WEBVTT - The Karol Markowicz Show:  From The Sopranos to Supporting Trump with Drea de Matteo

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz Show on iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 1>We're in a very weird pro divorce moment. This American

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<v Speaker 1>ex Wife is a really popular book among a certain

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<v Speaker 1>set of women. Okay, they all live in Brooklyn, about

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<v Speaker 1>how freeing divorces. Even the New York Times made fun

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<v Speaker 1>of this concept of freedom, though of course they did

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<v Speaker 1>it from the left. They wrote. Lens, for example, spends

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<v Speaker 1>much of her book detailing her struggle to get free,

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<v Speaker 1>but never feels she needs to define freedom. It is

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<v Speaker 1>taken as a given that freedom still means the law

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<v Speaker 1>firm partner in heels, the self made woman with an

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<v Speaker 1>independent business, the best selling author on book tour, the

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<v Speaker 1>woman who has shed any residue of the domestic and

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<v Speaker 1>has finally come to shine with capitalist achievement. It is

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<v Speaker 1>not the freedom for a woman to stay home with

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<v Speaker 1>her child for a year or five, the freedom to

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<v Speaker 1>stop working after a lifetime toiling in low wage jobs,

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<v Speaker 1>the freedom for a Filipina nanny to watch her own

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<v Speaker 1>children instead of those of her liberated American boss. The

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<v Speaker 1>freedom to start a farm or a homestead, or engage

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<v Speaker 1>in the kind of unpaid work ignored by an economy

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<v Speaker 1>that still values above all else the white collar professional

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<v Speaker 1>labor long dominated by men, and in fact mostly fails

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<v Speaker 1>to recognize other labor as valuable at all. End quote

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<v Speaker 1>it's bad when the New York Times is making fun

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<v Speaker 1>of you, and The Atlantic noted divorce is in the

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<v Speaker 1>literary air lately, but also said Lens's impulse to generalize

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<v Speaker 1>is so strong that at times her work whiffs of

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<v Speaker 1>self help. This idea that a woman can only be

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<v Speaker 1>free as long as she's not in a loving, stable

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<v Speaker 1>relationship is a weird lie sold to girls, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's getting worse. Boys are constantly portrayed as a

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<v Speaker 1>problem that girls are best to avoid. The idea that

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<v Speaker 1>life is about getting a job is pushed constantly. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember Michelle Obama telling girls to put books before boys. Look.

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<v Speaker 1>I fully agree with that. Obviously, of course, get an education,

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<v Speaker 1>but that has largely turned into all books, no boys.

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<v Speaker 1>Marriage rates continue to decrease, and this glamorizing of divorce

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<v Speaker 1>is not good for anyone. My prediction is that all

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<v Speaker 1>of these stories that we read over the last decade

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<v Speaker 1>about how older mena lonely, have no friends and no

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<v Speaker 1>social outlets will be told about women fairly soon. Women

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<v Speaker 1>are more social in general and encouraged to have friends,

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<v Speaker 1>but the whole idea that discourages them from being in

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<v Speaker 1>relationships will end up hurting them. I often talk about

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<v Speaker 1>things you should discuss with your children. Talk to your

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<v Speaker 1>kids about the importance of finding the right spouse, of

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<v Speaker 1>getting married and having a family. Say the words as

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<v Speaker 1>I like to say on this show. But this is

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<v Speaker 1>something to also talk about with friends so they don't

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<v Speaker 1>get influenced by bad actors. Divorce isn't glamorous, it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>freeing saying staying bad marriages. But don't believe the lie

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<v Speaker 1>being very much pushed right now, that divorce is the

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<v Speaker 1>only road to happiness and that a woman can only

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<v Speaker 1>be free when she is alone. So many of you

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you all so much. Coming up next and interview

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<v Speaker 1>with Dre de Matteo. Join us after the break.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to the Carol Markowitz Show on iHeartRadio. My

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<v Speaker 2>guest today is Drey de Mateo. Drey is an Emmy

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<v Speaker 2>Award winning actress from the Sopranos and co founder of

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<v Speaker 2>the parrolne Ultra Free Hi. Dra, so nice to have

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<v Speaker 2>you on.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, It's an honor to be here. I figure I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a big fan of your work. I think I

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<v Speaker 2>cried when Adriana was killed on The Sopranos, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, don't get in the car, don't get in

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<v Speaker 2>the car. But I've always thought you were just fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've followed a lot of your recent interviews and

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<v Speaker 2>you've talked about being an outcast in Hollywood because of

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<v Speaker 2>your support for Donald Trump. Why do it?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, well, first off, I you know, it was

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<v Speaker 4>more benign than that.

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<v Speaker 3>Before it was Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been supporting Kennedy the whole time through the pistle pain.

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<v Speaker 4>Now that Kennedy's joined forces with Trump, I am not a.

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<v Speaker 3>What do they call them? The Trump derangement syndrome, folks?

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<v Speaker 3>Was no TDS.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, okay, I had that when I voted for Biden,

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<v Speaker 4>and I had never voted in my life because I

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<v Speaker 4>was always anti government, always believed it was a selection.

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<v Speaker 3>I was anti Bush all of these things.

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<v Speaker 4>And until I realized that this administration just seems like

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<v Speaker 4>a continuation of that, the Bush administration.

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<v Speaker 3>But I you know, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Remember my daughter saying, you know, pick the lesser of

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<v Speaker 4>two evils, mommy, And at that time, I wasn't really

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<v Speaker 4>I was asleep.

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that when there are Democrats in office, liberals

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<v Speaker 4>do tend to go to sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And I felt like, you know, when Trump was

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<v Speaker 4>in office, all I kept saying was I think this

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<v Speaker 4>is amazing.

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<v Speaker 5>Everyone's awake. But I yes, and now cast in Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 5>I was never part of Hollywood to be pushed out

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<v Speaker 5>of there. It never would have even I don't care.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think I'd go back right now to act

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<v Speaker 4>or try to be a part of that society. I

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<v Speaker 4>think it's a I think everything is so rigged right now.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not happy with the media period in general. I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like there's a war on the truth on from

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<v Speaker 4>every angle and creative I just, yeah, my ostracized from Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 4>my set aside because of Trump. I mean, am I

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<v Speaker 4>going to get behind Trump right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Fourth? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>I just you know, I just don't get like so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a conservative. You know, before we got on, you said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like, okay, you're token liberal for the day,

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<v Speaker 2>which is funny because you are a liberal, right, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean self proclaimed liberal, and yet you're supporting Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>You could have an easier time, you know, you could

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<v Speaker 2>not say anything you can I mean, you could obviously

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<v Speaker 2>join the Kamala train, but even if you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to do that, you could easily just have the easier

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<v Speaker 2>time in your career and stay quiet. So I'm always

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<v Speaker 2>curious about the people who don't have to speak up

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<v Speaker 2>and actually speak up at like risk to themselves. Why

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<v Speaker 2>why what motivates you?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 4>I had no choice. I fell into it. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>looking for a platform of any kind. I've been quiet

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<v Speaker 4>actor my whole life, totally anonymous. No one would know

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<v Speaker 4>anything from me. My Instagram was never fully active. So

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<v Speaker 4>when I lost everything through the vaccine mandates, that was

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<v Speaker 4>when things.

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<v Speaker 3>Started to get really heated. I was losing my home.

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<v Speaker 3>I was almost a foreclosure to talk why I was

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<v Speaker 3>in foreclosure.

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<v Speaker 4>And I had to do things that I would never

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<v Speaker 4>a million years imagine I would do to survive, take

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<v Speaker 4>care of my kids and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>It was kind of just a spoof, like like a

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<v Speaker 3>joke sort of we we. I'm going to say we because.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a family decision and only fans as a

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<v Speaker 4>fan page, not if it only fans is a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of different things, but for me, it was you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's like an Adriana to serve a fan page if anything.

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<v Speaker 4>And I got a lot of I got a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of heat, I got a lot of love.

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<v Speaker 3>I am between two worlds. It's funny.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like the conservatives don't want me because I did that,

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<v Speaker 4>but they were They had open arms for me for

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<v Speaker 4>that because I was People secretly knew I was moving

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<v Speaker 4>towards being more of a conservative by the way.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, a lot of.

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<v Speaker 4>Us and a lot of us ultraliberals will say that,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, conservative is.

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<v Speaker 3>The new pop rock. Oh yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 4>A lot of my I'm digressing and I always do,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm so sorry because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry about it. This is this is a flowing conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it breaks my heart to see my liberal friends

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<v Speaker 4>who don't understand yet, and the minute you mentioned because

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<v Speaker 4>they I got them all behind Kennedy. Took a while,

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<v Speaker 4>and I got a lot of people behind Kennedy. And

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<v Speaker 4>now that he's moved over to Trump, I feel like,

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<v Speaker 4>holy shit, what am I going to do? How am

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<v Speaker 4>I going to convince people that.

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<v Speaker 6>That he's that he's okay right when they're so hung

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<v Speaker 6>up on headlines and the fact that he's racist, that

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<v Speaker 6>he's sexist, that he's you know, that he has a

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<v Speaker 6>personality disorder.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it's so it feels like the biggest mountain

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<v Speaker 4>I would climb right now. And I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 4>get people to vote for Trump or I was never

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<v Speaker 4>trying to get them to vote for Kennedy. All I

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<v Speaker 4>was doing once I was let out of the stable

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<v Speaker 4>and I had no choice anymore. Like once I the

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<v Speaker 4>only Fans thing came out and I explained why I

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<v Speaker 4>did that, I was catapulted into a world of insanity

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<v Speaker 4>and I stayed there. I didn't even feel like it

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<v Speaker 4>was me doing the talking Half the time. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 4>what is happening here? But I just want people just

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<v Speaker 4>to wake up more. The people that are on the

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<v Speaker 4>brink of waking up, just go all the way. I

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<v Speaker 4>know there are a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>That were going to lose through a lot of this, right, but.

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<v Speaker 4>I think people need to get back to the middle,

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<v Speaker 4>to the center of reality, of just reality and recognize that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I know Trump's a republic and I know

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<v Speaker 4>that a lot of people that love him are conservatives.

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<v Speaker 4>But I really believe in my heart that he's not

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<v Speaker 4>playing politics right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean he has to, Yeah, he's his own thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and he needs.

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<v Speaker 4>That Republican vote, and I understand that humanity is the

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<v Speaker 4>bigger issue right now, and any way to get into

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<v Speaker 4>the corruption, to start whacking all those weeds down, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, with Kennedy in there, because he gives a voice.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump says straight in the swamp, and then Kenny comes

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<v Speaker 4>in there and explains what exactly that means. And I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like the pairing of the two of them. We

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<v Speaker 4>were all like hoping for this, you know, because you

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<v Speaker 4>need Trump's muscle.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you get support from the Italian American world because

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<v Speaker 2>they're pretty conservative? I mean, you know, I'm I was

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<v Speaker 2>born in Russia. I grew up in Brooklyn. Italians were

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<v Speaker 2>my people. They were very similar to US conservatives, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, kind of normal.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny. I got all their support.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I know I'll have most of their support

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<v Speaker 4>now that I would be behind Trump. Kennedy was a

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<v Speaker 4>sort of a nebulous place. I think for some Italians.

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<v Speaker 3>I think there's so.

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<v Speaker 4>Much ego tied into the politics of of what team

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<v Speaker 4>you choose. People are just so like Mega or Blue Blue,

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<v Speaker 4>no matter who, there's all his ego in it, and

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<v Speaker 4>Italians have major egos. So in that respect, yes, But

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<v Speaker 4>then a lot of people who saw that I joined

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<v Speaker 4>OnlyFans think that I'm you know, thought now they don't

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<v Speaker 4>really know that it's just kind of for fun. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>so that was tough. I, like I said, I'm a

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<v Speaker 4>man without a country. There's no they don't have any

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<v Speaker 4>side to be on at this point. I don't really

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<v Speaker 4>believe in any of these sides.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe in the best person for the job.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think that two men are going to be

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<v Speaker 4>able to stop this avalanche that.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's not so much the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, they were doing it during the Bush administration,

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<v Speaker 4>and they pushed it through Clinton and Obama and all this,

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<v Speaker 4>and I just don't know if two men can stop

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<v Speaker 4>even with Tulsa. You know it takes all of us

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<v Speaker 2>What's your largest cultural concern? Like, what do you worry about?

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<v Speaker 2>What's our biggest cultural problem?

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<v Speaker 4>Without sounding like an asshole, I would say the idiot

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<v Speaker 4>you see that's out there right now.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a terrible thing to say. I think where does

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<v Speaker 3>all cultures start? Right?

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<v Speaker 4>It starts in the media, you know, they push it

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<v Speaker 4>through their channels. I think my hat's right here that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm always wearing.

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<v Speaker 3>The fund the media.

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<v Speaker 2>The hat says yes.

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<v Speaker 4>So I feel like a lot of these cultural issues

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<v Speaker 4>and Kennedy says it great, while you have everybody infighting

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<v Speaker 4>over the social issues, you're not paying attention to what's

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<v Speaker 4>really going on. I was trying to explain this to

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<v Speaker 4>one of my gay friends yesterday. I just think all

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<v Speaker 4>of these rights that they're afraid of being taken away,

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<v Speaker 4>like gay marriage or abortion or.

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<v Speaker 3>All of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>I think, imagine if we had a society where two

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<v Speaker 4>parties decided we are not going to go we are

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<v Speaker 4>not running an abortion, gay marriage, We're not going to

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<v Speaker 4>run any social issues. We're only going to run on

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<v Speaker 4>the heart of the matter of what's really going on

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<v Speaker 4>in the world, the food, the war, on the true

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<v Speaker 4>with the wars, just the wars alone.

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<v Speaker 3>You look at the two parties and the Liberals will war.

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<v Speaker 3>They vote for war, and that's a switch. That's a

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<v Speaker 3>huge switch.

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<v Speaker 4>And I wonder with all this sort of identity politics,

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<v Speaker 4>which I don't think it's identity in terms of race

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<v Speaker 4>and sex. I look at identity politics more like I

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<v Speaker 4>have to vote blue no matter who. And it's my

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<v Speaker 4>version of it. It's not I know that's not the

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<v Speaker 4>way it is in the world. But I feel like

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<v Speaker 4>if they could just get away from the teams and

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<v Speaker 4>realize that it's all bullshit, it's really about this corruption

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<v Speaker 4>that's inside, and these two men are actually trying to

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<v Speaker 4>dismantle it. But he's got to use the Republican Party

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<v Speaker 4>to do it. And no offense to the Republicans either.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think they know it. I think they're hip

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<v Speaker 3>to it.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the idea behind your ultra free brand? Like the

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<v Speaker 2>freedom thing seems to be a thing for you, definitely right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it is.

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<v Speaker 4>When I almost lost my home and my kids had

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<v Speaker 4>to watch me figure everything out and watch the stress

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<v Speaker 4>I had to go through with no help from anyone,

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<v Speaker 4>the only person who would help me was a Russian woman.

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<v Speaker 3>She offered to help me.

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<v Speaker 4>I just want to tell you that I'll never forget

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<v Speaker 4>it because she's she was my I wouldn't take anything

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<v Speaker 4>from her because she had nothing, but she said, let

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<v Speaker 4>me pay.

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<v Speaker 3>Your mortgage off, and I'll do it right now. And

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't take it.

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<v Speaker 4>But but we were very aligned during the whole Ukraine

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<v Speaker 4>Russia thing because you know, we understood what was going on,

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<v Speaker 4>whereas you know, a lot of these kids.

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<v Speaker 3>When my kids come to me and say, Mommy, what's.

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<v Speaker 4>Happening in Ukraine Russia, and I'm like, I don't really know,

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<v Speaker 4>and now I need to go in and educate myself

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<v Speaker 4>completely from you know, back in two thousands back to

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<v Speaker 4>twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 3>All this stuff, that's where Ultra Free was born.

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<v Speaker 4>It was continue it was losing everything over freedom of speech.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh for being afraid. I was afraid.

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<v Speaker 4>I was afraid people were going to come to my

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<v Speaker 4>house and force vaccinate us. I mean, you hear this

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<v Speaker 4>stuff happening in other places, and what their agenda is

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<v Speaker 4>my kids going to go to school.

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<v Speaker 3>We had to move. We were leaving.

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<v Speaker 4>California over the mandates and the public school system.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's more stuff coming that you know that we

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<v Speaker 3>know about.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure you know there's more stuff on the horizon

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<v Speaker 4>that is going to trample on our freedom. It's no

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<v Speaker 4>matter who gets in office, they're going to push this

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<v Speaker 4>agenda as far as it can. So Ultra Free was

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<v Speaker 4>born out of all of that. It was, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>don't tread on me. It's a very I guess sort

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<v Speaker 4>of libertarian, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>And where this is one of our shirts, what is

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<v Speaker 3>this in it? I can't as Council.

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<v Speaker 4>For Nuclear Disarmament, the Saints and we you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>have a bunch of different ones like that.

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<v Speaker 3>This hasn't come out yet, but our.

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<v Speaker 4>Dual Protection Collection and a lot of them are either

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<v Speaker 4>religious ambula or guns, and it's more symbolic of anything.

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<v Speaker 4>We're anti war, but you're not taking our guns while

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<v Speaker 4>you're corrupting our government.

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<v Speaker 3>That's just never going to happen.

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<v Speaker 4>So we support all of these things that most liberals

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<v Speaker 4>might not support these days.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's ultra free for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it.

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<v Speaker 3>All these hats. You know we're going to be selling

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<v Speaker 3>these hats.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, do you fund the media? Had yet one? So

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<v Speaker 2>you survived all of this, You made it to the

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<v Speaker 2>other side. You're doing what seems to be really well. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel like you've made it?

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<v Speaker 4>I'll never make it in terms of what's important to me, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, I want an Emmy that's cool, like I made it.

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<v Speaker 3>I made it in that realm. I'm working on a

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<v Speaker 3>book right now.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that that will be a cool place for

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<v Speaker 4>me to make it in a small way again in

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<v Speaker 4>terms of what that all means in society.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think that things are just changing so much.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if they'll ever be an a moment

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<v Speaker 4>where I sit there and say my more immature self

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<v Speaker 4>might have said that, Like when my name was the

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<v Speaker 4>Crossford Puzzles, I was like, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I made it. Now if you put me in the

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<v Speaker 3>New York Times, I want to run for my life.

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<v Speaker 3>But no, no, and I don't care about making it.

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<v Speaker 4>I just care about I just care about taking care

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<v Speaker 4>of people, you know, more than anything.

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<v Speaker 3>That's always been the thing that has filled.

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<v Speaker 4>Me the most to be able when I lost all

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<v Speaker 4>my money, that was what was the hardest thing for me,

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<v Speaker 4>was to know that I wouldn't be able to help

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<v Speaker 4>anybody out. So that, for me is the most important thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Is I know a lot of people are going to

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<v Speaker 4>need help moving forward and what's about to go down

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<v Speaker 4>in society, and I need to be prepared to be

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<v Speaker 4>able to lend a hand when it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really great. I really enjoyed that. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for coming on and here with your best tip

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<v Speaker 2>for my listeners on how they can improve their lives.

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<v Speaker 4>All the truth, pick up every rock in your path,

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<v Speaker 4>don't look at headlines, and try to educate your friends

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<v Speaker 4>gently ask questions. Ask them to ask questions or follow

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<v Speaker 4>the truth. It's always follow the truth. And teach your

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<v Speaker 4>children to follow the truth and to be free thinkers.

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<v Speaker 4>All of a sudden, kids are damned if they if

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<v Speaker 4>they have if they have an opinion, there a future.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, absolutely yeah. Good advice. She's Dre de Matteo. Check

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<v Speaker 2>out her new brand called Ultra Free. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for coming, Andre, Thank you for having.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for joining us on the Carol marco

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