WEBVTT - MINI: Robbie Williams - FULL Interview!

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<v Speaker 1>Quest. Yeah. Welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Robbie Williams. How are you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really good, Thank you very much. How are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good now, Just so I can work out where

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<v Speaker 2>you are in the world. Are you in London? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you in Larlowland, La La Land? Where are you right now, Robbie.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in La La Land, in the hills of Beverlyshire

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<v Speaker 1>nine O two one zero.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at you. You've done very well for yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm right posh me.

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<v Speaker 2>You can take the boy out of Stoke, but surely

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<v Speaker 2>not still the stoke out the boy. Surely you've still

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<v Speaker 2>got some of that in you?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, No, he still exists, loud and kicking,

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<v Speaker 1>very proud.

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<v Speaker 2>And have you just sold that don't need to get

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<v Speaker 2>out soon? Hasn't? Isn't Drake like moving in as we talk,

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<v Speaker 2>because there is removal vans coming in for all your stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe a Canadian is moving further up the hill,

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<v Speaker 1>but if he is, I would have signed an NDA

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<v Speaker 1>to not just close any of those things.

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<v Speaker 2>Good for you now, Robbie, great news. You're coming to

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<v Speaker 2>Melbourne very soon in April, doing Rod laver Arena, and

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<v Speaker 2>also your movie, your biopic, Better Man, is being made

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<v Speaker 2>right here as well. First of all, tell me about

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<v Speaker 2>the biopic.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the biopic for a narcissist like me is wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>news because it's solely about me and my life, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's all of the good bits, all of the bad bits.

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<v Speaker 1>There's bits of fantasy in there. I obviously disclose too

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<v Speaker 1>much about what I've been up to that people don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, it's directed by Michael Gracie, the driving force

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<v Speaker 1>behind the Greatest Showman, genius and close friend, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm more than lucky to have him on board because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's like one of the most wanted directors

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<v Speaker 1>on the planet. So I'm very excited.

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<v Speaker 2>And why now, I know you're sort of what two

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<v Speaker 2>years away from turning fifty and like Eltonstone his and

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<v Speaker 2>there's been the Freddie one as well. Yours is a

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<v Speaker 2>great life story? Is it turning to fifty? And you

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<v Speaker 2>want to put something down permanently now to make sense of,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the extraordinary life you've had.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's just because that Michael happened to ask me

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<v Speaker 1>if I wanted to do it at the time that

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to do it. I'd never really thought about

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<v Speaker 1>it before or dared to even suggest really that one

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<v Speaker 1>should be made.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on with a career like yours. You must have

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes thought, Oh God, who should play me in the movie?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Does Kevin Costner play the older me? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>in ten years from now? I played by Kevin Costner.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're a fan of Yellowstone or Who. I've

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<v Speaker 2>just finished season two. Please tell me the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the seasons are as good as that. I think it's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're all good, apart from season four, which is

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<v Speaker 1>like weh okay. But I adore that show, so season

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<v Speaker 1>four can be season four for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Why is that show so important for men? It's like

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<v Speaker 2>Catnet for men. My wife doesn't really care for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to watch it alone, but I really like it.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it about that show? Do you watch it

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<v Speaker 2>with your wife or do you watch it alone?

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<v Speaker 1>No? I do watch it with my wife. She covers

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes when there's like violence, and I have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell of what's going on. But I think that it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's sort of aspirational for the rugged masculinity that would

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<v Speaker 1>hope to exist in our very poors somewhere, so much

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<v Speaker 1>so that, like, I went to the County General Store

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<v Speaker 1>the other day and bought a whole outfits so I could.

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<v Speaker 2>Look like, rip, what did you buy, chaps?

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<v Speaker 1>No? No, no, no, I bought, you know, the black

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<v Speaker 1>cowboy boots, a black cowboy hat, a black shirt, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know because I said to the wife, I said, so, babe,

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<v Speaker 1>where do I exist on, like, not two hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>on the rugged masculinity scale? And she said thirty eight percent?

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<v Speaker 1>And like I can I concur and I agree with her.

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<v Speaker 2>That feels fair.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that feels fair. But I also feel as

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<v Speaker 1>though there is something within me that would like to

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<v Speaker 1>be more ruggedly masculine, and I feel as though that's

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<v Speaker 1>what Yellowstone does to guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, actually, I think it does. It does it

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<v Speaker 2>It wakens a part of us which is quite dormant.

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<v Speaker 2>Around the thirty eight percent, I'd think I'd score myself

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<v Speaker 2>probably a wee bit lower than that. I think. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>when you talk about the outfit, you've got this the

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<v Speaker 2>gloves as well. They have those really beautiful leather looking

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<v Speaker 2>gloves that are well worn. If you or I got

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<v Speaker 2>them now, you could tell that we didn't use them,

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<v Speaker 2>not they'd be like brand new, and they wouldn't give

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<v Speaker 2>for about a year. You can tell that they've had

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<v Speaker 2>them for years. Rain and shine. It's the proper gloves

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<v Speaker 2>that someone who works the land would wear.

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<v Speaker 1>The only use I would get out of them is

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<v Speaker 1>to sort of like make my emails not make sense,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And here we are like a pair of

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<v Speaker 1>metrosexuals discussing fashion in a show that's meant to be

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<v Speaker 1>about rugged masculinity, and therefore is the CrOx of why

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<v Speaker 1>we're not them.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you should wear your new outfit, all right

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<v Speaker 2>when you come on stage at rod Labor. Just do

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<v Speaker 2>a quick sort of outfit change, maybe do the encore

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<v Speaker 2>and just do sort of cow country and western cowboy

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<v Speaker 2>songs for the encore.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, regarding that the actual dress for the evening is

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<v Speaker 1>your best nineties regalia because we are filming it for

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<v Speaker 1>the film. Oh and you know it, so this bit

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<v Speaker 1>in the film is set in the nineties. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking enough for people to buy tickets, and you

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<v Speaker 1>can wear whatever you want, but if you could do

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<v Speaker 1>turn up in your best nineties gear.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm going to I'm going to frost my tips

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<v Speaker 2>as I had frosted tips back in the nineties. Like

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<v Speaker 2>many young men, I'm going I'll go four nineties and

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<v Speaker 2>come along to that. And are we allowed to know yet?

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<v Speaker 2>Who is going to be playing you?

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<v Speaker 1>Your guess is as good as mine. You know that

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely is up in the air right now. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>thing is about movies is there's so many moving parts

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<v Speaker 1>and cogs that need to be greased. And my one

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<v Speaker 1>experience of movies is this, and it's I wonder anything

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<v Speaker 1>gets made.

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<v Speaker 2>You make it sound really hard work, Like to get

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<v Speaker 2>even something half decent on the screen is so much work.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, listen, the you know, the acting bit is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's not say that that's hard work, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but everything else it just feels, it's felt like it

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<v Speaker 1>was never ever ever going to happen. And I am

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<v Speaker 1>ninety six percent sure that it will. You know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>still four percent of me going, is this? What can it? Ah?

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<v Speaker 2>So, have you got no preferences right of anyone? You

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<v Speaker 2>think they're a good actor, you know, I think they

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<v Speaker 2>could do a good job. Have you got like a

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<v Speaker 2>little short list in your mind who you'd like it

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<v Speaker 2>to be?

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<v Speaker 1>No, not really, No, I think that's best left to

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<v Speaker 1>the film people because you know, my frame of reference.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody that I like is my age or older, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and we need we need, we need somebody to play me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's uh, you know, I'm not that o fait with

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<v Speaker 1>who's who in the you know, the young people brigade.

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<v Speaker 2>So you'll be saying out there, get that young guy

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<v Speaker 2>al Pacino. I just saw him in a recent movie

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<v Speaker 2>called Scarface. He's the happening kid in town. Al Pacino

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<v Speaker 2>is the guy I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Play even even longer than that. I'm like Gene Kelly.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask if he wants to have a meeting on it?

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<v Speaker 2>Would he just take a meeting on it, Geen Kelly?

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<v Speaker 2>And so the when you come and do the concert,

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<v Speaker 2>then at Rod Labor, then then then the audience bits,

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<v Speaker 2>then there being the movie. So people really want to

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<v Speaker 2>dress up in their nineties gear to come down to that.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be a great night.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, listen, the audience better be good. After I'd be

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<v Speaker 1>in the media, I'm gonna be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Say, this will be the best Robbie we get in

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<v Speaker 2>what ten years? You've been saving it for this?

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, I've got I've got to perform like I'm twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's see.

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<v Speaker 2>I was there at ned Worth, so am I gonna

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<v Speaker 2>see an essence of that? I want it to be

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<v Speaker 2>just like that? Have you still got that in your Robbie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, listen, I'm gonna I'm gonna try my.

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<v Speaker 2>Best thirty eight percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty eight percent. I might nodge it up to forty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Please please you showman.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, wow, I can, I can. I can lie like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's see, and do you install Do you still

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy doing it live? Do you still enjoy getting on

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<v Speaker 2>a stage? Because obviously your life's changed now you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a family and enjoy that sort of part of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it still quite hard to get on the road

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<v Speaker 2>and get away from them.

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<v Speaker 1>I like providing for my family, you know, And you

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<v Speaker 1>know I'm the only person is since time existed in

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<v Speaker 1>my family tree that there's managed to elevate themselves out

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<v Speaker 1>of the pits or you know, on the front line

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<v Speaker 1>of World War one, World War two, or digging canals.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I find myself in the lofty air

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<v Speaker 1>of a place where I can give the next general

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<v Speaker 1>a way better start than any of the generations that

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<v Speaker 1>came before me, so I really like providing for them.

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<v Speaker 1>I also completely adore the pockets and the moments on

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<v Speaker 1>time on stage that transcend. This is lofty, but this

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<v Speaker 1>spiritual plane, something happens where you're taken somewhere else and

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<v Speaker 1>those moments are inconceivable and unfathomable, and I live for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the time. I'm just really exhausted and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>there to entertain them, not me, and I'm doing a job.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's these pockets that are just full of unobtainum.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what a great phrase there, i'n obtainium. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>And you think about why does Bruce Springsteen, why does

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<v Speaker 2>Mick Jagger? Why do they still do big tours? Right,

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<v Speaker 2>they've made enough money. It isn't about there anymore, and

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't ever about that. You're right, And when we're

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<v Speaker 2>watching something live, you know we haven't been able to

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<v Speaker 2>because of COVID around the world. There's something magical that

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<v Speaker 2>we go on with you, Robbie, where we transcend something.

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<v Speaker 2>You turn up with your friends or whether you're by yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>your individuals, you're in your little pods, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>all come together and you do there's this amazing communion

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<v Speaker 2>with live music. There is something really spiritual. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's why it's so why live is still a really

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<v Speaker 2>unique experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's you know, it's it's tribalistic, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's almost you know, the best bits of religion where

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<v Speaker 1>you come together and you transcend something because of a

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<v Speaker 1>a shared experience, you know, and it goes back over

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds and hundreds of years sort of bright lights and

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<v Speaker 1>music and incantation and enchantments. There's a magic in those moments.

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<v Speaker 2>And what do you like beforehand? I love the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that you really respect the sort of ritual aspect of

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<v Speaker 2>what happens when you go out there. What do you

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<v Speaker 2>like beforehand? How do you do you have a sort

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<v Speaker 2>of certain routine now or a pre show routine, like

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<v Speaker 2>the hour beforehand? What happens there?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I ask? What does incantation actually mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Incantation isn't to invoke the spirit of something across multi dimensions.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a vocal way of calling in different things from

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<v Speaker 2>multi dimensions. Whether that's do.

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<v Speaker 1>You know I'm smarter than I actually give myself credit for,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I didn't know what it meant.

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<v Speaker 2>I always guess there was a smart man in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I always get underneath the ada's tracksuits and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he wears it lightly. You're a Stephen Frye.

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<v Speaker 1>He's dying. He is dying to come out, has been

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<v Speaker 1>in the metaphorical closet for forty eight years. I get.

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<v Speaker 1>I get. Yeah, there are rituals. I do the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing before every show. And if I out of the

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<v Speaker 1>pockets of the timing of everything and what I eat

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<v Speaker 1>when I eat, how you know who I go to,

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<v Speaker 1>see who I speak to, it knocks me off. So

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, those those days are they're huge, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're really important, you know, going to give people

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<v Speaker 1>their money and entertain that many people and being in

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<v Speaker 1>charge of that much energy. You know, it has to

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<v Speaker 1>be met head on and it has to be treated

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<v Speaker 1>with the respect that it deserves.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. How you really care about what we

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<v Speaker 2>get from it as well as what you get from it,

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<v Speaker 2>what you need for what you live for as well.

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<v Speaker 2>It must be a huge responsibility. You're talking about thousands

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<v Speaker 2>of people. You're our night out. People have paid for babysitters, parking,

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<v Speaker 2>and there is that thing. Well, come on, then entertain

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<v Speaker 2>this your are night out, It's Saturday night. Bring it, do.

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<v Speaker 1>A job, yeah, And I do take that responsibility really seriously. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that when people think about shows, they see

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<v Speaker 1>a snapshot, and they see a snapshot of that person

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<v Speaker 1>performing in that moment to them or to this you know,

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<v Speaker 1>imagined crowd. But then you then have to go do

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<v Speaker 1>it the next night, and then you sleep, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you have to go do it again, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>have to go do it again, and then you have

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<v Speaker 1>to go do it again. And I love my job.

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<v Speaker 1>I love my lot in life. But it's a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a lot, you know. There's I was speaking

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<v Speaker 1>to somebody from a big band at the weekend and

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<v Speaker 1>I was just saying, you know, he's a bit older

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<v Speaker 1>than me, and he jumps about on stage and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you do it? What's the thing that you like,

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<v Speaker 1>like least about touring? And he's like exhaustion And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, yep, I feel you exhaustion. And I try

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<v Speaker 1>to tackle every tour slightly different to overcome that. And

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<v Speaker 1>and what does that mean now?

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<v Speaker 2>So will you not be able to play golf for

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<v Speaker 2>anything like that while you're on tour? Like the stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that normally brings you joy where you know you that

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<v Speaker 2>means something to you. Are you literally working out? Is

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<v Speaker 2>there a lot more sleep now? Massages?

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<v Speaker 1>I just I just think that, you know, I'm an addict,

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<v Speaker 1>and I tried to search for every loophole that exists

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<v Speaker 1>to get an edge or to cheat, and back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day, you know that there was there wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>legal aspect to you know that that way of cheating.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I've narrowed it down now to espresso and.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good, but it's still you got to be careful

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<v Speaker 2>with that, right, No, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>A false economy. I think that next tour that I

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<v Speaker 1>need that I do. I just need to take away

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<v Speaker 1>anything that I think that's helping me, because ultimately it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really. Yeah, you know that's whatever you whatever you

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you take to cheat, you pay for eventually.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm. You're right. Everyone fills a pull of some

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<v Speaker 2>vice in some way, doesn't it. And whether it's escapism

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever you got going on with it, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>it's especially for you, know, you talk openly about your addiction.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to be really really aware of that, especially

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<v Speaker 2>I guess when you're away from home and those people

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<v Speaker 2>that give you a bit more grounding, you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>your wife and kids will guess.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I've got no worry about going off and partying,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I've just got to worry about what I

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<v Speaker 1>think that I need to do for myself to get

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<v Speaker 1>myself through those moments where there's nothing in the tank

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<v Speaker 1>that that is a concern. But like I say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've tried to figure out every single loophole, and I

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<v Speaker 1>guess that I will carry on trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>every single like that. Recently, like the food thing, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, Okay, from now on, i am not having chocolate.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not having crisps. I'm not having cake.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a lot to say no to, isn't it. Cake

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<v Speaker 2>is not life.

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<v Speaker 1>I found the loophole. I arrived at a hotel in

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<v Speaker 1>France and I was just like croissants on cake and

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<v Speaker 1>that was it. That was like seven croissants And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, loophole.

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<v Speaker 2>What an amazing relapse you got suddenly heavily inter addiction

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<v Speaker 2>of croissants, And yet it ago Christian.

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<v Speaker 1>This is our boor in my life is now. So

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<v Speaker 1>if I do have cake the next day, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a hangover. Like I've had five pints beginners, that's great.

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<v Speaker 2>A cake over and what is your default cake? What

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<v Speaker 2>is your favorite cake? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay? Well, in that they are Olympians in la At

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<v Speaker 1>making cakes like we don't have in the UK. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing Australia the same quality of cake that they

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<v Speaker 1>do here because I wasn't bothered about cakes until I

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<v Speaker 1>came here. But there's this velvet cake that they do

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<v Speaker 1>and it might as well be crack velvet.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you got a dealer, You've got a guy that

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<v Speaker 2>sorts you out. Your first bump is on me.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what they actually do? They've got a

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<v Speaker 1>hole in the wall here in uh just off for

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<v Speaker 1>a day of drive where you put money into a

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<v Speaker 1>machine and it dispenses cupcakes and there it's a cue. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's that Willie Wonka still alive. If mister Wanker

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<v Speaker 2>is still running that factory, he'd have made something like

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<v Speaker 2>that for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, I'm being too effusive about the cake. I can

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<v Speaker 1>feel myself I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I should this very triggering. I belaim I should not

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<v Speaker 2>have lent into this cake chat so much. I'm ready sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very responsible as I I canceled Cake is now trending.

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<v Speaker 2>There be a press conference with some red velvet shortly.

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<v Speaker 1>So you do? So? Do you do a show where

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<v Speaker 1>you like talk to politicians too?

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<v Speaker 2>No? No, because you know, I guess, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you really want to know, I guess like what

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<v Speaker 2>you hope to do. I like to think that you

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<v Speaker 2>have some understanding of what people want. The way I

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<v Speaker 2>do my radio shows, hopefully I give people what they want,

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<v Speaker 2>what they're not getting somewhere else. So for me, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got to be honest, Like a big ten minute chat

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<v Speaker 2>on Cake that is primetime for me. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you take phone calls and stuff like that? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because you've got that sort of vibe. You've got a

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<v Speaker 1>sort of agony art.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'm more agony than the agony art or

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<v Speaker 2>even maybe the arn't. But when you come to Melbourne,

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<v Speaker 2>you should come in on the show. We can be

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<v Speaker 2>an agony art together.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to co host the show with.

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<v Speaker 2>You, dumb. Ahead of that, do you mind if I

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<v Speaker 2>give you one small piece of homework. I'd like you

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<v Speaker 2>to pick a TV theme tune, right, maybe one of

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<v Speaker 2>your favorite kids TV show the theme tune, and then

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<v Speaker 2>when you co host a show me, Robbie Williams, you

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<v Speaker 2>will sing that for us?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, actually, I've got the theme tune in my head

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<v Speaker 1>and it's an instrumental, but I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Put your lyrics. Do it that, put the lyrics to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I could write a lyric, do it do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, new material from Robbie Williams. Okay, deal, deal, no cake,

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<v Speaker 2>no questions.

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<v Speaker 1>No cake, all TV theme, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Brilliant. All right, Look, I'll let you go. I really

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward to seeing it, rod Laver. It's a joy

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<v Speaker 2>talking to you, Robbie, and I'm glad you're still getting

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<v Speaker 2>so much out of life live and your family as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Robbie Williams, thank you very much, take care. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>doing that, Robbie.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks.

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