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2:01A one, a two, a one, two, three, four. Welcome to Staying Relevant, the podcast hosted by two bestest of best pals, myself, Sam Thompson, and Peter, James, Jonathan, Joseph, which... I don't know why I sing it now. No, neither do I. I don't like it. I love it. This is the main episode, which means it's Monday when this comes out and then you'll be able to watch this on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel from 5pm on Wednesday. And then we'll be doing a bonus episode, which comes out Thursday audibly, which you can watch on Josh and Kira's YouTube channel from 5pm on Sunday, which means you can catch us on a...

2:37Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Wonderful. This episode will contain swearing. If you don't like it, go f*** yourself. Make sure you follow, rate, review, do all of that sort of crap at Staying Redding Pod. subscribe to the YouTube channel because Joshua and Kira's jobs are on the line. They are. I still love you guys, by the way. Pete's been a little bit harsh to you recently. I just want to let you know that now. No, no, no. I still love you. It doesn't matter where you work.

3:04Massive, massive news. You may have seen on the socials, but the SR Run Club is happening. Come on. I can't wait. Get it in your diaries on the 1st of May. Me, Pippa and Pete, because Pete's going to... Don't fucking pull out of this now. Pete swore on his life. He swore on his life he was going to run. Suddenly he's bailing. No, I didn't say I was running it. Pippa, did he swore on his life? Yeah, he did. No, I didn't. He did. I recall you being like, I'm going to run the whole thing. Yeah, so do I. Try and stop it. Pete said he was going to lead the pack. Try and stop me, you said. Unfortunately, guys, I'm injured.

3:44So I won't be doing that. I will be there at the end though. So yeah, get your tickets from Friday Night Lights website. I cannot wait for this. Just picture this. Everyone close your eyes. If you're on the Tube, just close your eyes. Not when you're running. Or if you're driving. Don't do that if you're driving either. On the Tube, you're fine. Yeah, you're fine on the Tube. Close your eyes and imagine us just eating pavement, stomping curbs and just literally just all together as one, as a family, as a community, just going down the road and singing and like jostling and having loads of banter and tomfoolery as we're going through the streets of London.

4:19And I can't wait to hear all about it at the pub where I'll be. He's not. He's on a tricycle next to us. He's not on a tricycle. None of this is happening. But whilst we're on that, it's not just the kind of run club because you're training for the marathon, half marathon. We are. How is that going, guys? I know you went for another run on Good Friday. We did. We did. Joined by Ellie and Jack, I believe. Yes, we made a small run club. Small run club, just the four of you. How was it? Mate, let me tell you something about Pippa right now. If she's not feeling the run, miserable person's got to run with.

4:52She literally, me and Jack, Pippa's boyfriend, was setting the pace quite nicely. And Pippa's like behind going, I fucking hate you, I can't keep up. Jack, slow down, slow down. This isn't working. I don't feel right. And at the end of it, she literally went, I just don't know if I can do this run. She was like, I don't know if I can do this. Just wasn't feeling it all day. I was more Sam Thompson than Sam Thompson on that run. How was the cock off between Jack and Sam in terms of pacemaking? Jack smoked him. Smoked me. Dude, he is fit. Jack is doing the full marathon, though, isn't he? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

5:19Yeah, he's fit. And how did that make you feel? It's all right, because it's Jack. If he was someone I didn't know, I'd be a little bit like, what the hell? And Jack's such a nice guy. I imagine he was quite humble about it. Mate, he basically was acting as if I was quicker than him. God, Sam, you're just saying, God, I can barely keep up. As he's trotting. But we were, so the last K, Jack turned to me and he goes, he goes, should we speed up a little bit for the last K? In my head, I'm like, my lungs are gone. And I was like, well, of course. Yeah, let's definitely do that. So we like speed up.

5:50And I was like, God, this is the longest K I've ever done. By the end of it, I am blowing so badly. Well, I mean, understandably, I mean, I know you and it will surprise a lot of people, I think, because you hide it quite well that you are quite competitive. So anytime anyone takes you, takes over you, you completely lose your mind. I do. I hate it. And you start chanting their names under your breath. It's hell. Like someone will, he'll hear their feet coming up behind him like on the pavement. Like they're like normally quite a tall athletic man. An athlete? Yeah. Well, yeah. Battersea Park's full of wankers.

6:25Because you're not that athletic, are you? No, no, no, but not like that. Not like that. And they're always like six foot one and they've all got the same, do you know what? Runners all have, or runners in Battersea Park all have the same fucking hamstrings. Did anyone notice that? They've all got the same hands. I spent my entire life looking at men's arses, mate, when I'm literally running, not in a weird way, but when I'm running round Battersea Park, they all have the same physique and the speed that these fuckers go in. And I do just want to say, it is kind of disconcerting, and Pippi, you agree with me on this one, when you hear, behind you, and you're like, just fucking overtake me if you're doing it.

6:58And it's just a horrible, ominous sound that you know they're going to come past you. Yeah, but they then overtake him, and he's like, fucking hell, fucking... And then sprints after them, obviously can't keep up the sprint. So we'll sprint after them. Obviously. Sorry. So we'll sprint after them to just be like in line with them for like 10 metres and then he's like, ha, take that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then Mr. Brown shirt, you know what I'm talking about. He literally just sort of paces past as well. It's a whole thing, Battersea Run Clubs. Well, I mean, it does sound fun. Got it, I missed it.

7:27So, is there anything else you get competitive about with random members of the public? Driving. Driving. No, do you know, I've come to accept now, actually. That you're a bad driver. I've come to accept I'm a bad driver. Yeah, there's only so much. There's no rim left on my cars, actually. I'm well aware. I've rimmed my car. These black alloys are now silver. They're now silver. So I can't even pretend I'm a good driver now. In fact, my brother-in-law, Ryan, turned around to me on the bank holiday weekend and went, mate, if you can't drive it, don't buy it. And I went, oh, that was painful. But did you tell him how much you needed a great big defender?

8:01I didn't have a car. I think you'd have been better suited with like a Fiat 500. I have not. Am I a Fiat 500 man? Yeah. Shit, I'm the kind of guy who votes on Love Island. I'm the kind of guy who votes on Love Island. Fiat 500, geezer. Yeah, you absolutely are. Do you know what? Talking about Love Island, look, you know I'm a massive fan, okay? And, you know, Pete, obviously, Pete keeps a beady eye sort of like on the procedures, I think after Love Island's happened because Pete likes to find out how long these couples stay together for. Pete doesn't like to find out. But it's not something I don't sort of like...

8:36He just finds that. I don't just check every day just to see. I haven't got on my fridge just who's still together, who's not. He's got a little, he's got a table. Do you know what I mean? It's not okay. So another one bites the dust. Just cross that one. Big cross on the old fridge. And then you're literally like, don't worry, Millie and Zach are still going strong, my favourites. No, but carry on. A few of them, but a few of them have broken up now. Talk to me. Yeah, the contracts are over, clearly. we've got Helena as someone who obviously works with ITV and is big on that so you are exclusively revealing that there are contracts no no no you say there's contracts well you just said you just said the contracts no they're metaphorical contracts come to a close and our girl Helena has just broken up with her fella oh yeah was she ever with him I think so yeah they went I think they went sort of like TikTok not Instagram official I think they went TikTok official oh and what level of sort of official event?

9:31Well, TikTok's a little bit more like, are we just having fun doing a TikTok dance? Like a silly little, ooh. Ooh, so they went TikTok dance official? I think so, yeah. But I don't know if they went Instagram official. Who just thought we wouldn't last? Yeah, but we were rooting for them, of course. And is he American? He's American. He's American, yeah. And... Them long-distance relations, it's so much tougher. And so I don't know if he's sticking around in London anymore, if he's going away. Well, there's nothing to hear from now. What's your opinion on that? What's my opinion? Yeah. I mean, I'm sad for Helena.

10:09You know, I thought this was her shot. You know, I was finding the one. And, you know, I follow Helena on Instagram, and Helena's a big friend of the pod. And, you know, she seems to be struggling. She spent all bank holiday drunk. How do you know? Because it was on her stories and that. So she spent all bank holidays sort of drunk in the pub, looking remarkably happy. So she's fine. She's hiding it well because behind that you can tell there is deep sorrow. The sadness behind the eyes. Yeah, her and Harrington were a lovely fucking couple. Harrington. Is he called Harrington? He's called Carrington.

10:44Carrington. Same thing. I didn't even know. To be fair, you were close. Same thing. But we love Helena and Helena, we are rooting for you but she's not the only one. So whilst we do that and as Helena is a friend of the pod, Helena now single. So anyone listening, slide into her DMs. Yeah. Listen. She's a hoot. She's not hoot, as in like, she's not batting. She's like a hoot. Yeah, she's a hoot. I've just really ruined that. So yeah, but you know, I'm going. I must say, when did it finish, Love Island? About a month ago, I think. Month ago. So, okay. So they've learned from the past and they've reduced the contracts.

11:22If there were any. So now they're just sort of on sort of like, is it sort of like monthly? Monthly retainer. Pro rata, yeah. Pro rata. Do one month. You'll get a little bit more money if you do the two months. But if it's really that bad and, you know, you're really struggling, you really hate each other, then just a month will do. A month will do. Yeah. A couple of, maybe an ASOS job or something like that, and then you're in and out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we do have another breakup, which has been dominating the timeline. My God. Another friend of the show, to be fair, Sammy Alishi, she's broken up with Kieran.

11:52But this is everywhere because they won the show. Yeah, I mean, they broke up. I believe she was in New York. Yeah. And she dumped him. Is that when it happened? Yeah, I believe so, yeah. Oh, my God. And so they then broke up, and then she is now dating another ex-Islander, a guy called Tyreek, who's like a streamer. And I think they've just been Morocco together, so they've got Instagram official. Wow. Mate, it's booting off. I mean, that is just, honestly, the world of Love Island. It's crazy. It's just, it is a wild place. It's like the Wild West. It really is. You know what I mean? They're all just, am I together?

12:26You're not together. No, I want that one. I want that one. I want this one. It's crazy, though, how much the public care. Yeah. Like, they really, really care. I mean, I am the public and I care. You're the target audience, isn't it, Dan Ruffin? Absolutely. I mean, I've been glued to my phone over bank holiday. I could barely go out because I was just looking for the update. You know, I downloaded TikTok just to see. Do you ever burn a TikTok? No. I would love. Imagine Pete doomscrolling. bed rotting and doom scrolling just like waking up I need to have my scroll whilst pulling my pants no so I've got a really itchy pair of bollocks at the moment not at the moment I shave my balls but also it's all the time you have that well yeah it's not at the moment it's a constant itch and that's something you should see someone about I'm just saying on to I mean another exclusive Sam's got a freshly shaved set of bollocks I actually do to be fair I think you should always have a shave every now and then, to be fair.

13:27I was looking a bit unkept. You're looking a bit unkept? Yeah. So, I mean, I know we're veering off topic because we've gone straight from Love Island to bollocks. Oh, actually, on topic. So is it just the ball bag? No, I've done around the area as well. Gave myself a good, clean shave. Yeah. What, not fully? Yeah. Do you not do that? So you've got no hair whatsoever? No, I've gone completely baby's bum. Oh, is that bad? Oh, don't do that. Really? Do you not do that? You haven't got the biggest cock in the world. It's like a child now. That's good because it adds some... That's a little bit, you know.

14:05Should you not do that? It looks like a plucked chicken. How do you do it? Razor or V? Just get the shaver out. Just like... Just pull the ball bag up. Yeah, just go all the way around there. Yeah. How far close to the arsehole? Oh, my God. It's absolutely horrific. I was thinking about using Tally's Bic razor. I thought I probably shouldn't do that. That's a close shave you can get with that bad boy. Again, thanks for letting us know that you and Tally are both smooth as dolphins. I'm going to move this on real quick. I didn't realise, though, to be fair, that that's not the done thing. Well, no, it's not that it's a done thing.

14:45I mean, keep yourself, like, tidy. But I wouldn't go for a full shave of the entire area. Because that, I mean, especially as if you've got stomach hair. Yeah. Have you shaved that? Well, I've given it a bit of a tidy, yeah. But you haven't fully shaved that. No. So you've just trimmed that. Yeah. Oh, no, you have. My God. I've still got a bit of stuff. No, you haven't. That's just a little bit of stubble because you've fully shaved it. Well, yeah. So you've gone from neck down. You are now hairless. Yeah. Like anyone that likes dogs, so Google what a Mexican hairless dog is. Because they just have hair on the head and generally the tip of their tail, which if you haven't done the arse, I was like you.

15:23But that's effectively you now. So you are from the neck down now. You've just gone, you haven't done the legs. No, but I haven't done the legs now. So at what area? Because presumably you've got hair. I mean, sorry, it's just an unusual thought. I've done sort of up until sort of like groin. So now, so at what point have you got a line where the hair starts on the legs and you've just shaved sort of? Well, look, I'll show you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, women in the office, no. All right, yeah, no, we should. No. I'll show you guys later. not the women in the offices as I'll show Pete later I don't think I don't think anyone wants to see that to be fair well I mean that is anyway back to Love Island I'm gutted yeah I mean fuck I don't even know how we got onto that but yeah who's still going in Love Island Millie and her boyfriend we love Millie yeah we do love her Big Mills as we like to call her no no no no not like that as in she's like no not as in like she's not jacked as in like she's not like Big Mills she's like she's like just So Chloe Burrows, her best mate, calls her Big Mills.

16:20And I know Chloe, so we were just calling her Big Mills. Right, okay. All right, so Big Mills. Oh, God, I'm getting in. Loads of problems. This record's been a fucking nightmare. We're only 10 minutes in. So Big Mills, and she's still with her. She's still with that. He's an American. He is. He's addicted to TikToks, though. Oh, God. Pete, you would, I'm sure he's lovely, by the way. You would fucking hate the content that he produces.

16:49Some men are loud, others don't have to be I would love to know As you put the stand up It's like the stand there Like I would love to know how this happens But Pete, let's put a little I mean I would just change that caption Let's just put you in What was the caption again? Some men are loud, others don't have to be You should probably change that Just put a blank screen and just put Some men should be seen, others shouldn't Can I ask you a question then? Can we just put you in the vicinity, right? Oh, yeah. So Pete Wicks has walked in and it's a bad day. I wouldn't say anything because some men have to be loud, others don't.

17:28But you've had a bad day, so you're already kind of pissed off. Something's happened, right? Shock. A bird's shat on your shoulder. Well, just I woke up. Okay, Pete woke up, he's fucked off, right? Someone else in love, he's crossed them off after they've broken up. He's not in a good mood. Okay, there's another one down. And you've walked onto the tube and you've seen that happen. What are you doing? what am I doing? If he goes, excuse me, can you get out of my shot? Excuse me, I'm filming it. Excuse me, you walk past, he goes, really sorry mate, you just got in my shot there, I'm just filming something.

18:02I'm trying to stare under the radar these days. So, all I'm going to say is, I really like Millie. So do I, love her. And he seems, interesting. So last week, in the gym we get gym influencers right you're one of them no i'm not oh sam i've never brought a tripod to the gym and filmed myself well then how do you and the big fellow do your fucking gym things where you're squatting on his face oh my god yeah right no but that's him he does that yeah yeah yeah yeah don't fucking play me no but we don't do it for like we do that for like jokes that's like meant to be comedy right there are some people who literally there's there's some people who literally do workouts and try and look like sexy.

18:49Or like, like when you've done your tri-step, fucking just get me back in the pump. I do sometimes get my PT to get a nice little angle, but I would never go, sorry, you got in my shot. Right. Genuinely. This happens quite a lot. A lot of people, men and women will be like, excuse me, I'm just filming this quickly. So can you go around the other side? You're in the gym. Right. So let's say it's a guy who's done that to you. What would you say? Well, you've got in my face. That's quite intense. so you carry on to walk past? I'll do what I want when I want. I don't give a fuck about your shot. Redo it, you silly c***.

19:23Even at the gym as well. I don't understand. I don't go to the gym, so I don't understand gym fucking culture or what you're supposed to do. It's not a done thing. Well, there you go then. Fuck off then. Really simple, isn't it? If it's not the done thing, I don't understand it. If it's the done thing, either way, but just redo it. Who cares? Like you're in a public fucking place, mate. And if it's your job, sometimes these days... Listen, when you're out fucking in public, no one cares that you're an influencer. There is not one person that goes, oh my God, I can't ruin that influence. No one gives a fuck.

19:57I'll go about my day as I'll go about my day. If it's in your shot, tough. If it bothers you that much, redo it. Because that's your job. I have to redo things when it don't go well for me job. So redo it. Because I'm not changing my fucking routine for you and your silly fucking muscle Mary fucking face. I just can't believe that people genuinely feel comfortable enough and confident enough being like, excuse me, mate, I'm filming here and not be immediately embarrassed by that. I may get loads of abuse because I don't know gym culture. No, you absolutely won't. I don't go to the gym. But also, listen, influencer, that is your job.

20:35But it's the same as when you get fashion influencers and you're in the street and they're like, do you mind that the way? No, because that's the way I'm walking. So what do you want me to do? Cross over the fucking road and walk the other way just so I'm not at the back of your shot. Do it again when I've gone, you c***. What do you feel about those people who put those captions on, which is literally like the lion, you know, those kind of sort of like the lion doesn't bother himself with the sheep. The problem is I love a good quote. You do actually like a good quote. Love a good quote. And obviously, as we know, I'm not very good at posting things.

21:05Back in the day, never really knew what to post. So I used to put a quote up. I was that c***. I wouldn't have set up a tripod and done all that. It just would have been when I'm told to post and then I'll put, oh, the loudest one in the room, the weakest one in the room. Great quote. But now I just go with been told to post. I'm quite loud. Bank holidays are different. There's not really a lot of thought that goes in here. You did a lovely bank holiday post actually, Pete, I've got to say. Very wholesome. Very nice. Very demure, very mindful. Very demure, very mindful. We've done that before, haven't we?

21:38We have. Demure and mindful. Was that not a last summer thing? What are this summer's words? Oh, good question. Because I have to be in. That's a great question. What are this summer's Gen Z terms? Was it last year? Was it demure and mindful? It was. So what are we this year? What was that the year before? Oh, God. Oh, there's a lot of people who go like, clock it. Oh, Pete, by the way. Oh, no, that one months ago, darling. Yeah, but that's still going around. Clock it. Clock it. That body's tea. Yeah, tea. So your body's giving tea. It's giving tea. Yeah. What, the shape? Anything. Tea is basically good.

22:14Tea is good. So they're like, it's giving tea. Then they'll go, Clark it. And then they'll go, that part. Oh, yeah. That part's what? Well, basically, I don't really understand. That part's bald. They'll be like, they'll be like, they'll be like, I don't even know how to explain it. Someone will say something and the Gen Z will go, that part. You are showing yourself up here. Oh, man, I'm way past it now. Whoa. No, I'm way past it. You have been trying to stay down with the kids for a long time. Have you accepted now that we are no longer able to do these things? And if actually, if I'm completely honest, Pete.

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24:39My God, this is a revelation. This is bigger than the love I'll have knew. Sam Thompson has realised he's not 21. My God. I've actually gone further. I fucking hate it. I don't understand what people are saying anymore. This is monumentous. I don't understand. Sam hates the gen people. I hate them. Xs, Zs, what are they? Gen Z. You hate the Gen Zs? I don't hate them. I just don't understand it. And I've tried for so long to get on board. You've been trying to target them for years. I know, I can't. That sounds a little bit predatory. But like, I just, I've just, I've just given up trying. When people started saying that part to me.

25:17Welcome to the boomers. I was like, I didn't get it. When people go that part, I'm like, but what part are you talking about? I don't know what part of the thing I've just said you're talking about. Incredible. And they're like, and to be honest with you, I've never fucking understood it's giving. Ever. You've just witnessed Sam and I getting closer. Yes. I don't get it. My girlfriend's Gen Z as well. That's what I mean. You've been targeting them for years. I said to her, I said to her yesterday, when your body is T, and she nearly died. What did she say? She went, don't you dare. What do you mean?

25:49And you went, that part. That part. I was doing it kind of as a joke because I was sort of watching TikToks. Kind of a joke. Trying to get into the link. You just wanted to see how it landed. Yeah, I did. And then when it didn't land well, you went, oh, just joking. Yeah, it landed really, really bad. So yeah, never again. What's your favourite part of her body? My favourite part of her face. That sounds weird. I can't say that. No, you can. That's actually really nice. She's got a beautiful face. Yeah, if you'd have gone tits or **** or something, it would have been bad. A great pair of boobs, but like...

26:14No, no. Just stop on that part of her face. She's just beautiful as a person. There you go. Stop. Nice. Yeah, we game together. Yeah, well, we're going to get on to that. We haven't even spoken about the dogs. No, well, no, because we just went on a little tangent there. We're just having a bit of a silly, goofy one, aren't we? Oh, it's just... He's a mad one today, isn't he? Honestly, I'm really enjoying myself. Clock it. Clock it. Do the dog, then. All right. Now, obviously, last week we heard about Pete and Pippa, mainly Pete, rescuing a stray dog. No, Pippsqueak. No, she likes to include herself in some of these things.

26:49Batman and Robin. Yeah, yeah, well, Penguin. Like, you don't know that reference, do you? How's the bad Danny DeVito? Yeah. Bad guy? Yeah. No, she's a good guy. and so Pete and Pippa saved a stray dog and took it to Battersea Dogs and Cats home and basically spent the entire day looking after it and making sure it got to the right place and I think at the end of the last podcast we were literally like let's see what the update is next week and Peter what's the update? So I had an update I had an update from Battersea and obviously we named him Tony Tony was claimed by his fans His family, Betsy actually reached out and found out.

27:32I think they went across Facebook and all sorts of stuff and saw that there was a missing dog located. It was obviously we found Tony and he's been reunited with his family. He's now back in his home. So well done, Pipsqueak. Well done. Rescue mission completed. What I am going to do now, just in case, and I have made an ask, the family, I would love if you, I don't know if you listened to this. I don't know if you know the story of how he was found and all the rest of it, but we would love to invite you into the podcast with Tony and whatever his real name is because we want to see Tony again because we loved him.

28:12But, yes, so if you are listening to this and Tony is your dog and you know the story, contact us because we would love to have you in for the day. Get in touch. Yes, please. Touch us. But, yeah, all is well that ends well. Look at that. Yes. It's a round of applause, really, isn't it? Now, at the time of recording, this is Tuesday, which means it is just after bank holiday, four-day weekend, Easter weekend, Christ has risen. What did you do? Well, I... You had a date night, I believe. I did. Yes, you and Tally, beautiful Easter date night. Now, is this the one where you cook prawns? yeah no different night actually different night oh you had double date night four day weekend you can get two in yeah we had a real we had a very very wholesome week actually weekend to be fair yep and she's said to mine all the time as well so she's telly's moved in she hasn't moved in she hasn't moved in she actually hasn't moved in did you shave together did we shave no but she did so she saw the final product not like that as in like as in like she obviously saw in what way did she what do you mean not like that but no I wasn't like here you go oh, look at that.

29:24I was just like, oh. How did you do it then? Just, what do you think? No, I just, I just. Catwalk? Basically, no, I was just, as I said, I was just looking a little bit unkept and so I did it and I went, look, I'm just going to go, I was like, I'm going to go downstairs and just give myself a once over and I did. So, hold on. And then I moved it all up. So it wasn't, okay, so much detail that we didn't need. So it wasn't, so you didn't do it pre-knowing that she was coming for the whole weekend. No, I did it when she was there. I'm afraid to get there and go, oh, probably do with tidying this up.

29:54Yeah. Give us 15 minutes, darling. And then come back and go, fresh. A little bit, yeah. And she went, what bit? And you went, that part. Oh, God, Jesus Christ. Okay, nice. And she approved? I think so, yeah. I wasn't like, have a look, feel my smooth skin. But she was just like, yeah. Rub your face on it. No, it wasn't like that. It wasn't like that. But we did. We did. You're going to die. So two date nights, one date night, cooking, prawns. They look really lovely. Well done. Nice. Went for lunch with her family. What, the parents? The parents, yeah. First time? And the grandparents, first time.

30:31First time you, fuck me. Yeah, first time. Wait a minute. Right, let's get onto that in a minute. Go through date night first. Well, no, because basically it sort of ties into that because it was the same day. But we basically went for lunch with her parents. And as we're leaving, her mum, very lovely, she goes, so what have you guys got planned for the rest of the day? Tally turns around and goes oh we're gaming together I was like Tally shut the fuck up fuck you guys in front of my fucking mum I've just spent the past three hours telling her that I got my shit together that I've got a good job you didn't so I just wanna you didn't tell the parents that you shaved no of course not but I sat there and I was really trying to make myself like okay fuck date night it's a date night you games yeah the parents because we've spoken about it previously on this it was around Christmas time and I know you met the grandparents and the brother, but this is the first time with the parents.

31:20Sat down, parents. You were very nervous about it around Christmas time. We're now four months after that. Yeah. Three, three and a bit months after that. How was it? Had the nerves settled down now that, you know, you and Sally are stronger than ever? Talk me through it. How did you introduce yourself to the father? How was the handshake? So actually the dad wasn't there. The granddad was there. Granddad was there. Granddad was there. And he does like, he's kind of like the guy who looks over things as well. So I was like, I had to make an impression on him. Yeah, I had to make an impression on him.

31:45Yeah, yeah. What did you wear? I actually, I wore jeans and t-shirts. Nothing too intense. Right. Yeah. I don't want to keep my hands up like that. No. But I went down. Freeze. Went in and yeah, just sort of like a firm shake of everyone's hand. Yeah. Including the ladies in the family or did you go through? No, gave them a hug. Gave them a hug. Hug. The classic. Oh my God. Like, Talia didn't tell me she had a sister. That kind of vibe. I went, no, that's good. That's good. Not to the grandmother.

32:12and I basically just just sort of like tried to make myself really as approachable as I possibly could did you go in over the top or did you just settle into it nicely I think I settled into it I might have spoken a little bit much okay because nerves sort of took over I told a lot of stories okay told a lot of stories around the table any examples nothing too bad I didn't talk about pyramids none of the times you shit yourself no conspiracy theories did get thrown out Okay. But I managed to claw it back. So I did a show called DNA Journal, if anyone wants to know about that. Nice. Okay. All right.

32:44And what other elements of your career did you speak about? Well, whatever they asked me. Did you talk about your upcoming live show? Your hosting? No, I actually didn't. That's a big moment for you? No, I didn't. I didn't because I only answered what they asked. I didn't want to sort of be like, hey, guys, look at all the things I've sort of done. I basically was just like, if they asked me. Did they seem interested? They asked you a lot. They did, actually. Yeah, they really, really did. Which is really, the whole thing was absolutely lovely. and it was a really really nice sort of nice thing but then just to touch on the gaming just quickly we got home and mate this is how I know she's the one we got home and I fired I don't always do this I don't actually game as much as people think I do and I fired up the Playstation I went a couple of my mates Reverend Boosty was on actually as was Lefebvre's Lefebvre's is a new one Lefebvre's and Reverend Boosty are my gaming mates Lefebvre's Lefebvre's Lefeufs Lefeufs Lefeufs Lefeufs Lefeufs I call them Fufs Fufs Yeah So Lefeufs And what is that It's just a bloke Who just games A bloke called Lefeufs Yeah it's his gaming tag Yeah But you know this Reverend Boosty Lefeufs Yeah I know Reverend Bodger and Badger and that But Lefeufs Is he French No he just like He just called himself Lefeufs So he was on So they were all on One of them's got two kids And so he never really gets away From obviously She was like Do you know what It's Easter Let's have a little game I bet they'd love a go on the PlayStation.

34:06Tally then came in and went, oh, I'd love to have a game. What? Has she got a tag? She's got, yeah. She does, actually. It's called Moniz. Yeah, she's got a tag. So Jokesy, Noxy and Moniz. Yeah. So we had a four-way, a Call of Duty four-way. LeFouf, Reverend Boosty, Sam Thompson, and Tally had a four-way. Yeah, and she was upstairs. She was a floor above me. You weren't in, you weren't doing it. Not even the same room. So your date night, you were in different rooms. Yeah. She had a headset. You were talking. We spoke through the headset. Then she closed the door. So we couldn't even hear each other.

34:52So we would speak on the headset. It's lovely when you get to spend time with your partner, isn't it? Yeah. And I literally was like, I actually asked her, I went, are we going to have, are we going to be able to have, not are we going to have, I was like, are we going to sleep together again after this? because I was like, this is full of luck. Because I just shaved my balls. What a waste. It was, do you know what? It was so funny. I've never laughed so much. It was really, really fun. I know it's a little bit lame, but it was actually a lot of fun. No, do you know what? It's not lame. It's a really nice thing.

35:19Whatever floats your boat. Listen, we're all different. Different horses for different courses. You know what I mean? That's your course and you're a very different horse to me. And it's nice that you found a similar horse that you can play on the paddock with. Yeah, we won't be doing it all the time. But just, just... No, no, no. Well, yeah, because I imagine that would, you know, it'd be a strainer relationship if you spend the entire relationship in different rooms. It was just so funny. I just didn't think she'd be keen. She was like, yeah, get me in. So that was nice. So, you know, after, you know, the first bank holiday together, the first four-day weekend, four days together, things are better than ever.

35:53Things are better than ever. We'll have to Sorrow Farmhouse on Friday as well. Bloody, another weekend together. I know! It's crazy! Are you taking the plane? And will you actually spend time together this weekend? Yeah, of course. What are you planning on doing? Horse riding. Horse riding. Yeah. Okay. Can she horse ride? I imagine she can. She has before, yeah. Yeah. Are you going to be all right? You know I'm all right on a horse. No, I don't. I've seen it once and I had to chase after you because your horse bolted and you just let go of the reins and started screaming. No, but wait, in my defence of that, he just started galloping out of nowhere.

36:24Like we were walking and he galloped. But you had no control. Oh, you just screamed for me. I did. I galloped off. I was going, Pete! Pete! How do I stop it? And then Pete literally went and charged his horse. I was riding Western. One-handed with the reins. I was going, Pete! Up and down. Grabbed his reins, pulled his horse back. Yeah, yeah. But this time I said to him, I was like, I want to gallop. Well, I would like you to be at one with the animals because then we can do more things together. Yeah. So it's good that you can do some practice. We're going with Louise and Ryan as well, which would be really nice.

36:56Oh, nice. Yeah, so it's like a family affair. My mum's going. Leo. Leo's coming as well, yeah. Oh, lovely. Blimey. He's two family weekends in a row. I know. Who are we, man? Who are we? Big things happening this year. Yeah, big thing. Wait, what? I don't even know what that means. Big things happening this year. You never know. You may see at some point next year a brand new TV show with Sam Thompson and Tally. Absolutely not. Can't say her surname, so just Tally. Would you like a show together? No. No? No, I don't know. Well, what's wrong with couples having a show together? Because you've just been to the premiere of, say, Jamie and Sophie's.

37:34No, but they're like, you know, they're a TV. They met together on TV and stuff. But, like, what I think is really nice is being able to, like, have a semi-normal relationship that's sort of like we skirt into sometimes she'll be in some of my videos and stuff. Like, it kind of stops there. Yeah. And it's really, like, I'm loving it. I'm really, really loving it. You don't always have to give everything away. You don't always have to give everything away. But people have done it for money. So Jamie and Sophie's new TV show. It's a good show. You went to the red carpet. I did, yeah. So they had a big press night for it.

38:11Yeah. You popped along. I did. You're good friends. How was it? I thought it was really, really good. You don't often like doing red carpets alone. No, I hate it. And I had the exact same experience there, to be fair. I will have the same experience any red carpet I go to. I didn't realise it was a fucking red carpet. I thought we were just a fan. So the screening of the show. Yeah, I didn't think it was going to be like it was a proper... I turned up in jeans and a T-shirt, mate. Well, I mean, just to give an example of some of the outfits. Yeah. Everyone looking good. Look, everyone's suits, nice dresses.

38:41Oh, smart. Lovely. Lovely. Just sort of smart casual. Lovely dresses. Really made an effort. Everyone got smart shoes on. Oh, look at these two. They've taken over the podcast. Oh, got the hands behind the back. I look so pale in that as well. What the fuck? What did you do? BMX there? No, I just, I genuinely just thought it was a really low key, like close friends and family. There's going to be just a few people there. We were just going to sit down, nestle in and watch the show. I didn't realise it was like a black tie affair. I felt so bad. When was this? Did you do this straight after this podcast?

39:20A couple of weeks, yeah. On the, what we have done though, since you've been told that blue is your colour. So you thought, who needs to wear a suit not when blue's your colour makes the eyes pop and that's going to show up it hasn't I look so washed out in that photo as well I mean I know we've had a winter and listen I'm not as tanned as I used to be because I've stopped the sunbeds haven't had a sunbed for over a year wow I know I know but you're transparent I know I don't know what the fuck's happened no one else is why are we so white I don't know mate it's not good at all I need a sunbed I mean there's nothing wrong with that outfit yeah for a different occasion.

39:55The hands behind the back don't really do very much. Do you know what I mean? If that was, if you were going to, do you know what it looks like? If you were going to Tony Hawk's birthday party, you'd be absolutely fine. It's just comparison. Well, I didn't realise. I did realise when everyone was going up the escalator and I was like, fuck, everyone's in suits and ties and shit. I'm in a t-shirt and jeans. And I sat at the back as well. Thank God, to be fair. But yeah, it was a great show. It was really, really good. And I think they're doing really, really well with it. I think it's done really well on Disney+.

40:23So, yeah, it was a nice thing to go to, and I'm very proud of Jay and Sophie. Yeah, really pleased for him. And he did great on the boat race. Oh! No, no, no, no, he did. He did. Because obviously Cambridge won. Sorry, Oxford won. Sorry, Cambridge won. No, Oxford won. Right, on to something actually very exciting. We've done a lot of announcements and stuff recently, but this one is very, very important.

40:51following the staying relevant Sunday Times bestseller. Sam is officially a solo author of a brand new book that is coming out.

41:09You, Me and ADHD is a positive guide to understanding your brilliant brain. I know you've been working on this for quite some time. in the background. We can now talk about it, which is amazing. When is it out? Tell me about the book. Why have you done it? You'll be able to pre-order it now, actually, which is terrifying. So we will put a link on stories and that on social media. Yeah. So where you can get the book and pre-order it. And then obviously it'll be available in time for summer. Really good. It's good. It's down to kids, yeah? Yeah. Well, no, kids and parents. Kids and parents, to be fair.

41:41This is the book that I wanted as a kid. Or it's a book that also I wish my parents maybe had had when I was a kid. But ADHD is completely different for everyone. So I don't, this is just literally what's come from my brain onto paper. And I don't know if it's going to, I hope it resonates with people. I don't know whether it will. I know that if I read that, it would make me feel like I'm not alone, I hope. And for parents, I think it would help them understand their kid a little bit more. So the reasoning behind it was because you thought you were different when you were younger. Yeah. and you couldn't understand why.

42:17And this is maybe something relatable for maybe kids who have potentially got ADHD who might think they're different or parents understanding their children who've got ADHD who don't know an awful lot about the subject. So what is the kind of, what is the book about? Is it a story or is it? Yeah, it's sort of a guide book whilst also having like quite a lot of my previous experience in there as well. And I want to make it like, it's kind of cartoony as well in places it's got a lot of illustrations in it and stuff but it's there are there are passages in it that when I was reading it back I was like it I'm so glad I've managed to hopefully get across feelings I've had for years I've never managed to explain properly and it's really hard when you've got like when you're neurodiverse or ADHD or autistic it's really hard to kind of put your finger and explain to someone who is neurotypical how you're feeling or why you're doing the things that you're doing it's really hard because the kid's not self-aware like a child isn't self-aware as to why they're doing what they're doing but an adult will be aware if hopefully they read that and they're like oh do you know what i get why the kid's doing that it's not because they're a bad kid or it's not because they're doing this that they might be acting that they might be overstimulated and there's so many i think in there and obviously i'm picking up my own sort of book here but like i genuinely believe that like there's so many sort of extracts in there that parents will be able to read and go i understand my child who is neurodiverse a lot better and I'm really excited to see like what people think of that kind of side it's also it's aimed at kids in in in a way of like I hope it's a little guidebook you're never going to be able to tell kids what to do with their ADHD and stuff everyone's different but I think it's it's for example if you get like a little bit overwhelmed in the classroom right like just literally having like a little tell or being able to stick up your hand and be like is they're okay if I can step outside for five minutes and feeling like you are okay to do that with a teacher and like because at school if I ever did that my teacher would be like shut the fuck up why would you want to do that and I just think that if you can create a really nice communication between the child and the and the person who's teaching them or their parent it allows for so much more understanding and so I hope for a kid it will give them more confidence to be able to go up to like a teacher or a parent and be like this is how I'm feeling and I would really love to convey that to you.

44:38And I think once that happens, ADHD becomes so much less of a burden. It's obviously still a burden in a lot of ways, but it becomes so much less of a burden when people understand you and people go, I know why he's doing that. I'm not going to hate on him for it or I'm not going to punish him for it. I'm actually going to understand it. And so hopefully that book sort of merges all of those things into one. Well, I mean, personally, obviously you're my best mate. I'm incredibly proud of you because I think your ADHD or ADHD is what makes you so special and different to everyone else. The way your mind works is wild to me, but that is the magic of you, if that makes sense.

45:16So when I hear stories of you when you were younger, you know, not understanding yourself, you know, potentially not fitting in certain environments and not being confident enough to do things, it makes me sad because you should be so confident in who you are because I think you're a wonderful person. and actually for younger people to read this and see someone as successful as you in everything that you've done, I think there couldn't be a better role model for this sort of stuff. And the same for parents. I'm sure there's lots of parents who will look at their kids and maybe be confused about certain things and then see the way that you've turned out and be so blessed and proud to have you as a kid.

45:52And if their kids can be half the person you are and do half the things that you have, then I think that's a wonderful thing. So I think it's amazing that you've done this. Thank you, man. I'm very, very proud of you. Talk to me about the process. Oh, I bet the process is... Of writing a book like this. Because when I did Never Enough, I mean, it obviously couldn't be any more different. I found it really cathartic because I went through personal experiences and things that were hopefully relatable to people. And similar to you, like you've got personal experiences. Did you find it cathartic in terms of listening to some of the things that you were putting down on paper and understanding how you felt at the time and understanding who you are more.

46:30Do you know what? It's interesting because it was more, yeah, it's cathartic for the little me, which is weird, but like there's a little part in the book where I, because I like to make it a bit sort of super power-y, superhero-y, which by the way is a point of contention in that world. A lot of people think it's obviously not a superpower. It can be quite debilitating. I like to see a different side to it. And then I think that there's a part in the book near the end where I just sort of like speak hopefully directly to the kid and I'm just like look I think you're amazing I think you're magical and I think you are a superhero and I think that you can achieve anything you want to and I like teared up a little bit when I was sort of like going through that bit because it's like I remember how I felt and I think it would have been really nice to hear that from somebody and I'm right in in saying that uh you've also done the audio book yes not as sexy as pete i can tell you that mate i was literally in the in the in the booth and i could hear the gravelness of my that's not even a word but it was so gravelly i was like just mate i couldn't try to lower the tone a little bit and i was like nah just just don't even bother just go with what you got just go with what you got well listen that's the whole point is is this is this is about being authentic and true to yourself um right so pre-orders are available now at the time of listening to this and it's coming out on the 14th of May.

47:49I should have probably known that. Listen, you've done the hard work, mate. We're just here to sell it. I really do. I genuinely really appreciate it and Pete, fucking beautiful words, as always, thank you. And I just, if anyone can or feels like they want to learn more about their child or about ADHD, just as a whole, I really hope this book is for you. And so I really, and let me know if you do get it and you do like it. it's been a real there are certain things I think Pete's got the same with Never Enough and stuff there are certain things that are really close to your heart this is incredibly close to mine so I'm really nervous because I don't want people to hate it I don't mind if like it's not for everyone I just don't want people to hate it because that's literally my like soul yeah do you know what like just from past experience and I know it's really difficult ignore that if people don't like it people don't like it you did this because it was something that means anything to you and whatever happens and listen, I'm sure it's going to be success because you haven't done anything that hasn't been a success whatever happens the reasons why you did this are so pure that's what matters and I know for a fact even, you know, I haven't read it but I will read it I could see the cogs turning his head fuck, I'm going to have to read this bastard yeah, but you know me, I will read it because I'm fucking sad I won't listen to you all go, but I'll read it in my voice.

49:18But this will relate to someone and this will change. I hope so. This will change. And even if you change it, this is what I said about Never Enough. Even if it makes a difference to one person, you've done a good thing. Forget sales, forget all the other fucking shit, because that stuff doesn't matter. That matters to the people, the publishers. What matters to you is if you change one person's life with this and you make someone understand themselves more and you make a difference to someone, whether it be a parent a child or anyone that is affected by ADHD or anyone doesn't understand parts of themselves if you do that mate you've done an amazing thing and that is why we are so fucking proud of you here at Staying Relevant well thank you brother well yeah it's coming out soon so fuck there we are I don't know what to do now you know I get awkward because you're like it's weird because I love attention but the moment it becomes like that like loads of time I'm like I don't know what to do thank you so much for listening to Staying Relevant a podcast hosted by two best friends and a slightly emotional Sam Thompson, actually.

50:12We really appreciate it. And wherever you're going to work or from or to, we adore you. If you want to feature in the podcast or you want to write in about Sam's book or anything else, then email hellosrproductions.co.uk. And one last ask, because I didn't mention it at the staff. Oh, tricks. There you go. Yeah. We are up for a trick award again. We've got links all over our socials and all the rest of it. We are going big on this year and the reason being is we don't want last year to be a fluke. And I have promised the entire team that Sam and I are going to take them, the entire team, to the Trick Awards for our first full team awards thing if we get on the official list.

50:51But that only happens down to you. So a good night for them is completely down to you. It doesn't cost you anything. It just takes a period of your time. And I'll be honest with you, I've looked at our demographic. You've all got a lot of time on your hands. Thank you. Goodbye. We love you so much. Trick Awards Baby 2026. This has been a Staying Relevant production.

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