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Staying Relevant

13 Jul 2025 · 57m · 26 chapters

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136: Sam admits to getting botox...AGAIN!!

In short

The hosts riff on Sam’s “glow up” (including repeat Botox), his new high-maintenance grooming setup, and his social-media/influencer appearances; they also cover Wimbledon encounters (including seeing Jessica Alba), Peter’s Dogs Trust-related award wins, and a long Love Island “Casa Amor/Castlemore” debate about what counts as cheating (sleeping in the same bed, making iced coffees, kissing in challenges).

Guests (on the episode)

No external guests. Main hosts are Sam Thompson and Peter James “Wicks” (Jonathan Joseph Wicks). Supporting recurring figures mentioned include Digital Josh (camera/coordinator) and “Pippa”/A.K.A. Hannah/Annalyse/Kira as online shoppers/camera crew.

Key claims

Sam says he got Botox “again” after needing “a lot of help” earlier in 2025; he claims it’s “natural” and jokes about “salmon spunk” starting the trend. Peter says Staying Relevant won Digital Broadcast Awards and Dogs Trust staff attended; they won two awards in two weeks.

Notable examples

Sam’s hairdresser brought to a photo shoot; influencer event at Shoreditch House with photos by Brett; Wimbledon reunion with an ex and a story about Marvin helping Jessica Alba; Peter’s Dogs Trust team singing “Islands in the Stream” after winning; Yovita’s Craig Revel Horwood 60th birthday party with kids swarming the car.

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Chapters

0:00

Holiday Preparations

Learn how to get your home ready for holiday guests with essentials.

“So you're not worried about hosting the whole family for the holidays?”
1:39

Introduction to the Hosts

Meet the hosts and get a glimpse of their dynamic relationship.

“No, I've ordered Pippa her own card with her name on it.”
2:25

Sam's Glow-Up and Botox

Discussing Sam's recent beauty treatments and his transformation.

“who is on cameras, as well as just sort of coordinating life.”
4:16

Skincare and Maintenance

Exploring Sam's skincare routine and the ongoing maintenance of his looks.

“So really, because actually I looked at a photo of you from a few years ago when we first met, and it is like a different person because your face, everything has changed.”
6:00

Fitness and Personal Struggles

Sam shares his fitness journey and the challenges he faces with body image.

“But they haven't put jizz on your forehead, have they?”
7:39

Influencer Events and Experiences

Sam reflects on his experiences at influencer events and how they've changed him.

“You had a shoot and you took your hairdresser, who I know, Jonathan, shout out to Jonathan, who we love.”
10:59

Reunion with an Ex

Sam describes a recent encounter with his ex and their friendship.

“But anyway, whilst we're on the kind of you looking kind of great and all the rest of it, you've taken it to new levels because you've also been attending influencer events now.”
14:01

Reunion with the Ex

Sam shares a positive experience meeting an old flame.

“It was at the top of Shoreditch House, right?”
15:10

Encounter with Jessica Alba

Sam describes his near encounter with actress Jessica Alba at Wimbledon.

“just sort of like saying hello and being like 17 whilst.”
16:40

Marvin's Gentleman's Moment

Sam recounts a story about Marvin's chivalrous act towards Jessica Alba.

“They're all kind of married, really, aren't they?”
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18:51

Tennis and Vocalization

A humorous discussion about grunting in tennis and vocal expressions.

“That was actually, weirdly enough, the thing I was most jealous about is because I would love to have spent a day with Marvin.”
20:31

Award Wins and Celebrations

The hosts celebrate winning awards for their podcast and share experiences.

“I actually once got called the smiler by someone I slept with.”
21:55

Behind the Scenes of the Awards

Details about attending the award ceremony and the emotions involved.

“And we went there and I sat them down and it was all very, oh God, we're so excited.”
27:49

Celebrating Success with Cake

The hosts discuss a cake sent by a listener to celebrate their awards.

“So award season isn't finished yet, but listen, for the two things that I love the most, staying relevant and my fucking dog show, I couldn't.”
28:00

Celebrating a Cake and Birthdays

The hosts discuss a beautiful cake sent to them and a recent birthday celebration.

“And there's something that I really want to know.”
29:31

Celebrating a Cake and Birthdays

The hosts discuss a beautiful cake sent to them and a recent birthday celebration.

“Thank you for calling the Bamba's Comfort Line Bombas make socks, slippers, tees, and underwear made with the highest quality materials.”
30:42

A Wild Birthday Party Experience

The hosts share hilarious stories from a circus-themed birthday party, including unexpected attention and interactions.

“We turn up and it was Craig's house and he lives in this beautiful place.”
36:10

Late Night Driving Adventures

The conversation turns to the challenges of a late-night drive after a party, revealing amusing anecdotes about their night out.

“and this is when you know times have changed.”
42:00

The Weight of Exclusivity in Relationships

Discussion on the complexities of exclusivity and personal choices in relationships.

“Well, I imagine that that's exclusive, is it not?”
43:21

Love Island Dynamics: Cheating and Challenges

Exploring the dynamics of cheating in Love Island and the social implications involved.

“Were you preparing for Casa Amor yourself?”
45:53

The Absurdity of Coffee as a Declaration of Love

Debating the ridiculousness of making coffees on Love Island as a sign of affection.

“If someone offered me, I couldn't give a shit who it was, a coffee.”
49:15

Influencers at Events: Authenticity vs. Presence

Discussing the role of influencers at events like concerts and sports, questioning their authenticity.

“to a segment that I want to really carry on, which is Pete Wicks' Crash Course.”
52:44

Gen Z Slang: A Challenge for Understanding

Testing knowledge of Gen Z slang and highlighting communication gaps across generations.

“Olive and Rose are hitting their teen years.”
56:00

Understanding 'Peak' and 'Bussing'

Learn about the slang terms 'peak' and 'bussing' and their implications in conversation.

“Peak is when something is like, like, ooh, like, that's dodgy.”
57:26

The Poll: Chewed Gum vs. Fart in a Jar

Explore a humorous poll comparing preferences for chewed gum versus a fart in a jar.

“Just to end this on a really high note, I think.”
59:15

Fashion Choices and Personal Reflections

Discuss the impact of fashion choices and personal reflections on self-image.

“and do something that's positive and useful with that platform.”
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1:47Yours is now defunct. What? It's gone, mate. That is f***ing f***ing f***ing. Mate, I was away for four days. You sponsored a football team, booked a limo, and then tried to paint the studio. So no, no, no. Welcome to Staying Roundup, a podcast hosted by two best friends. One of them is broke. The other one has all the cash. Me, Sam Thompson, and Peter James, Jonathan Joseph Wicks. When you said broke, I thought you meant physically and mentally, not in terms of... I thought you were going to describe me there. Well, we have no producer Pippa here, by the way. No, but don't... So it's a free-for-all.

2:24It's a free-for-all, but we have got Digital Josh, who is on cameras, as well as just sort of coordinating life. He's made one request so far, which was for me to take the glasses off because of the bear. And his swift response was, no, f*** off. Pippa's place isn't empty because Annalise has stepped up to the role. So she's currently online shopping with a laptop, pretending she's doing something. Chuckles has joined the party in the corner with a laptop as well. A.K.A. Hannah. And Kira's here. Yeah. Which is nice. She's on the other camera, hopefully focusing on Sam and the glare on his forehead.

2:57Because I know that's a big, I know that's been a big worry. I may have, I may have had some baby talks. Some what? Some baby talks. Botox. Baby talks. Mate, I'm going to be honest with you. I, and honestly, you were, you needed a lot of help. you know 2025 started dark and you needed a lot of help and you needed a lot of people so yeah wonderful you looked you've gone the other way now um to the point where you are in fact we're going to get to it because it it ties in quite nicely to the fact that you had a photo shoot and took your own hairdresser to it um so actually now you you botox we're on fucking you you told me the other night about your skincare routine in the evening we've got a mullet we're having a haircut every week with dye in the hair mate you're a different person it's like what have you done with sam thompson and why have you put in front of us this sort of like weird fellow the jewelry's back out do you know what i mean like like everything is just happening right now and i just don't know where it stops yeah you're a monster you're a monster mate honestly you created a monster i'll be honest with you when we have some downtime over christmas which is normally the time we have downtime it wouldn't surprise me if you fuck off and have your fucking face reinvented and then you come back next year and suddenly I don't know if I'm sat next to you or fucking Ryan Libby like it's mental I feel like a human Ken doll now you're not far off mate what's happening how much more work do you want done nothing I didn't even want it oh so you were sorry you accidentally fell into the needle I didn't want it it's just I got she said that she was like look trust me we'll just we'll just do a great so great so so you're being upsold by a plastic surgeon.

4:38Look at my forehead. No, stop it. I can only push the corners up. Ready? No, Sam. Sam, why have you done that? No. Sam. So really, because actually I looked at a photo of you from a few years ago when we first met, and it is like a different person because your face, everything has changed. you are a different man I'm not doing it again but I will say I've just done some interviews and the question used to be you know you and Sam what a great friendship you know tell us about it and now it's like doesn't Sam look great and then I have to spend 10 minutes going yes he's in the middle of the glow up it's really good yeah I'm so happy for him for him but just calm yourself mate stop him stop him gave it a go Gave it a go.

5:34But you've been given it. No, no, no, no. You say this every time you have work done and then it started with a salmon spunk. Yeah, I've got it. That was last year and that was the start of it and it didn't really make a difference because, you know, around the eyes look better but then everything sort of further from the eyes still look like shit. Now that you've worked on everything and now you're looking great from head to toe, it's going to be a continual thing now. How often do you have to have your fucking surgery or your invasive fucking whatever it is. It's all natural. It's natural, is it?

6:06Yeah. Really? Salmon sperm's natural. It's jizz. But they haven't put jizz on your forehead, have they? No, no, no. That won't happen again. That won't happen again. Right. It was just a little accident. And you happy with the... Don't do that. It's frightening. Are you happy with the results? I just said, I genuinely just think my face is too expressionate, so it just doesn't work. Have you seen my face? Yeah. I look like a bloodhound.

6:30Sam like I'm not in all honesty like it's it's it's hot and we're getting a heat wave I look like I'm melting because everything is sagging towards the floor from every part of me I've been going to the gym now right for a couple of fucking weeks and I swear I'm getting worse it gets worse but it gets better really no no no because I'm pretty sure you just started going to to gym and say, oh, look at my, that's amazing. Look at me, I've got a six pack. I'm going and it's like, well, do you know what? The tits have decided, fuck it. I know you're trying. I'm going to push against it even more. I'm going to fight it.

7:03Yeah, they're fighting even more. It's mental. Every pint of Guinness I have, it goes straight to the tits. It's a real nightmare to the point where I'm having to buy clothes specifically now that don't show my breasts. Just go to the shop and you go, this isn't boob heavy, is it, by any chance? Well, it's a fucking nightmare. I would say I'm maybe a month away from a training bra. So as much as we like to get sort of tarla for the girls, I need a sports bra. Tarla for the boys. It's a fucking nightmare. Every time I'm on the treadmill now, I feel like I'm going to come off looking like a panda as my tits slap me in the face.

7:37It's a fucking nightmare. Anyway, let's get back to you looking great. So you had a shoot. Panda! You had a shoot and you took your hairdresser, who I know, Jonathan, shout out to Jonathan, who we love. To Bournemouth. You're quite high maintenance now, mate. Do you know what? I did actually, I looked at myself in the mirror and went, hey, I don't think you can be doing this anymore. Really? Yeah, you can't. Was that before or after your Botox appointment? Well.

8:10No, mate, it's fucking... I know, I look like an alien. No, it wasn't even me. I'm in this industry. At no point has a client ever said, you need, we need your hairdresser. No, mate, no way. Okay. No way. What you said is, do you want grooming? Is what they would have said. Yeah. Makeup and grooming. You went, don't worry, I've got a guy. And that's what's happened. Because he also does makeup, doesn't he? So you've been doing your under eyes and all the rest of it. Listen, you think I'm fucking stupid. They said we've got capacity for a glam squad. And you went, don't worry, I've got my own. Oh, God, he knows it so much.

8:48Mate. I'm in the same fucking game as you. You can't listen. Is that how it works then? Didn't you request a hairdresser? I just didn't know. Do you know what? It has actually happened twice, though. When I did Aftersun a couple of weeks ago, and a lovely lady called Kit turned up. She's a makeup artist, and she did me for Celebrity Sabotage. She knocked on my door, and I went, what are you doing here? She went, oh, the producers told me that I need to come fit for you now. I mean, what the fuck is that set? So now you've got your own glam squad for aftersave. I didn't ask for that one. I swear to God, that just came out of nowhere.

9:25My God. I'm not saying no. You have fucking changed. Stylist glam squad. I mean, is it hard to maintain the current look? It's hard to maintain the mullet. Well, and the beard. Yeah, well, I need to dye the beard. No, I don't think you should. I'm going to dye the beard. It's already dyed, mate. Yeah, but I need to dye it myself. well yeah yeah you can't keep going to have that done would you do that with me sorry would you come and dye my beard for me no please no it'd be a great social video you won't listen i will listen you won't listen no sam i don't want to be a part of that i haven't i'm having enough struggles here i don't need any more i don't need any more and also i don't have a responsibility because i can guarantee you the first time you do it it'll go wrong and then i don't want to be blamed for the fact that you your your face looks like a chimney sweep we'll put that on the back burner put that on the back burner but um and and listen this whole glow up thing i know you're taking it very seriously and you've you've kind of listened to everything we've said um and and kind of since that point you may have gone over the top we don't know listen that's for you to decide but um someone has decided Amelia who has emailed in 26 times just to say your mullet looks good now just once yeah mate your head is looking good understandable maybe twice just in case we didn't hear 26 times get get a life Amelia get a life we get it we've told him now stop emailing Amelia I love you so much Stop it Keep sending it in I need it I need to be fluffed I mean how many times To be honest with you 26 times for a mullet Is what I feel like I need to get a mullet No one emails you Oh my god Let's get Peter Mullet Let's do a fucking Let's do a poll I'm just getting used to this Fucking nude Kind of Short hair Although this week Someone told me I look like a boy band From the 90s Gotta do a poll man How do we feel about that Boy band from the 90s I may go a bit shorter soon I think it's worth it In fact this weekend I may be doing it I think it's worth it I don't know.

11:27We'll see. But anyway, whilst we're on the kind of you looking kind of great and all the rest of it, you've taken it to new levels because you've also been attending influencer events now. Well, I've done two. I did Wimbledon. Well, let's not... Everyone goes to Wimbledon. Yeah, but let's not call it an influencer event because that's a sporting event which we're going to get onto. The influencer event, I think, just ties quite nicely into the fact that you are now just a pristine little person. um so how how was the influence it's my first ever influencer when have i people when have i ever ever done it like gone to one of those things and it wasn't even for like a stupid um uh like a stupid gimmicky thing it was for a hair brand am i right so rehab they're now sending i mean yeah to be fair when i first got the fucking email about going to rehab i assumed it was an intervention but this is for a hair thing yeah so they've taken mullet Sam to a hair, listen that mullet is really working wonders, not only Amelia feels so, they think so but you're going to have your own hair care range soon.

12:28Genuinely I had no idea what it was going to be like and it was just sort of get out of the house as well you know, it's Tuesday evening. Don't start playing this one with me, I can't listen to this anymore listen I'm okay with us pretending you're not fucking just on a wild one at the minute but we can't have, it was just to get out of the house because I don't know what else to do with myself other than look in the mirror on a wild one um yeah so so you went to an influence event how was it talk us through it fucking mental you walk in everyone's like pissed on a tuesday you got mel c sporty spice by the way i used to fucking fancy on the decks interesting choice yeah i know sporty spice i don't know it's the tracksuit i don't know yeah i was all up in there on the ginger one i used oh jerry halliwell yeah i used to um i used to go into my sister's bedroom and it sounds weird while she was sleeping I used to go to the suspension when she wasn't there and going just why is everyone holding their heads because we're just worried about what's coming next and I used to go in and I used to just stare at Sporty Spice on her wall cock in hand no no because I was too young to know what a wank was but like and I wouldn't wank in my sister's bedroom anyway but like I just used to look at the wall and just stare at Mel C and be like I'm in love with you did you tell her this no I didn't actually because she was behind the desk but she did play some Spice Girls, which I thought was fucking great.

13:48I danced at this event. I danced at the Influence event. And then, this is mental, I actually got one of the photographers there who we both know, a guy called Brett. Love Brett. Shout out to Brett. I got him to take some photos of me. I don't know who I've become. I literally looked. I went to the side. It was at the top of Shoreditch House, right? And it's got that beautiful fucking, like, that view over the sort of like the city of London. And I'm like, oh, Brett, that's a nice skyline, isn't it, mate? You know what it is? I'm like, oh, you might better take a couple of snaps, actually. I mean, you have been in the papers again?

14:25I have. Yeah, yeah, yeah, last night. So, yeah. Do you want to talk us through? I mean, there was a reunion with the ex. Oh. And not the one they're thinking of.

14:40So tell me, what was it like bumping into your ex? attentions. Mate, do you know what? I'm going to be honest with you. Really lovely. Good. And yeah, just sort of like, actually just spent a lot of time just having a chat, having a chinwag. Just such an epic shit. We're basically friends, aren't we? Like, she's a great girl. Yeah. She really, really loves you. I was going to say, did she ask about me? She did ask about you. Has Pete? Yeah, she almost seemed to care about you more than me, weirdly. Mate, do you know what? It was wild. Someone said we went home together and that just isn't true at all.

15:10But yeah, it was really nice, man. It was a lovely moment, actually. just sort of like saying hello and being like 17 whilst. Yeah, it was really nice. Nice. She's a really lovely girl. Also, I'll tell you this as well. Met Jessica Alba. Well, this was, I was waiting to the big finale of this because Sam went to Wimbledon. Very sad day for me because I was unable to attend. You were meant to be there. I was meant to be there with Sam. We were supposed to go and enjoy the tennis together, but I couldn't go. I was otherwise engaged. And I missed out on Jessica Alba. Yeah, I didn't. Well, I kind of did because she didn't really, I didn't speak to her.

15:50But she was sat directly in front of me in the row in front. Let me guess. Did you at some point lean forward to try your shoelaces and smell her? No, but I did smile a lot. I'm going to be honest with you that that is impossible. Nothing's impossible. No, it's not. Nothing's impossible. Sam, in all honesty. No. Okay, excellent. prepare yourselves for the Daily Mail, Sam Thompson dating Jessica Alba. Yeah. Not on my bingo card for 2025, let me tell you. That or Emma Raducano.

16:23Yeah. And that is... A fucking massive tennis player. I know who that is. Yes. Seems like a lovely girl. Seems like a lovely lady, yeah. Lovely girl. She's my sports crush. Isn't she dating the... Other tennis guy, yeah. The other tennis guy. Yeah, but just my sports crush. Your sports crush? My sports crush. You've got to have a crush for every different field. So is Jessica Alba your actress crush? My actress crush? Sports crush. Emma Rudd-Carlo. Who's your soap crush? My soap crush?

16:50They're all kind of married, really, aren't they? No. Well, my one is. Oh. Yeah. Oh, I know who that is. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So I feel like you've got to have a crush, so for every different industry. But Jessica Alba, really, really cool. Can I just tell you one story about Jessica Alba? Yes. This is classic fucking Marvin. I thought you were going to say, I honestly, for a minute there, I thought you were going to, this is classic Jessica Alba. I was like, fucking hell. You really took your moment. So I'm sort of like, she's actually in the wrong row when she sat in front of me. She needs to be on our row.

17:22And she's looking behind her. When you say our, you were third wheeling Marvin and Rochelle. Yeah. So I was next to Marvin and Rochelle. Oh, sorry. Yeah. So it was Marvin next to me on the right, Rochelle next to him. And then she was meant to be next to Rochelle. And she's turning around. So we actually did clock eyes, me and Jessica Alba. well that would have been a struggle for me yeah mate honestly I was like fucking staring not in a creepy way but just like oh yeah yeah no it doesn't sound creepy anyway she's looking behind her right and she's like clearly needs to jump over the road to get to the battle because she can't walk out and come all the way around and classic Marv I'm thinking about whether I go like is there anything I can do Captain Safety Marvin just reaches his hand out goes don't worry Jessica I've got you and she just takes his hand and he just pulls her over the thing like that in such a gentlemanly way and she goes thank you so much that was so kind for the gentleman and she walks down and I literally looked at Marvin and went that was my moment I went that was my fucking moment and I didn't have it in me I didn't have it in my locker and the funny thing is if I put my hand out she would have probably been like no I can do it myself because it was Marvin and he's the safest gentlest but he's also he's very suave Oh, and he sat next to Rochelle, who's stunning.

18:35And like, do you know what I mean? Just like, he was just like, come here. And he just like took her over the thing. And she was just like, oh, I'm so grateful. And I just sat there seething. But what's mad about that is obviously we're talking about Jessica Alba. And actually what I'm getting from this story is that you've fallen even more in love with Marvin. Oh, he's just so great. He is. I do love him. That was actually, weirdly enough, the thing I was most jealous about is because I would love to have spent a day with Marvin. It's sort of like a couple's day out, wouldn't it? Oh, it was amazing, man.

19:01And do you know what? Jane You, Marvin Michelle. Both hand on each other's fucking legs. Knees. I mean, mate, you've had a very social jam-packed fucking week, really, haven't you? It's been amazing. I've had such a good time. It's one thing about Wimbledon, which, listen, you like tennis. I know your mum plays tennis. She does play tennis. I know your family kind of love tennis, don't they? You used to play. With Wimbledon, the thing that fascinates me, and it's mostly with the kind of ladies I always find is the noises. Ooh. I'm sorry. I thought that was like. Well, it's sort of more grunty, isn't it?

19:40So as a tennis player yourself, what is your tennis grunt? I don't grunt. I don't grunt. You're silent. Yeah, I'm silent everything, actually. Yeah. I'm not a climaxer. You don't cum? No, sorry. That sounded really weird. Anything that involves. It was amazing because that was quite a funny sort of like, you know, bit there. And then you went, funny enough, excuse the pun, then you milked it. No, mate, honestly, anything that involves strenuous stuff, I just keep it in. Just keep it in. Yeah. So like if I'm playing tennis, I don't grunt or anything. I mean, I'll be honest with you, based on what you've said, we've lost interest in your tennis grunt.

20:18So when you fuck, you don't make a noise. No, I mean. This is not where I wanted it to go, but I'm happy it is. No, no, no, I do. You make a noise when you're having sex? I'll give you what you want. All right. I want you to be vocal. Great. Fuck me. Okay, great. Yeah, yeah. No, that sounds weird, doesn't it? Yeah. And all right, let's just go back to... I actually once got called the smiler by someone I slept with. Oh, no.

20:48I once got called the smiler. For those that are listening, there are five other people in the room and every single one of them has got their hands on their heads. Mental. All right. So you don't make a noise when you're playing tennis? No, no. Okay, all right, fine. I mean, can you give us a tennis grunt? If you were to make a noise, let's imagine us having a rally. All right. So you get over to me and I'm like, ah! So if you serve and then I'll return. Okay.

21:23That's like a little drop shot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I came. I didn't, so we need to carry on.

21:34Oh, dear. The smiler. So if you're ready, Sam, should we talk about me? Yeah, I think so. I mean, fucking hell. We've literally... Pete has... My God, has Pete been up and at him. He doesn't like a round of applause, but I think we've got to give him one because this is the first podcast since, for dog's sake, won a Digital Broadcast Award. yeah there we go that's two awards in two weeks for peter um obviously the standard questions i know the answer to this because we never think we're going to fucking win anything did you have an inkling that you were going to win this time absolutely not and what's okay so pete wicks for dog's sake on the fucking on the on the on the microphone what are you doing because you don't have me there or anything like that to jump all over you do you know what's mad so so tom davis was hosting the event who by the way is just such a fucking great guy so just before they did the awards um because i literally rushed there from here yeah you did you did you got changed here yes i literally rushed rushed there from here so i got there i was very sweaty and fucking i was like um got there and i met um uh some of the guys lisa and lauren nicole and mel and part of them are production for the show and and lisa and lauren actually work at dogs trust in basildon So we took them along to it as well.

22:52And Darcy and kind of the team. And we went there and I sat them down and it was all very, oh God, we're so excited. And I said, guys, we've been here before. I'll be honest with you. It's just nice to be nominated. All right. Let's just enjoy the night and, you know, whatever else. It doesn't matter. Being nominated in the kind of first season is just amazing. I just want to temper the expectations because I'll be honest with you, I felt quite a lot of pressure. Yeah. Because I cannot give back to them anything. for what they give me. And I would just really have loved, we were nominated for two different awards and I just really wanted them to get the credit they deserve, which is why those guys came.

23:30So I was a bit like, fuck. And they were so excited. I was like, oh God, this is going to be such a disappointment for them. Like I genuinely, in my heart of hearts, was like, I feel fucking awful. I felt like shit. Okay, so we are saying, you genuinely didn't think you were going to win. So anyway, so I see Tom Davis before, because I was having a piss and he's hosting the event. So anyway, he's like, oh mate, it's good to see you, blah, blah, blah, and he's such a nice guy. Anyway, he gets on stage and does the intro, and much like the Trick Awards, he mentioned me a couple of times in the intro, and it's like, I'm sitting there going, fuck mate, it's so embarrassing, because you do these things, like we turned up to a limo to the Trick Awards, and then we got mentioned, you know, staying relevant and never won anything, let's see what they can do tonight.

24:09And you're sitting there thinking, fucking hell. So then it came to it, and they did a whole, like, you know, show all the bits on fucking screen and all the rest of it. and then they did and the the winner is the judges said it's authentic warm and one of the blah blah every word they said authentic you went oh it could be us warm because i knew the other the categories the other shows in the category i was like this sounds like and i was sat with the commissioner and you know other people so and they went for dog's sake and the whole table jumped up the whole table jumped up and fucking screamed and i didn't get out of my seat why because i was a bit like fuck is that actually us and then he helen who's the commissioner who's just fucking such a wonderful lady literally went get up get up and i was going i literally just sat there there's a video of it and i look i look like i'd switched off for a minute and they needed to restart me what did and so so did you gain any energy at all when you were like going up onto stage and or did you make did you make really deep speech no because luckily we didn't have to do speeches until after so they recorded the speeches after because it was there was 24 awards in the night so they just like yeah so um so yes we got they all had a picture the photographer's camera wasn't working so we were on stage for quite a long time which started to feel quite awkward because all of these shows two or three people two or three people go up we took 20 people yeah um everyone come i was just me going everyone come we went up um and yeah it was just fucking incredible then we had to do you know a speech and i did a whole speech to the team and the rest of it um and then we had to like an interview thing afterwards and uh lisa who works at dogs trust when we did a rap party the end of last year her and i um we sang islands in the street islands in the stream no was it yeah islands in the stream kenny rogers and dolly parton so when they said how's it feel to win awards she grabbed the mic and just started singing islands in the stream so when people were talking about how it feels so great we just sang dolly parton that was our interview but fucking lovely couldn't be and it's really funny because pete ogden who was there who's like another one of the the kind of guys was going to talk about the awards and i went don't worry p islands in the stream it couldn't be more what we fucking did but yeah it was incredible so two awards in literally what two weeks two awards in two weeks yeah fucking hell peter james wicks unbelievable and uh i i feel like you might be up for a third because strictly is always up at the NTAs and so this could be a third and what I remember you saying earlier is that you might be one of the only people to go up and collect the Strictly award if you do win at the NTAs as well well yeah I don't know exactly the the thing you're saying that I mean you went up last year for Jungle um but listen Strictly I don't I don't I mean saying that we gave out the award to them last year but that that's not my award I didn't fucking win it's nothing to do with me it's Chris But it's one of them things, the winner speaks, like you spoke.

27:14It's not the guy that sort of like George of the Jungle isn't going to go, won an award I did. No, that's Yoda. That's Yoda. George loves awards. I'll come up with you. Yeah? I don't know. I'll just, I'll come up with you. But to be fair, I'm saying this, yeah, two awards in two weeks. We've not finished yet. We're still up for awards for this podcast. We're up for the actual podcast awards we are up for. and I met one of the runners of that entire thing. Did they give you an inkling? No, but we are up for a podcast award. And also the dog show is still up for a few awards. Well, there we fucking go.

27:50So award season isn't finished yet, but listen, for the two things that I love the most, staying relevant and my fucking dog show, I couldn't. Wait, we're two for two, baby. It's fucking good. We're fucking two for two. And I will say this as well. someone who you love the most who we I think are staying relevant and love the most as well Yavita sent in a beautiful cake you're going to see it on the socials I think relatively soon it was so lovely sent a really lovely cake in after our Trick Award win they made literal baby me and Sam's Sam's I imagine was pre-glow up yeah yeah mine didn't look great but you know we don't judge and mine was in the pits of hell I look like the bloke from Scary Movie that stirs the mash but you saw you saw Yavita over the weekend for Craig Revel Horwood's 60th birthday.

28:38I did, yeah. And there's something that I really want to know. She put up an Instagram story and she went, guys, something crazy just happened. Like, you'll find out later. I really want to know what that was. Was it early in the night? Oh, I know what she's talking about. Okay. So here we go. This could be anything. So.

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30:42We turn up and it was Craig's house and he lives in this beautiful place. Craig's house? Yeah. That's mental. What's that like? Incredible place. So basically Craig was 60 and his partner was 40, Jonathan, and they did a 100th birthday party and they did a circus themed festival thing. So it was like bouncy castles. There was aerial silk performers and fire people and fortune tellers. It was really, really lovely. But he lives in this kind of little village. He lives in this little village and to get to his house, he couldn't take the car up like this kind of driveway bit. So we turn up, but on the same day, the village was having like its village fate.

31:25And you know what these kind of small villages are like? everyone turns up to the faint at the local pub and they were doing a duck race and the rest of it so yovita and i drove i wasn't drinking because yovita which i'll get on to later and the next day had a dance competition that she told me was 20 minutes away from from where the party was so i said i'll drop you off at your hotel and then drive back and then um so anyway so we get there and i'm not joking there was about 40 children and people waiting for me

31:56showing me where to park that was in the village so that they'd look after my car kids chasing the car singing king pete's arrived i'm not joking you like the disney movie i was in the car with your vita and i literally went what's going on and she went i don't know i've actually got a video to show you um literally trying to jump on the car, touching the car. I, like, literally, I undid the window and said, hi, guys, where do I park? And they were like, come this way. They were flagging me in, all these kids running through the car. I'm waiting for them to, like, nick the tyres of the car or something afterwards.

32:30Running after the car. I'm opening the thing, like, so I'm, like, high-fiving. I'm literally driving the car, high-fiving these kids in this fucking line. Anyway, so I parked the car, get out of the car, and I did a 20-minute photo call. Which you love. They were all so lovely, but honestly, look at this, right? So this is an example of it. So this is me. This is as soon as I get out. So I sit in the car, park the car, and then they swarm the car like this, like literally all around, just kids like jumping up and down, screaming, then mum's behind all fucking recording it. And I'm sat in the view and I went, I don't want to get out.

33:06I don't know what to do. So I thought, do I just park up a f***ing hour whilst they all wait and watch me? I felt like I was in a goldfish bowl. Anyway, I got out. And then started a photo call. outside the pub. I'm not even, it went round all the corners. She's got a longer video. I'll show you. But mate, it literally went on before we even got to the party. Then we had to walk up this thing. So they walked us there. So I'm in front with Yavita, 40 people behind us, walking us to the party. We turn up to the fucking security at the fucking door in the party. And they were like, literally just surrounded like I'd brought an entourage of people.

33:42Piper. It was mental. Anyway, we get in the party and I literally walk in someone goes five or six people I've been waiting for you I heard you were coming so I've bought this people bought a dishy cloth from the tour oh yay so I got in there and then had to sign a dishy cloth on the fucking portaloos thank you so much nothing more staying relevant than that by the way tell Sam I love him fucking like mate honestly it was wild and then in the party it was fucking great Paul Chuckle came up to me and said, tell Sam I said hello, love him I had a lovely conversation with Paul Chuckle From the Chuckle brothers?

34:25Yeah He knows who we are Loves you Absolutely loves you He's like, love everything you're doing He's 78, you know He fucking looks incredible My boy Has he still got the tash? Yeah, yeah, mate He was a fabulous tash So that was great Lots of great people Great party Really, really good Are we relevant, Pete? No I don't think we are. Paul chuckle and you're telling me we're not there. We should do an Instagram video and just chuckle with him. We should just, as a three, just be going. Okay. All right. I mean, look, we can, we can look into it. I think that'd be quite good. So, so then at the end of it, so Yovit and I, I wasn't drinking.

35:07So I'm sat there and it was, it was all fucking great, blah, blah, blah. Then it gets to about half past 12. Yeah. And I said to Yovit, all right, should we, should we go then? I'll drop you at a hotel. We get in the car and I go, right, so what's the postcode? And she went, yeah, I'm just looking. Oh, oh no. And I went, what's wrong? What the fuck's happened? So the hotel was two hours away, further up north, not 20 minutes. So she goes, oh, I'll get a car. It's half past 12 and we're in the middle of fucking nowhere. So I said, don't be silly. I'll fucking drive you there. I then drive two hours further away from London, up north, to drop your Vita off because she had this dance thing she was doing the next day.

35:47Dropped her off at the hotel just before 3am. Then think, all right, let's see how far it is home for me. Just the three and a half hours. Lovely. And then drove through the night on my own for three and a half hours and got home at half past six. On my one day off, I drove for 12 hours that day just to fucking go to this party. And it was well worth it. I called you in the car, actually. You did call me because Sam calls me. and this is when you know times have changed. Sam calls me about half past 12 at night and he goes, where are you, mate? And I went, I am just driving further up north with your Vita, say hi, and your Vita says hello.

36:25And he goes, why don't you come for a drink? I went, well, it's half 12, mate. I'll be honest with you, I'm not really. It's fine, I'm going to go back to mine, come and have a few drinks. I won't be back till sort of about 5am. Yes, fine, just come round. And I thought, no, it's not going to happen. Sam luckily went to sleep, thankfully. but I was plain sober and I went, have you had a drink? He went, nah, not really, no. Yeah, I'm drunk. Yeah, I basically, if I ever have a drink and get pissed, I call Pete. Every single time. It's like, because it's like, I want you to, I want to like experience this being pissed with it.

36:58It's like in eight years, it's never happened. Yeah, I know, but it's just nice. It's just, it's just nice. But the thing is, when we do get pissed together, what happens is you don't remember it anyway because you get so pissed that I don't because then what I turn into is your CPS, your close protection. That's basically what happens. But yeah, so it was a fucking long old journey. I got back Sunday morning and then fucking went to work and it was a lot. But bless you, Vita, what I will say is she felt so fucking bad when I dropped off at the hotel. She set alarms on her phone every half an hour to wake up to call me to check I was okay and I hadn't fallen asleep.

37:35So every half an hour I come to your vip and she's like, just checking you're alive. Okay, bye. Cute. But yeah, no, it was fucking good as gold. Castlemore is round the corner. I don't know where Castlemore is.

37:50Castlemore. What do you mean around the corner? I'm confused. It's happening now, Castlemore. What festival? What do you mean? I'm so confused. Is this a bit that I'm supposed to know? I don't know. It's on Love Island. Oh, the fuck. The fuck villa. Is that what you think it is? Fuck me, like. Well, that's where they all go and cheat and stuff, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sorry, the context of that, I was like, it sounds like a restaurant. Like, it's around the corner, Casa Amor. She said, yeah, I'll go. I'll pop in. I didn't know what you meant. Oh, right, okay, so that's happening at the minute, isn't it?

38:24But obviously you care a lot. I mean, this is something that you're very invested in this season. Yeah, I absolutely love Live Island. Yeah, love, love, love, love, love Island. And what are you loving about it this year? Oh, just like the people. like they're all gray and like it's nice when you see people fall in love yeah um and you know i'm sure a lot of that's happening because as it does every year so what okay so let me let me just sort of fill you in a little bit on on oh please do on cash or more it's amazing isn't it because it's all anyone kind of speaks about in interviews and sort of outside of the podcast and then when you come and do a podcast which is your own podcast you can kind of talk about what you want but instead we just we talk about love island now as well but you love it you said i do i do it's honestly my favourite.

39:10It's one of my favourites. Honestly, I've got it on fucking record and at home because, you know, if I miss an episode, I'll get all tense. And it makes me sweat. I'm like, I can't wait to find out what's happened. It's like, I'm crazy. So you haven't missed Cassidy more. It's just started. No, I've been watching, I know. And I saw the guy and he got with a girl and I was like, oh, she's going to hate that. he's all alright so okay so you kind of know a little bit about it so Castlemore as you said it's like a past halfway point where all of the all the couples go to different a different villa one stays in the main villa half the couple stay at going one villa no Pete listen to me half the couple's going one villa half the couple's going the other villa right and obviously and they cart new people in right the reason I'm telling you this I would love to know what you would do in Castlemore so let me just give you a little situation to rumble with it okay you're in you're in a couple but bear in mind you've only been in love island for like three weeks now so it's not that long but you're in a couple but you listen mate let's be fair because when you're in there 24 hours seems like a month so that's why it's so easy to fall in love and you know that's why because you don't understand unless you're there how many how many interviews have you heard it's like the wall you don't know man you don't know what it was like um because obviously that's that's why that you know the connections you build when you spend 24 hours with someone just so wild.

40:34It's totally different. You can't comprehend. All right. So you're in that moment then. You can't comprehend it. You've been with someone for two weeks, been there for three weeks, but you've been there for three years. Okay. So here we go. Then you then go to Casa Ramor, right? What are you doing? It's Love Island. It is a bit of a game. Where are you at? No, no. Listen, love isn't a game, man. Slay Queens. So you're not doing anything. You're not seeing what else is out there. Well, it depends, mate. Cause you know, you know, from, from this series I've been watching. And obviously there's some real strong couples and then there's some couples that you just, you know, you just don't know.

41:10You know, some of them got a wandering eye. I have that all the time, but some of them in there specifically have, you know, a wandering eye. So if, you know, if a new person tickles your fancy or your balls, then what are you going to do? What would you do? Well, mate, it depends how strongly I felt about my partner at the time. You know, because you can't go around playing with people's hearts like that. You know, three weeks is a long time. three weeks is a long time but then you get sent a photo of the person you're cupping up with in bed with another person they're not shagging they're just sleeping in the same bed because they've decided to share beds what are you doing i mean can i stop pretending that i love it now yeah in all honesty because uh not that i'm wilting to this love island pressure i don't watch it everyone knows that yeah of course um and and i don't fucking really understand it and i don't understand all bullshit that comes with it but but really if you if you like someone more than the other person do what you fucking want to do you don't owe anyone anything dear do you know what I mean interesting unless you've unless you've sat there and stupidly agreed to be exclusive with someone after three hours and that just makes you some kind of what they say is closed off to what they use these terminologies that I don't really understand they're using terminology because it's not a real life situation so actually on the outside I've never gone out with someone and go, so, uh, closed off.

42:36So what do you think that means? Well, I imagine that that's exclusive, is it not? I don't know. No, because then they go exclusive afterwards. So it's like the in-between phase. So it means fuck all. It means fuck all. Which means go and do what you want. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. And so if she wants to go and fucking, you know, get spooned by a scaffolder from fucking Wolverhampton who's built like a brick shithouse, then crack on, darling. You know what I mean? He's got two sleeves and lovely eyes. Go on, get yourself in there, girl. You've got two sleeves and lovely eyes. Yeah, but I'm not a scaffolder from Wolverhampton.

43:04I'm below that. I'm gutter rat. I'm an old decrepit man. But that's exactly the, I probably look like the sort of person, or I did years ago, the sort of person that would go on Love on. Now it would be creepy if I went on there. Okay, so you're basically. Actually, you are effectively Love Island at its finest right now. Do you know what I mean? You're in fucking, the abs are there. Were you preparing for Casa Amor yourself? Well, I would say, no, but we did ask you this at the start and you gave a really nice concise thing about what you do. so we thought we'd ask you you know where you draw the line in the love island sort of like cheating or not cheating sort of spectrum of things yeah because i've got such a great track record with this sort of stuff so so sleeping in a bed with someone else if your partner's doing that what you're doing um on love you're gonna have to give me context here don't they have to do that they do but they decide who they want to sleep with in bed so it's never forced upon them no no no not at all so you you kind of go okay well we'll sleep in the same bed then so there's obviously that natural attraction.

44:01So if she's chosen to do that? They could sleep outside, but they're not. They're sleeping in the same bed. To be honest with you, that's probably what I'd be used to in Love Island because I choose to sleep outside every night. Can I take a tent? Yeah. Pete. Pete in the gardens of the Love Island village in a tent. That would be so... So am I locked up? What's it called? Closed off? Locked off. You're locked off. And she's chosen to sleep with someone else? In a bed, yeah. then then i'm i'm let's make a new terminology i'm shutting the door on that you shut the door so you're in castor more so you're seeing what else is out there uh your partner's making someone else an iced coffee what do you do ask for one no because you're in the other you're in the other villa but you're seeing it sorry this can't be a real thing yeah so ice coffee so sorry am i worrying about someone making a fucking coffee thing on love island what yeah making someone an iced coffee is basically a declaration of love.

44:55No, you can't be fucking serious. This can't be something. Please, for the love of God, for the love of God, tell me people aren't talking about and worrying about whether someone made someone a coffee. They are, yes. Stop, Earth, I want to get off. What the fuck is, no, don't be. It is. Make as many coffees as you want. You might be a great barista. I couldn't give a fuck. Make as many coffees as you like. Make him fucking dinner. I don't care. That can't be a real reason why people are pissed off. People aren't pissed off at someone making a coffee. Yeah, a few minutes. Oh, fucking shoot me.

45:30Honestly, honestly, like, put me down. I can't. Take me out back. I can't. And fucking put me out of my vision. Just put a bullet in my fucking skull at this point. That cannot be. You cannot be serious. Mate, people go wild about it. Jesus. Because it's like a decoration. It's like basically saying, you're my person that I'm going to try and get with. Because I've made you a coffee. Because I've made you a nice coffee. No, I'm tired. Give me a coffee. I would make every single... If someone offered me, I couldn't give a shit who it was, a coffee. Crack on, I'll have two. Make mine a fucking strong one and all because I'm going to need it to get through this bullshit.

46:05All right. Kissing outside of challenges.

46:09So if someone kisses someone else in a challenge, kiss... What's the challenge? Can you kiss them? No, it'd be like, kiss the person who you think has the nicest eyes. and they have to go and kiss that person. Right. But they can decide not to, but they normally just do it. Right, okay. Can I say they kiss someone in a challenge? So if you do it in a challenge, then I'm playing by the rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. That's what people say. Got you, sweet. With their partners. Just doing what I'm going to ask for you because I'm being held hostage and that's what they've asked me to do. Yeah, bullshit.

46:38You just want to kiss the bird. Okay. Outside of challenges, what do you mean? Just for your own free will? Just for your own free will. What are we talking about if I'm locked off with someone? Yeah, and they've done that. you're closed off you're not exclusive well crack on just go and do that then and so what are you doing in your cast room when you see that I wouldn't just do it on I'll be perfectly honest with you Sam I mean we all know me I'd be doing it anyway so you know it will make me feel better about what I've done I think that's probably it will help the guilt yeah it will soothe my soul you'll be over the moon oh thank god for that now Charlene come in I hope she's had a lovely time.

47:21Right, last one. You're closed off, but not boyfriend and girlfriend, and a girl who ticks all your boxes comes in. What are you doing? I mean, I'm going to have to check now, before I say something really stupid, is ticking your boxes, is that a euphemism for fingering or something? No, no, no, it's ticking your box, it's just, they're just, they have attributes that you quite like. Right. But surely the girl that I'm seeing has got attributes that I quite like. But she hasn't ticked all your boxes, the new one who's come in ticks all your boxes. Well, it depends whose box I prefer. Well, but what happens?

47:56Like, would you, would you be like, well, I can't do that because I'm closed off with that person? I can't work out if these are serious questions. Um, I mean. I really want Pete on after, son. I just want Pete on. Pete, can I just, can I? So when you say tick the box, so presumably, and this isn't the thing, I'm looking for this, this, and this, and this, and this. and then they send in someone that's got this this and this and this yeah yeah so it depends if i really like the the girl that i'm with then it doesn't matter what box is because we all think we want a certain thing until you meet it and then you realize that is exactly what i don't want yeah um you know what i mean like i want this this and this and you meet it and you think fuck that um whereas sometimes you meet people that don't tick the boxes and actually you think no that is what i want in someone because i never thought of these things so the the whatever boxes are being ticked is irrelevant.

48:48It just depends who I like more and who I want to spend more time with. So you're not playing the game you're actually here for. What I'm hearing here is actually Pete's here for love. You're not here for the PLT deal. What I'm hearing here is you're here for your own heart. Look, I get it's a fucking game and all the rest of it and you can still fucking do all your bullshit and fucking you've got to do whatever you've got to do but actually really that shouldn't be at the expense of being a c*** with people. What a lovely ending to a segment that I want to really carry on, which is Pete Wicks' Crash Course.

49:20I don't because I just don't understand it. I'm absolutely back. This is a little bit left field from what we've just been talking about. But I think you're going to really have a strong opinion on this that I would like, and I think the listeners would like to know. Please bring me back up again. Oasis. Yeah. Who you adore. Who you adore. Yes. Oasis are obviously back. They're smashing it. Their first couple of concerts have been unbelievable. Rave reviews. people are calling it the era tour for dads which is obviously the Taylor Swift era tour even though loads of dads weren't out there and I wanted to know personally what are your thoughts it's not just Oasis but what are your thoughts on sort of like influencers going to these things when they don't actually care so Wimbledon, F1 at Silverstone Oasis what are your thoughts of people just going because they want to be seen there well because there's two different types isn't there There's the type of influencers that go because you're getting paid.

50:15Yeah. That I understand. But not so much Wimbledon and F1 and Oasis. That's kind of like they just want to be there. There's uproar basically on socials at the moment because people are literally like, all these fucking influencers going to these things, taking all the fucking tickets. They don't even care. Yeah. I mean, like the uproar I completely get because if it is, listen, if it's a job, it's a job. That's why you're there. But on these other things, I do completely understand why there would be uproar because a lot of people just go to be seen. We'll have a nice picture outside and I can go, look at me at Beyonce.

50:44I'm having the best time. I've got cowboy on. Fuck off. Tit. But what I will say is they're not really taking the tickets because those tickets are company owned. So if they weren't going, it's not like you suddenly, suddenly, I tell you what, if I don't go to that fucking event, there's another ticket out for sale. No, you're not taking anyone's tickets because they're company owned things. But people do, the whole influencer thing of going to things for the sake of going to things if you're not interested, I do find absolutely wild. I've never seen more influencers on a racetrack who know nothing about F1 in my life.

51:17Yeah, like, and to be perfectly honest with you as well, that I get, like, I didn't go to Silverstone in the end because of fucking work. I was supposed to go, but I actually, I really love F1. But you love F1. So I like cars and motorbikes. But even I, the reason I seem to go is because it's not F1, I'm not F1 man. I love cars and motorbikes. But you do, but people are there in the fucking pits and fucking doing all sorts of stuff for the sake of it. but then what on the on the other side that i'm gonna stick up for people here slightly is the influence side of stuff is i know people that went that took their dads and yes like people that love it and then it's an opportunity to do that and that to be honest with you if you're offered it fucking why wouldn't you if you've got someone that fucking loves it do you know i mean then why wouldn't you go i take my brother-in-law do you know like funny enough i said it to you like i didn't go and i kind of didn't really have anyone to go with either um but sad honestly quite a humbling moment.

52:11Didn't call me either, which is great. Well, I just didn't think, and then you actually said, Ryan loves it. And I thought, oh, actually, yeah, fuck. And then I thought, fuck me, I've wasted like a fucking, like an opportunity. But I just didn't feel fucking right. If you're not, if you don't know what I mean. Pippa's not here. So it's a slightly different episode. I kind of wanted to structure this slightly more as a, let's ask Peter's opinions on things. Because I really, really enjoy that. It's amazing, isn't it? Pippa leaves and suddenly this doesn't become staying relevant. This becomes, let's put Pete in scenarios.

52:44Well, let's put you in one more. Just to finish it off, Gen Z slang. Now, Olive and Rose. My love. Olive and Rose. How long's Pippa away? Another two weeks. Olive and Rose are hitting their teen years. We need to test your Gen Z slang, Peter. Well, I can tell you now, before the test, it will be shit. Mate, Olive comes home and she's going, And I'll tell you what, I just, I really, I'm going to go see Sabby C and I really would love to have a Sabby V. What? I need a Sabby V if I'm going to go and see Sabby C. I'd say talk English, you fucking reprobate. She is. Well, she's not. Use words. It's Gen Z.

53:26Use words. Try and figure out what it is. You're a young, intelligent, beautiful girl. Use your big girl words. All right? Stop speaking in riddles. I want a Sabby V. Because I'm going to go and see Sabby C. And I'd say, so what is a Savvy V? It's a Savvy B. She goes, I want to see. Savvy V. Savvy B. I want to say Savvy B because I'm going to go and see Savvy. Right, okay, I can work that out. That's Savvy en Blanc. Yes! Yeah. Savvy en Blanc because she's going to go and see Savvy B. Savvy C. Okay. All right. So the problem is, all right, listen, I find this hard enough as it is to understand this slang, but when you can't even tell me what the slang, you've made up your own now, all right?

54:07So I don't give a fuck. It's Savvy whatever fucking out for a bit later. Savvy B to go and see Savvy C. So Savvy B is Sauvignon Blanc. Yeah. To see Savvy C. Savvy C. Savvy. Sabrina Carpenter. Oh, okay. You didn't even want me to guess. Yeah, I just didn't think you would. Excellent. Someone's had an espresso. And she comes back. Ah! That's his radio knowledge coming in. And so she comes back, right? She goes, fuck me. That is skibbity riz. What? She goes, that is skibbity-riz. I'd say, have you been to a jazz cafe? No, no. She's literally, she'd come back and she's saying that seriously to you.

54:43Skibbity-bib-bib. Skibbity-riz. That's not a real thing. It is. Skibbity-riz. Oh, don't be so fucking silly. It fucking is. And Lee says it. Guys, she fucking doesn't. She fucking does. You dare say anything like that in the office and you'll be looking for a new fucking job. If you come in and go skibbity-dee-dee. No, it's skibbity-riz. Well, it just remarked, skibbity-doo-dah, skibbity-er. Like that just reminds me of that old film. That's probably showing my age. I don't, I have no idea what a skibbity, scoobity, scooby. Scooby do. I don't know. Scooby Riz. Scooby Riz. Riz is talk. So it's chat.

55:17Riz is, have you got the fucking Riz? So skibbity is that. Well, no, no. So what's, give me the context. What's her question? She comes home, she goes, I'll tell you what, dad, today was skibbity Riz. Well, it's either good or bad. So I'm going to go with, based on the fucking word, you've had a bad day darling I know she's had a great day she's had a great day well just tell me that and stop talking like a prat okay well you're gonna like this one then she comes back and goes dad stop acting so cap cap yeah cool no cap is literally like it's like oh my god I love those shoes no cap there's the shoes aren't wearing a hat no no no no cap is like I'm not lying is it yeah well you learn to take new every day peak that's so peak Peak, I know.

56:08Peak is when something is like, like, ooh, like, that's dodgy. Yeah, it's not that, is it? Like, so, like, I could say to you, like, oh, mate, like, you're going bald, that's so peak. Oh, that's a little dagger in the back there. But, like, that's basically what, yes, it is very peak. Sorry, I know that was a dagger. Very peak there. Could have used anything in the room and just used my bald patch to fucking do me in there. We've got to find some uses for it. I'll tell you what, mate, that wasn't bussing. What you just did there, that was not bussing. It wasn't cool? Yeah, it wasn't bussing. Yeah, like bus down, bitches.

56:47And I'll tell you what, Pete, you just ate that entire category there. You ate it. You ate it all up. You gobbled it up and you shat it out. I've added my own little bit there, but you ate that, Daddy. So what, sorry, what am I translating here? Ate it or gobbled it up and shut it out? Because I think that one's self-explanatory. So if I ate it, it means that I did really well. Yeah, you nailed it.

57:14Listen, do you know what? It's been a real life lesson today because this morning I was in a ball pit and couldn't get out of it. And now I'm here just learning what the kids say. And slay bitches. Just to end this on a really high note, I think. Peace out, my people. Yeah, and I think you will like this, Pete. 11 ,000 people the poll is in have said they would prefer your chewed gum than my 1 ,700 people who want my fart in a jar. We did a poll. Sorry, 11 to 1. Yeah, 11 to 1. And so I'm still quite proud of 1 ,700 people wanting my fart in the jar because I don't know how that would be. Those 1 ,700 presumably listening to this pod, have a word with yourself.

58:02All right? Just go home, all right? Wherever you're listening to this, and at some point, take yourself off to pop to the toilet and just find a mirror. Just look at yourself and go, I'm sorry for what I did. And I'm going to pop to the toilet, fart in a jar, and sell them. We imagine if we did a fucking OnlyFans. Genuinely, I'm not even joking here. It'd be fucking OnlyFarts if you had your way. Imagine if we did an OnlyFarts. Mate, imagine if we sold 11 ,000 peach-chewed gums and 1 ,700 of me farting in a jar. We'd be fucking millionaires. Well, I mean, if we're selling, they're quite expensive then.

58:39Well, yeah. Because that's only 12 ,700 units we're selling. So at that rate, it's quite expensive for a fucking fart in a jar. I mean, I don't know what the going price is for one. I'd sell a fart in a jar for about 20 quid. I just feel like in terms of retail price, that's the markup value is quite a lot there. I'd sell a fart in a jar. Especially as it comes free. What would you sell my fart in a jar for? 20 quid, I think. You would have to pay me. You would have to pay people to take it. I'm sorry, no one is buying. Yes, they would. There's people out there. Your arse shit in a fucking jar.

59:05Yes, they would. Right. I'm going to be honest with you. I didn't like it when we first did this segment because it was just after we won an award and I thought we should probably branch out and do something that's positive and useful with that platform. And instead, what we're discussing is how we're going to sell your air shit. So at this point, I'm going to say no. Are we going to be single forever? To be honest with you, I'm trying not to be, but I don't seem to be having any luck. You're trying everything to be single by the looks of it. And actually, weird enough, having the opposite effect.

59:34Everyone wants him. Madness. What I will end on... Actually, no, we'll put it in the bonus. Oh, a little bit of jeopardy there. Join us for the bonus. Yeah, well, yeah, join us for the bonus. Make sure you rate, review, do all of that sort of stuff. Follow us on socials at Staying Riddling Podcast. See you next week. Let's get rid of this because I've got places to be. Yeah, 21 ,000 people also voted and said they had jelly shoes involved in the bin. And do you know what? I completely understand that because fashion is, you know, subjective. It's a choice. And that's absolutely fine. I have been looking at some of your profiles that have said that.

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From the publisher

This week, Sam hit up Wimbledon – but bottled it when he had the chance to chat with Jessica Alba. Meanwhile, Pete became an award winner… again.


To make up for skipping Wimbledon, Pete joins Sam for a tennis grunt-off – which, somehow, gets weirdly sexual.


The boys also break down Sam’s ongoing glow-up (has the Botox gone too far?), and put Pete to the test with a Love Island quiz and some Gen Z slang. Spoiler: he struggled.


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