1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Oh good, does that thing work? Yeah, it's slide. No, 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: it's fine. The women are in the same camera. Oh, 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: look at myself there. I don't know. He look so 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: professional though, man like I do. Yeah, it's like I 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: don't know, like you sat up straight, like this is 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: gonna be some kind of formal interview. No, I wear 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: like a start. I'm out of clothes. I've been living 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: out of us for like a month. Yeah, I know. 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: I saw that you and your girlfriend were wearing. You 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: were in that shirt. Correct, it was a Disney World 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: Disney yeah, yeah, and you rode the Star Wars ride 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: and then I rode the wrong one. Yeah. Yeah, So 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: what happen? Ye Dave Portnois see everybody Dave Portnois we class. Uh. 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: This guy cornered me at our own event, and I 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: didn't know what was going on, and you got He's like, 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: you want to do an interview. It's like I felt bad. 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: I didn't even know what I was coming in for. Yeah, 18 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: just like so this is a pity interview. Then I 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: just didn't know what was happening. It was very it 20 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: was like before I knew what happened and I had 21 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: agreed to an interview, well, don't worry. This is not 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: a professional operation. I said, morning show that a few 23 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: people listen to, and you know, so don't worry about it. 24 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: I mean we are gonna we'll get to some hard 25 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: hitting topics in a little while, like like pizza and yeah, 26 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure, I don't know what else? How did you? 27 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: How did you ride the wrong ride? So I hadn't 28 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: been to Disney since I was like twelve maybe, and 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: my girlfriend's family lives in Orlando, so this is a 30 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: convoluted story. But so there's no plans to go to 31 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: Disney World. We were there for a Christmas I was 32 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: supposed to be in Arizona. We had a Bowl game 33 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: of football game and it got canceled because of COVID. 34 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: So I ended up stuck in Orlando, not stuck, but 35 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: it's there longer. And fought to get Disney tickets, but 36 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: that was never the plan. Very hard to get Disney tickets. 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: Hardest ticket I've ever I've been true. I've been to 38 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: every event in the world you name it that I've 39 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: wanted to go to it. I can get tickets. I 40 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: can get them, whether I have to pay for and 41 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: people give me Disney I called in every favor ever 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: to get Disney ticket. I didn't know you couldn't get 43 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: into Disney these it's booked. It's booked roughly like two 44 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: months out. Really, I got scared. You were a Disney 45 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: adult for one. No, no, no no. So I do like 46 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: Star Wars. I've become kind of like a new Star 47 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: Wars guy. With the new ones, I've got more into it. 48 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: And Star Wars they have a new attraction which is 49 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: like their main one. So Hollywood Studios is the hardest 50 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: park to get him, but that's what I wanted. We 51 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: got in and there's this huge Star Wars thing right 52 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: when you walk in, and that's the ride I went 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: on that everyone's talking about. And then a couple of 54 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: people chirped me because I took a picture. They're like that, 55 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: why you only you would take a picture not in 56 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: front of the new attraction. So there was some other 57 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: part of Star Wars on the other part of the park. 58 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: I walked to that took a picture. We walked the 59 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: whole park because they're all day. We left and it 60 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: turns out I missed the entire new part, like Edge 61 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: of the Galaxy, which is the part that everyone goes 62 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: to so that sucked. So after all that, so now 63 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: you owe somebody like your left nut or something. But now, 64 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: but you didn't even see what you went to see. No, 65 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: I didn't see what I went to see it, and 66 00:02:54,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: I was like bragging, but you didn't see Yeah, And 67 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: we have a couple of people at barstl who truly 68 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: do like, love, love, love it. And I was like, hey, 69 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: this ride's the best, the best. And he asked me, 70 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: He's like, well, did you go on the Millennium Falcon 71 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: ride too? And when he said that, I was like, 72 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 1: what is this guy? He's like, no, I didn't even 73 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: see that. And I did the research. So yeah, it sucked. 74 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: It sucked. It was a big miss, big miss. So 75 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: you're here for the opening of the Barstool bar in 76 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: River North. Correct. This whole thing started was basically just 77 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: you blogging, wasn't it. I mean this barstool yeah, and 78 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,119 Speaker 1: now there's bars and and I mean it's a lifestyle brand. Yeah. 79 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: And so I started it twenty years ago as a 80 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: newspaper about twenty years ago in Boston. I would hand 81 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: it out outside subway Is this that the other thing? Um? 82 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: And it just grew slowly from newspaper. Then it went online, 83 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: and then we expanded cities and Chicago became one of 84 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: our biggest because we hired a guy Dan Kat's big 85 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: cat hysterical. Yeah, and he's huge, like and so he 86 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: and I don't mean fat, he was fat, you just 87 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: call he was fat. He's doing okay. He always his 88 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: father too. He is, That's what he says. He fluctuates. 89 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: He fluctuates depends how you catch him. But so he 90 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: really grew the brand in Chicago because he was one 91 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: of the more popular guys. He lived here for a 92 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: long time. Then we all really located in New York City, 93 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: uh like seven years ago. But because he was in Chicago, 94 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: I had a bunch of guys and we have a 95 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: Chicago office, so we only have New York in Chicago. Um, 96 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: so those are the only two offices that we got. 97 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: Big kids office now Yeah, very nice too because you 98 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: add office video of them complaining about the office. Previously, 99 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: you were like an insurance working state farm insurance office 100 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: arms farmers. Like if they were making a phone call, 101 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: you had to like hush because they were trying to 102 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: sell insurance. Yeah, so they were doing that. Like when 103 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: I saw I saw it the first time, probably a 104 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: year and a half ago, and I mean I was 105 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: stunned because Barstol's grown were like a real company. Now 106 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: it's like, what are you guys doing working in insurance? 107 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: But they have their own ice office now it's too 108 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: nice for them, big catch. Sometimes I follow him and 109 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: he's so quick that I think is he watching? Does 110 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: he have access to the game like five minutes before me? 111 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: Because I'll see this stuff and I'm like, how did 112 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: you come up with that so fast? He's fanatical, so 113 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: he does watch everything. He's on top of it. And 114 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: that's kind of how Barstool like differentiate ourselves. In the beginning, 115 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: we just never like I never left my house for 116 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: like ten years, just on top of everything on the internet. 117 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: And we were early like when I start Barstool, if 118 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: you said, hey, we're a blog, people have been like 119 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: what is I've never heard of a blog. So it 120 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: was a calm of like right time, right place with 121 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: everything all right, guys, Yeah yeah, well yeah, Dave Portnoy's 122 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: here from barstool. And then you've got the pizza reviews, 123 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: which I mean, of all the things you've done, I 124 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: feel like that's the thing that's gotten the biggest I mean, 125 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: and it's the simplest I feel like, I mean, did 126 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: you could you ever have seen that you'd have your 127 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: own pizzas and where they Walmart or something there everywhere? No, 128 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people do see me like, oh, 129 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: that's the pizza guy. They have no idea anyway we do. 130 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: Yeah a CEO of a company, Yeah, yeah, president, And 131 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: it's like we can be controversial. One of my favorite stories, 132 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: it's like a guy was saying, it's like, my girlfriend 133 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: hates you or hates barstool, but loves like the pizza 134 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: re views. It's like, and I don't have the heart 135 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: to tell her it's the same person. People know, it's 136 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: all different ways. But the pizza started organically, and it's 137 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: just I think everybody loves pizza. So every city I go, 138 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: I just do it every day. I mean, yesterday I 139 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: went to I think four places in Chicago. So what's 140 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: the best pizza in Chicago? Then Chicago has terrible pizza. 141 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: So no, that's a lot of people think that. I 142 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: assume you're talking about the deep Dish. The deep Dish, 143 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: all right, I like the deep Dish and I like 144 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: all the but a local Chicago person will say, like 145 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: Judas and all those places and Lumlnatis, they'll say, they're 146 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: all touristy. I like it, like that's what I would 147 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: eat if I came to Chicago, because it's very different 148 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: than what you get everywhere else. But that is I 149 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: think every single true Chicago local will be like, that's 150 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: not that's just tourist stuff. They like the pub they 151 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: like yeah, and I like something. Don't get me wrong. 152 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: If you're comparing styles, it's not good like uh, it 153 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: just isn't. It doesn't stack up versus New York pizza, 154 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: Connecticut pizza Massachusetts where I'm from, it has um it 155 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: has bar style as well, but it's way crispier, way thinner. 156 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: I just the tavern the best tavern style for me 157 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: is still not that great and you gotta relative so like, um, 158 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: don't I went to the VIC. Yeah, that was my 159 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: favorite pub styles over one hundred years and it's good. 160 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: But like so, I don't love Neapolan style like Nea Poulin. 161 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: To me, I don't care how good it is. It's 162 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: like a high six. You can't get much better than 163 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: a mid seven for me for that pub style. But 164 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: that was a great place, one hundred years old, so 165 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: much tradition for me going to a place like that. 166 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: It's as much eating there in the environment as it 167 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: is the pizza. And I just saw you give a 168 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: place in New Jersey like a nine four or something, 169 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: but you your preference is like the wood fires no 170 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: flop correct, and you only get the cheese. Is that 171 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: to standardize? Yeah, it's like the gold medal slice because 172 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: everybody has their different right, how can you I need 173 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: a standard? And like the place I just graded in 174 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: Jersey De Lucius, I mean it's one hundred and seventeen 175 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: years old and you have an oven that they've been 176 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: using for one hundred and seventeen years, so that you 177 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: can't recreate like the flavors that come out of the oven. Yeah, 178 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: you talk about polarity, h David, it do you have 179 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: to be liked or hated? Is it? Is it one 180 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: or the other? And not you specifically, but like it's 181 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: and I think you are who you are, you seem 182 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: that way. You've seen that way right now, You've seen 183 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: that way in your videos. But like, is it does 184 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: it have to be one of the other? No? I 185 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: mean it's the old Howard Stern thing that from his 186 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: movie Right, it's like people who love me listen for 187 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: ten minutes, people hating to listen for twenty rum. I 188 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: never I'm certainly polarizing. I've come to just accept that, 189 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: but that I don't try to be. I don't know 190 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: really how that happened. I don't think I've done things 191 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: that are overtly like controversial, but I just I've kind 192 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: of like an excuse the East Coast personnel, Like if 193 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: someone comes, I don't relent. I don't apologize if I 194 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: don't think I'm wrong, and I don't try to swipe 195 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: things under the table, like if if I feel like 196 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: I'm right and you're wrong, and I feel like you're 197 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: intentionally trying to screw with me, I'll try to ruin 198 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: your life. Professionally speaking, like I just don't. Yeah, I 199 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: don't have I don't have that DNA to let it go. 200 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: I'm like, I just bought a race horse, for example, 201 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: and I named it Grudgeholder, Like okay, you don't forget no, 202 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: And I mean like and people say, don't do it, 203 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: Like HBO did kind of a negative piece on me, 204 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: and I showed the ladies she came in. I have 205 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,719 Speaker 1: champagne bottles on my desk engraved with the names of 206 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: people I hate, and I just wait until I feel 207 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: like I've defeated them, and then I put ye, yeah, 208 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: I I love. We need to start doing that around 209 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: here the same way. Man, I don't. There are certain 210 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: people they fuel me, and like I don't forget about them, 211 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: and people will argue that's unhealthy, But I think about 212 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: those people and they motivate me. It's my fuel. I 213 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: don't and it may be unhealthy, but it one hundred 214 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: percent is what continues to fuel me. And you know, 215 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. Will we live in crazy times? Like 216 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: I've always said, I don't consider myself political. People think 217 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: I am because the decisions I make, like I'll go 218 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: on Fox News because frankly, Fox News has a huge 219 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: outlet for me to get my name and brand out. 220 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: And if someone on the other side of Fox and 221 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: News like, hey, Dave, come on, I'd be I'd run 222 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: to go on. I don't care. I just want as 223 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: many people to know about Parcels sports. I interviewed Trump, 224 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: which immediately then everybody says, this guy's right wing and 225 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: out people who hated me because of that I found 226 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: out about they asked me to do it. Of course 227 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna go to the White House, he interviewed him. 228 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 1: By the way, my dad hates Donald Trump more than 229 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: any human in the world. He hates them. And I 230 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: even call my dad and I'm like, they invited me 231 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: to go do this, what do you do? It's like, 232 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: you gotta do it. Of course, pres in the United States, 233 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: and I've always said that, but you know, we're in 234 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: polarizing times in social media, especially like it's an echo 235 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: chamber you can twist do whatever. I've never had anybody 236 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: I've worked with, like interacted with, whoever, has said any 237 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: of the negative things. But weirdly it's helped build the 238 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: Barstool brand because it our crowd, our followers. I've been 239 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: doing for twenty years, so they've known me pretty well, 240 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: and when negative stuff happens, they rally around us and 241 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: it makes us stronger. I always say, I think the 242 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: extreme left, extreme right bull suck in. Ninety nine percent 243 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: of people are just normal people like trying to get 244 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: through their day and laugh. And now it's true, like 245 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: what we try to do, It's true. You said a 246 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: lot about on Twitter and publicly and we don't have 247 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: to get too much into it. But what's the Business 248 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: Insider beef? Why are they coming for you? I am 249 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: figuring this out as we speak, and I don't know 250 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: how much so I knew about this business. I wrote 251 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: what I would say if I again, if I read 252 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: the article as somebody who didn't know who I was, 253 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: and that's the first time they read it, I'd be like, 254 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: this guy's a monster, like he's dors. I did, and 255 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: it was pretty the most serious accusations I've ever basically 256 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: had me a sexual defiant, like it accused me of 257 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: rape without accused me of rape. It never said it was. 258 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: It was pointed yeah yeah, and I mean but there 259 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: were no charges. It stopped short. It would played the 260 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: game of basically saying it. There were two girls, and they, 261 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: by the way, Business Insider reached out to every single 262 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: girl that I followed in Instagram that I ever interact. 263 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: Girls I never talked to were like, Hey, why are 264 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: we getting contacted? So for a year they did it. 265 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: They dug up two people at quotes, and luckily for me, 266 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 1: I had the receipts of all of it, so I 267 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: had the text messages like it just I feel like 268 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: anyone with an open mind, just like how they read 269 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: the first would be like this guy's a monster. Anybody 270 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: who saw my response and they're like, whoa, there's no 271 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: truth to it and it's kind of gone away. I 272 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: think there's a lot of different reasons why it happened. 273 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: The guy who started, there's stock issues that could have 274 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: been involved. It could have been everybody who did it 275 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: was extremely left like woke liberal um. And then there's 276 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: other issues that I think I can't say now because 277 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: I'm putting it together as we speak, but I'm not 278 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: done with business inside. Like you let me put put 279 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: it this way, like they tried to ruin my life 280 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: and my business and everyone who works for my business. 281 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: So it's like something that will never go away. And 282 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: if they think it, I keep saying at the top 283 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: of the first inning, uh, it just won't. Why they 284 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 1: did it, there's I have a bunch of theories, but 285 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: I think of zeroed in on the correct theory with 286 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: facts that I'll be able to prove. Yeah, because they 287 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: went to a place where that's that's a label that 288 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: that you get to wear. It's almost like you're guilty 289 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: until proven innocent. That's your article is basically a girl 290 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: was running away from me, screaming in pain, and I 291 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: did hook up with this girl we had we had 292 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: sectually came is it me? But it was like she's 293 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: running away screaming no, no, no. It never said that 294 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: this girl the main one. The next day opened and 295 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: they said they're keeping her name private because she hasn't 296 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: want to go public. Next day when public started, only 297 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: fans made a ship ton of money. I probably can't 298 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: say the S word. I just did made a ton 299 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: of money. Also, what they didn't realize at the time 300 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: is she had a fence to fake Instagram account was 301 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: documenting her entire week at my house and never said it. 302 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: She's like Dave Portnoy's boring and a grumpy old man. 303 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: This is out there, like so the descriptions of the 304 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: two things that she had, and then when I did 305 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: do the Trump thing again on her fence. Thus she's 306 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: like not my proudest f like, I hate this guy. 307 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: We didn't get along because the like we had, I 308 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: knew we didn't get along. I get along with both people. 309 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: But there are all these facts and her documenting that 310 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: everything she said happened just didn't happen, and they never 311 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: corrected the story. They never did anything. The other girl. 312 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: There's two girls. The other girl, there was a police 313 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: report from her mother that was gibberish. It was basically 314 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: an So there's that one. The other one, which I 315 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: was able to prove, and they're like, she blacked out 316 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: at my house. She didn't remember anything, she was in shock. 317 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: And then I have all these dms with the girl 318 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: continually after her being like, hey, can we hang out again, 319 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: here's my cell phone number. I can't believe you're still 320 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: talking to me after the fact. One she was supposed 321 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: to be blacked out. So I luckily because my girlfriend, 322 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: now I don't if any girl comes up, she's like, 323 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: let me see, let me see your DMS and stuff like. 324 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: So I was deleting them, thankfully. If I didn't have 325 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: the receipts, nobody would believe me. The people who did 326 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: not want to believe me, even my strongest critics, kind 327 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: of shut up on this article once I handed all 328 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: the evidence. But the story is always louder than the 329 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: facts that come out after. And that's what happens to anything. 330 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: Why they came at me. I think a lot of 331 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: it's politics. I really do. Like the people who wrote it. 332 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: I'm ranting. They deleted their entire Twitter profile as they 333 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: had four thousand tweets. They deleted them all before they 334 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: did because you go back, there's such anti Trump, anti 335 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: and it's like, I'm not that guy, but they think 336 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: I'm that guy. Yeah, Dave portnoys here. Okay, I'm gonna 337 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: switch gears. Then good. That was getting me on fire. 338 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: It soone comes out of my life. It's like, you're 339 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: coming out my life. I don't blame you, Chicago Bears. 340 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: What I know, you're a busting guy. But what I mean, 341 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: let's hear some of your theories on that. You know, 342 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: I they the Bears deserve to be good because it's 343 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: such a great sports town. I'm not sold on fields obviously. 344 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: Matt Naggi is one of the worst coaches in the 345 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: history of not just football, but like sports. So you 346 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: gotta get you gotta get rid of him. That he 347 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: believe the reports that he's gone. Now he's gone. If 348 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: he's not gone, then the Bears fans can't show up 349 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: ever again. Okay. I mean, he's the worst coach of 350 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: all time, and you believe the reports that we can't 351 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: get a good coach because of management. There may be 352 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: something to that. Um, I don't know enough about that. 353 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: I know great coaches want all the power generally, and 354 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: if there's a power struggle, I mean that's a little 355 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: bit what you see always with Dallas. You know the 356 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: Cowboys that Jerry Jones wants a coach who's basically his 357 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: pigeon to a degree. Um, but I mean the Bears 358 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: are terrible, and they've been terrible for a long time, 359 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: but they deserve to be good. And it starts with 360 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: a coach. No, it does. It does start with the coach, 361 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: but starts with who hires the coach clearly. Yeah, so 362 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: you're not sold on fields, you don't think not. I'm 363 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: also full disclosure. I went to Michigan, So on Michigan, 364 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: well you did. I don't wondering why I wear the Pistons, 365 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: little brother. Do you think Jim Harball would be a 366 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: good fit for the Bears? Yeah, I probably do. I 367 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: hope he's not, but I bet he. I do think. 368 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: I do think he's a good NFL coach. Yeah, for 369 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: a time. He wears people out YEA and the pros. 370 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't think he's gonna leave. I know 371 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: those rumors are floating. Um, i'd be very mad if 372 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: he left, because he has one good year at Michigan 373 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 1: they bolts. That would be crap. But I do think 374 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: he'd be a pretty good fit. Okay, you're talking about 375 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: him with Raiders maybe Bears. I heard that as well. Yeah, yeah, 376 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna leave Michigan. But yeah, well 377 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: he's getting paid, so he's doing a good job. Well, 378 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: he they cut his contract so that there's rumors like 379 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: he was so bad at Michigan. They cut his contract 380 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: in half, and maybe there's some left over now that 381 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: he had one good year. Who knows. Yeah, what do 382 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: you guys got anything? Yeah? Your girlfriend's super hot. My god, 383 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: what a smoke show when you're doing I'm sorry, I'm 384 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: obsessed with her. She's so hot. I see your tiktoks 385 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: all the time. Yeah, you're doing these tiktoks with her? 386 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: Does she force to do that? Yeah? But I mean 387 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: I'm fine with it if you want to have sex 388 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 1: with her because she's so high. Yeah, would do anything. 389 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: I can say no, but she'll keep asking some I have. 390 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: First of all, I like I'm like a numbers guy regardless, 391 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: and I don't know if I'm shadow band or what. 392 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: Her tiktoks do way better than mine do always on 393 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: my for you page, I don't know how she does. 394 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: She should but but how like I haven't figured everywhere, 395 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: but there's tons of girls. Yeah, but she's the hottest. 396 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: Yeah she's listen, she's very hot. So she's got a 397 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: friend or whatever. I get criticized from my crowd that like, 398 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: you sold up, but it's like, no, I doubt. It's 399 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: like I used to recreate Justin Bieber videos like everyone. 400 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: I had his fake tattoos literally all over my body 401 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: on a vacation for like, so I don't care. I'll 402 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: do anything for numbers um, but I'm also like a 403 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: one take guy for everything I do. I'm quick, I'm 404 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: in and out, and she will make me do the 405 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: lines over and over till she thinks I nailed like 406 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: you always do nail it. So I'm like, that's the 407 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 1: main thing with her that probably gets. The only time 408 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: maybe there's back and forth is she will watch a 409 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: TikTok and just keep repeating the lines to herself, like 410 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: out loud, hours before we do the TikTok and I'm like, 411 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: just enough of the TikTok. But yeah, no, um, she's 412 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: great at she gets big numbers and she's starting to 413 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: monetize it. So I'm all in on doing that even 414 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: you know, and she's super hot. You're right, Yeah, what's 415 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: next for the barstool brand? Like, I mean, twenty twenty two, 416 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: you guys are you guys are everywhere and everything. What's next? 417 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: What's the next level of barstool? Where you taking it next? 418 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: So a lot a big thing of what we're doing 419 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: is like what we're doing tonight is so tonight we're 420 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: a start is the launch for the River North bar 421 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: um and I think we may actually end up with 422 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: two here in Chicago. It opens to the public, I 423 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: don't Oh, I'll be open by the time this head 424 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: is right. So and then we have two in Philly, 425 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: I believe, Nashville, Scottsdale. So the on premise is a 426 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 1: big thing of what we're doing. And I'm focused on 427 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: sports scambling. That's a big part of what we do 428 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: and launching in new states and things like that. So 429 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: that's kind of where my focus. But we have so 430 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: we're always looking for talent too, Like that's a big part, 431 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: which is always trying to find like, you know, in 432 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: the next Alex Cooper or something like that. That's what 433 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: I was going to ask about. How did that relationship start? 434 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: Like I love her so much? Yes, so I knew 435 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: her like she was dating a Mets player. We had 436 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: crossed paths a couple times. And I remember she put 437 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: a sizzle reel thirty seconds of Call Her Daddy on 438 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: her Instagram and I saw it and it was interesting 439 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: because I never really seen anything quite like it. So 440 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: we called her in to meet with her, and uh, 441 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: it was like, Hey, what is this, Alex And she's like, 442 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 1: this is a podcast I want to do Call her 443 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: Daddy blah blah blah, and like who created the sizzle reel? 444 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: Who made it? She's like I did. And I'm like, 445 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: what do you meet because it was very slick, very professional, um, 446 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: and she's like, I made it. I learned how to 447 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: edit all it. I'm like, all right. Once she said 448 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: that was pretty clear she was serious about it. And 449 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: then it's like, do you want to work here? Will 450 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: promote it, uh and give you a contract. So I 451 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: didn't know who Sophia was at the time. I didn't 452 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: even know there was anyone else on it, but they 453 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: both signed up and the thing just went like new 454 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: clear like or by the way, got bless her for 455 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: that changed the game. She has an American hero. No, 456 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 1: she revolutionized like podcast seeing all in the amount of 457 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: women and who would then send, hey, we want to 458 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: do podcasts, and I look at them and they were 459 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: all just knockoffs of like Collar Daddy, which we weren't 460 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: really looking for because it's very hard to recreate like 461 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: that talent. Yeah, the thing. I mean, we obviously thought 462 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: she had talent and there's a chance it would be popular. 463 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: But I mean I look at her as like the 464 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: female Joe Rogan, and I don't mean that in what 465 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: they say, but like in her influence and how big 466 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: that she really became game a megastar and she got 467 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: paid like it. And I saw the video where you 468 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: responded to her leaving and getting that big offer. I 469 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: thought you were super classy about that because you know, 470 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: I know you were paying her or there was an 471 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: offer on the table from you guys, but that thing 472 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: was huge and she got paid for it. I always 473 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: look at Barstool kind of like and I assume it's 474 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: sort of like here as like sports, we sign you 475 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: to a two three year contract, whatever it may be. 476 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: We expect you to fulfill the contract and if you 477 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: kill it that and can go sign a mega contract. Yeah, 478 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: we'd love to keep you, but at some level we 479 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: may or may not. I mean, she got sixty million 480 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: over three years over there, so that's pretty good. Yeah, yeah, 481 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: so I would go for that. Yeah, so, I mean, 482 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: how can you knock that she did. We had a 483 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: little hiccup in the middle of it, I want to 484 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: say little. It was pretty big. When the Color Daddy, 485 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: yeah split, that was wild. Yeah, that was wild. I 486 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: can tell you honestly, you should be on my team. 487 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: I told the dead as I told the dead ass 488 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: truth with that. They were both trying to screw us over. 489 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: They and Alex will openly be like we were now 490 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: he said, she said, behind what happened with those two? 491 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: I believe Alex because there was no reason. Once once 492 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: we offer them the deal we did, which was a 493 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: huge raise, give them like we own Color Daddy, like 494 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: it was Barcel's property, and like here, you guys can 495 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: take it when you leave. They were both gonna be 496 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: multi multi millionaires a second that offer was made and 497 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: Alex said she'll take it, and Sophia said, no, there's 498 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: no rational reason why that could ever happen. They blamed 499 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: it on the boyfriend. Yeah, hey, Fred, if you offered 500 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: me and all the time, I will take it. Yeah, 501 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: if it's on the table, yeah, line, and we got 502 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: that's another situation we got kind of I don't want 503 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: to say lucky, but that would have been he said. 504 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: She said if they just quit because they were acting 505 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: like we were like abusing them, basically, like they had 506 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: this whole trail and just none of us true. They 507 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: just didn't come into the office for a month and 508 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: a half because they were getting ready to quit and 509 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: leave and plant basically a reason why they could break 510 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: their contract and leave and it It would have been 511 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: ugly because a lot of the Caller Daddy fans at 512 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: that time didn't know really who I was or Barstool 513 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: was m So it worked out Alex obviously as a 514 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: megastar and I, you know, I don't you know, I 515 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: letally put this way. I think there's connections between the 516 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: business insider and so there there's connections on every single potential. 517 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: Like one of the girls who was connected with Sophia's 518 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: new crew. So there's just it runs so deep. Yeah, 519 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: it runs, you're gonna start. It's a nice it's a 520 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: nice it's a nice thing to have. It's like, uh, 521 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: I remember we got a show canceled by ESPN, the 522 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: fastest show of all time, it was it. It aired 523 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: once they canceled. Yeah, I remember. There was all this 524 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: uh blowback, like barcels thinks Dave's the devil, this and that. 525 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: He said this that and the guy who ran ESPN, 526 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: his name was John Skipper at the time, so we 527 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: engraved him. Uh and like maybe two weeks later he 528 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: resigned from ESPN because he claimed he was being blackmailed 529 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: by his coke dealer. Happened and he's like he also, 530 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: by the way, said he used coke once. He's like, 531 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,239 Speaker 1: you use coke once and you're getting black man, what 532 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: are we talking about. You must be a little better 533 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: customer than that. So that that was when it was like, 534 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: all right, God's on my side. There we popped that 535 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: bottle to quick, but yeah, we had that one ready 536 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: to go. Well, I hope everybody stops by a river 537 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: north the barstool bar. Is that solved. Yeah, so it's 538 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: just barstool River North, so each place will go well, 539 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: but you barstool, it's awesome, like I was. I mean, 540 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: obviously I'm biased, but it was my first time in there, 541 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: um Wednesday, and it came out sweet, really really nice. 542 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: There's a lot here, there's a lot to unpack and decompress. Ordo, 543 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: thank you for coming by. Man appreciate it. I don't 544 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: know why we do this cheese. I don't know. I 545 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: don't know why. It's it's like, yeah, just do that 546 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: or whatever.