WEBVTT - MINI: ROBBIE WILLIAMS Interview

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So we begin this chap.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're doing these interviews, you're in a waiting room

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<v Speaker 2>for them to finish doing the most previous interview. So

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<v Speaker 2>we were waiting about half an hour forty minutes. It

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<v Speaker 2>was all running late. Then when Robbie was there, there

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<v Speaker 2>was a lot of technical problems, so trying to keep

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<v Speaker 2>my call, I suddenly realized I hadn't done that morning

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<v Speaker 2>my shoulder exercises. So I'm in the studio, I'm on camera,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm filling time, waiting for Robbie to be available, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm using the time to do these shoulder exercises. And

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<v Speaker 2>I suddenly realized that actually he's been watching me for

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<v Speaker 2>about thirty seconds. And why am I saying all this?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it begins in a strange way.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Hello, Oh sorry, I didn't know Robbie. This is Christian.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi Christian. I used to speak to man.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, can I just explain what I was doing? Then?

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<v Speaker 2>I was doing some shoulder stretching because I've hurt my

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder and I'm in my fifties, so I was supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be doing these exercises and I was just doing them.

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<v Speaker 1>Then. I just want to explain why I was doing that.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh there's always something going on for the middle aged man.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, what are your ailments?

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<v Speaker 2>I was on holiday with my family last year and

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<v Speaker 2>we walked past one of those outdoor gyms and my

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<v Speaker 2>two daughters go, what are those? And it was like

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<v Speaker 2>parallel bars, you know the people used to do dips

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<v Speaker 2>on And I said, oh, I used to do a

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<v Speaker 2>better do like twenty or thirty of those, and they.

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<v Speaker 4>Went, when's the ninety degree angle and completely ripped it off.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah that is a but no Robbie on the second one.

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<v Speaker 2>And my daughters are nineteen and twenty one. They were laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was my wife and I heard my eldest

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<v Speaker 2>daughter go to a sister. Oh god, Dad tried to

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<v Speaker 2>show us what he had and it was nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>Less than nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's been described to me as we used

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<v Speaker 4>to be like elasticated, silly putty, and now we are

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<v Speaker 4>frozen silly cutting that just snaps.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's what war wings what's it for you right now?

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<v Speaker 2>You know you're you're in the middle of the European tours,

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<v Speaker 2>so there must be what knees?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it knees? Shoulders?

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<v Speaker 4>No, I've got arthritis in my facet joints at the

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<v Speaker 4>base of my spine, and I've got two discs that

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<v Speaker 4>are actually popping out, one in the neck and one

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<v Speaker 4>in the lumber. What I did my groin in by

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<v Speaker 4>just sitting down? I did my groining by sitting down.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what did you land on your nuts or on

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<v Speaker 2>your land, on your testicles or what do you mean

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<v Speaker 2>you sat down that?

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<v Speaker 4>I did that for the first time this year. Sagon

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<v Speaker 4>on a testicle?

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<v Speaker 2>May because again, as we get older, they get they

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<v Speaker 2>lower by about what three inches every year. May.

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<v Speaker 4>A couple of years ago, I put my back out

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<v Speaker 4>by sneak. Actually the worst one was I put my

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<v Speaker 4>back out by turning around. Turning around, you know, like

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<v Speaker 4>you're supposed to do as a human.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're a dad, how do you feel like?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're a similar age, So how do you

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<v Speaker 2>feel about I think we were very lucky growing up

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<v Speaker 2>in the eighties and nineties. How do you feel now

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<v Speaker 2>as a dad about the age that our kids are

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<v Speaker 2>growing up into. I think we had it far better.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there was far more is an all innocent

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<v Speaker 2>time I thought it was. We were raised by boardom,

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<v Speaker 2>which I think is quite a good thing. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I feel sorry for my kids now. It's quite a

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<v Speaker 2>tough time to be growing up, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure that my father would have said the same

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<v Speaker 4>thing about my generation too, you know, And so it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>My kids are having such a fantastic and varied and

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<v Speaker 4>interesting life, and they have both parents, and both parents

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<v Speaker 4>love each other, so there is a stable household, which

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't grow up in.

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<v Speaker 3>So in many ways they don't.

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<v Speaker 4>Have what we had, which is the gift of boredom

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<v Speaker 4>and outside, but they have so many more gifts in

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<v Speaker 4>its place. Obviously, the Internet and screens is corrosive and

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<v Speaker 4>is causing its own problems. But I mean, if I

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<v Speaker 4>think about how much we helicopter them and how much

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<v Speaker 4>we take care of them and make sure they don't

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<v Speaker 4>break or think bad things or feel bad things when

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<v Speaker 4>we like I was never in the house.

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<v Speaker 3>I was never in the house, and I was.

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<v Speaker 4>Up to all sorts of things with all sorts of people.

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<v Speaker 3>It's and we're still alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, you're right. We survived the eighties and nineties.

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<v Speaker 4>How survived. So yeah, I hear what you're saying. But

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<v Speaker 4>my kids have got a beautiful life so and long

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<v Speaker 4>made it continued.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that, Robbie. What is it like when you

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<v Speaker 1>come here to Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>The great thing about Australia and the worst thing about

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<v Speaker 4>Australia is it's so far away and I want to

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<v Speaker 4>sort of and I do in private extol the virtues

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<v Speaker 4>of Australia to people whenever it's brought up, and how

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<v Speaker 4>much I love it, but also at the same time

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<v Speaker 4>how incredible it is might be best kept a secret.

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<v Speaker 1>Good point, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>That's how I feel, you know. But you think about

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<v Speaker 4>all the people over here and in Britain, and a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of the time I just think, what you.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't just move to Australia. It's better. It is no Christian?

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<v Speaker 3>Am I right?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes? I love it? It is. My family do. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a fantastic place. They're very they're very sort of

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<v Speaker 2>more upbeat. They're more positive as well. And when I

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<v Speaker 2>moved here, I still have that London thing where you

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<v Speaker 2>don't talk to strange as. You just keep moving, keep

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<v Speaker 2>yourself to yourself, or it's weird. You're being weird, You're

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<v Speaker 2>making it weird. And so people ask me how my

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<v Speaker 2>day was and what my plans were up to, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they were odd at first. It actually changes

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<v Speaker 2>on a singular level, how much more friendly people are here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I just think that in Australia there is a freshing

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<v Speaker 4>lack of pretense. And I think the most authentic people

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<v Speaker 4>that I know on the planet, you know, I think

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<v Speaker 4>that's that's what I there is for me. When I

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<v Speaker 4>get to Australia, my shoulders drop.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm constantly everywhere else scanning and thinking and what is it?

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<v Speaker 3>What do they need? Where do I go?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 4>What are they going to say to me? And how

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<v Speaker 4>are they going to say it? And what will that mean?

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<v Speaker 4>And oh my god. And when I'm in Australia, I

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<v Speaker 4>just know invariably I'm meeting somebody that doesn't give up.

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<v Speaker 2>But they in Australian Tourist Board, Robbie, they should put

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<v Speaker 2>on the posters come to Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't give us.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, huge biggest marketing campaign ever. Oh, that's what

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<v Speaker 2>we all want is to be Yes, that's a great idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to speak to the Australian Tourist Board the

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<v Speaker 2>moment we conclude this chat.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, come to Australia. We don't give.

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<v Speaker 1>Them zero fs hashtag zero fs.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Now when you're here, you're here in novemby it towards

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the year, and I'd love to do

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<v Speaker 2>a thing where you come and do the show with me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean just like, yes, we've said this, but

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<v Speaker 2>now let's commit to it. We don't know how many

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<v Speaker 2>more summers we've got, Robbie Peter Williams. We don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how many winters, more springs, more autumns we've got. Why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you come and do the show with me? Not

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<v Speaker 2>just an interview, actually do the show, Do the travel news,

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<v Speaker 2>do the weather if you want, do sport news if

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<v Speaker 2>you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you still up for that? Come and do that

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<v Speaker 1>with me in November May.

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<v Speaker 4>I've wanted to do this. I want to be the

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<v Speaker 4>Robin to your Batman.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be but I want to be the

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<v Speaker 2>Batman to your Robin. So listen, let's do this one

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<v Speaker 2>year over and if you're up for it, you can

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<v Speaker 2>either come in this studio with me and we can

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<v Speaker 2>do the show you in Melbourne, Melbourne and Sydney, so

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<v Speaker 2>you get your pick.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Well, I'm saying to my management here we've been

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<v Speaker 4>talking about this for years now and a need to

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<v Speaker 4>go in. So can you make a note of it

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<v Speaker 4>or something.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll make it a note of it.

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<v Speaker 3>How long's your show?

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<v Speaker 2>Three hours? But listen, you can do all three. You

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<v Speaker 2>can do an hour.

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<v Speaker 4>I would do too. It would be a ripper mate.

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<v Speaker 4>It's good for two.

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<v Speaker 1>This is great.

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<v Speaker 2>And what you're going to do six to eight, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>guessing you're doing seven or nine. I'm on them up

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<v Speaker 2>for an hour and then bang, you're on.

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<v Speaker 4>Just depend what my jet lag is telling me, you

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<v Speaker 4>know jet Lag. Accordingly, we will cut our cloth. I'll

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<v Speaker 4>be in may I know we keep saying this. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>sorry that I haven't done it yet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's correct, you've been busy.

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<v Speaker 2>Or I'll tell you what because obviously you'll be probably

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<v Speaker 2>towards the end of the world tour, you'll be naked.

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<v Speaker 2>We could do it anytime of the day. I could

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<v Speaker 2>even do it. We could call the late breakfast show

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<v Speaker 2>and it could be at six o'clock in the evening.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll build it around your schedule.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, well there's an offer. Yes, let's look.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you don't get out of bed till about one

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<v Speaker 2>in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 3>I seem to remember, mate, I don't get out of bed.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, listen, you do the show from the bed.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, it's a late breakfast show live

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<v Speaker 4>in bed. All of my face tims to lawyers, management

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<v Speaker 4>friends are all spent with me stark bollocked naked.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>And I only found out that this was unusual when

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<v Speaker 4>I called somebody that I facetimed them and they were

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<v Speaker 4>also stark, bollocked naked.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, mate, mate, put some clothes on.

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<v Speaker 3>This is weird.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I thought, oh shit, that's how people are

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<v Speaker 4>experiencing me. They're they're experiencing weird. Robbie Williams with his

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<v Speaker 4>I've got bizarrely per nipples and I'm not turned on

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<v Speaker 4>or cold. It's just their erect They're always just direct. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>nothing else is anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, is gone there on that? Yes, we just

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<v Speaker 1>need to move on to the next one. I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>sorry to wrap you out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's okay, because shame because we were just talking about

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<v Speaker 2>Robie's AREC nipples. That's a real shame to get that

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<v Speaker 2>kind that kind of champagne radio cut off. Hey listen, Robbie.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll see you in November in a bed in a

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<v Speaker 2>listener's house.

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<v Speaker 3>Peace be with you, brother, Let's make it happen.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, take care, lovely chat to you again, ye

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<v Speaker 2>take care of

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<v Speaker 1>Christian O'Connell show on podcast