, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.400 and his enthusiasm for this country. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.600 Does he have to Does everybody have to be immediately 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.680 criticized if you participate in something that the president is 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:36.040 invested in. 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:37.320 I don't think we should. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.520 But that's where we are. Isn't it fair if you 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.120 do anything that's in any way affiliating with this president, 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:46.000 you get criticized in some circles. This is just one 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:49.480 that wasn't politics. I was invited me Vanilla Ice was 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.920 invited to perform at the Country's two hundred and fiftieth 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.640 on the National Mall, in a venue I've never done 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.240 at a time that's special. Yeah, I'll show up. Should 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:00.360 we criticize it for that? 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:00.959 I don't think so. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:02.960 Should people create it? I mean you can if you 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.040 want to, or think you shouldn't have anything to do 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.920 with this president, anything to do with this event. And 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.920 we'll get into why participating in this event was seen 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.160 more so as as support of Trump versus support of 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.960 the United States. But we'll do first, you know what, 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.040 Let's do his statement first, and then we'll tell you 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.360 the statement that freedom to fifty foot out afterwhids. But 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.240 this was just a couple of hours before he was 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.280 supposed to go on and perform for the advice, sounded 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.680 excited about being out there. Oh man, got the monument 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.880 right there. We're about to have a great party tonight. 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.800 This is gonna be epic and you can see it. 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.160 Look here, give you a big panoramic view. 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.800 It's gonna be good to night. You didn't really fit 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.000 in your damn jews on. We're all teenagers. 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:50.880 Let's go Happy birthday America. Holla. 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.840 You can hear his like drum like they're getting ready, 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.880 but he shows he's doing a three sixty and you 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.680 can see him and this is a huge air to phil. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.559 That's that is intimidating, I think for a lot of performers. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.040 But he he didn't seem to mind. He didn't seem 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.839 concerned about it at all. And he put on his 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.559 alongside that video, he said, this is a once in 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.600 a lifetime Happy Birthday America. Put your dance shoes on. 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.600 We're all gonna come together and be teenagers for the night. 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.880 It got almost eighteen thousand likes. Look, that's probably the 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.920 biggest post he's had in a long time. And all 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.480 the comments, some of them are kind, some of them 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:29.000 are mean. 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.120 Wait what do we be mean? Is it politically mean? 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:33.800 Not even so much. 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:38.800 People are saying basically, not even God wanted this concert. 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.920 God saw this video and was like, nah, like talking 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.440 even the weather thinks you suck. I mean people have 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.480 been mean, like that's I hate that for him because 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:51.319 he's been nothing, but I think enthusiastic and kind. 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.280 Why do we do this? Okay, Well, find me an 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.520 individual who doesn't like that song. Fine, met anyone on 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.160 on in the United States who doesn't like that song. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:05.200 Agreed, Hey, I'm not. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:06.880 You don't have to sing every word. You don't have 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.360 to like Vanilla. I don't have to have is know 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:09.320 his history and anything. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:15.280 Doom doom doom, doom boom, You're in doom doom, doom, doom, doom, 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:16.280 doom doom. 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:20.199 I'm just Robes. He said something I wish a lot 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.520 of people would have said throughout this back and forth. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.199 Let's go party and dance and act like teach teenagers 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.680 and celebrate Robes. Can't we just come We can't come 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.920 together for a damn song. We can't come together just 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:38.600 to celebrate anything because he's touched it. Ah, You're right, Robes, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.880 I just you know what this is what I'm gonna do. 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:44.640 I didn't even play Oh man, got the monument right there. 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.320 We're about to have a great party tonight. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.199 This is gonna be epic and you can see it. 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.560 Look here, give you a big panoramic you. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.480 It's gonna be good tonight. You didn't fit in for 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.400 the dances, joos on. We're all teenagers. 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:07.760 Let's go more vanilla ice, less skepticism, less anger, less 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.520 finger pointing, let's hatred more vanillized. 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:14.960 Oh vanilla is the guy to bring us all together. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.559 But stay here, we'll let you hear how Freedom two 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:22.120 point fifty announced that this concert was canceled, and why 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.320 it was canceled, And we'll give you a reminder of 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:29.360 the other seven X who were supposed to perform as well, 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:42.320 and why everybody canceled. All right, we continue here on 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.480 Amy and TJ, with tears in our eyes. Vanilla Ice 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.120 has brought us to tears because Rose it is. There's 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.200 something about you just long for us all getting together 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.199 and getting along. And when there are things that do 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.080 make us happy, we can't come together and enjoy them 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.680 happily together. Like I want to stick with my group 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.480 and be happy about your song, you stick with your 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.600 group and be happy about the same song. Like, we 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.680 can't even come together on something that we all do 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.360 agree with. We all like to dance, sing, party, have 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.640 a good time. I don't have any problem with Lee Greenen. 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.480 Would I like some kid rock stuff? 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:13.520 Stay with you? 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.400 I mean all these things. We can't just party together. 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:19.920 If music can't bring us together, if even music can't 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.280 do that, we're in huge trouble because that sports and music, 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.160 those are the two things that I feel like have 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.960 always consistently brought us back together and brought people who 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:35.440 wouldn't ordinarily party together or hang together to suddenly enjoy 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:36.520 the same thing together. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.200 So, yes, two different halftime shows. You remember that, Yes. 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.800 We had two different halftime shows. We have counterprogramming for 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:47.880 everything it feels like now. And look, I'm concerned because, yes, 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:49.960 we were hoping Vanilla Ice would still go on, because 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.480 he was one of two people out of a group 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.120 that agreed to continue to perform despite all of the 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.720 politics rolling around this big two hundred and fifty ath celebration. 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.440 But like to think, and I don't want to think it, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:06.400 but damn, it's hard not to think that the Trump 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:10.600 administration or someone aligned with Freedom two fifty decided to 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.400 cancel his performance and use the weather as an excuse 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.120 so as to not look bad in case the numbers 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.120 weren't what they wanted it to be, or what the 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.120 visuals weren't what they wanted them to be. I hate 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.480 to think that's true, because that is so sad, that's 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:28.480 so small minded. And yet they know what the memes 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:31.360 would be, They know what people would do online. People 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.720 were waiting for anything to point out from Yes, the 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.080 reflecting pool is a part of this as well to now, yes, 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:42.760 Ventillas's canceled concert for whatever reason, when the. 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:44.800 Prison has had a rough go with all of this, 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.200 to sat reflecting Pool eighty six forty seven was the 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.880 vandalism into the grass. Yep, you still got the Kennedy Center. Baby, 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.400 that's a really big deal. His name is all it 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.720 is not down yet. And then you throw this in 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:01.320 and yes, roll, there have been consistent to reports. Obviously, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.760 some people want to just are after the president, they 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.080 want to embarrass him. But there are Look, there are 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:11.040 some legitimate not concerns, but the facts are what they are. 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.880 And the crowds haven't been overwhelming yet. It's not fourth 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.640 of July weekend yet, so it's not. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:17.160 We're a week away, they're. 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.280 Going to get bigger. But you know, some people want 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.440 to criticize and come after anything that looks like the 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.120 crowds are a little less then, so here we go 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:28.760 with that backdrop in that context robes it just you 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.600 want to give them credit and you want to say, 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.600 all right, maybe the weather was bad and they aired 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.600 on the side of caution. We just saw them a 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.520 week or so ago not do so when it came 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.240 to the UFC event. And now of course people are 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.000 after this. But this was the official statement from Freedom 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.200 Too fifty that they put out, and they put it 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:48.240 out on x announcing that Vanilla Ice would not get 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:48.720 to perform. 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:53.480 Oh after that enthusiastic social media post, they put this out. 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:56.920 Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom two 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.680 fifty Great American State Fair and FIFA World Cup twenty 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.360 twenty six Fan Zone will be closed for the rest 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:08.440 of the day Friday, June twenty sixth, twenty twenty six. 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.800 The safety of our guests, staff and partners remain our 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.440 top priority. We are actively monitoring conditions and will provide 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.600 updates as they become available. The Great American State Fair 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.240 will reopen tomorrow at ten a m. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.200 What time of day did they put this out? 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.400 Uh, you know, I can go back and look it up. 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.160 But it was only a matter of hours before he 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:28.080 was supposed. 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.720 To perform, and they shut the whole thing down. 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.880 And look, there's no word on whether Vanilla Isis performance 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.840 might be rescheduled. And I think a lot of people 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.600 took note of this. They didn't even mention his name. 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.160 They didn't even say, for all of you Vanilla Ice 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.160 fans out there, we promise we'll get you, will get 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.520 you a you know, a new concert date. We know 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.400 you guys were excited tomorrow Ice Ice Baby, the rain 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.200 rain babies keeping Ice out, but. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:54.840 Not for long. 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:56.880 Fun like they could have had fun with it and 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.880 built it up and actually like leaned in on him 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.120 and his fandom. I think to not even mention his 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.399 name was such a slap in the face and people 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.840 are pointing that out. They didn't even mention his name, 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:10.520 but it. 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:12.440 Was worthy of doing so. But this was one guy 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.240 who decided to keep riding with you. He supported you, 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:20.440 was out, He was overwhelmingly enthusiastic about it. Give this guy, 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.280 this is one who deserved a little better from this group. 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:25.520 You know what they call a fair weather friend. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.480 I know, I feel like it's really ironic given the 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.160 reason why they canceled or said they did. 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:30.840 But that's kind of what this feels like. 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.600 If it works for them, okay, great, but as long 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:35.879 as they think it might not or it could backfire, 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:37.800 they will throw you under the bus. 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:38.920 And that kind of feels like what. 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.720 Happened and they had well okay, maybe they're not proud 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.520 to have Vanella Ice, but the man, I love this. Obviously, 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.200 we all love that song. But this, for whatever reason, 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.520 who knew? All these years later, I have become a 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:54.920 bigger fan of Vanilla Ice, Vanilla Ice because of how 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.600 he's handled all this. But folks, remember it was Martina 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.440 McBride see and see Music Factor, Young mc s, Morris 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.800 Day in the Time, Brett Michaels and the Commodore's. Commodore's 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.080 backed out pretty immediately. Brett Michaels, it took him a minute. 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.159 He had a long thing he put out, He had 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.359 death threats. Yes, so he didn't. Yeah, he didn't put 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.880 her on politics, so he kind of wiggled safeund the way. 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:15.479 There you go, Morris Day in the Time, Yeah, young him, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.720 see almost immediately is that I ain't have nothing to 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:19.200 do with this. I didn't know about this sing and 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:22.040 see music factory. That's confusing as hell because one of 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.240 the leads artists on the song is not officially with 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:26.800 the group, and he came out and said all kinds 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.560 of stuff from sitting on the toilet in the bathroom 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:29.560 eight minute video. 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:30.880 That was bizarre. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.680 It was bizarre. Anyway, they're out make ten McBride long 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.360 explanation from her, but her fans went after her. 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.000 Yeah, and she was like in full defense mode of herself, 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.919 like I didn't know, I wasn't sure you know this. 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.080 I would never go into politics. I don't want to 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:48.320 upset my fans. She was definitely concerned about the response 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.800 from her fans that she heard loudly and clearly. 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:54.760 Milli Vanilli. That was another confusing back and forth. We 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.000 had one member who's actually deceased for decades now, and 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.359 the other one said he was going to show up. 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.040 But then Milli Vanilli, the actual official group who has 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.040 the rights of the name, who are the actual artists 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.840 who sang the songs, said hell no, So it was 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.639 a mess. What I'm saying is it was all a mess. 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.280 Then there were two Florida still has not said a word. 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.679 But he's got a show that is scheduled for July second, 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:20.600 and in all the articles they say with free tickets 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:24.160 available here click. So I wonder, I didn't know how 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:26.560 this worked. But in order to go to the Vanilla 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.359 Ice concert, did you have to then go onto a 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.320 website and register for those free tickets? Because that's the 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:34.920 way it's set up for Florida. So then the thought 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.199 would be they could gauge how few people actually had 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.399 signed up for tickets, and look, people may have come 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:42.400 and not realized you had to have a ticket ahead 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:44.359 of times, thought they might just show up. So maybe 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:46.520 that wasn't a fair gauge, but that could have been. 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:49.760 That gauge could have been more of the reason than 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:51.840 the weather gage. And that's what a lot of people 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:52.480 are pointing to. 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:56.040 So we got Florida is left, hasn't said a word, 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:58.800 the thing is scheduled for July. Second, you say, what 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:00.280 is he going to do looking at that? Is he 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.200 going to look and say, wow, they're gonna embarrass me too. 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.280